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Peter Arnold

Auction Info

Sale Name
Rare Books and Maps mainly relating to Australia and the Pacific - Catalogue 1 - start time 6:30pm AEDT
Auction Date
11/27/2021 - 11/27/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#112721a
Total Lots
73
Sold Lots
69
Lots Sold
94.5%
Unsold Lots
4
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (AUD)
943,682.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
539,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
634,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
585,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
701,950.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
134.44%
Currency
AUD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
631,572.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
49 PHILLIP, Arthur. The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island.

1789

 AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 97,600.00
28 GOULD, John. The mammals of Australia.

[1843]-63.

AUD 70,000.00 - 80,000.00 97,600.00
66 THEVENOT, Melchisidec, editor]. Relations de divers voyages curieux.

1663-1666.

AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 67,100.00
60 SMITH, James. A specimen of the botany of New Holland. The figures by James Sowerby. Vol. 1 [all published].

1793 [-95].

AUD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 58,560.00
35 [HOVELL, William]. Sammelband of early Sydney publications, with the bookplate of William Hovell, as under: BROCKETT, William Edward. Narrative of a voyage from Sydney to Torres Straits in search of the Charles Eaton; in His Majesty's Colonial Schooner Isabella, C.M.

1836

 AUD 40,000.00 - 50.00 54,900.00
20 EYRE, John. New South Wales. View of Sydney from the east [and west] side of the Cove.

[1810].

AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 54,900.00
42 LYCETT, Joseph. Views in Australia, or New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land.

1824 [-25].

AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 48,800.00
21 FIELDING, John, publisher. An historical narrative of the discovery of New Holland and New South Wales. Containing an account of the inhabitants, soil, animals and other productions of those countries. And including a particular description of Botany Bay.

[1786].

AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 31,720.00
53 PROUT, John Skinner. Sydney illustrated. With descriptive letterpress by J. Rae.

1842-44.

AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 26,840.00
13 [CALLANDER, John]. Terra Australis Cognita: or voyages to the southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.

1766-68.

AUD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 26,840.00
54 Compiled by the Women's Centenary Council. RECORDS OF THE PIONEER WOMEN OF VICTORIA, 1835-1860.

1937

 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 23,180.00
39 KING, Phillip Parker. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822.

1826

 AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 20,130.00
22 FOIGNY, Gabriel de. A new discovery of Terra Incognita Australis, or the southern world, by James Sadeur, a Frenchman, who, being cast there by a shipwrack, lived thirty-five years in that country, and gives a particular description of the manners, customs, religion, laws, s

1693

 AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 19,520.00
65 TENCH, Captain Watkin. A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, New South Wales, including an accurate description of the situation of the colony; of the natives; and of its natural productions.

1793

 AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 18,300.00
3 AUSTIN, John Gardner, lithographer. A series of lithographic drawings of Sydney and its environs.

1836

 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 17,690.00
19 DIXON, James. Narrative of a voyage to New South Wales and Van Dieman's [sic] Land in the Ship Skelton, during the year 1820, with observations on the state of these colonies.

1822

 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 15,860.00
18 DICKENS, Charles. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club.

1838-39.

AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 14,640.00
33 SPENCER, W. Baldwin, editor. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia.

1896

 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 12,444.00
62 STRZELECKI, Paul Edmund de. Gold and silver. A supplement to Strzelecki's Physical description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

1856

 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 11,590.00
52 PHILLIP, Arthur. Extracts of letters from Arthur Phillip, Esq., Governor of New South Wales, to Lord Sydney; to which is annexed a description of Norfolk island by Phillip Gidley King, Esq., and an account of expences incurred in transporting convicts to New South Wales.

1791

 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 10,980.00
27 GODWIN, Thomas. Godwin's emigrant's guide to Van Diemen's Land, more properly called Tasmania.

1823

 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 10,370.00
32 SPENCER, W. Baldwin, editor. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia.

1896

 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 9,760.00
71 WHITE, John. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales.

1790

 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 9,760.00
1 ANGAS, George French. [Six views of the gold field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Ponds Creeks.

1851].

AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 9,272.00
44 McKINLAY, John. McKinlay's explorations. Diary of Mr. J. McKinlay, leader of the Burke Relief Expedition, being journal of explorations in the interior of Australia.

1862

 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 9,150.00
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    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
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    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.
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