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

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Auction Name	Books, Photographs, Maps and More	Total Sales (AUD)	82,842.10
Auction Date	May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	56,675.00
Sale Number	#52525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	82,870.00
Total Lots	469
Sold Lots	196	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	140,895.00
% of Lots Sold	41.79%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	204,380.00
Unsold Lots	273	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	40.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
20		Two albums of Japanese woodblock prints. The first measures 25 x 36 cm., and contains 46 woodblock prints, conjoined to formed a "concertina style" book in the Japanese style. Original papered board covers, some external wear but internally in very good o		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 30,480.00
47	FORSHAW, Joseph M. and William T. COOPER.	Kingfishers and Related Birds.	1983-1994	AUD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 7,620.00
187		A collection of 38 religious tracts dated 1655-1666.	1655-1666	AUD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
4		Norman Lindsay for Fred Lane Proof		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 2,032.00
1	Karen Blixen.	Out Of Africa	1937	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
10		The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southwest Asian Conflicts 1948-1975. Complete 9 volumes set.	1992-2012	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
26		Biblia Latina. La Bible e Gutenberg. Reproduction facsimile de l'exemplaire de la Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris. Johannes Gutenberg, Mayence, 1455.	2004	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
63		A large collection of books on the orchids of West Australia.		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
25	GILLETT, Ross.	The Royal Australian Navy, The First Seventy-Five Years. With twenty-six paintings by Phil Belbin.	1986	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
200		Nineteen Reports of the Mining Surveyors & Registrars of Victoria 1864 to 1881.		AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
255	Walter Gropius with typography by L. Moholy-Nagy.	Bauhaus	1925	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
357		A Chart of the East of Coast of England from Dungeness to Newcastle.' Drawn from the surveys of J. S. Hobbs, Hydrographer; 1849 (additions 1850).	1849 by Charles Wilson as part of the Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy.	AUD 550.00 - 750.00	AUD 635.00
374	J. W. Norie.	Chart of the Mediterranean: The Adriatic, Black Sea, Gulf of Archipelago and Seas of Marmara and Azof	1830	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 635.00
375	J. S. Hobbs hydrographer.	A chart of the Adriatic Sea, Gulf of Venice with the Ionian Islands and adjacent coast drawn from the surveys made by Order of the Austrian, English and Neopolitan governments	1st	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	AUD 635.00
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
364		Plan of the Harbour and City of Havana, surveyed by Don Joseph Del Rio, Captain in the Spanish Navy; 1798.'		AUD 120.00 - 220.00	AUD 571.50
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
16	Tristan Allsop.	Typed manuscript of 109 leaves titled "Charles Montagu Doughty Research Document"	Undated but Circa1960	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
117	RECLUS, Elisee.	Nouvelle Geographie Universelle.	1878-1894	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
60		Twelve books on Orchids of New South Wales.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
66		Six books on orchids of Tasmania, mostly hardcover, various sizes.		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
114	GIBBON, Edward.	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.	1887	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 412.75
461		Swamp Thing Comics by DC. 2nd Printing 1982. Including No.1-126, 129-136, 139-171.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
14	Richard Burton.	The limited, aptly titled "Baghdad Edition" of the Thousand Nights and a Night, translated	1885	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
48	FORSHAW, Joseph M. and COOPER, William T.	Australian Parrots.	1980	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00

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Sotheby's
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