Peter Arnold: The John Alexander collection of English & American literature, 30726, Prahran VIC

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 07, 2026 - March 08, 2026

Page Size: 197 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS, Richard	Watership down	London	1972	AUD 2,600.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 3,360.00
2	ALBEE, Edward	Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf ? A play	New York	1962	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,140.00
3		THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, carefully revised, and occasionally corrected from the Arabic	London	1811	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,140.00
4	BANNERMAN, Helen	Little black Sambo	London	1899	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
5	BARRIE, J. M.	Peter Pan, or the boy who would not grow up	London	1928	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 216.00
6	BATES, H. E.	The last bread. A play in one act	London	[1926]	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
7	BATES, H.E.	The two sisters	London	[1926]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 264.00
8	BATES, H. E.	A German idyll	Waltham St Lawrence	[1932]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
9	BATES, H. E.	The house with the apricot	London	1933	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
10	BATES, H. E.	The duet	London	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
11	BECKETT, Samuel	Waiting for Godot	London	[1956]	AUD 260.00 - 300.00	AUD 432.00
12	BELLOW, Saul	Dangling man	New York	[1944]	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 780.00
13	BELLOW, Saul	The victim	New York	[1947]	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 456.00
14	BELLOW, Saul	The victim	New York	[1947]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 336.00
15	BELLOW, Saul	The adventures of Augie March	New York	1953	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
16	BELLOW, Saul	Seize the day	New York	1956	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 504.00
17	BELLOW, Saul	Henderson the rain king	New York	1959	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 456.00
18	BEZZERIDES, A.I.	Long haul	New York	1938	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
19	BOULLE, Pierre	The bridge over the River Kwai	New York	[1954]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 312.00
20	BOWLES, Paul	The sheltering sky	London	[1949]	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,920.00
21	BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily & Anne	BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily & Anne. Novels	Edinburgh	1907	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 2,640.00
22	CAIN, James M.	The postman always rings twice	New York	1934	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,360.00
23	CAIN, James M.	Serenade	New York	1937	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 336.00
24	CAIN, James M.	Mildred Pierce	New York	1941	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
25	CAIN, James M.	Love's lovely counterfeit	New York	1942	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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.
Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.