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An Eclectic Library

AUCTION

Sale: LJ8221
16 November 2017, 2:00pm 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

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Lot 1

[AUSTRALIAN ART & PATRONAGE]: A group of ten books about Australian art & patronage, including: WALSH, David. A BONE OF FACT. Picado...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

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Lot 2

[AUSTRALIAN ART]: A nice group of nine books on Australian art & artists, including: BRIAN SEIDEL. Beagle Press, [1993]. Inscribed &...

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$250 - 350

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Lot 3

BAIL, Murray: IAN FAIRWEATHER. roy 4to. Bay Books, 1981. First edition.

Estimate:
$150 - 200

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Lot 4

[HAL GYE]: CHAPLIN, Harry. C. J. DENNIS – HAL GYE IN ASSOCIATION. Wrappers. Privately printed, 1980. Edition limited to 100 copies. ...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 5

[INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ART]: PAPUNYAH TULA. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. First edition. Scarce. + THE NATIVE BORN. Museum o...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $200
Lot 6

[JOSEPH LYCETT]: JOSEPH LYCETT: CONVICT ARTIST. sq. impl 4to. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2006. First edition. Scarce.

Estimate:
$400 - 500

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Lot 7

[MARGARET PRESTON]: MARGARET PRESTON. 4to. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005.

Estimate:
$80 - 100

Sold for $70
Lot 8

SIBLEY, Irena: SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S WIFE. Lytlewode Press, 2007. First edition. + THE LADY DOWN THE ROAD. Illustrated by Ir...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 9

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [Bound with]: THE COMPANION OR SPIRITUAL GUIDE AT THE ALTAR. [And]: A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID....

Estimate:
$80 - 120

Sold for $30
Lot 10

[Charles II]: SAVILE, George, Marquis of Halifax. A CHARACTER OF KING CHARLES THE SECOND. Contemporary calf, gilt, gilt-lettered mor...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $40
Lot 11

[FOUR COMEDIES]: CONGREVE, Mr. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. [Bound with]: THE COMMITTEE. [And]: JOHNSON, Ben. EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR. [And...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

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Lot 12

HERBERT, I. (Preface): ROBERTE THE DEUYLL. A metrical romance. cr. 8v, hand-coloured frontispiece and plates. Recent marbled papered...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $60
Lot 13

HOYLE, Edmond: HOYLE’S GAMES IMPROVED; Being practical treatises on whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, back-gammon, draughts, cricket,...

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$300 - 400

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Lot 14

JOHNSON, Samuel: RASSELAS; PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. New edition. f’cap 8vo; contemporary calf, gilt. Printed for T. Johnstone, W. Taylor...

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$100 - 150

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Lot 15

[Latin Breviary]: HIERONYMUM JOANNINUM. Officium hebdomadæ sanctæ juxta formam missalis, & breviarii romani, sub urbano viii. Correc...

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$100 - 150

Sold for $60
Lot 16

POTT, Percivall: THE CHIRURGICAL WORKS OF PERCIVALL POTT. Recent half morocco & marbled papered boards, gilt. Printed for Hawes, W. ...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $100
Lot 17

THOMSON, James: THE SEASONS. cr. 12mo, engraved frontispiece & three plates. Recent half morocco & marbled papered boards, gilt. Pri...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

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Lot 18

BAIL, Murray: Three first editions by Bail: HOLDEN’S PERFORMANCE. Viking, 1987. + THE VOYAGE. Text Publishing, 2012. + NOTEBOOKS 197...

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$150 - 200

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Lot 19

CALVINO, Italo & Umberto Eco: A nice group of seven works, including Calvino’s NUMBERS IN THE DARK. Cape, 1995. First U.K. edition.;...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $30
Lot 20

DURRELL, Lawrence: Three works: COLLECTED POEMS. Faber, 1960. First edition. + THE IKONS. Faber, 1966. First edition. + One other Du...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30
Lot 21

FRASER, George Macdonald: A lovely first edition copy of Fraser’s: FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE. Barrie & Jenkins, 1973.

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $100
Lot 22

KENEALLY, Thomas: A collection of seven Thomas Keneally works, mostly first editions, including: Ned Kelly and the City of Bees. Cap...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

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Lot 23

LINDSAY, Jack: EIGHT POEMS OF YOUTH. Marbled paper wrappers. Ancora Press, 1996. No. 22 of 100 copies. + Eight other limited edition...

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$100 - 150

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Lot 24

LINDSAY, Jack: Four works: An inscribed first edition of Lindsay’s Nine Days’ Hero. Dennis Dobson, 1964. + Lindsay’s autobiography, ...

