Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Maps, Stamps and Ephemera: History, Art, Culture, Science, Military, 50425, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 04, 2025 - May 04, 2025
Page Size: 498 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

4 books about Asian Maps. Hardback and Paperback.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
152 Thomas Suarez.

Early Mapping of Southeast Asia

1999 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
153

4 book about Captain Cook and his voyages. 1) Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. 1970.

1768 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
154 Elly Dekker with contributions from Silke Ackermann, Jonathan Betts, Maria Blyzinsky, Gloria Clifton, Ann Leane, and Kristen Lippincott.

Globes At Greenwich - A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum.

1999 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 381.00
155 Edward H. Dahl and Jean-Francois Gauvin.

3 books about Globes. All hardback in very good condition. 1) Sphaere Mundi - Early Globes at the Stewart Museum.

2000 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
156

A collection of 8 novels on the discovering and exploration of Australia, all written in the late 20th Century.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
157

A collection of 7 novels on early maps and charts of (as then known as) Terra Australis from the 18th and 19th Century; novels written in the 20th Century.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 254.00
158

2 books from Raymond John Howego's collection Encyclopedia of Exploration: To 1800, and 1800 to 1850,

2003 and 2004 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 228.60
159

A collection of 6 novels, 3 collections: Sotheby's:

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
160

A collection of 7 books from Rosenthal's Antique Map Price Record & Handbook, editions: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997-1998, 1999-2000;

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
161 signed by Rodney Davidson and Jonathan Wantrup.

The Davidson Collection Australian and Pacific voyages from the library of Mr Rodney D. Davidson (deluxe limited edition),

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
162 R. V. Tooley,

Maps and Map-Making', and 'Landmarks of Mapmaking'

1970 and 1989 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
163 Kees Zandvliet

Mapping for Money

1998 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
164

Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandica Volumes I - V; "Bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial atlases and pilot books

the Netherlands 1880 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
165 Marcel P. R. van den Broecke,

Ortelius Atlas Maps: An illustrated Guide'

1996 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
166 Geoffrey King,

2 novels: 1. 'Miniature Antique Maps'

1996 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
167

A collection of 12 on the maps of the world, from antique atlases to the evolution of maps on the Americas,

AUD 200.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
168

8 books about Voyages, mostly Pacific.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
169

5 Volumes from the Waverly Novels.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
170

23 Volumes of the Australian Playboy Magazine

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
171

4 full folders with Auction Catalogues sold by James R. Lawson in Sydney between 1933 to 1941.

1933-1941 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
172

3 folders of Auction Catalogues sold by James R. Lawson in Sydney between the years 1942-1949.

1942-1949 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 190.50
173

6 full folders of Auction Catalogues sold by James R. Lawson in Sydney between the years 1950-1959.

1950-1959 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 190.50
174

4 full folders worth of auction catalogues sold by James R. Lawson in Sydney between the years 1911-1923.

1911-1923 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 190.50
175

A large quantity of Lawson's Catalogues for the years 1924 to 1932. auctioned by James R. Lawson in Sydney.

1924-1932 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 190.50
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    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
    Sotheby's
    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