Peter Arnold: Australiana & Pacific Voyages: The Collection of John Alexander, 112324, Prahran VIC

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Auction Date: November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024

Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ALLEN, James.	Journal of an experimental trip by the 'Lady Augusta' on the River Murray.	Adelaide	1853	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,413.00
2	ANGAS, George French.	Six views of the gold field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Ponds Creeks [wrapper title].	Sydney	1851	AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
3	ARAGO, Jacques.	Souvenirs d'un aveugle. Voyage autour du monde [and the supplementary volume], Chasses-Drame.	Paris	1840	AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
4	ATKINSON, James.	An account of the state of agriculture & grazing in New South Wales ... with other information important to those about to emigrate to that country.	London	1826	AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	AUD 25,400.00
5	AUSTIN, John Gardner, lithographer.	[Title reads] A series of lithographic drawings of Sydney and its environs.	Sydney	1836	AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
6	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.	London	1795	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 5,588.00
7	BARRINGTON, George.	The history of New South Wales. [With] An account of a voyage to New South Wales.	London	1802-03.	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
8	BARRINGTON, George.	The history of New Holland from its discovery in 1616, to the present day. With a particular account of its produce and inhabitants and a description of Botany Bay.	London	1808	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
9	[BARTON, Charlotte].	A mother's offering to her children. By a lady long resident in New South Wales.	Sydney	1841	AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
10	BENNET, Henry Grey.	Letter to Viscount Sidmouth, Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the transportation laws, the state of the hulks, and of the colonies in New South Wales.	London	1819	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
11	BENNET, Henry Grey.	A letter to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, on the condition of the colonies in New South Wales and Vandieman's Land.	London	1820	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
12	[BIGGE, John T.].	Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Colony of New South Wales. [With] Report ... on the judicial establishments of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. [With] Report ... on the state of agriculture and trade in the Colony of New So	London	1822-23.	AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 3,556.00
13	[BLAND, William, editor].	Journey of discovery to Port Phillip, New South Wales, in 1824 and 1825.			AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	AUD 30,480.00
14	BLAXLAND, Gregory.	A journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.	London	1823	AUD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00	AUD 381,000.00
15	[BLAXLAND, Gregory].	A journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813.	Sydney	1870	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,413.00
16	BLIGH, William.	A voyage to the South Sea undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of p	London	1792	AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
17	BLIGH, William.	The log of the Bounty, 1787-1789.	Guildford	1975	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
18	BLIGH, William.	The log of H.M.S. Providence, 1791-93.	[Guildford],	1976	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,476.50
20	BOND, George, Late lieutenant of Marines and ensign in the New South Wales Corps.	A brief account of the Colony of Port-Jackson in New South Wales; its native inhabitants, productions, &c. &c.	London,	1809	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 6,096.00
21	BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Y.P.P. de.	Album pittoresque de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance. Collection de dessins relatifs a leur voyage autour du monde en 1824, 1825 et 1826.	Paris	1827-28.	AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
22	BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Y.P.P. de.	Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance, pendant les annees 1824, 1825 et 1826.	Paris	1837	AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
23	[BOUNTY].	An account of the mutinous seizure of the Bounty.	Guildford	1987	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,778.00
24	BURFORD, Robert.	Description of a view of the town of Sydney, New South Wales; the harbour of Port Jackson, and surrounding country. Now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester-Square.	London	1830	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,079.50
25	THE BURKE AND WILLS EXPLORING EXPEDITION.	An account of the crossing the continent of Australia, from Cooper's Creek to Carpentaria. With biographical sketches of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills.	Melbourne	1861	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,143.00
26	[BURKE AND WILLS].	ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. Progress Reports and Final Report of the Exploration Committee.	Melbourne	1863-73.	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 8,890.00

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