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Collectables & Historical Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:243
Sale Title:Collectables & Historical MemorabiliaLots with images:188
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:162
Date:21-Nov-2012
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Cigarette Tins: Group of larger or round tins with a complete Capstan gift pack with 2 tins of cigarettes, 2 packets of playing cards, 2 cigarette holders, an ashtray & silver case; 5 square tins including 'Pioneer Brand', 'American Brand', 'Muratti's Neb-Ka', 'Traveller Brand' & Weinberg's Mahalia Cigarettes; Balkan Sobranie tobacco tin & cigarette tin; complete tins of Craven a & Abdulla; 9 round cigarette tins including Bear's Honeydew, John Player 'Perfectos Finos', the Three Castles, State Express,…
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Cigarette & Tobacco Tins: Australian group of tins of various shapes & sizes. Includes 'Lucy Hinton', D. Zukerman Melb. & USA equivalent, 'Tasman Toasted Flake', Wellington, 'Traveller Brand' tin & 'Pure Laiakia' canister by W.D. & H.O.Wills, 'Night Owl' tin, Baltco Cigarette Co. P/L, Melbourne, 'President Virginian Cigarettes' Perth, 'Altson's', 'Three Castles', 'Byron' etc. Nice group, enjoy viewing. (30)
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Cigarette & Tobacco Tins: English group with MacDonalds 'Kilty' Brand cut Golden Bar, tin 12 x 21 x 6.5 cm. Canisters including 'Gold Flake' Honey Dew x2 different, State Express '333' & '555', Kenilworth, Rothmans 'Pall Mall', Players 'Navy Cut' & 'Navy Mixture' (no lid) and Hill's 'Sunripe'. Plus Phillips 'Grand Cut Virginia', Temple Bar granulated tobacco and 'De Reszke' minors. (13)
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Cigarette & Tobacco Tins: Australian 'Welcome Nugget' Flake cut, T.C Williams & Co. Fair condit
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Cigarette & Tobacco Tins: English group of rectangular tins in different sizes. Earlier tins including Otto Rose, Gaiety Girl, Mal- Kah, Ogdens' Guinea Gold, the Three Castles, May Blossom, Richmond Navy cut and Gallaher's Rich Dark Honeydew. Curved tins including Afrikander Colonial Flake, My Princess, Marcovitch Black & White (2 different) and Abdulla Imperial Preference. Also noted Salmon & Gluckstein's Life Boat Navy cut, Winfred Virginia, Richmond Gem, Lambert & Butler's Weaver Brand and Churchman's…
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Cigarette & Tobacco Tins: Mixed group including Springbok Cape Town canister, Tiedmanns Gul Lett Mixture 7oz canister, Lucky Strike and Burley & Bright 'Half and Half' split tins, Sailor Brand for C.W. Obel, 'King George' brand for George Kyriacou Egypt, Dill's Best USA (2) and 'Le Khedive' Ed. Laurens, Egypt and Geneva. Mixed condition. (20+)
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Cigarettes & Tobacco: range of cigarette packets from around the world (100+) including well known brands as well as lesser or short lived brands, majority of packets with contents; group of boxes of various sizes (45+); group of packets from India (30+); group of flat packs (20+): Noted 'Ibex Hand Made Cigarettes', A. Alexander Melbourne, Cameron's Havelock Mixture, 1 Lb, Melbourne, John Cotton 'The Edinburgh Cigarettes' full plastic box of 50 and Craven a Christmas packet of 50. Majority fine.…
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Cigarettes & Tobacco: related products with a wooden box with 'Yankee Doodle' tobacco label; cigar boxes with boxes & folders of matches and cigarette papers; packets of match boxes; group of ashtrays, matchbox holders etc. (22+); 3 packets of playing cards: Noted Player's Navy cut glass paperweight, Mills Corktips thermometer and Capstan cigarettes pencil in sleeve. Fine throughout.
