Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fine Art, Literature, History, Biggles, James Bond, Fine Bindings, 30824, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 08, 2024 - March 08, 2024
Page Size: 265 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 by Carboni Raffaello.

The Eureka Stockade. The Consequence of Some Pirates Wanting On Quarter-Deck A Rebellion.

Melbourne 1855 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,524.00
2

Present State of Van Diemen's Land; comprising an account of its Agricultural Capabilities with Observations on the present state of farming &c. &c.

London 1829 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
3

Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 by Jonathan Wantrup.

1987 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 190.50
4 Oliver Goldsmith.

A History of The Earth and Animated Nature,

no date c1848. AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 762.00
5

Comprehensive Cartography of Portugal published to commemorate the fifth centenary of Prince Henry's death.

Lisboa 1960 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,016.00
6 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 with the Customs and Manners of the Natives and an Account of the English Colony and its Foundation to

 London 1802 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 762.00
8 J H Maiden Assisted W S Campbell Sydney Government Printer 1895 - 1898.

Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales , with Especial Reference to Their Economic Value

 AUD 450.00 - 550.00 AUD 539.75
9 Henry Boswell.

Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales: Being a Grand Copper-Plate Repository of Elegance, Taste, and Entertainment...

London AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
10

Australian World Syndicating Service. Special Feature Offer. Twenty Eight True Life Stories from Northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Coral Sea by Ion L. Idriess..

 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 1,651.00
11 Paul Klee.

Klee: Ten Reproductions in Facsimile of Paintings By Paul Klee.

in Basle 1946 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
12 Alexander Stuart.

Sir George Grey: his friends and foes : a political satire

 1882 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
13

Government Notice. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney. 22nd April 1829. Alexander Mcleay.

1829 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
14

Asia and its islands according to D'Anville: divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions etc.

London 1799 AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
15

The Apple (Of Beauty and Discord). Volume 1. Number 3. 1920

 1920 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 215.90
16

A collection of 30 wall maps published around the 1920s.

1920s AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17 Robert Emerson Curtis.

Building the Bridge. Twelve Lithographs and with Supplement Lino print with hand painted details.

AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 4,064.00
31 By George R. Emerson.

Beaton's Encyclopaedia of Universal Information.

AUD 250.00 - 400.00 AUD 127.00
43 Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam-Al-Ghafiqi

Al Morchid Fi'L-Kohhl ou Le Guide D'Oculistique Ouvrage inherit de L'oculiste arabe-espagnol.

1933 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
44

Facsimile of Bordeaux International Exhibition of Wines 1882.

Sydney 1884 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
45 Estelle Thompson

1) A Toast to Cousin Julian 1986 2) Hunter In The Dark 1978 3) The Fugitive Eye . London Collins 1953 4) The Brink of Silence New York Harper 1956.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
46 George Forster.

Cook, The Discoverer A facsimile of 'Cook der Entdecker, Versuch eines Denkmals'

Sydney 2007 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
47

Parliamentary Paper: Federal Capital City Designs. Report of Board appointed to investigate and report as to suitability of certain designs for adoption in connection with lay-out of Federal Capital.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 444.50
48

1) Mottled Shadows Selected Verse of John K Murphy 1991 2) The Dances by John Miles Number 11 of 225 copies signed by Miles 3) Songs of The Gold Fields by S Le Maitre.

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 63.50
49 Norman Lindsay.

Photograph initialled on the mount by Norman Lindsay.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
50 W. E. Johns.

Biggles In The Terai by Capt. W. E. Johns.

1966 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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