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Australian & Historical, Day 1 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:667
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Day 1Lots with images:662
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:545
Date:13-Jun-2020
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Australian Folk Art chip carved picture frame designed to house four images (now mirrored), early 20th century, 30 x 76 cm
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Australian chip carved picture frame with lithograph portrait of a woman, early 20th century, 55 x 44 cm
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Laucke Milling Co. Ltd. Strathalbyn 150 lb. flour sack, 95 x 60 cm
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Two Australiana table clocks, one cast spelter with cockatoo decoration, the other with carved timber koala case, 15 cm and 24 cm high
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An Australian carved timber panel and floral picture frame, late 19th and early 20th century, the larger 35 cm high
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Three Australian coats of arms, cast metal one on timber shield, 19th century, timber shield 19.5 cm high
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Folk Art floral needle work, 19th century, framed and glazed 64 x 50 cm overall
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Bendigo pottery blue glazed vase, cricket porcelain tankard and a folk art picture frame, (3 items), the vase 16 cm high
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Folk Art kookaburra painting, circa 1920s, 45 x 58 cm
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A bronze ewer with figural handle, Mordialloc, Melbourne origin, circa 1960s, 29 cm high
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Assorted letter openers (5), advertising rulers (2), Rosella paper clip, porcelain souvenir ware, miniature landscape, leather wallet, old driving licence and cigar box, (12 items)
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Ancient Order Of Foresters Past District Chief Rangers, West Australian District, Unity, Benevolence & Concord, carved honour roll, circa 1901, 162 x 97 cm
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Matchstick art inlaid table top, mid 20th century, together with a 'Weekly Times' facsimile advertisement, (2 items), 90 x 46 cm and 58 x 40 cm
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An impressive Oceanic rootstock tribal war club, carved hardwood, Fijian origin, 19th century, 105 cm long
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A Maori walking stick, carved hardwood, New Zealand origin, late 19th century, 104 cm high
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A Maori carved walking stick, New Zealand origin, 19th century, 97 cm high
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A Maori miniature canoe, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand, 20th century, 101 cm long
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Ula throwing club, carved hardwood, Fiji, 19th century, 41.5 cm
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Ula throwing club, carved hardwood, Fiji, 19th century, 41 cm high
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A New Zealand carved kauri gum bust of a Maori, 19th century, 10 cm high
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Papua New Guinea grass skirt, necklace, waist band and two tribal statues, 20th century, the taller statue 25 cm high
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A tribal drum, carved hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 74 cm wide
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Ngiraibuuch Skedong (attributed), two story boards, carved and painted wood, Palau, Caroline Islands, 121 cm and 91 cm across
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Two Mendi spirit figures, Papua New Guinea, circa 1950s, 65 cm high
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Artist Unknown Tiwi Islands Australian Aboriginal designed hand knotted textile wall hanging, 20th century, 195 x 124 cm
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Three Aboriginal bark paintings, Northern Territory origin, circa 1970s, the largest 47 x 19 cm
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Two tribal wood carvings, Northern Territory origin, one inscribed 'Kukla, 1/6', 24 cm and 23 cm high
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Samuel Ganarradj Mangudja (1909-1983), Kurabara and Buruk, bark and natural earth pigment, Church Mission Society Aboriginal Handicrafts' letter, plus long inscription verso, 38 x 50 cm
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Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmira (1915-1992), Salt Water Bream, bark and natural earth pigment, Oenpelli Art label verso, C.M.C. Code No. B402, 21 x 44 cm
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Bendigo Pottery cheese dish and cover decorated with corn cobs, 19th century, 19 cm high, the base 24 cm diameter
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Cornwells Pottery bread platter, late 19th century, 33 cm across
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A pair of Colonial pottery recumbent lion statues, most likely by Cornwells Pottery, Brunswick, Victoria, 19th century, 15 cm long
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Lithgow Pottery pair of Bristol ware jugs, late 19th century, 7.5 cm high
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Colonial style pottery bread platter, 20th century, 33 cm across
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Mashman Pottery 'Billy Hughes' bottle stopper, early 20th century, rare, 7 cm high
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Remued Pottery jug with applied gumnuts and leaf with branch handle, incised 'Remued 54 Lm, 25 cm high
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Remued Pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaf with branch handle, incised 'Remued, 196/9M, '23.5 cm high
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John Campbell brown glazed pottery vase incised 'John Campbell, 1934', 23 cm high. Together with a brown glazed Australian Colonial pottery vase, possibly Kosta, 16.5 cm high. (2 items).
