*** | 1930 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set (back inscribed '24 Photos in a complete set', though 27 known), including D.Bradman, A.Jackson & W.Ponsford. G/VG. Fine condition for these. (27) | *** | |
*** | 1930-31 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set (back inscribed 'There Are 24 Photos in a complete set of Australians'), including D.Bradman, A.Jackson & W.Ponsford'. G/VG. Fine condition for these. (24) | *** | |
*** | 1938 Allens 'Cricketers' (coloured), complete set, including Don Bradman, bill brown & Len Hutton. G/VG. (36) | *** | |
*** | 1937 Griffiths Brothers (Cruising Toffee) 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set (9/10 known), noted Don Bradman, bill brown (signed) & Arthur Chipperfield. One card trimmed, G/VG. Extremely rare | *** | |
*** | 1938 Griffiths Brothers (black Crow Cough drops) 'English Cricketers', almost complete set (6/7 known), noted Ames, Barnett & Paynter. Fair/VG. Extremely rare | *** | |
*** | 'The day the earth Stood still' (1951), classic sci-fi, US lobby card (34 x 27 cm), window mounted, framed & glazed. Condition A | *** | |
*** | C1920-23 football cards, collection of small size real-photo cards, probably Godfrey Phillips Kf size. Fair/VG. (168 items) | *** | |
*** | 1926 Wills (four Aces) 'Stars of the Cinema', complete set (52); plus other 1914-38 cards (51) & oddments including nice tennis tie-clip. (c105 items) | *** | |
*** | South Australia: group of real photo postcards including scenes from Adelaide, Goodwood, Prospect, Quorn, Renmark, Victor harbour, Wallaroo beach, etc., including four small-format photos. (31 items) | *** | |
*** | Maritime & naval: postcards: c1910 Dutch warship 'Hertog Hendrik'; 1919 Visit of Admiral Jellicoe (3); c1925-97 US ships in Sydney Harbour (8); 1934 HM Sussex Royal Tour (4); 1938 US Navy Tour to Australia (2 covers, photograph & map). (20 items) | *** | |
*** | Don Bradman: 1997 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'Sir Donald Bradman AC Greatest Hits', complete set (16), with one card signed by Don Bradman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 42 x 52 cm. | *** | |
*** | 1911 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set (50 + 1 spare), all with 'A series of 50' & 'Capstan' on reverse. Condition varies (as usual), mainly G. (total 51) | *** | |
*** | 1911 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', almost complete set (49/50), all with 'A series of ' & 'Capstan' on reverse. Condition varies (as usual), mainly G | *** | |
*** | 1957 movie poster 'A Town Like Alice', scarce USA one-sheet poster, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, size 68 x 103 cm. (In 1959 the movie was re-released in USA as 'The Rape of Malaya'). | *** | |
*** | Postcards, Northern Territory and Aboriginal subjects: real photo postcards including Aboriginal women 'Driving' a Ford car (c.1909 - G.M. Nixon, Perth); 'Queen of her Tribe' (Jolley, Melb. C1909); Christ church, Darwin; Albert Namatjira and N.T. Scenes;… | *** | |
*** | Postcards, nice group of real photo cards with scenes including Burnie, Deloraine, eagle hawk neck, huon bridge, new Norfolk, port Arthur, Scamander, Strahan, Stanley, Wynyard, Zeehan, etc. (24) | *** | |
*** | Cigarette and trade cards: 1927-39 English football cards, 1927 Players 'Football Caricatures by Mac' (46/50); Players 'Footballers 1928' (50); Players 'Footballers, 1928-9' (25); 1930 Players 'Association cup Winners' (49/50); 1934 Players 'Hints on… | *** | |
*** | 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1845 to December 29 1845, with c155 complete newspapers with Australian & Overseas news | *** | |
*** | 'On the Beach', (1959), wonderful post-apocalyptic film shot in Melbourne, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner; US one sheet poster (68 x 104 cm) | *** | |
*** | 1910 Sniders & Abrahams 'Western Australian League Footballers', series E (22/56). Poor/G. | *** | |
*** | 1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933', complete set. G/Vg. (200) | *** | |
*** | 1933 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers', part set (49/100 + 10 spares). Fair/G. (total 59) | *** | |
*** | James Bond book assortment by Ian Fleming c1960 including, Goldfinger (1st edition, no dust jacket, good condition), Thunderball (1st no Dj, good condition), Dr. No, live and Let Die, plus others. All in Dust Jackets except the firsts. Condition varies.