Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, antiquarian, design and architecture & modern first editions , A138, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 02, 2025 - February 02, 2025
Page Size: 445 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

A mixed lot of 11 geology, mining, and mineralogy pamphlets...

1896 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
27 L.F. Harper.

Geological Map of the Gerringong District.

Sydney 1905 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
28 Thomas C. Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury.

A superb three volume set, being 'Geology'...

New York 1909 AUD 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
29 Charles Lyell.

Principles of Geology: or the modern changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants, considered as illustrative of Geology.

London 1867 AUD 250.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
30

Collection of 45 separately published papers from the Queensland University Department of Geology.

1938 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
31

A small cache of parliamentary reports from the gold rush era.

1856 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
32

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
33 HARPER, L.F.

The Geology of the Murrumbidgee River District, near Yass.

Sydney 1909-12-01 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
34 Archibald Geikie, editor

Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison Based on His Journals and Letters edited by Archibald Geikie.

London 1875 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
35

Minerals of Western Australia by Edward S Simpson.

1948-1952 AUD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
36 POPHAM, A.E. (editor).

The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.

London 1949 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
37

[SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE]. The Saturday Magazine.

London 1836 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
38 THOMPSON, Lindsay G.

History of the Fisheries of New South Wales.

Sydney 1893 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
39 J.H. Fabre.

Six books on entomology.

1913-1915 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
40

[BASCH & COMPANY] Atlas of the Settled Counties of New South Wales.

Sydney 1893 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 2,667.00
41 R. Schlechter

The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea (incorporating the Figure Atlas to the above).

Melb 1982 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 349.25
42 Mary Ann Parker

A Voyage Round the World.

Sydney 1991 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
43 FORNAISERO, Jean and WEST-SOOBY, John (translators and editors)

FRANCOIS PERON AND THE NATURALISTS, THREE BOOKS...

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
44

Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden.

1806 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
45 FLINDERS, Matthew.

Gratefull to Providence, the Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flinders, Surgeon, Apothecary and Man-Midwife 1775-1802.

Woodbridge 2007 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
46 LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houton de.

An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse... under the command of Rear-Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.

London 1800 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 603.25
47 FIENNES, Ranulph.

To the Ends of the Earth. Transglobe expedition 1979-82.

London 1984 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
48

Six books on Captain Robert Scott...

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 203.20
49 SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON

Four books on Douglas Mawson, all are hardcovers with dust-jackets...

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
50

An assortment of ten books on polar research and exploration...

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 139.70
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
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    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
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    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
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