This sale we have our usual miscellaneous goodies from first editions, original artworks to natural history books.
We have an original first trade edition James Finnegans Wake by James Joyce in dustwrapper. (Lot 1)
This striking original etching of The Walkers by George Baldessin 1965 is great. (Lot 113)
We also have the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy describing the descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian Indigenous animals from 1878-1890.
Lot 305 From China to Hkamti Long Kingdon Ward First ed.
Lot 305 From China to Hkamti Long Kingdon Ward First ed.
Lot 305 From China to Hkamti Long Kingdon Ward First ed.
Lot 305 From China to Hkamti Long Kingdon Ward First ed.
Lot 324 Edible Plants of Himalayas
Lot 324 Edible Plants of Himalayas
Lot 380 Signed c1890 Australasian Plant Travels
Lot 380 Signed c1890 Australasian Plant Travels
Lot 381 1853 Tea Countries of China
Lot 381 1853 Tea Countries of China
Lot 465 Italian Goldsmiths
Lot 465 Italian Goldsmiths
Lot 499 1834 Gardening and Botany
Lot 499 1834 Gardening and Botany
Lot 527 1899 Sturt Central Australia
Lot 527 1899 Sturt Central Australia
Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of life? This auction we have fishing, botany, exploration and antique and collecting lots: books that will give you inspiration for your next trip, take you on a mental escape in the comfort of your own home or give you some hints for collecting beautiful antique pieces.
There are 300 lots on fishing, mostly Australian, trout fishing, and fly-fishing including scarce items, limited and signed editions. The staff pick it the 1933 Tasmanian Rainbow Trout Poster Lot 297.
We have about 100 lots on plant hunting, botany and gardening including books by Francis Kingdon Ward, Reginald Farrar and Ernest Wilson.
There are over 130 lots on collecting. We have a over 30 lots on ceramic, silver and gold artists’ marks. There are 10 Lots porcelain including Blue and White porcelain, Spode and Wedgewood, and antique furniture. We have about 30 lots on furniture. We have an impressive number of Estate Collection catalogues from Australia in the early 1900s.
