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
77 HUME, Hamilton.

A brief statement of facts in connexion with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824.

Sydney 1855 AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 AUD 19,050.00
78 HUME, Hamilton.

A brief statement of facts in connection with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824.

Yass 1873 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 2,032.00
79 HUNTER, John.

An historical journal of the transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage ...

London 1793 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 2,476.50
80 IRWIN, Captain Frederick Chidley.

The state and position of Western Australia, commonly called the Swan-River Settlement.

London 1835 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 952.50
81 JEFFREYS, Lieut. Charles.

Van Dieman's Land. Geographical and descriptive delineations of the island of Van Dieman's Land.

London 1820 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 5,080.00
82 JOHNSON, Rev.

Richard, Chaplain to the Colonies.An address to the inhabitants of the colonies established in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Written in the year 1792.

London 1794 AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
83 [JOHNSTON].

Proceedings of a general court-martial ... for the trial of Lieut.-Col. Geo. Johnston, Major of the 102nd Regiment, late the New South Wales Corps, on a charge of mutiny ... exhibited against him by the Crown for deposing on the 26th of January, 1808, Wil

London 1811 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 9,525.00
84 JUKES, Joseph Beete.

Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago during the years 1842-46.

London 1847 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 9,525.00
85 [KELLAM, James].

The narrative of a voyage to the Swan River, with an account of that settlement, from an authentic source. Compiled and arranged by the Rev. J. Giles Powell, B.A., Vicar of Hillmorton, Warwickshire.

London 1831 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 10,287.00
86 KEPPEL, Henry.

A visit to the Indian Archipelago in H.M. Ship Maeander.

London 1853 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
87 KING, Phillip Parker.

Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822.

London 1826 AUD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 AUD 241,300.00
88 LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.H. de.

Relation du voyage a la recherche de la Perouse ... pendant les annees 1791, 1792, [1793 and 1794].

Paris 1800 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 22,860.00
89 LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.H. de.

Voyage in search of La Perouse ... during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794.

London 1800 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,079.50
90 LANDSBOROUGH, William.

Journal of Landsborough's expedition from Carpentaria, in search of Burke & Wills.

Melbourne 1862 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,206.50
91 LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois Galoup de.

Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde ... redige par M.L.A. Milet-Mureau.

Paris 1797 AUD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 AUD 127,000.00
92 LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois Galoup de.

A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe.

London 1798-99. AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 AUD 17,780.00
93 LEICHHARDT, Ludwig.

Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844 -1845.

London 1847 AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
94 LESSON, Rene.

Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du Gouvernement sur la corvette La Coquille.

Paris 1838-39. AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
95 [LINDSAY, David and WELLS, Lawrence].

Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2.

Adelaide 1893 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
96 LINDT, J.W.

Picturesque New Guinea. With an historical introduction and supplementary chapters on the manners and customs of the Papuans.

London 1887 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 3,556.00
97 LYCETT, Joseph.

Views in Australia, or New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land delineated.

London 1824 -25. AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 33,020.00
98 MACDONALD, John G.

Journal ... on an expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria and back.

Brisbane 1865 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 10,795.00
99 MACGILLIVRAY, John.

Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley ... during the years 1846-50, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc.

London 1852 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 6,350.00
100 MACLEHOSE, James, publisher.

Maclehose's picture of Sydney; and Strangers' guide to Sydney for 1838.

Sydney 1838 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
101 MACQUARIE, Lachlan.

A letter to the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth in refutation of statements made by the Hon. Henry Grey Bennet, M.P.

London 1821 AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 3,683.00
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