… | *** | |
*** | Model Ship Building 1900-1980 including, the model Ship, her Role in History (Napier Boyd), National Maritime Museum catalogue of Ship models to 1815, plank-on-frame models Vol I & 2, the world of model ships and boats (Williams), Prisoner of war Ship… | *** | |
*** | 1857 Grant By Purchase of Land in Dunolly, John Carter of Melbourne purchases a town lot in Dunolly on 5th October 1857. The vellum document bears the seal of the Colony of Victoria and is signed by Sir Henry Barkly, 2nd Governor of Victoria. 34 x 45 cm.… | *** | |
*** | McCance, John (1859-93) 'Up the Mountain: A journal of Goings & Doings round about Mount Wellington' (mss, Hobart 1888-89) 55 handwritten pages plus a pen & ink sketch dated Mar.1889 and initialled by the author/artist together with a hand drawn map of… | *** | |
*** | 'Gramophone' Magazine, extensive run (claimed to be complete, but unchecked) from 1923 to 2010; together with a selection of CDs. The world's best classical music magazine | *** | |
*** | Book: Haughton Forrest (1826-1925) by George Brown (Melbourne, Melakoff 1982) Imitation leather, in dustwrapper, Numerous colour illustrations, a good copy, Number 209 in an edition of 1500 copies | *** | |
*** | Charles Darwin: 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication' in 2 vols, by Darwin [2nd ed., London, 1875]; 'Insectivorous Plants' by Darwin [1st ed., London, 1875]; 'The formation of Vegetable Mould, through the action of Worms with… | *** | |
*** | Victorian Ferry Tickets: 1) Bay Steamers Limited. Paddle Steamer 'Weeroona' Day Return. 2) VR Melbourne to Portarlington or Geelong, Saloon Day Return, date stamped: 13MY 37, triangular section taken out (indicating one way journey completed), nipped… | *** | |
*** | 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series D (head and sholders), part set (18/56). Fair/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1949 Kornies 'Victorian Footballers', complete set (108) stuck down in album. Fair/G. | *** | |
*** | 1979 Scanlens 'Footballers', almost complete set (144/156). Mainly G/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1994 Weet-Bix/County print 'Australian Test Cricketers by John Ireland', complete set (20), all signed, includes mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Shane Warne, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 39 x 58 cm. G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1929 Wills (Australia) 'Cricket Season 1928-29', part set (45/48), including five of the rare cards E.L.A'Beckett, R.H.Bettington, H.Ironmonger, C.E.Kelleway and J.D.Scott. Poor/G | *** | |
*** | 1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store (Bendigo) 'Victorian Country Footballers' - Sandhurst No.14 A. Welch. G/VG. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store (Bendigo) 'Victorian Country Footballers' - Sandhurst No.16 W. Edwards. G/VG. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store (Bendigo) 'Victorian Country Footballers' - Sandhurst No.17 R. McNaughton. G/VG. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store (Bendigo) 'Victorian Country Footballers' - Sandhurst No.20 L. Vernon. G/VG. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1949 Victorian Nut Supplies 'Caricatures of Australian Sportsmen by Bob Mirams' - No.14 John Coleman (with blank back). Good condition. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1986 'Inside Football' magazine in complete bound volume, with complete set of 'Tooheys 2.2 Player Profile' posters (24). Excellent condition. | *** | |
*** | 1909 J.E.Barnes Photo 'Team Photo Post Cards' - University F.C. G/VG. This is one of a very few series to show players from the University Club | *** | |
*** | C1909 Sniders & Abrahams 'Football Club Shields' (1/39 known)- Melbourne. G/VG condition. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.11 John Peck (Hawthorn). G/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1965 Mobil 'Mobil Footy Photos 1965 - Sanfl Footballers', complete set (40) stuck into album. Fair/Good condition | *** | |
*** | 1972 Sunicrust 'Weg's Footy Funnies', almost complete set (38/40). Fair/VG | *** | |
*** | 1954 Fyna Foods 'Victorian Footballer Caricatures' (2/24) with club colours at base, the two Richmond players - Roy Wright (Good condition) & B. Wilson. (Fair condition with club colours separated) | *** | |
*** | 1954 Fyna Foods 'Victorian Footballer Caricatures' (1/24) with club colours at base, No.17 J. Spencer (North Melbourne). G/VG. Rarity 8 | *** | |
*** | 1971 'Football Records', for 1971 Heinz night series cup (complete set of 7, including Final - Melbourne v Fitzroy). Fair/good condition. (7 items) | *** | |
*** | 