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Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
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*** Various 19th century Australian Newspapers, including 1897 Town and country (1); 1856 the Empire, (1); 1868 the Argus (3); and 1867 the Australasian (13). ***
*** Mixture of loose world stamps. 70% pre 1950. Older amateur albums and c1950 Italian stamps ephemera ***
*** 1911 HMAS Australia presentation photos. 2 photographs of launch laid in a commercial presentation mount with description from the cable supplier Henley's., silver gelatin photo (2), 20 x 17 cm (each) ***
*** The Geographical Journal (2). Vol Lx number 4, October, 1922. Photographs from Everest Expedition, Royal Geographical Soceity & Vol Lx number 6, Dec, 22. The Mt Everest expedition of 1922. Articles by C G Bruce, E L Strutt, George Leigh Mallory, Cpt G I… ***
*** Map, 'Western Australia,' J Rapkin. Modern print taken from an original engraving. 35 x 25 cm ***
*** Early photograph 'Steamboat Jetty and Bathing Houses, From Esplanade, Queenscliff [Victoria]' albumen photograph 25 x 38 cm ***
*** Five volumes of Art in Australia. 5-10 of 1973-1983 set. ***
*** Books, (4) 'A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins,' by John Beckmann, published Henry G. Bohn, 1846, Vol. I and II; and 'Bracebridge Hall,' by Geoffrey Crayon, published John Murray, 1823, Vol. I and II ***
*** Early photograph Avon Dam 1925. Titled in image 'Avon Dam 2-8-25' and initialled HKL. Two photographs joined. Silver Gelatin photograph. 25 x 62 cm (overall two photos) ***
*** Books, (12) 'The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt,' translated into English by Arthur Machen. Privately printed by the Casanova Socy, London 1922. 12 volumes, 2 with damaged /missing spines ***
*** English 16th century indenture. 14 September 1585 (27th year of reign of Elizabeth as quoted), between a Mr Carter and a John Nours (of Middleton Keynes, according to a later pencil addition), both parties having made their mark. Ink on Parchment. 25 x 46… ***
*** Six photographs including a Caney photo of 'The Weeping rock’ in the blue Mountains etc. Photograph (4) Albumin photograph (2). 25 x 20 cm, 15 x 20 cm, & 29 x 25 cm (largest) (3) ***
*** Colonial photograph 'Darlinghurst.' showing new Catholic Chapel and Sydney College as completed. Albumen photograph. 8 x 36 cm ***
*** Victorian framed engineers Membership certificate. Amalgamated Society of engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and pattern Makers, dated16th December 1867. Lithograph. 55 x 40 cm ***
*** Simex Japanese Quadrant. Illuminated model. Battery compartment OK. From the Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. ***
*** 43 war picture library Comics. All first printings (c. 1962). Generally intact, spines tatty. ***
*** 105 post cards. International views (c.1900), America, England, Japan, Egypt, Australia. Italy. black and white, colour printed and photographic types. Two dropdown are of 'Greater Chicago and Parks,' 18 views each 1937 ***
*** Book: 'David Boyd the Passionate Journey' by Nadine Amadio. Published by May Street Galleries, 2004. Includes video of 'Memory tree, the Controversial Art of David Boyd' ***
*** Book: 'Drysdale' signed copy of Retrospective Exhibition 1937 - 1960. Introduction by Paul H'fliger. Published by Agnsw & Ure Smith, 1960. Ex library Nigel Hawkins. ***
*** MOORE's Map of New South Wales 1877-8. Hand coloured & canvas backed. 50 x 60 cm ***
*** Surf Carnival photograph c.1930's. Inscribed verso 'Beach Parade - Surf Lifesaving Muster at North Steyne Provides a Glimpse of the Sturdy Physique of Our World Famous Beach Men (Earl Mcneil).' 