ABORIGINES: 'The Aborigines of Victoria' by Brough Smyth in two volumes [Melbourne, 1878], 484pp & 456pp with 297 engraved illustrations across the two volumes. Complete set of unbound pages (lacking the maps intended for the rear of each volume). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ABORIGINES: including 'The Aborigines of Victoria' by Brough Smyth in two volumes [1878], 484pp & 456 pp complete set of unbound pages (lacking the maps intended for the rear of each volume); 'Back in the Stone Age' by Chewings [1936]; 'The Aboriginal Photographs of Baldwin Spencer' by Mulvaney [1982]; 'Survival in Our Own Land' by Mattingley [1988], mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 17) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

ARTISTS: 'Adventure in Watercolour' by Kenneth Macqueen (1948), 48pp hardbound limited edition Number "291" of 1100 inscribed & signed "Kenneth Macqueen", printed on deckle-edged Georgian paper with 17 colour-matched prints of Macqueen's watercolours (each 210x170mm) tipped-in, plus a photo of the artist, published by Legend Press (Sydney) for Australian Artist Editions. A very fine example of this rare & beautiful book, faults to the matching d/j. [Kenneth Robertson Macqueen trained in London & is regarded as one of Australias foremost pre-WWII watercolourists. In the 1930s, he was a foundation member of Sydney's Contemporary Group. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CHILDREN'S BOOKS: 'Billy Caterpillar' by Hackett [Melbourne, 1945]; 'Robbit Rabbit Finds Out' by Jill Meillon [Sydney, 1945]; 'Trouble in Toyland' No.12 of the Joy Series [Melbourne, c.1945], Fair/Fine condition. (Qty 3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CONVICTS: Books including '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], mainly Fine. (Qty 10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CONVICTS: 'A Short Review of the Political State of Great Britain, at the Commencement of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven' [6th edition, London, 1787], 86pp, including on pages 77-83 an anonymous author (now known to be the politician Sir Nathaniel Wraxall) a scathing criticism of the concept of convict transportation, in modern marbled wrappers, mainly Fine. {The sixth edition of this pamphlet was the first to contain Wraxall's extended attack, which is among the earliest references to transportation to Botany Bay}. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

LAW: 'Conviction of Innocent Men' by Mr Justice WH Bundey of the Supreme Court of South Australia [Adelaide, 1900], Fair/Fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

MEDICINE: 'The Medical Telephone: containing hints on the preservation of health; notes on nursing and feeding; plain directions for treating diseases; ambulance lectures on wounds and fractures', published at The Homeopathic Pharmacy, Hobart [1883], printed linen covers, Fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

NED KELLY: 'On Saturday, April 16, 1881, A New Drama of Colonial Life, entitled AUSTRALIA', announcement on the rear page of a 4-page. programme from the Grecian Theatre in London. {A rare and virtually contemporary piece of Kelly Gang literary ephemera: an advertisement for an obscure London play which was produced within a few months of Ned Kelly's execution}. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

RAILWAYS: including 'A Century of Railways at Echuca 1864-1964' edited by Harvey [Melbourne, 1964]; 'Port Arthur Railway Across Tasman Peninsula - Australia's First Railway' by Bayley [Bulli, 1971]; also New Zealand 'Riding the Rails - A Pictorial History of Trams and Cablecars in Dunedin' by Smith [Dunedin, 1976], mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 9 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIANA: 1810 theatre flyer from Theatre-Royal Liverpool UK, including 'LA PEROUSE; or, The Desolate Island, Which is proved to be founded on Facts, by a recent discovery in New Holland, of this Unfortunate Navigator's Letters, addressed to the French Government' [La Perouse was a French explorer who visited Australia in 1788. He left for New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands but he and his crew were never seen again. It wasn't until 1826 that it was confirmed that he had been shipwrecked on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomons]. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

AUSTRALIANA: including 'Cyclopaedia of Australasia' by Blair [1881]; 'The Wealth & Progress of New South Wales' by Coghlan [1900]; National Trust 'Historic Homesteads of Australia' Volumes 1 & 2, 'Historic Houses of Australia', 'Historic Public Buildings of Australia', 'Historic Places of Australia'; 'Romance of Australian Lighthouses' by Phillips, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 65) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

AUSTRALIANA: including 'The Inner History of the Kelly Gang' by Kenneally [1930]; 'Victoria's Representative Men at Home' by Lauderdale 44/500 [1977]; 'The Last Voyage' by Lady Brassey [1889]; 'Official Record of the Debates of the Federal Council of Australasia, Session 1899'; 'Victoria - Papers Presented to Parliament, Session 1891' 1450pp; 'Victoria and Melbourne Centenary Celebrations 1934-1935' presentation copy to EJ Binney; 'McNair Television Audience Survey' [1970]; condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 75+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

NEW SOUTH WALES: 1855 engraved lettersheets by Frederick Terry, published in Melbourne by Sands & Kenny: Eight complete lettersheets with views - 'Sydney from the Old Point Piper Road', 'Double Bay from South Head Road', 'Richmond Church and Rectory' (2), 'The Gap, South Head', 'Richmond looking West','View of East Maitland', 'View of West Maitland from the Hunter', plus engraved section only 'New Bridge, West Maitland'. Overall condition very fine, some sheets slightly browned, one sheet with short fold tear, small amount of foxing. (Qty 9 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

NEW SOUTH WALES: Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority folded map (670x980mm) showing detail including power stations, tunnels, dams & aqueducts (completed, under construction or proposed), radio stations & landing strips plus contours from Tumut in the north to Bombala in the south, inscribed 'Revised October 1963' at base, minor wear along folds and a couple of aging marks. [Australia's greatest engineering project].

