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)

Estimate AU$600

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)

Estimate AU$100

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)

Estimate AU$300

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)

Estimate AU$300

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)

Estimate AU$300

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)

Estimate AU$200

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)

Estimate AU$100

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)

Estimate AU$300

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)

Estimate AU$120

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)

Estimate AU$100

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)

Estimate AU$100

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)

Estimate AU$200

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

Estimate AU$150

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)

Estimate AU$120

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

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)

Estimate AU$750

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)

Estimate AU$400

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

Estimate AU$250

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)

Estimate AU$150

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)

Estimate AU$100

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)

Estimate AU$50

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)

Estimate AU$150

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)

Estimate AU$75

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)

Estimate AU$120

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)

Estimate AU$50