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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:695
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & Collectables, Session IILots with images:677
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:589
Date:27-Aug-2023
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Southern Cross: An original albumen photograph of 'The Southern Cross' about to depart from California 22 x 29 cm mounted, framed & glazed together with a card with the hand-written dedication 'To: Billy Beausang, With Best wishes, From 'Chas' C.T.P. Ulm, 1928'. Overall 48 x 54 cm. William (Bill or Liam) Beausang was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland on 22 May 1900. He travelled to Australia in 1924 after a distinguished military service and began working with Kingsford-Smith as an engineer in the late…
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The International Himalayan Expedition, 1930. An archive of original photographs taken by the expedition members; all bearing typed explanatory labels verso as well as 'The Times Kanchenjunga Expedition' copyright stamps. Each image also bears a release date: 24 May 1930 (10), 28 May 1930 (12), 21 June 1930 (5), 30 June 1930 (8), 5 August 1930 (9), while the Expedition was in progress. Total: 46 photographs, all 26 x 20 cm or 20 x 26 cm. Besides the numerous sherpa porters and guides, the I.H.E. was…
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Robert Cock 'Tasman Island', framed black and white photographic print, signed and titled in the lower margin and dated 2006, 76 x 100 cm overall
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Tull, Jethro. The Horse-Hoing Husbandry, Compleat in Four Parts: Or, An Essay On The Principles Of Tillage and Vegetation. Second edition [Lond. 1743], small folio, in full brown morocco
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Robert Sayer, (1725-1794), The Artist's Vade Mecum; being the whole Art of Drawing, taught in a new work, elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper plates; containing great variety of examples in every branch of that noble art; as parts of the face, heads, hands, feet, academy, antiques, and groups of figures, beasts, birds, insects, flowers, fruit, shells, ornaments, buildings, landscapes. Collected from the works of the greatest masters. To which is prefixed, an Essay on Drawing: with introductory…
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Basil Kennett, ''Romae Antiquae Notita: or The Antiquities of Rome in Two Parts', [London : J. & R. Tonson, et al., 13th edition], 1763, 375pp + index; engraved frontis, engraved plates and a map, some folding; full calf binding.
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An antique Islamic Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript page, 19th century. One loose folio with recto, finely illustrated with images of two hornbills. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper, mounted in lucite panel. 34.8 x 18.4 cm, Note: The text is written in both Arabic and Farsi; in red are verses from the Quran in Arabic, in black are the translation and interpretation of the verses in Farsi.
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Rev. W. Bingley, 'Animal Biography or Popular Zoology...arranged according to the system of Linnaeus', 1813, [London, C. and J. Rivington, et al.] 3 volumes, hardcover, all in matching calf boards with marbled endpapers.
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A Washington Irving Library Fourteen volumes in matching bindings (leather and marbled boards) comprising 'The Sketch Book of Geoffry Crayon, Gent.' (2 vols., 1820); 'Bracebridge Hall; or The Humorists by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.' (2 vols., 1822); 'Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.' (2 vols, 1824); 'A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus' (4 vols., 1828, with maps) and 'A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada' (2 vols., 1829); 'The Alhambra' (2 vols., 1832).
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Thomas Carlyle single page hand-written manuscript letter dated December 11, 1825, framed and mounted with accompanying Sotheby's 1965 catalogue and additional research notes. 31 X 41 cm overall
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Two plates from 'La chine, moeurs, usages, costumes, arts et metiers', 'Bateliere' and 'Domestique, Valet de Chambre' both by Formentin, steel engravings, hand coloured, both approx. 17 x 15 cm. (2).
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Beatrix Potter children's books (13 items), Beethoven sheet music in hard bound volume, and London Illustrated volume 18 January - June 1851 bound in cloth boards with original fold out canvas backed lithograph of the exterior of the Crystal Palace 1851 Grand Exhibition (15 items total).
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John Lubbock, 'Pre-historic Times, as illustrated by Ancient Remains and the manners and customs of modern savages', [London : Williams & Norgate, 1865]; 512pp, leather and green cloth binding, marbled endpapers; gilt titles to spine.
