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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:315
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:315
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:253
Date:23-Sep-2018
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Books (25) Sir Walter Scott Waverley Novels. Full set of 25 'Handy' volumes published by Bradbury Agnew & Co, London, 1877. Poor to fair condition, (12 x 8 cm)
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Books (6), Evelyn Waugh Firsts etc. Incl. 'Officers & Gentlemen,' Chapman & Hall, 1945 (1st) D J; 'Men at Arms,' Chapman & Hall, 1952 (1st) D J; 'Unconditional Surrender,' Chapman & Hall, 1961 (1st) D J; 'Vile Bodies,' Chapman & Hall, 1930 (6th imp); Handful of Dust,' Chapman & Hall, 1934 (6th imp); 'Decline & Fall,' Chapman & Hall, 1931 (1st pocket edition)
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Books (13), English Literature & Themes. Incl. 'Boswells Life of Johnson' (5 volumes) published 1821; 'Salisbury Plain,' Ella Noyes, 1913; 'The Churches & Churchyards of Teviotdale,' James Robson, 1893; 'History of Homes & their Owners in Galloway' (2 volumes) F H McKerlie, 1906; 'The Talking Drums of Africa,' John F Carrington, 1949; 'A Cruise Across Europe,' Donald Maxwell, 1906; 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding,' (26th ed.) John Locke, 1828; 'History of England' (Vol VI) David Hume, 1792
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1851 Great Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue. 3rd edition of 3 volumes which has been originally bound into 2 large volumes. Quarter calf binding with marbled boards. Many engravings & full page lithographs. Top hinges broken but interior fairly clean & straight, not showing the usual over handling of this reknowned work
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Quantity of Postcard & Cigarette Cards. Approx 300 mid & late 20th century travel postcards - majority postally used. Also Wills 'Arms of Oxford & Cambridge Colleges' 40 of 42 & 'Arms of Universities,' 22 of 25
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Book, '1890 Australasian Federation Conference'. Official record of the Proceedings & Debates of the Australasian Federation Conference, 1890, held in the Parliament House, Melbourne. Published by Robert Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1890. Incl. 160+ pages of opinion as expressed in the British Press. Photo frontisepiece of the 14 key delegates
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Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh Edition. The 1910 small leather bound 'Handy' edition in 29 volumes (missing vol 6) plus the matching 'New Volumes' (3 A-Z) of World War I & additional information published later. This is the thin paper (India Paper) version with the folding colour maps printed in the same style. Covers worn with losses to spine, however interiors are very clean & straight
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Books, 'A History of Australia'. 6 volume set, signed, by C M H Clark, published by Melbourne University Press. Various dates, early volumes are 1978 reprints while Vol V & VI are firsts, '81 & '87. Vol I & VI signed by author
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Book, 'Australian Men of Mark.' 2 volumes, published C F Maxwell, Sydney, 1889. Shabby condition, front hinge broken. Vol 1 & 2 frontispiece of Carrington missing. Foxing.
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Books (2) Henry Lawson. 'For Australia,' Lothian Publishing, 1944; Mateship & The Strangers Friend, Lothian Publishing, 1943
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Book, 'Elegies, Nine Poems.' R F Brissenden, with drawings by Robin Wallace-Crabbe. Handset & printed by Brindabella Press, 1974. Number 202 of 310 numbered copies
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1906 Royal Commission into NSW Railways. Later green binding, 198 pages.
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Edmund Barton Signed Book #2. From Bartons Library: Seeing & Hearing, G W E Russell, pub E Grant Richatrds, 1907. Signed by Barton through the title page.
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New South Wales Blue Book 1886. Lists of Departments, names of Public Servants & their salaries. Original Govt Printer binding, spine missing.
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5 Var 19th century NSW Government Gazette. Bound volumes including 1890, vol 6; 1891 vol 2; 1894 vol 1 & 3; & 1888, vol 2.
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