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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: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | William Sylvester Walker | From the Land of the Wombat by William Sylvester Walker |
London | 1899 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 52 | MOUNTFORD, C.P. | Hommes bruns et sable rouge |
Paris | 1953 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | The People's Man Charles Jardine Don Australian Labour's First Parliamentarian |
Melbourne | 1995 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 54 | Henry Handel Richardson | The Letters (in 3 volumes) |
AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 55 | The Cyclopedia of South Australia: An Historical and Commercial Review |
Hampstead Gardens | 1978 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Five books from the series titled "Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers" |
Shannon | 1969 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 57 | Melbourne: Marvellous to Modern |
Fishermans Bend | 2009 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 58 | Matthew Baillie | Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body |
1981 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 59 | The Humours of Cynicus by Martin Anderson (writing as Cynicus) |
London | 1891 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Eight books including Debrett's and Who's Who |
1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 61 | GORDON, James | History of Scots Affairs from MDCXXXVII TO MDCXLI |
Aberdeen | 1841 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | A bound volume of the Port Phillip Gazette comprising numbers 2 to 53 |
between 9 January and 18 December of 1850 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 349.25 | ||
| 63 | MITCHELL, Elyne | Silver Brumby's Daughter |
London | 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 64 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
London | 1977 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 65 | Australian Coin Review |
July 1964 to June of 1980 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 66 | Surrey Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County |
Guildford | 1932-1937 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 67 | PIKE, Douglas and RITCHIE, John (series editors) | The Australian Dictionary of Biography |
Melbourne | 1966 to 1991 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | A collection of 14 books from the Classics of Medicine Library, an imprint of Gryphon Editions in Birmingham |
the eighties | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 69 | LETTS, Malcolm (editor) | Mandeville's Travels |
London | 1953 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Four African travel accounts (in five volumes) |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 71 | Four early maritime accounts |
London | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 72 | Edited by M. Aurousseau | The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt |
1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 73 | Three early Spanish travel accounts |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 74 | Four important Pacific voyage accounts |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 215.90 | ||
| 75 | COOK, Captain James. BEAGLEHOLE, J.C. (editor) | The Journals of Captain James Cook |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | 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.")
