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| *** | Prince of Wales gold mining Company, Cobblers Ballarat' lithographic poster, circa 1864, by H. Deutsch, Ballarat. With an exterior view of the mine head, interiors of the quartz crushing & engine house, an interior view of the Puddling machine & Sluicing… | *** |  |
| *** | Edward Ruscha (USA,1937 - ) A collection of books, comprising of 'Thirty four Parking Lots' [1967, First Edition, First Printing, with the extra folding flap attached to the last page. With original glassine jacket], 'Nine Swimming Pools and a Brokea | *** |  |
| *** | Richard Walter Hillsdon, photographer, Lyttelton, New Zealand, sepia photographic print dated 26/11/10, laid down on card, titled 'Officers and crew Capt. Scott's Antarctic Exped.1910' depicting the men in full uniform on board the 'Terra Nova' prior to… | *** |  |
| *** | Northern Territory: The 1883 Expedition to Locate 'Sturt's Tree', Dec.10th 1883 four-page letter headed 'Palmerston' and addressed 'The Acting Government Resident, Palmerston; written by James P. Hingston, Surveyor, in which he provides a day-by-day… | *** |  |
| *** | Gough Whitlam 'Australian Labor party Policy speech 1972' signed by Whitlam, first edition, limited to 250 copies, this being numbered 70, burgundy hardcover in original slip case, near mint condition | *** |  |
| *** | Fivet Taylor, Derek; Harrison, George, fifty Years Adrift. [Genesis publications Ltd, Guildford, 1984]. Signed by Derek Taylor and George Harrison. Limited to 2000 numbered copies of which this #917. Publisher's original dark brown half leather, with five… | *** |  |
| *** | New Zealand : 'Panorama of Christchurch N.Z. From Cathedral Tower 1881' by E.Wheeler & Son (Christchurch, 1881), accordian-fold album with 10-part panorama, with additional tipped in albumen photograph of Christchurch Cathedral, and Carte-de-Visite… | *** |  |
| *** | Postcard Album: Wonderful collection of c1900-10 postcards in album, all Victoria with Melbourne & Suburbs, and Victorian country towns & scenes; Melbourne Cup. inspection will reward. (390) | *** |  |
| *** | Ben Chifley (1885-1951, 16th Prime Minister of Australia), pipe in leather case with initials 'J.B.C.' (Joseph Benedict Chifley); Australian Flag from Prime Minister's Car, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on each side, size 30 x 13 cm; Robert… | *** |  |
| *** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (33). Fair/VG. Extremely rare | *** |  |
| *** | 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition: 'The Undying Fire' by H.G.Wells (London, 1919) signed by the author and endorsed 'To Cherry-Garrard, with Warmest Thanks For His Penguins, From H.G.Wells'. Together with two other H.G.Wells books - 'The First Men in… | *** |  |
| *** | 1932 Hoadleys (3D Violet Nutty Bar) 'Victorian League Footballers', almost complete set (100/108). Poor/G | *** |  |
| *** | 'Shipping Register, Railway pier Sandridge', manuscript register from 1857 to 1898, listing date, name of ship, where from, description, tonnage, cargo, master and date of departure. Fascinating historical document, c600pp. Noted a few pages missing… | *** |  |
| *** | Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Cumjam Murdered Ferguson at Mentana, March, 1894, albumen paper print, 15 x 10 cm, laid down on the photographer's cabinet card from which the name has been excised. Printed text on image and margin lower left and right… | *** |  |
| *** | 1969 Scanlens 'Footballers' die Cuts complete set [18], all with outer sections intact, G/VG. Rare. (18). | *** |  |
| *** | Scanlens 'Footballers', complete sets comprising 1981 [168], 1982 [180], 1984 [132], 1985 [132], 1986 [132], 1987 [132], plus 1986 & 1987 bubble gum wrappers, mostly VG to excellent. (878). | *** |  |
| *** | The Nimrod Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 09: Four real photo postcards depicting Shackleton, Edgeworth David, 'Queenie' Famous Dog of the Expedition, and The Nimrod prior to departure; all published by J.F.H. (Frank Hurley's company). (4). | *** |  |
| *** | Comics - super adventure comic (Australian issue): bundle of early issues comprising #1, 4-5, 8-15, 18-24, 27-28, 30-32, 35, 42 & 79; all front covers feature Superman and Batman, and often Superboy and/or Robin too, priced at 6d or 8d (from issue #11);… | *** |  |
