Australian & Historical (#491) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalogue Advanced search ▼ Items per page 102550100100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsDefaultDefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the aboveANY of the aboveANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next View Lot 955 TOURIST GUIDES & SOUVENIRS: including "Picturesque Launceston (Tasmania) & Surroundings..." (circa 1910 by Spurling & Son), "Official Illustrated Guide to Taronga Park Zoo and Aquarium" (circa 1940), "See Australia First - Canberra", "The Australian Scene - Number Four" [A.N.P.A., 1951] plus other items. (approx. 20). View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 956 AUSTRALIAN INTEREST: A shelf of books including "On the Barrier Reef" by Napier (1934); "History of the Australian Bushrangers" by Boxsll (1935); "Australia My Country" by Barrett (1941); "Australian Nature Stories" by Monro (1944); "Under the Southern Cross" by Rabling & Hamilton (1961); "Australian Painters" by Gleeson (1977), etc. (13 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 958 [NEW SOUTH WALES - ELECTORAL HISTORY] "Lists of Electors for that Portion of the Electoral District of the CUMBERLAND BOROUGHS being the Borough of PENRITH in the Police District of Penrith for the years 1857 & 1858" each page bearing a hand-stamped oval "POLICE OFFICER PENRITH" and signed by the Senior Magistrate, Robert Copland Lethbridge. A manuscript listing over eight large format pages of all those males eligible to vote. There are 105 individuals named. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 959 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS:1858 Legislative Council Report titled "Proceedings of H.M.S. "Iris" (at Tanna and Woodlark Island.) from Captain William Loring to SIr William Denison, the Governor General, "With reference to the murder of the master and two of the crew of the schooner "Anne and Jane", on the Island of Tanna.....and also with reference to the massacre of the crew of the "Gazelle" at Woodlark Island.....detailing the destruction of native property and crops in retribution.. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 960 "A Grand Shakspearean Fete by the members of the Melbourne Garrick Club, in aid of the Statue Fund, on Friday, April 22nd, 1864", featuring "The Induction to The Taming of the Shrew" and the "Merchant of Venice" in 5 Acts. Two example, one on pink and one on pale blue silk, both approx. 49 x 33cm. (2). Printed by W.H. Williams, Printer, 23 Little Bourke St., East. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 961 AUSTRALIA: A diverse group of books including "Australia; A Popular Account...." by George French Angas [1865]; "Australie : Voyage Autour du Monde..." by De Beauvoir [Paris, 1870]; "The Search for the Golden Boomerang" by Bingham [1941]; "Old Tasmanian Prints" by Craig [1964]; "Old Richmond" by Stirling [1979]; "Australian Country Furniture" by Hooper [1988]; "A guide to collecting Australiana" by Hooper [1990]. (7 vols.) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot 962 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: "Report of the Trustees of the Australian Museum for the year ending...." 1864, 1876, 1878, 1882, 1889, 1890, and 1891. Some fascinating and sometimes shocking reading. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot 963 [MELBOURNE GARRICK CLUB] Dramatic Performance in aid of...a Memorial to the late Mr. G.V. Brooke, Monday Evening, May 7, 1866 at the Melbourne Carrick Club, "The Poor Gentleman" souvenir broadside in original silk with fine lace border, approx. 46 x 34cm Printed by W.H. Williams, Printer, 23 Post Office Place, Melbourne. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 964 NEWSPAPERS, a small quantity including HOBART TOWN GAZETTE, (9 ITEMS) View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 965 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: "Despatch and Correspondence respecting the DEPORTATION OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies" 219pp. Describes the consequences and practice of carrying away Pacific Island natives for the purpose of labouring against their will in the British Colonies. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 966 "THE PICTURESQUE ATLAS OF AUSTRALASIA" Three volumes in full Morocco with embossed gilt lettering to the spines View details Quantity3Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 967 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS:"Labour Trade in the Western Pacific", 36pp. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 968 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: 1890 Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888. Report of the President of the New South Wales Commission, 28pp + blue covers. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 969 NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: 1894 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Report of the President of the New South Wales Commission, 69pp + blue covers. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 970 NEW SOUTH WALES THROUGH THE CAMERA, printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Her Majesty's Printers [Lon. Syd. Melb. 1897], with 36 photographic views bound in original red cloth boards with embossed gilt lettering View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 971 SQUIZZY TAYLOR INTEREST, fascinating album with numerous photographs and ephemera including mug shot. Inspection will reward. Note: From the estate of TOM CLUGSTON, the renown Melbourne police detective. View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 972 TRADE CATALOGUES & PROMOTIONAL PUBLICATIONS: "Hartwell & Co. Manufacturers and Importers of Toilet, Household & Useful Articles, Medical Preparations, etc..." catalogue [St. Kilda Street, Elwood], circa 1900; Hodgins Nurseries "Bulbs 1930" [Essendon]; "Shell Motorists' Index" (1931); Hodgins Nurseries "A Handbook of Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants" 114pp + b&w and colour plates (1935); "How to travel at home & abroad" by W. Lawson (1939); "From Vine to Wine by an Orlando Grape" , etc. (7) View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 973 THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN: antique sterling silver full hunter pocket watch on silver fob chain, engraved "Presented To Mr. R.A. WATTS Chief Officer Of The SOUTH AUSTRALIAN By The Saloon Passengers As A Mark Of Esteem. Adelaide, 1873". Together with a PORT OF ADELAIDE scrap album of predominantly newspaper clippings and journal supplements, early 20th century. A fascinating insight to comings and goings of the port housed in a 19th century half morocco ledger book, (2 items). 33.5 x 20.5cm View details Quantity2Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 974 "UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS :with 13 photogravure plates interspersed with poetry on the themes of Christmas, New Year, memories and friendship. The images include "Frankston", "Swanston Street", "Sorrento", "Members of Australian Bushmen's Contingent", "A Mining Township, Victoria", "Aborigines' Mia Mia", etc. Published by Robert Jolley, Melbourne; printed by W. Attkins, Melbourne. With the Compliments of the Season" 24-pages + cover, View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 975 OPENING OF PARLIAMENT invitation dated 9th May, Melbourne. Together with a small assortment of documents and ephemera, 18th, 19th and 20th century. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 976 "The Little Black Princess" by Gunn [1906]; "Australian Plants suitable for Gardens, Parks, Timber Reserves, etc." by Guilfoyle [1911]; "Some Myths & Legends of the Australian Aborigines" by Thomas [1923]; "The Art of Rupert Bunny" by Turnbull and Buesst [1947]; "Paintings of S.T. Gill" by Dutton; signed [1962]; and, "Maori Moths" by Wells & Kaula (1930s). Total: 6 vols. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 977 "A Catalogue of an Exhibition of pictures by Arthur Streeton prior to his return to Europe" [Melbourne, 1907]; "Arthur Streeton Memorial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria" [Melbourne, 1944]; "Frederick McCubbin Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria" [Melb. 1955]; plus several other items. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 978 C.J. DENNIS"The Moods of Ginger Mick" 1916 and 1919 editions; "Digger Smith" 1918 edition; all with original green cloth hardcovers; also, a presentation binding of "Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon" [E.W. Cole, 1912] and "Mo's Memoirs" by Roy Rene [Melb. 1945]. (5 items) Mixed condition. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 979 ALBERT W. ANDERSON (ed.) War on Drink, the National Foe: A Compendium of Valuable Information on Present-day Efforts to Combat the Liquor Traffic. [Signs Publishing Company, Warburton,] 1916; 56 pages; soft cover. Only one other example recorded: State Library, Victoria. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 980 SHEET MUSIC collection of twenty Australian themed examples, many with colour lithographed fronts including examples by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Dr. J. Laurence Rentoul and numerous war time examples. