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

Auction Details

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
133		Old Times 1903. Vol.I No.1 to 4.		1903	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 254.00
134		Brooklyn Directory and Yearly Advertiser For 1849 & ;50, Containing The Usual Arrangement of Names, Occupations, and Residences; Also, A Street Directory, ..........			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 25.40
135	William Law.	Collection of Letters, On The Most Interesting and Important Subjects and on Several Occasions		1815	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
136	Robert Simpson.	A Collection of Fragments Illustrative of The History and Antiquities of Derby, Complied From Authentic Sources.		1826	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
137	Dr. Hawkesworth.	Almoran and Hamet. An Oriental Tale In Two Volumes.		1780	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
138	De la version de M. de Marolles, Abbe de Villeloin.	Les Oeuvres d'Horace, Latin et Francois, seconde partie. Contenant les Satyres, les Epistres et l'Art poetique.		1652	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
139		Thoughts on Marriage: Illustrating The Principles and Obligations of The Marriage Relation. Arranged from the Works of Rev. William Jay.		1833	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
140		The New Bath Guide: or Memoirs of The B_N-R_D Family. In A Series of Poetical Epistles.		1779	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
141	Lucius Annaeus Florus	Lucius Annaeus Florus: His Epitome of Roman History, From Romulus to Augustus Caesar.		1752	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
142		1) The Child's Picture Book of Wild Animals. With Twelve Coloured Illustrations.		No Date c1830s.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
143		Hobarttown Oder Sommerfrische in Den Antipoden.	Prag	1886	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
144	J.H. Slater.	1) Book Plates and Their Value.		1898	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 139.70
145	John H. Vanderpoel.	The Human Figure		1916	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
146		1) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds Volume 1 Raties to Ducks Part A and Part B, editors S.Marchant and P.J. Higgins.		1990	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
147		The Gardens and Menagerie of The Zoological Society Delineated.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 152.40
149		An abstract of the sufferings of people call'd Quakers from the year 1660 to the year 1666.		1738	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
150	Norman Lindsay	Norman Lindsay Selected Pen Drawings	Sydney	1968	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 63.50
151	by Arthur Philip.	The Voyage of Governor Phillip To botany Bay with Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers.		1968	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
152		About 100 Birds B&W Prints by Henrik Gronvold.			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 139.70
153		The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.		1979	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 76.20
154		Islands In The Sky by Arthur C. Clarke.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
155		The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi.		1976	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 25.40
156		Grace Cossington Smith by Deborah Hart	Canberra	2005	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 88.90
157		The Drunken Buddha by Ian Fairweather.		1965	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
158		Prints of Margaret Preston: Catalogue Raisonne by Roger Butler.		2005	AUD 140.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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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

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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
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes

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