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![<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 -
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
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and the Arts, 92825, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T E Lawrence | Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph |
London | 1937 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 2 | Karl Baedeker. | Norwegen, Danemark, Island, Spitzbergen: Handbuch fur Reisende |
Leipzig | 1931 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Karl Baedeker. | Eastern Alps including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola. |
1907 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Karl Baedeker. | Northern Germany As Far As The Bavarian And Austrian Frontiers Handbook For Travellers |
Leipzig | 1904 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Karl Baedeker. | Italy From The Alps To Naples Handbook For Travellers. |
Leipzig | 1909 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 6 | Karl Baedeker. | Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Handbook for Travellers |
Leipsic | 1903 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 7 | Karl Baedeker. | Belgium and Holland, including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for Travellers |
1910 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | LINDSAY, Norman (introduction). | Twenty-Four reproductions in colour from original oil paintings. |
Sydney | 1939 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 215.90 |
| 9 | YEATS, William Butler. | Autobiographies. Reveries over Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil. |
London | 1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Jane Austen | Five novels |
London | 1907 to 1909 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 11 | IREDALE, Tom. Lilian Medland. | Birds of New Guinea. |
Melbourne | 1956 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 12 | New South Wales Railway and Tramway Budget. |
Sydney | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 13 | An album of 117 hand-drawn illustrations crafted during the early decades of the nineteenth century, derived from an architectural treatise titled Les Antiquites d'Athenes. |
1762 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 444.50 | ||
| 14 | La Mode Illustree, Journal de la Famille. |
Paris | 1874 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Rex Backhaus-Smith | Two prints from artworks , titled "Old Sofala Prospector" and "Back Street Sofala" respectively. |
dated | 1977 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | LANE, Terence & SERLE, Jessie. | Australians at Home. A Documentary History of Australian Domestic Interiors from 1788 to 1914. |
Melbourne | 1990 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 17 | [BALLARAT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION]. COULTHARD, W. (secretary). | Guide to Ballarat. |
Ballarat | no date but circa 1910 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 18 | Railways Queensland Tours in the Mackay District. |
Brisbane | 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 19 | MURRAY, Hugh | Ewing's New General Atlas; containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the world. A new edition... |
Edinburgh | 1848 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 20 | Tchaikovsky | Australian sheet music for the Nutcracker Suite |
Melbourne | 1941 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Suzanne and Georges Ramie. | Ceramiques de Picasso. |
Geneva | 1948 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 22 | TAKASHIMA, S. | Illustrations of Japanese Life. Described |
Tokyo, | 1918 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | [KLIPPEL, Robert] GLEESON, James. | Robert Klippel. |
Sydney | 1983 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 24 | POPE, John Alexander, GETTENS, Rutherford John, and others. | The Freer Chinese Bronzes. |
Washington, D.C., | 1967-1969 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Kevin Fahy: | Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture. |
Sydney: | 1985 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 |
![<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.")
