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
26 PHILLIP, Captain Arthur, Governor

THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY

London 1789 AUD 2,000.00 - 2,800.00 Unknown
27 MOORE, J.J.

MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN ALMANAC 1931, 1934, 1936, and 1938

Sydney 1931-38 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
28 NIXON, Bishop Francis Russell

THE CRUISE OF THE BEACON: A Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass's Straits

London 1857 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
29 SCOTT, Robert Falcon

SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION In Two Volumes

London 1913 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
30 SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN

THE ARUNTA: A Study of Stone Age People

London 1927 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
31 STIRLING, Sir James

JOURNALS OF SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS MADE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832 AUD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
32 SHAW, George

ZOOLOGY OF NEW HOLLAND

Adelaide 1998 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
33 SMITH, James Edward and SOWERBY, James

A SPECIMEN OF THE BOTANY OF NEW HOLLAND

Melbourne 2005 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
34 DARONDEAU, Benoit

VAILLANT. A SUITE OF EIGHT ORIGINAL PEN AND SEPIA WASH DRAWINGS from Vaillant's 1836-7 circumnavigation in the Corvette La Bonite

1836-7 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
35 WINNECKE, Charles

JOURNAL, ETC., OF THE HORN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

Adelaide 1896 AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
36 WHITE, Samuel Albert

INTO THE DEAD HEART. An Ornithological Trip Through Central Australia

Adelaide 1914 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
37 WHYTE, Duncan

SKETCH OF EXPLORATIONS by the late John M'Kinlay in the Interior of Australia, 1861-2

Glasgow 1881 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 Unknown
38 PHILIPP, Franz

BOYD, Arthur. ARTHUR BOYD

London 1967 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
39 FLEMING, Ian

GOLDFINGER. Octavo

London 1959 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
40 FLEMING, Ian

DR NO. Octavo

London 1958 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
41 FLEMING, Ian

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond

London 1960 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
42 FLEMING, Ian

THUNDERBALL

London 1961 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
43 FLEMING, Ian

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

London 1963 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
44 FLEMING, Ian

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

London 1964 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
45 AMIS, Kingsley

FLEMING. THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER

London 1965 AUD 120.00 - 240.00 Unknown
46 GARDNER, John

LICENCE RENEWED Octavo, original boards with price-clipped dustwrapper

London 1981 AUD 140.00 - 240.00 Unknown
47 FRIEND, Donald

BUMBOOZIANA. Sundry notes and papers: being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition

Melbourne 1979 AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
48 HITTI, Deanna

TOWLA = BAK GHAMUN

(Melbourne) 2017 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
49 LINDSAY, Norman

MICOMICANA

1979 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
50 LINDSAY, Norman

PAINTINGS IN OIL: with essays by Douglas Stewart and Norman Lindsay

Sydney [1945] AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.