*** | Collection from early 1900s, majority B & W, from around the globe. Amongst the usual topographical noted better from Ceylon, German East Africa, great Britain; noted lovely series of Hythe street scenes, Malta, N.Z. Included Featherston Training Camp,… | *** | |
*** | Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket 1977-78: An autograph sheet featuring the autographs of the World XI, unusually accompanied by Packer's signature in the lower right corner. The World XI included Tony Greig, Majid Khan, Asif Iqbal, Mushtaq Mohammad,… | *** | |
*** | Jack, Robert L., and Etheridge, Robert (Jnr), The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea, with sixty-eight plates and a geological map of Queensland [Brisbane; James Charles Beal, Gov't Printer, 1892] Vol.1 (text) 768p; Vol. 2 (plates) 68… | *** | |
*** | G/VG. Elusive as a complete set. 1965 Scanlens 'Cricketers', complete set [40]; generally to VG. Elusive as a complete set. | *** | |
*** | 1909 - 1915 Fort Gellibrand Squadron Order book kept by the Officer-in-Charge, Garrison Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps / 13th A.M.C. Field Ambulance, with many pages of manuscript entries. Some examples: 7.2.14 (page 90) 'Divine Service will be… | *** | |
*** | 1965 Scanlen's Cricket Gum 'Cricketers', complete series [40], most in lovely condition. Also, a few unrelated cards. (63). | *** | |
*** | Mary Leigh or Lee or Gangell or Murphy - Free Settler or Convict: 9 May 1842 mss transcript of evidence in the case of John Thornley, who has been charged with harbouring 'Mary Leigh, an absconded offender.' Leigh goes to great lengths, apparently… | *** | |
*** | Robert Percy Moore (New Zealand, 1881 - 1948) A panoramic photograph of a large Maori group at Whakarewarewa model village, Rotorua, New Zealand, circa 1925, hand-coloured silver gelatin photograph (18 x 95 cm), in original glazed wooden frame. From 1923… | *** | |
*** | Morton Allport (1830-1878), group of three stereoview cards with pairs of albumen paper prints, circa 1860s, each annotated verso: I.) 'Fern trees - near Hobart town. M. Allport' II.) 'Forest Road, Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. Uncle Allport' III.) 'Fern tree… | *** | |
*** | [Northern Territory] port Darwin, photograph, circa 1880s, 15.5 x 21 cm laid down on album page backed with two additional photographs, 'Fitzroy River' (12 x 18 cm) and 'Rockhampton - main Street' (10 x 15 cm), all annotated in a neat hand. (3). | *** | |
*** | Great White Fleet Silver gelatin panorama of the Sydney cricket ground for the commemoration of the visit of the American Navy in 1908, period oak frame with gilt slip, glazed (cracked), four images combined 33 x 105 cm | *** | |
*** | A group of five photographic images of Australian Aborigines depicting hunting, in family groups and ceremonies, circa 1890s-1920s; 14 x 20 cm (average each). (5). | *** | |
*** | [Aboriginal women & Children], a group of photographs, various sizes and unknown photographers, circa 1900 - 1920s; including one titled verso 'Mother & 4 children, Arunta', one titled 'Lubra & piccaninny' in the plate, etc. (7, the largest 15.5 x 11 cm.). | *** | |
*** | 1972 Scanlens 'Footballers' incomplete set [62/66, ex No.1,7,18 and 42], plus 13 duplicates incl. Kevin Bartlett (3), G to Vf. | *** | |
*** | An album containing 1933 Godfrey Phillips 'Victorian Footballers' part set [43 of 50] plus 1933 Allen's Sweets complete set [1-72], plus a few other football and non-football subjects. | *** | |
*** | 1973 Scanlens: Club Mascot Sticker inserts, complete set [12], VG to Vf and scarce thus. | *** | |
*** | Balance OF1970s-80s Trade Card Consignment: including Scanlens part sets with duplicates 1973 Series A (16), Series B (75), 1980 (95), 1981 (15), 1984 (25, Melbourne or Fitzroy players only), plus oddments from other years including check list cards &… | *** | |
*** | Australia: A collection of maps including A. & C. Black (1851), Bartholomew (1853), Archer (c1860), Blackie & Son (c1870), Johnston (1886), Harmsworth (c1920) and other similar. (24 items). Various sizes, mixed condition. | *** | |
*** | Topographical Map of the Federal Territory Australia, Compiled, Drawn and Printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, 1910, 90 x 125 cm, supported on a turned cedar roll by the noted map mounter J.Creffield of Melbourne., George Sydney Jones [1864-1927,… | *** | |
*** | 1977 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising with Carlton [30], Collingwood [26], Essendon [30], Fitzroy [34], Footscray [40], Geelong [37], Hawthorn [56], Melbourne [55], North Melbourne [28], Richmond [20], St… | *** | |
*** | 1967 Scanlens 'Footballers' [61/70] ex cards #1,3,5,37,42,45,51,53 & 61, poor to VG, majority G/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1977 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set [132], plus checklists [12], mostly VG to excellent. (144). | *** | |
*** | (1610) (4 items) English & Irish County maps comprising 'The Province of Connaugh with the citie of Galwaye Described' by John Speed (1610); 'The East riding of Yorkshire' by Robert Morden (c.1720); 'Oxford Shire' by Robert Morden (1695); and 'Hertford… | *** | |
*** | 1899 Australian Federal Referendum Certificate: lithographed coloured certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 60 cm. | *** | |
*** | Comics (Australian) - featuring female Heroes: selection comprising 'Belinda - the girl film Star' No.3, 'Black Cat' No.2, 'Brenda Starr' Nos 4, 6, 7, & 8, 'Cowgirl' Nos 1 to 7, 'Rangers comic - featuring Firehair' issues Nos 7 & 13 and 'Firehair Comic'… | *** | |
*** | Wharton, Capt. W.J.L., RN, Australia - East coast: Admiralty chart (no 2924) 'Cape Grafton to hope Islands, with the adjacent Barrier Reefs', February 1909 edition, overall 103 x 69 cm. Endorsed verso 'S S Essex Lance Owner's Chart'. | *** | |
*** | An Early Land Transaction At Queenscliffe, 5th April 1859 eight-page vellum document formalizing the 'Lease of an Allotment of Land at Queenscliffe' by James Dawson of Kangalong, Point Fairy 'in the Portland Bay District' and John Lang Currie of Larra… | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A39 - Title: 'The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around', with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr… | *** | |
*** | Bellin set a very high standard of workmanship and accuracy, cementing France's leading role in European cartography and geography during this period. Many of his maps were copied by other mapmakers | *** | |
*** | Matthew Flinders (1774 - 1814), chart of Terra Australis: by M. Flinders, Comm'r of H.M. Sloop Investigator, 1802 -3., north coast, sheet II. (Gulf of Carpentaria and surrounding islands) copper engraving, 1814, 95 x 70 cm (image); framed 117 x 91 cm… | *** | |
*** | 'Sydney & Harbour: a complete panoramic view showing the whole of Sydney Harbour: printed in Britain', circa 1900; oblong 8vo. In original brown boards with white title to front cover. Photographic b/w view of Sydney and harbour measuring 260 x 21.5 cm… | *** | |
*** | James Backhouse (1794 - 1869), a narrative of a visit to the Australian Colonies, [London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co.; 1843, 1st ed.] XVIII, 560pp, cxliv + 3 folding maps; frontispiece illustration of Hobart town; rebound with replaced blank end papers,… | *** | |
*** | Unknown photographer, Granny's shop, St Kilda Esplanade, circa 1870, albumen print, 11 x 15 cm, 44 x 54.5 cm overall | *** | |
*** | Biggles By Captain W.E. Johns - UK First Editions: selection with dust jackets comprising Biggles of the Interpol (1957), Biggles Presses On (1958), Biggles in Mexico (1959), Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn (1960), Orchids for Biggles (1962), Biggles… | *** | |
*** | John William Lindt (1845 - 1926), Clarence river man holding a didjeridu, albumen print photograph, circa 1873, manuscript sequence number '4' in plate at lower right, 20 x 15 cm (sight 18.5 x 14 cm); framed 53 x 43 cm overall. | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image A45 - title: Mrs. 'Gentoo' penguin and Baby,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 29, 1930' verso, together with… | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A75 - title: maker of history, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official… | *** | |
*** | The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B16 - title: a Glittering Derelict, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 20, 1931' verso, together with the… | *** | |
*** | Stereoviews 'Crystal Palace' group of nine hand-coloured cards showing interior scenes of the exhibits from the 1851 Great Exhibition. | *** | |
*** | 1973 Scanlens 'Footballers', club mascot sticker inserts, complete set (12). G/VG. Very scarce | *** | |
*** | 1977 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (132), plus Checklists (12). G/VG. (total 144) | *** | |
*** | 1971 Mobil '1971 Mobil Footy Photos - Sanfl Footballers', complete set (40) in album. G/VG (cards stuck in using photo corners). | *** | |
*** | 1947 Unknown, 'Wa Hobart Carnival Cards', second series No. 1 Merv McIntosh. Extremely rare. (the Australian football Heritage group website States