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Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
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*** Newspaper New York packet 1789. Containing within the first report in an American newspaper of the first fleet arriving in Australia at Botany bay. ***
*** Nineteen original photographs of the Construction of the 1st Meteorological Station, Mt Wellington, Tasmania. 10.5 x 15 cm ***
*** Two press photographs, Southern Cross arrives at Wheeler field, Honolulu on the 1st leg of the Trans-Pacific flight. Dole flight flyer Jensen greeting Smithy and Ulm; Southern Cross nearing Hawaii on Trans Pacific flight. 19. 20 x 25 cm & 15 x 20.56 cm ***
*** Letter from Surveyor General's office, Sydney, 1843. Signed by T.L. Mitchell. Including. Indenture, signed by George Allen, first Australian born solicitor, 10th September 1818. Both enclosed in Mylar. ***
*** Quantity Mainstream Movie Posters - 40 full sheet posters 1980-2000. Includes Die Hard with a Vengeance, Get Shorty, Waterworld, Twister, Boxing Helena, Wayne's World, 1 & 2, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, True Lies, When We Were Kings. cinema used tape &… ***
*** Australian Colonial daguerreotype portraits. James Martin and Isabella Martin (m.1853) portraits in small double sided (pinchbeck?) oval spinner mount. Spinner frame missing. Provenance: Mary Martin and Wilfrid Inman estate. Sir James Martin (1820-1866)… ***
*** Art Gout Beaute French Fashion Magazines. 8 various issues spanning March 1926 to October 1928. Incl. special Christmas 1927 edition. Many pochoir illustrations, tipped in plates & fabric imprint endpapers ***
*** Art Gout Beaute French Fashion Magazines. 6 various issues spanning May 1929 to August 1931. Incl. 2 special December issues, 1929 & 1930. Many pochoir illustrations, tipped in plates & fabric imprinted endpapers ***
*** Book, 'An Alphabet,' by William Nicholson, published William Heinemann, London 1898 (mould to title page, 'A' page and slightly to the 'B' page); and 'A Naval Alphabet' by John Hassall, including Title page, 'R' and 'V'. Four items ***
*** Wynfield, David Wylkie (1837-1887) (2) Portrait of Frederick Walker Ara (2). Walker was a member of the St. Johns Wood clique. Also, book 'Princes of Victorian Bohemia,' by Juliet Hacking. Pub. Prestel, 2000. 24 x 19 cm. & 22 x 17 cm. (photographs) ***
*** Albumen print photograph of the 'English Cricket Team, 1894', mounted on card, photographed by McGann, Adelaide ***
*** 12 real photo postcards. Circa 1905 scenes from Bronte, Manly, Bondi, Bellingen, Glen Innes, Dorrigo, Sydney city and an interesting horse drawn charabanc loaded with many women. 54 x 27 cm ***
*** Vanity Fair Magazine, 1930 (12). Complete year, Prime Art Deco & Modernist covers ***
*** Map, Mappe-Monde Ou Carte Generale de La Terre. Pub. France c.1700. General world view with cartouches of explorers. Copper engraving & hand coloured. 24 x 3 5 cm ***
*** 1930s Sydney Harbour Bridge construction Photos. As published for sale by various Sydney studios. Some stamped verso 'Haringtons' (Henri Mallard) & 'Renella Studio.' most appear to be printed from the original negative. There are 41 photos, 25 of which… ***
*** 19th century photograph of a group of Western Australian Aborigines. 6 European men posing with large mixed group of Aborigines. 'W.A' (Western Australia) inscribed in contemporary hand verso. Staining to right margin (4 cm). Albumen print, 14 x 19 cm ***
*** Mariners magazine by Capt. Samuel Sturmy. Mathematical arts and tables of logarithms, third edition by John Colson. Titled & engraved title in facsimile, 1679. ***
*** Signed Everest Colour Supplement. Special 1953 issue by The Times on the ascent of Everest with 9 autographs of team to cover. Incl. Hillary, John Hunt, Charles Wylie, Mike Westmacott etc ***
*** 1792 Chart of the Coast between Botany Bay & broken Bay. As surveyed by Capt. John hunter. Pub. By John Stockdale, London 1792. Engraving. 43 x 75 cm ***
*** Pair May Gibbs story books of 1916. 'Gum-Nut Babies' & 'Gum-Blossom Babies.' Inc. original envelope. Both booklets inscribed 1917. Printed by Penfold & Co, Sydney. Original string binding. 22 x 14.5 cm ***
*** 'The Arabian Nights Entertainments' series of books, illustrated in twelve volumes with gilt embossed covers, including 'The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night,' translated from rabic by Captain Sir Rf Burton, published by Height S Nichols Ltd in 1898,… ***
*** Two various Maroubra sale Crown Lands Plans 1922. One, poster, 58 allotments for sale. Both enclosed in Mylar, each (70.5 x 97 cm). ***
*** Pulp Dime Mystery magazines 1935. 