| *** | John Noone (photographer), Biographical charts of Italian Painters of the schools of Venice, the Venetian States, Genoa, Cremona, Mantua, Milan, Ferrara, Modena and Parma [Vol.1]; of the schools of Bologna, Florence, Naples, Romes, Sienna [Vol.11].… | *** |  |
| *** | The Hobart town Almanack for the year Mdcccxxx, [1830], with embellishments, [Hobart town : James Ross, 1830]; 272pp, with 9 plates etched by Thomas Bock including 7 showing views in van Diemen's :and 2 showing telegraph signals and maritime flags (hand… | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Pastoral Homes of Australia - Victoria' published by the Pastoralists' Review [Melbourne, McCarron, Bird & Co, 1910] with introduction by W.H Lang; quarto, full morocco with gilt embossed board and spines, marbled endpapers with W.H. Lang's personal… | *** |  |
| *** | 1926 Craig & Hales 'Australian Sportsmen and Racehorses', part set (10/30 footballers). Mainly rare. | *** |  |
| *** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (33). Fair/VG. Extremely rare. | *** |  |
| *** | 1928 Hoadleys 'Australian Cricketers', part set (13/33 + 4 spares), noted Don Bradman (2), Archie Jackson and Victor Richardson. (total 17) | *** |  |
| *** | Newspaper Coverage of the Kelly Gang - November 1878 to April 1881, A fascinating collection of 48 complete original newspapers, all of which provide significant coverage of the activities, capture, deaths and trial of the members of the Kelly Gang.… | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: 'Chart of Terra Australis by M.Flinders, Commr, of H.M.sloop Investigator. South Coast sheet V' by Matthew Flinders (London, 1814), shows Bass Strait, with inset charts of port Dalrymple, Furneaux Islands, Twofold Bay, and port Phillip &… | *** |  |
| *** | 1950s trade cards in album, noted 1954-55 Coles 'Victorian Footballers' (84) ; 1951 Kornies 'Footballers in Action' (5/64); 1953-54 Coles 'Australian and English Cricketers' (27/28); Malties 'The Worlds Trains' (40). G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1995 Futera 'The Heritage Collection - A Collection of Great Australian Cricketers', complete set [60], with all 59 player cards signed, including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey & Keith Miller. VG condition in album with special box of issue.… | *** |  |
| *** | The Boys Weekly, from Sydney Australia, April 16, 1926 to December 16, 1927: the complete run of 88 editions of this delightful newspaper/magazine, printed and published by Alfred Crew Parsons for The Daily Telegraph, Sydney., Sports news (especially… | *** |  |
| *** | Macdonald, J.G. Journal of J.G. Macdonald on an Expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria and back. [George Slater; Brisbane, 1865] Small 8vo. Leter calf; gilt. (2 iv 60pp.). With engrv. portrait and large fold. engrv. map at front; Erratum… | *** |  |
| *** | Tulloch & brown, Melbourne, 'Map of the Colony of Victoria 1856, comprising part of New South Wales, the Boundaries, Counties also Seaport & Inland Townships, the gold fields with the Latest Discoveries, Roads, tracks, &c. &c Compiled from… | *** |  |
| *** | Movie Posters, A group of four Australian printed one-sheet movie posters for foreign-produced films being distributed in Australia. The posters are for 'The Beloved Cheater' (1919, American, Mutual Films), 'The Last Laugh' (1924, German, Master Pictures)… | *** |  |
| *** | A letter from Arthur Streeton to Roger Leech of Brighton, Victoria. Undated (but October 1892), 2-page Als, headed 'Highbury Grove, Kew. Between the Cemetery & the Asylum', in which Streeton offers to meet with Leech 'If you are so interested as to invest… | *** |  |
| *** | Samuel Thomas Gill (1818 - 1880), Nicholas Chevalier (1828 - 1902), and others, 'Victoria illustrated second series with descriptive letterpress.', (Sands & Kenny: Melbourne & Sydney), 1862, oblong quarto, engraved vignette title page and, 41 steel… | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Warrnambool standard Almanac and tourist guide to Warrnambool & District, for 1884' | *** |  |
| *** | (Parte Del Mare Pacifica), engraved by Vincent Mario Coronelli (Theologian, Mathematician & Cartographer, Venice), 1691. 46.5 x 61.5 cm (plate size), finely executed copperplate-engraved map with some sensitive hand-colouring showing the west coast of… | *** |  |
| *** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B30 - title: Portal in an Iceberg, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the… | *** |  |
