Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and the Arts, 92825, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025

Page Size: 309 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226		A little bundle of Sydney history from Beecroft and surrounds. \			AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 38.10
227		Three books of Great Expeditions. 1) The Seventy Great Journeys in History edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison		2006	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
228		A small collection of Science books mostly related to physics and its theories. 1) Niels Bohr's Times in Physics, Philosophy and Polity	Oxford.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
229		A shelf of the classics. Everything from Shakespeare, Dante's Divine Comedy, Bernard Shaw, Complete poems of Keats and Shelley, Famous plays of the 18th Century, Steinbeck and more.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
230		Folio Society. Hardcovers in slipcase in very good condition. 1) Lives of Artists			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50
231		Music biographies and more 1) Johann Sebastian Bach			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
232		Three Atlases. 1) Edward Gibbon's Atlas of the World. Folio in Slipcase. 2) The Contemporary Atlas of China, Published Collins.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
233		Four books on Nepal and the Himalayas. Includes: 1) Art of Nepal. Los Angelos County Museum of Art. Quarto paperback. 2) Himalayas			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
234		A shelf of Australian (and surrounds) Natural History . 1) Encyclopaedia of Australian Wildlife. 2) Bungania Caves 3) Pacific Wonderland 4) Ornamental Flowering Trees of Australia. 5) A field Guide to Australian Birds			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
235		A shelf of Australiana books. From historical homes to, pioneer histories. A fabulous lot. 1) The Art of Sally Morgan 2) The Artists and the Desert - McGrath and Olsen 3) Australia's Historic Heritage 4) Historic Places of Australia 5)			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
236		Italian & European Art 1) Paintings in the Vatican			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
237		Four books on Art, Architecture & Stain Glass. 1) The House of God			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
238		Hubble Space Photography. 1) Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope		1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
239		A collection of beautiful photography books.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
240		Three books on Australian Wine 1) Margaret River : Australian Wine Regions R Ian Lloyd 2005.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
241	Norbert Aujoulat.	The Splendour of Lascaux: Rediscovering the Greatest Treasure of Prehistoric Art		2005	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 152.40
242		A shelf of history 21 books: Ancient to Modern. From the Temples of Egypt to British History, to Medieval Classical Art and Old Civilisations.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
243		A packed shelf of paperback fiction.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 38.10
244		Two shelves of Fiction.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
245		A shelf of Folio Society .			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
246		Notes and Sketches of New South Wales. during a Residence in that Colony from 1839 to 1844 Meredith, Mrs. Charles	London	1844	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 215.90
247	Rev John Graham.	Lawrence Struilby or Observations And Experiences During Twenty-Five Years Of Bush-Life In Australia.	London	1863	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 349.25
248		Mutiny on the Bounty 1) The Voyage of the Bounty Launch. John Fryer's Narrative, with an introduction by Stephen Walters.		1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
249	John Currey.	Bass Strait & Van Dieman's Land 1) A voyage to Establish a Settlement in Bass's Straights to which is added a Description of Port Phillip and an account of the landing at The Derwent in 1804	Melbourne	1986	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
250	AW Howitt	The Native Tribes of South-East Australia	London	1904	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50

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.