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Australian & Historical - Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:376
Sale Title:Australian & Historical - Day 2Lots with images:364
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:333
Date:26-Jun-2022
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'General Map of Tasmania' (with inset 'King Island'), published in 1887 by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. 64.5 x 43 cm.
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'Railway, Postal, Telegraph and Rainfall Map of Tasmania 1889' by Alex J. Scally for the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co., overall 84 x 69 cm.
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New South Wales: 1918 & 1921 land sub-division posters (Pleasant Hills, between Henty & Rand Railway Stations), together with contemporary parish maps for Munyabla, Milbrulong, Jerra Jerra, and Cookardinia, all in the districts of Wagga Wagga or Albury. All laid down on linen or paper. (6 items).
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Collection of assorted maps and charts (qty)
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'The Resources and Development of The Murray Valley, Volume Two, Maps' printed by The Department Of National Development, Canberra [Melb. 1953], (5 duplicate copies)
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An antique Islamic Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript page, 19th century. One loose folio with recto, finely illustrated with images of two hornbills. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper, mounted in lucite panel. 34.8 x 18.4 cm. Note: The text is written in both Arabic and Farsi; in red are verses from the Quran in Arabic, in black are the translation and interpretation of the verses in Farsi. On the side illustrated with the hornbills in red contain verses 100-102 of Surat Al-Nahl (The Bee) of the Quran.…
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The Hobart Town Gazette, Friday December 11, 1835, a 21 page edition with many interesting features, especially regarding the sale of Crown Lands, the circumstances of the Female Houses of Correction at Launceston and Hobart, a tender for the supply of articles to the Convict Establishment, a list of prisoners who had absconded, etc., with many names and details, ideal for research.
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Thylacine, chromolithograph plate XXIV from the 1896 publication 'A Hand-Book To The Marsupialia and Monotremata' by E. Lloyd, [London]. 12 x 18.5 cm, 23 x 30 cm overall
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Lieutenant Joseph Moore (British, active circa 1824) First Anglo-Burmese War in 1824-26. A rare set of four finely hand-coloured aquatint plates engraved by G. Hunt after original drawings by Lieutenant Joseph Moore, a senior officer of the 89th Regiment, published 1825 by Kingsbury & Co., London in his 'Eighteen Views taken at and near Rangoon, and combined operations in the Birman Empire', the most important pictoral documentation of the Anglo-Indian capture of Rangoon, as well as presenting a visual…
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An interesting range of legal documents including two related to the sale of 'the good schooner 'Empire' in Honolulu and San Francisco (1837 and 1851); several Victorian Indentures including one for the lease of a book stall at Ballarat West Railway Station (1884) and several Statutory Declarations under the Licensing Act for the sale of alcohol at Melbourne Hotels (Niagara Hotel, Royal George Hotel, Royal Mint Hotel, Royal Mail Hotel, Racing Club Hotel, etc.) circa 1909-10. (18 documents).
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Financial Instruments: Group of mostly bank cheques with Tasmania 1846 drawn on Commercial Bank (Hobart Town), 1886-1918 group drawn on the National Bank of Tasmania at Circular Head or Stanley including 1915 for Marrawah and Montague Cheese Factories; 1889 Commercial Bank of Tasmania for Irvine & McEarchern (Wine & Spirit Merchants) with embossed 3d Platypus Stamp Duty; Victoria 1886-91 group drawn on Colonial Bank of Australia (Birregurra), 1886 drawn on Union Bank of Australia (Ballarat); also a few…
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Victorian Government Publications: with 1860-61 'Progress Report from the Select Committee upon The Lunatic Asylum' printed by John Ferres (Melbourne), 73pp plus appendices, 'Australian Species of Acacia' (1887) and 'Australian Salsolaceous Plants (1890) both by Government Botanist Ferdinand Von Mueller both printed by Ferres; also an 1852 document confirming appointment of William Swainson as Government Botanist, and a German publication 'Die Diamantfuhrenden gesteine sudafrikas' ('The Diamond Bearing…
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1854 Victorian Land Grant During The Gold Rush: July 1854 land grant by purchase to Allan McDougall and Theodore Clodins, signed and sealed by Sir Charles Hotham, whilst serving as 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, (Appointed 1st Governor of Victoria in May 1855), for a parcel of land measuring 'two acres, three roods and eight perches' in the County of Talbot, in the Parish of Castlemaine on Barkers Creek; window mounted, framed and glazed, 44 x 55 cm. Gold was discovered near present-day Castlemaine…
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Promissory Note: 31st January 1859 10/- note (10 x 19 cm), issued on behalf of the Grange General Store, redeemable at Mr. P. Drummonds Stores, Geelong, engraved and printed by Thomas Ham, Melbourne; in typically fragile condition; window mounted framed & glazed, overall 26 x 36 cm.
