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
126	Thos. Welsby [Thomas Welsby]	History of the Royal Queensland Yacht Club	Brisbane	1918	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 219.60
126A	Thos. Welsby [Thomas Welsby]	Bribie - The Basket Maker	Brisbane	1937	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 73.20
127	A. K. Thomson; Thomas Welsby	The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby	Brisbane	1967	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 219.60
128	E. J. Banfield	Within the Barrier	Brisbane	1907	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 488.00
129	E. J. Banfield	The Confessions of a Beachcomber: Scenes and Incidents in the Career of an Unprofessional Beachcomber in Tropical Queensland	London	1908	AUD 80.00 - 140.00	AUD 85.40
130	E. J. Banfield	Lot of 4 books: 1. My Tropic Isle	(London)	-1911	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 109.80
131		Collection of 4 Queensland souvenir and tourist books and ephemera from the first half of the 20th century	(Brisbane)	(c. 1935-40)	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 85.40
132		Collection of 17 tourist brochures relating to Queensland published by the Queenland Government Tourist Bureau, local councils, and one by the Golden Circle Cannery			AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 109.80
133		Lot of 3 issues of Blackthorn Magazine		1929	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 61.00
134		Lot of 5 Cracknell Road Congregational Sunday School Anniversary Hymns		1913-28	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 24.40
135	Albert Lomer	16 Albumen Prints of Brisbane and Tamborine Mountain			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 366.00
136	Barbara Banton	Bush Studies	London	1902	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 48.80
137	Gordon Inglis	Sport and Pastime in Australia	London	1912	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 73.20
138	F. J. Watson	Vocabularies of Four Representative Tribes of South Eastern Queensland with Grammatical Notes thereof and some Notes on Manners and Customs	Brisbane	No date	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 292.80
139	R. Logan Jack	Northmost Australia	Perth	1998	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 146.40
140	Grahame L. Walsh	Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley	Brisbane	2000	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 854.00
141	Ken McGregor; Ralph Hobbs	The Art of Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett)	Melbourne	2014	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 292.80
142		The Art of Frederick McCubbin	Melbourne & Sydney	1916	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 195.20
143	Norman Lindsay; Kenneth Mackenzie	Our Earth by Kenneth Mackenzie with an Original Etching and 13 Illustrations	Sydney	1937	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	AUD 2,074.00
143A	Norman Lindsay	The Daily Mirror Portfolio of Pen Drawings	Sydney	1969	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 219.60
144		Lot of 4 Charles Blackman Books: Thomas Shapcott: Focus on Charles Blackman			AUD 40.00 - 80.00	AUD 61.00
145	David Hansen John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque Hobart	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery		2003	AUD 10.00 - 30.00	AUD 671.00
146	Robert Jacks	Robert Jacks His Bloomsday Book	Melbourne	2004	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 317.20
147		Leigh Astbury Earth to Sky: The Art of Victor Majzner	Melbourne	2002	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 109.80
148	Choi Kyu-Il; Sydney Ball; Robert Baines	Traces	Townsville and Melbourne	2001	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 219.60

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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