• 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
  • University Archives
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    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
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    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
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    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
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    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
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    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
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    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
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    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
252

A great box of ephemeral items. Newspapers, small publications and advertising.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
253

A bundle of Poetry Books. Including Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis; New Zealand Verse; The Ballad of Alan Bond by Robert Hugh's; ...

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
254

A collection of fun! Pop up Books for kids.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
255

Lightolier Green Book Of Decorative Lighting.

1926 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 444.50
256

A charming family road trip around New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

1920s AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
257

SS Afric: White Star Line: Photograph Album Cloth bound album.

AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
260

Among the Cannibals of New Guinea: Being the Story of the New Guinea Mission of the London Missionary Society by Reverend Samuel McFarlane.

1888 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
261

Pitcairn: The Island, The People, and The Pastor, To Which is Added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island by Reverend Thos. Boyles Murray and brought up=to-date by Reverend C Elcum.

1897 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
262 by Gustav Warneck. Third English Edition edited by George Robson.

Outline of a History of Protestant Missions From the Reformation to the Present Time: With an Appendix Concerning Roman Catholic Missions

Edinburgh 1906 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
263

Samoa Past and Present A Narrative of Missionary Work in the South Sea by Charles Phillips.

London no date circa1890 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
264

Geography and history of Oceania : comprising a detailed account of the Australian colonies and a brief sketch of Australasia, Malaysia, Polynesia and Antarctica.

Tasmania 1865 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 241.30
265 by Beatrice Grimshaw.

From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands.

London 1907 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
266 and edited by John Bowden, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Malcolm Ross.

A Journey Through Austronesian and Papuan Linguistic and Cultural Space: Papers in Honour of Andrew Pawley

2010 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
267

The Samoan Journals of John Williams, 1830 and 1832 by John Williams.

1984 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
268

Hawaiki: The Whence of the M?ori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History; Being an Introduction to the Native History of Rarotonga by S Percy Smith.

Wellington 1898 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
269

A Voyage Around the World With the Romanzov Exploring Expedition in the Years 1815-1818 in the Brig Rurik, Captain Otto Von Kotzebue by Adelbert Von Chamisso and translated by Henry Kratz.

USA 1986 AUD 180.00 - 250.00 AUD 139.70
270

Peter Parley's tales about the islands in the Pacific Ocean : with numerous engravings.

Philadelphia 1855 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
271

The Founders of Canterbury: Volume 1 Being Letters from the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley and to Other Well-Known Helpers in the Settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand by John Robert Godley.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
272 Edited by Henry B. Wheatley.

The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784. Volumes 1,-5

1884 AUD 240.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
273 Edited by Patrick McConvel and Nicholas Evans, Nicholas.

Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective.

1997 AUD 140.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
274

Kanga Creek: An Australian Idyll by Havelock Ellis.

London 1922 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 127.00
275

Comics: Ideology, Power, and the Critics by Martin Barker.

1989 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
276

Successful Dairy Farming in Australia

Sydney. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
277

Victoria: The half-length portraits and the twopence queen enthroned by Charles L Pack.

New York 1923 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
278

A Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse by Percival Serle.

1925 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • University Archives
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
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    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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