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Australian & Historical, Session II — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:430
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Session IILots with images:419
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:368
Date:19-Nov-2023
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B9 - title: their day Out,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 21, 1931' verso, together with the official
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B10 - title: Antarctic Alpine Club,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 21, 1931' verso, together with the
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B11 - title: an Antarctic Chameleon,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 21, 1931' verso, together with the
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B12 - title: Ruin and Regeneration - Macquarie Island,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 20, 1931' verso
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B13 - title: distinguished movie star Visits south polar Regions,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 19
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B14 - title: the ice was Here, the ice was there, the ice was all Around,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B15 - title: Promenading along the 'White Way',with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 20, 1931' verso, togethe
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B16 - title: a Glittering Derelict,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 20, 1931' verso, together with the o
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B17 - title: rolling home through the 'Roaring Forties',with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp verso, together with the official letterhead
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B18 - title: new Antarctic Lands Discovered by the B.A.N.Z. Expedition,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B19 - title: new Antarctic Lands Discovered by the B.A.N.Z. Expedition,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Jun.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B20 - title: Jack front Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for twenty Years,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Jun.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B22 - title: Jack Frost Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for 20 Years,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Jun. 15
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B23 - title: Jack Frost Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for 20 Years,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 16
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B24 - title: a Leviathan of the Antarctic whaling Fleets,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' vers
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B25 - title: first Antarctic Aeroplane,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' verso, together with t
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B26 - title: feeding Baby,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' verso, together with the official l
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B28 - title: the Windiest spot on Earth,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' verso, together with
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B29 - title: a Glittering Ruin,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the offic
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B30 - title: Portal in an Iceberg,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the of
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B31 - title: Summertime in King George fifth Land,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' verso, toge
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B32 - title: Mawson Revisits former winter Quarters,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2 1931' verso, to
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Charles Nettleton (& others), collection of five early Melbourne albumen prints, circa 1860s, framed and glazed, 44 x 54 cm each overall
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Photographs & postcards including carte-de-visit early Sydney street scene with inscription, general Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren, 'Coffin Making DEPt. B. Mathews Undertaker, S. Yarra, Melbourne', plus others, (52 items
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Unknown photographer, Granny's shop, St Kilda Esplanade, circa 1870, albumen print, 11 x 15 cm, 44 x 54.5 cm overall
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A collection of photographs of Buildings and views in New South Wales presented to the Delegate representing the Australian Colonies, and New Zealand, at the Intercolonial Conference held in Sydney, January-February, 1873
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Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Sydney, Adelaide & Lyttelton albumen prints in a large album. Various sizes; unknown photographers. (47 images).
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Album containing 76 prints of Tasmania including Port Arthur & Gaol, Launceston, new Norfolk, Hobart, as well as some Victorian scenes including Sandhurst, port Chalmers New Zealand, Sydney, etc. Very diverse sizes but mainly 10 x 15 cm some larger
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Ornate leather case with gilt-embossed titles: 'Views of Beechworth Scenery, presented to lady Loch by Mrs. John Fletcher, Wife of the President of the shire of Beechworth. December 30th 1885.' comprising of 17 albumen photographs mounted on thick c
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South Australia.. Views in Adelaide, Suburbs and country Districts, blue leather photograph album embossed with gilt titles and decorations, circa 1887 Printer: E Spiller, Govt Printer, Adelaide. The original 52 albumen photographs on printed facinn
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Large leather bound album containing a collection of 16 photographs (various sizes) including a portrait of Baron Henry Brougham Loch [1827 - 1900] and family by Johnstone O'Shannessey Coy Ltd (Melbourne) followed by a photograph of his Excellency H
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Leather-bound, gilt-titled and decorated album: 'Photographs - the National park of New South Wales.' containing 32 images with a printed map and introductory page from the Government Printing office dated March 1888; followed by an index to the ima
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A modern album containing albumen prints of Melbourne, Madras, and Aden by J.W. Lindt and others. (16 images). Various sizes 15 x 20 cm some larger, largest being 21.5 x 28 cm.
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A red leather-bound album of Australian and Pacific albumen prints containing 65 images of Melbourne, rural Victoria, Tasmania and Fiji, mostly 13 x 18 cm each approximately, with others 24 x 30 cm.
