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.
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

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		A handmade fancy wooden box containing 'The Great Sailing Ship Engravings'.			AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
2	MICHELL, Keith.	Shakespeare's Sonnets. Foreword by Sir Robert Helpmann.	Melbourne	1979	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
3		Forty Drawings of Fishes made by the Artists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his Three Voyages to the Three Voyages to the Pacific 1768-71; 1772-75 ; 1776 -80.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
4	STEARN, William (editor). By William T. Stearn, introduction by Wilfred Blunt.	The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer.	London	1975	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
5		Rare and special. A wonderfully bound collection of the annual reports of the English Jane Austen Society.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
6	DARRAGH, Thomas A.	The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the time of the Gold Rush.	N.S.W.	1990	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
7	CLARKE, Samuel.	Homeri Odyssea. Graece et Latinae. Editit, annotationesque, ex notis nonnullis manuscriptis a Samuel Clarke	London	1815	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
8	ST. JULIAN, Charles & SILVESTER, Edward K.	The Productions, Industry, and Resources of New South Wales.	Sydney	1853	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 444.50
9		Valerii Maximi Vita Incerto Auctore. Alternate title: Valerii Maximi Dictorum Factorumque Memorabilium Libri IX.	Amsterdam	1690	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
10	MEREDITH, Louisa Anne.	My Home in Tasmania; or, Nine Years in Australia by Mrs. Charles Meredith.	New York	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 3,302.00
11	BURDER, George.	Village Sermons; or, Short and Plain Discourses for the use of Families, Schools, and Religious Societies.	London	1824-1826.	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
12	[NO AUTHOR].	A Visit to Australia and It's Gold Regions.	London	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,397.00
13	MURRAY, H. (editor).	Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean	London	1826	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
14	KENRICK, William.	Free Thoughts on Seduction, Adultery and Divorce By a civilian.	London	1771	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
15	LOFTUS, William Kennett.	Travels and Researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; With an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech of Nimrod, and Shush, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-1852.	New York	1857	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
16	ARBUTHNOT, John.	An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies in which the Different Effects, Advantages, and Disadvantages, of Animal and Vegetable Diet are Explained.	London	1756	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
17	ATHANASIUS.	Athanasii Episcopi Alexandrini Opera, studiosus quam antea fuerint, a situ vindicata, quorum catalogus sequitur.	Strasbourg	1522	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
18	BOSWELL, James.	An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli.	London	1768	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
19	BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.	Signed cheque from the Citizens National Bank of Los Angeles, dated February 1946.		1946	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
20		Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century : with over 200 illustrations by George Paston With Over 200 Illustrations	London	1905	AUD 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
21	CANTER, William.	Aeschyli Tragoediae VII.	Antwerp	1580	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
22	Muhammad Ali.	The Greatest.	London	1976	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
23		Scotch College Athletic Sports. Melbourne Cricket Ground Admit two to the ladies' reserve.		1891	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24	GIOVIO, Paolo & DOMENICHI, Ludovico..	La Vita di Consalvo Ferrando di Cordova detto il Gran Capitano. Scritta per Mons. Paolo Giovio Vescovo di Nocera, & tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi.	Florence	1552	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
25	[POPE GREGORY I]	In commincia il prologo del vulgarizatore dyalogo de miser sancto Gregorio papa.	Venice	1475	AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold

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.
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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.