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Printed & Written Material — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
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| Number of lots recorded: | 94 |
| Lots with images: | 94 |
| Prices available: | 94 |
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Printed & Written Material
- Books (4)
- Historical Documents (13)
- Maps (6)
- Photographs (59)
- Postcards (10)
- Tickets (2)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Lieut. Henry R. Bowers (1883-1912), The Polar Party on the Trail, silver gelatin photograph, label and stamp verso: The Polar Party on the Trail, Lieut. Henry R. Bowers / during Capt. Scott's Expedition to the South Pole / Paul Popper Photographic agency,… | *** |  |
| *** | John Thomson (Scottish, 1777-C1840), a new general atlas 1817, a collection of maps and charts delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the world, printed by George Ramsay and Company for John Thomson and… | *** |  |
| *** | Kerry & Co. Album of photographs of Australia, early 1890's, 24 Albumen Prints (250 x 202 mm., or the reverse),mounted on thick card, recto only, all but one with the photographer's blind stamp in the image, most with negative number and caption in the… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of paper ephemera relating to Douglas Mawson and the crew of Discovery, Antarctic Expedition 1929 - 1930, newspaper clippings from the time of the Expedition departure and members including Mawson, a postcard with a photograph of 'Softy'… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Street Incidents, a Series of Twenty-one Permanent Photographs with Descriptive Letter-press' [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London 1881] | *** |  |
| *** | Hunter, John Esq. An historical Journal of the Transactions at port Jackson and Norfolk Island..1793 an historical Journal of the Transactions at port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the… | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal portrait, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Kerry (1857-1928), Aboriginal Warrior in Devils mask [sic], circa 1890, albumen paper photograph, inscribed with signature, title, catalogue number, 1383, to lower border, 19.5 x 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Fred Kruger (1831-1888), Aboriginal group outside hut, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, 13 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal with spear and boomerangs, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18 x 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Government of Victoria Invitations to the Editor of 'Advance Australia & Lady', to the Royal Review 1901 and The Exhibition Building 1901, two colour lithographs, with printed text on margin, 22 x 28.5 cm (each), together with a leather bound official… | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926). Two Aboriginals and hut, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), seated Aboriginal with spear, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal man with shield, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two plans of the Port Adelaide lighthouse, circa 1865, together with a lithographic sketch of the Margaret Brock and adjacent reefs off cape Jaffa, 57 x 53 cm, 53 x 53 cm and 28 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal boy with axe, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Wilson, Hardy, Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania, The Author, Sydney 1924, containing a tipped-in frontispiece and title-page vignette, all plates are collotypes (from artwork by the author), Number 542 of 1000 copies signed by the… | *** |  |
| *** | Josiah Martin (1843-1916), Maori woman and The Olde Order Changeth circa 1890, two albumen paper photographs, 'The Olde Order Changeth' showing a display of early Maori artefacts, initials and catalogue number 550 to image lower right, inscribed with… | *** |  |
| *** | John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal Boy with Axe, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton Artist Photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm, Essay, John William Lindt (1845-1926), Born in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, John William Lindt, son of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Repatriation Hospital comedy 8 mm film with canister, an original Kodak 8 mm film described to label as as a comedy featuring the Repatriation Hospital (Heidelberg, Melbourne) housed in the original metal canister | *** |  |
| *** | William King (1821-1910), Yarra River, Melbourne, photograph, inscribed on mount: Yarra River, Melbourne, 31 x 46 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Aboriginal Women of Victoria, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, inscribed in pen below image: Aboriginal Women of Victoria, 9.5 x 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A panoramic engraving of Sydney from the Australasian Sketcher, circa 1880, a coloured bird's eye view, 54 cm x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, The Esplanade, St Kilda, circa 1890, albumen paper photograph, titled lower centre: The Esplanade St. Kilda, 13.5 x 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, titled lower left and right on margin: Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, 17 x 21.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Public Pictures, Sydney, 2009 McDonald, John, The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell, 2nd Edition 2009, edited by Peter Crayford, published by Public Pictures, Sydney, Hardcover with jacket, 362 pages, illustrated fully in colour fold-out pages., ©… | *** |  |
| *** | Carte Reduite-De La Mer De Sud 1753., and, Chart of Part of The Coast of New South Wales From Cape Tribulation to Endeavour Straits By Lieut. J Cook 1770, two engravings, each with printed text in image, 20.5 x 35.5 cm and 30 x 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Henry King (1855-1924) and Photographers Unknown, Circular Quay from Dawes Battery, Sydney, circa 1890, together with two other photographs of Circular Quay, Albumen paper photographs, Henry King image inscribed with initials, title and catalogue number… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of three framed Colonial documents, pertaining to legal matters in Victoria, the largest 33.5 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Circular Quay, Sydney, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, impressed photographer's stamp lower right to image, 14.5 x 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | After J Arrowsmith, map of the Discoveries of Australia 1832, dedicated to the right Honourable Viscount Goderich. Hm Principal Secretary of state for the Colonies and President of the Royal Geographical Society, published 15 February 1832, J Arrowsmith,… | *** |  |