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'Hobart, from the bay. Tasmania. Original photograph. C.1890' original black and white albumen print, 20 x 27 cm, 44 x 55 cm overall
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Modern album housing eight photographs of Mt Macedon, Healesville, etc on early card pages with annotations in margins, circa 1890, mostly 22 x 15 cm approximately
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An album with gilt title: 'Views of Warrnambool', containing 29 photographs that are clear and show a good cross-section of Warrnambool in the early 1890s. Subjects include: a panoramic view of the town from Liebig Street hill; Kepler Street; proud
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George F. Grace: a memorial photograph album prepared in memory of his late wife, Carrie; circa 1894.
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Ornate red-leather presentation album with embossed title 'Photographs. Illustrating the Earliest Times of New South Wales.' the large album was presented to lady Darley, wife of the Acting Governor, Sir Frederick Darley of NSW in 1895. Contains onl
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An album of albumen paper prints; each titled below the image. Collected on a world Tour in 1895; various photographers. Begins with RMS Orizaba, followed by images of Plymouth, Gibraltar, Naples, Pompeii, port Said, the Suez Canal, Colombo, a two-s
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Large album with title to spine 'Views in Queensland, Australia', circa 1897, hand illustrated title page with 53 images, majority 19.5 x 24 cm. Includes north Isis sugar mill, Canning Downs, Botanic gardens, hay stacking, emu V
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An album of 16 Melbourne images, mainly albumen prints with several depicting decorations and events associated with the 1897 Queen Victoria Jubilee, by Foster & Martin and others, titled in manuscript below each image. The images mostly 15 x 20 cm
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Albumen paper print (15 x 20 cm) laid down on card with titles at lower right 'The Leviathan' Kilroy Bros., Graytown, Proprietors. Framed & glazed, overall 31 x 37 cm. The image depicts a hay-bagging scene with 'The Leviathan' tractor dominating the
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A collection of cartes-de-visite (approximately 80) and album. New Zealand, Australian and English photographers, 19th century
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Leather-bound album with gilt embossed title 'D.S. Wylie, general photos No.2', with 41 photographs, mainly 16 x 26 cm and all neatly titled in the margins below the images. Australian, New Zealand, New Guinea and Pacific Island subjects; circa
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Postcards, an accumulation of early Australian postcards plus a few foreign; an early Victorian Road guide and other ephemeral material.
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A vintage hand coloured and framed photograph of a man seated on a tractor, early to mid 20th century, 41 x 61 cm overall
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Fiji interest: fascinating group of glass slides, many with captions, depicting Fijian scenes, churches, Indian workers etc, housed in a timber case, early 20th century, (56 slides)
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Leather-bound album with gold embossed title 'D.S. Wylie Australian photos No.3', with 41 photographs, mainly 16.5 x 24 cm and all neatly titled in the margins below the images. From an Expedition to North-West Australia in 1926 and later travels; i
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Leather-bound album with gold embossed title 'D.S. Wylie Australian photos No.4', 68 photographs, mainly 16.5 x 26 cm and all neatly titled in the margins below the images. Many from an Expedition to North-West Australia in 1926; includes images of
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Nauru & Ocean Islands: three panoramic photographs and one panoramic negative, circa 1930s
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Agricultural interest collection of 35 glass plate slides, many with captions, depicting prime stud animals and rural themes, housed in an Australian cedar case, early 20th century
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Julian Smith (1873-1947), I.) Connoisseur, II.) leaf music, III.) W.B. McInnes, IV.) Dolores, V.) Heep photogravures, all titled and signed in the lower margins, 42.5 x 34 cm, 52 x 43 cm approximately each overall
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Julian Smith (1873-1947), I.) Dick Swiveller, II.) You called Me dog, III.) Prof. Watson, IV.) the Plot Thickens, V.) Micawber, VI.) the Scout, photogravures, all titled and signed in the lower margins, sheet size 42.5 x 34 cm each
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Wrestling display. An artistic array of photographic printing blocks featuring wrestling scenes from the icon Australian T.V. Broadcaster, hosted by Jack little, circa 1960s, 90 x 60 cm overall
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Melbourne panoramic black and white photographic print in card mount (re-print), 41 x 102 cm overall
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Deborah Paauwe (1972 - ), midnight sun, 2002, T type C photograph, edition 4/5, 75 x 75 cm, 78 x 78 cm overall
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'Kanguroo' copper engraving from 'Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere' (1799-1808), by the Comte de Buffon and Charles Nicolas Sigisbert Sonnini. 15 x 11 cm, 24 x 20.5 cm overall
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Cook's voyage, I.) Un homme de La Terre de Van-Diemen, II.) Une Femme de La Terre de Van-Diemen, French engravings taken from Cook's voyages, c1790, sheet size 27 x 21.5 cm
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'Bewohner Von van Diemens Land' (inhabitants of van Diemen's land), antique folio hand coloured engraving, [Zurich, 1827] from 'Naturhistorische Abbildungen der Saeugethiere' by Heinrich Rudolph Schinz, lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann
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Sir William Jardine (Scotland, 1800-1874) 'Thylacinus cynocephalus' hand coloured engraving, plate No.5 (Tasmanian tiger), engraved by William Lizars for the Naturalist's library, circa 1835, 10 x 16 cm, 23 x 29 cm overall
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[Van Diemens Land] a group of sworn statements from disputes dealt with by a magistrate: March 1831, a testimonial by Thomas Daley declaring how someone came up to him and shook his fists at him and called him a 'Damned Irish rascal...'; January 18
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John Heaviside Clark (British, 1771-1863), the Repose, hand coloured engraving from the series 'Field sports of the native Inhabitants of New South Wales', c.1813, 21 x 26 cm, 37 x 41 cm overall.
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Poukalem (and) Matoua-Tawai (New Zealand) lithograph, from 'Voyage Au Pa'Le Sud Et Dans L'OCAˆANIE.' by Dumont D'Urville, embossed below image, 'Gide Editeur', printed lower centre, 'Lith.A© par La©veillA© dA¡prA¨s les bustes modelA¨s d'aprA¨s natur
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[Van Diemen's Land] Oct.1844 & Jan.1853 vellum documents summarising 2 cases brought to court; the first signed by Thomas Horne [Judge, MP & Solicitor-General]; the latter signed by Valentine Fleming [Judge, chief Justice, MP & Solicitor-General]. B
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'Aitken's Brewery, Victoria parade, Melbourne, established 1854', colour lithograph of the new Carlton Brewery on the corner of Powlett Street in East Melbourne, circa 1860, 10 x 18 cm, 33 x 41 cm overall
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[New south Wales - Electoral History] 'A list of Electors for the Cumberland Boroughs for the town of Campbelltown for the year 1857-8' being a manuscript listing over nine foolscap pages of all those males eligible to vote, signed off by the chief
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The Gravesend-to-Auckland ship-board diary of William Thomas Bassett, 1858: using a 'Letts's Diary or bills Due book and an Almanack No.9 for 1858', Bassett has recorded his impressions and observations while on board 'The Egmont' between February a
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Hobart interest. A fascinating group of seventeen mortgage and conveyance documents, 19th and 20th century. Including prominent locations such as the corner of Barrack Street and Macquarie Street
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Scientific papers, Monographs, Reports and catalogues, 19th-20th century, mainly of Australian origin and with a heavy focus on Geological matters. (quantity).
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Gracius Joseph Broinowski (1837-1913), group of five hand coloured antique bird engravings, 19th century, framed and glazed, 54 x 42 cm each overall
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Annie Sullivan, aged 9; Orphan school apprentice June 1881 memo from the Queen's Orphan Asylum at new town, Hobart, to Doctor T.C. Smart asking him Annie Sullivan 'An Orphan school apprentice; the Guardians would be glad if Dr. Smart will kind
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Geology & other Sciences: a range of hardcover books, 1860s - 1980s, including 'Signalling through space without Wires' by Lodge; 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria', 1860; 'Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne', 1914; etc. (total:
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1880s-early 1900s: various hand-written journals, an autograph book; noted some illustrations, etc. (5 volumes).
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[N.S.W. Railways] Rules, Regulations, and By-Laws for the Guidance of officers and Servants of the Railways of New South Wales. [Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1885] 205pp, original red boards with gilt titles.
