| *** | Unpublished Manuscript: Ledger, James J. 'In Search of a Home at the Antipodes' [Melbourne, 1890] A leather-bound hand-written description of the journey and experiences of James Ledger, emigrating from England in 1878; the sea journey, the experiences in… | *** |  |
| *** | Group including early Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, World War I real photographs, Australian & New Zealand, Aboriginal & Maori. Inspection will reward. 150+ cards | *** |  |
| *** | Album of postcards predominantly Australian. An impressive group including mining, bridge building, trains, country towns and interesting real life photos including pioneer motoring. Well worth inspection. 160+ cards. | *** |  |
| *** | 1921 Trushine Boot & Lino Polish 'Australian XI 1921', duplicated range - T.J.E.Andrews (8), H.Carter (9), C.G.Macartney (13), E.R.Mayne, J.M.Gregory, J.M.Taylor & W.A.Oldfield (6). Fair/VG. (Total 39) | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of three photographic yachting images, Australian, circa 1910, including 'Tranquility' at anchor, Hobart and 'Tassie Too', the largest image 31 x 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1935 Hoadleys 'League Footballers', complete set [100]. Only five teams are included - South Melbourne, Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon & Footscray (wearing their 1935 jumper - only year it was worn). Mainly G/VG. Very scarce set - the first complete set… | *** |  |
| *** | 1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars', complete set [128]. Mainly G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1963 Scanlens 'Footballers' [5/18] - No.2 Ron Evans, No.4 Ken Fraser, No.5 Bob Skilton, No.10 Neil Roberts & No.15 Matt & Bill Goggin. Poor/G | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers' [30/36]. Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'Footballers' Series A (puzzle of 1967 Grand Final on reverse) almost complete set [42/44]; plus Series B (scarcer - puzzle of team logos on reverse) part set [9/40]. Mainly G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (36). Poor/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'VFL Club Mascots Inserts', complete set (12). Fair/VG (each card with small puncture at top). Rare. | *** |  |
| *** | 1982 Ardmona 'Big League Series 2' - Collingwood (18); Essendon (18) x 2 sets; Geelong (18). & North Melbourne (18). Mainly G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan carved wood manuscript cover, 16th century, with a central kalasa and lotus scrolls containing six auspicious symbols, traces of gilt, 59.8 x 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1907 Wills 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers' (1-50) complete set [50], noted Syd Gregory, Victor Trumper & B.J.T.Bosanquet. Fair/VG. Difficult set to find in this condition | *** |  |
| *** | Australiana: impressive album containing 'Ned Kelly Shoots Fitzpatrick', advertising, outback scenes, real photos by J. W. Lindt, birds by Neville Cayley, mining scenes etc. (100+ cards) | *** |  |
| *** | Campbell, W.D. Aboriginal carvings of Port Jackson and Broken Bay. Sydney, 1899. With, Etheridge, Robert. The cylindro-conical and cornute stone implements of western New South Wales and their significance [and] The warrigal, or dingo, introduced or… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. Handbook to the birds of Australia. London, The Author, 1866. Two volumes octavo, original pictorially-gilt cloth (a little stained). | *** |  |
| *** | Howitt, A. W. The native tribes of south-east Australia. London, 1904. Thick octavo, with 9 folding maps, folding table and numerous ilustrations, original cloth (rubbed). Some foxing. With, Smyth, R. Brough, The Aborigines of Victoria, 1878, two volumes… | *** |  |
| *** | Historical Document: A List of 18 Male Convicts (Boys) discharged from the Bellerophon Hulk at Sheerness for New South Wales by the Ship Lady East this 21st October 1824 | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Kingsford-Smith: Ticket 'Souvenir Flight in 'Southern Cross' piloted by C.E.Kingsford-Smith', window mounted with snapshot photograph of the 'Southern Cross' aircraft, framed & glazed, overall 27 x 33 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, March 28-31, 1789: A short article reporting on the… | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 Scanlens 'VFL Club Mascots Inserts', part set (8/12). Fair/VG (each card with small puncture at top). Scarce | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-06 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players', Series B, almost complete set [55/56]. Mainly G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1967-86 Scanlens football cards, noted 1967 (2), 1968 (13), 1973 series a (35) & series B (30), 1982 (76), 1984 [114/132 + 218 spares], 1985 (12), 1986 (5), also 1974 Sunicrust 'Cricketers' [18/40] & few others. | *** |  |
