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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera

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Auction Name	Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera	Total Sales (AUD)	37,268.15
Auction Date	August 24, 2025 - August 24, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	46,315.00
Sale Number	#82425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	64,950.00
Total Lots	328
Sold Lots	142	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	151,245.00
% of Lots Sold	43.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	206,060.00
Unsold Lots	186	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	18.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	MILNE, A.A.	Winnie-the-Pooh. With colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard.	1973	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
20	DANIELL, C.R.	Rebellion and Remedy in India. Part I. The Causes.	circa1932	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,286.00
10		A complete set of the Second World War Speeches of Winston Churchill, and all are first editions.		AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
313		A bound volume containing the South Australian Government Geologist reports:		AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
1	MILNE, A.A.	The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by E.H. Shepard.	1978	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
4	MILNE, A.A.	Now We Are Six. With Decorations by E.H. Shepard.	1977	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
320	Tolkien	Lord of the Rings		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,079.50
21	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	India. Speeches and an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill P.C., C.H., M.P.	1931	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
22	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My African Journey.	1908	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
232		The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire.		AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00	AUD 889.00
53	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Liberalism and the Social Problem.	1909	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 825.50
57	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My Early Life.	1930	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 762.00
209	by Robert C Littlewood	Keith Wingrove Ex Libris Being a consideration of a life devoted to the acquisition of art, books and bookplates in Australia, Introduced by Norman Lindsay's last letter to Keith Wingrove written	1996	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 762.00
236		The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh: As Registered in the College of Arms from the beginning of the XIth Century.		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
54	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Step by Step.	1939	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
156	BILLE, Steen.	Beretning om Corvettes Galathea's journey omkring Jorden 1845, 46 and 47.	1849-51.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
259	by A. B. Paterson	The Man From Snowy River And Other Verses		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
233	Edward Gibbon , By John Lord Sheffield	Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative	1796	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
116		Pictorial History of the Russian War 1854-1856.	1856	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
17	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Great Contemporaries.	1937	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 349.25
90	WEBER, Carl.	Fore-edge Painting. A historical survey of a curious art in book decoration.	1966	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
94	John Keats	Odes by John Keats. Decorated by Vivien Gribble.	1923	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
136	MONTGOMERY, James (editor). by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq.	Voyages and Travels Round the World,		AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
241		A copy of a 'Bay View Estate' estate sale poster created by the company Callaghan and Co. in Beaumaris, Victoria.		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
305		The History of The Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919 by Captain David Ferguson M.C.	1921	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50

Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000