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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, BOOKS & EPHEMERA continued...

Historical Documents, Books & Ephemera continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3357

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: mid-1850s illustrated lettersheets by Frederick Terry each with the imprints 'Terry del 1853' & the printers 'Sands & Kenny Sydney & Melbourne' and comprising 'Court House and Scotch Church, Paramatta'; 'Double Bay from South Head Road'; 'Entrance to Sydney Harbour, North Head seen from the Flagstaff'; 'Fruit Market, Sydney'; 'Government House from the Botanical Gardens'; 'Newcastle from the Nobby'; 'North Head from Vaucluse'; 'Paramatta River from Fort Phillip'; 'Sydney Cove from Fort Macquarie', hand-tinted; 'Sydney from Old Point Piper Road'; 'Sydney Harbour from Watson's Bay' (hand-tinted); 'Sydney, Garden Island, Pinchgut &c from Point Piper'; 'The Nobbies from Newcastle'; 'Windsor Church'; printed from steel plates, the odd mostly minor blemish but nine of the group are graded A or A-, unused. The watercolourist & engraver Frederick Casemero Terry was born in England, trained in Switzerland & arrived in Sydney by early-1852 where his oeuvre was largely scenes of Sydney & surrounding areas. He established a reputation as one of the most accomplished artists in the Colony. (14) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27)

Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3358

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: c.1854 usage under cover of illustrated lettersheet 'ST JAMES CHURCH SYDNEY' with imprint 'C Ashton Sc' at L/R on thick 4to blue paper, 4pp fully written & being part of a longer missive, ink-blotch affects the right-hand side of the illustration & a few other minor blemishes still quite fine for these. The letter, from an American, is full of animated and largely positive social commentary, & states "...The Anniversary of the Founding of the Colony was an important time...equivalent to the 4th of July at home...Sydney [has] all sorts of people..." The heritage-listed St James' Church, in King Street, was consecrated in February 1824 by the infamous Rev Samuel Marsden. Designed by the convict architect, Francis Greenway, and erected by convict labour, it has been called by art historian Daniel Cruickshank, "one of the world's 80 greatest man-made treasures". It is the oldest-surviving church in Sydney. Charles Ashton was an engraver active in Sydney between 1844 & 1869. This appears to be a little-known image. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3359

AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1885 'South Australia/ PREVENTION OF FIRE' poster size 36x49cm (some faults); plus 1950s Australian Road Safety Council M356 'This is our garden/This is our street' poster, size 51x74cm, mainly Fine. (2) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3360

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: Letter headed "Tarradale Augst 28th/1856" and signed "Thomas Ham/late 45 Swanston Street" who speaks of "...heavy pecuniary loss...risked my life in travelling through the diggings during the night...since I have retired from Engraving and Land Agency I have been engaged in Quartz Crushing..." He also complains about non-delivery of his mail, adding "...I am quite certain no blame can possibly lie with Mr Martin our postmaster here", tape stain below Ham's signature & a few minor blemishes. An intriguing document. Thomas Ham was the designer of the first Victorian postage stamps & engraved early Victorian banknotes. He later sought his fortune on the Taradale Diggings, then worked for the Victorian Geological Survey Office. In 1860, he went to Brisbane as Government Lithographer, where he produced further stamps for Queensland. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$210.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3361

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: 1901 Opening of Parliament 'Programme of Celebrations, During the Visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, For the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' with cover artwork by Norman Lindsay; plus 'Historical Memento of The Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York at Melbourne, May, 1901', mainly Fine. (2) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$120

Currently Opening at...AU$125.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

HISTORICAL & REFERENCE

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3362

Balance of library including 'J McDouall Stuart's Explorations across the Continent of Australia with Charts 1861-62' [Melbourne, 1863]; 'Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip' by Bonwick [Melbourne, 1857]; 'Head Over Heels - A Christmas Book of Fun and Fancy' by Walch [Melbourne, 1874]; 'De La Mano's Great Magic Book' [NY, 1877]; 'A History of Kew' by Rogers [Kilmore, 1973], ; various pulps (52) with westerns & fantasy; Beatles magazines (3), condition varies, Poor/Fine. (150+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3363

HISTORY: 'The Ancient History by Charles Rollin...with Geographical, Topographical, Historical & Critical Notes...llustrated with Engravings including a Complete Set of [fold-out] Maps' in Three Volumes (Blackie & Son, Glasgow 1837-1840) 666pp 848pp & 662pp h/b in quarter-leather & with green boards & gilt titles, some wear to the covers and some mostly light foxing within, the pages are generally fine to very fine. (3) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3364

ANTARCTIC: Group comprising 'Explorations and Adventures in and around the Pacific & Antarctic Oceans ...' by John Jenkins (circa 1882), 'South: The Story of Shakleton's 1914-17 Expedition' by Sir Ernest Shackleton (1921; the 'Cheap Edition' but with very fine folding map), 'Captain Scott' by Stephen Gwynn (1929), 'The Home of the Blizzard' by Sir Douglas Mawson (1930), 'Antarctic Discovery' by Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1936) & 'The Work of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1828-1930' by American Geographical Society (1930; with map), 'South with Scott' by Evans (1947) and 'Fourteen Men' by Arthur Scholes (1951; first edition) being the story of the ANARE expedition to Heard Island inscribed & signed by one of the fourteen Lem Macey to 1970s ANARE member Peter Gallagher (see Lot 610551), plus 'The Voyage of the Astrolabe 1840' by Olive Wright (1955), generally Fine/Very Fine. Weighs 6kg. (9) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3365