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[Bindings], 'Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems' by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, [Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1870]; 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom' by William Rhind, [London, Blackie and Son, 1872]; 'The English Circumnavigators' by Purves and Cochrane, [London, William P. Nimmo, 1878] and 'Great Commanders of Modern Times and The Campaign of 1815' by William O'Connor Morris, [London, W. H. Allen and Co., 1891] (4 items)
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'Cassell's History of The War between France and Germany 1870-1871', [London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1st ed.], 2 volumes, buckram and leather, with 5 raised bands to spine with gilt titles.
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James D. Dana, 'Corals and Coral Islands', [London, Sampson Low, Marston et al, 1875], 348pp with numerous illustrations some full page; red leather binding with green label to spine, five raised bands, gilt decoration and marbled end papers and page edges. A university college school prize to Otto Frankel for chemistry in 1882.
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'The Works of William Shakespeare' illustrated with chromolithographs, printed by John G. Murdoch, 41 Castle Street, Holborn, London. In attractive gilt embossed leather bound boards.
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Holy Bible the parallel bible, the old and new versions in parallel columns, with 2000 illustrations, handsomely bound in full morocco with decorative embossed pictorial boards and spine, 19th century
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Thomas Archer, 'Pictures and Royal Portraits illustrative of English and Scottish History', [London : Blackie & Son], 2 volumes. No date, c. 1880. Large 4tos. Pp. 2 x, 184; viii, 171. 69 full plates with tissue guards, including the frontispieces. Ornately decorated maroon cloth boards, gilt, all edges gilt, blue coated endpapers. also, William Yarrell, 'A History of British Birds', [London : John Van Voorst], 1843, 3 vols., matching calf bindings (some detached but present), marbled page edges
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Thomas Wright, 'The History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time', [London, The London Printing and Publishing Company], 2 vols., half leather bindings by M. Paterson of Edinburgh. Also, 'The Century of Louis XIV. Its Arts - Its Ideas' by Cashel Hoey, [London, Sampson Low et al]
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African Interest: 'The Pictorial edition of the life of David Livingstone' by J. Ewing Ritchie [London : James Sangster, 1876] 2 vols.; 'Mungo Park's Travels in Africa' [Edinburgh, 1881]; Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator' by Mountjoy-Jephson [London, 1890]; 'In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country' by Lloyd [London, 1907]. (Total: 5 vols.).
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William Thomas Pyke, 'Conduct and Duty...', [London, Walter Scott, 1887], first edition, 266pp, calf over marbled boards with marbled end papers, blue leather inserted label, five raised bands, gilt titles and decorations.
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Walter Richards, 'Her Majesty's Army' & 'Her Majesty's Indian and Colonial Forces', (3 Vols.), circa 1890, [London : J.S. Virtue & Co.] circa 1890, with numerous aquatint plates; the first two in red leather and buckram bindings, the 3rd in blue buckram.
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The Right Reverend Mandell Creighton, 'Queen Elizabeth', [London : Boussod Valadon & Co., 1896], First Edition, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth I in colours and 39 other finely engraved full-page plates, head and tail-pieces and illustrations in the text as well as with elaborately decorated grand initials to the chapters, engraved title-page printed in red and black. Folio, handsomely bound and gilt decorated.
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[Arctic Exploration], J. Arthur Bain, 'Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen', 1897, [London : Walter Scott, Ltd.], 449pp + photo plates, blue cloth binding with gilt and silver decorations.
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[Arctic Exploration], Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 'Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96....', [London : George Newnes, Ltd., 1898], 2 vols., 480pp + 456pp; numerous plates, half leather and blue cloth bindings.
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner, 'Oliver Cromwell', [London : Goupil & Co., 1899], First Edition, Numbered and Limited to 1475 copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Cromwell in colours and 45 other finely engraved full-page plates, head and tail-pieces and illustrations in the text as well as with elaborately decorated grand initials to the chapters, engraved title-page printed in red and black. Folio, handsomely bound and gilt decorated.
