Sydney Rare Book Auctions Auction 177

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Auction Date: April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026

Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126		Letts's Popular Atlas. Being A Series of Maps Delineating the Whole Surface of the Globe with Many Special and Original Features and a Copious Index of 23,000 names.	London	1883	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00
127	JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith.	The Physical Atlas. A Series of Maps & Illustrations of the Geographical Distribution of Natural Phenomena Embracing Geology, Hydrography, Meteorology and Natural History.	Edinburgh	850	AUD 125.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
128		A box of ephemera, mostly Australian geological maps (over twenty such maps) and other mining related printed material.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
129		A blue ink bookplate for H. R. H. Edward Prince of Wales, later the controversial King Edward VIII.		1920	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
130		Attractive bookplate for Jean and Jeff Bidgood, signed "M.H. 1950"; designed by Margaret Horder.		N/A	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
131		Nine bookplates by George David Perrotet, date range circa 1930-1950.		circa 1930-1950.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
132		Bookplate of Janet Lindsay by Norman, circa 1930.		circa 1930.	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
133	Adrian Feint,	A striking bookplate for Eric Dart featuring a horse and foal in a stylised rural landscape.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 152.40
134	Andrew Guy Peake	A heraldic bookplate featuring a shield divided per bend, contains bird motifs and Australian symbols.		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
135	designed by Syd Miller.	A linocut bookplate for Will Mahony,		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
136	Tzutomu Fujimarni	Harrie P Mortlock wood block bookplate		N/A	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
137	designed by Vane Lindesay,	Bookplate for Peter Gram, circa 1970.		circa 1970.	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
138		A lot of five books on British genealogy and heraldry:		N/A	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
139		A medley lot of American Science Fiction magazines, comprising 37 issues across the date range 1952 to 1955.		1952 to 1955.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
140	VAN VOGT, A.E.	Masters of Time. Illustrated by Edd Cartier.	Pennsylvania	1950	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
141	GRANT, A.C.	Bush Life in Queensland, or, John West’s Colonial Experiences.	Edinburgh	1888	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
142		A property indenture between Henry Beor and his future wife Marion Taylor, dated 11 April 1876.		1876	AUD 250.00 - 500.00	AUD 215.90
143		Alvibatics.		N/A	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
144	John Le Carre	The Russia House.	London	1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
145	John Le Carre	The Little Drummer Girl (1983); The Secret Pilgrim (1991); A Perfect Spy (1986).	New York.	N/A	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
146		John Le Carre - The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People.		1974-79.	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
147	WOOD, Christopher.	Victorian Painters. Dictionary of British Art.	Suffolk	1995	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
148		Cache of original letters, diagrams and documents relating to a gold and copper mining lease in Gippsland operated by a Victorian miner named John David Avery.		1946 to 1961.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
149		Share Certificate for The Wombat Hydraulic Sluicing Company of 140 Queen street, Melbourne.		1931	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
150	NORTON, Andre.	The X Factor.	London	1967	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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