Books including 'Dictionnaire des Poincons' (European hallmarks) in 3 volumes by Beuque [1962]; 'The Great Book of Jewels' by Heiniger [1974]; 'Book Auction Records' (6 volumes) edited by Heath [1984-89]; 'Manual of Roman Antiquities' by Ramsay & Lanciani [1894]; 'The Transatlantic Mail' by Staff [1956]; 'Rock 'n' Roll Collectables' by Kay [1992], condition varies, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 32) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Balance of collection including business histories, art, maritime, foreign language books (several on windmills), magazines; 'Bachelor Belles' by Fisher [1908]; 'Washington H Soul Pattinson 1872-2002 - A Singular Success' by Pyle [2002]; 'A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter' by Linder [1971]; 'The Woolworths Way' by Murray [1999], condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 90+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Books 'Australia's Government Bank' by Jauncey [1933] signed inside by King O'Malley (Minister of Home Affairs); 'Sydney Harbour Bridge' long book by Phillips [1932]; 'A Complete Set of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Books' (23 titles) in box; children's annuals (10) including 'Tiger Tim's annual' for 1926, 1927 & 1951, Poor/Fair condition. (Qty 35) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Ephemera advert pages from 'National Geographic' (100s) with some superb American car adverts; 1890s bound volume of song sheets; 1923 Melbourne map of future tramways; WWII Air Raid precaution booklets (12); tickets (100s) with metcards, tram & train tickets, tourist tickets, theatre & cinema tickets, Ella Fitzgerald ticket; playing cards (17 packs); cigarette cards; phone cards & various rewards cards; matchbooks; cartoonist John Rogers group with VFL Grand Final breakfast menus (12) & Dunlop calendars (3); 'His Masters Voice' tins (17); packaging. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

EROTICA: Books including 'Girl Show' by Stencell [1999]; 'A Report on Denmark's Legalized Pornography' by Schindler [1969]; 'Erotic Art of the Masters' by Smith [1974]; 'Human Sexual Response' by Masters [1966]; 'The Lust Market' by Cross [1960]; magazines (9), mainly Fair/Fine. [Plain paper wrapping provided on request!] (Qty 20) (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

FICTION: Books including 'The Neverending Story' by Ende [1st UK edition 1983]; 'Heretics of Dune' by Frank Herbert; 'Cujo' by Stephen King; 'The Exorcist' by Blatly; 'The Blue Max' by Hunter; also children's books (20) & poetry (21), condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 170+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

HISTORY/TRAVEL: UK, Europe & Africa books including 'Degenerate Oxford' by Greenidge [1930]; 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69' by Whymper [1871]; 'The Peoples of Southern Nigeria Vol.III Ethnology' by Talbot [1926]; 'Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador 1766' by Lysaught [1971]; 'The Drama of Sinn Fein' by Desmond [1923]; 'Angola - Harvest of Time' by Queiroz [1969]; condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 85) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

HISTORY/TRAVEL: Asia & Pacific books including 'Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains' by White [1838]; 'Bishop Museum Handbook Part I The Hawaiian Collections' [1915]; 'Aloha from Hawaii' [1912]; 'Hawaii The Picturesque' by Donohue [1922]; 'Funafuti' by Mrs David [1899]; 'Ocean and Isle' by Geil [1902]; condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 23) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

NATURAL HISTORY: Books including 'Birds of New Guinea' in 2 volumes by Iredale [1956]; 'Familiar Wild Birds' in 4 volumes by Swaysland [1901]; 'The Besler Florilegium' by Aymonin [1989]; 'Australian Marsupials and Monotremes' by John Gould [1974 Reprint], etc, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 24) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

