View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-32 of 32. Previous|1|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 254 FRENCH HISTORICAL INTEREST: A financial contract written on vellum dated October 24th 1648, detailing an annuity of 17 French pounds to be paid to royal accountant Jean Jurain in the city of Dijon, with official stamp of the government of Dijon and later 1692 additional note indicating the cessation of the arrangement. (39 x 26.5cm) Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 255 FRENCH HISTORICAL INTEREST: A military missive addressed to Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons and Prince of Savoy, dated June 25th 1682, sent from a cousin residing in Landes, southern France. Forced to pursue a military career due to his family’s poor fortunes, Louis Thomas was later dismissed from the French army when his wife refused the romantic attentions of King Louis XIV. (25 x 37cm) Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 256 ALEXANDER MCLEAY, COLONIAL SECRETARY, April 1829 A printed document, titled "SMALL GRANT" signed by "Alex Mcleay" and headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 22nd April, 1831 and addressed to John Francis Evan, confirms that Evan's request of the Governor for "Sixty Acres of Land" has been agreed to "in the County of Cook, Parish unnamed, at Kurrajong: bounded on the West by Smith's and Nash's Farms." The details of the Crown's retained rights over water, creeks, mines of gold, silver & coal. Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 257 ELIZABETH DAVIS, LEFT A PAUPER FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S CONVICTION March 18th, 1844 printed form from The Guardians of the Poor of the Atherstone Union, about the cost of keeping Elizabeth Davis, a pauper from Tamworth. Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold View details 258 Charles KNIGHT (ed.), "Old England : A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities", complete in 2 vols., [London : Charles Knight and Co., 1845], folio; 1st ed., contemporary half-leather. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 259 VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS: An October 1885 "GOLD-FIELDS RESIDENCE AND CULTIVATION LICENCE" for 20 acres in the Parish of Koorch in the County of Gladstone, to be leased to DONALD STEWART of Avoca for £2 per annum. Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 260 The Last Will & Testament of Thomas Falkinder of Ashley Swamp in the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, who died in September 1889. An impressive vellum document with multiple duty stamps affixed, a hand-drawn map of Falkinder's property and duly signed. Falkinder states that his wife, Charlotte, is to have "the use of the...estate for the benefit of [his] children so long as she shall remain my widow and live a respectable life...". Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 261 HORATIO GORDON ROBLEY (England, New Zealand, 1840 - 1930), A carving Auckland Museum, Maoris raising fire by friction, monochrome, watercolour and wash on a blank postcard, signed "G. Robley" at lower right, 9 x14cm. Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 262 HORATIO GORDON ROBLEY (England, New Zealand, 1840 - 1930), A group of three illustrated but unsigned cards, one depicting a kiwi carving and two depicting a Maori couple with facial tattoos, one card amusingly titled "Darby & Joan"; monochrome, watercolour and wash on a blank postcards, each 8.5 x14cm. (3). 3 Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold View details 263 ANTIQUES: Various reference books in mixed condition. Noted subjects including old pewter, the "sad-iron", American antiques, etc. (5 vols.). Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 264 A shelf of books by or about Professor Griffith Taylor. Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880 – 1963) was an English-born geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. He was a survivor of Captain Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica (1910–1913). Condition ReportItems are in mixed, but overall good condition. Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 265 "MANUSCRIPTS : A Miscellany of Art and Letters No.7" [November 1933, The Hassell Press, Adelaide]; 88pp, featuring several bookplates by Adrian Feint and two woodcuts by MARGARET PRESTON ("Australian Rock Lily" at p.15; and "Chorozema" at p.22), neither of which are known elsewhere. With original black wrappers (defects). Condition ReportDamage to the cover, as evident in the images, with tears and loss to the front cover. The covers are partially separated from the spine. The pages however are in very good condition with no signs of foxing or tears. Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 266 Robert Henderson CROLL (1869 - 1947), Wide Horizons - Wanderings in Central Australia, [Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1937, 1st ed.], original green cloth; dedicated "To C.C. [Charles Croll] with the regards of his brother, who wrote the book, R.H. Croll. Camberwell, 25.9.37"; together with a bible and a book on the Ten Commandments, both with Croll family associations. (3 vols.) Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 267 NOEL JACK COUNIHAN (1913-1986) Table Talk, ink on card, signed and dated lower centre: Noel Counihan / 38, inscribed verso: Noel Counihan / C/o "Table Talk" - Herald Bldg / Flinders St C.1, 38 x 25 cm Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 268 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). Estimate$80 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 269 AVIATION: A complete album of 200 photographic cards published for Paicos Cigarettes & the Berlin Tobacco Factory [1953]; the aeroplanes featured are military and civil aircraft of the world. Condition ReportIn very good condition, tape residue evident to the inside covers which has transferred to the title page as well. All images in remarkably good condition. Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 270 ENGLAND: "Collectors' Items from the Saturday Book" 1955; "Heraldic Design" by Child, 1966; "The Architecture of Southern England" by Norwich, 1985, plus others, all h/cover. (8 vols.). Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$10StatusSold View details 271 ION IDRIESS: typed and manuscript notes for radio interviews, circa 1956 (he refers to his forthcoming book "The Silver City" which was published in 1956). Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 272 Hallström, Gustaf (1880 - 1962), Monumental Art of Northern Sweden from the Stone Age, [Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell] 1960, the text and illustrations volume only. Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 273 "MOTOR SPORT IN AUSTRALIA 1960" five shilling publication, Victorian Railways "COUNTRY LINES SERVICES Passenger Time Table" circa 1935, and two vintage "BROADBENT'S" road guides, (4 items) Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 274 20th CENTURY FICTION; all with dust-jackets: "The Island of Sheep" by John Buchan [1936]; "The House of Crystal" by Hans Kades [1957]; "The Young Lions" by Irwin Shaw [1958]; "Move over Mountain" by John Ehle [1958]; "The Best of Gerald Kersh" [1960]; "The Harm is Done" by Jean Forton [1961]; "Ulysses" by James Joyce [1967, with double jacket]; "Burr - A Novel" by Gore Vidal [1974]; "A Fringe of Leaves" by Patrick White [1976] and "First Light" by Peter Ackroyd [1989]. (10 vols.). Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$10StatusSold View details 275 VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - Ticket Checkers' Manual, 1961 edition; a thick volume illustrating in colour every type of VR ticket, permit, metal pass, etc. Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 276 SIGNED BOOKS: "The Eric Thake Picture Book" by Elizabeth Summons [1978], 82/1000 signed by the artist; "Historic Sydney - The Founding of Australia" by Susanna de Vries [1983], cased & signed limited edition 5/60; "Queensland Wildflowers - A selection by Kathleen McArthur", signed by the artist. (3 volumes; all with dustjackets). Condition ReportNo signs of damage or foxing or tears to the books. The dust covers with minor tears or damage to the extremities all present well. Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 277 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. Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 278 INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF NAZI WAR CRIMES: six volumes of documents, published between 1991 and 1996, compiled by the Institute's director Tuviah Freedman. (6) Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$10StatusSold View details 279 HARRY PLUNKETT GREENE, Where the Bright Waters Meet, [Devon : The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 1999], #427 of 950, blue leather binding in blue slipcase. Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$5StatusSold View details 280 Assorted antique and vintage Australian posters; together with an 1899 "Australasian Federal Referendum" certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, colour lithograph (poor condition), (4 items). Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 281 THE AUSTRALIAN OPERA Government issue commemorative record and accompanying booklet in original slip case of issue with facsimile signature of Gough Whitlam, circa 1970s Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 282 Four assorted books comprising "Dutch Masters", "The Making of a Sentimental Bloke", "Colección Sonnabend" and "David Copperfiled" (4 items) Estimate$40 - $80Price Realized$10StatusSold View details 283 Nine assorted books, mostly Australian themes, including "The History of Prahran", "Seven Colonies of Australasia", "The Merino", "The Old Bus", "The Story of the Anzacs", "Australia in the Great War", "Hand Book of Destructive Insects of Victoria", "High Latitude" and "The Father of Protection in Australia". 9 Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 284 RICHARD NIXON pen signature on name card (with Chaucer Covers CofA); GEORGE BUSH felt-tip signature on piece; DESMOND TUTU signed and dated (faded) below a photograph, "God bless you, Desmond Tutu, Dec. 2006". (3 items). Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 285 BRUNO WALTER (1876-1962), German composer, strong signature on single page note written in Amsterdam and dated 17/10/1936, attractively framed and mounted for display, 31 x 37cm overall Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next