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Robert L.J. Ellery 'Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observatory, in the years 1863, 1864 and 1865' together with the matching volumes for 1866-67-68 and 1869-70 [Melbourne; Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon; 1866, 1869 and 1873] original buckram bindings with gilt coats of arms and titles. (3 vols.).
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Sir Frederick McCOY (1817-1899) Exposition Intercoloniale, 1866. Notes sur la zoologie et la paleontologie de Victoria [Melbourne; Masterman, Imprimeur, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy] 35pp in French with original yellow paper covers.
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Union Woollen Mills Geelong Block Plan scale 1'=20', original architectural drawing by Laird & Buchan 43 x 23 cm, 57 x 36 cm overall
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South Melbourne: 'Allotments on Gardiner's Creek & Punt Road, South Melbourne, lithographed sub-division plan by P.M. McGoldrick, Temporary Surveyor, dated February 1859, showing 'Proposed Park' (Fawkner Park, created in 1862), Gardiner's Creek Road (now Toorak Road) to the north, St Kilda and Brighton Road to the west and Punt Road to the east; window mounted, framed & glazed, 67 x 58 cm.
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'The Graphic' 1878 bound volume in half morocco, January to June.
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Blair, David 'The History of Australasia from the first dawn of Discovery in the Southern Ocean to the Establishment of Self-Government in the various Colonies. Comprising the settlement and History of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Together with some account of Fiji and New Guinea.' Full leather binding with gilt embossed decoration to front, gilt titles and tooling to five band raised spine. 1st Edition. xxvi, 711 pages. Frontispiece, additional illustrated…
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L. Kong Meng, Cheok Hong Cheong & Louis Ah Mouy The Chinese Question in Australia 1878-79 [Melbourne; F.F. Bailliere], 31pp. (lacks original paper covers).
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Ephemera, an attractive accumulation including bank cheques, share certificates, labels etc. 19th and 20th century, (qty)
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Three antique Australian scene coloured lithographs and prints in maple frames, 19th century the largest 43 x 54 cm overall
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New South Wales Parliamentary Papers: 'Aboriginal mission stations at Warangesda and Maloga: (report and correspondence respecting inquiry into working of.) ' (1883); 'Aborigines. (Report of the Protector, to 31 December, 1882.)' (1883); 'Protection of the Aborigines. (Report of Board for 1894)' (1895). (3 items).
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Oddfellows, Bendigo District: District Committee Meeting booklets for 1885 (Jun.2), 1896 (Dec.1, missing back cover), 1907 (Dec.3) & 1911 (Jun.6); some age spotting/staining, good condition overall. (4)
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1886 bundle of Colonial Bank cheques and deposit slips, most of the cheques issued at Birregurra Branch; also 1888 Cobb & Co Royal Mail Coaches Terang-Warrnambool return ticket; the latter item framed & glazed. (85 + the framed item)
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Thomas W. Knox, The Boy Travellers in Australasia [New York; Harper & Brothers, 1889], 538 pp & 6 pp of ads., highly decorated green cloth covers.
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'Orient Line Guide - Chapters for Travellers by sea and by land Illustrated. The Third Edition, re-written, with maps and plans.' Edited by W.J. Loftie [London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington], 1889; 438pp incl. advertising + maps. Dark blue boards and cloth spine. The front cover and spine stamped in gilt with lettering and crown. Stamping on the rear in blind. Well illustrated; lithographic plates of ships and scenics, folding maps and plates.
