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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
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    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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Samuel Smiles | Lives of the Engineers with an Account of their Principal Works Comprising also A History of Inland Communication in Britain  | 
            London | 1862 | AUD 450.00 - 500.00 | AUD 444.50 | 
| 102 | J R Vavra | 5000 Years of Glass-Making. The History of Glass  | 
            1954 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 103 | Charles Singer | 1) The Earliest Chemical Industry- An essay in the historical relations of economics and technology illustrated from the Alum Trade  | 
            London | 1948 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | 
| 104 | R. T. Baker | Building and Ornamental Stones of Australia  | 
            Sydney | 1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 | 
| 105 | Edited by His Brother John Davy | The Collected Works of Sir Humphrey Davy Bart. Foreign Associate of The Instute of France  | 
            AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | ||
| 106 | Goethe | Faust by Goethe  | 
            London | 2005 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 | 
| 107 | French Porcelain In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen  | 
            2010 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 108 | David Marr | Patrick White: A Life  | 
            Sydney | 1991 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | 
| 109 | Statement by Ion L Idriess before the Select Committee on the Administration of Aborigines Protection Board  | 
            Wednesday, 24th November, 1937 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 110 | Harry Truman | Signed photograph  | 
            1950 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 111 | A beautiful photograph of a group of 14 well dressed family members  | 
            AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 112 | Two Fine Prize Bindings awarded to Charles E Cornell as the Prize in the Second Algebra Class Christmas 1880  | 
            1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 113 | Etchings: Portraits and Landscapes  | 
            AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 88.90 | |||
| 114 | A box of Art & Architecture books  | 
            AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |||
| 115 | A History of Technology in Five Volumes  | 
            1954-1958, 1958 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 116 | Robinson | 1. Historical Brevities of Tasmania  | 
            1937 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Map to accompany The Royal Commission On The Cataract Dam Sydney Water Supply  | 
            AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 118 | A colour print of Coogee  | 
            Circa 1890s | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | ||
| 119 | Reston | 1. The Last Apocalypse Europe At The Year 1000AD 1998  | 
            AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 120 | Jewkes | 1. The Sources Of Invention  | 
            1958 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 121 | A good lot of Australian History  | 
            AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 88.90 | |||
| 122 | Rocky Section. An Australian Romance by Sydney Partridge  | 
            Brisbane | 1907 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 123 | Edited by Michelle Grattan | Australian Prime Ministers  | 
            2000 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 124 | Edited by Ludwig Goldscheider | Leonardo Da Vinci  | 
            1954 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | Charles W Jacobsen | Oriental Rugs, A Complete Guide  | 
            US | 1962 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |