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
76	DOS PASSOS, John	Three plays	New York	[1934]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
77	DOS PASSOS, John	The big money		N/A	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 456.00
78	DOS PASSOS, John	Adventures of a young man	New York	[1938]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
79	DOS PASSOS, John	State of the nation	Boston, Houghton	1944	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
80	DREISER, Theodore	The genius	New York	1915	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
81	DREISER, Theodore	Twelve men	New York	1919	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
82	DREISER, Theodore	Moods, cadenced and declaimed	New York	1926	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
83	DREISER, Theodore	A gallery of women	New York	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
84	DURRELL, Lawrence	The Alexandria quartet	London	[1962]	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 456.00
85	DURRELL, Lawrence	The Alexandria quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea	New York	[1962]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
86	FARRELL, James T.	Young Lonigan	New York	1932	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
87	FARRELL, James T.	The young manhood of Studs Lonigan	New York	[1934]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 660.00
88		Two corners slightly bumped, otherwise fine in unfaded jacket with a little retouching at the extremities		N/A	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 660.00
89	FAST, Howard	Spartacus	New York	[1951]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 504.00
90	FAULKNER, William	These 13. Stories	New York	[1931]	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 900.00
91	FAULKNER, William	Light in August	New York	[1932]	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,140.00
92	FAULKNER, William	Pylon	New York	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 216.00
93	FAULKNER, William	Absalom, Absalom!	New York	1936	AUD 700.00 - 900.00	AUD 780.00
94	FAULKNER, William	The unvanquished	New York	[1938]	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
95	FAULKNER, William	The wild palms	New York	[1939]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
96	FAULKNER, William	The hamlet	New York	1940	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
97	FAULKNER, William	Go down, Moses, and other stories	New York	[1942]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 660.00
98	FAULKNER, William	Intruder in the dust	New York	[1948]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 336.00
99	FAULKNER, William	Knight's gambit	New York	[1949]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 336.00
100	FAULKNER, William	Collected stories	New York	[1950]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.