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The Sketchbook of Lord Inverurie, Ian Douglas Montagu Keith-Falconer (1877 - 1897), son of Lord Kintore, Governor of South Australia from 1889 - 1895. Titled 'Ian's Early Sketches', the bound volume bears a tipped-in certificate on the inside front cover, dated June 1890, advising that 'Lord Douglas Montagu Inverurie' had passed a satisfactory examination in Model Drawing conducted by the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia. The album contains 39 tipped-in watercolour paintings and…
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Antique Australian hand-painted newspaper display, circa 1893, signed 'A. Shepherd' 41 x 48 cm, 60 x 70 cm overall
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Victc Chancery of The Order of St Michael & St George: 1895 (Jul.5) 6pp notification document of the appointment of Sir William Austin Zeal to the office of Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, signed by Queen Victoria 'Victoria Re I' (Regina Imperatix) at the head of the two of the pages, beneath which are multicoloured 'Auspicium Melioris Aevi' seals and embossed wafer seals of the Order, the document twice countersigned by Sir Robert G.W. Herbert, and also…
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'Paterson, Laing & Bruce Ltd. Melbourne' chromolithograph advertising 'New Patterns For Our Standard Shirts In Cellular, Silkstripe, Matti And Oxfords', dated 1898 with photographic vignette upper left, printed by McNeill & Bruce Lith. 45 x 57 cm, 47.5 cm x 60 cm overall
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'Paterson, Laing & Bruce Ltd. Melbourne' chromolithograph advertising 'The New Era Shirt, Universal Shirt', circa 1898, with photographic vignette upper right of the Scarf Factory, printed by McNeill & Bruce Lith. 45 x 57 cm, 47.5 cm x 60 cm overall
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Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) The Book of Nonsense [London; Frederick Warne & Co., 1899] decorated red cloth boards.
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Certificates of Appreciation: comprising 1899 hand drawn & coloured on behalf of residents of Wamboota and surrounding districts (NSW), to Rev. Alfred Rogers for religious service; 1923 illustrated letter of appreciation from citizens of Hamilton (NZ) to a Mr & Mrs Fox; and a 1937 Oddfellows lithographed certificate presented for meritorious service for contribution to the local community; all are framed & glazed, largest 73 x 60 cm. (3)
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Antique hand-coloured shell engraving 27 x 21 cm
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Two souvenir panoramic publications: I.) Panoramic Sydney II.) Views Of The Famed Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 23 x 56 cm each
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[Childrens Books] A collection, mainly early 20th Century hardbacks with illustrated covers, also noted several annuals, etc. Very mixed condition. (135+).
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Paris Exhibition 1900 (Madagascar) 'Exposition Universelle, 1900, Les Colonies Francaises, Madagascar' J. Charles-Roux, half morocco bound with embossed gilt lettering to the spine and marbled boards, a good firm and complete copy
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'Robin Hood and the Curtall Fryer' narrated and illustrated by Matthew Hinscliff, published by Richard Jackson (Leeds, 1900), unpaginated Quarto, comprising sixteen leaves of illustrations, twelve of which have decorated text, limited edition of 1000 copies, tightly bound with minor cover wear.
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[Sydney Interest] 'The Commonwealth of Australia Inaugural Celebrations at Sydney' January 1901 official programme printed by John Sands; 'The Charm of Sydney' Ure Smith/Bertram Stevens 1918; 'Sydney from the Air' Smh 1937; 'Pageant of the Nations' Sydney 1938; 'Sydney from the Air' by Frank Hurley (1952), plus several other items. (10).
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'The Emu, A Quarterly Magazine To Popularise The Study And Protection Of Native Birds', bound 11 full morocco volumes with embossed gilt lettering and pictorial boards. Volumes 110, 13,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 and an index volume. (1901-1922)
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'The Leisure Hour' Nov.1903 to Oct.1904 in 2 attractively bound volumes. Noted coverage of the Shackleton Expedition and other Arctic and Antarctic exploration, Alpine Sports in Australia, the proposed railway across Australia, Anti-Chinese protests in Australia, etc. (2 vols.).
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N.S.W. Bookstall and similar publishers: A range of softcover books, mainly circa 1900 - 1920, together with a reference book by Carol Mills [1991]. Total: 22 items.
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'Catalogue. National Art Gallery of N.S.W.' [Sydney, Gullick, Government Printer, 1908]; octavo, 252pp, original grey covers with gilt lettering and Coat of Arms.
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George Checkley 'The Girl at Blue Creek - A Book of the Bush, with Some Mention of Town' [Melbourne; Southern Press Agency, 1906] Hardcover 1st ed., Illustrated papered card covers. Illustrated by Laurie Tayler.
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'The Lone Hand' Magazine: Four uniformly bound volumes containing all issues from 1907 to April 1910. The Lone Hand was founded in 1907 by J. F. Archibald and Frank Fox as a monthly Australian magazine of literature and poetry as a sister magazine to The Bulletin. Contributors included C.J. Dennis, Will Dyson, Henry Lawson, Norman, Percy & Lionel Lindsay, B.E. Minns, Blamire Young and many others. Based in Sydney it is, perhaps not surprising that the first edition featured an article illustrated by Lionel…
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'Souvenir Illustrative of the American Fleet's Visit to Australia, 1908' [Sydney; N.S.W. Bookstall Co.], with folding photographic panorama and numerous advertisements and cover art by Harry J. Weston.
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Ida Rentoul Outhwaite - 'The Lady of The Blue Beads - Her Book': written by Annie Rentoul (George Robertson, Melbourne, N.D. but 1908), being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island; quarto with oatmeal cloth boards, the front board decorated in orange and blue (faded), light foxing throughout; 102pp with numerous illustrations.
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Society/Lodge Certificates: attractively illustrated trio of certificates comprising 1909 for Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria lithographed by H.W. Mills & Co (Melbourne), 1927 for Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria printed by Arnall & Jackson (Melbourne), 1938 for Australian Natives' Association (Minyip Branch); all are framed & glazed, largest 60 x 75 cm.
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'The Pastoral Homes of Australia - Victoria' published by the Pastoralists' Review [Melbourne, McCarron, Bird & Co, 1910] with introduction by W.H Lang; quarto, full morocco with gilt embossed board and spines, marbled endpapers with W.H. Lang's personal (signed) bookplate adhered to the front endpaper, abrasions to boards and spine, very good internal condition with bindings fully intact; xii + 497pp divided into 43 sections, with most pages illustrated. Volume 1 (Victoria) is the first in a series of 4…
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'The Varsity Engineer': Issue No.1 (Aug, 1910) and Issue No.5 (June 1912) 47pp & 36pp softbound respectively, the first edition with tribute to William Charles Kernot, first Professor of Engineering at Melbourne University, and few plates including 'Our University Survey Camp, 1910, Burnie, Tasmania'; the latter including article 'Mawson's Antarctic Expedition', a letter by expedition member Bob Bage; some aging, very good condition overall. (2)
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Photographic Souvenirs: 'The Garden City: Panoramic Views of Ballarat & District', [H.J. Summerscales, Sturt St.,circa 1910], with an essay titled 'Ballarat Revisited' together with, 'Picturesque Port Phillip' by E.J. Brady, [George Robertson & Co., circa 1910]
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The Royal Family & Australia: A collection of books, pamphlets, souvenirs, etc., including Souvenir of the Gala Performance for the Duke and Duchess of York 1927, Program for the Reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne, 1927, Souvenir Book of King Edward VIII 1937, Coronation Ball 1953 Souvenir Program, catalogue for a 1954 Exhibition of Royal Robes & Regalia, Souvenir of Royal Visit 1954 from the Ex_Servicemens Club, Royal Visit 1954 Surf Carnival Program, Surf Carnival Feb.1958 program, several…
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R.J. Cassidy 'Chandler of Corralinga' [Sydney; N.S.W. Bookstall Co., 1912] with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay; illustrated soft cover, 175pp + adverts.