11 Issues, missing August. Generally good condition, with some chips to spines and edges. Full colour covers. Pages tanned ***
*** Map, Jannsons china Veteribus Sinarum Regio. Map incorporates Eastern china, Japan, Korea, parts of India & Siam. Pub. Amsterdam 1658. Hand coloured copper engraving, 41 x 51 cm ***
*** 50 L. J. O'Malley Papua New Guinea photographs. Candid and posed views of village life (coastal), and ceremonial portraits. Printed on mid 20th century Kodak matte postcard paper. O'Malley (1912-1975) was a noted Papua New Guinea Patrol Officer and… ***
*** 19th century photograph of 3 Australian Aborgines. Man with boomerang posing with two women. 'So Aust.' (South Australia) verso. Sepia, silver Gelatin photograph, 17.5 x 12 cm ***
*** Book: 'The holy bible,' published by Thomas Baskett, Oxford 1747. ***
*** Early Indentures from the Windsor & Hawkesbury area of NSW. Private indentures, agreements, deeds, leases, powers of attorney & contracts involving land & real property & public commons. The earliest is Sept, 1822 & the latest 1873. All are signed &… ***
*** 23 documents & letters from 1829-1869. Including. 2 Indentures relating to land in the Windsor area. Documents from, Colonial Secretary, Solicitor General, Surveyor General & Colonial Treasurer. ***
*** Official handbook the port of Sydney NSW published by the Sydney harbour Trust Commissioners 1921. ***
*** New South Wales railway & coaching Routes. Map showing coach & other routes from the various stations, together with mileage from Sydney, with diagrams of north coast, south coast & parts of Southern & Western lines. Scale 29 miles to one inch. Printed at… ***
*** Robert F Kennedy Signed Magazine. Fountain pen signature on his photo cover of the Saturday Evening Post, Aug 26, 1967 issue ***
*** 1851 Great Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue. 3rd edition of 3 volumes which has been originally bound into 2 large volumes. Quarter calf binding with marbled boards. Many engravings & full page lithographs. Top hinges broken but interior fairly clean &… ***
*** Unknown British photographer’s large photo album. Being volume 2 holding several hundred photographs of tours in Europe dated from the 1870s through to 1913. Albumin photograph. 40 x 31 x 6 cm ***
*** Books (2), 'Australian parrots', volumes I & II. By Forshaw/Cooper. Boxed collector's issue of second (revised) edition, Limited edition #772/1000 signed by authors. ***
*** Book, 'The Arthur Streeton, Catalogue' published Arthur Streeton 1935. Limited Edition of 500. Hand signed by artist ***
*** Cooke, A C., 'Sydney, New South Wales.' birds-eye panorama, a supplement to the 'Illustrated Sydney News.' woodblock engraving with folds (splits). Woodblock engraving 53 x 94 cm (image) 73.5 x 106 cm (sheet) ***
*** Book: 'Pen Drawings by Norman Lindsay'Published by Arthur Mcquitty & Co. Sydney, 1924. Edition of 500, signed by Norman Lindsay. ***
*** Books (5), Disney Mickey mouse. Which are complete & original. No missing pages and no repairs. 'Mickey mouse story Book,' 1931. London, Dean & Son Ltd. 62 pages, soft pictorial covers; 'Mickey mouse & mother Goose,' 1936. London & Glasgow, Collins. Hard… ***
*** Two NSW Colonial Legal documents. Indenture on vellum Hawkesbury, 1818 Richard Hayman & Thomas Johnson; & Supreme court of civil Judicature Sydney, 1824 administration certificate on vellum. Document related to Solomon Josephs dying without a will and… ***
*** Complete Run of Rags Magazine (14). Prescient style, street & alt fashion magazine from June 1970 to June 1971, edited by ex Rolling Stone foundation team Baron Wolman. Incl. June 1970 mock up copy ***
*** Pulp Dime mystery magazine (11) 1934. Full year less February. Overall good condition; spines chipped and faded; pages slightly yellowed; good cover colour with rough edges ***
*** Book, 'William Dobell', by James Gleeson. Published 1964 Thames and Hudson. Hand signed by artist and author ***
*** 'Paintings and Statues From the Collection of President Sukarno of the Republic of Indonesia.' Published Japan, 1964. 5 Volume set of Hardback Books ***
*** Book: 'John Olsen, the Land Beyond Time.' Deluxe edition. Limited to 500 special leather bound copies signed by the artist, and the authors Mary Durack, Geoffrey Dutton, Vincent Serventy, Alex Bortignon and Mary Durack. ***
*** Post card album. Mostly Australian scenes and topics pre 1910. (390+) ***
*** Two photographs, Southern Cross. May 1928 & Smithy & Ulm in flying gear standing in front of the Southern Cross, May 1928. By Winstead Bros, long beach. 20 x 25 cm (each) ***
*** 6 black & white portrait photographs, various artists in the studio including Lloyd Rees, Sali Herman etc. ***
*** Plan of Prince Alfred park for the Agricultural Society's exhibition of 1872. Supplement to the Sydney mail April 20, 1872 (88 x 57 cm). Enclosed in Mylar. ***
*** Two Australian new year card, Native Companions, Gibbs Shallard, c1882. Including. Note on Lassetter letterhead, signed by Lassetter April 17/64; & cardboard Lassetter delivery card, c1910. ***
*** 24 various postcards. One real photo postcard of Lithgow Pottery by H Mellor, c1910; seventeen Australian postcards, mainly real photo various scenes; & six panoramic photos of rose bay, Bondi beach. ***
*** Joseph Lycett, 'The Sugarloaf mountain, near Newcastle, New South Wales.', aquatint, 17 x 26.5 cm ***
*** Map, c1550 world map by Munster. 'Die erste General Tafel/die Beschreibung und den Zirkel des ganzen Erdrichs un Meeresinnhaltende.' central fold line with repair. Also lower margin restored. Top margin trimmed into title. Hand coloured Woodcut. 33 x 3 6… ***
*** Map, 'Partie de l'Australie,' 1756. 'Partie de l'Australie qui comprend la Terre des Papous ou Nouv. Le Guinee, et la Nouv. Le Bretagne,' l'Histoire des Terres Australes, Robert de Vaugondy, 1756. Engraving. 28.5 x 42 cm (sheet) ***
*** Jan Wandelaar, (Dutch 1690-1759) four Skeletal studies. From the Anatomical Atlas Tabular V, pub by Joannem & Verbeek, 1740. Two have major losses to bottom 12 cm. Also French anatomical charts, 1 with index. Hand coloured copper etching (8) 54 x 39 cm… ***
*** Five early engravings. 'Esher place in County of Surrey, the seat of Thomas cotton..... After L. Knyss; grand Riss und Prospect... Vestung und Stadt Dunsberg u Trankenbar by Matthaus Seutter, pub. 1745. Plan & view of Danish East India Co. In present day… ***
*** 23 Japanese photographic Albumen prints showing Japanese trades people, landscapes and street Scenes. Views around Yokohama, Kioto, Nikko, Nara, Tokoyo, Hikone, Nagasaki, Kobe, Matsushima. All hand tinted, numbered and named in the negatives, some with… ***
*** Postcard album with over three hundred cards, mostly of world views and some beauties ***
*** Three, circa 1906 Australian Aboriginal Corroboree Photos. Corroboree group; two painted men with boomerangs; and two painted men posing with spears. Taken by touring American missionary, c.1906. Contrast poor. Silver Gelatin photograph, 8.5 x 10.5 cm ***
*** Two postcard albums. Australian and New Zealand views, plus some marine. 200+ cards ***
*** Press photo, the Southern Cross over Boston, Massachusetts at the end of the East-West Atlantic crossing, 1930. 20 x 25.5 cm ***
*** 5 Boofhead Comics. Original Invincible Comics, numbers 1 5, 10, 12. Also a Christmas Annual. All good to better condition. ***
*** Various Arndell family documents. Copy of the Will of first fleeter Thos Arndell Esq. (1753-1821) dated the thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen Rh (title fold). Later pencil notations in margins. On whatman paper & watermarked,… ***
*** Canvas-backed 'Gone with the Wind' original movie poster. French release 'Autant en Emporte le Vent.' artwork by Roger Soubie 1898-1984). Lithograph 148 x 227 cm ***
*** Map, 'The Kingdome of England,' John Speed 1610. Described by Christopher Saxon, augmented by John Speed; with costumed figures vignettes to each side. Hand coloured engraving. 38.5 x 51 cm ***
*** 1851 van Diemens Land Criminal record. Vellum document identifying Elisa Dove, transported in 1843 for stealing 15 pounds. Details all her subsequent charges whilst a ticket of leave housemaid. Mostly drunkenness. Faded, though still legible. 24 x 19 cm ***
*** Map of new Holland circa 1804-5. Showing surveyed & charted areas. Pub. By Arrowsmith and Lewis. Engraving. 20.5 x 25 cm ***
*** Collection late 19th/early 20th century naked beauties. Cards mostly French. Mixture of real photos and photolithos. Total approx. 70. 13 x 9 cm ***
*** Australian postcards c.1906. 