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'The Picturesque atlas of Australasia' edited by Andrew Garran, [Melbourne, 1888], unbound as issued by subscription
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A Tasmanian Will & letters of Administration for William Boyer [1889] with the large seal of the high court of Australia still attached. William Boyer had arrived in Tasmania in 1868. He established his estate 6km from new Norfolk on the banks of t
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An illuminated manuscript presentation to Lord Lamington, 1896:A most attractive leather-bound illuminated manuscript presented to Lord Lamington, 'Governor and Commander in chief of the Colony of Queensland' to 'Extend a cordial welcome to your Exc
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[N.S.W. Railways & Tramways] Goverment Tramways: 'Rules, Regulations, and By-Laws for the Conduct of the traffic and for the Guidance of the officers and men in the service of the railway Commissioners of New South Wales.' [Sydney, William Gullick
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'Phil Mays illustrated winter Annual', the Xmas 1899 and the 1900-1901 season editions, (2).
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Land Titles. Group of nine, mainly early 20th century examples from Melbourne and Ballarat
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Australian interest: including C.J. Dennis (3), 'Bill Baillie' by Ellis Rowan, 'Australian Aboriginal Art' by Barrett and Kenyon, 'The Cyclopaedia of Victoria' Vol.2, 'Our first Century...', 1st edition, (7 items)
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Early Theatre & Cinema publications including 'Fuller News', J.C. Williamson items, Empire Theatre, Tivoli, Palace, the grand opera house, and a few unrelated items. (approx. 150).
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An Anniversary history Victoria 150 (3 vols.); Australian dictionary of biography (3 vols.); natural history of man (2 vols.); yin yang by Hardy Wilson; Poetical works of Adam Lindsay Gordon, (10 vols. Total)
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[Australian Federation Invitation] Australian Commonwealth Celebrations. The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of [Mr & Mrs a. Leane (manuscript insertion in ink)] at the Royal Review at Flemington on Friday the 10th of May
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Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961), group of three assorted bookplates, the largest 8 x 6 cm
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Australian music Publishers: a collection of early (1910s-40s) printed music, most with illustrated or photographic covers; including. 'Singin 'In the rain', 'There's a new star in heaven to-night', over the Rainbow', 'Painting the clouds with sunshine'
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A carton of Australian and foreign paper ephemera. (quantity).
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'Port of Sydney' a small hard-bound book in green cloth with gilt title, published circa 1923 by the maritime service board of New South Wales; containing several colour lithographic maps/plans (all present, but with faults and old repairs), photogr
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'Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania' by Hardy Wilson [Sydney, 1924], signed by the author and numbered 655/1000, with 50 tinted lithograph plates and tissue guards intact, some signs of wear in particular to the spine, Co
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A carton of ephemera; mainly film, radio and theatre related. (quantity).
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Theatre, Concerts & other special Event programmes, souvenirs and other ephemera, (quantity).
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'Highlands Estate Eastwood East' 1905 real estate advertisement poster, 43.5 x 56 cm, 53 x 73 cm overall
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Motor trade: an original 'Exide Batteries' poster (1926); a 'Keep Bros. & wood Pty Ltd, Batman Street, West Melbourne c.1930s trade catalogue; various unused motor-trade related advertising blotters (golden Fleece, Aero-Press, shell motor oil, etc.)
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Two antique chromolithograph advertising posters, 1890 and 1892, one advertising 'R. T. English Sadler... Kyabram' and the other 'M. Dickens, Tramway boot Emporium, terminus, Sydney Road, Brunswick', the larger 56 x 44 cm
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Rylands Brothers 'Handbook for the man on the Land' [1934] with waratah fencing Products advert to front cover; also, two Mighty mouse comics. (3 items).
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[Motor car Brochures] a 'Morris 8/40' 12-page brochure, circa 1935, for York Motors, William Street, Sydney; also, an 'Oldsmobile Sixes and Eights' 16-page colour brochure, circa 1937, for general Motors - Holden's limited (printed in Australia). (2
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A leather-bound autograph book containing Hubert Wilkins (Feb.1939), Hubert Opperman (circa 1938), numerous Australian, Royal & U.S. Naval personnel, etc.
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Original comic artwork: a three-panel Ben Bowyang strip titled in pencil 'Gunn's Gullibility!' circa 1940, framed and glazed, 32 x 89 cm overall.
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1940's to 1980's group of Australian destination brochures and souvenirs. Noted Mt buffalo national park, Tasmania holiday by Frank Hurley, under southern sky's (Victoria) etc. (12 items).
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