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Australian Book Auctions: Gallery Sale

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Auction Name	Gallery Sale	Total Sales (AUD)	85,039.20
Auction Date	July 08, 2025 - July 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	56,370.00
Sale Number	#114	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	86,110.00
Total Lots	126
Sold Lots	106.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	83,580.00
% of Lots Sold	84.13%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	129,100.00
Unsold Lots	20	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	65.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
25	FIRST FLEET: THE LONDON CHRONICLE.	THE FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT SYDNEY COVE,	1789	AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	AUD 7,620.00
44	MACGILLIVRAY, John.	NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE,	1852	AUD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	AUD 5,842.00
120	HALL, Radclyffe.	THE WELL OF LONELINESS.	1928	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 4,826.00
63	TENCH, Watkin.	A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT PORT JACKSON IN NEW SOUTH WALES,	1793	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 4,572.00
53	PASTORALISTS' REVIEW.	THE PASTORAL HOMES OF AUSTRALIA.	1929	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00	AUD 2,413.00
111	CAXTON, William.	A LEAF	1482	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 2,286.00
4	BIGGE, John Thomas.	A COMPLETE SET	1822-1823.	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,159.00
28	GILES, Ernest.	AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED.	1889	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 2,159.00
102	SCOTT, Alexander Walker.	AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS,	1864 (but 1899) -- 1890-99.	AUD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,159.00
82	LINDSAY, Norman.	TWO HUNDRED ETCHINGS.	1973	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
125	TAYLOR, Derek.	FIFTY YEARS ADRIFT,	1984	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,778.00
12	COOK, James	THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK	1821	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,651.00
33	HENDERSON, Alexander.	EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES OF VICTORIA AND RIVERINA:	1936	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,524.00
49	MITCHELL, Thomas Livingstone.	THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA,	1839	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	AUD 1,524.00
76	WALSH, Grahame L.	BRADSHAW ART OF THE KIMBERLEY.	2000	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,524.00
80	LINDSAY, Lionel.	TWENTY-ONE WOODCUTS,	1924	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,397.00
95	DUPPA, Richard.	THE CLASSES AND ORDERS OF THE LINNAEAN SYSTEM OF BOTANY,	1816	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,397.00
115	FLEMING, Ian.	GOLDFINGER.	1959	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,397.00
1	BARRINGTON, George.	THE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE BARRINGTON,	[1790].	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
30	HAYDON, George Henry.	FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA FELIX,	1846	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,143.00
38	JUKES, Joseph Beete.	NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY,	1847	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,079.50
60	STURT, Charles.	NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA...	1849	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,079.50
101	MOUNTFORD, Charles Pearcy (editor).	RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ARNHEM LAND:	1956 -- 1964.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,016.00
117	FLEMING, Ian.	THUNDERBALL.	1961	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,016.00
119	FLEMING, Ian.	THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.	1962	AUD 160.00 - 320.00	AUD 1,016.00

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.
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