Australian Book Auctions: Travels, Australiana, Literature & Art, 116, Armadale,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARTHUR, Colonel George, Lieutenant-Governor, and MURRAY, Robert Lathrop | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT TO ROBERT LATHROP MURRAY |
Hobart Town | 29 August, 1836 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 2 | BALFOUR, J.O. | A SKETCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES |
December, 1844 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | AUD 406.40 | |
| 3 | BANKS, Sir Joseph | JOURNAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPH BANKS... |
London | 1896 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 4 | BRISBANE, Sir Thomas, Governor | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT TO HARRIS WALKER, of 2000 acres in the District of Methven, adjacent to the Blackman's River, Van Diemen's Land |
Sydney | 30 June, 1823 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 5 | BRISBANE, Sir Thomas, Governor | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT TO THOMAS GEORGE GREGSON, of 300 acres in the District of Bath, Van Diemen's Land |
Sydney | 30 June, 1823 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 6 | BROWNHILL, Walter Randolph and WYND, Ian | THE HISTORY OF GEELONG AND CORIO BAY |
Melbourne | 1990 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 7 | COLLINS, David | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES |
London | 1798-1802 | AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 5,080.00 |
| 8 | CURREY, JOHN | DAVID COLLINS. GENERAL ORDERS |
October 16 1803 - January 27 1804 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 9 | DUTTON, Henry Hampden | ACROSS AUSTRALIA BY MOTOR |
Adelaide | [1909] | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 10 | EPHEMERA BALANCE OF COLLECTION |
AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | AUD 50.80 | |||
| 11 | GILES, Ernest | GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA FROM 1872 TO 1874 |
Melbourne | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 12 | HARLEY, J.B. and WOODWARD, David | THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY |
Chicago and London | 1987-2015 | AUD 240.00 - 340.00 | AUD 304.80 |
| 13 | FORSTER, Johann Reinhold, Georg Adam Forster, and Anders Sparrman | CHARACTERES GENERUM PLANTARUM, quas in itinere ad insulas Maris Australis, Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, annis MDCCLXXII - MDCCLXXV |
London | 1776 | AUD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | HUNTER, Captain John, Governor | AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND |
London | 1793 | AUD 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 15 | JOSELAND, Howard | ANGLING IN AUSTRALIA And Elsewhere |
Sydney | 1921 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 16 | KINGSFORD-SMITH, C.E., and C.T. ULM | STORY OF "SOUTHERN CROSS" Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 |
Sydney | 1928 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 17 | LOW. LOW'S DIRECTORY of the City and District of Sydney, for 1847 |
Sydney | 1847 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 609.60 | |
| 18 | LEWIN, John William | PRODROMUS ENTOMOLOGY. or, A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales Illustrated with Nineteen Plates |
Melbourne | 2007 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 19 | MACQUARIE, Major-General Lachlan, Governor | ORIGINAL LAND GRANT to Thomas Allan Lascelles, of 800 acres in the District of Sussex, bounded to the north by the Iron Creek Stream |
Sydney | 8 October, 1816 | AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,794.00 |
| 20 | MACQUARIE | GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, Parliament. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
[London] | 10 July 1812 | AUD 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 | AUD 3,556.00 |
| 21 | MACQUARIE, Major-General Lachlan, Governor | PAPERS RELATING TO HIS MAJESTY'S SETTLEMENTS AT NEW SOUTH WALES |
[London] | 11 June 1816 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 2,794.00 |
| 22 | MACQUARIE | GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, Parliament. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF GAOLS, &C. |
[London] | 12 July, 1819 | AUD 600.00 - 900.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 23 | BIGGE, John Thomas | MACQUARIE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES |
[London] | 19 June 1822 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 24 | BIGGE, John Thomas | MACQUARIE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF AGRICULTURE AND TRADE [and] REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY into the Judicial Establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land |
[London] | 21 February 1823 and 13 March 1823 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 25 | MICHELL, H. | VICTORIA'S GREATEST RACES with full descriptions of the Melbourne Cup 1921 |
Melbourne | n.d. circa 1924 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")