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Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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Printed & Written Material
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** S.T. Gill, 'The Australian Sketchbook' published by Hamel and Ferguson, printed in colours, 25 loose chromolithographed plates, including title page in original folder, folio as issued 1865. Plates in unusually good condition, showing, predominantly… ***
*** A Murray River paddle-steamer chart on cloth, 64 feet long, from Wentworth NSW to Murbko S.A ***
*** Fairyland, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1931 A&C black London true first of the desirable childrens book, N/F copy D/J ***
*** Cloth, Murray River Chart 18.5 feet long, from 700 mile mark to 825 mile mark, Mildura to approx. Euston, drawn by Captain H.H.Hart of Goolwa with photograph of paddle steamer 'Tarella' and others at Murray Bridge Wharf ***
*** John Gould 'The birds of Australia' 1972-1974 Lansdowne press, complete 8 folio volume facsimilie of original 1848 edition, in original foam packaging and clear protective wrapper ***
*** Atlas, plan of the Southern portion of the Province of South Australia as divided into Counties and Hundreds, compiled from official documents (Surveyor General's office, Adelaide 1877) comprising a key map and 17 double spread maps, bound in half leather ***
*** Goyder: Atlas of South Australia as Divided into Counties and Hundreds 1877 ***
*** The Captain's cabin from the 'Karatta' with all interior fittings (with photograph) ***
*** The Forest Flora of South Australia by J. E. Brown with 31 plates (a few with all faults) ***
*** Photographer unknown: 103 x historical archive c.1950's original photographs containing images of NT Aboriginal dances & corroboree's, aircraft images 2 x Rfd service aircraft?, Aboriginal camps, settlements, groups, etc. Locations include Kingoonya SA,… ***
*** Record of the Black Prince 1849 rare edition of 1000 copies, carved cover and coloured engravings ***
*** James Joyce, 'Ulysses' (London 1937) first trade edition in rare price clipped dust jacket ***
*** Mark Shephard 'A Lifetime in the bush: the biography of Len Beadell' no. 17 of 100 copies in full leather, 1998 first edition with four other Corkwood press editions of books by Len Beadell bound in kangaroo leather and each limited of fifty copies ***
*** A South Australian Colonial manuscript recipe book inscribed 'Bertha Wehl, Mt Gambier, Nov. 14 1866' containing various inscribed recipes, clippings and cuttings. Bertha Ottilia Wehl (1854-1922) daughter of Dr. Johann Dietrich Eduard Wehl (1823-1876), Mt… ***
*** A.S. Murray 'Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes and Flowers' 1900 first edition including the 17 chromolithographs ***
*** Mortimer Menpes 'Japan', (1901) signed and numbered by the artist first edition de luxe with 100 bright colour plates of oriental watercolours ***
*** George French Angas, 'South Australia illustrated' 1967 facsimilie edition of the 1846 publication. Very light wear to leather ***
*** 'Yorke Peninsular Aboriginal Mission' signed by Thos S. Archibald 1915 ***
*** Rev. Julian E. Tenison Woods 'North Australia: It's Physical Geography and Natural History' Adelaide 1864 First Edition ***
*** An English oak revolving bookcase with attached book rest ***
*** David Collins, 'An account of the English Colony in New South Wales' London T. Cadell, 1798 first edition, leather bound. 