ANTARCTICA: 'The Voyage of the Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott in Two Volumes (Smith Elder & Co, 1907), 420pp & 396pp plus photographs illustrations & maps, cloth-bound in blue boards, the covers loose plus some damage & foxing to pages at the beginning & end of each volume, some minor foxing elsewhere but the pages generally fine. An important & famous work. (2 volumes) [Three similar sets are currently advertised online for between $1750 & $2200] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3366

ANTARCTIC: 'The Heart of the Antarctic' by Ernest H Shackleton in Two Volumes (William Heinemann, 1909 first edition) 'Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909', 372pp & 418pp plus photographs illustrations & 3 maps and further illustrations in pocket of Vol 2, cloth-bound in blue boards, the spines sunned & some edge wear, the pages top edges gilt, others uncut, some foxing throughout. Another important & famous work. Weighs 4kg. (2 volumes) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3367

ANTARCTIC: 'My Last Expedition to the Antarctic 1936-1937' by Lars Christensen (Judd and Detweiler, Washington, 1940; first US edition) presentation copy inscribed & signed on the frontispiece by the author dated "28 VIII 40", 16pp plus photographic illustrations & map endpapers, original brown cloth with paper label to front cover, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3368

ARCTIC: Group comprising 'Discovery of the North Pole by Cook & Peary' by Jay Henry Mowbray (1909), 'My Life as an Explorer' by Roald Amundsen (1927; US first edition), 'The Book of Polar Exploration' by EL Elias (1928; first edition), and 'British Polar Explorers' by Admiral Sir Edward Evans (1946), all with illustrations, Fine/Very Fine. Weighs 3kg. (4) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3369

ARCTIC: 'Farthest North' by Dr Fridtjogf Nansen in Two Volumes (Harper & Brothers, 1898) 'Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johanse', 588pp & 730pp plus photographs illustrations & 4 maps in pockets of Vol 1, cloth-bound in green boards, the pages top edges gilt, others uncut, generally very fine. An important & famous work. Weighs 4kg. (2 volumes) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3370

ART: 'Art in Australia' magazine, Third Series Nos.1, 2 (x2), 10, 17, 70 (1938 Exhibition of 150 Years of Australian Art), 75, 76, 77 (x2), 78 & 79 [Sydney, 1922-40], mainly Fair/Fine. (12) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Estimate AU$120

Currently Opening at...AU$90.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3371

ART: 'Kunst in Deutschland 1933-1945: Skulpturen' (= Art in Germany: Sculpture) by Mortimer Davidson (1988), 540pp (---x---) h/b with d/j, 90pp introduction plus 108pp of biographical data about the sculptors all in German English and French, 100s of black & white plates, faint soiling at the edges otherwise very fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3372

ART: 'The National & Tate Galleries with 100 Plates in Colour' by RND Williams (Nelson & Sons, c.1945), 'English Art 1216-1307' by Brieger (Clarendon Press, 1957), 'Painting of the Romantic Era' by Norbert Wolf (Taschen 1999), 'Victorian Masters & Their Art' by Russell Ash (Pavilion 1999), 'This Other Eden:British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection' exhibition catalogue (Yale 1998), '100 Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces' by Kerr (Flame Tree, 2011), 'The Victorians: British Painting 1837-1901' h/b exhibition catalogue (1997), 'James Tissot' by Russell Ash (Pavilion, undated) and a few others, generally very fine. Magnificent illustrative material. Weighs 10kg. (11) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3373

AUSTRALIANA: Balance of library 1862-1911 with Government Reports from South Aust (4), Tasmania (6), Victoria (5); 'Transactions of Philosophical Intitute/Royal Society of Victoria (4); Victoria Public Lands Circular (12 issues) [1862]; 'Western Australia in 1893' by Hart [London, 1893]; 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', by Garran [Sydney, 1886], 34/42 original illustrated parts including exceptional maps, mainly Poor/Fair. (33) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3374

AUSTRALIANA: 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' Volumes 1-14 [Melbourne University Press, 1974-1996]. A very useful reference work. (14) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3375

AUSTRALIANA - VICTORIA: including 'Historical Memoir of the Melbourne Club' by Scott, leather bound numbered 499/650 [Melbourne, 1936]; 'Melbourne Savages - A History of the First Fifty Years of the Melbourne Savage Club' by Dow [Melbourne, 1947]; 'Memoirs of William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne' by Torrens (with Geelong College binding) [London, 1890], mainly Fine. (3) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$120

Currently Opening at...AU$90.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3376

AUSTRALIANA - VICTORIA: "F.E. Hiscock's New Victorian Counties Atlas" published by George Robertson (1874), bound in quarter-leather with gilt highlights & minor wear to the spine (295x437mm), with large-scale hand-coloured maps of the 21 Counties & 4 Districts plus a huge fold-out map of Victoria (the last affected by tonespotting that is present to a mostly minor degree elsewhere). The atlas also includes detail of post towns, rivers, mountains & other major topographical features. Beautifully produced and containing a wealth of useful detail for the researcher. Sold at our auction of 22.4.2006 for $1265. [While we could never bring ourselves to do it, the individual maps would make a stunning assemblage if removed and framed] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM