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'Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir & Programme' - The…
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Melbourne
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30-Sep-2009
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'Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir & Programme' - The Mayor of North Sydney's commemorative, multi-signed book. Full black leather, scuffed edges and spine; gold blocked titles and drawing of the completed bridge, with 'Opening Date 19th March 1932 / The Mayor of North Sydney/Alderman H.L. Primrose' embossed in gold. Alderman Primrose cut the ribbon on the north side of the Bridge (photograph page 9 of The Bridge Opened). With deckled endpapers, incorporating Programme of official opening and Celebrations March 19 - April 1 1932 (4pp); Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme (180pp); and The Bridge Opened - Illustrated Supplement to Official Souvenir, March 1932 (34pp). This copy signed to fly leaf by Gwendoline Game, further signed on page 7 near their photographs, by the key participants in the Opening; John T. Lang (Premier), Philip Game (Governor of Nsw); Ma Davidson (Minister for Works, Nsw); Jm Baddely (Minister for Mines and Minister for Labour & Industry, Nsw); J McGirr (Minister for Local Government); W McKell (Minister for Justice); J Lamaro (Attorney General, Nsw) and W Davies (Minister for Education). To page 16, The Hon Rt Ball has signed next to his photograph setting the foundation stone to the bridge in 1925. To page 32, The Hon Roland Kitson (Deputy Chairman of Dorman, Long & Co, and Director of the Bank of England) has signed near his photograph. On page 33, Lawrence Ennis (Director of Dorman, Long & Co, and Director of Construction, Sydney Harbour Bridge) has signed near his photograph. On page 50, Mr D. Clyne, Mla for King (The City of Sydney) has signed near his photograph. On page 172-3, three members of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations Organising Committee have signed: H Budge (Secretary to the Governor), C Chapmam (Under-Secretary, Treasury Nsw) and Dr Jc Bradfield (Chief Engineer, Sydney Harbour Bridge); near their photographs. Tear at bottom p66, not affecting text., Page 111 is partly torn, affecting text. Addendum correcting caption on p14 of The Bridge opened is extant. A remarkable piece of Australiana. [Re-offered from a previous auction; the purchaser having failed to complete payment.]
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