William BUCKLEY
Highly Important Original Document
Result: $28,000
An important but unsigned contemporary document, recounting in considerable detail the experiences of William Buckley during his thirty years living among the Aborigines of Port Phillip. Auction July 2018.

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes
Result: $19,000
The official account of the important Baudin-Peron-Freycinet 1800-1804 voyage to the Pacific, two volumes quarto text with large quarto atlas in fine contemporary binding. Auction June 2021.
Governor Lachlan MACQUARIE
Original Land Grant
Result: $3,200
Original manuscript document on vellum, signed by Macquarie, endorsed on 4 November 1815 by John Campbell, Colonial Secretary, with fine paper seal. Auction June 2022.
William HAYES
A Natural History of British Birds
Result: $4,400
An attractive eighteenth century work in two folio volumes, with forty handcoloured engraved and etched plates, the plates celebrated as early attempts to depict the birds life-size. Auction October 2019.
Patrick WHITE
Thirteen Poems
Result: $55,000
One of four known copies of this privately printed collection of poems, Sydney circa 1929: this copy inscribed and signed on the title-page by the author. Auction October 2016.
Miles FRANKLIN
My Brilliant Career
Result: $6,000
A fine copy of the first edition, second impression, of this classic novel: signed by the author on title-page, inscribed with the question “After all these years, honors, what does it contain?” Auction September 2021.
Ferdinand von MUELLER
Description and Illustrations … Myoporinous Plants
Result: $3,400
A splendid presentation binding from the Victorian Government Printer’s binder, representing the highest Australian achievement in this art. Auction November 2020.
Tourism, NSW.
Cronulla: Sydney’s Largest – Cleanest – Safest Surf Bathing Beach
Result: $110
Rare and ephemeral promotional brochure, published in Sydney circa 1939. Auction March 2022.
Trade Catalogue.
Peters Ice Cream Offers Unique Creations in Frozen Deserts for all the Year Round
Result: $850
Second edition of striking colour-illustrated 1930s Sydney advertising catalogue. Auction September 2021.
Jane AUSTEN
Emma, A Novel in Three Volumes 1816
Result: $7,750
First edition of Jane Austen’s fourth published novel and her most outstanding technical achievement. September 2018.
Samuel JOHNSON
A Dictionary of the English Language 1755
Result: $10,000
First edition of Dr Johnson’s greatest literary achievement, and the single most celebrated work of eighteenth-century scholarship. September 2020
John Lort STOKES
Discoveries in Australia …Coasts and Rivers explored
Result: $4,000
First edition: the last great Australasian surveying voyage, sailing in the Beagle, Darwin’s ship. Published in 1846. June 2021
George KNORR
Deliciae Naturae Selectae
Result: $18,000
Two volume folio edition of an eighteenth century Natural History cabinet, illustrated with ninety-one full-page handcoloured engraved plates. June 2021.
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller
Descriptions and Illustrations … Myoporinous Plants
Result: $3,400
A splendid presentation binding from the Victorian Government Printer’s binder, representing the highest Australian achievement in this art. November 2020.
D'ENTRECASTEAUX
Voyage de D’Entrecasteaux, envoyé à la Recherche de La Pérouse
Result: $12,000
Official account in two quarto text volumes and folio atlas, in original paste paper boards. December 2018.