Australian Book Auctions: Books, Maps, Prints: Travel, Exploration, Australiana, John Gould lithographs, Australian Military books mostly from one private collection, 117, Armadale,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 23, 2026 - March 23, 2026

Page Size: 139 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BROINOWSKI, Gracius J.	THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA:	Melbourne	1887 -- 1890 -- 1891.	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
2	CARNEGIE, Honourable David W.	SPINIFEX AND SAND:	London	1898	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
3	CUMPSTON, J.S.	MACQUARIE ISLAND.	Melbourne	1968	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
4	DAVIS, John.	TRACKS OF McKINLAY AND PARTY ACROSS AUSTRALIA.	London	1863	AUD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
5	EARL, George Samuel Windsor.	ENTERPRISE IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA.	London	1846	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
6	FORREST, (Sir) John.	I. -- Explorations in search of Dr. Leichhardt and Party. II. -- From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III. -- From Champion Bay, Across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide. With an Appendix on the Condition of Western Austral	London	1905-02-17	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
7	GREGORY, Augustus Charles, and Francis Thomas Gregory.	JOURNALS OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.	Brisbane	1884	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
8	GRANT, James.	THE NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY,	London	1803	AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Unknown
9	GREY, George.	JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA,	London	1841	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
10	MITCHELL, Thomas Livingstone.	THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA,	London	1839	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
11	OSBURNE, R.	THE HISTORY OF WARRNAMBOOL,	Prahran	1887	AUD 200.00 - 260.00	Unknown
12	PHILLIP, Captain Arthur, Governor.	THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY;	London	1789	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
13	SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry.	THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC:	London	1909	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
14	SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN.	THE NATIVE TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.	London	1899	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
15	STURT, Charles.	TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA,	London	1834	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
16	STURT, Charles.	NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.	London	1849	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
17	WALKER, C.B.	PHOTOGRAPHS MELBOURNE & SUBURBS	Melbourne		AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
18	WARBURTON, Colonel Peter Egerton.	JOURNEY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA...	London	1875	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
19	WALLACE, Alfred R. and F.H.H. GUILLEMARD.	STANFORD'S COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. AUSTRALASIA:	London	1893-4	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
20	WOODS, J.D. et al.	THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.	Adelaide	1879	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
21	ANGAS, George French.	SOUTH AUSTRALIA ILLUSTRATED.	Wellington	1967	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
22	GIBBS, May.	SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE.	Sydney	n.d. [1918].	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
23	[HUNTER] GARTNER, John.	THE BOOKPLATES OF WILLIAM HUNTER.	Melbourne	1943	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
24	LINDSAY, Norman. LITTLEWOOD, R.C. and CLARK, Jane.	NORMAN LINDSAY A COLLECTOR'S ALBUM	Stoke on Trent	2011	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
25	UNAIPON, David.	NATIVE LEGENDS.	Adelaide	[1929]	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown

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.
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.