that no record of cards from the first series exist; and only lists 12 known cards from the second series) | *** | |
*** | 1963 Scanlens 'Footballers' No. 14 Len Fitzgerald (Collingwood/Sturt) | *** | |
*** | 1949 Kornies 'Victorian Footballers', almost complete set (107/108) stuck down in album. Fair/G. | *** | |
*** | Prince Albert, (1819-61, husband and consort of Queen Victoria), signature 'Albert' on 1852 fine and attractive vellum document, bearing a large wafer seal showing the coat-of-arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and Devon, for pending appointment as special… | *** | |
*** | 1922-34 football cards in album, noted 1922-25 Suburban Premium (1); 1933 Allens striped colours (122); 1934 Allens Pennants (3); Wills 'Footballers 1933' (22). Fair/VG. (total 148 items) | *** | |
*** | 1965 Scanlens 'Cricketers', almost complete set (38/40), noted Ian Chappell, bill Lawry and Garfield Sobers. Fair/G. Very scarce set. | *** | |
*** | Cigarette and trade cards: 1922 J.J. Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Portraits of Our Leading Footballers', part set (65/103 + 19 duplicates), plus 3 other cards. The biggest group of these scarce cards we have offered. (total 87) | *** | |
*** | 1929 McNiven's (Confectionary) 'Cricketers', part set (12/40), including A.P.F. Chapman, J. Ryder & A. Jackson. Fair/G. An extremely rare set | *** | |
*** | 1921 McIntyre Bros. 'Football Champions Series 1' - M. Tandy (South Melb). G/VG. Rare | *** | |
*** | 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series a - part sets with blue framelines [19/24] & without blue framelines [35/50]. Poor/G (17 cards trimmed). (total 54) | *** | |
*** | Early movie poster: c1907 poster 'No Flicker, the a cme of Perfection. Palace electric Animatograph. Selwyn Conjuror and Expert card Manipulator', printed by the swift Printing Co., Sydney, red text with green surround, linen-backed, size 37 x 95 cm.… | *** | |
*** | 1966 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set (28/72). G/VG | *** | |
*** | Collection: c1900-39 collection in three albums, strong in Australian cards, noted Sniders & Abrahams 1906 'Jokes' (32/60 + 12 spares); 1906 'Views of Victoria, in 1857' (16/32); 1909 'Shakespeare characters' (25/40); 1905 'Statuary' (9/14); 1911 'Lady… | *** | |
*** | 'The Chronicles of early Melbourne 1835 to 1852, historical, Anecdotal and Personal', in two volumes by 'Garryowen' (Melbourne, 1888). Fair/good condition | *** | |
*** | 'Plan of the Pitfield Gold Mines'(Cape Clear/Scarsdale area), coloured lithograph, framed attractively; 58 x 47 cm | *** | |
*** | 1920 J.J. Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Victorian League Footballers', part set [55/60]. Fair/VG condition | *** | |
*** | 1975 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (132), plus Checklists (12). Mainly G/VG. (total 144) | *** | |
*** | 1968 Scanlens 'Footballers', series a (puzzle of 1967 Grand Finalon reverse), complete set (44). Fair/VG. | *** | |
*** | 1933 Carreras (Standard Cigarettes) 'Football Series' (Bob Mirams Caricatures), complete set (72). Mainly | *** | |
*** | 'The new map of Queensland, Compiled from the most Reliable and recent Public and private Surveys' published by J.W. Buxton, lithographed by Thomas Ham & Co. (Brisbane, 1863), in sections laid on linen (overall 68 x 90 cm), folding into original blue… | *** | |
*** | 1977 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set (132), in album | *** | |
*** | 1933 Allens 'League Footballers' (Striped Colours), complete from Nos.1-72. (72) | *** | |
*** | 1939 Allens 'VFL Footballers in action', complete set (48) | *** | |
*** | 1985 Kraft 'VFL Footballer stickers', complete set (72) | *** | |
*** | 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series a - part sets with blue framelines [11/24] and without blue framelines [22/50]. Fair/G. (total 33) | *** | |
*** | 1920 J.J. Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers', part set [34/60]. Mainly | *** | |
*** | 1955 Coles 'Victorian Footballers', part set (10/56) | *** | |
*** | John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869, founder of Melbourne), signatures (4) in book 'The Crown Lands of Australia' by Campbell (Glasgow, 1855) | *** | |
*** | 1887 (Oct.6) A Bushranger document. Confidential letter from the Manager of Union Bank of Australia Ltd, to James Kidd Esq, Collingwood branch, warning of an impending robbery. It reads in part '...I believe you have a revolver, if not, i will at once… | *** | |
*** | 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series D (head & sholders), part set (42/56). Fair/Vg | *** | |
*** | 1954 Argus 'VFL Football Caricature Swap Card Series', complete set (144), stuck down in album. Fair/G. | *** | |
*** | Melbourne and Suburbs: album of rose series postcards, 1913-67, good range of scenes. Mainly G/VG. (327 items) | *** | |
*** | 1905-10 Wills 'Past & Present Champions', almost complete set (48/50). Fair/G condition | *** | |
*** | 1971 Sunicrust 'V.F.L. Footy Swap Cards', complete set (50) One creased, others mainly G/VG | *** | |
*** | Cigarette Cards: 1912 F. & J. Smith's 'Cricketers' complete set [50], plus the complete 2nd series [20]. Poor/G. Cat.