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
76		A Geographical Dictionary; or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies: Their Physical and Political Geography, together with A Brief Notice of all the Capitals, Principal Towns and Villages; also of Rivers, Bays, Gulfs, Mountains, Population and General Stat	Sydney	1848	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
77		Notable South Australians or, Colonists - Past and Present by George E Loyau.	in Adelaide	1885	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
78		Official Record of the Proceedings and Debates of the Australasian Federation Conference, 1890, held in the Parliament House, Melbourne.	Melbourne	1890	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
79		History of the Founding of the Wool Industry of Australia.	Sydney	1913	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
80	Thomas Nicholas.	Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales		1875	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 254.00
81	1st Viscount of Strathallan, William Drummond.	The Genealogy of the Most Noble and ancient House of Drummond 1831	in Edinburgh	1831	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
82	JB Harley.	Christopher Greenwood: County Map Maker		1962	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
83	Glyn Carr [Pseudonym of Showell Styles].	Murder on the Matterhorn	London	1951	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 203.20
84		The Plague by Albert Camus. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.	in London	1957	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
85		2010 Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke.	London	1982	AUD 120.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
86		The Right to Answer by Anthony Burgess.	London	1960	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
87		The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson.		2009	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
88		The Funny Side of Golf with illustrations by Phil May and all the other regular Punch magazine illustrations .	England	1909	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
89		The Historical and topical review of Jamestown, Spalding and Caltowie and adjacent districts.			AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
90		East Melbourne Cricket Club: Its History 1860-1910 Jubilee Year.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
91		Three books on Western art and the Renaissance. 1) Rembrandt by Blankert, National Gallery of Victoria, 1998.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 114.30
92		Over 40 paperbacks. All crime fiction			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
93		A shelf of 25 modern crime fiction.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 139.70
94		The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicals edited by Sadie. In Twenty paperback volumes.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
95		The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.		1997	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 152.40
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
101		An album titled `Misaho' Kyoto, Yamada Naosaburo, Unsoda Meiji 41 (1908).			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
102		An album titled `Tachibana' [citrus] Kyoto, for Akiba Gofukuten, Taisho period, c. 1918-20.		c.1918-20.	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
103		An album titled `Kangiku [Chinese Astor]	in Kyoto	1919	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 444.50
104	Rebecca A. T. Stevens.	The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-To-Wear in America		1996	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 63.50

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.
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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