82 postcards, many real photos inc 8 US Fleet visit ***
*** Photo album of Jenolan Caves, 1887. Missing front & back cover of album ***
*** Mark Foys 1960s scrapbook and jubilee book, 'The Romance of the House of Foy,' 1935 ***
*** Three 18th century Australian maps, including Bonne and Desmarest 1788 coloured map Cooks 1st voyage - cape Tribulation, Furneaux Islands Botany Bay, and entrance to the Endeavour river; Bonne and Desmarest, 1788 Cooks 2nd voyage, Adventure Bay, Tasmania;… ***
*** Book: 'The holy bible,' published by Thomas Kelly, London, 1815. Rebound in Sydney by T Corbett. ***
*** New South Wales Contingent (to the Sudan), printed Parchment certificate of Discharge completed in manuscript. Private Robert William (family name is not clear; it could be Holt). Contingent disbanded. Service Abroad 112 days. Sydney July 3rd, 1885. ***
*** Printed bill of Lading finished in manuscript for the good ship the 'Terror' Sydney cove bound for Auckland New Zealand, 1846. Oval ink stamp of Sheppard & Alger, packet office, Sydney NSW. Ornate vignette of Britannia with the legend sold by W. Moran… ***
*** 40 stereographs depicting Australia c1900. Various publishers ***
*** Various early 20th century vanity magazines (8), including 1929 April, July, August and November. 1934 April, July, September and October ***
*** Postcard album. Australian and New Zealand scenes plus world comic etc. 300+ cards, most postally used ***
*** Photograph album. 'Photographs Illustrating the Earliest Times New South Wales,' by Charles Potter. Government Printer. C.1893. Containing 59 original albumen print photographs of early watercolours & engravings, commencing in 1770. ***
*** Book, 'The Art of Elioth Gruner.' limited edition #465/600, signed by artist. Pub. Art in Australia ***
*** Books, (11) 'Rationale of Judicial Evidence,' by Jeremy Bentham, pub.1827. 11 volumes, some with loose and stained boards ***
*** 19th century photo album. 44 Pages with thin paper albumen photo pasted to one side. Mostly 20 x 27 cm. Views of the Mediterranean cities & landscapes, with some artefacts. C.1880. ***
*** Three various walking sticks, including carved horse's head with silver belt decoration; antler handle with engraved silver band 'G. Burton;' and 1 other. ***
*** Three Land Grants: large oblong folio on vellum, dated 1 June 1854, signed by Governor Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, witnessed by Riddell, Colonial Secretary. Good attached paper seal of the Colony, dated 4 November 1857, signed by Governor ***
*** Postcard album of approx.150 postcards, many theatrical (some signed), plus some Australian include 2x 1906 US Fleet visit and Japanese postcards. ***
*** Book: 'Painter's Journal' written and illustrated by Donald friend. Published by Sydney Ure Smith, 1946. Loosely enclosed is an original pen sketch by Donald friend of two men fencing. ***
*** Four various Hawkesbury new race Course ephemera. Broadsheet (poster). Re-backed with Museum standard Japanese mulberry tissue. (31 x 46.5 cm). To Labourers and Contractors tenders are required by 'The Improvement Committee' for the erection of paling… ***
*** Three various Colonial documents. Marriage certificate Presbyterian church Windsor, 1835. Certificate for the marriage of Edward Mitchell (1799-1879) to Elizabeth Coverly. Edward was an ex-convict who had received a seven year sentence in 1819. Signed in… ***
*** Maps (3), NSW County, Brisbane, Gloucester & hunter, including. Towns, Scone, Boggibri, Bullah-della & Gloucester. Pub. 1872, hand coloured lithograph (3), 38 x 53 cm (each) ***
*** Early postcard album. Containing over 150 cards, including 'Squeaker.' ***
*** 100 19th century Stereograph photos and viewer ***
*** Map, Earliest plan of port Jackson. Map of port Jackson from the heads to near Silverwater with soundings by Captain John hunter. From... 'Account of the new Colony,' pub. By John Stockdale, London, 1789. Copper engraving 27 x 42 cm ***
*** Charles Martin illustrated sheet music. 5 Illustrations including La Pieuvre, water Chute, Colin-Maillard, Traineau & portrait of Charles Martin; printed sheet music of Erik Satie including La Comedie Italienne, Le Flirt, water Chute, Colin-Maillard, Le… ***
*** Framed Chart of the South Seas. Engraved by Bernard, France. Showing routes taken by Captain Monats 1765, Captain Carteret 1767, Lieutenant Cook 1769. Hand coloured engraving. 69 x 39 cm ***
*** Colonial Australian photograph. Hunting party including children. Thin paper albumen print. 13 x 19 cm ***
*** Group 19th century Eastern photographs. Tin paper albumen photographs, mostly published, some by Bonfils, 9 Sebah & Joaillier. Views & persons from Oman, Afghanistan, India & Ceylon. Some small candid photos on two pages. 20 x 27 cm. (average) ***