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
201		A striking engraved plate of Jacob's ladder, illustrating Genesis 28.12	the Hague	1728	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
202		Two natural history plates from "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay",	London	1789	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
203		Ten ichthyological studies of tropical marine fishes,	London	1799	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
204		Five Australiana books, all hardcover octavo titles.	London	1897	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
205		This lot comprises a range of materials. Of greatest interest are four regimental commissions, printed upon vellum parchment, and dated 1896-1898. T		1896-1898	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
206	Mark Twain	Four books by Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Clemens).		1883	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
207	Xavier Herbert,	First edition of Poor Fellow My Country	Melbourne	1975	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
208	STANLEY, Henry M.	In Darkest Africa.	New York	1890	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
209	Harriet Beecher Stowe. Comprising "Uncle Tom's Cabin", London circa 1900, f "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands", London 1854.	Three Books		1854	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
210		The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. Originally		1909, 1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
211		The Arts. A mixed lot. 1) Fifty Drawing			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
212		Lloyds Natural History 1) Handbook to the Carnivora. Part 1 Cats Civets and Mongooses			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
213		Map of Australia	in London	1886	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25
214	edited byProfessor Baldwin Spencer.	Handbook of Melbourne: for the Use of Members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science	Melbourne	1890	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
215	John Stanley James.	Australian History 1) The Vagabond Papers			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
216	Julian Thomas.	Three books on the South Seas. 1) Cannibals and Convicts		1886	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
217	REN Twopenny.	Reminiscing early Australia 1) Town Life in Australia		1883	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
218	Jillian Robertson.	Australian Biographies 1) Lizard Island: A Reconstruction of the Life of Mrs Watson		1981	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
219	Will Lawson.	A little bundle of Early Australian Fiction. 1) When Cobb and Co. was King		1936	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
220	David W Waters Lieut-Commander.	Navigation & Voyages. 1) The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times		1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
221		Sydney University Speleological Society 1955-1957 Volume 1 number 1 Volume 2 Number 1 and 2 Volume 3 One and Two Volume 4 Number 1			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
222	Ion Idriess.	Three books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
223		What the World Thinks - A Collection of Cartoons from the World Press.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
224	Peter Southwell-Keely.	Snowy Mountains. 1) Highway to Heaven: A History of Perisher and the Ski Resorts along the Kosciusko Road			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
225		A little collection of books on books and other bookish things. 1) The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature 2) The Story of Writing ...			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20

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.