20.5 x 31 cm ***
*** C.1910 postcard album. Approx 100 cards. Many Russian and some Japanese ***
*** English disaster photo postcards of disasters including West Stanley Colliery, Boves Fire York, Vickers fire, Mackness Hall fire and Graham-Whites aeroplane crash. All postally used to York ***
*** 1911 May Moore portrait photo of Alberto Quisnel. Ink inscription, 'To Monsieur Ladislav De Noskowski En Souvenir De Notre Visite Australiene. Alberto Quisnel Sydney 1911.' Quisnel sang with Melba's Grand opera Company. 19.5 x 14 cm ***
*** Book: 'Stories from the Arabian Nights' Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. second edition published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, Nov. 1907. Tipped in colour plates. Discolouration, & wear to cover. ***
*** Vuillemin - Illustrated French Atlas 26 plates of various French Departments embelished with steel engraved scenes, 1878. Soiling and tears. Provenance: personal collection of Carl Plate ex Notanda Gallery 30 x 24.5 cm ***
*** Australian daybill 'Illegal.' Edward G Robinson and Jayne Mansfield, 1955 lithograph 76 x 33 cm ***
*** Two books: 'Faces I Have Met', by Albert Tucker. ***
*** Book: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.' ***
*** Book; 'Harrison Fisher - A Garden of Girls.' ***
*** Two books: 'Lalique Par Lalique,' Marc and Marie-Claude Lalique, Published by Edipop Lausanne and 'The Art of Rene Length Lalique, By Patricia Bayer and Mark Waller, Published By Collins Australia, 1988. ***
*** Book: 'Margaret Coen - A Passion for Painting,' author Med Stewart. 29 x 27 cm ***
*** Two photographs, Bondi aquarium H. King Sydney, c1890. 16.5 x 21 cm (each) ***
*** Four photographs, ships taking on wheat at Portland, Victoria. Shipping wheat on SS 'Cufic' at Portland Vic. Toye photo; Shipping wheat deep-water pier Portland Victoria. Toye photo; Austral Ford. First ship to take a cargo of wheat at Portland Mch. 1921;… ***
*** Three Apprentice's indenture, Windsor, 1857, 1875 & 1874. Enclosed in Mylar. ***
*** Two Various c1888 New Zealand Scenes, including White Terraces; Rotomahana; & Mt Sefton. Soiling, edge tears. Produced by Phillip - Stephan Photo Litho & Typographic Process Co Ltd. Sydney, NSW, 29 x 36 cm (average Image) ***
*** Historical Technology catalogues 101-110 & 111-120. Ten years of historical technology, 11 catalogues 101-120. Historical Technology press Marblehead 1981 2 vols (including 40A #7) ***
*** NSW Railways, 1863. Great Southern railway from Picton to Goulburn. Notice of Lands taken for railway purposes by the Commissioner for Railways. Printed form finished in manuscript on conjugate leaves with a tipped in manuscript surveyor's map of the land… ***
*** Magazine, 'Captain Goodvibes the Whole Earth Pigalogue'. Tony Edwards, pub. By Tracks Publishing, Avalon, 1975, pp 60. Also various press clippings & Exhibition Catalogue ***
*** Counterculture Literature, including Nuttall Geof, Burroughs, William S 'My Own Mag Fallout Shelter' [No 9] 1964. Edited by Geoff Nuttall with contributions from William S Burroughs. Twelve mimeographed pages stapled at top, cut and stained cover page as… ***
*** Richard Neville, ink newspaper. 10 issues of this early 1970s counter culture publication by Oz Co founder Richard Neville. No1 (2 copies), 2, 14, 15, 16, 17 (2 copies), 28 and 29 ***
*** 19th century Queensland Mining. Various yearly and district reports, many with folding maps and diagrams. As disbound from Government Gazettes. Spanning 1870 to 1896 ***
*** Newspapers, 'Town and Country,' 1873. Five various complete papers published Sydney 1873. Also 4 issues of the Argus (Melbourne) 1888 ***
*** 7 copies of Paris magazine, and two of Paris Sex Appeal, all 1930s illustrated, 21 x 18 cm ***
*** Maps (2), NSW County, Argyle & Georgiana, including. Goulburn, Marulan, Laggan & Rockley. Pub. 1872, hand coloured lithograph (2), 38 x 53 cm (each) ***
*** Maps (2), NSW County, cook & Westmorland, including. Towns, Bowenfels, Colo, Oberon & Wambeyan, caves. Including, title page to original 1872 atlas, hand coloured lithograph (2), 38 x 53 cm (each) ***
*** Maps, two early Maps of Australia. A chart exhibiting recent discoveries from Cook’s Voyages torn at top, together with map of new Holland and Asia, together with 6 other maps Scotland, china etc c.1800. Maps (8). 32 x 27 cm (average) ***
*** Books, (19) Editions of 'Mr Punch' published The Educational book Company. 19 volumes in total, including 'Theatricals,' 'In holiday Mood,' 'Country Manners.' ***
*** Books, (3) 'Licensed Houses and Their Management,' by W.Bently Capper, published Caxton. Three volumes, complete with dust jackets ***
*** Books, (2) 'Catalogue of New Music. Six Sonatas For the Piano-Forte,' composed by Muzio Clementi published J.Dale, London, c.1800; and 'The Trial of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, Before the Right Honorable the House of Peers etc,' published London, 1806… ***
*** Three early world maps, Kelly, Thomas, (2) 'The world with the Tracts & Discoveries of the Latest Navigators,' pub. C.1820; 'The world on Mercator's pair of ojection,' pub. 1824; & 'World from the Best Authorities,' pub. T.Tegg, London 1814. 23 x 42 cm,… ***
*** Books (4): Australiana, including 'Australian Antiques;' 'Golden Decade Australian Architecture,' John verge; 'Guide to Collecting Australiana;' 'Landscape Art and the blue Mountains.' ***
*** Books (2): 'The Art of Hans Heysen,' pub. 1920 by Art in Australia (spine broken); & 'The Art of John Glover,' by McPhee, pub.1980. ***
*** Various toys & Ephemera, including 1920s boxed enamel teaset; Hornsby cattle wagon; Windsor & New ton stencilling set; and 25 postcards, mostly Japanese, etc. ***
*** Book, 'The Sonnets of Michael Angelo.' pub. S Rosen, Venice, 1863. Illuminated cover. Length 18 cm. Width 12 cm ***
*** Album of postcards. Mostly British views & subjects. Mostly unused. 200+. ***
*** Book, 'The Taming of the North,' Sir Hudson Fysh; pub. Angus & Robertson, 1961. Signed with dedication by the author ***
*** Queen Anne period English indenture. Hand written; & with seal, c.1,700. 30 x 61 cm ***
*** 1930s Comic 'The Sunbeams' ginger Meggs. Ginger Meggs in a 7th series of Adventures. Complete, binding loose, written-on front. ***
*** Book, 'Australia 1788-1938.' pub. Simmons Ltd, Sydney, 1938 ***
*** Five pocket edition C J Dennis books. 'Ginger Mick,' 'The Glugs of Gosh,' 'The Man From Snowy River,' and 'Saltbush Bill JP' (2) ***
*** Speed, John (1552-1625)Map. 'Huntington Shire.' Published London 1626-76. With full margins and early hand colouring. 9 x 12 cm ***
*** C.1905 English postcards. Group of 54 postcards sent to York. Mostly views, predominantly lithographs, some royalty. All postally used ***
*** Cigarette cards, Motor cars. Original set of 50 issued by Players, 1937. Double sided display framed. Fading to half. 35 x 51 cm (2) ***
*** Five Various Black and White Photographs of the Boyd Family, plus 3 Australian Etchings: Charles Robinson 'Lakeside;' and two by Gail Johns. Various Various ***
*** Book: 'Doreen' by CJ Dennis. Printed by Penfold & Co, Sydney. Pocket editions for the Trenches Series, 1917. 18.5 x 13.5 cm ***
*** Three N.W. Cayley Illustrated greeting cards, with tipped in printed images of superb Parakeets, Bearded Honeyeaters & black Cockatoos. C.1940 ***
*** Book: 'Australian artists Today,' 1974. Signed by 12 artists including bill Beaven, John Colin Angus, etc. ***
*** Malin, David 'Great Nebula in Orion' 95 x 71.5 cm Photograph ***
*** Book: Sotheby's Catalogue 'Visions of Enlightenment,' Hong Kong sale 2006. ***
*** 2 Books: 'Ken Done, 'The Art of Design.' 