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Society/Lodge Certificates: comprising 1915 for Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Gould League of Bird Lovers of Victoria (undated), 1936 for Centenary of Methodism in Victoria all framed & glazed; also unframed 1927 for Independent Order of Rechabites, 1947 City of Coburg for appreciation of war service; largest (framed) 54 x 40 cm. (5 items)
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Ephemera - Receipts & Letterheads For Victorian Companies: mostly 1950s array (few earlier), sorted by business types, some including 1917 illustrated for J.B. Edwards (Bendigo) Watchmaker, Jeweller & Optician; other businesses represented include Builders & Glass Merchants, Chemists/Pharmacists, Garages & Motoring, General Merchants & Retailers, Quarrying companies, etc; also noted 1950 Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust 'Plan of Drainage' for property in South Barwon, 1950 Postmaster-General's Dept…
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'Angus and Robertson's History of Australia' (1918), 80pp softbound, signed on front cover by artist and cartoonist Raymond Lindsay; also 'Our Shepherds' by W.R. Glasson of Gamboola, Molong, NSW ( Australian Medical Publishing, 2nd edn, c.1943), 31pp softbound, signed and dated message 'To my pleasant train companion, from W.R.Glasson, 30.7.43'; also a bundle of philatelic covers with Australia pre-decimal FDCs and a 1940 Sea Floor, Bahamas cover. (2 publications & 30 covers)
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Collection remainder comprising a framed copper engraving of 'Venus', a framed share certificate for The Western Canada Land Company (1918) and copy of 'Australian Memories' by Mary Buckle, (3 items).
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Arthur Streeton: Two books, comprising the 1919 Art in Australia devoted to his work, together with the NGV catalogue of the 1995 Retrospective of his works. (2 vols.)
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An Ethel Turner Library: A collection including 'Fugitives from Fortune' [1909], 'John of Daunt' [1916], 'Seven Little Australians', 'Funny' [1926], 'Ports and Happy Havens', and others; all hardcover, several with dust jackets. (29 vols.).
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Australian Military: A shelf of books, (15).
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Australian Tourist Guides & Souvenirs: including 'Queensland Illustrated: 70 Exquisite Views', '1927 Canberra Federal Capital', 'North Queensland - Australia's Richest Territory', 'Melbourne Illustrated: 39 Present-Day Views', 'The Majesty and Beauty of the Australian Gums', plus several other items. (11).
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Martin Boyd (1893 - 1972) Retrospect [Melbourne; Australasian Authors' Agency, 1920] 1st ed., 45pp octavo; original paper-covered boards.
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Pioneer Aviation: 'The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia by Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E, - With Aeroviews by Capt. Frank Hurley.' [New South Wales Edition] with 27 full-page views. [Angas & Robertson, Sydney, 1920].
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Framed Commercial Documents comprising 1922 Commercial Bank of Australia cheque for William Lawrence (Dye Works), South Yarra, and early 1900s The National Bank of Australia for R&J Linay (timber merchant), South Yarra, mounted together in a single frame; also two 1913 share deed certificates for The Southern Alberta Land Company, separately framed and glazed; largest 35 x 41 cm. (3 items)
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1923 Melbourne 2a.m. Special Edition Newspaper - Police Strike: The Argus / Sunday 2am / Riots in The City / Unprecedented Scenes / Window Smashing & Looting / Appeal By The Ministry / No Trains or Trams To-Night. .... single sided special edition 68 X 15 cm, framed and glazed 85 x 30 cm overall. The 1923 Victorian Police strike occurred on the eve of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival in November 1923, when half the police force in Melbourne went on strike over the operation of a supervisory system…
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John Butler Cooper 'The History of Prahran from its first settlement to a city' [Melbourne; Modern Printing Co; 1924], pp. xvi + 372, 2 hand-tipped coloured plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard), plus 55 black & white plates (1 folding); with signed dedication from A.H. Woodfull (Mayor 1921-22, 1928-29 & 1940-41) on the upper free endpaper.
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'Wells Cartoons, Sporting, Political and General' (2nd Edition) by S.G. Wells, cartoonist for 'The Herald' newspaper (Melbourne), 136pp softbound, some light aging and minor spine damage, very good condition overall, c.1924; also 'The Billy Book - Hughes Abroad' cartoons by Low, published by NSW Bookstall Co (Sydney, 1918), cover faults & spotting to cover and end pages. (2 items).
