Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
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.	London	1813	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
52	PACCARD, Andre.	Traditional Islamic Craft in Moroccan Architecture. Translated from the French by Mary Guggenheim.	Saint-Jorioz	1980	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
53	Charles Dickens.	Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.	in London	1840-41.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
54		The Sydney Herald for Monday, June 17, 1833 .		1833	AUD 750.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
55		The Sydney Herald dated Monday February 10, 1834.		1834	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
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
57		1) The Sydney Herald Thursday April 17 1834 2) The Sydney Herald Monday June 11. 1838 3) The Sydney Herald Monday July 6. 1840...			AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
58	HUME, David.	The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688.	Dublin	1775	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
59	DUNCAN, James.	Four books on Entomology, from the Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine.	Edinburgh	1852	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 762.00
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
61	Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.	The Works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.	London	1893	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 603.25
62	HOCKING, Jenny.	Gough Whitlam. Two volume set comprising 'His Time' and 'A Moment in History'.	Melbourne	2014	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
63	HARDENBURG, W.E.	The Putumayo. The Devil's Paradise. Travels in the Peruvian Amazon region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein.	London	1912	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
64		Manuscript Quran, comprising several hundred leaves on tan coloured wove paper.		Not dated but probably mid-twentieth century;	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
65		A shelf of cricket books, including James Lillywhites Annuals for 1900 and 1897; ...			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
66		Four miniature books including Tolstoy's Ivan Ilych (2003); Aboriginal words of Australia (1966); Maori-English Dictionary (1960); and Blinky bill (1992).			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
67		The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776.	London	1918	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
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
69		The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, With the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company Easter Island in 1770-1		1908	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
70		The Journal of William Lockerby, Sandalwood Trader in the Fijian Islands During the Years 1808 - 1809:		1925	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
71		Spanish Navigation x3			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 203.20
72	Ma Huan.	Ying-yai sheng-lan: The overall survey of the ocean's shores [1433]		1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
73	Jack F Williams.	China in Maps 1890 - 1960: A selected and annotated Cartobibliography		1974	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
74	Thomas Suarez	Early Mapping by Thomas Suarez South East Asia and the Pacific.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 88.90
75	Mary Sponberg Pedley.	Bel et Utile. The Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers		1992	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.