Peter Arnold: The John Alexander collection of English & American literature, 30726, Prahran VIC

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 07, 2026 - March 08, 2026

Page Size: 197 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	DOS PASSOS, John	Three plays	New York	[1934]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
77	DOS PASSOS, John	The big money			AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
78	DOS PASSOS, John	Adventures of a young man	New York	[1938]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
79	DOS PASSOS, John	State of the nation	Boston, Houghton	1944	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
80	DREISER, Theodore	The genius	New York	1915	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
81	DREISER, Theodore	Twelve men	New York	1919	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
82	DREISER, Theodore	Moods, cadenced and declaimed	New York	1926	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
83	DREISER, Theodore	A gallery of women	New York	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
84	DURRELL, Lawrence	The Alexandria quartet	London	[1962]	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
85	DURRELL, Lawrence	The Alexandria quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea	New York	[1962]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
86	FARRELL, James T.	Young Lonigan	New York	1932	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
87	FARRELL, James T.	The young manhood of Studs Lonigan	New York	[1934]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
88		Two corners slightly bumped, otherwise fine in unfaded jacket with a little retouching at the extremities			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
89	FAST, Howard	Spartacus	New York	[1951]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
90	FAULKNER, William	These 13. Stories	New York	[1931]	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
91	FAULKNER, William	Light in August	New York	[1932]	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
92	FAULKNER, William	Pylon	New York	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
93	FAULKNER, William	Absalom, Absalom!	New York	1936	AUD 700.00 - 900.00	Unknown
94	FAULKNER, William	The unvanquished	New York	[1938]	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
95	FAULKNER, William	The wild palms	New York	[1939]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
96	FAULKNER, William	The hamlet	New York	1940	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
97	FAULKNER, William	Go down, Moses, and other stories	New York	[1942]	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
98	FAULKNER, William	Intruder in the dust	New York	[1948]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
99	FAULKNER, William	Knight's gambit	New York	[1949]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
100	FAULKNER, William	Collected stories	New York	[1950]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown

Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.