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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
102

An entire shelf of books on Melanesian art, mostly in English but some French and German language titles too.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 412.75
103 REICHARD, Gladys.

Melanesian Design. A Study of Style in Wood and Tortoiseshell Carving.

New York, 1969 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
104 PARKINSON, Richard.

Thirty Years In The South Seas. Land People, Customs and Traditions in the Bismarck Archipelago and on the German Solomon Islands. Edited by Dr. B. Ankermann. Translated by John Dennison. Translation editor J. Peter White.

1999 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
105

Nine facsimile editions of Melanesian and Polynesian ethnology books, originally published in the early twentieth century

2010 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
106 NEWTON, Douglas and WATERFIELD, Hermione.

Tribal sculpture. Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum.

London, 1995 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
107

Five books on Indonesian arts and crafts.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
108 BARBIER, Jean Paul & NEWTON, Douglas.

Islands and Ancestors. Indigenous styles of Southeast Asia.

New York, 1988 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
109

Four books on Indonesian tribal art:

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
110 JOHNSON, Mark A.

The Kayanic Tradition. Kayanic Dayak Art from Borneo. Volume one: Guardian Sculptures. California,

2020 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
111 BROWNRIGG, Henry.

Betel Cutters.

London, 1992 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
112 ZONNEVELD, Albert.

Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago.

Leiden 2001 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
113 RODGERS, Susan.

Power and Gold. Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, from the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva.

1999 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
114

Two large hardcover books, Court Arts of Indonesia by Helen Jessup,; and Beyond the Java Sea, Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands by Michael Taylor and Lorraine Aragon,

1990, 1991. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
115

A rather marvellous cache of books on African art. A mixture of large and small books, softcover and hardback. Encompassing a range of themes -- includes two books entirely devoted to shields, bronze casting and blades of sub-Saharan Africa, Yoruba sculpt

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
116

Four serious monographs on the traditional arts of the Philippines:CASAL, Gabriel. The People and Art of the Philippines.

Los Angeles 1981 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
117

Nine books on the Phillipines, including some good ethnographies of the Igorot indigenous people, Tiboli art, Yakans of Basilisk island, Social History and Religious Imagery.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 139.70
118

Ten books on the traditional arts of Thailand and Malaysia.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
119

Eight books on the antiquities and textiles of Peru:

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
120

Eight books on tribal art collections, including some of the important international institutional holdings of indigenous artefacts:

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 603.25
121

A good lot of books on Amazonia, mostly softcover and some scholarly titles

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
122

Four publications by the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation of New York.

1921 to 1926. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
123 ROUSSELOT, Jean-Loup, ABEL, Bernard, and others.

Masques Eskimo d'Alaska.

Lausanne, 1991 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
124

Five books on Inuit art and culture:HESSEL, Ingo. Inuit Art.

Vancouver 2002 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
125

Seven books on North American indigenous arts and culture,

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
126

Eight general titles on North American indigenous art

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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