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
| 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 |
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Forum Auctions
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25 March 2026Forum, 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
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