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Auction House:Barsby & Lugosi (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:681
Sale Title:"Peroomba" Home of the Late Sir Victor & Lady WindeyerLots with images:663
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:665
Date:8-Feb-2009
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Shelf of Military Biographies and other military books and manuals. Including i) Active Service with Australia in the Middle East, 1941, illustrated. ii) Short History of the Military Forces in N.S.W from 1788 to 1953. Signed by the author General Berryman, 1953. iii)Khaki and Green
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant By Ulysses S. Grant. Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Vol 1 (1885) and 2 (1886). Plus shelf of various other books on the Usa, including seven volumes of the American Journal of Legal History (19
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The Great World War: A History. 9 volume set Edited by Frank Mumby, Illustrated with colour and black and white maps (some folding) with additional numerous illustrations throughout
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Three Shelves of General Military including a number of Antique books including i) Military Topography by Col. Richards. 1884. ii)Maxims and Opinions of Duke of Wellington, 1845. iii)Decisive battles of the World. by King. 1884. iv) Recollections of Military Service, 1847. v) The Operati
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Shelf of Vintage and Antique Books with interesting and good illustrations, including i) Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe, Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 1928. ii)The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 1928. iii) As you like it by Shakespeare, Illust
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Four Various Australian First Editions 1. The Fairy Wrens of Australia, by Neville Cayley 2. Cottage and Garden in Australia, by Edna Walling, 3. The Blackets, by Morton Herman, 4. Early Australian Architects, by Morton Herman Plus part shelf of various books on Australian Art and Writing
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One Shelf of Various Vintage Australian History Books. Including i) The Colonies of Australia, By Samuel Sidney, c.1852. Illustrated London Library. ii) History of the British Colonies by Martin. Volume IV Possession in Africa and Australasia. 1835 iii) Life and Progress in Australia by Davitt
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Two Volumes - Sydney in 1848, Illustrated by Copper Plate Engravings of its Principal streets, Public Buildings etc from drawings of Joseph Fowles. c.1880 And Commonwealth of Australia Summoning of Parliament 26th May 1903
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Proposed Federal Capital Sites - 1902. Summary of Information Respecting, and Photographic Views of). A fascinating photographic record of the proposed sites. Most sites are illustrated with a number of photographs and are accompanied by short notes giving details on climate, altitude, water
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John Dunmore Lang. by J D Lang Chiefly autobiographical 1799 to 1878. Cleric, Writer, Traveller, Statesman. Pioneer of Democracy in Australia. An assembling of contemporary documents. Comp. and edit. by A. Gilchrist. 2 vols. Melbourne 1951. Folio. Or.cl. With 2 frontisps. Lim. ed. N
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Tent Life in Tigerland, by Igles, J. Published, 1888. Being sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district. 366 pp, ill. with chromolithographs. Inglis' books were all very popular, crammed full of hunting experiences and nicely illustrated. Olive cloth binding
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Half-Hours with The Best Authors. in Four Volumes edited by Charles Knight. Small octavo, four volume set. Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco, the spines with raised bands, and gilt in compartments, lettering direct
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