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
51	WREN, Eric.	RANDWICK TO HARGICOURT	Sydney	1935	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
52	ANTI-AIRCRAFT BRIGADE.	ON TARGET	Sydney	1943	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
53	BEASY, JOHN, and Carol BEASY.	TRUSCOTT:	Loftus	1995	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
54	BENNET, A. et al. (editors).	THE CHOCOLATE AND BLUE SOLDIER	Adelaide	1969	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
55	BOSS-WALKER, Geoffrey.	DESERT SAND AND JUNGLE GREEN	Sydney	1948	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
56	BURNS, John.	THE BROWN AND BLUE DIAMOND AT WAR	Adelaide	1960	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
57	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	THE SECOND WORLD WAR.	London	1948-1954.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
58	FEARNSIDE, Geoffrey Harold. (editor).	BAYONETS ABROAD	Sydney	[1953].	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
59	GLENN, John G.	TOBRUK TO TARAKAN	Adelaide	1960	AUD 120.00 - 260.00	Unknown
60	HAY, David.	NOTHING OVER US	Canberra	1984	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
61	MACFARLAN, Graeme.	ETCHED IN GREEN	Melbourne	1961	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
62	NEWTON, R.W.	THE GRIM GLORY	Sydney	1975	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
63	MASEL, Philip.	THE SECOND 28th	Perth	1961	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
64	RUSSELL, William B.	THE SECOND FOURTEENTH BATTALION.	Sydney	1948	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
65	ROSS, A.R.	THE SEVENTEENTH BRIGADE MAGAZINE	[Melbourne	1944].	AUD 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
66	SEARLE, R.C.	ON YOUR FEET	Brisbane	1948	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
67	SERLE, R.P. (editor).	THE SECOND TWENTY-FOURTH.	Brisbane	1963	AUD 140.00 - 280.00	Unknown
68	SHRIMPTON, John A.	SOLDIERS IN BONDAGE.	Maroubra (NSW)	n.d. circa 1946 .	AUD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
69	SMITH, Neil C.	TID-APA: THE HISTORY OF THE 4th ANTI TANK REGIMENT 1940 -- 1945.	Melbourne		AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
70	WHITE, Edith McQuade.	REMINISCENCES OF AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSE.	No imprint. Colophon: Brisbane	n.d. but circa 1953.	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
71	BATTLE, M.R.	THE YEAR OF THE TIGERS	Sydney	1970	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
72	CHITHAM, Ted, et al.	9TH BATTALION ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT	Brisbane	1992	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
73	CLARKE, C.	YOURS FAITHFULLY	Sydney	1972	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
74	CLUNIES-ROSS, A.	THE GREY EIGHT IN VIETNAM	Brisbane	[1970].	AUD 160.00 - 320.00	Unknown
75	ENGLISH, Michael C.	THE RIFLEMEN	Sydney	1999	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	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.