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 | Unknown |
| 2 | BALFOUR, J.O. | A SKETCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES |
December, 1844 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | Unknown | |
| 3 | BANKS, Sir Joseph | JOURNAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPH BANKS... |
London | 1896 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 6 | BROWNHILL, Walter Randolph and WYND, Ian | THE HISTORY OF GEELONG AND CORIO BAY |
Melbourne | 1990 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 7 | COLLINS, David | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES |
London | 1798-1802 | AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 8 | CURREY, JOHN | DAVID COLLINS. GENERAL ORDERS |
October 16 1803 - January 27 1804 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 9 | DUTTON, Henry Hampden | ACROSS AUSTRALIA BY MOTOR |
Adelaide | [1909] | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 10 | EPHEMERA BALANCE OF COLLECTION |
AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |||
| 11 | GILES, Ernest | GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA FROM 1872 TO 1874 |
Melbourne | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 12 | HARLEY, J.B. and WOODWARD, David | THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY |
Chicago and London | 1987-2015 | AUD 240.00 - 340.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 15 | JOSELAND, Howard | ANGLING IN AUSTRALIA And Elsewhere |
Sydney | 1921 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | KINGSFORD-SMITH, C.E., and C.T. ULM | STORY OF "SOUTHERN CROSS" Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 |
Sydney | 1928 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 17 | LOW. LOW'S DIRECTORY of the City and District of Sydney, for 1847 |
Sydney | 1847 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 20 | MACQUARIE | GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, Parliament. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
[London] | 10 July 1812 | AUD 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
