Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Antiquarian books; the History of Science; First Editions & Associated copies, 22725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025

Page Size: 486 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
77	[MERYON, Charles] DODGSON, Campbell.	The Etchings of Charles Meryon.	London	1921	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
78	MURRAY, Gilbert.	[A Contibution] in Hall Caine, editor. King Albert's Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World.	London	1914	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
79		A bookcase of very good post war Australiana. Good copies. See photograph for list of titles			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 228.60
80	[TUCKER, ALBERT] SMITH, Ivan and Jocelyn.	THE DIE-HARD.		1979	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
81	DEVANT, David.	Tricks for Everyone. Clever conjuring tricks with common objects.	London	1913	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
82	FLEMING, W. M.	The Hunted Piccaninnies.	London	1927	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
83	[DAVIES, L. Roy] BLOOMFIELD, Lin (editor).	L. Roy Davies. Wood Engravings.	Sydney	1978	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
84	BAUDOUIN, Frans.	P.P. Rubens.	Antwerp	1977	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
86		Ten books on heraldry, genealogy and related historical themes, including the following: BIRCH, Gray. Index of the Styles and Titles of Sovereigns of England.	London	1879	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
87		Photographs of Premises (Past and Present) Occupied by Branches of the Bank of New South Wales. With a short sketch of the progress of the bank from its commencement in 1817 to 1907	Sydney	1907	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
88	VAN NUNEN, Linda.	Point to Point. The Art of Tim Storrier.	Sydney	1987	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
89		Sotheby Parke Bernet catalogue of the Mentmore Estate in Buckinghamshire. Sale date May 1977.		1977	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
90	BLAKE, Peter.	Harry Seidler, Australian Embassy. Ambassade d'Australie Paris. Photography by Max Dupain.	Sydney	1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
91		This lot comprises three entiquarian Methodist books: CROWTHER, Jonathan. A Portraiture of Methodism, or, The History of the Wesleyan Methodists...	London	1770	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
92	DINNING, Hector.	By-Ways on Service. Notes from an Australian Journal.	London	1918	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
93	WRIGHT, Lewis.	The Illustrated Book of Poultry with Practical Schemes for Judging...	London	1880	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 508.00
94		Three books on the Reverend Rowland Hill: JONES, William. Memoirs of the Life, Ministry, and Writings of the Rev. Rowland Hill....	London	1834	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
95	BARRON, Captain William.	Old Whaling Days.	Hull	1895	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
96		Books, maps and pictures relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. A catalogue of the library of the late James Edge Partington.	London	1934	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
97	JOHNS, Reverend J.	The Ancient British Church and the Modern Welsh Baptists.	Carmarthen Wales	1889	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
98	O'FLAHERTY, Roderic.	The Ogygia Vindicated: Against the Objections of Sir George MacKenzie, King's Advocate for Scotland in the Reign of King James II. A posthumous work...	Dublin	1785	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
99	MACIRONE, Francis.	Interesting Facts Relating to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat, King of Naples; the Capitulation of Paris in 1815 and the Second Restoration of the Bourbons. Original letters from King Joachim to the author...	London	1817	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
100		Interesting memoirs or lives of the following eminent persons. 1) The Rt. Hon. Colonel James Gardiner 2) Selina, Countess Dowager of Huntingdon 3) James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw.		1801	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
101		collection of the journals of the Royal Society of NSW. This is a lot comprising 34 volumes with the date range of 1874 to 1939.		1874 to 1939.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
102	J J Fletcher editor.	The Macleay Memorial Volume.		1893	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

Dominic Winter Auctioneers

April 9
Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints

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

Dominic Winter Auctioneers

April 9
Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints

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

Dominic Winter Auctioneers

April 9
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

Dominic Winter Auctioneers

April 9
Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints

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.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

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

Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000

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

Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000

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