Australian & Historical (#467) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 701-800 of 1315. Previous|1...67891011...14|Next1234567891011121314 Lot 700 COOK FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: An accumulation in albums, loose and in studio folders including formal portraits from the Hay Wrightson Studio, New Bond St., London; Payne, Sydney; Lake, Melbourne, etc. Various formats including small snaps. (300+). View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 701 A Japanese Akoya single strand pearl necklace (8-8.5mm), silver clasp set with pearls and white sapphires, in original box with retailer's mark and certificate (made out to Mrs. Cook) "CIRO Of Bond Street London & New York". Formerly the property of DAME MARY COOK. 53cm long. PROVENANCE: The Cook family by descent View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 702 A vintage carved ivory bangle, early 20th century, formerly the property of DAME MARY COOK. 7.6cm diameter, internal measurement 5.6cm diameter. PROVENANCE: The Cook family by descent View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 703 COOK FAMILY EPHEMERA: An untidy accumulation including a 1921 newspaper article regarding the marriage of Annette Margaret Cook to Lieutenant William King; 1924 notices re the marriage of Winifred Cook; a 1925 Christmas card from Sir Joseph & Lady Cook; a 1926 Christmas card from Neville Chamberlain; various invitations, travel documents, unused "Commonwealth of Australia, Prime Minister" notepaper, etc. (qty). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 704 Oddments including medals, necklaces, Tasmanian silver bookmark, cameo and ivory elephant charm, (8 items), formerly the property of DAME MARY COOK. PROVENANCE: The Cook family, by descent. View details Quantity8Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 705 THE HON. JOSEPH COOK, M.P. ministerial document satchel, presentation silver plated trowel in box, ephemera, caddy spoon, jewellery and Bell gauge needle sizer, (8 items). View details Quantity8Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 706 THE RIGHT HONORABLE PHILLIP LYNCH, MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY & COMMERCE (and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party) presentation bronze medal (231gms, 76mm) from JUANITA M. KREPS, U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, to commemorate Lynch's June 1979 visit to the United States. In original box of presentation. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot 707 GEORGE DARRELL, ESQ. August 23, 1887: An ornate, leather-bound hand-lettered manuscript congratulating Darrell on his "recovery from a long and dangerous illness, and your Return to the duties of the Profession of which you have been, so many years, a most worthy Member." Signed by 43 of Darrell's friends and theatrical associates. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 708 A leather-bound autograph book containing HUBERT WILKINS (Feb.1939), HUBERT OPPERMAN (circa 1938), numerous Australian, Royal & U.S. Naval personnel, etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 709 EDMUND HILLARY [1919 - 2008] strong signature, "E.P.Hillary" in ink on June 1958 aerogramme from Auckland to U.S.A. in response to an enquiry from Robert Quintero of Detroit, Michigan. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 710 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: almost complete May to August run (between Numb.258 and 291, excl. 273, duplicate 271): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, details of ships wrecked & religious news including Papal activities; issue 271 (Jun.18) reports that Sir William Temple, the King's ambassador for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle (May 7) had arrived at Whitehall to relay his account of proceedings to the king; View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 711 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: largely complete September to December run (between #292 and 326, ex 301, 303 & 320): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, and religious news including Papal activities; many issues with reports of the Turkish siege of Venetian-ruled Candia (Crete); issue 292 (Sep.3) stating that the Turks had gathered 12,000 men in Morea to assist in the siege of Canea (Chania) and issue 304 with reports on an as View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 712 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1675-1678: large group of issues between numb.1079 and 1337: some notable reports include issue 1083 (Apr.3.1676) with news of arrival in Spain of Spanish galleons carrying 25 million pieces of eight, the same issue also carries reports of the trial for treason of Danish statesman Peder Griffenfeld; issue 1093 (May 8, 1676) with reports from Constantinople that the Grand Siegnior is constructing