The Book Merchant Jenkins: Books, Maps, Photographs, Artwork, and Ephemera, 30425, Woolloongabba

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 04, 2025 - March 04, 2025
Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Codex Seraphinianus (2 Volumes)

Milano 1981 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,342.00
2

The Journal of Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle

Guildford and Sydney 1979 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 536.80
3

Oz magazine

Sydney 1964-1969. AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 561.20
4

A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere; Shewing the Tracks of some of the most distinguised Navigators

London 1777 AUD 500.00 - 800.00 AUD 536.80
5

A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New-Holland. Discovered and Explored by Lieutenant J. Cook, Commander of his Majesty's Bark Endeavor in the Year MDCCLXX.

London [1773]. AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 854.00
6

Chart of the N. and W. Parts of Bass's Straits discovered & sailed though in a Passage from England to Port Jackson in December 1800 in H. M. Armed Surveying Vessel Lady Nelson commanded by Lt. Jas. Grant of the R.N. by Direction of His Grace the Duke of

. Whitehall 1803 AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 3,172.00
7

Carte Generale du Detroit de Bass dressee par L. Freycinet, Commandant la Goelette et le Casuarina, annees 1802 & 1803.

Paris AUD 700.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 2,074.00
8

A Chart of Captain Carteret's Discoveries at New Britain, with part of Captn Cook's Passage thro Endeavour Streights, & of Captn Dampiers Tract & Discoveries in 1699, & 1700 at New Guinea and New Britain

Islington [1773]. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 195.20
9

Calvert's Map of Australia Showing the Explorations 1895

AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 36.60
10

The Exploration of Australia From 1844 to 1896

London 1896 AUD 20.00 - 40.00 AUD 85.40
11

Queensland Railways Annual Report of the Commissioner for Railways for the year 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1

Brisbane 1881-19. AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 390.40
12

Queensland. Reports from the Engineer of Roads, and the Annual Reports of the Main Roads Board, 1865-1934.

Brisbane 1865-1934. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 195.20
13

Queensland. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly during the Session of 1898, Being the Third Session of the Twelfth Parliament, with the Various Documents Connected Therewith. (In Four Volumes.) Vol. II

Brisbane 1898 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 195.20
14

Queensland. Annual Report of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 1901-1943.

Brisbane 1901-1943. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
15

Queensland. Blue Book for the Year 1869, 1873, 1875, 1880, 1887, 1896, 1905, 1915 bound in 1 volume.

Brisbane 1870-1915. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 97.60
16

Collection of letters and ephemera relating to President Ronald Reagan.

AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17

Signed Vice President George Bush Letter Typed letter with autograph signature of then Vice President George Bush to David I. Olch,

1982 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
18

4 items relating to President William McKinley: Eavesdropper Tale of the Conclaves: An Inside View of Pres. McKinley's Kitchen Cabinet

Boston no date. AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
19

Collection of ephemera and booklets relating to US presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and The Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
20

Collection of photographs, hotel ephemera, history booklets, and maps relating to Sacramento,

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 97.60
21

Unidentified photo of an Australian Colonial Navy crew, possibly the HMVS Victoria (1855) in Sydney (the cliffs in the background) in the late 1870s or early 1880s, crew members posing next to a breech-loading cannon, of which the Victoria was armed with

late 1870s or early 1880s AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 85.40
22

4 albumen photographs of Tasmania: Hobart across the bay from Bellerive

AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 73.20
23

2 Albumen Studio Portraits of Aboriginal Men from South East Queensland. Photo of 5 men, 2 with visible scarification: 10.5cm x 8cm (image size). Photo of 3 men standing with 2 holding weapons: 15cm x 10.5cm (image size). Both mounted on plain mounts. Ind

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 854.00
24

Portrait of the Maori King, Tawhiao taken at the New Bond Street studio of John Mayall during Tawhiao's trip to England in 1884.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 292.80
25

4 albumen photographs of New Zealand views. 2 of Milford Sound, 14cm x 19cm. Unmounted: Aboard the Mararoa entering Melford Sound - crease

AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 36.60
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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