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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | GOULD, John and RICHTER, Henry C. | Osphranter parryi. (Parry's wallaroo). From the Mammals of Australia. |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 127 | GOULD, John. | Handbook to the birds of Australia. |
London, | 1865 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 128 | [HALL, Thomas]. | 'Effects' and adventures of Raby Rattler, Gent. |
London | 1845 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 129 | HOWE, George, compiler and printer. | New South Wales Pocket Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1816. |
Sydney | 1815 | AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | AUD 16,510.00 |
| 130 | INGLETON, Geoffrey C. [And] FLINDERS, Matthew. | Matthew Flinders, navigator and chartmaker. [And] Private journal, 1803-14. |
London and Melbourne | 1986 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | GLEESON, James. | Robert Klippel. |
Sydney | 1983 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 132 | LINDSAY, Norman. | Pen drawings. |
Sydney | 1924 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 4,064.00 |
| 133 | [MACARTHUR, John]. | Manuscript indenture authorizing the transfer of land from Samuel Wheeler to Patrick Campbell, Sydney, 11 December 1794: two conjugate leaves small folio, the second blank except for docket, signed by Campbell and with Wheeler's mark, sealed, and signed a |
AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,556.00 | ||
| 134 | MACQUEEN, Mary. | The drawings of Mary Macqueen. |
[Melbourne] | 1986 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | MASSIE, M.C.B. | The English in Australia, 1882-1883 [cover title, |
Melbourne | 1883 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | MERCATOR, Gerard. | Universalis tabula juxta Ptolemaeum. |
[Netherlands, | circa 1700]. | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | DRAFFIN, Nicholas. | The art of M. Napier Waller. |
[Melbourne | 1978 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 138 | RENTOUL, A. R. and RENTOUL, I.S. | Mollie's bunyip. |
Melbourne | 1904 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 139 | OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. | When he goes to town. |
AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | [PERON, Francois and FREYCINET, Louis de]. | Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes. Historique, Atlas par MM. Lesueur et Petit. |
Paris | 1824 | AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 141 | THE PORT PHILLIP SEPARATION MERCHANTS' AND SETTLERS' ALMANAC, Diary and Directory for Melbourne and the District of Port Phillip. 1846 |
Melbourne | 1845 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 24,130.00 | |
| 142 | REES, Lloyd. | Small treasures of a lifetime. Some early memories of Australian art and artists. |
Sydney | 1969 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 355.60 |
| 143 | [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas Edme]. | La Decouverte australe par un Homme-volant, ou le Dedale francais. |
Leipzig and Paris [but Paris] | 1781 | AUD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | AUD 6,096.00 |
| 144 | [RICHARD OF HOLDINGHAM]. | The Hereford world map. |
London, | 2010 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 145 | ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter. | Extinct birds. |
London | 1907 | AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | AUD 17,780.00 |
| 146 | ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter and DOLLMAN, Guy. | The Genus Dendrolagus. |
[London | 1936 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 147 | RUSSELL, Edmund N. | Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford, 202 tons register, Captain George S. Anthony. |
Boston | 1876 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 4,826.00 |
| 148 | RYMILL, John. | Southern lights. The official account of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937. |
London | 1938 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 482.60 |
| 149 | SHACKLETON, Ernest. | The heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. |
London | 1909 | AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | AUD 38,100.00 |
| 150 | SHACKLETON, Ernest, BERNACCHI, Louis and CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley, editors. | The South Polar Times. |
London | 1907-14. | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | AUD 12,065.00 |
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