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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera

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Auction Name	Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera	Total Sales (AUD)	37,268.15
Auction Date	August 24, 2025 - August 24, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	46,315.00
Sale Number	#82425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	64,950.00
Total Lots	328
Sold Lots	142.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	151,245.00
% of Lots Sold	43.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	206,060.00
Unsold Lots	186	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	18.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	MILNE, A.A.	Winnie-the-Pooh. With colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard.	1973	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
20	DANIELL, C.R.	Rebellion and Remedy in India. Part I. The Causes.	circa1932	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,286.00
10		A complete set of the Second World War Speeches of Winston Churchill, and all are first editions.		AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
313		A bound volume containing the South Australian Government Geologist reports:		AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
1	MILNE, A.A.	The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by E.H. Shepard.	1978	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
4	MILNE, A.A.	Now We Are Six. With Decorations by E.H. Shepard.	1977	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
320	Tolkien	Lord of the Rings		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,079.50
21	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	India. Speeches and an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill P.C., C.H., M.P.	1931	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
22	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My African Journey.	1908	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
232		The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire.		AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00	AUD 889.00
53	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Liberalism and the Social Problem.	1909	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 825.50
57	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	My Early Life.	1930	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 762.00
209	by Robert C Littlewood	Keith Wingrove Ex Libris Being a consideration of a life devoted to the acquisition of art, books and bookplates in Australia, Introduced by Norman Lindsay's last letter to Keith Wingrove written	1996	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 762.00
236		The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh: As Registered in the College of Arms from the beginning of the XIth Century.		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
54	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Step by Step.	1939	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
156	BILLE, Steen.	Beretning om Corvettes Galathea's journey omkring Jorden 1845, 46 and 47.	1849-51.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
259	by A. B. Paterson	The Man From Snowy River And Other Verses		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
233	Edward Gibbon , By John Lord Sheffield	Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative	1796	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
116		Pictorial History of the Russian War 1854-1856.	1856	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
17	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Great Contemporaries.	1937	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 349.25
90	WEBER, Carl.	Fore-edge Painting. A historical survey of a curious art in book decoration.	1966	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
94	John Keats	Odes by John Keats. Decorated by Vivien Gribble.	1923	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
136	MONTGOMERY, James (editor). by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq.	Voyages and Travels Round the World,		AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
241		A copy of a 'Bay View Estate' estate sale poster created by the company Callaghan and Co. in Beaumaris, Victoria.		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
305		The History of The Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919 by Captain David Ferguson M.C.	1921	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.