Australian Book Auctions: Books, 115, Armadale,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025

Page Size: 96 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ASHLEY-MONTAGU, M.F.	COMING INTO BEING AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES:	London	1937	AUD 140.00 - 200.00	AUD 254.00
2	BASEDOW, Herbert.	NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION OF EXPLORATION IN NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Adelaide	1918	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,905.00
3	BASEDOW, Herbert.	THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL.	Adelaide	1925	AUD 100.00 - 140.00	AUD 177.80
4	BEASLEY., Harry G.	FISH HOOKS,	London	1980	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
5	BERNDT, Ronald and Catherine.	ARNHEM LAND;	Melbourne	1954	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 304.80
6	BERNDT, Ronald M.	DJANGGAWUL.	London	1952	AUD 180.00 - 240.00	AUD 279.40
7	BERNDT, Ronald M.	KUNAPIPI.	New York	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 279.40
8	BERNDT, Ronald M. (ed.).	AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART.	Sydney	1964	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	AUD 177.80
9	BERNDT, Ronald M. and Catherine H.	A WORLD THAT WAS:	Vancouver	1993	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	AUD 254.00
10	BONWICK, James.	THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS;	London	1870	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 635.00
11	CRAWFORD, I.M.	THE ART OF THE WANDJINA:	Melbourne	1968	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
12	CURR, Edward M.	THE AUSTRALIAN RACE:	Melbourne	1886-1887.	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,206.50
13	DAWSON, James.	AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES:	Melbourne	1881	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
14	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS &C. OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.	London	1898	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 5,588.00
14A	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.	London,	1969	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 330.20
15	EDWARDS, Robert.	THE ART OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVERS REGION.	Canberra	1974	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
16	ELKIN, A.P., and Catherine and Ronald BERNDT.	ART IN ARNHEM LAND.	Melbourne	1950	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 381.00
17	ETHERIDGE, Robert.	THE DENDROGLYPHS, OR "CARVED TREES" OF NEW SOUTH WALES.	Sydney	1918	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
18	ETHERIDGE, Robert.	THE CYLINDRO-CONICAL AND CORNUTE STONE IMPLEMENTS OF WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES...	Sydney	1916	AUD 140.00 - 240.00	AUD 177.80
19	EVANS, I.H.N.	AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES IN BORNEO.	London	1922	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 304.80
20	FLANAGAN, Roderick J.	THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA.	Sydney	1888	AUD 100.00 - 140.00	AUD 152.40
21	FURNESS, William H.	THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS,	Philadelphia	1902	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
22	GAMMAGE, Bill.	SKY TRAVELLERS,	Melbourne	1998	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
23	GERBRANDS, Adrian A. (ed.).	THE ASMAT OF NEW GUINEA.	New York	1967	AUD 120.00 - 220.00	AUD 101.60
24	GREENWAY, John.	BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES	Sydney	1963	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 127.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.