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$100 - 150

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Lot 25

LINDSAY, Raymond: A LETTER FROM SYDNEY. Jester Press, 1983. Limited, first edition; this a publisher’s presentation copy, signed & i...

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$100 - 120

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Lot 26

[Bloomsbury Group]: A collection of books relating to the Bloomsbury Group, including: LEONARD AND VIRGINIA WOOLF AS PUBLISHERS. Uni...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30
Lot 27

FORSTER, E. M.: ENGLAND’S PLEASANT LAND. Hogarth Press, 1940. First edition. + Two first editions by Laurens van der Post, also publ...

Estimate:
$80 - 120

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Lot 28

GREENE, Graham: An excellent first U.K. edition of Greene’s: THE QUIET AMERICAN. William Heinemann, 1955. (Wobbe A35a.). An excellen...

Estimate:
$400 - 500

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Lot 29

GREENE, Graham: A nice group of Greene works, including: THE COMEDIANS. Bodley Head, 1966. First edition, in U.S. market variant dus...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

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Lot 30

[Hogarth Press]: Two first edition Hogarth Press pamphlets: WEST, Rebecca. A LETTER TO A GRANDFATHER. The Hogarth Letters No. 7. Hog...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

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Lot 31

Ishiguro, Kazuo &c.: Five first edition issues (nos. 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7) of: INTRODUCTION: STORIES BY NEW WRITERS. Faber, 1960-1981. Inc...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

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Lot 32

[Faber Poetry and Plays]: A group of poetry and plays published by Faber & Faber, including: PRINCE, F. T. POEMS. Faber, 1938. First...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $50
Lot 33

LARKIN, Philip: SELECTED LETTERS OF PHILIP LARKIN 1940-1985. Faber, 1992. First edition. + TROUBLE AT WILLOW GABLES. Faber, 2002. Fi...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 34

LEWIS, C. DAY: Three important works: COLLECTED POEMS 1929-1933. Hogarth Press, 1935. Signed by the author on a loosely inserted lea...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

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Lot 35

MURNANE, Gerald: An important group of scarce Murnane first editions, two of which are signed: INLAND. William Heinemann Australia, ...

Estimate:
$350 - 450

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Lot 36

O’Brian, Patrick: THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL. Collins, 1986. First edition. + KENT, Alexander. SUCCESS TO THE BRAVE. Hutchinson & Co.,...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

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Lot 37

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]: A group, including: PINTER, Harold. THE SCREENPLAY OF THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN. Cape/Eyre Methuen, 198...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

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Lot 38

[MODERN LITERATURE]: A collection of six books, all first editions, including: BENNETT, Margot. THE MAN WHO DIDN’T FLY. Eyre & Spott...

Estimate:
$80 - 120

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Lot 39

[MODERN LITERATURE]: Five books, including: REEVE, Philip. SCRIVENER’S MOON. Scholastic, 2011. First edition. Signed by the author. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $120
Lot 40

MACNEICE, Louis: A nice group of six Louis MacNeice titles published by Faber & Faber, mostly first editions, including: THE MAD ISL...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30
Lot 41

PLATH, Sylvia: AMERICAN POETRY NOW. Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement No. 2. [c.1961.] + THE JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH 1950-1962. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $100
Lot 42

ROTH, Philip: A collection of five Roth titles in excellent condition, including DECEPTION. Simon & Schuster, 1990. First edition.

Estimate:
$150 - 200

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Lot 43

SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita: IN YOUR GARDEN AGAIN. Michael Joseph, 1953. First edition. + THE EDWARDIANS. Hogarth Press, 1930. Second impre...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

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Lot 44

SAROYAN, William: THE ADVENTURES OF WESLEY JACKSON. Faber, 1947. First edition. + THE WHOLE VOYALD AND OTHER STORIES. Faber, 1957. F...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 45

TOLKIEN, J. R. R: A nice collection of eleven works by or about J. R. R. Tolkien, including: THE SILMARILION. George Allen & Unwin, ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $120
Lot 46

WALLACE, David Foster: BOTH FLESH AND NOT. Hamish Hamilton, 2012. First edition + THE PALE KING. Hamish Hamilton, 2011. First Austra...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 47

WHITE, Patrick: THE EYE OF THE STORM. Cape, 1973. First edition. + FLAWS IN THE GLASS. Cape, 1981. First edition. + GARNER, Helen. T...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 48

[LITERARY BIOGRAPHY]: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WILDE. Bloomsbury, 2016. First edition. + BERYL BAINBRIDGE. Bloomsbury, 2016. First e...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 49

WOOLF, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. Complete in six volumes (Hogarth Press, 1975-1977; Chatto & Windus, 1981-1983).

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$250 - 350

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Lot 50

WOOLF, Virginia: THREE GUINEAS. Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. + THE MOMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS. Hogarth Press, 1947. First editio...

