Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Enchanting World of Books: illustrated books, gift books, publisher bindings, art and history, A181, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 19, 2026 - April 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Ganpat Sadashiv Rao; Mukund Jayakar | 1892 PATHARE PRABHU SOCIAL SANAJ |
Bombay; Calcutta | c. 1892; 1893; c. 1925; 1913 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 106 | 1837 BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. |
1837-1840 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 | ||
| 107 | Lieutenant George Francis White; Emma Roberts | 1845 HIMALAYAN VIEWS BY LIEUT. WHITE |
London | 1845 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 108 | R.E. Enthoven; A.M.T. Jackson | 1914 GUJARAT & KONKAN FOLKLORE |
Bombay | 1914-1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 109 | John William Kaye | 1869 OFFICERS OF EAST INDIA COMPANY |
London | 1869 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 110 | 1912 BOMBAY POLICE REPORTS |
1912; 1913; 1914 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 111 | Percival Strip; A.C. Roy; Ben Diqui; N.C. Khorana; James Douglas | 1886 VINTAGE BOMBAY GUIDE BOOKS |
1944; c. 1980; 1927; 1941; 1886 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 112 | R. Montgomery Martin | 1858 INDIAN EMPIRE ENGRAVED VIEWS |
London | 1858-1860 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 113 | J.H. Gense; P.M. Joshi; Lambert Mascarenhas; Clifford Manshardt | BOMBAY & MAHARASHTRA |
c. 1935; 1962; 1926; 1948; 1930; 1934; c. 1970 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 114 | S.M. Edwardes; Sam Sheppard; Ashley-Brown; Phiroze Malabari | BOMBAY & DECCAN GEOGRAPHY |
1912; 1917; 1933; 1937; 1910 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 115 | BOMBAY SLUMS & TOWN PLANNING |
1959; 1958; 1946; 1957; 1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | ||
| 116 | Louis Rousselet; Lieutenant-Colonel Buckle | 1878 INDIA AND ITS NATIVE PRINCES |
London | 1878 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 117 | INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE MAHARASHTRA |
1880-1926; 1923; 1912-1916 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 118 | William Whitelock Lloyd | 1890 LLOYD'S SKETCHES OF INDIAN LIFE. |
London | 1890 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 2,413.00 |
| 119 | Sir D.E. Wacha; Sir George Clarke; L.W. Michael | HISTORY OF BOMBAY AND POONA |
1920; 1934; 1911; 1902 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 120 | Harrison Fisher | HARRISON FISHER AMERICAN BELLES IN *ORIGINAL BOX* |
1911 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 121 | Reverend R[ichard] St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895) | 1875 PICTORIAL ART BY REV TYRWHITT - ILLUSTRATED BOOK - FINE BINDING |
Oxford | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 122 | JM Barrie; Hugh Thomson | JM BARRIE QUALITY STREET - ADVANCE PUBLISHERS COPY |
London | 1913 | AUD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch; Kay Nielsen | 1913 FAIRYTALES QUILLER-COUCH. K NIELSEN MACKELLAR / FEINT BOOKPLATE |
Banbury; London | 1913 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 124 | John Gay; Claud Lovat Fraser | 1921 BEGGAR'S OPERA BY MR. GAY - CLAUD LOVAT FRASER - COSTUME DESIGNER |
London | 1921 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 125 | Edmund Dulac | EDMUND DULAC |
1916 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 126 | Thomas Ingoldsby Esq; Arthur Rackham | ARTHUR RACKHAM - INGOLDSBY LEGENDS 1910 |
1910 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 127 | Kenneth Grahame; R. J. Enraght-Moony | GOLDEN AGE BY K GRAHAME & ILLUS BY ENRAGHT-MOONY 1915 |
1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 128 | Henry Shaw | 1842 - SHAW'S ORNAMENT ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
1842 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 129 | Mrs. Whymper (Emily Whymper (1833-1886)) | 1874 BEAUTY IN COMMON THINGS |
London | 1874 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
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