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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:522
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:330
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:317
Date:1-Feb-2012
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c1930 Amalgamated Press 'The Champion Portfolio of Sport' containing eight folders-Speedway Favourites, Sportsmen of the Screen, Speed Demons, Test Match Record Breakers (incl Bradman), Soccer’s Wily Wizards, Fighting Furies of the Boxing Ring, World Record Chasers (includes Malcolm Campbell) & Champions of the Empire. G/Vg
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1949 Victorian Nut Supplies (Australia) 'Caricatures of Australian Sportsmen by Bob Mirams', part set, comprising 3.Dick Reynolds ( x2) & 8.Joe Louis ( x4). Fair/Vg. Rare. (Total 6)
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Australia: c1778-1950 Collection (6 maps), noted 'Isle Norfolk' from Cook’s Voyages [London, 1778]; 'Carte de L’Oceanie' by Andriveau Goujou [Paris, 1832]; 'New South Wales' by Sduk [London, 1833]; 'New Zealand/The Settled Portion of Western Australia/Van Diemens Land' by W.Hughes [Edinburgh, c1850]. (6 items)
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Great Britain: Berkshire: 'Bark Shire, by Robt Mordern' [London, c1722] hand-coloured, framed, overall 61 x 56 cm; plus 'A Modern Map of Berk-Shire' engraved by J.Ellis [London, c1766] framed, overall 38 x 34 cm. (2 items)
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'A New Improved Map of Hampshire' by Kitchin [London, 1751] (framed, 76 x 59 cm); plus print 'A Prospect of the City of London' (framed, 132 x 64 cm). (2 items)
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Pacific Islands: 'Carte De L’Oceanie, contenant L’Australie, La Polynesie et Les Iles Asiatiques' by Pierre Lapie [Paris, 1851], 55 x 39 cm; 'Fiji Islands' colour map published in The Picturesque Atlas [Sydney, 1888], overall 65 x 43 cm; 'The Philippine Islands' colour map from The Harmsworth Atlas [London, c1906], window mounted, overall 39 x 53 cm. (3 items)
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United States of America: 'United States-North America, According to Calvin, Smith & Tanner' in four sheets, by Swanston [Edinburgh, c1864]; plus 'British North America' in 3 sheets, by Fullarton [Edinburgh, c1864]; original coloured lithographs, each each 59 x 48 cm. Mainly fine condition. (7 items)
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World: Range of maps, noted 'South America' [British, c1830]; 'Turkey in Europe' [British, c1830]; 'States of the Germanic Confederation' by Hugh Johnson [Edinburgh, c1864]; 'Central Europe with the Railways' by Bartholomew [Edinburgh, c1864]; 'Channel Islands, Scilly Islands and Isle of Man' by Bartholomew [Edinburgh, c1864]; 'Islands of Japan' by Fullarton [Edinburgh, c1864]. Various sizes & condition. (22 items)
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Balance of Collection, noted John Gould lithograph 'Corcorax Leucopterus' (White-winged Chough) from ‘Birds of Australia’ (framed, 58 x 74 cm); hand-coloured engravings (3 framed & 1 mounted) including 1860 'The Paris Wine Market'; framed print of Sugar Glider; pair of Rita Hall wall hangings. (7 items)
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Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970, Australia, Britain): Hand-drawn cartoon of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ink on paper, signed by the artist lower right and dated '23', size 12 x 17 cm
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Hedley Fitton (1857-1929): 'Cardinal Beaufort’s Chantry, Winchester Cathedral' etching (1925), signed by artist lower right, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 57 x 75 cm
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Hedley Fitton (1857-1929): 'Porch of St.Magnus the Martyr' etching (1926), signed by artist lower right, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 44 x 57 cm
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Ernest Salter (1896-1974), 'Afternoon Shadows Beechworth', oil on board, image size 30 x 22 cm, signed lower right, framed. In very fine condition
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Alex Gurney (1902-55): Original artwork showing 'Bluey & Curley', done as a Get Well message for someone in Hospital, pencil on paper, signed by the artist at base, size 25 x 20 cm
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Eric Thake (1904-82, Australian): 'Gallery Director or This Way to Phar Lap', linocut signed, inscribed and dated 1954, size 15 x 21 cm
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Bryan Membrey (1934- ): 'High Society', gouache watercolour of Grace Kelly, signed 'Bryan Membrey '56' lower left, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 64 x 84 cm. From the artist's personal collection
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Sir Russel Drysdale (1912-1988) sterling silver Etchings, Franklin Mint 'Caretaker and his daughter, Whipple Creek' Limited Edition 80/1000 'Boys in a Landscape' 80/1000 'The Family' 54/1000 All with CoA on back plus information sheet Framed, glazed and signed in on plate (3 items)
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Bryan Membrey (1934- ): 'Masters of Music', watercolour, signed lower right, window mounted, overall 58 x 74 cm. (Shows Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, George Shearing, Billie Holliday, Duke Ellington & Tony Bennett). From the artist’s personal collection
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Bryan Membrey (1934- ): 'A Hundred Thousand Welcomes. Cead mila faailte. McKinnon Hotel', watercolour, signed lower right and dated 2008, window mounted, overall 43 x 37 cm. From the artist’s personal collection
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Family Group: c1870s-1980s photographs (c328) in 5 albums & loose, including carte-de-visites (28), nice photos of HMAS Psyche, HMAS Fantome & Mawson’s Rrs Discovery; also c1918-70s postcards (131); Lest We Forget ring, cuff-links & tie pin; 60th Anniv. End of World War II medallion
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Holy Land: c1880 albumen photographs, including photos by Bonfils (3) & Zangaki (2), noted Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Baalbek, Palmyra. Four photos affixed either side of two pages, other photos loose. (7 items)
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Egypt: c1880 albumen photographs, including photos by Zangaki (19), noted Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Cairo Citadel, Cairo from the Citadel, Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Thebes, Karnak, Port Said, Camels. Fourteen photos affixed either side of seven pages, other photos loose. (23 items)
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Malta: c1880 albumen photographs, including photos by H.Agius (11), noted Strada Ste Lucia, Strada Reale, Saluting Battery, St.John’s Church. Twelve photos affixed either side of six pages. (12 items)
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United Kingdom: c1880 albumen photographs in album, noted Westminster Abbey, Battle Abbey, Exeter Cathedral, Cornwall, Bristol Cathedral, York, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Edinburgh, Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Killiecrankie, Staffa, Kerrera, Stirling Castle, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, High Level and Swing Bridges Newcastle. (55 items)
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Australia: c1890 albumen photograph of Collins Street, Melbourne, by Spooner & Co, 379 Strand, London (21 x 14 cm); c1900 albumen photograph 'Pitt St Sydney from Exchange Looking S', by Henry King (20 x 15 cm); plus 'Veteran Gumtrees, Murray River, Australia', watercolour by Cranleigh Hope Barton (1890-1975), signed lower left, size 29 x 20 cm. (3 items)
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Arctic: c1905 Keystone stereo-cards, depicting 'Transportation over icy trails North of the Arctic Circle, Alaska' (dog sled), 'An Eskimo Family at Fort Magnesia, Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Island' & 'Floating Whale Station, Spitzbergen' (shows whale carcasses being towed behind factory ship). Scarce subjects. (3 items)
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France: Hand-coloured photographs 'Aux-les-Bains' & 'Nice et la Baie des Anger', each 58 x 25 cm (latter photo with faults to mount). (2 items)
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The Herald & Weekly Times: c1926 lantern slides (49) showing The Herald & Weekly Times and the production of newspapers, in wooden case. Produced by Gunn, Lantern Slide Maker, Melbourne. Condition varies, with 14 slides cracked. Wonderful archive. (49 items)
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Charles P. Mountford (1890-1976, Australian anthropologist and photographer): Three photographs-'The Roosting Tree, Oenpelli' & two different titled 'The Ghost Gum', all signed by Mountford and dated 1951-56, all framed. Together with a colour photograph of a rural scene (framed, 62 x 45 cm) endorsed 'S.E.Pratt' on reverse
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South Pacific Post (Png): Album 'Photographic Record of Goss Press Installation, South Pacific Post Pty Limited, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1972', with 46 photographs. Interesting archive showing construction of building and installation of press
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Pc 1888 advertising cards, one for 'Pain’s Siege of Sebastopol' with 350 Performers on Stage in Melbourne, with colour scene of the Crimean War battle; other for Auction of 'Pint Pot' Property in Whittlesea, with scene of girl holding bird. (2 items)
