1918. Stitch-bound softcover booklet with colour linocut cover, 14 pages, 22.1 x 17.4cm. Slight foxing, minor tears. Publication details include “vol. 1, no. 6, 29 Sept. 1918.” Captioned “Kriegskameraden. Junge Kookaburras (War comrades. Young kookaburras),” the cover image is by K. Wiese of the Holsworthy Internment Camp which was located..... More
1918. Five stitch-bound softcover booklets with lineblock covers, 12 pages each, 22.8 x 17.7cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and discolouration, some issues with covers split from binding, minor tears or missing portions to some. Publication details include “vol. 2, nos. 43-45, 50–51.” The issues run from 3 Feb. to 31..... More
1918. Hardcover quarto with illustrated dust jacket and quarter buckram and grey cloth boards, 26 x 22.5cm. Slight stains, tears and missing portions to dust jacket, slight offset from colour plates, minor split to inner gutter. Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram..... More
c1917-1919. Collection of six items comprising a letter in pencil, a field postcard, a certificate of discharge, two vintage silver gelatin photographs, and a complete copy of The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), most items signed and dated in ink or pencil by H.V. Martin, sizes from 8.5 x 13.7cm to 65.5..... More
![Australian Bush Camp]. John Wrenn Sutton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-161.JPG?v=1524199177)
1919. Bronze relief, incised initials and date lower left, 23 x 17.6cm. Slight oxidization to bronze. Original frame. Provenance: artist’s estate in Kensington, NSW. British-born John Wrenn Sutton was a sculptor, poet and singer. He worked mainly in bronze relief and plaster, and was one of the very few artists..... More
c1919. Bronze relief, incised signature lower left, titled and annotated in ink on distressed original exhibition label “Royal…[?]” attached verso, 11 x 17cm. Original frame. Provenance: artist’s estate in Kensington, NSW. British-born John Wrenn Sutton was a sculptor, poet and singer. He worked mainly in bronze relief and plaster, and..... More
1914-1919. Consisting of 239 items: 229 photographic or printed postcards; seven vintage silver gelatin photographs; one printout paper photograph; and two letterpress menus, many postcards inscribed, annotated or dated “1914” through to “28.6.1919” in ink recto and verso by Tulloh, sizes range from 8 x 11.5cm to 15.1 x 20.5cm..... More
c1919. Colour lithograph printed on cotton, 47 x 61.5cm. Minor stains to lower edge. Caption continues “The landing of our gallant sons of Empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula. ‘The Scrap Heap’: a view of the Emden after the fight with the Sydney off the Cocos Keeling Islands.”. More
1913-c1920. (1) William Beach, Champion Sculler, c1920. Silver gelatin photograph of original lithograph, inscribed, autographed and dated “15/10/20” by William Beach in ink on image upper right, 25.5 x 35.9cm. Soiling, slight silvering, dents and creases to edges, laid down on old backing. Inscription on photograph reads “To Mr Jack..... More
![Burmese Woman With Parasol And Cigarette] and [Burmese Man Carrying Basket](/pictures/thumb/CL173-147_1.JPG?v=1492653170)
c1900s-1920s. Bronze sculpture with wooden base, 21 x 9 x 8.5cm (approx. each). More
![WWI, Dunstan’s School And Other Subjects]. active Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL169-104_1.JPG?v=1492492605)
c1916-1920. Two school boy’s sketchbooks containing drawings in pencil and ink, with loose sheets, one book signed and dated “1st June 1916” in ink inside front cover, many drawings captioned, some dated or signed, 25 x 34cm (approx. each book). Cover and some pages loose in one book, wear to..... More
c1920s. , c1960s. Letterpress and colour process screen print booklet, with sleeve of 36 fabric souvenir badges in original packaging, 15.1 x 24.9cm (booklet), 5.7 x 4.7cm (each badge). Booklet has one page missing, folds, wear to edges, slight soiling to interior and cover. Promotional booklet titled “Bondi, the playground..... More
1910-c1920s. Pair of postcards, one process screen with letterpress, and one vintage silver gelatin photograph, 14.1 x 8.3cm; 8.7 x 13.8cm. Pinholes, creases, foxing. Text for the process screen postcard includes “The Crown Studios, Vice-regal photographers, Sydney. While in town get photographed in ‘Emblo’. The Crown Studios, 448 George Street..... More