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John Campbell blue glazed pottery trough, incised 'John Campbell, Tasmania, 1932', 17 cm high, 43 cm wide
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Cornwells Pottery. Group of three green and brown glazed pottery vases, circa 1930s, the tallest 28 cm high
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Harvey School pottery dish with lizard, incised 'Ala Hand Made, 17 cm across
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William Ricketts pottery face plaque, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, 14 cm high
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Klytie Pate pierced pottery table lamp, incised 'Klytie Pate, 27 cm high
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Klytie Pate pierced pottery lamp base with floral motif, incised 'Klytie Pate, 24 cm high
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Australian pottery table lamp base possibly Klytie Pate or John Barnard-Knight, 28 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd and Neil Douglas pottery plate with kangaroos, grass trees and banksias, incised 'A. M. B. 21 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd and Neil Douglas pottery plate with kangaroos in bushland, incised 'A. M. B. 21 cm diameter
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Australian pottery 'Centaur' statue, mid 20th century, 37 cm high
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Tom Sanders pottery tureen with sgraffito decoration, incised 'Tom Sanders, '67', 35 cm across the handles
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Guy Boyd pottery plaque with Aboriginal hunting scene, incised 'Guy Boyd, 15 cm diameter
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Australian pottery lamp base with two dogs, circa 1930s, incised 'Spoltie, Troy, 33 cm high
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Milton Moon pottery fruit bowl, incised 'Milton Moon, 39 cm diameter
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Les Blakeborough Southern Ice porcelain mantle vase, impressed stamp, 43.5 cm high
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Les Blakeborough blue ceramic vase with wave motif, impressed monogram 'L.B. 15 cm high
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Milton Moon three studio pottery bowls with decoration, incised 'Milton Moon, the largest 22 cm diameter
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Tim Strachan tall studio pottery vase, incised 'T. Strachan '84', 34 cm high
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Tim Strachan tall studio pottery vase, incised 'T. Strachan '84', 32 cm high
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Two studio pottery platters and a terracotta vase, monogrammed marks, (3 items), the vase 29 cm
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Five pieces of Australian studio pottery including Jeff Mincham, Pamela Martin and Kay Jensen, monogrammed impressed marks, the vase 37 cm high
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Artist Unknown, 'The Rainmaker' painted chalkware plaque, circa 1950, impressed monogram lower right 'Cha, 46 x 43 cm
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Takacs Studio 'The Didgeridoo' ceramic figure of an Aborigine, circa 1950s, signed 'Takacs Studio, No.15, Australia, 39 cm high, 42 cm wide
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Artist Unknown Australian pottery vase with hand-painted sgraffito decoration, signature illegible, 28 cm high
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Gwen Watson (attributed) Australian pottery figural ewer with turquoise glaze, circa 1970s, 38 cm high
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Kookaburra Mk. IV slip cast porcelain statue, signed 'Kookaburra Mk. IV Maurice Conway Smith, Wildlife Studios Australia, 64/100', 33.5 cm high
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Amy Johnson nice autograph on single page typed letter on Amy Johnson 'In Australia' letterhead, together with a coloured lithograph portrait of Amy Johnson with facsimile signature. (2 items). The letter framed and glazed 21 x 16 cm
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Dame Nellie Melba, two single page handwritten letters on London hotel letterhead containing Melba's autograph in three places, some damage and loss to the upper and lower left corners (2 items).