| *** | 1909 Unknown Publisher 'South Australian Footballers', the complete Norwood set (8/56). Cat.Numbers 1-8. G/VG condition. Exceptional condition for these. Extremely rare. (Very little is known about this set. The fact that some of the subjects are the same… | *** |  |
| *** | 1910 Sniders & Abrahams æAustralian Footballers - Victorian League PlayersÆ, series E, complete set [60]. G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | War Movies collection: Huge collection including 6-sheet poster ('Tora! Tora! Tora!); 3-sheet posters (6); Uk 2- sheet poster; US one-sheet posters (36); Uk one-sheet posters (29); Belgian poster (1); German poster (1); Australian Onesheet posters (43);… | *** |  |
| *** | Herbert Ponting (1870-1935): 'Weddell seal (Diving off the ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G.Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society labels on… | *** |  |
| *** | Freeman Brothers: the first Responsible Government of New South Wales, 1856 photo (18 x 13 cm) in original frame, overall 31 x 27 cm. (William Glover Webb Freeman (1809-1895) and James Freeman (1814-1870), started business in 1854 and soon became the… | *** |  |
| *** | Don Bradman, display comprising complete set of 1995 'The Bradman collection' cards (20) - with each card signed by Bradman, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 48 x 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1880-81 Melbourne International Exhibition: certificate 'Melbourne international Exhibition 1880. This is to Certify that Jury No. XXX (Navigation and life Saving Hemp, Manilla rope, Turines) Selected as the most Meritorious Australasian Exhibit in Their… | *** |  |
| *** | 1974 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (132). G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | An account of the Norwegian Expedition of 1894-5 during which the first known landing was made on the Antarctic Continent bull, Henrik Johan. ' The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the south polar Regions'. (London & New York : Edward Arnold, 1896);… | *** |  |
| *** | New Guinea /Queensland: 'narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley. Added the Account of Mr E.B.Kennedy's Expedition For the Exploration of the Cape Yorke Peninsula' by John MacGillivray, in two volumes… | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: 'Ins Kleine Gebrachte Karte Von Den Sud-Landern' by Jacques Nicholas Bellin, rare German edition (Leipzig, 1753), engraved map in superb condition, overall 41 x 25 cm. Tooley 156/157 & Clancy 6.28, though unlisted German edition. One of… | *** |  |
| *** | Henry Lawson (1867-1922): 'Selected Poems of Henry Lawson' illustrated by Percy Leason (Sydney 1918) endorsed with poem & signature of Henry Lawson. Printed portrait of the poet by John Longstaff with the artists signature dated 1935. Dust wrappers, minor… | *** |  |
| *** | 1970 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (66). Mainly VG. Great set | *** |  |
| *** | A Signed Letter From Ranjitsinhji to King George V - 6th March 1932, 6th March 1932 typed letter on The Palace, Jamnagar, Kathiawar letterhead, with Ranjitsinhji's crest embossed in green, signed by Ranji at the end. A highly important historical document… | *** |  |
| *** | A Conditional Pardon For Mary Ann Beddow December 1846 Van Diemen's Land Conditional Pardon on vellum, signed by Charles Latrobe and with the seal of the Colony largely intact at left. Extremely rare. Beddow had been sentenced to seven years… | *** |  |
| *** | Tasmania: an attractive leather & buckram bound album containing an extensive collection of unattributed albumen paper photographs of Tasmania, circa 1880s-90s. Various sizes, up to 23 x 29 cm; all laid down on thick album pages. (total: 59 images). | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick de Wit (1629 - 1706), 'Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California', copper engraving, with hand-colouring, 50 x 60 cm; framed 77 x 89 cm overall. From: Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee atlas. Amsterdam, c. 1680. | *** |  |
| *** | French Revolution - 'Certificat de Civisme': good conduct certificate in manuscript headed 'Liberte', 'Egalite', 'Fraternite' and 'Ou La Mort', presented to Lieutenant-Adjoint 'Tremery' by the 2nd Battalion of Tirailleurs (skirmishers), dated 1794; framed… | *** |  |
