• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and the Arts, 92825, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025
Page Size: 309 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 WALTON, Izaak AND COTTON, Charles.

The Complete Angler... To which is added an appendix, including illustrative ballads, music, papers on American fishing, and the most complete catalogue of books on angling, etc, ever printed.

New York 1848 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
277 KELLOG, J.H.

Ladies Guide in Health and Disease. Girlhood, Maidenhood, Wifehood, Motherhood.

London 1895 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
278

Folio Society. Hardcovers in slipcases in very good condition. 1) If this is a man - Primo Levi 2) Kim - Rudyard Kipling 1995 3) Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling 1991 ...

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
279 J.R.R. Tolkien Edited by Christopher Tolkien

The Silmarillion

London 1977 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
280 J. K. Rowling. 1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury 2007 2) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Bloomsbury 2005...

Five Harry Potter Books

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
281 Ernest Bramah.

The Mirror of Kong Ho

1905 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
282 Frances Clare.

The Golden Plums and Other Stories

no date c1889 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
283 George Johnston.

Clean Straw For Nothing

1969 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
284 David Macrae.

The Americans At Home: Pen-An-Ink Sketches of American Men, Manners, and Institutions.

1879 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
285

Traduzione Delle Poesie Liriche Di Orazio 5 Volumes in one book. 1780.

1780 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
286 Cardinal Richelieu 1691.

L'Art de plaire dans la conversation. Revue & angmentee de divers entretiens. The art of pleasing in conversation. Review and annotati.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
287 J A H Murray

The Oxford English Dictionary: Second Edition, 20 Volumes Set Complete

1989 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 825.50
288 Captain Sir R.F. Burton.

Arabian Nights The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated from the Arabic

London 1897 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,270.00
289

A Fine complete 21 volume Set of the Oxford Library Works of Charles Dickens. .

1979 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 698.50
290 a Pioneer [John Phillip]

Reminiscences of Australian Early Life

London 1893 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 190.50
291 Captain Frank Hurley with 80 illustrations.

Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air on Land and Sea in New Guinea

1924 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
292

1) 14 Volumes of Thomas Carlyle's' work, includes books from the same set but most are lacking a few volumes to be complete.

London 1894 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 63.50
293

Three art books of the Boyd Family. 1) Guy Boyd

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
294 Isaac Robert Cruikshank

Lessons of Thrift,

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
295 Heimito Von Doderer

The Demons

1961 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
296

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointe as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches.

1719 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 571.50
297 Augustus Mayhew.

Paved with Gold or The Romance and Reality of the London Streets

London 1858 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
298

Three books Published by Folio Society. 1) Glencoe & Culloden by John Prebble. 2) The Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov 2006 3) Short Stories by Anton Chekhov 2001

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
299

5 Folio Society books, all fine copies housed in their original slipcases. A mix on Art, Literature, Painting and Photography.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
300

8 Folio society books on history, all housed in original decorative slipcases.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 63.50
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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-$12,000
    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