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$250 - 350

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Lot 51

[Annuals]: A nice group of five Children’s Annuals: IDEAL BOOK FOR GIRLS. Dean & Son, [c.1937]. + THE CHAMPION ANNUAL FOR BOYS 1951....

Estimate:
$100 - 120

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Lot 52

ARDIZZONE, Edward: A group of six books with illustrations by Ardizzone, including: Farjeon, Eleanor. MRS. MALONE. Oxford University...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

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Lot 53

ARDIZZONE, Edward: A group of four books by or about Edward Ardizzone, including: EDWARD ARDIZZONE: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COMMENTARY. Pi...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30
Lot 54

ARDIZZONE, Edward & Graham Greene: Two works by Graham Greene, illustrated by Ardizzone: THE LITTLE FIRE ENGINE. Doubleday & Co., 19...

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$80 - 100

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Lot 55

BLAKE, Quentin: A fine group of five books by or about Quentin Blake, including: HARD-BOILED LEGS. Prentice-Hall Books for Young Rea...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30
Lot 56

Carroll, Lewis: An early edition of Carroll’s: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Ma...

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$300 - 400

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Lot 57

GREENAWAY, Kate: GOING TO THE PARTY. Silk-fringed birthday card illustrated by Greenaway, and with G. P. Meade & B. Hobson Carroll m...

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$300 - 400

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Lot 58

GREENAWAY, Kate: A biography & bibliography of Kate Greenaway: Spielmann, M. H. & G. S. Layard. KATE GREENAWAY. Contains numerous pl...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

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Lot 59

INGPEN, Robert: A group of five books illustrated by Robert Ingpen, including: COLONIAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA. J. M. Dent, 1985. First edi...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

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Lot 60

MORPURGO, Michael: A group of six Morpurgo books, including: a signed copy of THE SLEEPING SWORD. Egmont, 2002. First edition. + MIM...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

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Lot 61

[Pop-up books]: A nice collection of fifteen ‘pop-ups’ and novelty books, including: BOBBIE BRUIN FROLICS. Mulder & Zoon, [c.1955]. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30
Lot 62

POTTER, Beatrix: Two unusual translations of Potter’s Tale of Peter Rabbit: FABULA PETRO CUNICULO. Translated by E. Perot Walker. Fr...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

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Lot 63

POTTER, Beatrix: An early edition of Potter’s: THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE. demy 16mo, grey papered boards, lettered in green, irr...

Estimate:
$80 - 100

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Lot 64

[POTTER, Beatrix]: An excellent group of books on Potter’s art and writing, including: BEATRIX POTTER’S LETTERS. Frederick Warne, 19...

Estimate:
$250 - 300

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Lot 65

POTTER, Beatrix: An early edition of Potter’s: THE TALE OF MR. TOD. demy 16mo; light grey papered boards, spine and upper board lett...

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$90 - 120

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Lot 66

POTTER, Beatrix: A lovely first edition of Potter’s: THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. demy 16mo, dark green papered boards, lettered in wh...

Estimate:
$700 - 900

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Lot 67

POTTER, Beatrix: An early edition of Potter’s: THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. demy 16mo, orange papered boards, lettered in green, arch-...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

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Lot 68

SOUTHALL, Ivan: Four books by Ivan Southall, including: FINN’S FOLLY. Angus & Robertson, 1969. First edition. + JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY...

Estimate:
$70 - 100

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Lot 69

NISTER, Ernest: Two works published by Nister, with beautiful colour chromolithographs: SHAKESPEARE PICTURES. Series No. 2. Oblong f...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $50
Lot 70

VICTORIANA: A pair of charming Victorian-era children’s books: FUNNY ANIMALS; A PICTURE BOOK FOR THE NURSERY. impl 8vo. With illustr...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $60
Lot 71

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: JOHN FRYER OF THE BOUNTY. Wood-engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. folio; blue canvas, spine and upper boa...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

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Lot 72

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: THE GOLDEN COCKEREL MABINOGION. Illustrations by Dorothea Braby. cr. folio; t.e.g.; half orange Cape and maiz...

Estimate:
$800 - 1,000

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Lot 73

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: THE PHAEDO OF PLATO. Wood engraving & floriated initials by Eric Gill. cr. 4to; t.e.g.; blue-green buckram, g...

Estimate:
$300 - 400

Sold for $300
Lot 74

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: BANNET, Ivor: THE AMAZONS. Engravings by Clifford Webb. impl 8vo; t.e.g.; half brown morocco & marbled papere...

Estimate:
$300 - 450

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Lot 75

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: SHELLEY, P. B. et al.: HARRIET & MARY. Edited by Walter Sidney Scott. cr. 4to; t.e.g.; qr brown morocco & blu...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $80
Lot 76

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: GHOSE, Sudhin N. FOLK TALES AND FAIRY STORIES FROM INDIA. Illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile. narrow roy. 4...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $60
Lot 77

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: CHAMBERS, David & Christopher Sandford (Compilers). COCK-A-HOOP. Private Libraries Association for the Golden...

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$90 - 150

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Lot 78

[GILL, Eric]: Four books about Eric Gill and his art, including: THE ENGRAVED BOOKPLATES OF ERIC GILL 1908-1940. Book Club of Califo...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $90
Lot 79

[ENGLISH & AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESS]: A group of U.K. & U.S. private press books, pamphlets & related ephemera, mostly from John Gartn...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30
Lot 80

[BRINDABELLA & WAYZGOOSE PRESS]: Four items of ephemera printed by, or relating to, the Brindabella Press, including: BRINDABELLA PR...

Estimate:
$150 - 250

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Lot 81

VALE PRESS: THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI. Translated by John Addington Symonds. Vols I & II. Wood-engraving & initial letters by Ch...

Estimate:
$700 - 900

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Lot 82

[AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST’S BOOK]: HOLMES, Lorraine. ODDILLY THE GOAT. super roy 4to; initial letters inscribed by hand in gouache, hand...

Estimate:
$800 - 900

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Lot 83

[AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST’S BOOK]: HOLMES, Lorraine. WHETHER THE COCK. super roy 4to; hand-coloured linocut illustrations. Hand-bound in...

Estimate:
$900 - 1,000

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Lot 84

WHITTINGTON PRESS: BAGNOLD, Enid. LETTERS TO FRANK HARRIS, & OTHER FRIENDS. Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1980. First editi...

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$150 - 250

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Lot 85

[SCALE MODELS]: A nice group of ten books about plastic modelling and scale model trains, trams, ships & cars, including: MODEL AND ...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

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Lot 86

[TOYS]: A group of eight books about celluloid toys, dolls, model soldiers &c., including: YESTERDAY’S TOYS. Chronicle Books, 1989. ...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30
Lot 87

FERGUSON, John Alexander: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA. Vols. 1-7. National Library of Australia, 1977-1986. Facsimile edition. + ADDEN...

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $100
Lot 88

STITZ, Charles (ed.): AUSTRALIAN BOOK COLLECTORS. Vols 1-5. Bread Street Press et al., 2010-2016. Each vol. ltd to 500 copies.

Estimate:
$250 - 300

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Lot 89

[AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY]: THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON. Hordern House, 2008. First edition. + BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COO...

Estimate:
$120 - 180

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Lot 90

[AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY]: AUSTRALIAN RARE BOOKS 1788-1900. Hordern House, 1987. First edition. + AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE: A BIBLIOGRA...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

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Lot 91

[PENGUIN BOOKS]: A nice collection of books relating to the history of Penguin Books, including: ALLEN LANE: A PERSONAL PORTRAIT. Bo...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30
Lot 92

[Penguin Books]: A collection of Penguin Books advertising and ephemera, with other book-related and advertising ephemera.

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $40
Lot 93

[PENGUIN BOOKS]: A run of issues of the Penguin Collectors’ Society journal: THE PENGUIN COLLECTOR. July 1998, No. 50 – June 2002, N...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30
Lot 94

[PENGUIN SPECIALS]: A nice collection of twelve early Penguin/Pelican Specials, including: TRAVELS OF A REUBLICAN RADICAL IN SEARCH ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $50
Lot 95

[PENGUIN SERIES]: A group of fourteen volumes from Penguin series: THE PENGUIN NEW WRITING (Nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34,...

Estimate:
$80 - 120

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Lot 96

[LADY CHATTERLEY, Trial of]: A special edition, gifted as a Christmas book by Allen Lane to friends and family: ROLPH, C. H. (ed.) T...

Estimate:
$250 - 300

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Lot 97

[PUFFIN DESIGNER CLASSIC]: ALCOTT, Louisa May. LITTLE WOMEN. Specially designed by Orla Kiely. Perspex slipcase. Puffin, 2010. No. 5...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30
Lot 98

[PUFFIN DESIGNER CLASSIC]: STEVENSON, Robert Louis. TREASURE ISLAND. Specially designed by architect Frank Gehry. Perspex slipcase. ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $160
Lot 99

SCARECROW PRESS: A group of five bibliographies published by the Scarecrow Press, all first edition, including: CLOAK-AND-DAGGER BIB...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $40
Lot 100

[Bookbinding]: A nice group of eight books about bookbinding, including: ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. British Museum Publicatio...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $100

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