| *** | George Hughes Esquire Late, Alderman of the City of Melbourne for Gippsland, 12 July 1869, Illuminated Manuscript, mixed media with City of Melbourne seal, 53 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cloth bound volume on the Paris exhibition, 1900 | *** |  |
| *** | An American historical chronological scroll, 19th century based upon the 'Archbisop Usher' school of mapping history and events beginning with Adam and ending in 1900 6.5 metres length | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, 13.5 x 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Burton Brothers (1866-1914), Buried whares - Wairoa - after eruption Jun 10, 86, albumen paper photograph, inscribed with signature, title and catalogue number, 4097, to image lower left, 14.5 x 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of vellum clad trunks 70 cm high, 52 cm wide, 53 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A large half bound volume of Smith's Weekly, 1934, from April to 30 June, 1934 | *** |  |
| *** | Carte Reduite De La Mer Des Indes circa 1805 and A New and Accurate Map of Asia by Thomas Bowen, two engravings, each with printed text in image, 35 x 46.5 cm and 32 x 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Hobart from Battery Point, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, titled lower right on margin: Hobart - from Battery Point, 14 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Burton Brothers (1866-1914), Runanga House (Hinemihi), Wairoa, circa 1890, Albumen paper photograph, inscribed with title, signature and catalogue number 3846 to image lower left, 14 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Cable tram, car & dummy, circa 1890, albumen paper photograph, photographed outside S. Kozminsky, jeweller and watchmaker, and; Thomas Evans, Australian Tent and Tarpaulin Factory, Bourke Street West, inscribed with title in image… | *** |  |
| *** | Frank M Sutcliffe (1853-1941), Three antique photographs of English seafarers, portrait of 'Henry Freeman', lifeboatman of over forty years and sole survivor of the Whitby lifeboat disaster during the great storm of February 1861; 'Retired from the sea',… | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Sydney Harbour Bridge construction, circa 1930, silver gelatin photograph, 23 x 18.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Burton Brothers (1866-1914), Runanga House - Wairoa - after eruption June 10, 86, albumen paper photograph, inscribed with signature, title and catalogue number 4094, to image lower left, 15 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of mounted lithographs, engravings and reproductions, depicting Cook's Voyages, figurative studies and historical maps, 23 x 37 cm (average image size) | *** |  |
| *** | Collection of twenty three magic lantern glass slides, circa 1900, comprising mostly religious images and hymns, also scenes of a naval battle, the village blacksmith, a narrative scene, and a young beggar girl, the latter retailed through W. Watson &… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir James and lady Lumsden, circa 1870, three photographic portraits, each housed in gilt mounted rosewood frames, 60 x 50 cm (each). Other Notes: Sir James Lumsden (1808-1879) was a Scottish merchant and stationer who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow… | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Collins Street from Spring Street, albumen paper photograph, titled lower right: Collins St From St. (Full Length), 14 x 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Top of Bourke Street Looking West, Melbourne, albumen paper photograph, 13.5 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Dredging the Port of Melbourne, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, 15 x 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Cooper & Co. Landscape Photographers, Collins Street from Elizabeth Street, albumen paper photograph, titled lower centre: Collins St from Elizabeth St, 15 x 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Sydney from McMahons Point, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, 14.5 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Original admission ticket booklet for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis. The Monthly Pass booklet is Number 17559 issued to Howard S. Levy and still contains 25 of the original tickets. The adhesive label on the back cover indicates that… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of eight photographs and one print depicting nautical and shipping scences, HMS Dart, HMS Begeria and HMS Salamander, 13 x 18 cm (average size) | *** |  |
| *** | Two maps of South Australia, Lacepede bay, cape Jaffa and the Southern coastline, showing shipping courses and depth, surveyed by P a Nation and G E Demole 1859, 66 x 43.5 cm and 45.5 x 38.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Elizabeth Pulman (1836-1900), Maoris - New Zealande [sic] circa 1880, carte de visite, printed lower left and lower right to margin: photograph by E. Pulman, Aukland, with title and inscription verso: Maoris New Zealande [sic], further inscribed 10-455-C,… | *** |  |
| *** | John Kauffmann (1864-1942), The Track, photograph, 22.5 x 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bronze Medal Certificate designed by Will Low; awarded to Davis S. Mead for Corn. 55 x 64 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A framed photo lithographic print of the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British army and the Zulus, January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu war, printed text on lower margin, 41 cm x 67 cm (image only) | *** |  |
| *** | Three early albumen photographs of Sydney and NSW, late 19th century, comprising two photographs by Henry King (1855-1923) showing views of 171 Woolloomooloo Bay and Sydney Harbour, together with a photograph by John Paine (1833-1908) showing a view of… | *** |  |