1908 Wills 'Cricketers', complete set (50), (5 Wills’S & 45 Wills’s). Fair/VG | *** | |
*** | 1913-60 collection of sets in two albums, noted 1913 Players 'Cries of London' (25); 1939 Players 'Uniforms of the Territorial Army' (50); 1925 Wills 'Ships Badges' (50); 1913 Players 'Characters From Thackeray' (25); 1924 Morris 'Measurement of Time'… | *** | |
*** | 1906 Dungey Ralph (Sweet Nell) 'South Australian Footballers' (1/49 known) - D.Moffat (South Adelaide). Good condition. Extremely rare | *** | |
*** | 1913 Wills 'Football Club Colours and Flags', complete set (28). Fair/VG | *** | |
*** | c1964 Mobil 'Weg Mobilgas VFL Club Mascots Decals', almost complete set (11/12). G/VG | *** | |
*** | 1998 Select football cards in album, with complete base set (200), plus Club Captains (16), Bound For Glory (4/10), Medal Cards (8), Premiership Predictor (3/16), Hall of Fame (5) x 2 sets, Draft Pick Signature Cards (3/20) - Tarrant, Croad & Johnstone,… | *** | |
*** | 1964-65 Mobil cards - '1964 Mobil Footy Photos - SANFL Footballers' (2/40) & '1965 Mobil Footy Photos - SANFL Footballers' (34/40). G/VG. Also 1970 SA edition of 'Footy World' with Lindsay Head colour cover | *** | |
*** | c1964 Mobil 'Weg Mobilgas VFL Club Mascots Decals', almost complete set (11/12). G/VG. Rarity 6 | *** | |
*** | 1911 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Racing Scenes', almost complete set (39/40). Fair/VG a scarce set, this the most complete we have offered | *** | |
*** | Cigarette Cards: W.D. & H.O. Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers' complete set [25], G/Ef. Cat.£425. | *** | |
*** | Trade Cards: Sweetacres (Australia) 1932 'Test Match Records' complete set [32]; plus 'Prominent Cricketers 2nd Series' complete set [32]; plus Nabisco 1948 'Leading Cricketers' (Crispies Weeties Vita-Brits) complete set [32]. G/Ef. | *** | |
*** | Trade Cards: A.W. Allen Ltd. 1938 'Cricketers' (coloured) complete set [36], F/Ef. Cat.£432. | *** | |
*** | Trade Cards: Amalgamated Press's 1928 'Famous Australian Cricketers' complete set [16]; Boys' Magazine 1932 'Zat' Cards (English Cricketers) complete set [11]; D.C.Thomson's 1932 'The World's Best Cricketers' complete set [32, 'Rover']; Cat.£396. G/Ef. | *** | |
*** | New South Wales Sheffield shield team: Brisbane, 1930: the official NSW team photograph by Sidney Riley, Brisbane, with Kippax as Captain and McCabe, Jackson, Fairfax and bill in the team. Laid down on the original backing card, overall 30 x 38 cm. While… | *** | |
*** | A small range of publications including 1931 'The Athletic news cricket Annual', 'In Quest of the Ashes 1934' (by Wrigley's), 'Official magazine Australia V India 1947-48', 'Australia Wins! the illustrated story of the 1948 Tests', 'Sporting Globe cricket… | *** | |
*** | Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821?1899) Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on an October 1876 indenture granting Edwin Field permission to mine the specified land in the District of Sandhurst. The yearly 'rent' was set at four shillings. Four years… | *** | |
*** | Group of four mid-19th century daguerreotype portrait photographs in latching leather bi-fold cases. (4 items) | *** | |
*** | 1930s-50s Journals: with 'In Quest of the Ashes 1934: Don Bradman souvenir Booklet', '1937 the Ashes: Wrigley souvenir Book' with pull-out scoring sheet, '1946-47 sporting globe cricket Book', 'The 'Listener In' test cricket book: for the fireside on test… | *** | |
*** | ROSE STEREOGRAPH COMPANY: Fifteen stereo cards, of which eleven featuring the 1914 preparations of the Australian Expeditionary Force in Ballarat, Broadmeadows, and Melbourne, together with four other WW1 cards. (15 cards) | *** | |
*** | ROSE STEREOGRAPH COMPANY: Thirty-four stereo cards featuring views of the United Kingdom, including streetscapes, landmarks, royal processions, troop reviews, etc. (34 cards) | *** | |
*** | 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… | *** | |
*** | 1912-14 Sniders & Abrahams: 'Australian Footballers', Essendon players from series G (with pennant), H (head in star) and I (head in shield), (14). Some duplication, mixed condition. | *** | |
*** | New York Times - Civil War Era - Battle of Fort Harrison: 1864-65 selection comprising 1863 (Oct.1, 4, 5, 7, 10 & 11 and Dec.24) && 1865 (Apr.23), the Oct.1 1864 with Special's Correspondent's Sep.29th report on the movements of the Army of The James… | *** | |
*** | 1926-48 Cricket Cards: complete sets comprising 1926 Players 'Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip' [50], 1928 Wills 'Cricketers' [50], 1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933' [38], 1936 Churchman 'Cricketers' [50], 1947 Radio Fun (Amalgamated Press)… | *** | |
*** | Papers Explanatory of the Charges Brought Against Lieut. Gen. Darling By William Charles Wentworth, Esq Published by The House of Commons, London, July 1830. 