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
176		Three Mathematic Books		2006	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 127.00
177		Six books published by Folio Society			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
178	Christina Stead	Seven Poor Men of Sydney	London	1934	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
179		The Unnatural Father, or the Persecuted Son		1755	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
180	Neil Asher Silberman	The Oxford Companion to Archaeology edited		2012	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
181		A set of Manning Clark's History of Australia 6 volumes			AUD 80.00 - 150.00	AUD 152.40
182		Flora of South Australia Second Edition, Reprinted 1960-1965 W.L. Hawes			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 38.10
183		Two James Bond Related books		2008	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 317.50
184		Australiana. Three Shelves			AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 127.00
185		A shelf of old leather bindings from 18thC-20thC		18thC-20thC	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
187		Hobart Town Gazette			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
188	Julian smith	On the Pacific Front: The Adventures of Egon Kisch	Sydney	1936	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
189		The Vegetable Kingdom; or, the structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the Natural System	London	1853	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
190		A little bundle of mostly Australiana			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
191	James Orchard Halliwell	A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words Obsolete Phrases Proverbs and Ancient Customs from the Fourteenth Century		1904	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
192		A collection of women writers			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
193		A large collection of Australiana			AUD 250.00 - 400.00	AUD 152.40
194	Rosalind Savill	The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sevres Porcelain in Three Volumes	London	1988	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
195		A shelf of Aboriginal Australian History and Art			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
196		Crime fiction in dustwrapper			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
197	Ian Flemming	The Man with the Golden Gun		1965	AUD 220.00 - 320.00	Not Sold
198		A little bundle of Australian books including a singed David Malouf; and Australian Sliver; Peter Carey and more			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
199		Fibroid diseases of the lung	London	1894	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
200		Three Baedeker's Handbook For Travellers			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
201		Nine Find Binding Books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40

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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