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
University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known

University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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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.

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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century	Total Sales (AUD)	67,589.40
Auction Date	September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	74,260.00
Sale Number	#90725	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	101,310.00
Total Lots	409
Sold Lots	228	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	192,950.00
% of Lots Sold	55.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	261,170.00
Unsold Lots	181	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	HUME, Fergus W.	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.	[not dated but mid-1888].	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 5,207.00
10	MEREDITH, Louisa Anne.	My Home in Tasmania; or, Nine Years in Australia by Mrs. Charles Meredith.	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 3,302.00
17	ATHANASIUS.	Athanasii Episcopi Alexandrini Opera, studiosus quam antea fuerint, a situ vindicata, quorum catalogus sequitur.	1522	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
161	Geoffrey Chaucer.	Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. Essay by William S. Peterson.	2002	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,921.00
12	[NO AUTHOR].	A Visit to Australia and It's Gold Regions.	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,397.00
220		The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated into English.	1649	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
30	MacFARLANE, Charles.	Constantinople in 1828. A residence of sixteen months in the Turkish capital and provinces.	1829	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
43	VALENTIA, Jacob Perez de.	Doctissimae et plane divinae explanationes in centum & quinquaginta Psalmos Davidicos...	1581	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,270.00
90	HAYTER, Henry Heylen.	Illustrated Handbook of Victoria, together with the Official Catalogue of Exhibits in the Victorian Court.	1889-90.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,143.00
92	EYRIES, J.B.B.	Recherches sur l'epoque veritable de la decouverte de la terre de Van Diemen du nord; part J.B.B. Eyries.	1814	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,143.00
91	COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David.	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales	1804	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,016.00
214		Gesta Dei per Francos, sive Orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia [Bound with] Liber secretorum fidelium crucisTerran Sanctam auctor Marinus Sanuto.		AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
373		1) Medieval Calendars by Perez-Higuera 2) The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages by Humphries and Jones.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 825.50
4	STEARN, William (editor). By William T. Stearn, introduction by Wilfred Blunt.	The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer.	1975	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
18	BOSWELL, James.	An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli.	1768	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
37	PENNANT, Thomas.	The View of Hindoostan.	1798	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
98	Eight scarce books on Wesleyan missionary endeavours in Australasia, New Zealand, and the Pacific ocean.	Also includes a few London Missionary Society books.	1831	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
165		The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton With commentary by Stephen Harris.	2008	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
341	by Anders Sparman.	A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S Resolution	1944	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
39	RITSON, Joseph.	Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, and Galloway, and Murray.	1828	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 603.25
144		Biographies and studies of several influential Federation figures:		AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 603.25
166		The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years.	1980	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 539.75
15	LOFTUS, William Kennett.	Travels and Researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; With an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech of Nimrod, and Shush, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-1852.	1857	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
179		Nine titles Includes: Faust by Goethe On the Origin of the Species by Darwin Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham This Side of Paradise by F Scott Fitzgerald ...		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
101	JONES, Davis (illustrator).	The Book of Jonah. Taken from the authorised version of King James I with engravings on wood by David Jones.	1979	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25

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
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25
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.