Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Photographs, Maps and More, 52525, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Page Size: 469 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	ELLERY, Robert L.J.	Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observatory. Three volumes		1866-1873; 1863-1870	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
127	George Collingridge.	The Discovery of Australia	Sydney	facsimile of the1895 edition, 1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
128		Philips' Planisphere. Showing the principal stars visible for every hour of the year.	Philadelphia	no date but Circa1940	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
129		Timor banknote from 1910, issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino of Lisbon, a Portuguese bank trading from Macau that issued currency notes across East Asia and Africa.		1910	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
130		An envelope carried aboard the first air mail flight from New Zealand to Australia, aboard the VH-UXX plane "Faith in Australia" piloted by C.T.P. Ulm.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
131		Blueprints and instruction book for a tank intended for manufacturing in Australia during the Second World War, but never brought into production, when the American forces flooded the Pacific (and Australasia) with mobile artillery, all following Pearl Ha			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
132	J.H. Maiden.	Sir Joseph Banks: The "Father of Australia"	Sydney	1909	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
133	BENNETT, George.	Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia.	London	1860	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 228.60
134	Barbara Hanrahan	Barbara Hanrahan First editions. The Scent of Eucalyptus, London 1973. And Sea Green, 1974.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 508.00
135	Loosely attributed to Mrs. Beeton, but probably an editorial effort of several writers -	All About Everything: Being a dictionary of practical recipes and every-day information. An entirely new domestic encyclopaedia... seventh edition.	London		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
136	HEARN, Lafcadio.	Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan.	Boston,	1901	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
137	JONES, Frederic Wood.	The Mammals of South Australia.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
138		Summa S. Thomae Hodiernus Academiarum Moribus Accomodata, sive Cursus Theologiae Universalis, Juxta mentem, &,, ...	Madrid,	1790	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
139		Five books on the 1629 Batavia mutiny and shipwreck in Western Australia::			AUD 125.00 - 150.00	AUD 139.70
140	McLAREN, Ian F.	Australian Explorers by Sea, Land and Air 1788-1988.	Parkville	1988-1991	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
141	WOOD, Casey A.	An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology.	New York,	1974	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
142	BERNARDO, Gabriel and edited by John SCHUMACHER, S.J.	Philippine Retrospective National Bibliography: 1523-1699.		1974	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
143	MORRIS, Gerald E. and Llewellyn Howland.	Yachting in America. A bibliography embracing the history, practice, and equipment of american yachting and pleasure boating from earliest beginnings to circa 1988. 1988.	Mystic Seaport Museum	1991	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
144	TUCK, Donald H.	The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968: A Bibliographic Survey of the Fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Through 1968.	Chicago,	1974	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
145		Bendigo Art Gallery Catalogue.	Bendigo.	1956	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
146		Four hardcover books on Antarctica, comprising the following titles:			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
147		A good collection of books on Hawaiian rare books and history:			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
148	Louis Agassiz Fuertes.	Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals from Paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.	Chicago USA.	1930	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
149		Seven books on Greek and Roman Art.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
150		A group lot of approx. 50 LP records (45 speed); all in original covers, mostly seventies.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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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