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
101		The Charlie Chaplin Book.	New York	1916	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 50.80
102		1) Paperback copy of : The Man With The Golden Typewriter 2) Thrilling Cities 3) From Russia With Love Penguin 2008 4) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Vol 3. 1965. All reprints Good copies			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 203.20
103	Charlton Hinman.	The Norton Facsimile The First Folio of Shakespeare. Prepared		1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
104		Seven First Edition Biggles Books Biggles: 1. Works It Out 1951 2.Buries A Hatchet 1958 3.Chinese Puzzle 1955 4. Of The Interpol 1957 5. And The Black Raider 1953 6. Another Job For 1951 7. Foreign Legionnaire 1954 All in dustwrappers with lit			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
105		Spot Map Showing The Gold-Copper Ratios of the Copper Ores from The Copper Mines and Localities of the Cloncurry Gold and Mineral Field . This map measures 105 x 77 cm and was printed in December 1940			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
106		1) The Life of Mozart			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
107	Christopher De Hamel.	1) A History of Illuminated Manuscripts		1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
108	Simon Winchester	1) The Map That Changed The World. The Tale of William Smith and The Birth Of A Science	London	2001	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
109	Elizabeth Magee 2004 2) The Greek Myths 1996 3) Gothic Art and Architecture	1) Legends Of The Ring Selected and Edited			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
110	Betty Radice. .Edwin Gibbon Edited and With An Introduction	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	London	1983	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
111	Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. In Two Volumes	Recollections Of A Happy Life Being The Autobiography Of Marianne North Edited	London	1892	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
112		1890s Manuscript material from the estate of Ion Idriess concerning Jandamarra (or Pigeon as he was known to the white settlers of the Kimberley's).		1890s	AUD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	AUD 26,670.00
113	Idriess one page Mostly Nature, Early Mounted Police, and Northern Territory Notes. Generally from about or just before 1930, onward.	Handwritten			AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	AUD 9,525.00
114	John Armour	The Spell Of The Inland A Romance of Central Australia	Sydney	1927	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
115		A box of music books includes Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
116		A broadsheet circa 1932: Monday, May 16 FITZROY STADIUM BRUNSWICK STREET WRESTLING SIX 8 MINUTE ROUNDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING ALEC. DONNETT (RICHMOND) V BOB. PHILLIPS NORTH MELBOURNE Both are ex Australian Amateur Champions Boxing - 6 Rounds		circa 1932	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
117		The State Hermitage. Masterpieces from the Museum's Collections. 2 volume set is a slipcase and dustwrappers.	London	1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
118	D H Lawrence and M. L. Skinner.	The Boy In The Bush	New York	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
119	Frederick McCarthy.	Australia's Aborigines. Their Life and Culture.	Melbourne	1957	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
120		1) Lewis and Short: A Latin Dictionary. This is a twenty first century reprint of the 1879 edition		1879	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
121		1914 Commonwealth of Australia Port Augusta -Oodnadatta Railway. 6 page Parliamentary Paper with a large foldout map with some colour. Map of Port Augusta measures 49 x 43 cm		1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
122		1902 NSW Government Report on the Proposed Tramway From Oxford Street to Bellevue Hill. Foolscap size 102 pages. Large folding map measures 90 x 60 cm		1902	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
123		A poster printed in red and black on white lnen STOP SENSELESS SLAUGHTER CONSERVE WILDLIFE	Sydney		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
124	Peter Lombard	49 leaves printed both sides (so 98 pages) written by Peter Lombard and printed in Basel in 1487.		1487	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
125		Charlotte, Emily & Anne Bronte The Complete Novels. Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Gray	London	1991	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00

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.