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Michael Treloar: Travel and exploration, militaria, history of medicine, photographs and autographs.

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Auction Name Travel and exploration, militaria, history of medicine, photographs and autographs. Total Sales (AUD) 100,085.15
Auction Date October 12, 2019 - October 12, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 90,650.00
Sale Number #101219 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 121,100.00
Total Lots 232
Sold Lots 168 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 315,250.00
% of Lots Sold 72.41% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 408,000.00
Unsold Lots 64 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 24.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
199 MANN, David Dickinson

The Present Picture of New South Wales; illustrated with Four Large Coloured Views, from Drawings taken on the Spot, of Sydney, the Seat of Government, with a Plan of the Colony, taken from actual Survey by Public Authority ... with Hints for the Further

1811 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 5,592.00
24 GARDINER, Alan H. (editor)

The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos. Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the Assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Volume I: The Chapels of Osiris, Isis and Horus. Volume II: The Chapels of Amen-Re, Re-Harakhti, Ptah, and King S

1933, 1935, 1938 and 1958 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,893.00
31 ROBERTS, David

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe; from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts RA; with Historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly ...

1855/ 1842 to 1849 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,660.00
188 BLIGH, Lieutenant William

A Narrative of the Mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship 'Bounty'; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.

1790 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,660.00
225 [COOK, Captain James] HAWKESWORTH, John

An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook, in the 'Dolphin', the 'Swallow',

1773 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,427.00
187 BLAXLAND, Gregory

A Journal of a Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains.

1870 / 1823 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 3,728.00
191 GILES, Ernest

Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance of Exploration, being a Narrative compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876.

1889 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 3,728.00
215 WHITE, John

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with Sixty-five Plates of Nondescript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions.

1790 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 3,262.00
229 GOULD, John

Handbook to the Birds of Australia.

1865 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 3,262.00
17 BELZONI, Giovanni

Plates illustrative of the Researches and Operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

1821 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 2,796.00
118 OSLER, [Sir] William

An autograph note signed to an unidentified bookseller (one page duodecimo, on 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford letterhead, 21 January).

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 2,796.00
194 JUKES, Joseph Beete

Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS 'Fly', commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood RN in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846

1847 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 2,796.00
186 BARRINGTON, George [spuriously attributed to]

The History of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its Dependancies. [Together with] An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales.

1802 and 1803 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,097.00
221 [ANONYMOUS, but often attributed to William Eden, Lord Auckland]

The History of New Holland from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time. With a Particular Account of its Produce and Inhabitants; and a Description of Botany Bay: also, a List of the Naval, Marine, Military and Civil Establishment. To which is p

1787 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,747.50
73 AGRICOLA, Georgius

De Re Metallica. Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the Earliest Times to the 16

1912 AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 AUD 1,631.00
205 PHILLIP, Arthur

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments, to which are added the Journals o

1790 / 1789 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,631.00
76 [Kelmscott Press]</B> HERRICK, Robert

Poems Chosen out of the Works of Robert Herrick.

1895 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,398.00
137 OSLER, [Sir] William

Teacher and Student. An Address delivered on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Building of the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, October 4th, 1892.

1892 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,398.00
98 HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.

1859/ 1858 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,281.50
193 GREY, George

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39 ... Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal

1841 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,281.50
236 TEICHELMANN, C.G. and C.W. SCHURMANN

Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phraseology, of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia, spoken by the Natives in and for some distance around Adelaide.

1840 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,281.50
190 FORREST, John

Explorations in Australia. I: Explorations in Search of Dr Leichardt [sic] and Party. II: From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III: From Champion Bay, across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide. With an Appendix on the Condit

1875 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,165.00
91 BROWNE, Thomas

[Religio Medici] A True and Full Coppy of that which was most imperfectly and surreptitiously printed before under the Name of 'Religio Medici'.

1645 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,106.75
203 STRZELECKI, Paul Edmund de

Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections, and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic Remains.

1845 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,048.50
172 OSLER, [Sir] William

On Malignant Endocarditis. The Gulstonian Lectures. Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, London, February 26, March 3 and 5, 1885.

[1885] AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 873.75
  • 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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    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.
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    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.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
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