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[Arctic Exploration], Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 'Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96....', [Westminster : Archibald Constable and Co., 1900], 679pp + plates + adverts., red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine.
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[Antarctic Exploration], 'The Voyage of the Discovery' by Captain Robert F. Scott, [London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1905] 1st edition in 2 vols. Vol I, pp xx, 556; Vol II, pp xii, 508. Complete with all plates and folding maps. Illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt titles.
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J.R. Ainsworth Davis, 'The Natural History of Animals: The Animal Life of the World in Its Various Aspects and Relations', Volumes I, II, III, & IV, [London : Gresham Publishing, 1905], Original red cloth on boards with quarter leather to spine & green leather vertical strips to spine front & rear side. Spine: gilt titles on red labels, gilt & green bands.
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[Antarctic Exploration], E.H. Shackleton, 'The Heart of the Antarctic' Vol.II, [London, William Heinemann, 1909], original blue buckram, with silver and gilt titles and decoration to boards.
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J. E. Crawford Flitch, Modern Dance and Dancing, [London : Grant Richards Ltd., 1912] 1st ed. 4to, 228pp plus illustrations in colour and black and white; top edge gilt; blue cloth binding with colour insert to front.
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P. Martin Duncan, 'Cassell's Natural History', [London, Cassell & Company], 5 vols., hardcover buckram bindings with green leather spines, red leather insert, five raised bands and gilt titles. Also, Elisee Reclus, 'The Earth and its Inhabitants : The European Section of The Universal Geography', [London, Virtue & Co.], 10 vols., green cloth bindings with beautiful gilt and black decorations and titles.
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The Beatles 1963, framed display incorporating a June 1963 'The Beatles - Roy Orbison Show' ticket (City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne); four fan club magazines featuring a different Beatle; and other fan-related items. Note: Some items marked 'Replica'. 63 x 75 cm overall
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Antiques & Architecture. Six books comprising I.) The Age Of Macquarie, II.) Collecting Fans, III.) Restoring Old Australian Houses and Buildings, IV.) 1988 Commemorative Collection Of Fine Australian Furniture, V.) The Arts & Crafts Movement, VI.) Australian Antiques.
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Four assorted books comprising 'Dutch Masters', 'The Making of a Sentimental Bloke', 'Coleccion Sonnabend' and 'David Copperfiled' (4 items)
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Elvis Presley limited edition collector's presentation first day cover in original leather folio of issue, signed by Mark Stutzman; together with a facsimile Elvis Presley concert poster attractively framed and mounted, the poster 72 x 52 cm overall
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The Ken Duncan Collection single volume of panoramic photographs, limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the creator, housed in original solander blue cloth case with embossed gilt lettering, near mint condition.
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Cigarette Cards: Various themes including Historic Events, Aviation, Birds of Australiasia, Riders of the World, Animals, Advertising Gifts, British Empire Series and more.
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[South America], 'Amerique Meridionale par N. Sanson', [Paris, 1669], copper engraving with some hand colouring, 40 x 56 cm; framed 59 x 74 cm.
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[Bound Volume], 'Maps and Plans illustrative of Herodotus', [Oxford : J. Vincent, near Brazennose College, 1825], containing The World, Northern Greece, Southern Greece, Coast of Asia Minor, Egypt, Asia, Babylon, etc., also 'Maps and Plans illustrative of Livy', in leather and buckram boards (present, but unattached)
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Jiri Kosina (1891-?), Czechoslovakia / Karlstejn Castle. 1935. lithograph in colours, [Prumyslova Tiskarna, Prague.], 99.5 x 62 cm. Kosina, a landscape painter and graphic designer, created this poster - one of a series of painterly landscapes issued by the Czechoslovak Government Railway in the mid 1930s. Karlstejn Castle, situated near Prague, is a gothic castle built by King Charles IV (the Holy Roman Emperor in the 14th century), specifically as a place to safely house the royal jewels and holy relics.