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Cigarettes & Tobacco: leather cigar case with an embossed coat of arms, Mosda '500' cigarette case with lighter, Zippo lighter on stand, two ornate carved wooden cigarette cases. All fine condition. (5)
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Tools: 7 pen-knives incl. a Solingen 'Tree Brand' & Schrade 'Old Timer' with 2 blades; Vintage shifting wrenches (3), J. Wiss & Sons heavy duty scissors, pair of shears, Schollhorn vice grips; set of 8 sm. spanners on a double pivot; set of drill bits; Swan ink bakelite container. (16)
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Safe Furniture: group of door brass plates in various sizes, x12 incl. T. Pitt & Co. Melbourne, Milner's 212, George Price Wolverhampton, Groves & Co. Birmingham (2), Thomas Perry & Son Bilston, Royal Coat of Arms (3 large & 3 small); 4 door handles; group of miscellaneous items. (Qty)
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Tub of Locks of various vintages, shapes and sizes. Brass range incl. padlocks (8, 1 steel) and door locks (9). Older style iron and brass locks(5) plus 5 other items. Heavy
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Brass weights; set of 5 with handles, 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14 pounds
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Brass weights; set of 5 with handles, 2oz to 4Lb. 'Nest' of 7, óoz to 32oz. Toledo Berkel set of 3, 2, 4 & 7Lb. 'Apoth' set of 5, 1oz to 10oz. plus 2kg. Plus a miscellaneous group of 8. (29)
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Salter Family Scales in cast iron; No. 50 with 7lb brass face, No. 45 with 20lb brass face & with 14lb white enamel face. (3)
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Salter Postal Scales in cast iron, No. 25, with a brass face to 24oz; W & T Avery Ltd set of balance scales, in brass to 2Lb. Set of brass weights (6), ½oz to 16oz. (3)
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Salter Postal Scales in cast iron, No. 25, with a brass face to 24oz; W & T Avery Ltd set of balance scales, in brass to 4Lb. Set of Avery 'pyramid' brass weights (7), ½oz to 2Lb. (3)
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Athenaeum Club Melbourne: Wonderful collection of items related to the history of the Athenaeum Club in Melbourne and one of it's original members and manager Mr. J H Moorhead, featuring a gold capped walking stick and umbrella with ivory handle and gold trim, both engraved 'J.H. Moorhead Athenaeum Club'. These personal items are striking and a wonderful piece of Melbourne's social history. Also included are two antique clothes/hair brushes both marked 'Athenaeum Club' The Athenaeum Club was founded during…
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Large Ensign Tea Tin, 14 Lbs, orange label for Edwards & Co. Ltd. 'Australia's Tea Men'
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Royalty Silk Scarves: 1911 King George V Coronation silk scarf & 1935 King George V Silver Jubilee silk scarf, both window mounted, framed & glazed, each overall 50 x 50 cm. (2 items)
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Two embossed Rasawatte tea tins for Peterson & Co.P/L Melbourne. The first a 2 Lbs cylinder tin, the second a 5 Lbs square tin
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Two 3 Lbs tea tins for John Connell & Co. Sydney. 'Choicest Tippy Tea' in red and 'Choicest Nectar Tea' in green, both with 'Sago' on the reverse. Plus a wooden unopened 1kg container of Darjeeling Tea, 'Runglee Rungliot'. (3)
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Ensign tea tin, 6 Lbs, for Edwards & Co. Ltd. Printed label showing their premises in Melb., Sydney & Bris
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Peek Frean's Famous Biscuits, London, glass lid to go over a biscuit tin. in good condition. Unusual
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Gramophone, with M'stoso No.2 M'strophone Reproducer, side wind handle, in home-built wooden cabinet, 50 x 59 x 121 cm, with castors on legs. in working order. Also range of records (37), mostly 78s
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Griffiths Bros. 'Teas /Coffees/Cocoas' tins, 7 Lbs & 10 Lbs, with red printed labels. Signal trade mark. (2)
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Coffee & Chicory group with ó Lb & 1 Lb 'Pasha' round tins for Parsons Bros. & Co. Sydney. 'Anchor' 1 Lb tin for G. Wood Son & Co. Adelaide. Plus a 'Bushells' 8oz tin with contents. (4)
