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image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4528
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Books noted 'The Little Black Princess' by Jeannie Gunn with signed letter from the author; 'History of the War with Russia' by Tyrrell in 2 volumes [London, 1856]; 1955-78 'Parade' magazine (130+); 1964 Wimbledon programme; military uniforms prints (6), mainly Fair condition.  (150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 210

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4529
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Cat No:Collection

Balance of library with 'Who's Who in Australia' (21) for 1988, 1992, 1995 & complete run 1999-2016; art books on Arthur Boyd, Ray Crooke, Donald Friend, Kenneth Jack, Sydney Long & Rodin; sport books including  'XII Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982 - Official History' [Brisbane, 1983]; 'Geebung - The Story of Australian Polo' by Ashton (signed) [Sydney, 1993]; 'Images of Bradman' by Allen & Kemley [Sydney, 1994], etc, mainly Fine. Ex Alan Davidson collection.   (113) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4530
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Cat No:Collection

CONVICTS: Reference group with 'Musters and Lists of New South Wales and Norfolk Island' for 1800-1802, 1805-1806, 1811, 1814 & 1822, edited by Baxter [1987-89]; 'General Return of Convicts in New South Wales 1837'; 'Third Fleet Families in Australia' by Smee [1991]; 'Ships Deserters 1852-1900' by Melton [1986], etc, mainly Fine.  (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 220

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4531
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Carton of books noted 'The Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835 to 1852' in 2 volumes by 'Garryowen' [Centennial Edition, Melbourne, 1888]; 'The Penny Mgazine of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful  Knowledge' bound volumes for 1836 & 1838. Poor/Fair condition.  (8) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 80.00
Sold...AU$ 80.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 80

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4532
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Cat No:Collection

Balance of library noted movies titles including 'The Australian Film Book 1930-Today' by Brand [Sydney, 1985]; 'The Paramount Story' by Eames [London, 1985]; '20th Century Fox' by Thomas & Solomon [NJ, 1979]; 'The United Artists Story' by Bergan [NY, 1986]; script precis for movie 'Malcolm'; biographies, history, mainly Fair/Very Fine. Ex Gary Fenton collection.   (110+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4533
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ABORIGINES: 'The Hated Protector' by Arkley [Melbourne, 2000]; 'Kimberley People - Stone Age Bushmen of Today' by Love [NT, 2009]; 'Notes on some Australasian and Other Stone Implements' by Liversidge [Sydney, 1862]; 'All-About - The Story of a Black Community on Argyle Station, Kimberley' by Mary & Elizabeth Durack [Sydney, 1935], etc, mainly Fair/Fine condition.  (15) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 85.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 105

