Peter Arnold: Australiana & Pacific Voyages: The Collection of John Alexander, 112324, Prahran VIC

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Auction Date
November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ALLEN, James.

Journal of an experimental trip by the 'Lady Augusta' on the River Murray.

Adelaide 1853 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,413.00
2 ANGAS, George French.

Six views of the gold field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Ponds Creeks [wrapper title].

Sydney 1851 AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
3 ARAGO, Jacques.

Souvenirs d'un aveugle. Voyage autour du monde [and the supplementary volume], Chasses-Drame.

Paris 1840 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
4 ATKINSON, James.

An account of the state of agriculture & grazing in New South Wales ... with other information important to those about to emigrate to that country.

London 1826 AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 25,400.00
5 AUSTIN, John Gardner, lithographer.

[Title reads] A series of lithographic drawings of Sydney and its environs.

Sydney 1836 AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
6 BARRINGTON, George.

A voyage to New South Wales; with a description of the country; the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the natives, in the vicinity of Botany Bay.

London 1795 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 5,588.00
7 BARRINGTON, George.

The history of New South Wales. [With] An account of a voyage to New South Wales.

London 1802-03. AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
8 BARRINGTON, George.

The history of New Holland from its discovery in 1616, to the present day. With a particular account of its produce and inhabitants and a description of Botany Bay.

London 1808 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 2,540.00
9 [BARTON, Charlotte].

A mother's offering to her children. By a lady long resident in New South Wales.

Sydney 1841 AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
10 BENNET, Henry Grey.

Letter to Viscount Sidmouth, Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the transportation laws, the state of the hulks, and of the colonies in New South Wales.

London 1819 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
11 BENNET, Henry Grey.

A letter to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, on the condition of the colonies in New South Wales and Vandieman's Land.

London 1820 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
12 [BIGGE, John T.].

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Colony of New South Wales. [With] Report ... on the judicial establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. [With] Report ... on the state of agriculture and trade in the Colony of New So

London 1822-23. AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 3,556.00
13 [BLAND, William, editor].

Journey of discovery to Port Phillip, New South Wales, in 1824 and 1825.

AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 30,480.00
14 BLAXLAND, Gregory.

A journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.

London 1823 AUD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 AUD 381,000.00
15 [BLAXLAND, Gregory].

A journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813.

Sydney 1870 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,413.00
16 BLIGH, William.

A voyage to the South Sea undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of p

London 1792 AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
17 BLIGH, William.

The log of the Bounty, 1787-1789.

Guildford 1975 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,540.00
18 BLIGH, William.

The log of H.M.S. Providence, 1791-93.

[Guildford], 1976 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,476.50
20 BOND, George, Late lieutenant of Marines and ensign in the New South Wales Corps.

A brief account of the Colony of Port-Jackson in New South Wales; its native inhabitants, productions, &c. &c.

London, 1809 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 6,096.00
21 BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Y.P.P. de.

Album pittoresque de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance. Collection de dessins relatifs a leur voyage autour du monde en 1824, 1825 et 1826.

Paris 1827-28. AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
22 BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Y.P.P. de.

Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance, pendant les annees 1824, 1825 et 1826.

Paris 1837 AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
23 [BOUNTY].

An account of the mutinous seizure of the Bounty.

Guildford 1987 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,778.00
24 BURFORD, Robert.

Description of a view of the town of Sydney, New South Wales; the harbour of Port Jackson, and surrounding country. Now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester-Square.

London 1830 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,079.50
25 THE BURKE AND WILLS EXPLORING EXPEDITION.

An account of the crossing the continent of Australia, from Cooper's Creek to Carpentaria. With biographical sketches of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills.

Melbourne 1861 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,143.00
26 [BURKE AND WILLS].

ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. Progress Reports and Final Report of the Exploration Committee.

Melbourne 1863-73. AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 8,890.00
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