PHILATELIC LITERATURE Books & Catalogues by Country
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2369
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: Heavy carton of mostly auction catalogues including 'James Williamson' (1981), 'Colonel Harrie Evans' with p/r, 'Kevin Nelson' Kangaroos, 'Zed KGV Heads', 'Sir Gawaine Baillie', 'Arthur Gray' Kangaroos with p/r & KGV, 'Morgan Collection' both parts, 'Julian Sterling' three parts, 'Stuart Hardy' Kangaroos & Other Pre-Decimals, 'Besancon' Part III, etc, also Australia Post 'Sales by Tender' I & II (1987 & 1988), many as new. Weighs 20kg.
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2370
Symbol: L/**
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: 'The Chapman Collection of Australian Commonwealth Stamps' by Ray Chapman (1999), the leather-bound edition (number "27" of 250), with the Australia 99 M/Ss available only with the book, & the Supplement.
(Qty 4 items)
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2371
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: 'The JA Kilfoyle Gold Medal Collection' HR Harmer London (1916) with p/r (copy). An important sale & very scarce catalogue, of which examples have sold for more than $200. [NB: this is the 'London' edition on normal paper. Most copies sent abroard with the 'foreign' edition on tissue-paper]
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'New South Wales: the Government Printing Office' published by Government Printer Charles Potter (1891), softbound 48pp + double-sided fold-out floorplan & 18 single-sided photographic plates mostly of machinery & production, significant foxing but most of the plates are very fine. Rare: the first example we have seen.
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2373
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 (June 6) 'The Australian Philatelist SPECIAL NUMBER' highlighting the gift by HL White of his NSW collection to the Mitchell Library with a 43pp 'Reference List of the Stamps', to which has been added the Library's title pages, a brief introduction & listing of the collection as arranged for display by Fred Hagen, the whole beautifully bound in full goatskin with marbled endpapers plus gilt tooling & titling including 'H.L. WHITE' on the front cover, the front cover of the magazine a little soiled otherwise superb. A unique volume, believed prepared by the Library's craftsmen as a presentation memento to Henry L White, with his bookplate.
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2374
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES: 'The Arthur Hind Collection: Part V - Australia & Oceanic Possessions' auction catalogue (HR Harmer 2-4.7.1934). An important sale, unusually well illustrated for the period.
FAR EAST: 'Far East Mail Ship Itineraries Volume 2: French Mail Paquebots 1862-1880' by Lee Scamp (2010), 500+pp h/b extensively illustrated in colour. Published by the Hong Kong Study Circle.
Carton with various ACSC editions of 'Kangaroos' & 'KGV' etc, Gibbons Part I (2013), auction catalogues including 'Arthur Gray' Kangaroos, 'Colonel Harrie Evans' Australian Colonies & Pacifics, 'Tim Rybak' New Guinea & Papua, 'Dale-Lichtenstein' Australasia with p/r, 'Ron Butler' Australian Colonies & Commonwealth, 'Fred Hess' New Guinea & Papua with p/r, 'Besancon' Australia, Colonies, NG & Papua Part III, 'Besancon' Cape of Good Hope Part I, etc.
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2367
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
1921-25 original MG Gilbert (Paris) auction catalogues for the Baron Ferrari de la Renotiere collection Parts 2 to 14 (derniere = last) complete, quite well illustrated for the period, some detached covers but overall very fine. One of the truly exceptional collections of World Classics. [The Ferrari catalogues are rarely available. When the odd singles turn up, they sell for $200+ each]
(Qty 13)
Various papers bound into an octavo cloth-bound volume, including 'Philately: Its Present Aspect & the Subverters of its General Tone' by 'Hippolyte', 'The Study of Philately' unattributed, and the following by T Martin Wears including 'The Views of Sydney', 'The Invention of the Perforating Machine...', 'The History of the Mulready Envelope' (46pp) and 'The Sydney Views' (30pp), also numerous advertisements & a lengthy list of 'The Stamp Dealers of Great Britain', the cover a bit worn & some minor foxing. Rare: the first example we have seen.
