c1861-1865. Three letterpress booklets encased in a custom-made phase box. Originally owned by Robert Fitzgerald (Aust., 1807-1865), a prominent and wealthy pastoralist, politician and magistrate in NSW. (a) Robert R. Torrens (Aust., 1814-1884). A Handy Book On The Real Property Act Of South Australia, 1862. Soft-cover letterpress booklet, 67 pages..... More
1866. Letterpress, handbill, annotated with date and illegible inspector’s signature in ink, 45.9 x 29.4cm. Missing portions, stains and old folds with minor tears. Text includes “Tenders will be received up to eleven o’clock a.m., on Monday the 7th day of May, 1866, for the erection of a substantial two..... More
c1868. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, illegible signature in ink upper right, 13.5 x 10.2cm (photograph), 33 x 26cm (paper).Slight foxing, creases, minor tear to right edge of sheet music, minor creases to photograph. Text reads “Newly edited and arranged by C.E. Horsley..... More
c1840s-1870s. Group of five items comprising a colour lithograph valentine’s card addressed in ink and postmarked “General Post Office, Sydney, Feb. 17, 1840”, William Campbell’s visiting card, a newspaper cutting of an obituary, an ambrotype and a miniature oil portrait, most items accompanied by typed caption slips, sizes from 3..... More
![Notice To Sheepowners [Sic] And Others](/pictures/thumb/CL169-34.JPG?v=1492490599)
1872. Letterpress, handbill, 30.4 x 18.3cm. Slight offsetting from a previous hand-written document, foxing overall, stains and minor tears to edges. Text includes “Sheepowners and others are hereby informed that it has been determined by the Government rigorously to enforce the provisions of the Scab Act, and the Regulations thereunder..... More
1873. Collection of 12 periodicals bound together, illustrated with over 260 line-blocks, wood engravings and lithographs, from Jan. to Dec. 1873, Tyrrells’ stamp on front endpaper, 27.1 x 22.2cm (quarto). Foxing, stains, tears, missing portions to some pages. First title page includes “Vol. XVIII – new series, vol. 1. Sydney..... More
1873. Handwritten document bound with original cloth tape, seven pages, on paper watermarked “Partridge & Cooper, No. 1 Chancery Lane”, signed and dated in ink by two witnesses in 1873, various signatures replicated in document including that of Governor Charles Augustus Fitz Roy and Governor John Young, 42 x 34cm..... More
1872-1876. Vellum-covered bank pass book, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, bookbinder’s label pasted on inside endpaper, 16.3 x 10.2cm. Slight foxing to cover. Title page reads “Bank of Tasmania. Dr. to per contra Cr. Mr Richard Thompson, Charles Street. Folio..... More
1877. Pen and ink with wash, titled, annotated “S.G.D.G.”, dated and signed “par J. Hilbrunmer” in ink lower right, 27.4 x 17.1cm. Old folds, tears, slight foxing, missing portions to margins. This drawing appears to be a design for a flotation survival kit. It includes a knife and a horn..... More
1878. Ink with watercolour on linen, annotated and dated “12.9.78” in ink by “Hoskisson” in lower portion, 66 x 43cm. Old folds, slight foxing and water stains. Early map showing land owners of the time, including: J. Bootle, J. Burke, P. Byrne, Dargen, J. Desmond, W. Everingham, W. Fuller, J...... More
1879. Letterpress ticket laid down on both sides of an albumen paper carte-de-visite portrait of ticket holder, in buckram and gilt wallet, signed by ticket bearer “Andrew Houison” in ink, numbered “fifty-six” and stamped by exhibition secretary “Augustus Morris” on ticket, 10.3 x 6.3cm (card). Creases to ticket. The portrait..... More
1879. Bronze commemorative medal, initials of manufacturers “J.S. & A.B. Wyon” in exergue, 7.5cm (diameter). Major dent to rim. Framed. Text continues “MDCCCLXXIX. Orta recens quam pura nites (Newly risen, how brightly you shine).” The medal shows a central effigy of an allegorical figure of NSW, holding the colonial shield..... More
1879. Silver-plated tankard, caption and date engraved on cup, 12.6 x 8.5 x 12.5cm. Oxidation, tarnishing. John Hardie (Aust., 1833–1904) was a miller and baker with an establishment at 516 George Street, Sydney. He was alderman for the Brisbane Ward (between Kent and Sussex Streets, Sydney) from 1 December 1879..... More
