Australian Book Auction Records Explained

Australian Book Auction Records was a print based biennial publication, which recorded auction prices of Australasian books – usually rare, old and special copies.^{[1] [2]}

It was compiled by Margaret Joan Woodhouse^[3] in the 1960s^{[4] [5]} and in the 1980s by Mrs Jill Burdon.^{[6] [7] [8]} The final in the series was produced by Fiona Kells in 2006.^[9]

Such systems of recording book auction records have been mainly superseded by online records of prices and sales.

Further reading

• Wantrup, Jonathon (1987). Australian Rare Books 1788–1900. Potts Point, N.S.W: Hordern House.

Notes and References

1. Kells, Stuart (2002) The Australian book auction records, Parkville, Vic. : Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Research paper, 0819-2642 ; no. 830
2. Kells, Fiona and Stuart (2000) The Australian Book Auction Records LIBRES: Library and Information Science Electronic Journal (ISSN 1058-6768) 30 September 2000 Volume 10 Issue 2. found at http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres10n2/kells.htm
3. Cornstalk Bookshop (1990). In memoriam : Gaston Renard [and] Margaret Woodhouse. Cornstalk Bookshop, Glebe, N.S.W
4. Woodhouse, Margaret (1969). In Australian book auction records. Sydney
5. Australian book auction records. Sydney, N.S.W. : Margaret Woodhouse Bookshop, 1971-Vol. 1 (1969/70)-v. 5 (1977/78)
6. - ; new ser. v. 1 (1983/1985)-n.s. v. 8 (1998/1999) – Australian book auction records. New Series. Volume 1., 1983-1985 / compiled by Jill Burdon. Curtin, A.C.T. : Australian Book Auction records, 1986.
7. Australian book auction records. New series. Volume 2, 1986-1987 / compiled by Jill Burdon.Curtin, A.C.T. : Australian Book Auction Records, 1988. (series)
8. Australian book auction records. New series. Volume 3, 1988-1989 / compiled by Jill Burdon. Curtin, A.C.T : Australian Book Auction Records, 1990. (series)

9. ser. 3, v. 1 (2002), ser. 3, v. 2 (2004) and ser. 3, v. 3 (2006). In Australian Book Auction Records, The : Series Three, Volume One, Two and Three. Australian Book Auction Records,