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Confectionery group from various eras. MacRobertson's - tins (8 incl. a 5 Lb Scorched Almonds tin) and various shaped boxes (5); Allen's Irish Moss Gum Jubes canister tin; Nestle's Persian style tin; Cadbury's 'Red Hop Kiln Tasmania' tin; Wrigley's Spearmint Gum box; Plus 3 other. A nice assortment. (20)
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Household group; two 'Shelltox' tins, ½ & 1 imp. gallon, both showing 'man with pump'; 'Brasso' cans (5 different); oil cans (4); Wunder-wash Wash block; Reckitt's Bag Blue; Dunlop 'Kangaroo Grip' tube patch and Moseley Repair Outfit tins; 'Moffart-Virtue Ltd' enamel sign; plus 6 other. Mixed condition, mainly fine. (20+)
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Kitchen group from various eras, many with partial or full contents; 'Golden Salted Peanuts' tin; Milo 60th Anniv. tin; Bushells koala, kookaburra, kangaroo tin; Robur 'Clipper ship' tea tin; Spices group incl, curry (15); Vegemite, 2 incl. 70th Anniv. Nestle's Cocoa tin & packet; Tommy Swallow biscuit tin; Csr Golden Syrup and Treacle tins (6); Cornwells Malt Extract (3 different tins); Vanilla Essence & other bottles (6); misc. food group (6); First Aid group incl. antacid, liver salts, Band Aid etc.…
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'McWilliam's Wines' bar mirror, c1959, size 91 x 52 cm
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New Guinea: Collection of tribal artifacts including 18 spears, a bark cape (Kukukukus), string bag and more, all collected in the 1960's. (21)
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Money Boxes: Australia - 1920 (Dec.12) Newtown Methodist Sunday School, Thank-Offering, Opening of new Sunday School, SSpaghetti/Baked Beans, Anz, NSW, Ssb of Vic & C'wealth (2 different) Banks and 1 other: Great Britain 7.5 x 12 x 2 cm book style - P.O. Savings Bank (red & blue), Huddersfield & Upper Agbrigg S/bank, Carlisle & North Western Counties Trustee S/bank and 'Tall Oaks from little Acorns grow'. All fine without keys (13)
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Tins of various shapes & sizes, incl. canisters, majority more recent years, a few earlier. Incl. tobacco, biscuits, confectionery, Japanese etc. With plain, elegant or elaborate designs. Mixed condition, majority fine. (55+)
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Flags: full flagpole size for Australia; Governor General - 'Commonwealth of Australia' in words, a lion over crown on a blue ground; 'City of Canberra' / 'Australian Capital Territory' in words and Coat of Arms on a red ground with a gold fringe; 4th Battalion H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Royal Standard; Royal Standard with 8 panels labelled 'Standard / Queen Mother / 4BDTH'; Soviet Union. Mixed condition, 3 showing signs of wear. (6)
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Signed photographs & items, noted Dr.Christian Barnard (performed the first heart transplant); Kurt Waldheim (UN Secretary-General & President of Austria); Walter Mondale (Us Vice President); Dick Chaney (Us Vice President); Jack Lynch (Taoiseach of Ireland); Clyde Wells (Premier of Newfoundland); Robert Stanfield (Premier of Nova Scotia). (7 items)
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Don Bradman signed postcard; Tom Hanks signed photograph; King Victor Emmanuele II of Italy on part document; plus Australian Davis Cup Federation certificate with 3 signatures including Neale Fraser & Frank Sedgman. (4 items)
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1988 Bicentennial Test Official Souvenir Dinner Programme, with 33 signatures including Don Bradman, Jessie Bradman, Bob Hawke, John Howard, Neil Harvey & Richie Benaud
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Don Bradman signed photograph; plus Signed clock-faces (9) - Neil Harvey, Mark Waugh, Nancy Bird (pilot), ray Price, Frank Hyde, Wayne Pearce, Reg Lindsay (country music singer), Alex Henshaw & Kenneth Bowen. (10 items)
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901), letter dated Feb.11 1877 from HM Queen Victoria to Lady Ismalia Southampton on blackedged paper with Crowned Vri monogram, 'Dearest Ismay, I send you the promised Photograph & every regret again my sorrow at you not going with us abroad. Yours truly, VR'
