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.
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

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

Auction Details

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
76	ETHERIDGE, Robert (curator and editor).	Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898.		1899- 1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,397.00
77	SHAW, George Bernard & FARLEIGH, John.	The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God.	London	1932	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
78		An outstanding lot of books on the history of New Zealand, including some scarce and desirable titles. All but two of the titles in this lot are hardcover octavo books, bound in the original cloth. Most have their dust-jackets, and the condition is overal	London	1887	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 698.50
79	KOVESI, Catherine.	Pitch Your Tents on Distant Shores: A History of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti.	Caringbah, NSW	2006	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
80		An excellent selection of books on Maori arts and culture.			AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 2,032.00
81	MARETT R.R. and T.K. PENNIMAN, T.K. (editors).	Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J.G. Frazer and Others.	Oxford University Press	1932	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
82	NICHOLSON, Peter.	The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture. Fully Explaining the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings; for Diminishing and Gluing of Columns and Capitals...	London	1815	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
83	MacPherson of Dalchully.	Two books on the history and genealogy of Scotland, both in most attractive leather bindings: CHEYNE-MacPHERSON, W. The Chiefs of Clan MacPherson	Edinburgh	1947	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
84	MARSHALL, Arthur C.	The Council of the Municipality of Mosman... Report for period 1922-23. Prefaced with a short historical sketch compiled by the Town Clerk (Arthur C. Marshall).	Mosman	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
85	BARTLETT, W.H. [William Henry]	Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem.		no date but circa 1845	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
86		Mrs. Beeton's Christmas Annual, Fourteenth Season.	London	1860	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
87	MONTGOMERIE, H.S.	The Morrison Myth. A pendant to William Bligh and the Bounty in Fact and Fable.	London	1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
88	BYRD, Richard Evelyn.	Little America. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. The Flight to the South Pole	New York	1930	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 698.50
89	[PARKES, Sir Henry, and others].	Official Record of the Proceedings and Debates of the National Australasian Convention. Held in Parliament House, Sydney, New South Wales, in the Months of March and April, 1891.	Sydney	1891	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
90	READ, Charles Rudston.	What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields.	London	1853	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
91	[KAREN BLIXEN]. DINESEN, Isak.	Seven Gothic Tales. With an introduction by Dorothy Canfield.	New York	1934	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
92	BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de.	A Voyage Round the World. Performed by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.	London	1772	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,778.00
93		Presentation folder from the Committee of Management of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum to Henry Birch, in appreciation for his services.	Dated May	1901	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
94		Presentation folder from Cecil Wedgwood, Mayor of Stoke-on-Kent, to the Australian Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, upon his visit during June 1911.		1911	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
95		Illuminated award to A.J.C. Chamen from the doctors and staff at Cootamundra District Hospital,		1925	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
96	edited by Diane Barwick and Robert Reece.	Aboriginal History, a journal		1977-1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
97	LAWSON, Henry.	The Romance of the Swag.		1939	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
98	HAWKESWORTH, John.	Captain James Cook, and others. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken	London	1773	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
99	KING, Phillip Parker.	Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822. With an Appendix, Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History.	London	1827	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
100	Karl Baedeker.	Paris and its Environs with Routes from London to Paris - Handbook for Travellers - With 14 maps and 42 plans - Eighteenth Revised Edition	Leipzig	1913	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50

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.
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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.