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Australian Book Auctions: Books and ephemera: Australiana, Voyages and Travels

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Auction Name Books and ephemera: Australiana, Voyages and Travels Total Sales (AUD) 101,051.30
Auction Date May 25, 2020 - May 25, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 52,510.00
Sale Number #96 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 87,680.00
Total Lots 221
Sold Lots 205 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 76,020.00
% of Lots Sold 92.76% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 122,180.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
175 PATERSON, A.B.

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER. And Other Verses…

1895 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 11,381.00
1 BARRINGTON, George.

A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES; With a Description of the Country; The Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Natives, in the Vicinity of Botany Bay.

1795 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 6,589.00
42 STAUNTON, Sir George.

AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary.

1797 AUD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 6,589.00
18 GOLD RUSH SCRAPBOOK.

SCRAPBOOK KEPT by an English metallurgist, John Dobson, in preparation for his trip to the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s.

AUD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 5,990.00
14 COOK. BANKS, Sir Joseph and Daniel Solander.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGE around the world in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71... With determinations by James Britten…

1900 – 1901 – 1905. AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 4,073.20
5 BARRINGTON, George.

THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Pamaratta [sic], Sydney, and all its Dependancies from the Original Discovery of the Island: with the Customs and Manners of the Natives; and an Account of the English Colony, from its F

 1802 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 3,354.40
21 PHILLIP, Governor Arthur.

THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island... to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Capt. Marshall.

1789 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,276.20
20 MOORE, George Fletcher.

A DESCRIPTIVE VOCABULARY of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia… [bound with] BUNCE, Daniel. LANGUAGE OF THE ABORIGINES OF THE COLONY OF VICTORIA…

1842; 1856 AUD 600.00 - 900.00 AUD 2,036.60
31 BRUCE, James.

TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773.

1790 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,797.00
16 COOK, Captain James.

A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narr

 1784 AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,317.80
23 COLE, E.W.

COLE’S FUNNY PICTURE BOOK. The Cheapest Picture Book in the World… [cover title].

circa 1882-83. AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,317.80
6 BARRINGTON, George.

THE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE BARRINGTON, containing every remarkable circumstance, from his birth to the present time... With the whole of his celebrated Speeches…

[1790]. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,198.00
193 WITTON, George R.

SCAPEGOATS OF THE EMPIRE: The Story of the Bushveldt Carbineers.

1907 AUD 600.00 - 900.00 AUD 1,078.20
101 CRADDOCK, Harry.

THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK, being in the main a complete compendium.

1930 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 1,018.30
170 LINDSAY, Lionel.

HENRY LAWSON 1867-1922.

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,018.30
41 SPEKE, John Hanning.

JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY of the Source of the Nile.

1863 AUD 500.00 - 800.00 AUD 898.50
130 PHILLIPPS, Abeona Belina.

THE WATERFALL, 1864.

1864 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 838.60
142 THE OVERFLOW.

MAP OF THE OVERFLOW GROUP of holdings including… The Overflow No. 187. Central Division, Counties of Flinders & Cunningham… Bogan and Lachlan Shires. N.S.W.

1919 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 838.60
89 WHITE, John.

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

2002 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 AUD 778.70
146 WESTERN DISTRICTS VICTORIA.

AN INTERESTING AND SUBSTANTIAL ARCHIVE relating to the Gleeson family properties in Victoria.

AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 778.70
25 COLE, E.W.

AUSTRALASIAN BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PAPER or Cole’s Pleasant Educator. A Monthly Magazine of Amusement and Instruction Combined. No. 1. January 1, 1900.

1900 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 718.80
139 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE.

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE. DESIGNS SUBMITTED 30TH JUNE 1902 Designs (3) amended in accordance with the views of the Advisory Board submitted 16th March 1903 [wrapper title].

circa 1904). AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 718.80
148 CAYLEY, Neville (senior).

KOOKABURRA.

AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 718.80
161 HERRICK, Robert.

ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN POEMS, selected, aranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint.

1955 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 718.80
13 COOK, Captain James.

THE JOURNAL OF HMS ENDEAVOUR 1768-1771.

1977 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 658.90
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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