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
126		Closer Settlement Act 1901. Mimoa Estate			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
127		Report of the Department of Public Works for the Year Ended 30 June, 1906			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
128		The Chief Incidents of the "Titanic" Wreck Treated in Verse	London	1912	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
129		The Life of Quong Tart, or, How a Foreigner succeeded in a British Community	Sydney	1911	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
130		St Paul's Church, Redfern, Sydney. Souvenir Diamond Jubilee 1855 - 1915			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
131		The Life of Sir Henry Parkes: Australian Statesman by CE Lyne		1896	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
132	Edward Maxted	The Benevolent Society of New South Wales Sketches of the Poor by Edward Maxted Manager		1902	AUD 750.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
133	Edward Maxted	A Winter Sport	Sydney	1894	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
134	William Hatfield	Desert Saga		1933	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
135		Map of Europe Showing Boundaries of States According To Treaties			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
136		History Of The Women's Australian National Services 1940 - 1946	Sydney	-1947	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
137	Frederic W Farrar	The Early Days of Christianity		1894	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	AUD 285.75
138		Cyclopaedia of New South Wales (Illustrated) Under The Patronage of Viceroyalty, The Governor of New South Wales and The Lord Mayor of Sydney	Sydney	1907	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
139		The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales, Illustrated, Embracing Sketches and Portraits of Her Noted People...		1888	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
140	Harry C Perry	Memoirs of The Hon Sir Robert Philp K.C.M.G. 1851 -1922	Brisbane	1923	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
141	George Bell	The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, And Orations in Two Volumes Published in London in 1962			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 698.50
142		Boswell's Life Of Johnson Illustrated			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
143	Edgar Allan Poe, John H Ingram, editor	The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edited by John H Ingram	Edinburgh	1883	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 1,016.00
144	William Shakespeare, Edited by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke	The Works Of William Shakespeare Edited with a Scrupulous Revision Of The Text by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke	London	1885	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
145	Marryat	A 14 volume set of Marryat's works			AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
146	Charles Dickins	A complete set of The Works of Charles Dickins Bound in 13 Volumes	London	1860s	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 952.50
147	William Makepeace Thackeray	The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twelve Volumes	London	1884	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 698.50
148	Benjamin Vincent	Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information : relating to all ages and nations, containing the history of the world to the summer of 1885	London	1885	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
149	by John Timbs and Alexander Gunn	Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: Their Legendary Lore and Popular History	London	1880s	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 412.75
150		Fourteen volumes of finely bound poetry books			AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold

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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