Peter Arnold: John Alexander Collection - Australia before European Settlement and Natural History, 71925, Prahran VIC

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 19, 2025 - July 19, 2025

Page Size: 168 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	BLIGH, William.	The log of the Bounty . now first published from the manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter.	[London]	1937	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 2,413.00
102	[BLIGH].	Another set of the five works, in not quite as good condition.			AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
103	[BOLDREWOOD].	A pair of illuminated calligraphic addresses presented to Thomas Alexander Browne, better known as Rolf Boldrewood;			AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 7,620.00
104	STARK, Peter.	Tomorrow's ghosts. Twenty-eight poems.	London,	1971	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
105	CARBONI, Raffaello.	La Ceciliana: per la festa nazionale dello statuto nelle cento citta d'Italia. Poesia e musica del Professore Carboni-Raffaello.	Naples	1867	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 4,318.00
106	CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley.	The worst journey in the world.	Antarctic	1910-1913.	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,286.00
107	CHURCHILL, Winston.	The world crisis, 1911-1914.	Sydney and Melbourne,	1923	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 10,795.00
108	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	The collected works.	London	1973-76.	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
109	CORONELLI, Vincenzo.	Isole dell' Indie.	Venice	1696	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
110	CURREY, John, editor.	Records of the Port Phillip Expedition.	Melbourne,	1990-1993.	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
111	CURREY, John.	A convict artist at Sydney Cove. The drawings of Thomas Watling, 1792-1796.	[Melbourne],	2023	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,143.00
112	DAVIS, John King.	With the 'Aurora' in the Antarctic, 1911-1914.	London	1919	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 952.50
113	[DELAFORCE, William].	The life and experiences of an ex-convict in Port Macquarie.	Port Macquarie	1900	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 3,556.00
114	DENVIR, John.	The Catalpa: the story of the rescue of the military Fenians.	[Liverpool,	circa 1880].	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
115	EDWARD, Duke of Windsor.	A king's story. The memoirs of H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor, K.G.	London	1951	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
116	[ERSKINE, Thomas].	Armata: a fragment. [With] The second part of Armata.	London	1817	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
117	BAIL, Murray.	Ian Fairweather.	Sydney	1981	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
118	[FEDERATION].	Commonwealth celebrations. Souvenir invitation cards,	Victoria [binder's title, Melbourne	1901	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
119	THE FIRST FLEET.	The record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove.	[London],	1937	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 11,430.00
120	THE FIRST FLEET.	The record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
121	THE FIRST FLEET.	The record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
122	FLINDERS, Matthew.	Matthew Flinders's narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis, 1798.	[London],	1946	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 698.50
123	FLINDERS, Matthew.	Matthew Flinders's narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis, 1798.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
124	FRIEND, Donald.	Preliminary notes & sketches for projected illustrated works by Donald Friend . 1978-79-80 [artist's manuscript title].	.		AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
125	GOLD LICENCE.	Printed licence to dig for gold within the district of Buninyong and Loddon in Victoria, for the month of January, 1852, at a cost of one pound ten shillings, made out to John Howlett and signed by Gold Fields Commissioner William Nairn Gray: about 1			AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,905.00

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