| *** | 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series a - without framelines, almost complete set (49/50). G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | 1954 Harper's Easi-Oats 'SANFL League Footballers - series 3', almost complete set (30/31). Fair/VG | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Carrington (1843-1918): 'Melbourne' (view of the city from the south side of the Yarra looking north-East, with four vignettes of buildings), engraved by Rudolph Jenny, printed as a Supplement to 'The Australasian', 1871, window mounted, framed &… | *** |  |
| *** | Carlton: Champion Footballers Series: Alf Baud postcard, circa 1915. Unused. Rarity rating: 10. | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 'Steve Mcqueen Bullitt' movie poster laid down on canvas, featuring McQueen as the king of cool driving a Ford Mustang 351 Shelby, artwork by Landi, published by St.Martin, Parisedition | *** |  |
| *** | 1904-08 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Football - Incidents in Play', complete set (16). (includes the card overwritten as 'Geelong and Melbourne'; does not include error card 'Carlton and Geelong') | *** |  |
| *** | 1922-23 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Portraits of Our Leading Footballers', complete set (106), includes numbers 1-96 with both types of Nos.15 & 16; plus the 8 unnumbered cards. Poor/VG. Rare - the first complete set we have offered! | *** |  |
| *** | 1967 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (72). VG. Exceptional | *** |  |
| *** | 1914 Sniders & Abrahams: Victorian League: 'Shield' design [44/60] including Jock McHale, some aging, generally G/VG. | *** |  |
| *** | New South Wales - Port Phillip District. Land and Emmigration receipt No.45, issued to Mr. W.G. Brodie of Moonie Ponds on 1st December 1849 for the payment of £135. The payment is in the nature of a deposit so that Brodie could participate in the purchase… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Tea trade document. Dutch East India Company (Voc). An unpublished manuscript document recording a cargo of tea from china carried on the Voc ship Vrouw Maria Cornelia, dated 1790, titled: Prisatie over de Lading Thee per het Schip Vrouw Maria Cornelia… | *** |  |
| *** | Rose Kennedy (1890-1995, mother of United States President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward Kennedy), signature 'Rose' on extraordinary letter to the Duchess of Windsor in Paris, written on mourning card, with envelope posted… | *** |  |
| *** | 1912 Sniders & Abrahams æAustralian FootballersÆ, series G (Pennants), complete set [60]. G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1949 Anglo-French Sweetworks (South Africa) 'Australian test Cricketers', complete set, all signed, noted Lindsay Hassett, ray Lindwall & Colin McCool. Fair/VG, several with paper adherance on reverse. An extremely rare signed set. (14) | *** |  |
| *** | Complete set of 'American Tobacco Company', 1901 Australian issue, 'Cameo English Cricketers' badges comprising Barnes, Blythe, Braund, Garnett, J. Gunn, Hayward, G. L. Jessop, A. O. Jones, Lilley, A. C. McLaren, C. McGahey, W. G. Quaife, C. I. Robson and… | *** |  |
| *** | World: John Tallis: 'Wrights Universal Dictionary - Atlas' [London, c1852-56], with 78 double-page maps by Tallis with decorative borders & vignette illustrations, engraved maps with original hand-coloured outlines, each c27 x 35 cm, occasional slight… | *** |  |
| *** | 1906 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players', Series B, complete set (56). G/VG. Rare - the first complete set we have offered | *** |  |
| *** | 1978 Tip Top (Sunblest Bread) 'VFL Footy All-Stars', complete set (12); plus c1978 Tip Top 'VFL School Book Stickers' (2/12 + one spare). G/VG. scarce group. (Total 15) | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (36). Mainly G/VG. Very rare in such fine condition | *** |  |
| *** | Herbert Ponting (1870-1935): 'Weddell seal (Diving off the ice. Cape Evans, March 15, 1911)', c1911, silver gelatin photograph (44 x 60 cm), the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G.Ponting' at lower right, titled and numbered '35' on the fine Art Society… | *** |  |
