Australian Book Auctions: Travels, Australiana, Literature & Art, 116, Armadale,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025

Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages

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

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.