30 x 27 cm (Largest) ***
*** Book: 'The Pilgrims Progress,' by John Bunyan. Published by Adam & Co. Includes colour plates. Tear to title page. ***
*** Box of Books Australiana Themes. Includes 'Old Colonial Buildings Dupain,' 'The Challicum Sketch Book,' 'Tivoli,' 'Sth. Australian Ceramics 1900-1950.' ***
*** Early ambrotype cased portrait of a woman and child. Box covering A/F. 9 x 8 cm ***
*** The Anzac book: Published by Cassell & Co. London 1916.169 pages of text and numerous illustrations from Gallipoli. ***
*** Book: 'Little Obelia' by May Gibbs. Cornstalk Publishing Co., Sydney, 1929. Foxing, wear to cover especially spine. ***
*** Maps, 2, early maps of New South Wales. Includes eastern half with inset plan of Sydney published 1833, hand coloured engraving, 40 x 35 cm and NSW showing counties, published John Sands 1886, lithograph, 43 x 52 cm. ***
*** Two counter culture periodicals. Circle no 5, 1943, edited by George Leite. Works by Henry Miller, E E Cummings Max Jacobs etc; Residu, published by Daniel Richter, Athens, 1965 and various British Underground publications. Dawn, no 1; Anarchy, No.38 1964… ***
*** 1984 i-D magazine Madonna. March/April issue no 15, plus the face, issue 1, May 1980, also no 20 (1990) of this iconic magazine ***
*** Early 20th century Tasmanian Mining. Seven various Government Reports spanning 1905 to 1934, some with maps. Also 1962 geological report and map of Zeehan; 1968 glacial map Nw, central tasmania; three historical Research booklets ***
*** Maps (2), NSW County, Roxburgh & Bligh, including. Towns Rylstone, Sofala, Cassilis & Wellington, hand coloured lithograph (2), 38 x 53 cm (each) ***
*** Holtermann, Bernard (German/Australian1838-1885) La Perouse Monument, c.1870s. Albumen photograph 21 x 26 cm ***
*** Kerry & Jones 5 various early photographs. 'Cedar Team on the Richmond' & Delivering safe door to Commonwealth Bank 1924, hall & Co. Contemporary print, very stained; Metropole Hotel 1901, possibly Goverment Printer, later print; George St. Looking south.… ***
*** Books, (5) 'The Life of Samuel Johnson and Tour to the Hebrides,' by James Boswell. Pub. George Routledge & Sons, 1891. Complete in 5 volumes ***
*** Map, 'Ancien Continent.' plate 77 from mallet's 'Du globe Terrestre,' Paris, 1863. 22 x 13 cm (page) ***
*** Book, 'Music Boxes,' by Gilbert Bahl, published 1993, Quintet Publishing ***
*** Book, 'Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas,' published Verlag Von Velhagen and Klasing, 1893. (Spine loose) ***
*** Book, 'Paper-Weights,' by Pat Reilly. Pub. 1994 by Quintet Publishing Ltd ***
*** Books, (3) 'Modern Masters of etching.' three Editions 'Anders Zorn,' 'Francisco de Goya,' and J.L.Forain.' published The Studio, 1925 (2) and 1927 ***
*** Three early maps & book. Book, 'Fritz Winter 1932-1950.' maps including 'Map of the seat of war in Germany,' 1809; 'Diaries of Exploration of Central Australia,' by J M Stuart 1860 & 1861; & 'Chart of the Island Otaheite by Lieut. J Cook 1769.'. Engraving… ***
*** Two views of the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, by Nicholas Caire c.1885, and Charles Bayliss c.1880. Both ex Sydney antique print room. 2 various Australian Colonial photographs. Silver Gelatin photograph (2). 19 x 13 cm each ***
*** Book, 'A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of kangaroos,' by John Gould. Facsimile Ed. ***
*** Books (3): Roberts, Jackson & long. 'Tom Roberts,' by Spate, pub.1980; 'James R. Jackson,' by Jacqueline Jackson, pub. 1991; & 'The life and work of Sydney long,' by Mendelssohn, pub.1979. ***
*** Box of mixed magic lantern slides. Natural history, religious scenes. Approx. 100 ***
*** 1913 book and 24 Gibson postcards. Book, 'The Little Gift Book,' Harrison Fisher ***
*** Collection of early postcards. Themes include Australiana, early 20th century stage personalities, & greeting cards. Approx. 60 in total. ***