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901), rare Christmas card from HM Queen Victoria to her grand-daughter Princess Irene of Hesse (1866-1953), 'To Dear Irene from her devoted Grandmama Vri, Christmas 1882'
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Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip: 1973 Christmas Card, featuring colour photograph of the Royal Family, signed by Queen Elizabeth II using her close family name of 'Lilibet', with the Philip signature in autopen
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Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip: 1989 Christmas Card, featuring black and white photograph of the Queen & Philip seated in an open top vehicle during their visit to Sark, signed by Queen Elizabeth II using her close family name of 'Lilibet', and also signed 'Philip'
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Apollo Astronauts: Display 'Apollo - The Lunar Landings' comprising photographs signed by Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Alan Bean (Apollo 12), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14), Dave Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17), window mounted with Apollo & Nasa cloth badges, framed and glazed, overall 140 x 99 cm
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Apollo 8 - Jim Lovell, superb signature on colour photograph 'Apollo 8 Dawn', window mounted with Apollo 8 & Nasa cloth badges, framed & glazed, overall 60 x 82 cm
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Lance Armstrong, display with Discovery Channel team jersey, window mounted with signed photograph & six other photograohs, framed & glazed, overall 94 x 115 cm
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Lance Armstrong, display with signed photograph, window mounted with 3 other photographs, framed & glazed, overall 84 x 64 cm
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1953 British Everest Expedition: Group including page signed by Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay & expedition leader John Hunt; photographs (2) of the expedition members in Patna, shortly after the conquest of Everest; page signed by 6 other expedition members - George Lowe, Tom Stobart (cinematographer), Wilfred Noyce, Dr.Griffith Pugh, Michael Westmacolt & George Band; together with photocopy of 1953 letter from Patna that enclosed these rare souvenirs
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British Prime Ministers: Edward Heath signed photo; James Callaghan signed card; Margaret Thatcher signed photo; John Major signed photo. (4 items)
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British Prime Ministers: - Edward Heath (1916-2005, British Prime Minister 1970-74), signed letter on 'Prime Minister/ 10 Downing Street, Whitehall' letterhead, dated 28 February 1972
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George H.W.Bush (1924-, 41st President of the United States 1989-93), signed photograph
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Jimmy Carter (1924-, 39th President of the United States 1977-81), signed photograph
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Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Warren Beatty, George C.Scott, Jean Simmons and Alan Alda, signed photographs, all window mounted and glazed. Great collection ready for display. (6)
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Entertainers; 1940 signed letter from Noel Coward during his Australian tour; 1945 signed letter from Gracie Fields in Melbourne, with photograph; also 1939 letter with signature we cannot decipher. (3 items)
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John Farnham: 'John Farnham - I Can't Believe He's 50 Tour' programme with 13 signatures on reverse, including John Farnham, Human Nature & Kate Ceberano
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Indira Gandhi (1917-84, 3rd Prime Minister of India 1966-77 & 1980-84), signature on letter dated 17th January 1978
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Walter George (1858-1943, champion British runner of 1870s/80s), long autograph letter dated Aug.28th 1915 in which he recalls the famous 1885 challenge race against mile record-holder William Cummings. Walter George's 1886 mile record would not be surpassed for almost 30 years
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Bob Hope; Group including beer coaster and score card signed at 'The Metropolitan Golf Club' in Melbourne. Includes article on Hope's visit to the club
