Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Bill Evans Anthropology Collection - Australia, Pacific, Asia, 42725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 27, 2025 - April 27, 2025

Page Size: 192 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	BOHANE, Ben.	The Black Islands. Spirit and war in Melanesia.	Self-published by the author in Vanuatu in	2013	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
52		Five books on the indigenous arts of Melanesia.		1959	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
53		War Trophies or Curios. The War Museum Collection in Museum Victoria 1915-1920. Edited by Barry Craig, and others.	Melbourne	2015	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
54		Five books on the indigenous arts of Melanesia.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
55		Two shelves of books on New Guinea, including good quality biography, history and some social anthropology.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
56		Two shelves of fascinating social anthropology books on New Guinea and Melanesia. 23 books in total.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
57		Six large format paperback books on Melanesian art,			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
58		Five large hardcover books on New Guinea Art:			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
59		Rare catalogue of a Parisian tribal art dealer, titled "Cranes Melanesiens et des Nouvelles-Hebrides". Offered by Dr. Jacques Faivre,		undated ca.1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
60		Four books on the Naga tribes of northeast India			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
61		Four books on Indian textiles.IRWIN, John. The Kashmir Shawl.	London,	1973	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
62	HEATH, Ian.	Armies of Nineteenth Century Asia. India's North East Frontier and Central Asia/Himalayas (two volumes).	Guernsey	1999	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
63		Three books on Indian art: National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum New Delhi, hardcover,		1989	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
64	SALMONY, Alfred.	Sino-Siberian Art in the Collection of C.T. Loo.		1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
65		Nine publications from the University of Queensland, published series "Occasional Papers in Anthropology"		1973-1977.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
66	VOLAVKOVA, Hana.	The Synagogue Treasures of Bohemia and Moravia.	Prague	1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
67		Two shelves of books on the arts, cultural traditions, weaving, masks and weapon son Oceania.			AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
68		Five catalogues of photographs, colonial and Apartheid era, offered for sale by Michael Graham Stewart in London.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
69		Four books on East Asian spirituality: JAHAN, Neyma. The Celestial Dragon I Ching.	London,	2012	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
70		Six books on Maori arts, culture and tattooing:HOWARTH, Crispin. Ta Moko. Maori Markings.	Canberra	2019	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
71		Three books on indigenous artefacts in Australian institutions. SCULTHORPE, Gaye. Guide to Victorian Aboriginal Collections in the Museum of Victoria.	Melbourne,	1990	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
72		Seven books on indigenous Australia:TINDALE, Norman. Aboriginal Australians.	Sydney,	1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
73		Nine books on indigenous Australia:			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
74	HEERMANN, Ingrid und ULRICH Menter.	Gemaltes Land. Kunst der Aborigines aus Arnhemland, Australien.	Berlin,	1994	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
75	MUNDINE, Djon, and others.	The Native Born. Objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land.		2000	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00

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Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR