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 7
[MARGARET PRESTON]: MARGARET PRESTON. 4to. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005.
Estimate:
$80 - 100
Sold for $70
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 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 14
JOHNSON, Samuel: RASSELAS; PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. New edition. f’cap 8vo; contemporary calf, gilt. Printed for T. Johnstone, W. Taylor...
Estimate:
$100 - 150
Sold for $40
Lot 15
[Latin Breviary]: HIERONYMUM JOANNINUM. Officium hebdomadæ sanctæ juxta formam missalis, & breviarii romani, sub urbano viii. Correc...
Estimate:
$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 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 23
LINDSAY, Jack: EIGHT POEMS OF YOUTH. Marbled paper wrappers. Ancora Press, 1996. No. 22 of 100 copies. + Eight other limited edition...
Estimate:
$100 - 150
Sold for $30
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 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
Sold for $30
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 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
Sold for $30
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 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 52
ARDIZZONE, Edward: A group of six books with illustrations by Ardizzone, including: Farjeon, Eleanor. MRS. MALONE. Oxford University...
Estimate:
$120 - 150
Sold for $30
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 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 58
GREENAWAY, Kate: A biography & bibliography of Kate Greenaway: Spielmann, M. H. & G. S. Layard. KATE GREENAWAY. Contains numerous pl...
Estimate:
$100 - 120
Sold for $30
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
Sold for $30
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 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 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 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 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
Sold for $30
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 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 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