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Pc c1901-50 Postcard Album, noted World War I, World War II, humourous, Maori (3), Dana Gibson, Phil May (2), greeting types. Fair/Vg condition. (156 items)
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c1907 advertising tissue paper 'Carlton and United Breweries Propty, Ltd', showing four bottles-Carlton Ale, McCracken’s City Brewery Light Ale, Victoria Brewery Lagerbier & Victoria Brewery Bitter Ale, printed by Sands & McDougall, Melbourne, size 37 x 49 cm. Condition A
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1930s Health posters, mounted back-to-back on thin plywood-'Cleanliness Means Health', with artwork by Lionel Neate; 'Ugh, That Dirt Collecting Toy.., the Dummy, Banish It For Ever' with artwork by Moriarty; both issued by the Department of Public Health NSW, printed by Alfred James Kent, I.S.O., Government Printer, Sydney, NSW, lithographed in colours, overall 52 x 77 cm. Condition B/C
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1930s Health posters, mounted back-to-back on thin plywood-'Everything Is Nothing without Health', with artwork by Glen Schmidt; 'There Is No Greater Wealth Than Health' with artwork by E.Nangle (poor condition); both issued by the Department of Public Health NSW, printed by Alfred James Kent, I.S.O., Government Printer, Sydney, NSW, lithographed in colours, overall 52 x 77 cm. Condition B/C
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c1950s Taa travel poster 'Fly Taa the Friendly Way, Alice Springs Darwin', showing Aboriginal corroboree, and Vickers Viscount below, text continues 'Book Here for Wallaby Airconomy Tours to Australia', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, 60 x 96 cm. Condition A. Plus c1970 travel poster, 'New South Wales, Australia', showing 'The Three Sisters from Echo Point, Katoomba', published by New South Wales Department of Tourism, printed by W.F.Schey, Sydney, offset printed, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A-. (2…
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C1960s travel poster, 'make Melbourne Your Holiday City', artwork by Bob young showing horse-racing, dining and sight-seeing, published by the tourist Development Authority of Victoria, offset, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You At, the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November, Victoria/Australia', offset, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You At The Melbourne Cup, Victoria Australia', published by the Tourist Development Authority of Victoria, printed by A.C.Brooks Government Printer Melbourne, offset, size 63 x 101 cm. Condition A
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You At, the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', published by Victour-Victorian Government tourist bureau, offset, size 63 x 101 cm. Condition A
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You At The Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', published by the Tourist Development Authority of Victoria, printed by McLarens, Melbourne, offset, size 49 x 73 cm. Condition A
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November, Australia's Festival of Fashions, Flowers, Favourites. Book at Victour', artwork by Verity, published by the tourist Development Authrity of Victoria, printed by Nivens, Melbourne, offset, size 62 x 100 cm. Condition A-
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Boac travel poster, c1960s, 'Now via New York, San Francisco, Hawaii and Fiji, Boac', showing cattle droving scene within map of Australia, printed in Great Britain, 'No.49', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, 64 x 101 cm. Condition B (poster has been incorrectly mounted onto linen, leaving bend through middle)
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Melbourne Cup poster, c1960s, 'See You at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', artwork titled 'At the Distance' by Leonard Annois (1906-1966), published by the tourist Development Authrity of Victoria, offset, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A
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C1960s Melbourne Cup poster, 'See You at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', published by the Ministry of Tourism Victoria, printed by C.H.Rixon Government Printer Melbourne, offset, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A
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c1969 travel poster 'Fly Commuter Airlines. Melbourne, Sale, Bairnsdale, Mallacoota, Albury, Merimbula, Shepparton, Horsham, Warracknabeal, Swan Hill', showing passengers alighting from Piaggio P166B aircraft, offset printed, size 50 x 76 cm. Condition A
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Travel posters: c1970s travel posters, noted 'Australia/ Fly Qantas. Australia's Round-The-World Airline', showing Surfers Paradise, Sydney Cove and Ayer's rock (63 x 98 cm); 'Hawaii/ Fly Qantas. Australia's Round-The-World Airline' (63 x 98 cm); 'Hawaii-United Airlines' (51 x 71 cm); 'Qantas Airways-Tahiti' (37 x 49 cm); 'Uta-Moorea' (40 x 60 cm); 'Tahiti' (by office Developement du Tourisme de la Polynesie Francaise, 40 x 60 cm). Condition A. (6 items)
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C1972 Melbourne Cup poster, 'See You at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', published by the Ministry of Tourism Victoria, printed by C.H.Rixon Government Printer Melbourne, offset, size 63 x 99 cm. Condition A
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Qantas Posters, designs (9) by Christopher Vine c1990, including Australia, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide (faults), Canberra, The Top End, Gold Coast, Queensland Islands; also other posters including Vic Roads (7) & Rspca. (25 items)
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Trams-Route Number Indicator. A metal bracket, 305 x 220 mm, which houses two sets of numbers, 150 x 190 mm. Each set of numbers contains five dsics, double-sided, and each with an individual number on both sides so that the two sets together can show each route number from 00 to 99. Minor paint chipping but good condition
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Trams-Route Number Indicators. Three cloth rolls showing route numbers: 2 x 165 mm wide, white on black; 1 x 180 mm wide, black on yellow, includes some 'A' numbers. Also: two British rail destination boards, black on white plastic, both double sided, 463 x 165 mm. Code E28: Rugby Crewe Runcorn Liverpool (obverse); Crewe Nuneaton Rugby Watford London (reverse). Code E35: Preston Carlisle Dumfries Glasgow (obverse); Dumfries Carlisle Preston Crewe London (reverse). Also: 2 x framed Arhs 1970 prints of…
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Tramways route number box from a Melbourne 'W' Class tram. Complete with fittings, both winding mechanisms work well, painted in its original green. Box: 48 x 39 cm; whole unit: 48 x 85 x 23 cm. Very good condition.
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Trams-Brisbane-Builder’S Plate. 'Tramway Workshops / Bcc'. Rectangular, 130 x 114 mm, semi-circular to top & bottom. Unpainted metal. Good condition
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Trams-Brisbane-Builder’S Plate. 'Brisbane City Council / Tramway Workshops / Bcc / 1937'. Oval, 120 x 75 mm. Marked on back as being from tram 367. Painted cream. Minor chipping but very good condition
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Trams-Brisbane. Special bracketed signs for attachment to front of trams, wood, black on yellow. 2 x 'Exhibition' (singlesided); 1 x double sided: 'Special Fare 1/1' (obverse), 'Special Fare 1/5' (reverse). Chipping to corner of 'Special Fare' sign, others good condition. (3)
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Trams-Brisbane. 2 x advertising signs what would have waved from trams in the 1960s. 'City Loan Open'. One red & one blue, both double-sided. Both 395 x 330 mm, with wooden poles 910 mm long. Also: a standard 'Safety Zone' sign, single-sided, black on yellow, 455 mm diameter. (3)
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Trams-Sydney-Metal Indicator Signs attached to tram frames (including tram end indicators): 1) '1-L-2' (indicates the left-hand side of the tram, and which is the No.1 end, and the No.2 end); 2) '2-R-1' (the matching pair to the first sign); 3) 'D' (class of tram); 'W' (works tram-marked on back as being from tram no.1351). 1 & 2 = 136 x 50 x 4 mm, with both ends shaped as arrows to point to the specific end; 3 & 4 = 73 x 50 x 4 mm. Painted white on maroon, or white on black. Some paint chipping but no…
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Trams-Melbourne. The iconic sign: 'Warning-Do Not Stand in Doorway Or Lean Against Door', white on black metal, 230 x 40 mm. Excellent condition (does not appear to be repainted)
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Trams-Melbourne, the classic large tram stop sign: 'Cars Stop Here', black on white with red to top and base, semi-circular and 3D (designed to go around tram pole), 580 x 280 x 115 mm. minor chipping but very good condition. An excellent display piece
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Trams-Melbourne. The classic small tram stop sign: 'Hail Cars Here', black on white with red to top and base, fl at with right-angled protruberance which affixes onto pole, double-sided, 530 x 33 mm (with 530 x 20 mm protroberence). Minor chipping and staining but good condition
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Tram destination blind, Sydney. a typical spectacular looking Sydney blind in black, white, red & blue. appears to be Eastern Suburbs, including names well-known outside Sydney like Bondi. 510 mm width. Some staining but no scuffing. Also: a blind patch 'Bronte Beach' white on black with red base, 51 x 28.5 cm.