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 981 PEN DRAWINGS, NORMAN LINDSAY, limited edition 239/500, [Syd. 1924], hardcover, with 12 tipped in lithograph plates, spine and boards in poor condition with foxing and toning throughout, however plates all in good to very good condition, View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 982 "PALS", two volumes containing multiple editions (1923 and 1924) View details Quantity2Estimate$60 - $100StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 983 TRADE CATALOGUES: H.V. McKay "Sunshine Header Harvester" instruction book and packing slip 1924; John Danks & Son "A Catalog of Domestic Hardware" circa 1925; Chevrolet/General Motors Holden "Active and Protective Parts Price List" 1931 and "Instructions for the Operation and care of Chevrolet Motor Cars - Superior Model Series V 1926; Melbourne Iron and Steel Mills 1936; McPherson's "Handbook of Australian Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Screws....." 1941. (6 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 984 GARDENING & HORTICULTURE: "Victorian Orchids" by Dickins (1929); "Cole's Australasian Gardening and Domestic Floriculture" by W. Elliott (1929); "Victorian Ferns" by Bond & Barrett (1934) and a large bound volume of "Good Gardening" monthly magazines between 1937 and 1939. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 985 AUTOGRAPHED BY CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH: "The Old Bus", [Herald Press, Melbourne] 1932, 224pp + photo plates; decorated blue hard-cover; signed and endorsed " C. Bruce Andrews Esq. with best wishes CKingsfordSmith 4.11.32", View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 986 AUCTION CATALOGUES: A nice range including the Edge Partington collection (1934) hardcover; the Clive Turnbull Australiana Collection (1981), various Leonard Joel Australiana catalogues 1988-92, Australian Art Pottery 1890 - 1960 by Joels (1990), a good range of Tasmanian Australiana auction catalogues, Christies Australian Pictures, Sculpture and Pottery, July 1990, plus others. (Total: 28 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 987 EPHEMERAL PUBLICATIONS including 1936 Melbourne Street Directory; 1944 Victorian Telephone Directory (for Bairnsdale, Sale, Yarram, Mornington Districts); "Up North - Australia Above Carpentaria" by Charles Barrett 1943; "Forging Ahead - City of Footscray, Shire of Braybrook" (1947); plus several other items, (14). View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot 988 HANS HEYSEN (1877 - 1968) full signature on a one-page letter, dated "Jan.22nd, Hahndorf" (circa 1940) to a "Miss Fern" advising that he had just sent her three watercolours which he hopes "may fall in with your client's wishes". He also advises that "There are two White Gum subjects - watercolours which really belong to a much earlier date - somewhere round about 1920 - but both have only just been completed." A fascinating document entirely in the artist's own hand. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 989 AUCTION & SALE CATALOGUES: 1953-69 including March 1953 The Keith Murdoch Collection of Antiques; 1956 The Arthur Bloomfield Antique Collection; 1959 The Malcolm Walker Collection; 1960 The W.R. Sedon Collection of Australian Paintings; 1962 The Norman Schureck Collection of Valuable Pictures; plus 3 others. (8 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 990 AUSTRALIAN INTEREST: A shelf of books including "Flight to Formosa" by Clune [signed, 1958], "The Snowy Mountains Story" [1961], "Aboriginal Bark Paintings" by Edwards & Guerin [signed, 1969], "Triumph of the Nomads - A History of Ancient Australia" by Blainey [1975], "Norman Lindsay The Embattled Olympian" by Hetherington [1976], "Six Prime Ministers" by Downer [signed, 1982], "Seeking the Centre - The Australian Desert..." by Haynes [1998], "Charles Conder the last bohemian" by Galbally etc. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 991 AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION: A group of books including "The Journal of Abel Jansz Tasman" L/E 500, edited by Kenihan [Adelaide, 1965], "I see no end to travelling" by Millar [1986], "Thomas Baines and the North Australian Expedition" by Braddon [1986], "European Vision and the South Pacific" by Smith [1989], and several others. (7). View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 992 AUSTRALIAN ART: A small collection of books including "Renniks Australian Artists" by Kroeger [1968]; "Present Day Art in Australia" by Horton [1969]; "Australian Painting Today" by Pringle [1969]; "A Century of Australian Women Artists 1840s-1940s" by Hammond [1993], plus several others incl. "London Furniture Makers" by Heal [1953]. (Total: 12). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 993 A collection of mainly Australian publicity photo cards for radio, television and film personalities, mainly 1950s - 80s. Of those with original signatures we note a very early Olivia Newton-John (issued by HSV Melbourne), Evie Hayes and Mary Hardy. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 994 NORMAN LINDSAY: Two exhibition catalogues: "Norman Lindsay : Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition from the University of Melbourne Collection" [1979] and "Norman Lindsay and his nudes : A Monash Gallery of Art Travelling Exhibition" [2000]. (2 items). View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 995 Joanna MENDELSSOHN, The Life and Work of Sydney Long, (deluxe edition), [Sydney : Copperfield Publishing, 1979] Folio, bound in full leather, gilt lettering, 284pp; limited to 275 signed copies of which this is #134. Subscription price was $375. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 996 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN INTEREST: A shelf of books from the Bonython Family Library, including "Lake Eyre, South Australia : The Great Flooding of 1949-50" [with dedication, 1955], "History of the families of Bonython of Bonython and Bonython of Carclew...." by Eric Glenie Bonython [1966 Printed for private distribution], "A History of St.Mark's College..." by Grenfell Price [signed, 1967], "The Wakefield : Its Water and Its Wealth" by Moyle [signed, 1975], etc.... View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 997 AUSTRALIA - National Heritage & National Estate: Including "The Preservation of the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port" [May 1974],"Report of the National Estate" [1974], "Wild Places of Australia" by Pearce, Durrant and Parv [1983], "Tourists and the National Estate" by Gale & Jacobs [1987]; and several others. (7 items). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 998 AUSTRALIA: Environment & Conservation: A range including "The Astonished Earth" by Kempe [1958], "Australia: World of Difference - The Australian Transition" by Bechervaise [signed, 1967], "Off-Road Vehicles Impact on the Australian Environment" [1977], "Let the Earth Live" by McLaren [1982, signed], "Ancient Australian Landscapes" by Twidale [signed, 2007], plus several other books, reports and pamphlets. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 999 "EARLY COLONIAL FURNITURE IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND" By Clifford Craig, Kevin Fahy And Graeme Robertson. [Melbourne, 1980], with original pictorial dust jacket. Good firm copy. View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1000 HAROLD PAYNTING & MALCOLM GRANT, Wheels in Victoria 18924 - 1984, signed limited edition #1111/4000 in original slipcase. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1001 SOTHEBY'S AUSTRALIA 1984 - 2010 auction catalogues, including 1984 "Early Australian Colonial Books and Paintings", 1989 "Important Australian Colonial Furniture and Works of Art, Moss Vale", 1993 "The Lord McAlpine Collection of Australian Furniture", 1994 "The Dr Clifford Craig Collection", 1995 "The Peter Thiessen Collection, Hobart", 1996 "The Kurt Albrecht Collection of Australian Silver, Gold and Jewellery", 2002 "The Collection of Dr Kenneth Neale and Others" plus several others. (12) View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1002 "NINETEENTH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE", by Fahy, Simpson and Simpson [Syd. 1985] limited edition of 2000 copies, with dust jacket (faded on spine), black cloth boards with gilt title. Good firm copy. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1003 HAROLD PAYNTING & MALCOLM GRANT, Victoria Illustrated 1834 - 1984, limited edition #3776/6000 in original slipcase. also, 2 small antique English books. (3 items). View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusCLOSED! Lot 1004 AUSTRALIAN QUILT HERITAGE. Two publications by Dr. Annette Gero, both rare and out of print View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1005 LIN BLOOMFIELD, The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay,[Sydney : Odana Editions & Josef Lebovic, 1998], Large 4to. 480pp. with numerous monochrome illustrations. Original full burgundy leather in publisher's slipcase. Limited signed de luxe edition of being 299/550 copies (500 for sale). Includes a hand-numbered facsimile limited edition of The Artist etching by Lindsay, with blindstamp, as well as a Certificate of Authenticity for the etching, signed by Lin Bloomfield and a Lindsay. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1006 Two Melbourne prints, "ALBERT PARK LAGOON", and "ST. KILDA FROM KENNY'S BATH", 24 x 48cm and 31 x 35cm each overall View details Quantity2Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100100 Previous|1|Next Previous 11 Next Previous 11 Next