| *** | 1993-96 cricket cards in album, noted 1994 Futera 'Elite XI' (11); 1995 Futera 'Bat 2 Ball' (10); 1996 Futera 'Freshman' (4/5) & 'Specialists' (16); Pogs (126). G/VG. (Total 700) | *** |  |
| *** | 1911 Wills 'Australian & English Cricketers' [58/59] + 87 spares, plus two other cricket cards. Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1896 Wills 'Cricketers', complete set (50). Poor/G (7 trimmed). | *** |  |
| *** | c1900-04 cricket cards, noted Ogdens Guinea Gold (24). Ogdens Tabs (19). Phillips Guinea Gold (8). Includes 3 showing Victor Trumper. Mainly G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | c1900-36 cricket cards, noted 1926 Wills (160+); Sweetacres Champion Chewing Gum (146); Australian (Giant) Licorice (56); Allens (76); Hoadleys (34); W.C.Douglass (2); McNivens (1); Smalls (3); Morrows (3). Poor/VG. Inspection will reward. (Total c600) | *** |  |
| *** | LEICHHARDT, Dr. Ludwig: 'Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845.' [Boone, London, 1847; first edition]; with seven engravings including the… | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Wills 'Football Flags Shaped with Pin' [Unrecorded] - Ballarat Imperial ('Capstan' on reverse). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1932-35 football cards in album, noted Godfrey Phillips 1932 [15/50] && 1933 [48/50];Hoadleys 1933 [89/100], 1934 [13/100] && 1935 [11/100];Wills 'Footballers 1933' large size [145/200], Carreras 'Personality Series - Footballers' [56/72]. Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1966 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set [72] including the 14 die-cuts. Poor/VG (3 of the die-cuts with outside section removed) | *** |  |
| *** | 1939 Allens 'VFL Footballers in Action', complete set [48]. Three Poor, others Fair/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1982 Scanlens 'V.F.L. Football Heroes', complete set (36). G/VG. Scarce set. | *** |  |
| *** | 1996-2007 Select Hall of Fame cards in album, noted 1996 'Hall of Fame' [110], 'Team of the Century' [22], 'Hall of Fame Legends' [12] & 'Not For Sale Promotional Cards' (4); 2003 'Hall of Fame Series 2' [40] & 'Hall of Fame Legends Series 2' [4] ; 2007… | *** |  |
| *** | Lloyd's Registers, various years ranging from 1920s through to 1960s, 43 volumes | *** |  |
| *** | 1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars' complete set (128). Fair/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1963 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.1 Ted Whitten (Footscray). G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set [29/36]. Poor/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | Forrest, John. Explorations in Australia. 1. Explorations in search of Dr. Leichhardt and party. 2. From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III. From Champion Bay, across the desert to the Telegraph at Adelaide. London, 1875. Octavo,… | *** |  |
| *** | Krefft, Gerard. Catalogue of the mammalia in the collection of the Australian Museum. Sydney, 1864. Small octavo, pp.[iv], 134, [ii], with the signature of the naturalist Charles French senior and the pencilled initials of W.Baldwin Spencer, old marbled… | *** |  |
| *** | Mawson, Sir Douglas, The home of the blizzard, another set of the first edition in original cloth (spines dulled). | *** |  |
| *** | Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F.J. Across Australia. London, 1912. Two volumes octavo, with 2 folding maps and numerous plates, some coloured, original gilt-decorated cloth. First edition, a fine set. | *** |  |
| *** | Warburton, Colonel Peter Egerton. Journey across the western interior of Australia. London, 1875. Octavo, with folding coloured route map (with slight marginal repairs) and 9 wood-engraved plates, original gilt-pictorial cloth., First edition of this… | *** |  |
| *** | 1930 Plumridge's Confectionary 'Australian Cricketers' [7/15 known - including one of the rarest Don Bradman cards]. Fair/VG. {Very scarce - Deadman lists 11, Harris & Seymour list 4 more and varieties from three printings}. | *** |  |
| *** | First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, May 28-30, 1789: This edition of the newspaper contains an account of life in the Colony written by a woman. It is headed 'The following Letter from Port Jackson, dated Nov.14, 1788 is written by a Female… | *** |  |
| *** | Dame Enid Lyons (1897-1981), Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these achievements, she was best known as the wife of the… | *** |  |
| *** | (New Zealand), Polack, Joseph Samuel, Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders, with Notes Corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc. And Remarks to Intending Emigrants. (London: James Madden && Co. Hatchard & Son, 1840). Two volumes. Small octavo,… | *** |  |
| *** | The Cristofani & Ghiloni Waxworks in Sydney, Descriptive Catalogue of the original Waxworks now open!, Opposite Queen Victoria Markets, George Street, Three Doors from Royal Arcade. 18 x 12 cm, Printed by H. Bethel & Co., Pitt Street, 16pp, circa 1906.… | *** |  |
