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
195		3 books on Samuel Johnson			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
196		2 books on Cosmology, 1) Expanding Universe: Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope. 2) The Cosmic Gallery: The Most Beautiful Images of the Universe by Giles Sparrow.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
197		4 Charles Dickens books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
198	MacCURDY, Edward. (editor).	The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.	London	1948	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
199		4 Australian Kids books. 1) The Pirate Fairies by J. W. Heming.			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
200		Art of Florence by Turner.	New York	1994	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
201	Frances Temple and Mabel Corrigan.	Shopping in Creepyville	Melbourne	1946	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
202		Box of Australian Kids books, condition varies.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
203	Elleston Trevor	Ant's Castle	published by The Falcon Press	1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
204	Michael Laclotte.	The Art and Spirit of Paris	published by Abbeville Press	2003	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
205		This is Japan, Number 5 1958.		1958	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
206		6 books on Egypt, all in very good condition. Some titles include Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids (1999),...			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
207		64 Australiana books on a extensive range of topics. Most prominently on literature, however also includes some books on Art, History and Religion.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
208		7 books from Folio Society.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
209		5 books on sports and medicine, all in good condition. 1) Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine (3 Volumes)			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
210	Lindsey Davis	7 Modern Fiction books by Lindsey Davis, 6 of which are			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
211		5 Modern Biographies,			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
212		6 Adventure Fiction books			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
213		18 fiction book			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
214		3 books on Cinema and, 1 book on the history of Music.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
215		4 books on Art and Sculpture			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
216		23 books on the production, history and significance of porcelain,			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
217		28 books on Porcelain, mainly French Porcelain with a few on American Porcelain.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
218		5 books on Italian Art			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
219		13 books on Psychology,			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.