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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905, English actor), signed letter on 'Fourth American Tour 1893-1894, Mr Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry and The Lyceum Company' letterhead, dated 7 Feby 1894; plus advertising envelope with tour dates, in which the letter was sent
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Charles Kingsford Smith: Colour pencil portrait on card by Clayton Knight (1891-1969). Inscribed by Kingsford Smith 'To my old friend H.S.Cederbloms. As always and with three point landings. Charles Kingsford-Smith, New York, September 4th, 1932' This personal portrait is tipped into a copy of Ward Mcnally's book 'The man on the twenty dollar note'. A lovely, rare piece
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Sir Thomas Lipton (1848-1930, self-made man, merchant, and yachtsman, who created the Lipton tea brand and was the most persistent challenger in the history of the America's Cup), lovely signed photograph
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Dame Nellie Melba (Australian operatic soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form, 1861-1931), superb signed and endorsed photograph dated '1892', window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 42 x 54 cm
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Dame Nellie Melba, lovely signature on postcard 'Madame Melba', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 18 x 23 cm
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Movie Stars; Collection of signed photos (some endorsed) including Stan Laurel, Cesar Romero, Betty Furness, Eleanor Powell and Alice Faye. (5 items)
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Richard Nixon (1913-94, 37th President of the United States 1969-74), signature on colour postcard of his family
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Prime Ministers: - Harold Wilson (1916-95, British Prime Minister 1964-70 & 1974-76), signed letter on 'House of Commons' letterhead, dated 14.VII.70 to cricket administrator Geoffrey Howard + Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signed 'rogramme dated 16th July 1974 to cricket administrator Geoffrey Howard
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Sport: Signed displays (6) - Don Bradman; Mike Tyson & Jeff Fenech; Cathy Freeman; Grant Hackett; Robert de Castella & Steve Moneghetti; Nick Faldo. All framed & glazed, various sizes. (6 items)
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Sport: 1988 Seoul Olympics FDCs (5) signed by boxers - Rocky Mattioli, Kostya Tszyu, Jeff 'Hitman' Harding, Tony Madigan & Jeff Fenech; also items signed by Richmond footballers (3) - Jack Dyer, Roy Wright & Francis Bourke. (8 items)
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Marriner's Tonga Islands by John Martin (London: John Murray, 1818) 'An Account of the natives of the Tonga Islands, in the south Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands'. Attractively bound and gilt. 2nd Edition in 2 Vols
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'The Book of Nature' by John Mason Good [London 1828] 2nd edition in 3 vols, bound in leather. Good (1764-1827) was one of those amazing 19th-Century polymaths - surgeon, apothecary & expert in classical languages; he translated Lucretius. Here are covered a myriad of topics, such as nutrition, intelligence, human understanding, happiness, and ventriloquism
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Family Ephemera, noted wonderful 1852 diary 'Route From Adelaide to the Victoria Diggings'; book of tailor's (cutters) dia grams used by W'm Shepherd in Inglewood Victoria in the 1850s; c1909-16 album with postcards (87) including real photo types of soldiers, family & HMAS Melbourne; World War I photo album with c28 photos; World War I Red Cross certificate; c1910-11 Autograph Book with 106 signatures including Charles E.Holway USA - World Sprint Champion; Birthday books (3); World War II photos (39);…
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Beechworth & Chiltern Newspapers: 'The Constitution' [Beechworth] 10 issues, 1858; 'The Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Weekly Edition' [Beechworth] 6 issues, 1859; 'The Chiltern Standard' [Chiltern], 1 issue, 1860; 'The Federal Standard' [Chiltern] 18 issues, 1875; also 'The Weekly Times' 3 issues, 1901; 'The Sun' 10 issues, 1924-29 (Total 48)
