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	AUD 3,810.00
27	MOORE, J.J.	MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN ALMANAC 1931, 1934, 1936, and 1938	Sydney	1931-38	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
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	AUD 203.20
29	SCOTT, Robert Falcon	SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION In Two Volumes	London	1913	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 406.40
30	SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN	THE ARUNTA: A Study of Stone Age People	London	1927	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 558.80
31	STIRLING, Sir James	JOURNALS OF SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS MADE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA		1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832	AUD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
32	SHAW, George	ZOOLOGY OF NEW HOLLAND	Adelaide	1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
33	SMITH, James Edward and SOWERBY, James	A SPECIMEN OF THE BOTANY OF NEW HOLLAND	Melbourne	2005	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
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	AUD 22,860.00
35	WINNECKE, Charles	JOURNAL, ETC., OF THE HORN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA	Adelaide	1896	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
36	WHITE, Samuel Albert	INTO THE DEAD HEART. An Ornithological Trip Through Central Australia	Adelaide	1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
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	AUD 1,524.00
38	PHILIPP, Franz	BOYD, Arthur. ARTHUR BOYD	London	1967	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,016.00
39	FLEMING, Ian	GOLDFINGER. Octavo	London	1959	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 762.00
40	FLEMING, Ian	DR NO. Octavo	London	1958	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 635.00
41	FLEMING, Ian	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond	London	1960	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 762.00
42	FLEMING, Ian	THUNDERBALL	London	1961	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 609.60
43	FLEMING, Ian	ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE	London	1963	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 482.60
44	FLEMING, Ian	YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE	London	1964	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 482.60
45	AMIS, Kingsley	FLEMING. THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER	London	1965	AUD 120.00 - 240.00	AUD 127.00
46	GARDNER, John	LICENCE RENEWED Octavo, original boards with price-clipped dustwrapper	London	1981	AUD 140.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
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	AUD 1,651.00
48	HITTI, Deanna	TOWLA = BAK GHAMUN	(Melbourne)	2017	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
49	LINDSAY, Norman	MICOMICANA		1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
50	LINDSAY, Norman	PAINTINGS IN OIL: with essays by Douglas Stewart and Norman Lindsay	Sydney	[1945]	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,413.00

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.