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Childrens Books comprising three books by Ethel Turner, Australian Wonder Book with illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, and Mickey Mouse Annual, (5 books)
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Children's Books: selection with hardbound 'A Gallery of Children' by A.A. Milne (5th Edn, 1925) with illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair, 105pp, pub. Stanley Paul (London); 'Those Boys' by Sale Barker pub, George Routledge (London 1891); Treasure Island pub. Three Sirens Press (New York, 1930); 'Cinty and the Laughing Jackasses' (1962), Foreword by Dallas Brooks; sotfbound 'Mickey Mouse has a Party (1938), and 'A Day in the Bush' by Nan Fullerton (1946); condition variable. (6)
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Ginger Meggs collection of 'The Sunbeams Book', all titled 'More Adventures of Ginger Meggs' and comprising Series 3 (1926), 5 (1928), 8 (1931), 14 (1937), 17 (1940) and 19 (1942). (6 vol.)
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Art in Australia: Three complete editions, comprising June 1927 'Sydney Number', December 1930 'Norman Lindsay Number' and June 1932 'Watercolours and Drawings by Hans Heysen'. (3).
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[Sheet Music], 'Hats off to our Airmen' - A Song and Toast to Kingsford Smith and his Comrades.', Words by Cliff O'Keeffe; Music by Harry Grunden. Published by J. Albert & Sons, 1928. Written and released in 1928, following the first successful crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air.
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1920-1930s era including 1928 Justices Act 'Information for an Offence and Warrant to Apprehend' form, Hawkers and Peddlars Act 1928 - Sixth Schedule, 'Hawkers and Pedlar's Recognisance' Ephemera - Unused Official/Legal Documents (Victoria): mostly 1920s-1930s era including 1928 Justices Act 'Information for an Offence and Warrant to Apprehend' form, Hawkers and Peddlars Act 1928 - Sixth Schedule, 'Hawkers and Pedlar's Recognisance' document, GPO Return of Postage Stamps and Return of Petty Sessions and…
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Four assorted books including 'The Weekly Times, Wild Nature Book', 'Australian Plants', 'Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management' and 'The Pilgrim's Progress'
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Norman Lindsay, 'The Magic Pudding', [Sydney; Angus & Robertson, 1930] with dustjacket; also, 'Jacko the Broadcasting Kookaburra' by Brooke Nicholls [1933], also with d/j. (2 vols.).
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The Magnet Magazine: 1932 editions in two uniformly bound volumes.
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C.J. Dennis (1876 - 1938), 'I Dips me Lid' to The Sydney Harbour Bridge pamphlet, 4pp with card covers and containing a poem subtitled 'Being Further Musings of 'The Sentimental Bloke'.', This was an advertising brochure distributed to celebrate the fact that 60,000 gallons of Berger Paint (made to specifications supplied by Dr J. J. C. Bradfield) were used for the protection of the steel-work of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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'The Thirty-Ninth - The History of the Thirty-Ninth Battalion A.I.F.' published by G.W. Green and Sons (Melbourne,1934), 371pp hardbound with gilt titles on spine, 36 illustrations and 11 maps, foreword by Lieut.-General Sir John Monash.
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Charles Kingsford Smith pen autograph on an envelope carried by him on the 18th July 1935 Last Flight of the 'Southern Cross' from Sydney to Richmond.
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Australia: A collection of books, mostly hardcover. (28 vols.).
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[The 1938 Sesquicentenary] The March 1938 'Art in Australia' edition devoted to an 'Exhibition of 150 Years of Australian Art'; the 'Catalogue of the Australian Historical Exhibition' Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place; 'An Historic Retrospect on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations...'; the catalogue for an 'International Tapestry and Fan Exhibition' at David Jones Auditorium; and an Official Souvenir Programme for the National Celebrations. (5 items).
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May Gibbs 'Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - Their Adventures Wonderful', [Sydney; Angus & Robertson, 1939]; hardcover, 87pp with plates.