60pp. Folio, in recent binding. An extremely fine fresh copy. British Parliamentary Paper HC586.… | *** | |
*** | [Tasmania : Morton Allport] two stereoview cards, each bearing a pair of albumen paper print photographs of the artist, Mary Morton Allport in the garden at their home, Aldridge Lodge, Hobart town, circa 1860s. One card annotated verso 'From the garden,… | *** | |
*** | Vernon Heath (Piccadilly, London), Carte-de-visite studio portrait of the Maori chiefs Kihiringi Tuahu & Kamariera Te Hau Takiri Wharepapa, photographed in 1863, during a visit to London under the sponsorship of the Wesleyan missionary, William Jenkins.… | *** | |
*** | Postcards and souvenir cards, Australian themes all real photos including Tasmanian, Mt Gambier, The Grampians and South Australia, (79 items) | *** | |
*** | George rose, group of four stereoview cards, circa 1900, each pair of images approx. 85 x 140 mm, mounted on original cards with printed and dated 1894 geo. Rose copyrights noted and all annotated in the same hand verso: 'The Gorge (winter) buffalo Ranges… | *** | |
*** | Early Ballarat Gold Mine: Australian Freehold Gold Mine, certificate for 5 shares, £1 paid, 1852, no.924, scrollwork left, black with heavy blue underprint, fine and scarce. Early Gold Miner: The Australian Freehold Gold Mine, certificate for 5 shares, £1… | *** | |
*** | Godfrey Phillips: 1933 Victorian Footballers (B.D.V. Cigarettes) part set [42/75], G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Big League' magazine 1979-1982 and 1999-2000 accumulation of issues (56) plus 1981 and 1982 Annual editions, also 7 Rugby League Week issues between 1975 and 1989, and a single 1970 edition of Rugby League News. (66). | *** | |
*** | 1933 Allen footballers (stripes) part set [56/144], few poor, generally to G/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1933 Allens footballers (club flags) [28/72] also1933 Carreras (standard Cigarettes) Bob Mirams 'Caricatures', complete set [26/72]; few others including Carreras Personality series No.94 Haydn Bunton; condition poor to good. Inspection advised. (65) | *** | |
*** | Coles 1954-55 - Geelong: group of cards comprising 1954 series 1 (5) including Bob Davies & Peter Pianto,1954 series 2 (7) and 1955 series 3 (4, Norman sharp edge fault); corner mount impressions & edge blemishes, overall to VG. (16). | *** | |
*** | Argus 1953 'Football Portraits': Geelong: complete set of Geelong players [6] including Bob Davies, issued as a part of a set of 72 large-sized cards (each 11 x 19 cm), G/VG. (6). | *** | |
*** | Geelong: 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.2 Graham 'Polly' Farmer. VG/Exc. | *** | |
*** | Coles 1954-55: Fitzroy: group of cards comprising 1954 series 1 (4), 1954 series 2 (3) and 1955 series 3 (4), corner mount impressions, overall G/VG. (11). | *** | |
*** | The Railway Guide of New South Wales., Second Edition, [Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer] 1884, 4to, 146pp, 6 black and white photographic plates, numerous illustrations, appendix, map., Original black leather binding with gold embossed titles… | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #15 Dick see, Eastern Suburbs roosters [1/33]; VG | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #18 Johnny Raper, St George dragons [1/33]; creased; Poor/Fair condition. | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #25 Jim Lisle, south Sydney Rabbitohs [1/33]; G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #28 Don Parish, Western Suburbs Magpies [1/33]; G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #29 Les Johns, canterbury bulldogs [1/33]; G/VG. | *** | |
*** | Laurie Wilson (1920 - 1980) A suite of four landscape images, silver gelatin photographs, bears artist's studio stamp verso and each approx. 13 x 18 cm (on 20 x 25 cm stock). (4). | *** | |
*** | Scanlens 1964 (second series): card #32 Graeme Langlands, St. George dragons [1/33]; good condition. | *** | |
*** | Private Cecil Thomas Adams (1891 - 1916), a certificate presented to members of Adams' family acknowledging his death in action in France in November 1916, presented by the residence of Rockhampton and district with a photograph of Adams inserted in the… | *** | |