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
26	AUSTIN, Ronald J.	FORWARD UNDETERRED:	McCrae (Vic)	1998	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
27	BEAN, C.E.W. (editor).	THE ANZAC BOOK	London	1916	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
28	BEAN, C.E.W. (editor).	THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1914 -- 1918.	Sydney	1934 -- 1942.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
29	BEAN C.E.W. (ed.).	THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA	Sydney	1940	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
30	BELFORD, Walter Cheyne.	LEGS-ELEVEN	Perth	1940	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
31	BERRIE, George L.	UNDER FURRED HATS.	Sydney	1919	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
32	BERRIE, George.	MORALE:	Sydney	1949	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
33	BROWNING, Neville.	FIX BAYONETS:	[Perth]	2000	AUD 120.00 - 240.00	Unknown
34	BUTLER, A. Graham et al.	THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE WAR OF 1914 -- 1918.	Melbourne and Canberra	1938-1940-1943.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
35	COLLIVER, E.J. and B.H. RICHARDSON (editors).	THE FORTY-THIRD:	Adelaide	1920	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
36	CHATAWAY, T.P.	HISTORY OF THE 15th BATTALION: AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES. WAR 1914 -- 1918...	Brisbane	1948	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
37	DEAN, Arthur and Eric W. GUTTERIDGE.	THE SEVENTH BATTALION AIF:	Melbourne	1933	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
38	DOLLMAN, W. and H.M. SKINNER.	THE BLUE AND BROWN DIAMOND:	Adelaide	1921	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
39	EDWARDS, John and Patricia.	NEVER A BACKWARD STEP:	South Grafton (NSW)	1996	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
40	FAIREY, Eric.	THE 38th BATTALION, A.I.F. THE STORY AND OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE 38TH BATTALION, A.I.F.	Bendigo	1920	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
41	GALLIPOLI.	"A SOUVENIR OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR	No imprint but Australia		AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
42	GORMAN, Eugene.	"WITH THE TWENTY-SECOND"	Melbourne	1919	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
43	HARVEY, Sgt. W.J.	THE RED AND WHITE DIAMOND.	Melbourne	n.d. but 1920.	AUD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
44	GREEN, F.C.	THE FORTIETH: A RECORD OF THE 40th BATTALION, A.I.F.	Hobart	1922	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
45	OLDEN, ARTHUR CHARLES NIQUET.	WESTRALIAN CAVALRY IN THE WAR	Melbourne	n.d. but 1921.	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
46	PATERSON, A.T.	THE THIRTY-NINTH:	Melbourne	1934	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
47	PENTREATH, William E.	HISTORY OF THE 59th BATTALION 1st A.I.F.	Belgrave (Victoria)	[ 1968].	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
48	SLOAN, H.	THE PURPLE AND GOLD: A HISTORY OF THE 30th BATTALION.	Sydney	1938	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
49	WANLISS, Newton.	THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH BATTALION, A.I.F.	Melbourne	1929	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
50	TAYLOR, F.W. AND T.A. CUSACK (editors).	NULLI SECUNDUS	Sydney	1942	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	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.