Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera, 82425, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 24, 2025 - August 24, 2025

Page Size: 328 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Mary Pope Osborne	48 Titles of Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne, Book			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
177	By Marjorie Tipping.	Ludwig Becker. Artist and Naturalist with the Burke and Wills Expedition.	Carlton	1979	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 76.20
178	by David Cooke, Don Estell, Keith Seckold & John Beckhaus (Dennis Toohey illustrator)	Coaching Stock Of The NSW Railways Volumes 1 & 2 &3	Published by Everleigh Press	1999 & 2004 & 2012.	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 203.20
179		Cabinet of Catholic Information		Circa1903	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
180	by J.J. Pascoe.	History of Adelaide and Vicinity with A General Sketch of The Province of South Australia and biographies of Representative Men		1901	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
181	Compiled by Hebert J. Rumsey, F.J. Lond.	The Pioneers of Sydney Cove		1937	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
182		Times History of the War in 21 volumes.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
183		Folio Society x3 1) The Gunpowder Plot 2) History of the Church and People 3) Last Splendour Youssoupoff All in slipcases.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
184	By Simon Dubnov.	History of the Jews in five volumes.		1953	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
185		Eight old leather bindings.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
186		History of the life and reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne : wherein all the transactions of that memorable reign are faithfully compiled from the best authorities, and impartially.	London	1740	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
187		The new and complete life and history of our blessed Lord and saviour Jesus Christ: Containing all the particulars relative to the important life, transactions, death, resurrection and ascension, of our Glorious Redeemer			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
188		A stack of 11 postcards, with bird art or photographs adorning them.			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
189		Six cloth bindings including 5 odd bindings from the Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
190		Over 70 photographs in the early 20th Century.		early 20th Century.	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
191		A stack of over 30 postcards with designs of landscapes including water on the front, whether that be surfing, rivers or bays, images of Ancient Grecian cities, castle, and, modern cities.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
192	By John Ray, M.A.	Nomenclator classicus sive dictionariolum trilingue: secundum locos communes nominibus usitatioribus Anglicis, Latinis, Greek dispositis. A classical nomenclator with the gender and declension of each word and the quantities of the syllables.	London	1696	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
193		The Spectator from 1793.		1793	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
194	by Francesco Bracciolini	(On the Scorn of the Gods: A Pleasant Poem)	Firenze	1625	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
195		19th Century Europe Two books . 1) Vues de Paris en Couleurs: Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel.		c1930.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
196	by Robert Nelson.	A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England with collects and prayers for each solemnity	Oxford	1843	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
197	auctore Paulo Laymann	Theologiae / Moralis / in quinque libros partitae / quibus materiae omnes practicae / cum ad externum eccesiasticum, tum internum conscientiae forum / spectantes, nova methodo explicantur / tomus primus	Venice	1719	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
198		Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country, with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions by Edmund Lodge.	London	1835	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
199		Classic Medical Library 1) The Special Edition of the Seats an Causes of Diseases by John Baptist Morgagni.		1983	AUD 200.00 - 350.00	AUD 127.00
200	Edited by Hermomich Shugio.	Japanese Art Folio	Tokyo	c1898.	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.

Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.

Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.

Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.