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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Working Model of the New Daimler Engine. |
Coventry, | 1904 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 27 | Eduard Trier, Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, and Francois Arp. | Jean Arp Sculpture 1957-1966. With text and a descriptive catalogue |
London | 1968 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 28 | Ion Idriess. | Handwritten Manuscript of Our Living Stone Age 1963 21 Manuscript chapters of the book - |
AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 29 | HEDIN, Sven. | Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lassa. |
London and Melbourne | 1903 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 30 | MILES, Henry Downes. | Pugilistica: Being One Hundred and Forty Years of the History of British Boxing... |
London | 1880 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 31 | DOUGLAS, Norman. | Summer Islands. |
New York | 1931 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 32 | HOLLINRAKE, Rosalind. | Clarice Beckett. The Artist and Her Circle. |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 33 | SPAIN, Edward. Richard Stafford. | The Journal of Edward Spain. Merchant Seaman and sometimes Warrant Officer in The Royal Navy describing the conditions of life at sea during the American Revolution and the wars with France, with an engraving |
Sydney | 1989 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 34 | O'BRIAN, Patrick. | H.M.S. Surprise. |
London | 1973 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 35 | Evelyn Waugh. | Two first editions The Loved One (1948), and Love Among the Ruins (1953). |
1948 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | Charles Stuart Pratt. Water colours | PRATT, Charles Stuart. Baby's Lullaby Book. Mother Songs |
Boston | 1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | The Escutcheon Press, Brandywine, the Pump Press, and a few others. Approximately 100 Australian private press publications in this lot. Many of the publications in this lot have been inscribed | A cache of Australian private press materials from the collection of the printer and bibliographer Geoffrey Farmer. Includes pamphlets printed |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | ||
| 38 | THOMAS, Dylan. | Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. |
London | 1954 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | LEWIS, Cecil Day. | The Otterbury Incident. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. |
London | 1948 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 40 | Catherine Mansfield. | Poems |
London | 1923 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 41 | LANDESMAN, Fran. | More Truth than Poetry. Designed and illustrated by Avril Broadley. |
1984 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | [GEORGE CRUIKSHANK]. | The Cruikshankian Momus. Pictorial broadsides and humorous song-headings. Fifty-two comic designs to popular ballads |
London | 1892 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | BRADY, E.J. | Picturesque Port Phillip. |
Melbourne | circa 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | DAVIS, Robert H. | Breathing in Irrespirable Atmospheres, and, in some cases, also Under Water. |
London | no date but circa 1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 45 | HULTEN, Pontus. | Marcel Duchamp. Edited with an introduction by Pontus Hulten, text |
London | 1993 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 46 | "AUSTRAL". Lawn Tennis in Australasia. With 62 action photos taken in great matches in Australasia of the four greatest players in the world. (N.E. Brookes, A.F. Wilding, M.E. McLoughlin and W.A. Larned). |
Sydney | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | ROSS, Malcolm. | A Climber in New Zealand. |
London | 1914 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 48 | GIBSON, G. | Herbert. Ironbark Chips and Stockwhip Cracks. By Percy F. S. Spence and Alf Vincent. |
Melbourne | 1893 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 49 | GHOSE, Sudhin. | Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India. With illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile. |
London | 1961 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Three voyage accounts |
in the late sixties and early seventies | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
