In this auction we have a number of History, Science and the Arts lots including fine bindings, limited editions and more.
If you like science we have some natural history, geology, astronomy and philosophy. Check out Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum 1635 (Lot 6); Philosophical Magazine 1798-1808 – Fine Binding (Lot 52); Eucalyptus Maiden 1910-1912 (Lot 47); Journal of Science Samuelson & Crookes – Fine Binding (Lot 55); Geology of South Australia 1905-1951 (lot 59)
If history is more your thing we have items including voyages, exploration and discovery, early Australia, military history, biographies and more. Some highlights including: Unpublished manuscript: Set in Outback about the Bryce Russell Mystery 1940s (Lot 20); Second Voyage of North-West Passage 1835 (Lot 58); 1910 India, Australia, China & the Far East (Lot 10); Scapegoats First edition – Breaker Morant – Boer War & Murder of POWs (Lot 12); Sydney Shipping Gazette 1848-1856 (Lot 62); Prichard’s Egyptian Mythology 1819 (Lot 82).
We also have some good literature and art books with some limited, special or signed editions including: William Blake’s Book of Urizen – Trianon Press 1958 Limited edition (Lot 4); Christopher Hitchens Signed (Lot 30); Fergus Hume (Lot 67); Works of Rudyard Kipling Signed – Seven Seas Edition (Lot 86); Novels and Letters of Jane Austen limited (Lot 88); Edgar Allan Poe (Lot 89); The Illustrated Book Of The Dog (Lot 320);
History, Science and the Arts – Fine bindings, limited editions and more A192
Timed auction 26th July from 12noon
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