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4534
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AIR FORCE: 'The Battle Below - Being the History of No.3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps' by Wrigley [reprint, limited ed 200, Sydney, 1980]; 'Australian Airmen - History of the 4th Squadron Australian Flying Corps' by Richards [Burridge reprint, WA, 1980s]; 'Men of the Battle of Britain' by Wynn in 2 volumes [Norwich, 1989-92]; 'Australia in the War of 1939-45. Series 3 Air', volumes 1-3 [Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1962-68], etc, mainly Fine/Very Fine.  (36) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4535
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ART: 'Art in Australia', magazine Numbers 42 (Lionel Lindsay), 44 (Hans Heysen), 60, 61 (Max Dupain), 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 & 74 [Sydney, 1932-39], mainly Fair/Fine. Beautiful productions.  (17) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4536
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ART: 'Andy Warhol' by Queensland Art Gallery [Brisbane, 2007]; 'The Prints of Margaret Preston' by Butler [Melbourne, 1987]; 'John Olsen - The You Beaut Country' edited by Hurlston & Edwards [Melbourne, 2016]; 'Brett Whiteley - Art & Life' by Pearce [Sydney, 1995], etc, mainly Fine.  (84) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4537
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AUSTRALIANA: 'Kangaroo Land' by Polehampton [London, 1862]; 'The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery performed in His Majesty's Vessel The Lady Nelson... to New South Wales' by Grant [reprint, Adelaide, 1973]; 'Discovery of Australia' by Collingridge [reprint, Sydney, 1983]; 'Treasure Lies Buried Here' by Goldsmith [Perth, 1946], etc, mainly Fair condition.  (75) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4538
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AUSTRALIANA: 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' by Garran in 3 volumes [Sydney, 1886] with engravings & exceptional maps (some foxing & Volume 2 missing covers); 'Australian Parrots' by Forshaw [Melbourne, 1969]; 'Australia Unlimited' by Brady [Melbourne, 1918]; 'Australian Birds' by Hill [Melbourne, 1969], etc, mainly Fair/Fine.  (39) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4539
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AUSTRALIANA: 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', by Garran [Sydney, 1886], 34/42 original illustrated parts including exceptional maps (missing 6, 10, 22, 25, 28, 38, 39 & 40), mainly Poor/Fair. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4540
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GOLD: 'The Australian Miner's ABC of Practical Mineralogy' by Macarthur [Melbourne, 1895]; 'The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria' by Brough Smyth [reprint, Melbourne, 1980]; 'Fortunes in Minerals' by Idriess [Sydney, 1947]; 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria, No.12 List of Nuggets Found in Victoria', etc, mainly Fair/Fine.  (7) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4541
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HUMOUR: Carton of books about 'The Goon Show', 'Dad's Army' & 'Hancock's Half Hour' including fan newsletters in binders. Our vendor states they cost him $525. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4542
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MAGIC: 'The Linking Ring' magazine of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, range of issues 1934-72, mainly Fair/Fine.  (36) (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4543
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MILITARY: Reference books including 'Services of Military Officers 1920' [London, 1986]; 'The Military General Service Roll 1793-1814' by Mullen [London, 1990]; 'Prisoners of War: British Army 1939-1945' [UK, 1990]; 'Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914-1920' [London, 1992]; 'The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982' by Cook (signed, 16/750) [London, 1987], etc, mainly Fine/Very Fine.  (30) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4544
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MILITARY: 'The Colonial Garrison 1817-1824' by Sargent (signed) [Canberra, 1996]; 'The Gunners - A History of Australian Artillery' by Horner [Sydney, 1995]; 'British Battles on Land and Sea' by Grant in 3 volumes [London, c1880]; 'Centenary History of the Royal Army Medical Corps' by Blair [Edinburgh, 1998]; 'With Kitchener to Khartum' by Steevens [Edinburgh, 1898], and many more, mainly Fair/Fine.  (125+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4545
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MILITARY: 'The Campaign of 1815' by General Gourgaud [London, 1818] with map; 'Retreat from Kokoda' by Paull [Melbourne, 1958]; 1914-15 Supreme Court documents re War Prizes SS Wildenfels, SS Pfalz, SS Lothringen & SS Hessen; also 1942 Kokoda Track research folders; print 'The Man with the Donkey' by Benson, mainly Fair/Fine condition.  (12+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4546
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MILITARY - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Library including 'The Photographic History of the Civil War' by Miller 9/10 volumes [New York, 1957]; The Civil War - A Narrative' in 3 volumes by Shelby Foote [New York, 1986]; 'Lee's Lieutenants' by Freeman in 3 volumes [New York, 1942-44]; 'Abraham Lincoln' by Sandbury in 6 volumes [New York, 1926-39], etc, mainly Fair/Fine.  (84) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 220

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4547
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Cat No:Collection

MILITARY - AFRICAN WARS: Group including 'The King's African Rifles' by Moyse-Bartlett [Aldershot, 1956]; 'The Kaffrarian Rifles 1876-1986' by Coleman (signed) [East London, 1988]; 'KAR - A History of the King's African Rifles' by Page [London, 1998]; 'The Charging Buffalo - A History of the Kenya Regiment 1937-1963' by Campbell [London, 1986]; 'The Zulu War - A Pictorial History' by Barthorp [Poole, 1984], etc, mainly Fine/Very Fine.  (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4548
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: 'Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1902' in 2 volumes [London, 1903]; 'The New Zealanders in South Africa 1899-1902' by Hall [Wellington, 1949]; 'South Africa Field Force Casualty List 1899-1902' [London, 1972]; 'Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa' edited by Murray [Melbourne, 2007]; 'The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902' by Stirling [Suffolk, 1990], etc, mainly Fair/Fine.  (34) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 240.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 240

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4549
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MILITARY - VICTORIA CROSS: 'They Dared Mightily' by Wigmore [AWM, Canberra, 1963]; 'Britain's Roll of Glory' by Parry [London, 1906] presentation copy to Arthur Martin-Leake VC; 'Martin-Leake - Double VC' by Clayton [London, 1994]; 'The Register of the Victoria Cross' [UK, 1988]; 'VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli' by Snelling [UK, 1995], etc, mainly Fine/Very Fine.  (31) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 180

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4550
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MILITARY - WWI: 'Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18', complete set of 12 volumes edited by CEW Bean, et al [Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1923-42], Fair/Fine condition.  (12) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 480

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4551
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MILITARY - WWI: 'The Times History of the War', Volumes 1-18 (of 22), published by The London Times [London, 1914-19], Fair/Fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
image Sale No: 254
Lot No:4552
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MILITARY - WWI: Unit Histories, comprising Infantry Battalions - 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 37th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 57th & 60th; Light Horse  - 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th; and other units, mainly Fine/Very Fine.  (51) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00


Closed..Dec-07-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250


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