The Book Merchant Jenkins: Books, Maps, Photographs, Artwork, and Ephemera, 30425, Woolloongabba

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 04, 2025 - March 04, 2025
Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76

Australian Club Cricketers, 1905-1906. Lot of 40 (of 46) Wills's Capstan cigarette cards of Australian cricketers. Most Near Fine. Lacks Baker, Bean, Hickson, Pye (Batting variant), Sims, and Stuckey. W62-221-3. SKINNER pg. 151. *This lot is sold on a GST

1905-1906 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
77

Australian and English Cricketers, 1903. Complete set of 25 numbered Wills's cigarette cards of Australian and English cricketers. W62-221. SKINNER pg. 146. Most Near Fine, some Very Good with tanning mostly on verso. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis

1903 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
78

Australian Cricket Team 1905 Full set of 15 Standard Cigarettes cigarette cards of Australian cricketers. Mix of mauve and black and white printings. S88-5. SKINNER pg. 89. Most Near Fine. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1905 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
79

Australian and English Cricketers 1907, with 1908 reissue Complete set of 81 numbered Wills Capstan cigarette cards of Australian and English cricketers including the first series of 50 cards, the second series of 23 numbered 51-73, and the re-issued seri

1907 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
80

Australian and English Cricketers 1911-1912 Complete set of 59 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, A Series of Australian and English Cricketers, with a duplicate of No. 5. (60 total). W62-221-7. SKINNER pg. 152. Most Near Fine, No. 7 creased, Nos. 22 and 3

1911-1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 122.00
81

The Bradman Albums: Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection, 1925-1949 (2 Volumes)

Sydney 1987 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 109.80
82

Standing Cricket of To-day and Yesterday

London no date. AUD 20.00 - 30.00 AUD 24.40
83

Full set of 50 cigarette cards of Wills's Specialties War Incidents A Series, 1915. Wills Issues W62-251-1. SKINNER pg. 217. Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1915 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
84

Full set of 50 cigarette cards of Wills's Specialties War Incidents 2nd Series, 1917. W62-251-2. SKINNER pg. 218. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition, card 1 with some marks to verso. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1917 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
85

Full set of 25 cigarette cards of Wills's Specialties Victoria Cross Heroes, 1915. W62-247. SKINNER pg. 212. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1915 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 61.00
86

Full set of 66 war medals on silk large format (8.5cm x 5.5cm) cigarette cards by W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1916. W62-263. SKINNER pg. 219. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1916 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 122.00
87

Recruiting Poster cigarette cards 9 (of 10) with 7 duplicates, together with the single issue card for Australia Day, July 30th, 1915. The series of 10 cards each issued with 2 caption variants, the 7 duplicates offered her are each of the second variant.

1915 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.60
88

Full set of 28 Flags of 1914-1918 Allies on silk cigarette cards by W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1911-1917. W62-260. SKINNER pg. 181. Most Very Good, with some tanning or foxing *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1911-1917 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
89

Full set of the first 50 cigarette cards of Wills's Britain's Defenders, 1914. Without the later series of 8 numbered 51-58. W62-219. SKINNER pg. 163. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. Includes saught after Winston Churchill No. 3 with minor tanning to ve

1914 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
90

Full set of 50 cigarette cards of Wills's War Pictures, 1915. W62-252. SKINNER pg. 220. Most Very Good to Near Fine Condition, with only minor wear or tanning, No. 11 creased. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1915 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
91

Wild Animals of the World, 1906. Complete set of 50 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Wild Animals of the World. W62-253. SKINNER pg. 223. Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1906 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
92

Wild Animals Heads, 1934 Complete set of 50 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Wild Animals' Heads from Paintings by Arthur Wardle. W62-277A. SKINNER pg. 221. Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1934 AUD 20.00 - 40.00 AUD 24.40
93

Birds of Australasia, 1912 Complete set of 100 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Birds of Australasia. W62-218-A. SKINNER pg 162. Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 122.00
94

Australian Butterflies 1914 Set of 49 (of 50, lacking No. 31) numbered Wills's silk cigarette cards, Australian Butterflies, with duplicates of No. 9 and 27 (51 total). W62-266. SKINNER pg. 153. Most Very Good to Near Fine Condition, some with light edge

1914 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 73.20
95

Wild Animals Heads 1924 Complete set of 25 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Wild Animals from Paintings by Arthur Wardle. W62-277B. SKINNER pg. 222 Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1924 AUD 20.00 - 40.00 AUD 24.40
96

Aviation 1910 Full set of 75 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Aviation. W62-216-B. SKINNER pg. 158. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition, No. 68 with some creasing. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1910 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.80
97

Royal Mail 1913 Complete set of 50 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Royal Mail. W62-235. SKINNER pg. 198. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1913 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.80
98

Interesting Buildings 1905 Complete set of 50 numbered Wills Capstan cigarette cards, Interesting Buildings. W62-228. SKINNER pg. 189. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1905 AUD 20.00 - 40.00 AUD 24.40
99

A Tour Round the World 1910 Complete set of 50 Wills's cigarette cards, A Tour Round the World. W62-243, SKINNER pg. 145. Most Fine to Near Fine Condition. *This lot is sold on a GST-Free basis.

1910 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
100

Time and Money in Different Countries 1908 Complete set of 50 numbered Wills's cigarette cards, Time & Money in Different Countries. W62-242. SKINNER pg. 208. Most Very Good to Near Fine Condition, some with tanning or foxing, mostly to versos. *This lot

1908 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.80
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
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    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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    Auction 59
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    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
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    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
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    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
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    Auction 59
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    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
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    Auction 59
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