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Miscellany of Signatures: collected between 1938-40 in small autograph book noting actor Leslie Howard, actress Nina Golovina, opera singer John Brownlee, Danish ballet dancer & film art director Paul Petroff, tennis player Don Budge, English Test cricketer Les Wyatt, also Malcolm Sargent (British conductor) on Abc (Brisbane) letterhead (approx 100 signatures)
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Oxford Gazette - England - Dec.28 to Jan.1 1665, Numb.14: Precursor to the 'London Gazette', with all issues from #1 to #23 being printed in Oxford, due to The Plague contagion rampant in London, the journal not returning to the capital until issue #24, when it was renamed the 'London Gazette', the contents mostly describe ship and military movements around Europe, condition is somewhat aged with brittle edges and a small taped repair at base. Extremely rare. [The London Gazette is believed to be oldest…
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London Gazette - England - 1665 issues: Numb.25 & 52: folio half-sheets, issue #25 with news of naval activities especially of His Majesty's fleet under Sir Christopher Minnes, plus a report that 105 parishes were clear of the plague, issue #52 reports that buccaneers have captured Tobago, the former with aged edges, the latter quite fine. Extremely scarce early editions. (2)
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London Gazette - England - 1666 issues: complete run between Nov.19 and Dec.17 plus Dec.27 (Numb.106 to 114 & 117): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus ship and fleet movements, issue 110 talks of great storms in the South of England with several ships wrecked off Portland beach, issue 111 describes the wrecking of a ship near Swanage, laden with wine, sugar and Brazilwood, issue 114 with an Edinburgh report that nine more (Pentland Rising) rebels…
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London Gazette - England - 1667 issues: incomplete run between Jan.3 and Apr.22 (Numb.118 to 127, plus 129, 131 & 143 to 149): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus ship and fleet departures arrivals and ships wrecked off the British coast, condition variable with some aging as to be expected, generally quite fine. (20 issues)
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London Gazette - England - 1667 issues: incomplete run between May.4 and Jul.29 (between Numb.152 and 177): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet arrivals & departures and ship arrivals and international conflicts, issue 172 with account of the Ottomans laying siege to Candia (Crete), issue 173 reports that the English Fleet has burnt several French ships in the Leeward Islands (probable reference to Battle of Nevis, May 20), condition…
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London Gazette - England - 1667 issues: largely complete run between Aug.5 and Oct.10 (between Numb.180 and 199, 191 missing): content including news about international tensions and conflicts including post 2nd Anglo-Dutch War incidents following the Treaty of Breda (Jul.21,1667), issue 180 with a Aug.2 report from Plymouth that the Dutch had attempted a landing at Wenbury but were forced to retreat to their ships by local militia, issue 181 reporting that Dutch Fleet had surrounded the Scilly Isles and…
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London Gazette - England - 1667 issues: complete run between Oct.14 and Dec.23 (between Numb.200 and 220): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements and ship arrivals and religious news including Papal activities, issue 208 (Nov. 11) announcing that letters had arrived from Rome with updates regarding the Turkish siege of Candia stating that 'the Turks are much discouraged by the tediousness of the siege' & 'the little progress they have yet made', condition variable,…
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London Gazette - England - 1668 issues: almost complete January to April run (between Numb.222 and 257, ex 229): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals and details of ships wrecked off the British coast, issue 250 (Apr.9) with details of proposed treaty to end the War of Devolution between France and Spain. The same issue also carries an 'Advertisement' stating that a great number of Thames waterman have been, or are about to be, pressed into service…
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London Gazette - England - 1668 issues: almost complete May to August run (between Numb.258 and 291, ex 273): 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, issue 274 features an inventory of the…
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London Gazette - England - 1668 issues: largely complete September to December run (between Numb.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 assault on…