| *** | 1967 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set [58/72], plus 1966 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set [5/72]. Mainly G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | (The Eureka Rebellion) Victorian Parliamentary Paper '1854 Victoria Gold Regulations, Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21 cm (overall). Framed together in a single frame. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of… | *** |  |
| *** | (World map) Heinrich Robert / F. A. Schraembl, 1789, Generalkarte soemmtlicher Entdeckungen auf den drei Grossen Weltreisen des Kapit Jacob Cook. Two sheets, each 49 x 60 cm to the printed margins. Large world map showing the routes of three voyages made… | *** |  |
| *** | A brass adjustable desk lamp with parchment shade, 37 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Album of vintage cards including New Zealand Maori cards, Australian country towns & cities, Ballarat, Geelong, Gippsland etc. 190 cards approx. | *** |  |
| *** | Ballarat & the Western District of Victoria, including an attractive group of real photograph cards showing the town of Stawell. Housed in 2 folders. 190+ cards | *** |  |
| *** | The Shackleton Expedition: 1908 (Feb.3) envelope with 'British Antarctic Expedition 1907' printed on the back flap, sent to Christchurch with a 1d King Edward VII Land adhesvive (Sg.A1) tied by the 'Brit. Antarctic Expd' datestamp. This envelope was part… | *** |  |
| *** | 1930-96 cricket cards, noted Players 'Cricketers 1930' (50); 1990 Scanlens 'WSC Cricketers' (84); 1993 Buttercup 'Allan Border Tribute' (72); 1996 Card Crazy 'High Velocity Cricket' (90), 'Master Blaster' (11), 'Double Trouble' (8) & 'The Centurions' (5).… | *** |  |
| *** | Illuminated Address 'Bon Voyage, To William Sommers Esq. J.P..Your Friends & Fellow Citizens in the Town of Geelong.4th April 1889'. Sommers served as Council Alderman & Mayor of Geelong & was presented this address upon his leaving for England. 30 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | TASMANIA: 1899-1900 Electoral Rolls for the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives, ordered by electoral districts. Large h/c volume, contents in VG condition, binding distressed. | *** |  |
| *** | 1905 Sniders & Abrahams '1905 Australian Cricket Team', complete set [15]. Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1998 Select 'Ashes Heroes Signature Cards' [12], each with Redemption card. VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1921-2007 cards, noted 1921-25 Suburban Premium (4); 1925 J.J.Schuh [1/60]; 1926 Craig & Hales [1/30]; 1958 Jonco football Shorts [2/45]; 1958 Atlantic [12/128]; 1975 Ampol VFL coasters [8/12]; 1987 VFL 'Official Team medals' for Collingwood (4); Sunday… | *** |  |
| *** | St Kilda: 1998-2005 Select Draft Pick & other Signature cards, noted 1998 Ben Walton; 2000 Caydn Beetham; 2001 Nick Reiwoldt & Justin Koschitzke; 2002 (each silver & Spx gold) Luke Ball, Xavier Clarke & Nick Dal Santo; 2003 Brendan Goddard, Lenny Hayes &… | *** |  |
| *** | BARRINGTON, George: 'The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Pamaratta, Sydney, and all its Dependancies, from the original discovery of the Island: w the Customs and Manners of the Natives; and an Account of the English… | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Wills 'Football Flags Shaped with Pin' [Unrecorded] - Ballarat Imperial ('Havelock' on reverse). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | The plays of J M Barrie 1921-1923, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London 1921-23 (6 ) | *** |  |
| *** | 1965-81 Scanlens football cards, comprising 1965 (1), 1968 Series B (10), 1974 (115), 1975 (222), 1976 (21) & 1981 (175). Mainly Fair/G | *** |  |
| *** | 1957 Kornies 'Footballer - Mascot Swap Cards', (8/36) - No.2 John Beckwith, No.4 Jock Spencer, No.7 Roy Simmonds, No.18 Bill Stephen, No.26 Doug Beasy, No.27 John James, No.29 Fred Goldsmith. & No.32 Neil Roberts. G/VG. Rarity 8. | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of studio publicity photos and film stills depicting couples: studios include 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Columbia, First National, MGM, R.K.O., Universal and others (320+ items). | *** |  |
| *** | Sydney: A huge panoramic photogravure, circa 1905, comprised of 9 folding panels affixed to the backing board of what was the original cover. The view is taken from The Rocks area towards the East. Titled 'Sydney' in the plate. 21 x 258 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Football cards & ephemera: Range in carton noted Scanlens 1974 (2), 1976 (2), 1977 (20), 1978 (77) & 1979 (38); c1978 'Peters Footy Picture Card' (2); plus c1970-2010 'Football Record's with Home & Away (21), Finals (15), Grand Final (9) & Others (28);… | *** |  |