1863-1880. Group of 11 pages or slips of newsprint with wood engraving illustrations, some monogrammed, initialled or signed in block by artists including Calvert, Cawker, Cubitt, Jackson and Nash, sizes range from 21 x 28.3cm to 42.2 x 28cm (paper).Stains and foxing, tears and paper loss to edges. From The..... More
c1880s. Letterpress, process screen and line block leaflet, four pages, 27.3 x 21cm (paper, folded). Slight creases overall. Text includes “Bolton Bros., Printers, Bookbinders…Williamson Street, Bendigo [Victoria].” The founder of J.H. Abbott & Co., Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904), was a prominent businessman, civic leader and politician. Excited by news of..... More
1880. Pair of hand-coloured wood engravings, 22.7 x 32.9cm; 24.4 x 22.3cm. Creases, repaired tears to edges, slight soiling and foxing. Captions for one image read “No. 1 General view: night attack by the police on the inn; No. 2 After the fight: Ned Kelly wounded, lying at the railway..... More
1880. Letterpress pamphlet, annotated and dated “Election 7th July 1880” in ink below, 20.6 x 13.4cm. Trimmed edges, minor creases, stains. Text includes “(Air–HMS Pinafore): When Murray came to this sunny shore, He wrought very hard to improve his store…His efforts were rewarded so triumphantly, that he longed to be..... More
![Christmas Card] It Has Well Been Said “Well Done.” May Friends Surround You This Xmas Day](/pictures/thumb/CL194-54_1.jpg?v=1543548686)
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 9.5 x 16.8cm. Minor paper remnants to both sides. Text includes “May all your friends be kind and true this Merry Christmas Day. Gibbs, Shallard & Co.” One side depicts a cockatoo in a cage, a shield with an Aboriginal face flanked by spears, coral and..... More
![Christmas Card] “Going For” The Bear. May Peace Be Thine This Xmas Day](/pictures/thumb/CL194-55_1.jpg?v=1543548687)
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 11.1 x 13.8cm. Minor paper loss to image verso. Text includes “Life has cares and many sorrows, and they stand about our path as the grim Australian warrior in the way. Face and fight them like a Briton, they will vanish in their wrath. And the..... More
![New South Head Road And Edgecliffe [Sic] Road, Woollahra And Double Bay, NSW](/pictures/thumb/CL198-174.JPG?v=1576815160)
c1880. Ink and watercolour on linen, annotated “Reuss & Halloran, Architects & Surveyors, 100 Pitt Street” in ink lower right, 33.2 x 44cm. Old folds, slight foxing. Map shows early landowners of the area, including F. Giles, John Hay, Lennon, G.A. Lloyd, Manning, Nott, S. Thompson, and I.E. Threlkeld. The..... More
c1880s. Ink and watercolour on linen, 62 x 59cm. Old folds, creases, slight stains. Map shows Double Bay and the major land owners of the time, including E.T. Beilby, E. Bell, R.S. Clarke, J. Dillon, J.P. Edwards, E. Flood, J. Greer, J. Grey, R. Holdworth, Sir P. Jennings, J.E. Josephson..... More
1881. Photographic transfer on ceramic tile, partly obscured title and dated “May 1881” in ink verso, 22.7 x 18cm. More
1881. Lithograph and letterpress pamphlet, dated “1881” in ink on front cover, 19.5 x 12.7cm. Title page loose from binding, stains, split to fold. Text includes “Waverley Tramways. Mill Hill estate, the site of Hough’s old windmill. South Head Rd, Waverley, at the tollbar. As subdivided by Herbert S. Thompson…into..... More
c1878-1882. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, signed by a “Jane W., Smith” and photographer’s line “Foster & Martin” in ink upper right and on photograph lower right, 7.5 x 6.3cm (photograph), 36.6 x 27.1cm (paper). Slight foxing and soiling, minor tears to edges..... More
1883. Red and black ink on tracing paper, titled lower right, dated “May 1883” twice and annotated throughout, 22.2 x 47cm. Repaired lower right corner, old folds, tears. Annotations in ink include reference to owners of land around Rosemont: “Miss Moore, now Mrs Kent. W. Lamb Esq’re, now The Hon..... More