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

NEW SOUTH WALES: Local histories including Albury, Ascham, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Broulee, Budawong, Burcher, Camden, Cessnock, Dungog, Gulgong, Gundagai, Joadja Creek, Leeton, Lewisham, Lockhart, Macquarie Harbour, Mandurama, Manly, Marrickville, Monaro, Nambucca, Newcastle, North Sydney, Pooncarie, Pyrmont, Richmond River, Rocks, Sydney, South Sydney, Tamworth, Williams River, Woollahra & Wyong, etc, some duplication, Fair/Fine. (Qty 56) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

QUEENSLAND: Local histories including Barrier Reef, Brisbane, Cairns, Caloundra, Gold Coast, Gympie, Noosa, North Queensland, Port Douglas, Prosperine, Redlands & Stanthorpe, etc, Fair/Fine. (Qty 19) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Local histories including Adelaide, Burnside, Burra Burra, Cleve, Coorong, Far West Coast, Flinders Ranges, Glenelg, Hahndorf, Meadows, Mount Gambier, Port Augusta, Robe, Seaton, Thebarton, Victor Harbour, Woomera & 'A History of British Atomic Tests in Australia', etc, Fair/Fine. (Qty 28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

TASMANIA: 'Van Diemen's Land Company' - Sixth Report [London, 1831] & Eleventh Report [London, 1836], in Very Fine condition. (Qty 2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

TASMANIA, WA, ACT & NT: Local histories including Alice Springs, Battery Point, Broome, Canberra, Cape Country, Derwent Valley, Donnybrook, Fremantle, Hobart, Kalgoorlie, Launceston, North WA, Perth, Stanley, Subiaco & Wybalenna, Fair/Fine. (Qty 27) (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

VICTORIA: c.1896-1903 album of invoices and letterheads, most related to the collection of rents, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

VICTORIA 'Ararat and District Poultry and Kennel Club, Schedule of Prizes for Third Annual Exhibition of Poultry, Dogs, Pigeons, Canaries, &c. to be held in the Town Hall, Barkly Street Ararat, 3rd and 4th July 1912', mainly Fair/Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

VICTORIA: Local histories of Melbourne suburbs including The Basin, Blackburn, Bonbeach, Boroondara, Box Hill, Brighton, Broadmeadows, Camberwell, Caulfield, Chelsea, Croydon, Dandenongs, Doncaster, Eltham, Essendon, Footscray, Hawthorn, Heidelberg, Keilor, Kew, Knox, Lilydale, Malvern, Manningham, Melbourne, Melton, Mentone, Moorabbin, Mordialloc, Nunawading, Port Melbourne, Research, Richmond, Ringwood, St Kilda, Stonnington, Sunshine, Templestowe, Waverley, Werribee, Whittlesea, Williamstown & Yan Yean, etc; plus some City of Knox history magazines (17), some duplication, Fair/Fine. (Qty 190+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

VICTORIA: Local histories including Avoca, Ballan, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Beulah, Bonegilla, Broadford, Castlemaine, Cape Otway, Coleraine, Dandenongs, Echuca, Eildon, Gippsland, Kangaroo Ground, Korumburra, Loddon, Mallee, Manningham, Mildura, Mirboo, Morwell, Mount Buffalo, Neerim, Nillumbik, Omeo, Panton Hill, Phillip Island, Portland, Powelltown, Pyramid Hill, Rushworth, Rutherglen, Sea Lake, Stawell, St Arnaud, Tanjil, Traralgon, Upper Yarra, Walhalla, Warburton, Western District, Wontahaggi, Woorayl, Yallourn; plus Gippsland Heritage journal (8), some duplication, Fair/Fine. (Qty 120+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

VICTORIA: 1842 partly-printed NSW Supreme Court 'Warrant on Fi. Fa. in Assumpsit' to recover £64/13/6d in damages and costs from Frederick Clay, owed to the plaintiff, George Mercer; embossed court seal lower right, signed by Deputy Sheriff Alastair Mackenzie & the plaintiff's attorney John Duerdin at the foot, a bit stained. A very early Port Phillip District legal document, pre-dating by 8 years the Supreme Court of Victoria. [Latin fieri facias in assumpsit is a writ of execution after judgment has been obtained in a legal action for debt or damages] (Image1)

Estimate AU$500