£1400. | *** | |
*** | 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' edited by Hon. Andrew Garran (Melb. Syd. 1886), 3 vol. blue morocco, ex library edition, boards chipped and scuffed, internally good. | *** | |
*** | ROSE STEREOGRAPH COMPANY: Fifty-five stereo cards featuring views of Japan, China, Korea, and several European and Pacific Island nations. (55 cards) | *** | |
*** | An Original Director & Early Chairman of B.H.P. - Duncan E. McBryde, Illuminated presentation manuscript to McBryde dated March 1878 from his 'numerous friends in Bulla and the surrounding District...' expressing their 'extreme regret' on the occasion of… | *** | |
*** | 'Plan of the Shire of Boroondara County-Bourke. Electoral District - Boroondara A, South Bourke.' lithgraphed map covering the area from Koonung Creek in the north to Gardiners Creek in the south. Shows individual land holdings and the revenue derived… | *** | |
*** | Group of six rotating magic lantern slides with handles, most of them chromatropes, the largest of which 18 x 9.5 cm. (6 items) | *** | |
*** | Richards & Co., Sydney and Ballarat, photographers: 'The Capturers of the 'Moonlight' Gang of Bushrangers' cabinet card size albumen paper print laid down on printed card, with the title, names of the policemen, and Richards & Co's details below the image… | *** | |
*** | Henry King & Co., Australian Aboriginals of NSW, circa 1885, two albumen paper photographs, each 19.5 x 14.5 cm, and individually framed, both 53 x 43.5 cm overall. Provenance: The Denis Joachim collection part II, 28 June 2017, lot 49 (part). | *** | |
*** | An Aboriginal family posing in front of their shelters, circa 1885, albumen paper photograph, 14 x 19 cm, laid down on card; overall 20 x 25 cm. Provenance: The Denis Joachim collection part II, 28 June 2017, lot 35 (part). | *** | |
*** | Sniders & Abrahams assortment: with 1908-09 'Incidents in Play' [1/16, Fitzroy V Richmond], 1906-08 Half-Length portrait [5/56, series a to C, mixed condition], 1908-09 'Half-Length Portrait' design [14/60 + single duplicate], 1910 'Head in Oval' [5/60],… | *** | |
*** | 1978 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising Carlton [18], Collingwood [34], Essendon [46], Fitzroy [47], Footscray [38] including Ted Whitten (7), Geelong [17], Hawthorn [40] including Leigh Matthews (3) & Michael… | *** | |
*** | 1975 Scanlens: incomplete set with lots of duplication, noting Kevin Murray, Kevin Templeton & Peter McKenna, plus checklists including Fitzroy Lions, G/Vf. (124). | *** | |
*** | 1978 Scanlens 'Footballers', complete set [156], plus checklists [12], mostly VG to excellent. (168). | *** | |
*** | Joseph Cook was appointed to the Privy Council on 16 July 1914. The Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a formal body of advisers to the King or Queen. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of either the… | *** | |
*** | Photography 'Walker Evans, First and Last' [Secker & Warburg, London, 1978]; 'Sudek' by Sonja Bullaty [Potter, 1978]; 'Robert Rauschenberg Photographs' [Thames & Hudson, 1981]; 'Photographies De Magritte' [Contrejour, 1982]; 'A History of Photogra | *** | |
*** | Edgar Allan Poe & Edmund Dulac 'The Bells and other Poems' [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1912], with 28 coloured plates by Dulac. Original cloth; board and spine richly gilt illustrated. First edition. | *** | |
*** | Thomas Bowen (1733 - 1790), 'A New & Accurate Map of Asia, drawn from the most approved Modern Maps & Charts.', London, 1799, some contemporary hand-colouring, 32 x 41 cm (plate), 57 x 66 cm overall with frame. Shows a largely speculative Southern… | *** | |
*** | 'Tasmania in 1859' by Sprent/Hogan;, 2 examples of this large wall map, both in poor condition. (2). | *** | |
*** | John Pascoe Fawkner signature on the title page of 'Last day of Dibden' (Lon. 1833) | *** | |
*** | 1968 Scanlens 'Footballers' Series A (featuring a puzzle of 1967 Grand Final on reverse), complete set [44], generally very fine condition. | *** | |