The Book Merchant Jenkins: Books and Maps Auction, 110825, Woolloongabba

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025

Page Size: 312 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Phillip P. King	Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia	London	1827	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00	AUD 1,464.00
102	F. M. Bladen	Historical Records of New South Wales	Sydney	1897	AUD 20.00 - 40.00	AUD 48.80
103	John White	Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales	Melbourne	2002	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
104	James Edward Smith	A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland	Melbourne	2005	AUD 440.00 - 500.00	AUD 488.00
105	John William Lewin	Prodromus Entomology	Melbourne	2007	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.20
106	Robert Jarman	Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas	Melbourne	2009	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 414.80
107	Baron Ferd. Von Mueller	Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera	Melbourne	1887-8	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 36.60
108		Lot of 9 books and booklets relating to Captain Cook: 1. Queensland Heritage Volume			AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 73.20
109	Malcolm R. Sainty; Keith A. Johnson	Census of New South Wales, November 1828	Sydney	1985	AUD 20.00 - 40.00	AUD 48.80
110	Peter FitzSimons	collection of 5 signed first editions			AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 73.20
111		The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia			AUD 100.00 - 140.00	AUD 122.00
112	Joseph Lauterer	Australien und Tasmanien	Freiburg im Breisgau	1900	AUD 30.00 - 60.00	AUD 170.80
113	M. M. Bennett	Christison of Lammermoor	London	1928	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 85.40
114		Bryce Rankine Evolution of the Modern Australian Wine	Adelaide	1996	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 61.00
115	Des Shiel Eucalyptus	Essence of Australia. The story of the Eucalyptus oil industry - and of the "eucy" men, and their contribution to the Australian bush tradition	Melbourne	1985	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 109.80
116	Harriet Scott; Helena Scott	Historical Drawings of Moths and Butterflies & Historical Drawings of Native Flowers	Sydney	1988	AUD 40.00 - 80.00	AUD 219.60
117		The Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau Queensland Sugar Industry	Brisbane	1913	AUD 40.00 - 80.00	AUD 146.40
118	John Leech	Topsy Turvey, or Our Antipodes From Follies of the Year: A Series of Coloured Etchings from Punch's Pocket Books		1844-1864	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 48.80
119		An Investigation of the Land and Water Resources of Lockyer Valley	Brisbane	1949	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 36.60
120	J. H. Reid	Geology of The Walloon-Rosewood Coalfield	Brisbane	1922	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 195.20
121	[Thorvald Weitemeyer]	Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880)	London	1892	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 61.00
122	E. B. Kennedy	Blacks and Bushrangers: Adventures in Queensland	London	[1887]	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 219.60
123	Thomas Welsby	Schnappering and Fishing in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay Waters	Brisbane	1905	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 793.00
124	Thos. Welsby [Thomas Welsby]	Sport and Pastime in Moreton Bay	Brisbane	[1931]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 292.80
125	Thos. Welsby [Thomas Welsby]	Early Moreton Bay (Recollections)	Brisbane	1907	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 292.80

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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