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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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, 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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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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.
Australian Book Auctions: Books, 115, Armadale,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASHLEY-MONTAGU, M.F. | COMING INTO BEING AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES: |
London | 1937 | AUD 140.00 - 200.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 2 | BASEDOW, Herbert. | NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION OF EXPLORATION IN NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
Adelaide | 1918 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 3 | BASEDOW, Herbert. | THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL. |
Adelaide | 1925 | AUD 100.00 - 140.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 4 | BEASLEY., Harry G. | FISH HOOKS, |
London | 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 160.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 5 | BERNDT, Ronald and Catherine. | ARNHEM LAND; |
Melbourne | 1954 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 304.80 |
| 6 | BERNDT, Ronald M. | DJANGGAWUL. |
London | 1952 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | AUD 279.40 |
| 7 | BERNDT, Ronald M. | KUNAPIPI. |
New York | 1951 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 279.40 |
| 8 | BERNDT, Ronald M. (ed.). | AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. |
Sydney | 1964 | AUD 140.00 - 180.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 9 | BERNDT, Ronald M. and Catherine H. | A WORLD THAT WAS: |
Vancouver | 1993 | AUD 140.00 - 180.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 10 | BONWICK, James. | THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS; |
London | 1870 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 11 | CRAWFORD, I.M. | THE ART OF THE WANDJINA: |
Melbourne | 1968 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 12 | CURR, Edward M. | THE AUSTRALIAN RACE: |
Melbourne | 1886-1887. | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 13 | DAWSON, James. | AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES: |
Melbourne | 1881 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 14 | EDGE-PARTINGTON, James. | AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS &C. OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. |
London | 1898 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 5,588.00 |
| 14A | EDGE-PARTINGTON, James. | AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. |
London, | 1969 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 330.20 |
| 15 | EDWARDS, Robert. | THE ART OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVERS REGION. |
Canberra | 1974 | AUD 100.00 - 160.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 16 | ELKIN, A.P., and Catherine and Ronald BERNDT. | ART IN ARNHEM LAND. |
Melbourne | 1950 | AUD 100.00 - 160.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 17 | ETHERIDGE, Robert. | THE DENDROGLYPHS, OR "CARVED TREES" OF NEW SOUTH WALES. |
Sydney | 1918 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 18 | ETHERIDGE, Robert. | THE CYLINDRO-CONICAL AND CORNUTE STONE IMPLEMENTS OF WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES... |
Sydney | 1916 | AUD 140.00 - 240.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 19 | EVANS, I.H.N. | AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES IN BORNEO. |
London | 1922 | AUD 120.00 - 160.00 | AUD 304.80 |
| 20 | FLANAGAN, Roderick J. | THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA. |
Sydney | 1888 | AUD 100.00 - 140.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 21 | FURNESS, William H. | THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS, |
Philadelphia | 1902 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | GAMMAGE, Bill. | SKY TRAVELLERS, |
Melbourne | 1998 | AUD 120.00 - 160.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 23 | GERBRANDS, Adrian A. (ed.). | THE ASMAT OF NEW GUINEA. |
New York | 1967 | AUD 120.00 - 220.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 24 | GREENWAY, John. | BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES |
Sydney | 1963 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 127.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