'A/F' to binding ***
*** Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 'The new British Province of South Australia; or a description of the country, illustrated by charts and views' (London 1834) first edition in half leather, marbled boards ***
*** 'Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-1892 Under Command of D. Lindsay' with the two large, loose folding maps. Adelaide 1893, First Edition ***
*** Returns relating to land in South Australia', Since the 5th day of May, 1835 ordered by the house of Commons to be printed, 10 April 1840. The rate British Parliamentary paper, including a list of all purchasers of land, amounts paid. Bound in modern half… ***
*** Francis Dutton 'South Australia and It's Mines' 1846 First Edition, in quarter leather by Bayntun Bath, England with the excessively rare folding map ***
*** Rare silver gelatin print of the the white star line Titanic 1912, the largest vessel & the largest floating crane in the world. Attributed to Hurst & Co, fine Art Warehouse, Belfast, photo taken at Harland & Wolfe Shipyard Belfast 1912. Image also… ***
*** Robert Gouger, 'South Australia in 1837 in a series of letters with a postscript as to 1838'. The preferred second edition [1838] with additional information and the first inclusion of the folding map ***
*** Early South Australian postcard album, an amazing personal collection of mostly South Australian and some interstate postcards, all unhinged, including late 1800's and coloured Indigenous postcards ***
*** A.A. Milne 'The house at Pooh Corner' 1928 first edition ***
*** Arthur Streeton, 'The Art of Arthur Streeton' Sydney Angus and Robertson 1919, deluxe edition, one of only 30 copies with additional 36 tipped in engravers plates, small insect damage to front end paper ***
*** The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia in 3 Vols. 1888 ***
*** Stereoscope cards, a collection of rare boxed viewing cards of early Egypt, Palestine and Jerusalem, together with viewing scope by Underwood and Underwood New York ***
*** Two early South Australian photographs, hammer and Co local Police photographs ***
*** 'History of the families of Bonython of Bonython and Bonython and Carclew... to which is added an account of the Bonythons who settled in SA' by Eric Glenie Bonython 1966 First Edition for private distribution with related letters and postcards ***
*** Bailliere's SA Gazetteer and Road Guide with map 1866 ***
*** The Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring, Expedition 1894' four accompanying maps including extensive folding map showing the route, and the survey of the Hermannsburg Mission station, in original, but damaged, box ***
*** Chapbook' an Australian magazine edited by Allan Francis and Rex Wood (Adelaide The Hassell Press) with coloured lino cut 'The Red Dancer' by Rex Wood 41/400 tipped-in frontspieces ***
*** 2 Vols, the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (in good binding) ***
*** Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, three Vols. (a/f) ***
*** Gum tree Brownie', and other 'Faerie folk of the Never-Never' illustrated by Ida S Rentoul (1907) first edition corrected issue ***
*** J.W. Lewis, 'Report on the Lake Eyre Expedition' with folding map. S.A. Parliamentary paper no.114 1875 ***
*** James Backhouse 'A narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies' 1843 first edition (without the Derwent plate) ***
*** Three ambrotype portraits, framed in leather and embossed leather cases with rouge velvet lining depicting mother, father and child ***
*** Worked leather and gilded cased daguerreotype ***
*** Ebenezer Ward 'The South-Eastern District of South Australia' 1869 with 1867 map ***
*** An oil on canvas, laid on board of a young girl daydreaming while reading a book, in a elaborate gilded frame (A/F) ***
*** Large photo 'Kanimbla' 11,000 tons ***
*** Leatherbound album of Charles Kerry Australian photographs and others c.1900-1920 ***
*** 'Robert Duncan' photograph ***
*** Mr J Ross's Explorations, 1874, Journal and folding map of the expedition, conducted at Thomas Elder's expense. South Australian Parliamentary paper No.67 1875 ***
*** Herbert Basedow Journal of the Government North-West Expedition 1914 first edition ***
*** Facsimile edition - Matthew Flinders Private Journal 1803-1814, bound in quarter leather no. 18 of 150 copies ***
*** Set of six antique Magic lantern moveable colour slides ***
*** Facsimile edition - Peron, The Atlas only 1824 (2008) bound in half leather no. 18 of 150 ***
*** Collection of Magic Lantern slides, Japanese subjects ***
*** Set of antique magic lantern slides, series of West Cornwall, UK ***
*** David Unaipon and others 'Photographs of Australian Aborigines A.F.A.' 1936 first edition ***
*** 1 Vol, the illustrated London News 1872 ***
*** 1 Vol. Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels with Adventures in The New Colony of South Australia, second edition 1840 by W.H. Leigh ***
*** Columbine: illust by Norman Lindsay limited to 1000 copies ***
*** Herbert Basedow 'Journal of the Government North-West Expedition' 1914 ***
*** Walter Scott-Barry: an early photograph wool Stores, Port Adelaide 1889, elder Smith & Co. Ltd, 25 x 41.5 cm image ***
*** J.D Woods 'A Narrative of the Visit of H.R.H The Duke of Edinburgh KG to South Australia' (Adelaide 1868) First Edition. Illustrated by the Author, the rare issue with the laid-down original photographs of the Duke and Dominick Daly, The Governor. Boards… ***
*** Australian comic - Phantom, number 99, c.1948, good condition ***
*** Four volumes 'Biographical Index of South Australians' 1836-1885 ***
*** Allan A. Davidson - Journal of Explorations in central Australia 1905 (2004 facsimile edition) no. 18 of 99, bound in quarter leather with separate facsimile edition of the maps (two) ***
*** Facsimile edition - Journal of Nicolas Baudin 1,800-1803 (2004) bound in quarter leather no. 18 of 99 ***
*** Village Card Game, Polish watercolour signed Lucy Sawicka 1908 ***
*** Large Port Adelaide photograph ***
*** A 19th century Daguerreotype of a gentleman in a tooled case ***
*** Art book 'Norman Lindsay watercolours' 1969 ***
*** Captain Cook' Captain Cook's Journal SLSA 1968 facsimile edition, complete with all maps and illustrations, describes Cook's first voyage ***
*** 'Captain B. Hinkler Remarkable Flight from London to Bundaberg' vintage postcard ***
*** Book: Faberge and the Russian master Goldsmith ***
*** Framed Ambrotype, 19th century early photograph in brass enamel decorated frame ***
*** Framed Ambrotype, 19th century early photograph in leather case, A/F to hinge ***
*** Antique collection of glass slides, Victorian and Edwardian collection of scientific glass slides of flora and fauna, approx. 75 slides in fitted mahogany box ***
*** Antique collection of glass slides, Victorian and Edwardian collection of scientific glass slides of flora and fauna, approx. 75 slides in fitted mahogany box ***
*** Antique collection of glass slides, Victorian and Edwardian collection of scientific glass slides of flora and fauna, approx. 75 slides in fitted mahogany box ***
*** Herbert Basedow 'Narrative of an Expedition in N-W Australia' 1918 first edition ***
*** Book: Norman Lindsay Selected pen Drawings ***
*** Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, complete 1880's ***
*** Two daguerreotypes in embossed leather cases, Man and Woman c.1850's ***
*** Victorian walnut book tidy (extending) with cut brass decoration ***
*** Art book: Dada + Surrealist Art (with slipcase) ***
*** Six photographs of the laying of the railway line at Ucolta in the mid-north, July 1903. Four of the photographs are of assembled gangers, two of them by John H. Garden, Petersberg, another one stamped W.E. Moyses Photographer Yarcowie, and the fourth is… ***
*** 'Album of Adelaide, its Suburbs and Botanic Gardens' views from negatives by Captain Sweet, Landscape Photographer, Adelaide, small leporello c.1880 ***
*** One Volume 'The Native Tribes of South Australia' ***
*** Photo of 'Chicago' at Hobart ***
*** Ketches photograph ***
*** F. Algar 'A Handbook to the Colony of SA' London 1858 First Edition, with the Adelaide facsimile of 1980 ***
*** Antique collection of glass slides, Victorian and Edwardian collection of scientific glass slides of flora and fauna, approx. 75 slides in fitted mahogany box ***
*** Daguerreotypes depicting family portrait ***
*** Victorian daguerreotype, large size in ornate case ***
*** Book: Art of Albert Namatjira 1944 ***
*** Early Australian photographs, South Australian West coast Cummins etc ***