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Electronics & Radio: 1940s-60s books, manuals, booklets and periodicals including hardbound 'House, Telephone, Bells & Signalling Systems' by Stuart (1942), 'Miniwatt' Electronics Handbook (1960); manuals with 'Sylvania Radio Tubes Technical Manual (1942), 'Howard W Sams - Post War Communications Receiver Manual including Aircraft and Marine Radio' (1948), 'Rca Transmitting Tubes' (1956), Australian Post Office 'Linemen's Handbook' (1958); periodicals with 1946 'Australasian Radio World' issues (7) and…
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Books From 'The Golden Boomerang Serial': 'Tuckonie' [1942]; 'The Lost Tribe' [1943]; 'Tuckonie's Warrior Friend' [1944]; (3 softcover illustrated books).
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Master-Sarg (J.W. Heming 1900 - 1953) A Yank Discovers Australia Illustrated by Walter Dowman, circa 1945 [Sydney; The Currawong Publishing Co.], 76pp, original illustrated red boards plus original coloured dustjacket.
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Family archive for Christoffels family who emigrated to Australia from Germany in the mid 1960s, the mostly German contents date back to 19th century including pocket watch (poor condition), several diaries, one for Bernard Joesph Christoffels dated 1845, another for the 1911-17 period with several well executed pen & ink drawings, as well a number of pressed flowers; World War II era content with ration tickets, correspondence for Wolfgang Christoffels, 1944 Mother's Day propaganda notice addressed to…
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E.F. Aitken The Story of the 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion [Melbourne; 2/2nd Battalion Association, 1953], 1st ed., hardcover with d/jacket. 288pp; signed by the author.
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Northern Territory - First Census of Indigenous Australians: 'Northern Territory of Australia Welfare Ordinance 1953-55: Schedule, Welfare Ordinance, Register of Wards', being a 1957 (May 13th) issue of the Government Gazette detailing by district, name (European and/or Tribal), Tribe, Sex and Date of Birth of the indigenous population; 272pp softbound; printed by 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd (Sydney). Ex Superintendent Les Wilson who was responsible for much of the work on the survey.
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Share Certificates: 1959 for Reid Murray Holdings Limited (3), 1959 for The Papuan Aninaipi Petroleum Company Ltd (5) and 1964-68 for Mount Isa Mines Limited (10), the latter with Queensland Adhesive Duty stamp attached. (18 items)
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Sydney: Various books and two early Shb souvenir publications. (12 items).
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'Two Expeditions into Southern Australia 1828-31' Volumes 1 & 2 by Charles Sturt, facsimile editions published by the Public Library of South Australia (Adelaide, 1963), 219pp & 271pp hardbound respectively, each volume with a folding map and two colour plates. (2)
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'Northern Territory of Australia - Handbook in Law For The Use of Welfare Officers' by J. R. Mattes being Les Wilson's (Superintendent of Bagot Settlement) personal copy, dated 16th January 1964, for legislation taking effect 15 May 1963; Northern Territory Administration (Darwin) label adhered to front inside cover; 437pp hardbound.
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Angas, George French South Australia Illustrated Facsimile edition published by A. & A. Reed, 1967. [#457 of 1000]; Elephant folio, half leather with six raised bands, marbled boards; gilt ruled, decorated and text to spine, top edges gilt. with the text, including list of Subscribers, 60 coloured plates and reproductions of the wrappers of the 10 original issues bound in at rear.
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An album of photographic reproductions of works by James Blackburn, compiled in 1970 by Hanley H. Preston and signed by him. The images depict plans, sketches, elevations and actual buildings erected. They include various churches, New Town Watch House, Government House, Public Schools, private homes, etc. James Blackburn (1803 - 1854) was an English civil engineer, surveyor and architect, best known for his work in Tasmania, where he had been transported as a sentence for forgery. According to the…
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Weg (William Ellis Green), (1923-2008) group of 6 original comic artworks the largest 50 x 66 cm
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E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne: publications comprising 'Cole's Funny Picture Book No.1 (72nd edition, 1992) and No.2' (69th edition, undated); also 'Cole of the Book Arcade' biography of E.W. Cole by Cole Turnley (1974); all in good condition with slight cover wear. (3)
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Garner, Helen 'Monkey Grip' Mcphee Gribble [S.A. 1977], first edition, hardcover with d/j
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Assorted prints, artworks, posters and ephemera from the studio of Joseph Greenberg (1923-2007). Provenance: The Joseph Greenberg Collection
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