Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Antiquarian books; the History of Science; First Editions & Associated copies, 22725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025

Page Size: 486 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51		Six books on Royal history, mostly British: The Royal Kalendar, or Complete and Correct Annual Register... For the Year 1785.			AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
52	TOPLIS, William.	A Genealogical History of the English Sovereigns, from William I to George III... illustrated by genealogical tables.	London	1814	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
53	JULIUS, Harry.	Theatrical Caricatures. Marginal Anecdotes by Claude McKay.		1912	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
54	BOLDREWOOD, Rolf.	Subject: Australian Literature		1891	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
55		Three political books bound together in old green cloth, with spine label reading "Political Tracts 1831-1833".		1811	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
56		Eight books of old and antiquarian poetry, all octavo or duodecimo,			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57	ETHERIDGE, Robert and HOWCHIN, Walter.	A Monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carboniferous Limestones of New South Wales.	Sydney	1905	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
58		1826 DUPERREY PACIFIC VOYAGE - THREE PLATES	Paris	1826-1830	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
59		Five issues of the Illustrated Sydney News from the nineteenth century.		1869-1894	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
60		Sydney Harbour Bridge Supplement March 19 1932, The Sydney Morning Herald.		1932	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
61		Collection of fifteen chromolithographic maps from this report. HARPER, Leslie F. Geology and Mineral Resources of the Southern Coal Field with Maps and Sections. Part I -- The Southern Coastal Portion.	Sydney	1915	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
62		Three medium sized maps of NSW railways, various dates.		various dates	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
63	CRUISE, William.	A Treatise on the Origin and Nature of Dignities or Titles of Honour. Containing all the cases of peerage, together with the mode of proceeding in claims of this kind. Second edition, revised and enlarged.	London	1823	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
64	RAFFLES, Thomas.	Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Reverend Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool.	London	1813	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
65	Robert Burns.	The Poetical Works of Robert Burns.	London	1819	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
66	JAY, Reverend William.	Thoughts on Marriage: Illustrating the Principles and Obligations of the Marriage Relation.	Boston	1833	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
67	GORDON, Adam Lindsay.	Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon.	Melbourne	1903	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
69	[VON GUERARD] TIPPING, Marjorie.	Eugene Von Guerard's Australian Landscapes.	Melbourne	1975	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
70	[SHIRLOW, John] URE SMITH,	Sydney (introduction). Etchings by John Shirlow.	Sydney	1917	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
71	MENDELSSOHN, Joanna.	Lionel Lindsay. An Artist and His Family.	London	1988	AUD 175.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
72		Seven books on Australian colonial architecture: CRAIG, Clifford, LEWIS, Brian, BOYD, Robin et al. Priceless Heritage. Historic Buildings of Tasmania.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
73	[DOBELL, Sir William] GLEESON, James.	William Dobell.	London	1969	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
74	[DRYSDALE, Russell] MARSHALL, Jock.	Journey Among Men.	London	1962	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
75	BRUNSKILL, Anne.	The Girl in the Apple. From a Tuscan Folk Tale.	London	1984	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
76	[SOCIETY OF ARTISTS] URE SMITH, Sydney (editor).	Society of Artists Book 1943.	Sydney	1943	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80

Dominic Winter Auctioneers

April 9
Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints

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 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.
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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

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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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