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![<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.")
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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-$12,000Bonhams, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | PRATT, Antwerp Edgar. | TWO YEARS AMONG NEW GUINEA CANNIBALS... |
London | 1906 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 304.80 |
| 49 | RILEY, E. Baxter. | AMONG PAPUAN HEADHUNTERS. |
London | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | ROTH, Henry Ling. | THE NATIVES OF SARAWAK |
London | 1896 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 51 | ROTH, Walter E. | ETHNOLOGICAL STUDIES |
Brisbane | 1897 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 52 | ROTH, Walter E. | NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY |
Sydney | 1907-1910. | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 330.20 |
| 53 | SADLEIR, Richard. | THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA. |
Sydney | 1883 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 54 | SELIGMANN, C. G. | THE MELANESIANS OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA. |
Cambridge | 1910 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 55 | SMITH, The Hon. Staniforth. | HANDBOOK OF THE TERRITORY OF PAPUA... |
Melbourne | 1909 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 56 | SMYTH, R. Brough. | THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA: |
Melbourne and London | 1878 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 57 | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin (editor). | REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE HORN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. |
Bundaberg | 1994 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 57A | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin. | THE NATIVE TRIBES OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA. |
London | 1914 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 330.20 |
| 58 | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN. | ACROSS AUSTRALIA. |
London | 1912 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 482.60 |
| 59 | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN. | THE NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. |
London | 1904 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 533.40 |
| 60 | SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN. | THE ARUNTA: |
London | 1927 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 558.80 |
| 61 | STREHLOW, T.G.H. | ARANDA TRADITIONS. |
Melbourne | 1947 | AUD 100.00 - 160.00 | AUD 457.20 |
| 62 | TAPLIN, Rev. George. | GRAMMAR OF THE NARRINYERI TRIBE OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. |
Adelaide | 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 63 | TINDALE, Norman B. | ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AUSTRALIA: |
Canberra | 1974 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 406.40 |
| 64 | WALSH, Grahame L. | AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST ROCK ART. |
Bathurst | 1988 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 304.80 |
| 65 | WEBSTER, W.D. | ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES 24 TO 27 OF ETHNOGRAPHICAL SPECIMENS, |
Oxford | 1900 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 66 | WILLIAMS, Francis Edgar. | OROKAIVA SOCIETY. |
London | 1930 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 67 | WOODS, J.D. et al. | THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
Adelaide | 1879 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 406.40 |
| 68 | BEATTIE, J.W. | BEAUTIFUL TASMANIA |
Launceston | circa 1909. | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 355.60 |
| 69 | BLIGH, William. | A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY; |
London | 1790 | AUD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | COOK. DAVID, Andrew. | CHARTS AND COASTAL VIEWS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES. |
London | 1988 -- 1997. | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 457.20 |
| 71 | COOK. WHITEHEAD, P.J.P. | FORTY DRAWINGS OF FISHES |
London | 1968 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 177.80 |