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'Theatre De L'Opera-Comique Sapho', antique framed French poster, size 130 x 97 cm, 146 x 109 cm overall, Sapho is a piece lyrique in five acts. The music was composed by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain and Arthur Bernede, based on the novel (1884) of the same name by Alphonse Daudet . It was first performed on 27 November 1897 by the Opera Comique at the Theatre Lyrique on the Place du Chatelet in Paris with Emma Calve as Fanny Legrand. This poster was designed by Jen de Paleologu for…
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Jacques Nathan-Garamond (1910 - 2001), Mountains of France, colour lithograph, circa 1958, signed in the plate at upper left, published by the Ministry of Tourism, 100 x 64 cm.
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Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Crown Prince of Prussia (1831-88), full signature on part document, dated 12th July 1878.
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Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III, signed Ministry of Finance document dated 3 August 1936, both signatures in strong ink. 36.5 x 24.5 cm. Note the manuscript amendment 'Imperatore d'Etiopia' two months after Victor Emmanuel III became Emperor of Ethiopia. Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 Nov.1869 ' 28 Dec.1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. He also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia (May 1936' May 1941) and King…
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Herbert Hoover, May 8th 1930, The White House headed autograph letter sheet, the text typed with original pen signature, mounted together with a reproduction photograph of President Hoover. Framed and glazed, 37.5 x 47.5 cm overall
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President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush meeting with USSR General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on Governor's Island, New York, December 7, 1988 colour photograph signed by all three, framed and glazed 37.5 x 32.5 cm overall
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Bill Clinton original signature on Clinton Presidential campaign flyer, attractively framed and glazed 44 x 25 cm overall
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Dick Cheney and Hillary Rodham Clinton signed photographs, (2 items), individually framed and glazed, 37.5 x 31.5 cm overall each
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Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013) strong pen signature on the title page of his autobiography, 'Long Walk to Freedom'; attractively box-framed in combination with a photograph and plaque, overall 41 x 63 cm. Accompanied by a signed note dated May 2001 indicating that the book was 'one of a few personally signed by Mr Nelson Mandela at the Sandton Conference Centre during a conference on 24th April, 2001.
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Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) strong original signature on vintage 'Paramount' publicity postcard. Besides her iconic film roles, Dietrich was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their American citizenship. For her work on improving morale on the front lines during the war, she received several honours from the United States, France, Belgium and Israel. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich…
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(Lord Louis) Mountbatten of Burma, A.F. original signature at the base of Peter Taylor's dramatic painting of The Royal Navy destroyer H.M.S. Kelly, commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten, in Valletta's Grand Harbour in Malta, alongside a larger warship. Black smoke rises from behind HMS Kelly and buildings of the city are visible in the background. Limited edition print [728/2000], also signed by the artist, framed and glazed, overall 87 x 114 cm.
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Millvina Dean (1912 - 2009), endorsement and signature on a photograph of the 'Titanic'. As a two-month old baby, she was the youngest survivor of the sinking of the Titanic; and 97 years later, she was the oldest survivor.
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Seven Titanic Survivors: A 60th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic souvenir cover signed by the seven survivors who were present at the Titanic Historical Society meeting in Boston in September 1988. They are Millvina Dean, Michel Navratil, Bertram Dean, Eva Hart, Frank Aks, Beatrice Sandstrom and Louise 'Kink' Pope. Accompanied by a signed letter from the attendee who collected the autographs.
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Max Euwe (1901 - 1981), pen signature on 1972 World Chess Championship First Day Cover from Berlin. Machgielis ' Max ' Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of Fide, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910 - 1997) signature on 1981 United Nations First Day Cover. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity . Saint Teresa of Calcutta was canonised on 4 September 2016. The anniversary of her death is her feast day.
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Pope Benedict XVI (1927 - 2022), signed photo as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, circa 2000. Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
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Pope Benedict XVI (1927 - 2022), signed German First Day Card as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, November 1987, celebrating the visit of Pope John Paul II to Germany. Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger ) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
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Steve Wozniak (b.1950), 2001 Apple disc signed 'Woz' and accompanied by a letter from the Spanish collector who also obtained an original photograph of Wozniak signing. (3 items). Stephen Gary Wozniak, also known by his nickname 'Woz', is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with business partner Steve Jobs.
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