| *** | 1930 Australian Criket Team, official team photograph, taken by T. Bolland, titled 'The 1930 (17th) Australian Test Team', signed to mount by the entire team, 17 signatures - W.L.Kelly (manager), Archie Jackson (scarce - he died of Tb in 1933), Tim Wall,… | *** |  |
| *** | Alphonse Chargois (1860-1936), Cumjam chained to the back of a horse-drawn cart, 1894, albumen paper print, 15 x 10 cm, laid down on the photographer's cabinet card. Printed text in margin 'A. Chargois. Croydon and Normanton'. This image does not appear… | *** |  |
| *** | Comics - Australian number '1' Issues: selection of first Issues comprising 'Buccaneers', 'Congo Bill', 'Dick Tracy', 'G-Man', 'Jumbo Comic', 'Ken Shannon - private Eye', 'Outlaws', 'Roundup', 'Supa Dupa Man', 'Taxi O'Hara' and 'Yarmak - jungle King'… | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 Scanlens Footballers, complete set [36] including Ted Whitten, Des Tuddenham, Kevin Murray, 'Polly' Farmer, Bob Skilton and Darrel Baldock, mostly G/VG. A rare set. | *** |  |
| *** | John Gould, the birds of Australia, (Melbourne: Lansdowne press, 1972), elephant folio, eight volumes (facsimile), coloured, plates; publisher's vinyl binding, with, gilt titles to spines. A good, clean set, with original packaging. Together with the,… | *** |  |
| *** | Matthew Flinders (1774 - 1814), chart of Terra Australis: by M. Flinders, 1798-9, south coast, sheet VI, (with inset of approaches to Hobart town), copper engraving, 1814, 66 x 46 cm (image); framed88 x 67 cm (overall). From Flinders' a voyage to Terra… | *** |  |
| *** | Cook, James & Forster, George, a voyage round the world Performed in his Britannic Majesty's ships the Resolution and adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775....Illustrated with a chart of the Southern Hemisphere...[Dublin, W.Whitestone, S… | *** |  |
| *** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B13 - title: distinguished movie star Visits south polar Regions,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931'… | *** |  |
| *** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set (19/33). Fair/VG. Extremely rare | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series D (head and sholders), complete set (56) | *** |  |
| *** | Norman Lindsay: 'Norman Lindsay Water Colour Book' by Godfrey Blunden (The Springwood Press, Sydney 1939) limited edition 1850 copies of which 1820 were for sale. Note: Norman Lindsay original water colour painting portrait of a woman on the endpaper with… | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Victorian League Footballers', Series D (head & sholders), complete set (56). One damaged & repaired, others G/VG | *** |  |
| *** | 1906 Greathead's Tonic Medicine 'Victorian Footballers' (1/12 known) - Fontaine (Fitzroy). G/VG condition. Rarity 10. This is the actual card illustrated on the 'Australian Rules Football Cards' website | *** |  |
| *** | The Tasmanian Standard Newspaper 1861-62, The Tasmanian Standard. For the Family, the Library and the People' No.1 Vol.1 (November 30, 1861) to No.14 Vol.1 (March 1862) complete in a bound volume., A combination of commercial, legal, sporting and social… | *** |  |
| *** | 1995 Futera - the Heritage collection - a collection of great cricketers: complete set [60] all signed, including Don Bradman, Bob Simpson, Bill brown, Keith Miller, ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey Arthur Morris, Richie Benaud & Graham McKenzie; in very good… | *** |  |
| *** | Nicholas Caire (and possibly others), group of ten albumen paper photographs, depicting Australian Aborigines and Indigenous life, all titled in the plate, including 'Family Mia Mia', 'Native Encampment river Murray', 'Camp of young Lubras', 'Kangaroo… | *** |  |
| *** | 1974 Scanlens 'Footballers' complete set [132], generally F/Vf. | *** |  |
| *** | 1965-67 Scanlens 'Footballers' duplicated array with 1965 (29) including. Neville Crowe, Bob Skilton & Kevin Murray, 1966 (8) and 1967 (66), poor to VG. (103). | *** |  |
| *** | Harold Emanuel Freedman (1915-1999), Men of Service (the locomotive designer), colour lithographic poster, circa 1947, poster No.248 for Victorian Railways, printed by F.W. Niven. Linen backed, 101 x 64 cm. Extremely rare image. | *** |  |
| *** | Comics - Superman (Australian issue): bundle of earlier issues comprising #22-23, 27-29, 36-43, 45-58, 60-68, priced at 6d or 8d (from issue #46), condition variable, but generally most presentable, published by colour Comics Pty Ltd /K.G. Murray… | *** |  |