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: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025

Page Size: 491 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	SAUER, Gordon C. John Gould	The Bird Man. A chronology and bibliography	Sydney	1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
27		Four pieces of early Sydney printed sheet music		circa 1870-1900	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
28	J. W. Collinson	Five scarce books by J. W. Collinson on the early history of North Queensland			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
29		A small cluster of pleasing antique printed material related to wasps	Paris	1858	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
30	WHITMAN, Walt	The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman	New York	1963	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
31		Eight locally printed Queensland locality guides: Seventy-fifth anniversary of Dalby as a municipality 1863-1938		1863-1938	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 539.75
32		South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register	Adelaide	1988	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
33		A bound volume of the Adelaide "Truth" newspaper, comprising a continuous run of issues from Saturday 2 July 1932 to Saturday 31 December 1932			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
34		A bound volume of the Sydney Morning Herald			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
35	McCLELLAN, George B.	McClellan's Own Story	New York	1887	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
36	NICHOLS, Thomas Low	Forty Years of American Life	London	1864	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
37	GOLDMANN, Charles Sydney	With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa	London	1902	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
38		A rather good cache of nine books on the Boer war	London	1900	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
39		The History of the Soudan Expedition: An Historical Record of The Events relating to the Levy, Despatch, and Return of the New South Wales Contingent	Sydney	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
40	HILLEGAS, Howard C.	With the Boer Forces	London	1900	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	COLLYER, Brigadier-General J.J.	The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916	Pretoria	1939	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
42	WATT, Steve	In Memoriam. Roll of Honour Imperial Forces		2000	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
43	SILVER, Lynette and ELLIOTT	Four Australian battalion histories, all are octavo sized books, in near-fine to fine condition			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
44	WILSON, Herbert Wrigley	With the Flag to Pretoria	London	1900	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
45		Occupation Souvenir of Japan		1946	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
46	POWLES, Lieutenant-Colonel C. Guy	The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine	Auckland	1922	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
47	DIXON, Jeremy	The Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, 1940-1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Recipients	Altgen	2013	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
48		Seven books on military aviation during the Second World War	London	2001	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
49	R. Brough Smyth	The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria with Notes on the Modes of Occurence of Gold and Other metals and Minerals by R. Brough Smyth	Melbourne	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
50	GRAINGER, Percy	Photos of Rose Grainger and of 3 short accounts of her life by herself, in her own handwriting	New York	1923	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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.