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

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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
52 CLARKE, James Stanier.

Naufragia, or historical memoirs of shipwrecks and of the providential deliverance of vessels.

London 1805-06. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 4,318.00
53 [FLINDERS].

Interesting narrative of the loss of His Majesty's armed vessels the Porpoise and Cato, of London, upon Wreck Reef, on the passage from New South Wales to China; interspersed with occasional remarks on New South Wales, its productions, inhabitants, &c. By

London circa 1808. AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 952.50
54 FORREST, Alexander.

North-west exploration. Journal of expedition from DeGrey to Port Darwin.

Perth, 1880 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 6,096.00
55 FORREST, John.

Explorations in Australia.

London 1875 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 4,572.00
56 FRYER. John.

The voyage of the Bounty launch. John Fryer's narrative.

Guildford, and Adelaide 1979 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
57 GARRAN, Andrew, editor.

The Royal South Australian Book Almanack and General Directory for 1854.

Adelaide 1854 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,397.00
58 GARRAN, Andrew, editor.

The picturesque atlas of Australasia.

Sydney 1886 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,413.00
59 GILBERT, Thomas.

Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, in the year 1788, with views of the islands discovered.

London 1789 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
60 GILES, Alfred.

Exploring in the 'seventies and the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line.

Adelaide 1926 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,397.00
61 GILES, Ernest.

Mr.

1872 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 6,985.00
62 GILES, Ernest.

Geographic travels in central Australia from 1872 to 1874.

Melbourne 1875 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
63 GILES, Ernest.

The journal of a forgotten expedition.

Adelaide 1880 AUD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 AUD 21,590.00
64 GILES, Ernest.

Australia twice traversed: the romance of exploration.

London 1889 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
65 GILL, Samuel Thomas.

Sketches of the Victoria gold diggings as they are. By S.T.G.

Melbourne 1852-53. AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 AUD 14,605.00
66 GILL, Samuel Thomas.

Victoria illustrated.

Melbourne 1857 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
67 GILL, Samuel Thomas.

The Australian sketchbook.

Melbourne 1865 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 6,985.00
68 GODWIN, Thomas.

Godwin's emigrant's guide to Van Diemen's Land, more properly called Tasmania.

London 1823 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
69 GRANT, James.

Narrative of a voyage of discovery performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales.

London 1803 AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
70 GREGORY, Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas.

Journals of Australian explorations.

Brisbane 1884 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
71 GREY, George.

Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and western Australia during the years 1837, 38, and 39.

London 1841 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
72 GUERARD, Eugen von.

Australian landscapes.

Melbourne 1867 AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 24,130.00
73 HANN, William.

Report from Mr. W. Hann, leader of the northern expedition party.

Brisbane 1873 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
74 HILL, J.G., compiler.

The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, Australia, 1896.

London 1905 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 952.50
75 HODGKINSON, Clement.

Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay, with descriptions of the natives, their manners and customs; the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region; first explored and surveyed by order of the Colonial Government.

London 1845 but 1844. AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
76 HODGKINSON, William O.

North-west explorations.

Brisbane 1877 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 698.50
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