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The Book Merchant Jenkins: Books and Art

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Books and Art	Total Sales (AUD)	109,214.40
Auction Date	February 21, 2026 - February 21, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	39,120.00
Sale Number	#22126	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	65,180.00
Total Lots	381
Sold Lots	354.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	43,330.00
% of Lots Sold	92.91%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	71,970.00
Unsold Lots	27	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	151.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
49	[LITERATURE] L. Ron Hubbard: Final Blackout Signed First Edition	1948	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 5,612.00
57	[LITERATURE] Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men First Edition	1937	AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 5,124.00
145	[AUSTRALIA] Hawkesworth: Cook's First Voyage 1773	1773	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 3,660.00
47	[LITERATURE] Isaac Asimov: Foundation First Edition B Variant	1951	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 2,928.00
50	[LITERATURE] The Hobbit First Edition, Fourth Impression	1946	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 2,684.00
22	Sir Redmond Barry's copy of The Works of Edmund Burke	1792 & 1802	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 2,440.00
131	[AUSTRALIA] The Disappointment: or the Girl Taken from the Blacks	1875	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 2,440.00
91	Sven Hedin: History of the Expedition in Asia		AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 2,196.00
151	[AUSTRALIA] Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay 1789 First Edition	1789	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 2,196.00
98	Wallace: Narrative of Travels on the Amazon 1853 First Edition	1853	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,952.00
141	[AUSTRALIA] Collins First Edition: An Account of the English Colony of New South Wales 1798-1802	1798-1802.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,952.00
54	[LITERATURE] Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea First Edition	1952	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,586.00
212	An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress &c., of the Natives of the Pacific Islands	1898	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,586.00
104	Cook's Second Voyage, Dublin Edition 1776	1776	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,464.00
230	[AUSTRALIAN ART] Signed Albert Namatjira	1948	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,342.00
110A	Birds of Paradise Folio Society	2011	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,220.00
247	Patterson: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo	1907	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,159.00
136	[AUSTRALIA] Barrington: The History of New South Wales [WITH] An Account of a Voyage 1802-3	1802	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,098.00
53	[LITERATURE] Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms First Edition	1929	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,037.00
63	[LITERATURE] The Little Prince First US Edition	1943	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,037.00
68	[LITERATURE] Gulliver's Travels Fourth Edition 1742	1742	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00	AUD 1,037.00
246	[ANTARCTIC] Ross: Voyage to the Southern Seas	1847	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 976.00
278	Balance of a Collection: 19th Century Leather		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 915.00
227	Cassell's Emigrants Guides 1860s	no date [1860s].	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 854.00
292	[OCCULT] Kenneth Grant: Typhonian Trilogies	1972-2002.	AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 854.00

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.
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.