c1899-1920s. Consisting of 15 items comprising six albumen paper and six vintage silver gelatin photographs, one letterpress and lineblock booklet, and two process screen images, one of which is affixed to a letterpress card, two photographs with photographer’s line “Henry King, Sydney” embossed on backing below image, sizes from 7..... More
1920. Line block and letterpress, folded card, signed in image centre left, 12 x 12.4cm (folded). Slight foxing and discolouration, minor creases. Text includes “Feb. 19, 1920”, a menu, and list of toasts. Image shows St Peter on a cloud, holding the keys to the gates of heaven, with a...... More
c1880s-1920s. Fourteen (14) carved emu eggs, four with silver plate stands, two eggs initialled “E.A.G.” or “P. O’S.” in image, two eggs signed by “Ingram Bros, Melbourne” or Jonaski Takuma, sizes range from 11.8 x 27.5cm to 27 x 30cm (height including stand x circumference). Slight cracks, minor chips, surface..... More
c1900-1920s. Brass, pewter, and tin figurines, “Made in Australia” stamp impressed into brass kangaroo base, sizes range from 5.5 x 8 x 1.8cm to 16 x 11 x 6cm. Slight rust and paint loss to pewter and tin kangaroos, one tin kangaroo with missing ear and loose card holder. The..... More
1920. Colour lithograph with letterpress, 34.1 x 34.5cm. Old folds, creases, minor tears. Text includes “Honour to those who upheld Australia’s honour. The Allied Commander pays the highest tribute to the Australian Forces. On November 7th, 1920, the remains of an Australian and a French soldier were buried in the..... More
![Wine Is A Villain, Make No Doubt [Temperance Poem]. Hugh McCrae, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-117.JPG?v=1496127463)
c1920s. Ink and wash, signed lower left, “H. Fleming” framing label attached to backing verso, 23.4 x 15.7cm. Slight foxing, minor missing portions or tears to edges, old mount burn, laid down on original glue-stained backing. Text continues “Who bolts and bans young Cupid out / Love’s of a lustre..... More
c1920s. Colour process screen, and hand-written poem, signed “Low” in image lower right, poem signed by Henry Lawson in ink on “Sydney Book Club” notepaper, 25.1 x 16.5cm (image), 10 x 5.3cm (paper). Minor soiling and crinkles. Framed together. Poem reads “And his was a light that shone to the..... More
![The Sphinx [Book]. Oscar Wilde, 1854–1900 Irish](/pictures/thumb/CL199-81_1.jpg?v=1585635291)
1920. Hardcover quarto with beige cloth and gilt illustrated boards [book], previous owner’s annotation and date “Aug. 18, ‘67” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” bookseller sticker on pastedown, 30.5 x 23cm. Soiling to boards, slight foxing and gutter splitting to interior. Published by John Lane and The..... More
c1910/1920s. Hand-carved wood, 33 x 80 x 5cm. Chips to edges, aged and soiled surface with remains of old gilding. Unlike most early 20th century winged wheel emblems for motor cars, this wheel with spokes does not have a tyre, suggesting that it is a representation of a railway train..... More
1921. Hardcover quarto, white cloth and gilt-illustrated boards with gilt title to spine, inscribed “[To] Merrie Cohen, from Uncle Arthur 2.4.1923” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” booksellers sticker on pastedown, 28.4 x 21.6cm. Some loss and tears to spine, slight scuffing to boards, foxing to edges and..... More
1922. Letterpress pamphlet, 22.1 x 14cm. Slight creases, soiling and minor missing portion to upper left. Text includes “Coming by special train. Dimboola, Thursday, October 26, 1922. Banfield Printer, Ararat [Victoria].” Thorpe McConville’s “Wild Australia” rodeo-circus first came into prominence in 1911 when he gave a command performance for King..... More
1922. Letterpress exhibition catalogue, 19.2 x 16cm. Glue stains, slight foxing and creases, discolouration from attached newspaper clipping. Text includes “July 18 to July 31, 1922, at Gayfield Shaw’s Gallery, The Attic, Seventh Floor, 391 George Street, Sydney, opposite Strand Arcade. Note: The prints exhibited are by a group of..... More