Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book, A166, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025

Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1842-1853		1842-1853	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 2,032.00
2	GRAD, M. A. Charles	L'Australie Interieure. Explorations et voyages a travers le continent Australien de 1860 a 1862	Paris	1864	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
3	RENNELL, James	The Geographical System of Herodotus, examined, and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geography...	London	1800	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
4	COPINGER, W.A.	County of Suffolk. Its history as disclosed by existing records and other documents, being materials for the History of Suffolk	London	1904	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
5	WANLISS, T.D.	The War in Europe of 1870-1		1871	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
6	CRICHTON, David Alexander	The Australasian Fruit Culturalist, Containing full and complete information as to the history, tradition, uses, propagation and culture of such fruits as are suitable for Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania	Melbourne	1893	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
7	WEBB, F.H. (editor)	Extracts from the Private Letters of the Late Sir William Fothergill Cooke, 1836-39	London	1895	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
8	WALTER JAMES	WINE-MAKING AND VITICULTURE BY WALTER JAMES	Melbourne	(1949), (1950)	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
9		EIGHT ANTIQUE BOOKS ON AUSTRALIA	Edinburgh	[1793]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
10	BROWNING, Colin Arrott	The Convict Ship, and England's Exiles	London	1847	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
11		GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES		1893 to 1909	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
12		United States International Centennial Exhibition of 1876		1876	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
13		Department of Mines Annual Reports for 1878 to 1899			AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
14	Maurice Macdougall	Notable Men of Queensland 1950 Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland in This Year of 1950 A.D.	Brisbane	1950	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
15		BOOKPLATES FRED LANE			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
16	M Labillardiere	Voyage in Search of La Perouse, performed By Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794	London	1800	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
17	Ion Idriess	Nemarluk King Of The Wilds		19441	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
18	John Oxley	Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales		1964	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
19	John Murray	A Handbook for Travellers in India and Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon	London	19493	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
20	Richard T Baker, & Henry G. Smith	A Research on the Eucalypts Especially in Regard to their Essential Oils	Sydney	1920	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
21		WAHROONGA REAL ESTATE		Saturday 24th June 1961	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
22		BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE		Saturday 18th June 1960	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
23		BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE		Saturday 13th June 1961	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
24	William Ridley	Kamilaroi. And Other Australian Languages	Sydney	1875	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
25	Edited by Karl Baedeker	Palestine and Syria Handbook For Travellers			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00

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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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.