Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ROWE, George Stringer.	The Life of John Hunt, Missionary to the Cannibals in Fiji.	London	1859	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
2	BURDEN, Philip D.	The Mapping of North America. A list of printed maps 1511 - 1670.Rickmansworth, Herts,		1996	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
3		Four bound volumes of the Pitcairn Miscellany.		1969-1999.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 203.20
4	HORNBEIN, Thomas and BROWER, David (editor).	Everest. The West Ridge.	London	1965	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
5	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands.	Bangkok	1996	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
6	REY, Guido.	Peaks and Precipices. Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy. Translated from the Italian by J. Eaton.	London	1914	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
7	FRESHFIELD, Douglas.	Italian Alps. Sketches in the mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia.	London	1875	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00
8		A nice cache of industrial trade catalogues and elated commercial publications. Total of 11 books and pamphlets			AUD 250.00 - 400.00	AUD 381.00
9		Microscope trade catalogues, four in total,			AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
10	ALI, Salim and RIPLEY, S. Dillon.	Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Together with those of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Ceylon.	London and Bombay	1968-1974.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
11	Ian Fleming.	You Only Live Twice	London	1964	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
12	edited Harry Tatlock Miller and A.C. Jackson.	A wonderful run of the radical Australian literary journal, titled 'Manuscripts'			AUD 1,250.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 889.00
13	AXFORD, F. (editor).	The Australian and New Zealand Ski Year Book 1938.		1938	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
14		Three books on magic and conjuring: MASSEY, Edward. New and Original Magic.	New York	1922	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
15	Graham Green	'Stamboul Train'.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
16		Two Australian WW2 comics, titled 'Wally and the Major' by Stan Cross. And 'Bluey and Curley' by Gurney			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
17	David Malouf.	Fly Away Peter	London	1982	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
18	Hector Macquarie.	Round the World in a Baby Austin	London	1933	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
19	Enid Blyton	Collection of 19 Enid Blyton titles, mostly Famous Five adventures.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
20	[MAY GIBBS]. MACK, Amy Eleanor.	Scribbling Sue.	Sydney	no date but 1916	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
21	Peg Maltby	Twelve Peg Maltby children's classics, and related literature.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
22	SENDAK, Maurice.	Where the Wild Things Are.	London	1967	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
23	NORTON, Rosaleen.	Three Macabre Stories. Edited, with an introduction by Keith Richmond.	New Hampshire	1996	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
24		Four Australian battalion histories,			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
25	OLIVER, Tony.	German-Decoration-Medal Citations.	Surrey	1972	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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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