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London Gazette - England - 1669-1675 selection of issues: with issue 982 (Apr.15, 1675) announcing that King Charles II would no longer conduct public healings of The King's Evil (scrofula/tuberculosis) after Apr.30 until further notice, the same issue also carries an Franco-Dutch War report from Brussels stating that troops were beginning to march on all sides, the French to attack, the Confederates in defence commanded by the Prince of Orange, other content mostly concerns fleet movements & ship arrivals…
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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) reports of…
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London Gazette - England - 1679-1684: large group of issues between numb.1451 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, issue 1714 (Apr.20,1682) with a dedication of loyalty to King Charles II and…
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London Gazette - England - 1685-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2012 and 2193: plenty of interesting content incl. issue 2012 (Feb.26, 1685) with a notification of alterations to the Book of Common Prayer in relation to prayers dedicated to the new King (James II), issue 2013 (Mar.2, 1685) records addresses made to King James II acknowledging sorrow at the death of Charles II and joy at the succession, other March issues contain dedications of loyalty to the new King, issue 2073 (Sep.28)…
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London Gazette - England - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2,200 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 (Mar…
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London Gazette - England - 1688-1694: large group of issues between numb.2371 and 2998: much of interest including issue 2371 (Aug. 6,1688) with records of addresses to the King and Consort on the birth of the Prince of Wales, the same issue reporting that the King has ordered breast feeding be given to the Prince 'with much success', issue 2384 (Sep.20,1688) with a declaration from James II that no Roman Catholic may be a member of the British House of Commons, issue 2447 (Apr.22,1689) reports on the…
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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 notice for…
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Benjamin Martin (1704 - 1782), The Description and Use of both the Globes, the Armillary Sphere, and Orrery, exemplified in a large and select variety of problems in Astronomy, Geography, Dialling, Navigation, Spherical Trigonometry, Chronology, &c., also, A New Construction of each Globe, by an Apparatus exhibiting the Phænomena of the Earth and Heavens exactly as they are, and adapting the same to every Age of the World, [London, Benj. Martin, circa 1762] Second edition, 244pp + five copper plates,…
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Hawkesworth, John (1715 - 1773), An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order, of His present Majesty for making Discoveries in the, Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed, by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the, Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept, by the several Commanders, and from the papers of, Joseph Banks, Esq, By John Hawkesworth Ll.D. Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps,…
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The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser - 1789 - Bill of Rights: (Oct.6) edition with column headed 'Congress of the United States' showing the Twelve Articles of Amendment approved by Congress on September 25, 1789, other contents include a verse dedicated to 'The Bastille' (Storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789), plus articles on foreign intelligence, as well as ship departure notices and numerous advertisements, condition is quite fine overall with mild uniform aging. Rare and desirable…
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Buffon's Natural History, Abridged.' pub. by C. & G. Kearsley [1791] in a single volume (lacks several plates), 'Hunters and Fishers.' by Sinnett [1846], 'Geology in its relation to Revealed Religion' by Bellew [1853] & 'Bully Hayes South Sea Pirate' by Lubbock [1931]. (4 vols.) Mixed condition.
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The Spectator (New York): 1800 (Jan.1) edition of this short-lived (Oct. 1797 to Dec.31 1800) broadsheet including a report on the 'Funeral Procession as a tribute to the memory of General George Washington' held on December 31st 1799, with full details of the procession including illustration of the position of the pall-bearers and the order of the procession, quite fine with some light foxing, overall 33.5 x 50 cm.
