Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fine Bindings, 1st Editions, Science, Philosophy, Art, Photography, Fishing, 165A, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025

Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		A quality lot of books on Australian inland exploration and colonial history	Melbourne	1942	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
27		Five books on Captain James Cook and his men		1968	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
28	WITHERBY, H.F., JOURDAIN, F.C.R., and others	The Handbook of British Birds	London	1949	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
29	GILBERT, Davies	The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr Hals and Mr Tonkin	London	1838	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
30		Four books on the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War	Sydney	1976	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
31		The complete set (2 books), reprint of Kelly's original 1898 edition			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
32	Henry B. Wheatley, editor	The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784		1884	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
33		This lot comprises 46 consecutive publications, being the annual 'Report of the Board of Visitors to the Observatory		1860-1915	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
34	COLLINS, David	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales	Sydney	1975	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
35	LAURIE, Joseph	The Homeopathic Domestic Medicine	London	1860	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
36		The Speech of the Earl of Donoughmore , on the 6th of June, 1810, Upon his motion refereeing the petitions of the Irish Catholics to a Committee	London		AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
37	CHILTON, Charles (editor)	The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand		1909	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
38	FINDLAY, Alexander George	A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean	London	1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
39		Two rare early colonial publications relating to the administration of Sydney College, the precursor of Sydney Grammar School	Sydney	1838	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
40		Signed portrait photograph of Rudolf Nureyev			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	ENNIS, Henry	Remarks on Board His Majesty's Ship Tamar in Voyage from England to Port Praia, Cape of Good Hope -- New South Wales	Melbourne	1983	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
42		Domestic Architecture in Australia	Sydney	1919	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
43		Report of the Housing Board on Dacey Garden Suburb	Sydney	1922	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
44		Report on Commonwealth Railways Operations for the Year Ended 30th June, 1933			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
45		Incunable leaf from Nicolas Jenson's 1475 edition of Laertius			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
46	RANDHAWA, M.S.	Kangra R?**gam?l? Paintings	New Delhi	1971	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	ROSKILL, Captain S. W.	The War at Sea 1939-1945	London	1957-1961	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
48		Military archaeology of the American Civil War	Memphis	1980	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
49	SHAKESPEARE, William	Shakespeare's Comedy of As You Like It with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson	London	circa 1910	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
50	SMITH, Edgar C.	A Short History of Naval and Marine Engineering	Cambridge	1937	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10

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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