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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3377

AUSTRALIANA - VICTORIA: 'Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835 to 1852 Historical Anecdotal & Personal: Centennial Edition 1888' by 'Garryowen' (Edmund Finn) 1000 gilt-edged pages in two massive volumes, full-leather with gilt titles, minor scuffing to the covers otherwise remarakably fine throughout. Our vendor paid $750. A professionally rebound set is currently advertised online for $900. Weighs 6kg. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3378

AUSTRALIANA - VICTORIA: 'Victoria & its Metropolis Past & Present' by Alexander Sutherland (First Edition 1888) 1300+ gilt-edged pages in two massive volumes, profressionally rebound with the original gilt-blocked covers, some foxing & damage to early & late pages otherwise generally very fine, Ex Libris John Lancaster Exhibition Collection. Weighs 10kg. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3379

AUSTRALIANA - VICTORIA: 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria' in 3 volumes edited by James Smith [Melbourne, 1903-05], rebound with attractive new covers. (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

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

3380

CHILDREN'S BOOKS: including 'Australian Children's Books - A Bibliography' in 2 volumes by Marcie Muir [Melbourne, 1992]; 'Chums' annuals for 1924, 1927-28 & 1932-33; 'Teddy Counts His Pots' by Nicoll [Melbourne, circa 1943]; 'The Adventures of Tom Twist' by Ayers & James [Sydney, circa 1940]; 'Kana and his dog' by Hertslet & Harries [Cape Town, 1946], condition varies, Poor/Fine. (110+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

Estimate AU$150

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

3381

CHILDREN'S BOOKS: 'The Magnet' boys' magazine (88 issues); plus 'The Magnet Omnibus' books (7) Nos.11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 24 & 33, mainly Poor/Fine. (95) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$100

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

3382

FLAGELLATION: 'A History of the Rod in all Countries...' by Rev WM Cooper (undated c.1890) with detailed commentary on religious practices, punishment, sado-masochism etc, h/b 544pp with 20 woodcut (?) plates, some damage to the gold-blocked cover but internally very fine, vendor's handstamp of Sir Robert Bear, who ran Sydney's naughtiest bookshop. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$50

Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3383

HISTORY: 'History of the Great Reformation of the 16th Century' in four volumes by JH Merle D'Aubigné (London 1840-1846), half-leather with marbled endpapers, damage to the covers but the contents are generally very fine. A somewhat jaundiced anti-Rome commentary. (4) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$150

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

3384

HISTORY: 'Blair's Chronological & Historical Tables' being a series of historical, Old Testament, 300pp (approximately) h/b in quarter-leather with gilt-edged pages & marbled endpapers, historical, religious, political and other tables produced in great detail & in tiny fonts, the 1844 edition including much additional material that printing techniques available to Blair could not provide, minor wear to the cover & some minor foxing but the text is generally very fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$75

Currently Opening at...AU$60.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3385

HISTORY: 'Parables of the Sydney Harbour Bridge' by Frank Cash (First Edition, 1930) 500+pp in blue boards, spine badly faded & the endpapers foxed but the contents including the fold-out panoramic photograph and tissue overlay are very fine. A wonderful account with numerous phtographs of the birth & construction of the bridge to the early construction stage. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$120

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

3386

LITERATURE: 'Humphrey Bold: His Chances & Mischances by Land & Sea...by Herbert Strang Illustrated in Colour by WH Margetson" (Henry Frowde, London 1909) 420pp clothbound in maroon boards with the eight colour-plates tipped-in, the cover a little worn otherwise generally very fine; and 'A Knight Errant...The Story of Amadis of Gaul' edited by Norman J Davidson (Seeley & Co, London 1911), 348pp clothbound in black boards with eight colour plates by HM Brock, some minor aging/blemishes but generally very fine. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$50

Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3387

LITERATURE: 'The RL Stevenson Originals' by EB Simpson' (1912, true first edition) approx 240pp rough-cut with 31 tipped-in b&w or colour illustrations, loose binding & foxed endpapers otherwise very fine. Also 'Vailima Letters: Correspondence [from] Stevenson to Sidney Colvin 1890-1894', Methuen 13th Edn 300pp h/b, poor cover & some internal foxing but the pages are generally very fine.. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

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

3388

RAILWAYS: books including 'Rocky Mountain Views On the Rio Grande - The Scenic Line of the World'; good range of Japanese Railways with 'Railways in Greater Tokyo'; 'Death Railway' by Evers; 'Men of the Footplate - One Hundred and Thirty Years of Railway Trade Unionism 1861-1991' by De Pomeroy & Gilbert (signed by both); also various magazines/newsletters; Victorian Railways publications (12); tickets (70+); 1880s Nettleton photos 'Victorian Goods Shed' & 'Victorian Railway Station'; huge range of ephemera, etc, condition varies, Poor/Fine. (300+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$100

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

3389

REFERENCE BOOKS: including 'Australian Book Collectors' in 3 volumes by Stitz (all signed) [Bendigo, 2010-13]; 'The Official Autograph Collector Price Guide' by Baker [USA, 2004]; 'Cigartette Card Values' [Murrays, 1984]; 'A History of Australian Children's Literature' by Saxby [Sydney, 1969], mainly Fine. Very useful library. (22) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$150

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

3390

WRITERS: 'The Miscellaneous Works of...Conyers Middleton DD, Principal Librarian of the University of Cambridge Containing all his Writings Except The Life of Cicero in Four Volumes' (True First Edition, London 1752) in four 4to leather-bound volumes with gilt titles & decoration and marbled endpapers, the covers showing significant wear & some damage, some minor foxing within but the pages are generally very fine. The contents in English or Latin. A rare 18th century work, that is only occasionally available. Weighs 10kg. (4) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

Maps, Atlases & Travel Guides

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3391

Collection including range of Australian road maps; Melbourne Street Directories from 1912, 1945 & 1951; Radio Navigation Charts (for aircraft); 1926 Mackay Expedition in Central Australia; 1910 Flinders Island; WWII map of Korea & Japan, mainly Fair/Fine. (150) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$300

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

3392

Celestial Map 'Planisphere of the Southern Sky' constucted at the Melbourne Observatory, printed by John Ferres Government Printer [Melbourne, c.1881], the indicator is broken in two spots but should be an easy repair, mainly Fair/Fine condition. (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

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

3393

Maps 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' (1886-88) apparently complete set of the very large maps removed from the original work & rebound (or folded within) in full leather with gilt titles (355x455mm), some mostly minor damage in places but the maps and lists of towns are generally very fine & the binding is superb. Historically significant series that includes the six Colonies, the Northern Territory, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea, the islands still in the Age of Discovery yet with a remarkable amount of content. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

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

Photographs & Photography

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3394

Collection including photographs (280+) with 1890 cabinet cards (2) of Meakes & Wheeler Merchants in Hay NSW; aviation with 1923 Qantas Vickers Vulcan 'The Flying Pig'; WWI era snapshots; 1950s-60s cricket photographs; 1970s world tour; plus slides, negatives, 8mm films, Braun slide projector & Yashica movie camera, mainly Fair/Fine. Ex Alan Davidson collection. (300+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$160.00
Closing..May-23, 08:00 PM

3395

Range 1926 photograph of huge crowd (60,000) at Essendon airport for arrival of Sir Alan Cobham's DH50 on the first flight from England - Australia and back; plus boxing photographs (29) noted Tony Mundine, Joe Louis, Dave Sands, Johnny Famechon & Cassius Clay, mainly Fair/Fine. (30) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

Estimate AU$100

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

3396

Slides Glass Lantern Slides collection of mostly Italian scenes, mainly Fair/Fine. (210) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

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

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