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School Bindings and Book Prizes: Collection of early school prize books and school bindings from Australian schools including; Scotch college (c1923) Wesley College (c1880) Geelong Grammar (c1875). Interesting group. (7 items)
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Australian Engravings: group of engravings from Booth's 'Australia Illustrated' [1876], noted 'Kangaroo Point, Brisbane', 'Open Bush, Queensland', 'Concordia Gold Mines' & 'Mallee Scrub, River Murray'. G/VG condition. (18 items)
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Remainder of Collection: Large lot on many topics. Featuring Royalty & British Empire, sport, history, collecting, fishing, inventions, etc. Highlights incl. 'the London Illustrated News' Royalty specials for 1937 & 1953 Coronations, as well as the Silver Jubilee; 'Beautiful Britain' (London, 1894); 'Gone With the Wind' (motion picture edition, N.Y., 1939); 'Cassell's Book of Sport & Pastimes' (Lond., c1885, damaged) A good traders lot; room bidders only, will not post. (150+)
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'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', by Andrew Garran [Melbourne, 1886-88], 24 parts (of 42), in Fair/Good condition. [Parts 1-21, 23-24 & 26]
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'Short Studies on Great Subjects', by Froude, edition in 4 vols [Lond.,1888]; attractive modern leather & cloth binding
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c1890's 'The Landseer Gallery - Being a collection of 45 steel engravings', pub. Virtue & Co. Elephant folio 15' x 23', spine pulling away, gilt edges, foxing throughout. Sir Edwin Landseers reputation developed because of his depiction of animals particularly dogs. Majority of images suitable for framing
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War/Military Magazines : 'the Navy & Army Illustrated' vol. II (13 issues, June - Dec.1896) & vol. III (10 issues, Dec.1896 - May 1897) bound in decorative gilt covers; Plus volume II 1914 (10 issues, Nov.1914 - Jan.1915) also bound. Together with 'World War - 1914-1918 A Pictured History' by Hammerton.(Almagamated Press, London, 1934-35) A 55 part series, complete and unbound. (88 items)
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Australiana: Large group featuring 'Glimpses of Australia' (2 vols, Melb.1898), 'the Memorial History of Melbourne' by Isaak Selby (Melb., 1924), 'Picturesque Port Phillip' by E.J. Brady (Melb.,c1910), Collins Street directories for 1945 and 1955 and many more. A great value lot covering a variety of subjects. (55 items)
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Circus Program: Frank C. Bostock's Grand Zoological Congress And Trained Wild Animal Arena' [New York, 1901] 36 page pamplet/programme produced for the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York. Includes The 'Boxing Kangaroo'. Bostock was credited as being the first to introduce this act into a live show
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'Erromanga - The Martyr Isle' by Rev. H.A.Robertson [New York, 1902], with illustrations and map, green pictorial cloth, binding damaged. Erromanga is in the New Hebrides. Plus; 'Vikings of the Sunrise' by Peter Buck [New York, 1938], Polynesian mariners, with numerous illustrations and map, black cloth
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Books: Interesting group of mainly Australian books & catalogues featuring 'Medical Practice in Old Paramatta' by Keith Brown; 'The R.A.S (Royal Agricultural Show) Annual' for 1906 (1st year); Wilson's Street directory 1932. (9 items)
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'L'Aviateur du Pacifique' by Commandant Emile Augustin Cyprien Driant, [Paris, 1910] First edition, Science fiction, Striking pictorial design over red cloth (faintly scratched), spine with gilt lettering, 512pp, illustrated with 16 black and white plates and line drawings by G.Dutriac, inscription to half-title. A fine copy of a book which has enormous aesthetic appeal
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War/Military History: Collection of books on war, military history & leaders & Australia at war. Incl. 'the Changing of the Guard' by the Australian War Memorial (Canb., 1941); 'the Flying Tigers' by R. Whelan (Sydney, 1944); 'Shellshocks - New Zealanders in France' by Godley & Calthrop (London, 1916) and many more. (118 items)
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World War I: 'The All-Australia Memorial - History, Heroes and Helpers' edited by Manderson [Melbourne, 1917]; plus 'Darryl Lindsay's Digger Book' [Melbourne, 1919]. Poor/Fair condition. (2 items)
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Ephemera, noted Dik Browne signature on c1972 cartoon with sketch of Hagar the Horrible; Laszlo Hegedus woodblock prints (3); 1919 cheque; 1934 'The Herald' - Victoria's First Hundred Years; road maps (6); 'Dingley Dell - Home of Adam Lindsay Gordon' x5; 'Napoleon' (1927 film - poster for modern screening); La Times 'Reagan Shot'; final issue of 'The Bulletin'; Georges - paper bag from closing sale
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Picturesque Travel Under the Auspices of Burns, Philp & Company Limited [Issue No.5, Sydney 1920] 112pp with black and white photos in text on glossy paper, plus 4 maps in colour. 27.5 x 18.5 cm. The history of this shipping line and the services provided by its ships, its affiliated companies or the companies it represented, including descriptions of the places visited (worldwide). A scarce copy of an outstanding travel guide. Plus; Union Steam Ship Pocket tour guide for August 1940
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Tooth & Co: 1921-25 invoices/bills (14, many with illustrated business letterheads); receipts (10); cancelled cheques (4); letter & 1922 Motor Lorry registration, all related to Tooth & Co. (30 items)
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'Gramophone' Magazine, extensive run (claimed to be complete, but unchecked) from 1923 to 2010; together with a selection of CDs. The world's best classical music magazine
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'Western Australia - An Official Handbook for the Information of Commercial Men, Migrants and Tourists' by Govt of WA [Perth, 1925], decorative green cloth. Minor foxing on endpapers, interior fine
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'The Old Bus' by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith [Melbourne, 1932]. Good condition, decorated blue cloth with tight binding, some foxing throughout
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Ephemera: 1936 Sydney Harbour Bridge visitor's cards (2); Snowy Mountains Scheme brochures (2); 1930 Film Fun 'Famous Screen Stars' cards [5/8]
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Magazines: Wonders of the World Engineering. Published by the Amalgamated Press 1937, 49 out of 53 weekly instalments produced. A vast range of subjects covered. This set is unbound, and although incomplete (missing no. 1, 27, 30, 31) is in excellent condition. Fantastic cover art. (49 items)
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Peace For Our Time: Gb Post Office Telegram (received copy) 28 Sept.1938 'Chamberlain, Deladier (of France), Hitler and Mussolini meeting at Munich tomorrow'
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New Guinea: 'Aranda Traditions' by Strehlow [Melbourne, 1947] ex Abc collection; plus 'Across New Guinea From the Fly to the Sepik' by Champion [Melbourne, 1966]. (2 items)
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Australiana/Maritime: Books including 'Behind the Picture - Hms Rattlesnake's Australia - New Guinea Cruise 1846 to 1850' by Bassett [Melb., 1966]; 'A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839)' in 2 vols, by Sir William Henry Dillon, published by Navy Records Society [London, 1953 & 1956], with two folding maps; 'A Fringe of Leaves' by Patrick White [London, 1976]; 'Shipwrecks and more Shipwrecks' by MacKenzie [Peterborough, 1974]. (6 items)
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'Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia' (2 vols) by George Grey [London, 1963] Borges & Co. Hardcover, Facsimile of Capt. George Grey's expedition journal. This is no. 38 of 300 copies. A good set in green cloth with some foxing throughout
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'Qantas Rising' by Sir Hudson Fysh [Sydney, 1965] and 'Qantas at War' by Sir Hudson Fysh [Sydney, 1968]
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Australian Travel Guides and Brochures; Nice collection of brochures and views including photo panorama of Sydney, views of Ballarat, Coffs Harbour, Melbourne and more. (14 items)
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