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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: April's Amazing Offerings

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Auction Name	April's Amazing Offerings	Total Sales (AUD)	54,844.95
Auction Date	April 20, 2024 - April 20, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	48,340.00
Sale Number	#42024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	68,190.00
Total Lots	450
Sold Lots	314	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	82,080.00
% of Lots Sold	69.78%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	113,940.00
Unsold Lots	136	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	48.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
325	Arthur Phillip.	The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island ...	1789	AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,810.00
1		Gold Fields Commission of Enquiry Report of the Commission Appointed to Enquire into the conditions of the Gold Fields of Victoria etc., etc.	1855	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 3,302.00
56	Frederick McCoy.	Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals	1878-1890	AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	AUD 2,667.00
302	George Barrington.	The History of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its Dependencies from the Original Discovery of the island ...	1802	AUD 700.00 - 900.00	AUD 2,032.00
324		The Bigge Report. Volume 1 Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry, On the Colony of New South Wales.	1822	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
330	Captain Alexander Maconochie.	Thoughts On Convict Management and Other Subjects Connected With the Australian Penal Colonies	1838	AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	AUD 1,143.00
311	IdriessIt	"Into the Mouth of a Tiger Shark".		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,079.50
180		The Hobart Town Magazine Vol11 No. 10 December 1833.	1833	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,016.00
315		Typed manuscript of 14 pages on half sized sheets."Brown's Dog" is the endearing story of one man and his tipsy dog on the opal fields.	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 635.00
434	Charles Darwin.	The Origin of Species -- by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.	1886	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 635.00
449	Archibald James Campbell Melbourne.	Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds Including the Geographical Distribution of the species and Popular Observations Thereon	1900	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 635.00
25		The Government of New South Wales Australia, invites participation in Sydney's most extensive redevelopment scheme.	1960	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 571.50
109	Maria Kind.	Come Along: A Picture Panorama Book for Young Children	1947	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 571.50
301	Max Meldrum. Edited by Russell R Foreman.	The Science of Appearances as fomulated and taught by Max Meldrum.	1950	AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 571.50
309		An original publicity photograph of Ion Idriess.		AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 571.50
312	Ion L. Idriess	Typed manuscript of 15 pages on half sized sheets.This the manuscript of a short story titled "The Little Debil Click-Click".	1928	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
321	Various authors including the Editor C E W Bean.	The Official History of Australia in the War 1914 - 1918. Complete 12 volume set.	1934 and 1936	AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 539.75
46		Voyage du Gouverneur Phillip A BOTANY-BAY, Avec une description de l'etablissement des Colonies du port Jackson et de l'ile Norfolk;...	1791	AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
316	Idriess	This is a "galley proof" typed manuscript of "Horrie the Wog-Dog" (1945),		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
417		1) Gold-Dust And Ashes The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields 1933 early reprint 2) Forty Fathoms Deep Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas 1937...		AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 508.00
419		North Shore Bridge Plans Nos. 1 to 24. by The Royal Commission on Communication Between Sydney and North Sydney 1909.		AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
313		Typed manuscript of 17 pages on half sized sheets. Story of a wild dog in the wilderness of Northern Australia. Titled "Bare-Fang"	1928	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 444.50
366		London Illustrated News Vol 52, no 1956. January to June 1877.		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 444.50
372		A complete set of Historical Records of Australia. 33 Volumes.	1920s	AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 444.50
429		The Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World with an Account of His Unfortunate Death at Owhyhee One Of The Sandwich Islands.	1807	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 444.50

ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.

ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.

ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.

ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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