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Printed & Written Material — Sotheby's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 15 |
| Lots with images: | 15 |
| Prices available: | 15 |
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Printed & Written Material
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| *** | An Illuminated Address to Ambrose Kyte, 1862 (Address to Ambrose Kyte, Est. M.P, from the Victorian Exploiring Committee Presented to Ambrose Kyte, 1862 The opening chapter of Burke and Wills: from Melbourne to Myth, Tim Bonyhady's definitive cultural… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Darwin, On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, John Murray, London, 1859, octavo, folding lithographed diagram, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1859, bound… | *** |  |
| *** | The earliest known surviving manuscript for The Thorn birds, (published 1977) and associated material, comprising two maroon document boxes inscribed 'Colleen McCullough' in gold embossed lettering and a plain white document box, the first containing an… | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Southey, 1774-1843, The Life of Nelson, Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Board of Longitude, Albemarle Street, London, 1828, 4 vols, red morocco with gilt covers, marbled end papers, Illustrated with 13 letters and documents, 94… | *** |  |
| *** | Joseph Lycett, circa 1775-1828, Views in Australia, or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. London: J. Souter, 1824, first edition, oblong folio, lithographed pictorial title and 48 finely hand coloured aquatint plates after drawings by Lycett, 2… | *** |  |
| *** | Hall and Company. Sydney 1932, Sydney 1932. varnish and pencil on silver gelatin photograph on board. 100 x 272.5 cm. Accompanied by a letter from Russell Crowe stating his ownership. Provenance: Mr Russell Crowe, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of early first drafts and associated notes for Colleen McCullough's first novel, Tim, (published 1974), each draft with the original title not the full Quid, comprising a document box containing one incomplete draft - pages 2-274 - and 74… | *** |  |
| *** | Colleen McCullough's original pencil portraits and hand-drawn and printed maps from the historical fiction series, The Masters of Rome (published between 1990-2007), comprising 85 pencil portraits depicting figures from Roman history, together with 86… | *** |  |
| *** | An extensive archive of surviving unpublished short stories and poetry by Colleen McCullough, comprising three document boxes containing approximately 424 poems and 16 short stories, including duplicates, drafts and revisions, the earliest work dated for… | *** |  |
| *** | Seven volumes on the Kings and Queens of England, (7), Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria, Boussod Valadon & Co, 1897, folio, tooled red leather presentation binding, inset with letter of presentation, coloured frontispiece, black and white illustrations… | *** |  |
| *** | Jane Austen 1775-1817 'Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes', (3), second Edition, for T. Egerton 1813, 12mo, three volumes, original white paper spines over blue boards, original printed paper labels, (3), each 18 x 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 18ct gold necklace, Michalis, circa 1990, the articulated collar modelled as a laurel wreath, gross weight approximately 73.82 grams, internal circumference approximately 420 mm, maker's mark for Michalis, Athens, accompanied by a fitted box for Michalis,… | *** |  |
| *** | Chart of The River Tamar, Van Diemen's Land: corrected from the Best Authorities, D. Allan Lithog., 1833, an Admiralty chart depicting views of Northern Tasmania at the entrance to the Tamar River, 41.5 x 53 cm. Provenance. George Meara (1785-1858).… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Dickens 'The pickwick papers', the posthumous papers of the Pickwick club with forty three illustrations, by R. Seymour and PhizLondon Chapman & Hall, 186 strand Mdccc x vii London Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars;. Provenance: This book… | *** |  |
| *** | Keramic Art of Japan Audsley, George A., James L. Bowes, two leather bound volumes, quarto, original gold-stamped red leather and spine, David Marples, Lord Street, Liverpool, printer originally published in 1875, this was the first major work in English… | *** |  |