| *** | 1908-09 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Football - Incidents in Play', almost complete set [14/16]. Fair/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1924 Godfrey Phillips 'Cricketers' (Brown Back), standard size, real photo, part set (154/192). Mainly G/VG. Very scarce. | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising and Australian views early 20th century. Noted, 'Ballarat Brewing Co.- Bertie the Cellarman'; 'Ford Motor Co. Rouge Plant' (4); 'Horse Racing' (11); Mt.buffalo (12); 'Broken Hill' (3); Sorrento; Portland; Euroa; Luna Park etc. G/VG condition… | *** |  |
| *** | 1921 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers' (Rays), complete set (40). G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | c1964 Mobil 'Weg Mobilgas VFL Club Mascots Decals', duplicated range with Carlton (4), Collingwood (9), Essendon (5), Hawthorn (14), Melbourne (3), North Melbourne (7), St Kilda (10) & South Melbourne (1). Fair/VG. Rarity 6. (Total 53). | *** |  |
| *** | 1973 Scanlens 'Footballers', Series A, complete set (72). Mainly G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-06 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series B, comprising 'Victorian League Players' [35/56] & 'Victorian Association Players' (including Richmond & Essendon Association) [4/20]. Fair/VG. Rare. (total 39). | *** |  |
| *** | 2000 Team Zone 'Team 2000' trial cards - standard [31/500] & wildcards [35/100]. G/VG. (This series was produced as the forerunner prototype to the initial issue of the Team 2001 cards. Approximately five full sets were produced but never issued to the… | *** |  |
| *** | Basedow, Herbert. Journal of the Government north-west expedition. Adelaide, 1914. Octavo, pp. 57-242, large folding map and photographic plates, original printed wrappers. With White, S. A. and others, Scientific notes on an expedition into the… | *** |  |
| *** | Cook, James. The journals... on his voyages of discovery. Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1955-67. Four volumes in five, thick octavo, coloured frontispieces, numerous maps and plates, and portfolio of charts, original cloth in… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century photograph of a shipwreck, 40 x 56 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of seven sepia prints, lithographs and photographs depicting Australian Aborigines, 20 x 15 cm (average size) | *** |  |
| *** | Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone. Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia. With descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony of New South Wales. second edition, carefully revised. London, 1839. Two… | *** |  |
| *** | The Rainhill & Melbourne Horrors. Deeming, Sentenced to Death' [Fred Jones Printer, Sheffield, England], 4-page pamphlet published in 1892. Not previously seen by us. Finally captured and hanged in Melbourne Gaol on May 23, 1892, Frederick Bayley… | *** |  |
| *** | MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN (1867-1976): 1967 (18th July) hand-written one-page letter to his publisher regarding the accompanying type-written pages and the marked-up galley proof to which the letter refers | *** |  |
| *** | 1974 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set [132] plus Checklists [2/12]. Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1974 Scanlens 'Club Mascot Sticker Inserts', collection comprising (10/12 + many spares), with 11 pairs & 35 singles. Fair/VG. Scarce group | *** |  |
| *** | 1970 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set [66]. One poor, rest Fair/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | Sydney Street Scenes and Buildings, A collection of albumen prints laid down on pages, including 'George Street, Looking South', 'Macquarie Street', 'International Exhibition, Sydney 1879', 'Sydney Town Hall', 'New Government Buildings, Sydney', 'Garden… | *** |  |
| *** | Vaugondy, Robert de. Orbis Vetus in Utraque Contiente. Paris: c.1757. Double hemisphere world map, with hypothetical east coast of Australia connected to New Zealand and New Guinea. Ornate cartouche above and below. Original outline colour. 50 x 75 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: Collection of maps in folder, noted 'Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavour through the South Seas...' by Bowen [London, 1773], 'Karte von Australien' by Johannes Walch [Augsburg, c1810], 'Oceanique Centrale' by Pierre… | *** |  |
| *** | TASMANIA' 1883 large folding map in 30 sectors laid down on linen and contained in a slip-case from the supplier: Edward Stanford Ordnance Maps, Charing Cross. Published by authority of the Honorable N.J.Brown, Minister of Land & Works. Litho: R.Bennett,… | *** |  |
| *** | c1950-2000 range with cigarette & trade cards (c500), noted 1950s Coles 'Cricketers' (26); football & cricket programmes; cricket badges; ephemera; tins. | *** |  |