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Buses-Destination Blind-Hong Kong; A Spectacular-Looking Blind in black, white, blue & red; in English & Chinese. 58 cm wide. Blind also refers to ferry stops. Rubber-stamped by manufacturer: 'Norbury Brothers Limited. / Altringham, Cheshire / -- Jul 1967'. Some wear to the two sides, but still very good contdition
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Trams complete destination box with blind - From a Melbourne 'W' Class Tram. The winding mechanism on the box works well; electricals are complete, including two chords; 110 x 26 x 32 cm; original green paint. Contains an Essendon Depot Destination Blind. both box & blind are in good condition; the usual marks on the blind
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Books, noted 'The Model Locomotive Engineer, Fireman and Engine-Boy' by Reynolds [London, 1879]; 'Catechism of the Locomotive' by Forney [New York, 1881]; 'Electric Trains' by Hobart [London, 1910]; 'Railway Manual' by British Timkin Ltd [Birmingham, 1950]; 'Diesel Locomotives Electrical Equipment' by Draney [Chicago, 1944]. (26 items)
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Railway Books, noted 'The Science of Railways', Volumes 1, 111 & XI by Kirkman; 'The Railways of America' by Cooley [London, 1890]; 'The Beauties of Scotland. North British Railways Official Guide' [Edinburgh, 1909 Edition]; 'Articulated Locomotives' by Wiener; 'Railway Location' by Wellington [1911]; 'Principles of Railroad Transportation' by Johnson & Van Metre [1917]; 'Railroad Operation' by Cordeal [1924]. (46 items)
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UK Railway Books, noted 'Wannan’s Engine-Drivers’ Guide' [Melbourne, 1892]; 'The Locomotive of To-Day' [1900]; 'The Engineman’s Master Key' by Schnabel [Melbourne, 1907]; 'Locomotives os Sir Nigel Gresley' by Nock [1945]; 'Railway Vehicles of the 20th century-Railcars' by Maschinefabrik Augsburg [Nuremberg, 1953]; 'A Manual of Steam Locomotive Restoration and Preservation' by Harvey [1980]. (75 items)
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Large Railway lantern, c1900, original in every respect. Original clear glass lens unbroken, small clear glass on reverse broken.40 cm tall, 25 cm wide. Some dents and paint missing. Must view
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Locomotive Manuals & Books, noted 'The Steam Engine Problem' by Barraclough [Sydney, 1900]; 'Forney’s Catechism of the Locomotive' Parts I & II [New York, 1911]; 'The Diesel Engine' by Wells & Wallis-Tayler [London, 1924]; 'Diesel Engineering Handbook' by Morrison [New York, 1935]; 'Guide for the Boiler Attendant’s and Engine Driver’s Certificates' by King [Melbourne, 1966]; various locomotive operating manuals (22). Condition varies. (41 books)
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