RELIGION: 'The History of the Popes, From the Close of the Middle Ages', Volumes 1-28, by Dr Ludwig Pastor [London, 1923-38], ex library, mainly Fine. (Qty 28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SCIENCE: Scientific journals, mining, astronomy, medicine, agriculture, including 'South Australia Mines Department - Mining Review' (35) 1904-21 in 2 bound volumes; 'Interstate Conference on Artesian Water' reports from 1912 (plus maps & plates), 1914 & 1921; 'Report on the Royal Commission into the Failure of West Gate Bridge' [1971]; Atlases (3); 'Flying Saucers Have Landed' by Leslie & Adamski [1959]; 'The History of Atlantis' by Spence [c.1968]; condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 70+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

THEATRE: Books including 'Anna Pavlova' by Dandre [1932]; 'Kabuki' by Gunji [1970]; 'Bunraku - The Art of Japanese Puppet Theatre' by Keene [1965]; 'Theatre in America' by Henderson [1986]; 'Houdini on Magic' by Gibson & Young [1953]; 'Here Comes the Circus' by Verney [1978], mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 14) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ANTARCTIC: 1753 'Tabula Geographica Hemisphaerii Australis' (= Southern Hemisphere) circular map by Johann Christoph Rhode [published by Leonard Euler, Berlin] being an unusual projection from the imagined South Pole (truly Terra Nullius) to the southern parts of Africa, South America & Australia with Tasmania & New Guinea shown as part of a contiguous landmass, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 56x56cm. [The Australian coastline is based on the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages 1642-44. No significant further mapping occurred until 1770 when James Cook charted the East Coast of the continent] (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

ANTARCTIC: Books comprising 'Mawson's Antarctic Diaries' by Jacka [1988]; 'Great Norwegian Expeditions' leather-bound by Heyerdahl, Richter & Riiser-Larsen [Oslo, c.1950]; 'ANARE Australia's Antarctic Outposts' by Law & Bechervaise [1957]; 'The Great White South' by Herbert Ponting [1926], 'handbook and Index to accompany a map of Antarctica 1939' by Bayliss & Cumpston, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

GREAT BRITAIN: 1759 Georgian hand-painted playing card (six of spades, ink notations); 'The Gentleman's Magazine' for September 1741 [London], somne foxing; and c.1780 hand-coloured cartoon 'First of April - having a spree with one that's obnoxious in your Neighbourhood'. (Qty 3 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

GREAT BRITAIN: c.1880s greetings cards by William Stephen Coleman (1829-1904) depicting scantily clad girls and young women in classical and oriental scenes, published by De La Rue & Co. {The widespread popularity of Coleman's work at the time, and the fact that his ceramics and cards decorated numerous Victorian-era homes, remind us how very different ideas of taste and propriety have been across generations}. (Qty 13) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

NEW ZEALAND: Books including 'The Geology and Veins of the Hauraki Goldfields' by Park [1897]; 'Lore and History of the South Island Maori' by Taylor [1950]; 'Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi' [1960]; 'An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand' in 3 volumes by McLintock [1966], etc, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 17) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

NEW ZEALAND: 'Latest Information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of Taranake, New Zealand' published by the West of England Board of the New Zealand Company [London, 1842]; 'Emigration to Auckland, New Zealand. Free Grants of Land' 4-page flyer by Alex Ridgway & Sons [London, 1866]; 'Report of the Education Commission 1863' [Christchurch, 1864], mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 3 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

NEW GUINEA & PAPUA: 1874 magazine 'The Leisure Hour' (4) with articles on New Guinea; 'The Papuans: A People of the South Pacific' by Rev.Stone-Wigg [Melbourne, 1912] (surface damage); 'Pidgin English as used in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea' by Helton [Brisbane, c.1941]; 'Memories of Moresby' by McIntyre [Newcastle, 1945], etc, mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 20 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

UNITED STATES: Books including 'United States Military Drums 1845-1865' by Caba [1977]; 'Eyewitness to Space' by Cooke [1971]; 'Visions of the First Americans' by Curtis [2006]; 'Proceedings - International Congress of Americanists 1902' [1905]; 'Still Philadelphia - A Photographic History 1890-1940' by Miller [1985]; 'The Story of the Quaker Oats Company' by Marquette [1967], mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100