| *** | An English antique wood cased panoramic type scroll together with an American Union type daguerreotype case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., early to mid 1850s, a banded wood scroll with a petite turned handle operating an internal winding mechanism, and; a… | *** |  |
| *** | Phillip Parker King & H.M.S Bathurst (hallmarked sterling Bathurst), Ship-letter carried from Sydney to London (Sydney,1823) manuscript leaf, folded to letter-size, housed in a quarter morocco solander case, 26 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Artist Unknown, A collection of three vintage albumen paper photographs, Tasmanian scenes, 19th century, Launceston, Tasmania 1890, Hobarttown, December 1884, Hobart Harbour, the largest 17 x 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A postcard and letter folio from the 1942-1945 Japanese occupation of Hong Kong 22 x 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Artist unknown, Norman Lindsay and wife Rose Soady, photograph, 24 x 18.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A handwritten vellum indenture, English, 17th century, dated April 1622, 40 x 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A suite of nine colour photographs of old Penang, 15 x 20 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Sheep Section Royal Show Sydney, New South Wales, photograph, inscribed verso: Sheep Section Royal Show New South Wales, stamped verso: Commonwealth Immigration Office DEC1922, 15 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large collection of vintage family photographs from Queensland including Kodak postcards from the Brisbane exhibition, 1916 and earlier, contained in a vintage chocolate box, the largest 13.5 x 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Josiah Martin (New Zealand 1843-1916), Diana, Fijian Beauty and Two young Fijian women, circa 1890, two albumen paper photographs, the former inscribed with signature, title and catalogue number, 1713, to image lower right, 20 x 15 cm and 17.5 x 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Artist Unknown, Melbourne Dredging to the Port of Melbourne circa 1890, albumen paper photograph, with an early photo of Bourke St Melbourne glued to verso, 21 x 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Artist Unknown, Melbourne – Top of Bourke St circa 1870, albumen paper photograph, glued to board, 16 x 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of original South Australian government papers 1842-1851, comprising the following Acts and Ordinances: 1842: 12,4,5,7,8;, 1843:5,6,7,9,10,12,13,14,15,16;, 1847:17,18;, 1849:7,8,10,12;, 1,850: 2;, 1851: 2 (includes the handwritten name of the… | *** |  |
| *** | Photographer Unknown, Figures at Clematis Hut, Fern Tree, Tasmania circa 1900, photograph, 25.5 x 30.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Burton Brothers (1866-1914), White Terrace, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, inscribed with signature, title and catalogue number, 3903, lower left of image, 14.5 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large collection of postcards (various makers) including hold-to-the-light types and real photo types; various chromo-lithographic cards and hand-outs including from the large size 'Au Bon Marche' series; Bleu Richter; Le Chocolat Lombard; Singer Sewing… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Westwood' 63 Wolseley Road, Point Piper, photographic postcard, housed in a carved Australian motif frame, 8.5 x 14 cm. Provenance, the Ruth Simons collection, 2005 | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Australian vintage photographs and calendars, 1900 and later, mostly Bundaberg related | *** |  |
| *** | Artist unknown, Four Mast Sailing Ship, Yarra River, circa 1912, photograph, Swiss Studios, Melbourne, 1912, with printed text on margin, 15.x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Andree Harkness, Socrates, photograph, inscribed verso: Andree Harkness from series 'The divided Line' Socrates, 27.5 x 27 cm. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of mounted and unmounted engravings and lithographs, depicting historical scenes, maps and militaria, 22 x 30 cm (average image size) | *** |  |
| *** | Artist Unknown, Adelaide Port circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, title inscribed to mount, 21 x 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Postcard & Trade Card collection; mainly chromo-lithographic types with advertisements on reverse. Noted Muller Boulangerie, A. Grassin, Galeries de la Bastille, Chocolat Choquart, Liebig, Maison Aristide Boucicaut, Chocolat Guerin-Boutron, Chocolat Ibled… | *** |  |
| *** | Postcards: A collection including 'Chocolat Devinck' chromo-lithographs (12); Schaeffner (3); other country flag types (14); various Papeghin photographic types (61); Cormault (4); plus others. (Total: 113) | *** |  |
| *** | Maizena Advertising Postcards for the Exposition Universelle 1904, St. Louis, U.S.A. New York: National Starch Co., 'Maizena' cards (8) each with a colour lithographic illustration of major exhibition buildings (labelled in French); verso are recipes in… | *** |  |
| *** | Australian Natives Association National Fete, Melbourne 1903, presentation certificate to Elsie berry, published Troedel & Co, photo lithograph, 50.5 x 32.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A black puffer vest by postcard, size US 4 | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of mostly Australian Art based paper ephemera including a copy of Art in Australia, comprising: Art in Australia, no. 41, December 1931, a hand coloured engraving of Geelong, two sepia etchings of Venice, a small pencil sketch reputedly by F… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of photographs and film relating to the exploration and industrialisation of British Columbia from 1908-1912 | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of invitations and tickets to various Parisian Expositions | *** |  |
| *** | Postcards: A collection of cards including Valentine's 'Entente Cordiale' series, Mark & Moody's 'Views at the Glass Furnace' series, Valentine's Canadian Pavilion series, Valentine's 'Officials', and others. (Total: 89). | *** |  |
| *** | 1889 Photographs and stereoviews of The Exposition Universelle de Paris 1890 | *** |  |
| *** | A photo lithographic print of the original pencil drawing of Taberner's Wonthaggi Hotel, by Dennis Lerversha, 25 x 37.5 | *** |  |