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An Australian Medical Pioneer - Edward Luttrell 'Sells' Some of His Land, July 1810, An indenture, signed and dated at Parramatta, 24 July 1810, by which Luttrell transfers ownership of 2 acres of his land at Richmond Hill to David Bele, provided he proceeds 'to build..a House Joining the House already erected on the said land, Edward Luttrell's Farm at Richmond Hill.' One of the witnesses, Richard Rouse [1774 - 1852] was another important early settler. Edward Luttrell [1756 - 1824] was a practising…
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Richard Hayman - Stole A Watch, Beat His Wife and May Have Murdered His Mother-in-Law, An indenture on vellum, formalizing the sale to Thomas Johnson for £45, of 'forty-three acres of Land lying and situate in the District of Mulgrave Place, on the Banks of the River Hawkesbury being part and parcel of one hundred and thirty Acres of Land originally given and granted by His Excellency Governor King unto Edward Yardley..'. Signed by all parties and with the original seal. Richard Hayman (1771 - 1826), one…
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A Document Signed By Reverend Samuel Marsden [1765 - 1838] - Norfolk Island, Parramatta & New Zealand, A conveyance for the sale of '136 Rods of Ground' [approx. 700 sqr mtrs] being 'all that allotment of Land situate in Macquarie Street, Windsor, opposite the Wesleyan Chapel Ground' to brothers, Thomas and John Tebbutt, early settlers in Windsor. The document is signed by Marsden and witnessed by Joseph Harpur and one other. Samuel Marsden, the son of a blacksmith, was born in Farsley, Yorkshire. He…
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A Land Transaction in Wilberforce, New South Wales - 1824, A conveyance of '20 Acres of Land in the District of Wilberforce under a writ of Fieri Facias' [ a writ of execution after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages] by which Robert Cooper (merchant of Sydney) acquires the land from John Lyons in settlement of a debt calculated at '80 pounds in Spanish Dollars at five shillings each'. The details of the land are described and a small hand-drawn map provides further information. The…
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Autographed Letter From Alexander Mcleay, Colonial Secretary, June 1829, A letter signed by 'Alex Mcleay' headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 26th June, 1829 addressed to Private John Hunt, late of the Royal Staff Corps. The rare letter confirms the offer of 'an Allotment of Ground in the Town of Windsor....but you will understand that this order will be null and void if you are not actually residing on the Land alluded to, at the end of Six Months from the present date.' A transfer, dated Sept.1830…
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Autographed Letter From Alexander Mcleay, Colonial Secretary, June 1829, A letter signed by 'Alex Mcleay' headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 26th June, 1829 addressed to Private James Pickles, late of the Royal Staff Corps. The letter confirms the offer of 'an Allotment of Ground in the Town of Windsor....but you will understand that this order will be null and void if you are not actually residing on the Land alluded to, at the end of Six Months from the present date.' A transfer to Thomas Dargin,…
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Theatre Royal, Covent Garden: A group of original 1830 playbills for 'The Gamester' (March 18), 'The Merchant of Venice' (March 27), 'Handel's Oratorio The Messiah' (March 31) and 'The Grecian Daughter' (April 12). All with much detail of the production and in the case of the first 2 items, details of forthcoming productions. All approx. 34 x 22 cm (4 items)
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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 and coals and the…
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[William Cox, 1764 (Dorset) - 1837 (Windsor, NSW): Explorer, roadmaker, builder & grazier], A lease dated August 1833 between 'William Cox of Clarendon' and John Forrester for 'Five acres of Land at the Cornwallis' which was in the District of Windsor, bounded 'on the North by the River Hawkesbury..'. The document is signed by Cox and Forrester. In January 1837 the lease is transferred to James Upton 'with the consent of Mr Laban White' and signed by all parties. William Cox had received the first grant of…
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[William Cox, 1764 (Dorset) - 1837 (Windsor, NSW): Explorer, roadmaker, builder & grazier], A lease dated February 1837 between 'William Cox of Fairfield Windsor' and James Upton 'of Cornwallis Windsor' for 'Forty Acres..lately in the occupation of John Forrester, being portion of the Argyle Farm situate in the District of Mulgrave Place..'Windsor, bounded '. The document is signed by Cox and Forrester. In January 1837 the lease is transferred to James Upton 'with the consent of Mr Laban White' and signed…
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Legal Affairs in the District of Port Phillip - 1842 to 1861, A group of six (6) documents, mainly warrants created by the Deputy Sherrifs (Samuel Rayward, Alistair MacKenzie) in discharging their roles in settling disputes between free settlers. Three are printed forms which have been completed in manuscript, the others are all hand-written. In May 1842 Raymond instructs his Bailiff to 'take John William Thurlow..and him safely keep, so that I may have his body before Her Majesty's Justice in the Supreme…
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