a seraglio (harem) for the women of Adrianople; issue 1134 (Oct 2, 1676) r View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 713 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1679-1684: large group of issues between numb.1449 and 1980: with many articles of interest including issue 1507 (Apr.26, 1680) reports of a "false and dangerous rumour spread abroad" that Charles II is to marry the mother of the Duke of Monmouth; issue 1694 (Feb. 9, 1682) with a report that a "most curious and excellent way of preserving dead bodies from putrefication" had been presented to the King; View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot 714 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between #2200 and 2343: plenty of interesting content including issue 2212 (Jan 27, 1687) report from Paris of a Notre Dame thanksgiving for the recovery of King Louis XIV following surgery; issue 2213 (Jan.31,1687) reports of Emeric Thokoly (Prince of Upper Hungary) had joined forces with the Turks against the Habsburgs, this issue also carries notice of an important book sale by William Cowper at the Pelican in London; issue 2226 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot 715 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1694-1709: large group of issues between numb.3000 and 4578 with many articles of interest including issue 3003 (Aug.20) which reports the introduction of a superfine gunpowder which does not foul firearms; issue 3030 (Nov.22 1694) with a report from Paris that bread prices are rising, robberies are on the increase and a poll tax is to be levied; issue 3078 (May 9, 1695) reports that coal is being transported from Newcastle to Yarmouth in a fleet of 100 vessels, plus a View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 716 THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE Friday, July 12, 1839 No.1206. A fascinating early news paper showing land grants of the day, there size and location and whom they were granted, Ticket Of Leave listings, court listings and the general administration of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land. 28 x 22.5cm overall View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 717 "THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION" - ENGLAND - 1842 - BUSH RANGERS IN TASMANIA: 16 July 1842 (No.3) edition of a monthly magazine with lengthy article entitled "An encounter with Bush-Rangers in Van Diemen's Land" by "An Officer" with a detailed 5-page account of his pursuit and capture of three ex-convict bushrangers Palmer, Regan & Atterall in the late 1830s; other articles of interest include "A Cure for Hydrophobia"& "On the Growth of Plant in Cities"; minor aging. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 718 PROVIDENCE DAILY JOURNAL - UNITED STATES - 1842: (Nov.6) edition with hoax story gleaned from French newspaper "L'Etoile" of an Englishman Rodger Dodsworth who had fallen into a coma during an avalanche in the Alps in the late 17th century, was subsequently found in 1826, thawed out and brought back to life, (becoming the foundation for Mary Shelley's 1863 short story "The Reanimated Englishman"); View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 719 NEW SOUTH WALES - PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT. LAND and EMMIGRATION RECEIPT No.45, issued to Mr. W.G. Brodie of Moonie Ponds on 1st December 1849 for the payment of £135. The payment is in the nature of a deposit so that Brodie could participate in the purchase of Crown Lands. The receipt is signed by Charles Latrobe, Superintendent and Robert Hoddle, Surveyor in Charge. An extremely rare document and the first example we have offered. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 720 "The Renaissance Vase and Dish in Parian by Minton of Stoke Upon Trent" and "Stove in white porcelain by Hoffman of Berlin", 2 full plate lithographs from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, At The Great Exhibition, 1851", both mounted, framed and glazed. Accompanied by a humorous hand-coloured lithograph. (3 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 721 'PUNCH' or the 'LONDON CHARIVARI': Volumes II to VII plus Vols. XX & XXI, each volume bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spines and gilt-stamped 'Punch' on front boards, printed by Bradbury & Evans (London); also 1882 Alamanac in half leather with blue boards printed by Bradbury, Agnew & Co, bound by Hewetson of Hampstead, and 1903 (July-Dec) and 1905 (Jan-Jun) editions, both bound in maroon cloth, gilt decoration on spine & front boards, also printed by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 722 "The VICTORIA GOLD READY RECKONER...." published by Sands & Kenny [1857]; "The Native Tribes of South Australia" by Woods (with all 8 lithographs); "The History of Australasia" by Blair [1878] (with plates and maps), plus a few other reference books. Very mixed condition. (6 vols.). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 723 SIR WILLIAM CHARLES COOPER (1851 - 1925) & OTHERS: A collection of conveyances and other legal documents (several on vellum), some with duty stamps, etc., and many involving property transactions in which Cooper was a principal player. Other involve Michael COAN (Coen), John QUINN, John McINTOSH, John ANDERSON and others, circa 1850s to 1900s. (17 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 724 MACADAM, John (for the Council of the Institute), TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA. From January to December, 1859, inclusive. Volume IV. [Mason and Firth, Melbourne. 1860], 8vo, 210pp, plus Proceedings, Appendices etc, and with illustrations in black and white and coloured, some fold-out; in original decorated boards. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot 725 The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Vol. I: Thalamiflorae . MUELLER Ferdinand. Published by 1860-1862, 1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 726 POLEHAMPTON, Rev. Arthur, KANGAROO LAND, [Richard Bentley, London, 1862], 1st ed., 269pp, with frontispiece and title page vignette; rebound in half-leather with new blank endpapers; also, AN AUSTRALIAN RAMBLE or A Summer in Australia by J. Ewing Ritchie (Christopher Crayon) [T. Fisher Unwin; London, 1890] 235pp + adverts., also rebound in half leather with new blank endpapers. (2). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 727 WOODS, JULIAN EDMUND, "Geological Observations in South Australia: principally in the district south-east of Adelaide" [Melbourne: H.T. Dwight: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1862], Octavo, 404 pp.,text illustrations, five uncoloured plates and map. Publisher's green blind stamped cloth. Ferguson 18805. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 728 NEW YORK TIMES - CIVIL WAR ERA - : 1863 selection comprising editions for Feb.15, Jul.18 & 29, Aug.2 & 5, Oct,7, 24, & 31; the Jul.18, edition reviewing the Siege of Vicksburg (July 4) the correspondent noting "the almost impassable natural obstacles that opposed Grant's army in the late siege" (Vicksburg located on a high river bluff) and the Draft Riots (Jul.13-16) with headlines "Quiet Restored" and "A Peaceful Day in the Metropolis"; View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 729 VICTORIA: PASTORAL LICENSE issued January 1870 in favour of Edwin Brett and John Russell Ross of Melbourne for land in the District of Benalla; signed by the Governor of Victoria, Viscount Canterbury. Also, another example dated December 1869 for another plot of land in the Benalla area (this time signed by the Governor but using his own name, J.H.T. Manners Sutton. (2 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 730 TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine, MD FRS (1806-1880), An 8 page a.I.s from a practitioner in Geelong to Dr A. Taylor who appears to have been experimenting with paraffin or kerosene in solution. Also enclosed are 3 small papers that he has experimented on with pencilled notes. Also an a.I.s from REESE, John, the American editor of the 7th edition of Dr Taylor's book "A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence" to Dr Alfred Swaine Taylor, dated 20th of August, 1874. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 731 Three lithographic plates from The Palaeontology of Victoria by Professor Frederick McCoy [1877], individually framed & glazed, each 41 x 31cm overall. (3). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 732 SMYTH, R. BROUGH, THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA. With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania. In Two Volumes, rebound in blue boards with new endpapers. [John Ferres, Melbourne. 1878]., 4to, 483pp and 456pp. With black and white plates in in-text illustrations; lacking both maps. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 733 VICTORIAN SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS including "Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria.....Indigenous Animals" Decades III and IV by Frederick McCoy [1879]; "Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria Vol II part II (1891) & 1918; Geological Survey of Victoria Monthly Progress Reports April 1899 to March 1900; Geological Survey of Victoria 1907; 1910; 1912; and "Report on Jurassic and Carboniferous Fish Remains" 1912. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 734 "HUNTING THE KANGAROO" hand-coloured lithograph newspaper supplement, circa 1883, 37 x 25cm View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 735 "The Australian Race - It's Origin, Languages, Customs" - Volume IV - "Comparative Vocabulary"; elephant-sized folio being a 45 page gazette of comparative Aboriginal languages, plus a large folding colour map of Australia, annotated to show locations where circumcision and 'The Terrible Rite' (penile subincision) were practised; pub. John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1887. View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 736 "GARRYOWEN", THE CHRONICLES OF EARLY MELBOURNE 1835 to 1852. Historical, Anecdotal and Personal. Centennial Edition, with Portraits and Illustrations. [Ferguson and Mitchell, Melbourne, 1888], View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 737 "THE AUSTRALIAN IRRIGATION COLONIES ILLUSTRATED on the River Murray in VICTORIA and SOUTH AUSTRALIA", [Chaffey Bros., London: 1888], hard cover folio edition, half red morocco with embossed gilt lettering and coat of arms to the front boards, with numerous attractive and fascinating advertisements. Issued in association with the 1888 Melbourne International Exhibition. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 738 "Victoria and its Metropolis - Past and Present" [McCarron, Bird & Co, Melbourne, 1888.] in two volumes, Vol.1 594pp missing spine and back cover, Vol.2, 822pp with bindings split at front, the covers intact; 258 illustrations in black & white plus fold-out maps; original gilt decorated morocco (very worn on the spine of Vol.2) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 739 A collection of antique and vintage Australian product labels including "Boomerang Tonic" and "Chow Chow Pickles", (50 items). View details Quantity50Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 740 A LETTER FROM ARTHUR STREETON to ROGER LEECH of BRIGHTON, VICT. Undated (but October 1892) , 2-page ALS, headed "Highbury Grove, Kew. Between the Cemetery & the Asylum", in which Streeton offers to meet with Leech "if you are so interested as to invest a couple of guineas in me - I will be at Buxtons at 12 sharp - with the sketches you saw". Accompanied by large part of the original envelope which preserves the "KEW OC 18 1892" datestamp. (2 items). View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 741 NELLIE MELBA as JULIET in a ROYAL PERFORMANCE, LONDON 1893 A souvenir programme for the State Performance of Romeo & Juliet given at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in honour of the marriage of The Duke of York & Princess Mary of Teck (later King George V & Queen Mary) on July 4th, 1893. The beautiful silk programme features portraits of the royal couple, Queen Victoria, the Prince & Princess of Wales and Princess Mary's parents. The performance of Gounod's opera "Romeo et Juliette" feature View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 742 "Records of the Australian Museum" and similar publications, various editions (June 1898, July 1899, January 1902, June 1904, 1913, April 1921) plus several small pamphlets. (10 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 743 An assortment of postcards, souvenir booklets, religious picture and books, mixed vintages and condition View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 744 PALAEONTOLOGY, GEOLOGY & GEO-PHYSICS: A collection of Australian publications, circa 1900s - 1970s. (qty.). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 745 "Souvenir of the Federation of Australia 1st January, 1901" booklet featuring the six State Costs-of-Arms and Queen Victoria on the front cover; a map, photographs of the Duke & Duchess of York, Lord & Lady Hopetoun and other dignitaries as well as views from around the country. Printed & Published by E. Whitehead & Co., Melbourne. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 746 "A Queenly Colony - Pen Sketches and Camera Glimpses" by William Henry Traill [Brisbane, 1901], 142pp hardbound with black & white illustrations and two maps, blue boards with gilt decoration, in good condition with intact bindings. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 747 THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING EDWARD VII and QUEEN ALEXANDRA at Westminster, 26th June 1902: The Form and Order of the Service (64pp; London : Eyre and Spottiswoode); accompanied by ticket No.188 issue to Lady Rattigan (Evelyn Higgins), who had the honour of being seated in the South Transept - Gallery, together with her husband, Sir William Henry Rattigan. (2 items). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 748 1905 Advertising Calendar for "The United Insurance Co., Ltd" of Sydney; colour lithograph and offset, overprinted at base for their Ballarat agents, Titheridge & Growcott; with a central vignette featuring an emu and a kangaroo. Designed as a wall-hanging, overall 32 x 24.5cm. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 749 EPHEMERA - PLAYING CARDS: Diverse array of Australian and British cards from early 1900s onwards, many with evocative advertising on reverse, one volume dedicated to alcohol-related advertising, most whiskeys & beers including Australian "Hardy's Wines", "Tintara Wines", "Penfolds" and "Melbourne Ales"; also Grocery types including British "T. Pecriaux, Turtle Soup", "Carnation Milk", "Bovril", "Ovaltine", "Oxo" and "Andrews Liver Salt"; Sport themes with British types View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 750 "Protected Native Birds Of South Australia" published by Department of Crown Lands and Immigration (South Australia), Adelaide, 1910, soft cover tall octavo pamphlet View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 751 SILK CIGARETTE CARDS: Selection with Wills 1910-17 'Crests and Colours of Australian Universities, Colleges & Schools' [32/50] plus some duplicates, other Wills oddments including 1910 Arms of British Empire (10) plus two duplicates, 1916 War Medals (4), few wildlife, etc; also WWI silk postcards (5) including 'Australia for Ever' & 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces' types and a 1937 fold-out postcard with 'LATE FEE SYDNEY RLY STN' postmark. View details Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 752 VIEWS OF MELBOURNE: with "Melbourne Illustrated - Present Day Views", two issues (pub. Osboldstone & Co, c.1910-12) one with E.W. Cole retailer's imprint on front cover, each with (different) centrespread panoramic views of Melbourne from Fire Brigade Tower, plus animated images of "Mail Steamers at Port Melbourne", "Melbourne Cricket Club Ground" & "The Lawn at Flemington on Cup Day"; also "36 Views Melbourne" (pub.John Sands Ltd c.1910) and "Traveller's Guide to Melbourne" with Foy & Gibson ce View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 753 COMIC BOOKS: comprising "Buster Brown and His Chum Tige" by R.F. Outcault (W.R. Chambers, Edinburgh & London, 1915), "Bringing Up Father" by George McManus (A.V.N. Jones & Co, London, 1919), and a 1938 "Tiger Tim's Annual" all with defects; also "The Amazing Dancing Charlie" (Chaplin) illusional toy made from card complete with instruction leaflet and original sleeve, a Donald McGill Chaplin postcard, plus a modern (undated) Ginger Meggs souvenir booklet. (6 items) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 754 IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE - "Elves & Fairies of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite" with verses by Annie R. Rentoul, published by The Lothian Book Publishing Co [Melbourne & Sydney, 1916], blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, somewhat dilapidated binding, colour plates in good condition, the volume includes an additional (loose) Title Page signed "Ida Rentoul Outhwaite". View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 755 Four Australian art books including "The Art Of Arthur Streeton" edited by Ure Smith (Syd. 1919) limited edition of 1500 copies; "Exhibition Of Australian Art In London, 1923" limited edition 85/1000 copies; "The Art Of Rupert Bunny" Ure Smith Publications [Syd.]; "The Life And Work Of R.W. Sturgess" [Melb. 1938]. (4 items) View details Quantity4Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 756 PIONEER AVIATION: "The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia by Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E.....With Aeroviews by Capt. Frank Hurley." [New South Wales Edition] with 27 full-page views. [Angas & Robertson, Sydney, 1920]. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 757 "PALS - An Australian Paper for Australian Boys": incomplete run from Vol.2 No.1 to Vol.5 No.13, issued between August 27, 1921 and November 22, 1924, includes editions with front cover artwork by Chales Tindall, Lance Driffield, Harold Herbert and Edgar Holloway; also two books "The Wonder Book of Aircraft" (pub. Ward, Lock & Co, London & Melbourne, 1928) and "The Big Book of Aeroplanes" (pub. Oxford University Press, c.1928); all items are more or less foxed. (49 Papers + 2 books) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 758 [ESPERANTO] A 1922-23 collection of postal cards, all addressed to "Sinjoro Colin Unwin" in Fremantle and all written in the nascent "Universal" language of Esperanto. Unwin's correspondents were from Rotterdam, Radom, Genoa, Krakow, Wilno, Warsaw and Bialystok. (8 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 759 HARDIE, Martin, R.I., R.E., The Pageant Of Empire Souvenir Volume [Fleetway Press Ltd, London, 1924]. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 760 LINDSAY, Norman, Pen Drawings, [Sydney, Arthur McQuitty, 1924], Folio. Original quarter vellum. Gilt decoration on front board. Foreword by Francis Crossle. With title-vignette, initial 12 full-page plates as mentioned in the list of plates with 12 additional full-page tipped-in plates. With all the original tissue-guards. Title-page printed in black/red ink. Ed. limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is No.25, fully signed "Norman Lindsay". View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 761 LINDSAY, Norman, The Etchings of Norman Lindsay [London, Constable & Co. Ltd., 1927], Folio. Dark blue cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. This edition is limited to 129 copies of which 120 copies are for sale. This is copy #43 and is signed by Norman Lindsay. With Forty-five reproductions of original etchings, made under the supervision of Mr. F.J. Newbery of the Chiswick Press. NB: this book has been damaged in a fire. The covers and page extremities are most affected. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 762 LINDSAY, Norman: A collection of colour lithographic plates "tipped" onto pages removed from fire-damaged books; the images mainly in very fine condition and mostly 21 x 18cm. (14 items). Provenance: From the estate of Frederick Lane (1880 - 1969), Lindsay's friend and printer. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 763 Two classroom vintage maps of Australia and the world, published by Robinson's and Chas H. Scally & Co., 20th century, the larger 88 x 118cm View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 764 FRUIT BOX LABELS: A collection of colourful labels, circa 1930s for apples, pears and citrus fruits, including for C. Geo. Kellaway & Sons, H. Jones & Co., W.D. Peacock & Co., B.P. Atkinson & Son, Melba, Producers Co-Operative, Paterson & Co., etc. Lovely condition. (19 different). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 765 FRUIT BOX LABELS: A similar collection of colourful labels, circa 1930s for apples, pears and citrus fruits, including for C. Geo. Kellaway & Sons, H. Jones & Co., W.D. Peacock & Co., B.P. Atkinson & Son, Melba, Producers Co-Operative, Paterson & Co., etc. Lovely condition. (20 different). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 766 Instrument of Appointment for an officer to the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, awarded to a Richard James Kilby at the rank of Lieutenant, signed by Governor-General Isaac Albert Isaacs at upper left; dated 1935, 26.5 x 34cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 767 Ernest SCOTT, HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF THE MELBOURNE CLUB, First Edition; pp. xii, 112 (last blank); 21 plates; original full leather, gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut. [Melbourne; The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd.; 1936]. Edition Limited to 650 numbered copies for private circulation. #459. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 768 "The Tourists' Road Guide For South Australia" 16th edition, together with a small group of ephemera pertaining to the R.A.C.V. including 1936 membership card. (6 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 769 Ida Rentoul OUTHWAITE - "A Bunch of Wild Flowers": verse and illustrations by Outhwaite, published by Halstead Press Pty Ltd (Sydney), 1948; also "The Entrancing Life" by J.M. Barrie being his address when installed as Chancellor of Edinburgh University on Oct. 25th, 1930; first edition 1930. (2 items) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 770 EPHEMERA - SWAP CARDS: Assortment in albums or loose with heaps of Tuckfields' "Birds" types, also c.1930s John Player "Wild Birds" and Gallagher "Butterflies & Moths" cigarette cards. (100s) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 771 McCARTHY, Frederick D. Australia's Aborigines - Their Life and Culture [Colorgravure, Melbourne, 1957] Number 1079 of the limited edition. Cream cloth with gilt titles on brown leather labels on front and spine. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 772 ART & FURNITURE: "TURNER" at the NGA [1996]; "The Complete Guide to Furniture Styles" by Boger [1961]; "Van Gogh" at the NGV [2000]; "Japan - A History in Art" by Smith [1979]; "China - A History in Art" by Smith & Weng; plus several others. (8 vols.). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 773 IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE - "Fairyland" with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and stories by Grenby Outhwaite & Annie R. Rentoul, published by A & C Black [London, 1931], blue cloth boards with bindings largely intact, 16 colour plates, 31 black & white plates, 12 text illustrations, internal foxing throughout, although the colour plates are largely unaffected; 126pp, hardbound. View details Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 774 PROGRAMMES: Mostly 1960s British theatre/musical productions including incl. HMS Pinafore (Her Majesty's Theatre, 1962), My Fair Lady (Theatre Royal,1958), Sound of Music (Palace Theatre, 1962); also choral/orchestral productions incl. Royal Choral Society 1963 production of "Messiah Handel" signed by performers Elizabeth Simon & Trevor Anthony; few other items inc. Royal Wedding programme for marriage of Princess Alexandra & Angus Ogilvy. (small qty) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 775 OZ MAGAZINE (Sydney): Four original complete editions, No.12 (August 1964), No.15 (Nov.1964), No.16 (Jan.1965) and No.20 (June 1965). View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 775a AUSTRALIAN INTEREST: A shelf of books including "Early Houses of Northern Tasmania" by Robertson & Craig [1966]; "Early Buildings of Southern Tasman" vols.1 & 2 by E. Graeme Robertson [1970]; "A History of Australia" in 6 volumes by C.M.H. Clark; plus several others. (14 vols.). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 776 Involvement: The Portraits Of Clifton Pugh & Mark Strizic, Illustrated With 45 Full Page Plates (Of Which 41 Are In Colour) Together With 45 Plates Reproducing Other Portraits & 41 Photographic Portraits Grimwade, Andrew (essay): Geoffrey Dutton (intro): Clifton Pugh (paintings) & Mark Strizic (photos) Published by Sun Books, Melbourne 1968 (1968) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 777 GOODIN, VERNON W.E. (1892-1971) "Australianism, The Labor Party And The Unions" c1969-70 original handwritten manuscript in ink consisting of 50 stapled folios, accompanied by a typed version in four folders, signed in ink on typescript title page, marginalia and notes throughout manuscript, 35 x 23cm (folders, each); 448pp. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 778 WOPFNER, H. & DOUGLAS, J.G. (editors), The Otway Basin of Southeastern Australia Geological Survey. Special Bulletin. Published by Geological Surveys of South Australia and Victoria, Minister of Development and Mines, South Australia, and Minister of Mines, Victoria, 1971., 8vo., hardback, 464pp with plans, maps, b&w photographs. As new condition, in a matching box with many fold-out maps and charts- all present. Accompanied by another set, ex. Earth Science Dept. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 779 HANSARD: February 1976 - May 1980 complete run of "Hansard" Parliamentary Debates in the House of Representatives, uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt titles to the 20 volumes. Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister; Gough Whitlam and Bill Hayden were leaders of the Labor Party. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusCLOSED! Lot 780 WATCHES & CLOCKS: "Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers" by Britten [1977]; "WATCHES their history, decoration and mechanism" by Baillee [1979]; "Britten's Old Clocks & Watches and their Makers" by Clutton, Baillie & Ilbert [1986]; all hardcovers, with dust jackets. (3). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 781 HAZZARD, Margaret & HEWSON, Helen, Flower Paintings of Ellis Rowan from the Collection of the National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1982], with original slipcase; also, a folio of four poster-size reproductions by AP&P Limited. (2 items). View details Quantity2Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 782 FAHY, Kevin "NINETEENTH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE" by Fahy, Simpson and Simpson [David ell Press, Sydney, 1985], limited edition of 2000 copies, hardcover with pictorial D/J, spine sunned otherwise a good firm copy View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 783 AUSTRALIANA & FURNITURE: Group of eight hardcover reference books including "Early Colonial Furniture In New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land" by Clifford Craig, Kevin Fahy and Graeme Robertson, "Old Furniture, Understanding The Craftsman's Art" by Nancy A. Smith, "Australiana" by Mona Brand, "Buying Antiques In Australia" by Toby and Juliana Hooper, "Australia's National Collections" by Clem Lloyd and Peter Sekuless, "The Complete Book Of Furniture Restoration" by Tristan Salazar, "Restoring U View details Quantity8Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 784 EXPLORATION: group of titles comprising hardbound "South with Endurance - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-17" (Penguin Books, 2001), lavishly illustrated featuring the photographs of Frank Hurley, 320pp, hardbound; "Shackleton & the Antarctic Explorers" by Gavin Mortimer (Carlton Books, 1999), 128pp, hardbound; also "Mawson A Life" by Tim Bowden (2003), 321pp soft bound. (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 785 BALANCE OF AN AUSTRALIAN COMIC COLLECTION: diverse array of earlier issues comprising "Adventure Comics - featuring Superboy" Nos 3 & 4, "Archie" No.2, "Archie's Pal Jughead" No.2, "Blackhawk" No.12, "Buck Rogers" No.171, "Captain Atom" No.21, "Captain Triumph" Nos 12 & 15, "Cometman" Nos 23 & 24, "Congo Bill" Nos 4 & 5, "Hurricane Comic" Nos 6 & 11, "Jet Fury" No.29, "Jungle Comic" No.4, "Mandrake - The Magician" two unnumbered issues (large format), View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 786 COMICS - AUSTRALIAN NUMBER '1' ISSUES: selection of First Issues comprising "Buccaneers", "Congo Bill", "Dick Tracy", "G-Man", "Jumbo Comic", "Ken Shannon - Private Eye", "Outlaws", "Roundup", "Supa Dupa Man", "Taxi O'Hara" and "Yarmak - Jungle King" (plus issues #2 & 5); all are priced at 6d or 8d, c.1950s; generally good or above-average condition. Desirable group. (13) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 787 COMICS (AUSTRALIAN) - DETECTIVE/CRIME TITLES: selection with "Cole Steele" No.2, "Corrigan Secret Agent" No.15, "Famous Yank Police Comics" No.17, "Grey Domino" No.8, "Kerry Drake Detective" No.25, "Manhunter" Nos 31, 34, 39 & 43, "Red Finnegan" No.2, "Rip Kirby" No.7, "The Shadow" No.20, "Speck Ryan" No.5, "Steve Roper - American Crime Reporter" No.16; Also "Johnny Hazard - America's Super-Ace Pilot" Nos 2 to 7; all are priced at 6d or 8d, c.1950s; generally good or above-average condition. View details Estimate$180 - $240Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 788 COMICS (AUSTRALIAN) - FEATURING FEMALE HEROES: Selection comprising "Belinda - The Girl Film Star" No.3, "Black Cat" No.2, "Brenda Starr" Nos 4, 6, 7, & 8, "Cowgirl" Nos 1 to 7, "Rangers Comic - featuring Firehair" issues Nos 7 & 13 and "Firehair Comic" No.1, "Fight Comics - featuring Tiger Girl" No.3, and "Jane" No. 2; all are priced at 6d or 8d, c.1950s; generally good or above-average condition. (18) View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 789 COMICS (AUSTRALIAN) - "WESTERN" THEMED: Group comprising "Adventure Comics" No 6, 8, 10 & 17, "Ben Barbary Bushranger" No.4, "Hopalong Cassidy" No.5, "Indians" No.5, "Kit Carson" No.16, "Northwest Mounties" No.7, "Phantom Ranger" Nos 14 & 27, "Rocky Lane" No.26, "Roy Rogers" Nos 2, 32, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51 & 57, "Straight Arrow" No.15, "Western" No.2 & "Western Hero" Nos 4 & 5; all are priced at 6d or 8d, c.1950s; generally good or above-average condition. (24) View details Estimate$180 - $240Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 790 COMICS - BATMAN (Australian Issue): complete run of issues #1 to 34 plus issue #49, priced at 6d (issues 1-10) or 8d (from issue #11 onwards), generally well above-average condition, published by Colour Comics Pty Ltd /K.G. Murray Publishing Co (Sydney). (35) View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 791 COMICS - SUPERBOY (Australian Issue): bundle of earlier issues comprising #7, 9-10, 12-23, 25-29, 33-44, 47-48, 50-51, foxing on earlier issues, nonetheless presentable condition overall, K.G. Murray Publishing Co (Sydney). (35) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 792 COMICS - SUPERMAN (Australian Issue): bundle of earlier issues comprising #22-23, 27-29, 36-43, 45-58, 60-68, priced at 6d or 8d (from issue #46), condition variable, but generally most presentable, published by Colour Comics Pty Ltd /K.G. Murray Publishing Co (Sydney). (36) View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 793 COMICS - SUPER ADVENTURE COMIC (Australian Issue): bundle of early issues comprising #1, 4-5, 8-15, 18-24, 27-28, 30-32, 35, 42 & 79; all front covers feature Superman and Batman, and often Superboy and/or Robin too, priced at 6d or 8d (from issue #11); some foxing early issues, overall above-average condition. (26) View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$2,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 794 POSTCARDS: 1900s-50s Melbourne selection incl. real photo, and animated scenes, others of Ormonde College, Princess Theatre, Prince's Court, Exhibition Buildings & Government House, photographers incl. Robert Jolley; condition variable. (60 approx) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 795 POSTCARDS: 1900s-50s mostly Melbourne & Regional Victoria selection with Melbourne street scenes, others of Ballarat, Bendigo & Werribee Gorge, etc; some real-photo cards noted; condition variable. (50 approx) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 796 POSTCARDS: 1900-50 selection with Sydney & NSW views including coloured real-photo of Macquarie Lighthouse, Mosman's Bay & 'Suspension Bridge', quite a few actress types used in Tasmania, plus greeting types and some foreign cards incl. New Zealand & Singapore; mixed condition. (75) View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 797 CIGARETTE CARDS: 1910s-20s assortment with themes noted including Sniders & Abrahams 'Butterflies & Moths' (90+); real-photo world views, birds & wildlife, medals & crests; duplication throughout, condition variable. (few 100s). View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 798 1950s-80s array of Australian, British and European cards; also 1937 HMSO (London) Royal Botanic Gardens booklet with 12 coloured views, and ship menus including 1937 for S.S. Nieuw Holland (3) and 1956 P&O "The Retired Pirate" set of 12 children's menus. (Qty) View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...67891011...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
