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.
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.
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.

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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book	Total Sales (AUD)	62,122.05
Auction Date	September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	59,610.00
Sale Number	#A162	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	85,320.00
Total Lots	345
Sold Lots	228	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	97,990.00
% of Lots Sold	66.09%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	138,020.00
Unsold Lots	117	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	45.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
147		Natural History of Central Asia		AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 4,445.00
100		Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds: set of seven volumes in nine parts		AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,286.00
42	FAULKNER, Henry.	Elephant Haunts: Being a Sportsman's Narrative of the Search for Doctor Livingstone, with Scenes of Elephant, Buffalo, and Hippopotamus Hunting.	1868	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 2,032.00
145		Herpetological Papers 1889-1940.		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,905.00
146		Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History under the leadership pf Roy Chapman Andrews. Preliminary Contributions in Geology Palaeontology, Archaeology and Zoology.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,778.00
333		11 books on Maori culture, including topics such as Art, History and Carving.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 1,397.00
48	McGRATH, Sandra.	Brett Whiteley.	1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,270.00
51	BRETON de la MARTINIERE (Jean Baptiste Joseph).	China: its Costume, Arts, Manufacturers, &c. edited principally from the originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: with Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary, by M. Breton.	1813	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
124	A C Kelly	The Vine in Australia	1861	AUD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00	AUD 1,206.50
60		BREE, Charles R. A History of the Birds of Europe, not Observed in the British Isles.		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,143.00
68		Photograph Album created by the London Missionary Society of Tonga, Samoa and surrounds. Entitled: Nieue Centennial 1846-1946 Barotonga. Samoa. Landscape album.		AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
12	edited Harry Tatlock Miller and A.C. Jackson.	A wonderful run of the radical Australian literary journal, titled 'Manuscripts'		AUD 1,250.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 889.00
56		1820 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Volume The Eighteenth Saturday October 21, 1820.	1820	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 889.00
59	DUNCAN, James.	Four books on Entomology, from the Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine.	1852	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 762.00
110		Story of "Southern Cross" Trans Pacific Flight 1928 by Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm.	1928	AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 698.50
162	edited Andreas Fingernagel & Christian Gastgeber.	1) In The Beginning was the Word - The Power and Glory of illuminated Bibles	2003	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 698.50
105	Rev. Walter Weston.	A facsimile of: Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps	1896	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 635.00
61	Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.	The Works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.	1893	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 603.25
293		Plunkett's Australian Magistrate: Containing the course of practice in all preliminary investigations by Justices of The Peace, together with all the various forms appertaining Thereto by JH Plunkett. Sydney: J Moore 1859. Original brown cloth in very goo		AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 571.50
299	Edward Hutton.	Theocritos The Complete Poems Translated by Jack Lindsay with Wood Cuts by Lionel Ellis and an Introduction	No date but 1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
22	SENDAK, Maurice.	Where the Wild Things Are.	1967	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
26	THYER, Brigadier J. H. (introduction).	The Grim Glory of the 2/19 Battalion A.I.F. by various members of the Unit Association.	1975	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
54		The Sydney Herald for Monday, June 17, 1833 .	1833	AUD 750.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
65		A shelf of cricket books, including James Lillywhites Annuals for 1900 and 1897; ...		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
115	Joan Lindsay.	Picnic at Hanging Rock	1967	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 476.25

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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