Sydney Rare Book Auctions: First Editions, Illustrated Books, Voyages & Exploration, A145, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 29, 2025 - March 29, 2025

Page Size: 509 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		Collection of I'illustration L'Illustration is the first French illustrated newspaper.		1843-1944	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 2,032.00
27		Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris	London	1656	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
28	Johann Hermann Knoop Title page reads: Fructologie, ou Description des arbres fruitiers; ainsi que des fruits. Que l'on plante et qu'on cultive ordinairement dans les jardins. Avec une explication detaillee de leurs differentes denominations, de leur c	1771 Fructology: The Description of Fruit Trees	Amsterdam	1771	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	Not Sold
29		1811 Marsden's Sumatra Stunning Colour Plates		1811	AUD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
30		Practical Gardens with Beautiful Botanical Illustrations A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening:	London	1807	AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	AUD 1,778.00
31	John Hutton Balfour.	The Plants of the Bible: Trees and Shrubs	London	1857	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
32		A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing illustrated ...	Edinburgh	1823	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25
33	G. Motherby, M.D.	A New Medical Dictionary;	London	1785	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
34		Single issue of 'The Lone Hand' for November 1910.		1910	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
35		WENTWORTH, W. C. A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and its dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land...	London	1819	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
36	the Rev. Arthur Polehampton	Kangaroo Land	London	1862	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
37	BARRINGTON, George.	A Voyage to New South Wales...		1796	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 241.30
38		Australian history lot, comprising a worn and shaken copy of Major Mitchell's 'Three Expeditions Into The Interior of Eastern Australia' (two vols, 1839).		1839	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
39	HOUGHTON, Reverend William.	British Fresh-Water Fishes	London,	1884	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 698.50
40	With text by the Rt. Hon. the Earl Beauchamp, K.G., K.C.M.G., Howard Ashton, E.C. Temple Smith and W. Bede Dalley.	Sculpture of Rayner Hoff.	Sydney	1934	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 762.00
41	GILES, Ernest. Edited by James Bosanquet.	The Journal of a Forgotten Expedition in 1875.	Adelaide	1979	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
42	Burke, Ashworth.	Burke's Family Records.	London	1897	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
43	Emile Burns. Bookplate of Marie Elizabeth Hope Vere.	The Memoirs of the Crown Princess Cecilie. Translated	London	1931	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
44	HOGG, Jabez.	The Microscope. Its history, construction and application. Being a familiar introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of microscopical science.	London	1898	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
45	HAWKINS, Mary S.	Plymouth Armada Heroes: The Hawkins Family. With original portraits, Coats of Arms, and other illustrations.	Plymouth	1888	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
46		Speeches of Lord Erskine, When at The Bar, on Miscellaneous Subjects.	London	1812	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
47	BOURNE, H.R.	Fox. A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney.	London	1862	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
48	CORNEILLE, Pierre.	Oeuvres de P. Corneille. Avec le commentaire de Voltaire sur les pieces de theatre, et des observations critiques sur ce commentaire, par le citoyen Palissot.	Paris	1801	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
49	GRANT, James.	The Narrative of A Voyage of Discovery, Performed In his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of Sixty Tons Burthen, With Sliding Keels, In The Years 1800, 1801 and 1802, to New South Wales		1973	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
50		Report Together with Minutes of Evidence, Relating to the Proposed Harbour Improvements, Nambucca River.		1904	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

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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
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.

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