1938. Handwritten in ink on government stationary with two newspaper clippings mounted verso, 25.3 x 20.2cm. Creases, discolouration to edges, slight foxing and old folds. Framed. Letterhead reads “Prime Minister, Canberra.” Letter reads “19.1.38. Dear Mr McCarthy, I willingly agree to your using my name in connection with your carnival..... More
1938. Colour process screen with gilded embossed vignette frames and text, 49.2 x 36.5cm. Slight stains, tears, creases and missing portions to margins. Text includes “A century and a half which have witnessed many marvels, but none stranger than the birth and growth of the Australian nation…C.H. Bertie. Designed and..... More
c1910s-1940s. Consisting of nine hundred and sixty-three (963) vintage silver gelatin or print-out paper photographs, loose or spread over five family photograph albums, some images inscribed “yours sincerely” by women or captioned or dated in ink on backing below, one album contains an ex-libris label for “Francis Clune”, signed by..... More
1890-c1940s. Thirty-five (35) items comprising 15 hardcover octavo books, 14 photographs and six items of ephemera, some books annotated with name “Sydney A. Tuck” in ink, typed labels or annotations to backing of some photographs verso, 3.8 x 7.6cm to 33.6 x 22.1cm. Several books missing dust jacket, soiling and..... More
c1923-1940s. Sizes ranging from 35.5 x 25cm to 31.3 x 41.1cm. 1). The Drawings of Heinrich Kley, Volumes I & II, Borden Publishing, California (text in English). Pair of hardcover folios with cloth binding and title on boards, with illustrated dust jackets, 1941 and 1947 [unpaginated]. Slight tears, creases and..... More
c1940s. Two bas-relief plaster moulds in wooden frames, 48 x 49cm (approx. each.) Chipped paint. One panel shows an Aboriginal man carving a boomerang, the other shows a man holding a lyrebird, with a snake and boomerang at his feet. These panels were most likely cast for the construction of..... More
c1940s. Chrome, rubber wheels and paint, “Selby W. McLean Model Maker, Essendon” stamp impressed on base and tail, 46 x 13 x 66cm. Slight tarnish, patina, paint loss. This is a one-off model made by Selby McLean for Sir Reginald Ansett, founder of Ansett Airlines. Provenance: Reginald Ansett estate sale..... More
c1940s. Fifty (50) vintage silver gelatin photographs and two process screen prints, most in postcard format, laid down in a scrapbook, 31 of the photographs are autographed in ink by wrestlers, most annotated with their name by “Fred Phillips”, compiler of the scrapbook, 9.1 x 5.3cm to 22.8 x 18.1cm..... More
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c1941. Relief metal plaque in aluminium, title and signature incised upper right and lower left, 40.6 x 33.1 x 2cm. Wear to signature. This is most likely a trial casting of one the sixteen bronze Aboriginal-themed panels designed by Walker for the Mitchell Library’s western doors. Painter, printmaker and sculptor..... More
1935-1942. Twenty (20) watercolours with ink on envelopes, all but one addressed to “Tom Whitford” and postmarked, all captioned and one image signed “W. Whitford” in ink lower centre, 9 x 14.5cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and minor tears. Each envelope is addressed to “Mr or Master Tom Whitford, Railside..... More
c1939-1942. Comprising of approx. 108 pencil and watercolour illustrations over four notebooks, all annotated “Betty Tyson”, some addressed “7 Malacoota Road, Northbridge [NSW]”, and some images dated “28.12.39”, “31.1.40” or “4.4.42”, sizes from 20.5 x 16.4cm to 18.1 x 25cm. Minor tears and stains to covers, some pages loose from..... More
1941-1942. Fifty-six (56) items comprising 18 ink diagrams on waxed paper, 28 dyeline diagrams, eight photostat prints, and two blueprints, most dyelines stamped with “John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd, Engineers, Leeds” and dates including “11 Oct. 1941”, ink diagrams dated and initialled and include “9.10.41. M.E.G., W.R.” in ink..... More
1942. Softcover quarto stapled magazine in pictorial wrappers, 89pp, 30.3 x 24.2cm. Tears to reinforced cover at spine, slight chips and foxing overall, head and tail of spine missing portions of paper. A Sydney Morning Herald publication, Sydney. March-April-May issue, illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs. Articles include work by..... More
1945. Shaped soft-cover book with folded removable insert, illustrated with process and colour process lithographs, 30.2 x 20.9cm. Slight creases, tears, minor stains. Title page includes “Story by Roselle Ross. Illustrated by Charles E. Bracker. Covers by Paul Kaloda. One of a series ‘Mother and Baby Animal Books.’ Designed by..... More
c1938-1945. Group of three advertising items, 6 x 23.5cm to 27.6 x 21.2cm. The group consists of 1). An advertisement for ANA from Walkabout magazine, 1944. Letterpress and line block, 27.6 x 21.2cm. Text includes “Invest all you can in Victory Bonds. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. First in peace..... More
1945. Softcover booklet with illustrated wrappers, 42pp, autographed by Albert Tucker in ink on title page, 24.1 x 18.8cm. Slight stains to front cover and prelim pages, minor chips to spine, rear cover slightly loosening from spine. Cover text includes “By Julian Prang. Presented by Redmond Phillips.” Tucker’s full-page illustrations..... More
1905-1946. Group of 32 process and colour lithographs, with letterpress, all with title and text detailing each horse’s background and most with date above, in or below image, sizes range from 15.1 x 18.9cm to 25.4 x 31.6cm (image). Minor creases, foxing or stains, mostly to margins. The supplements are..... More
c1945-1947. Group of six publications comprising five roneoed bulletins with colour lineblock and letterpress covers, and a letterpress exhibition catalogue, most illustrations with artists’ signatures replicated in block, bulletins dated “1945”, catalogue signed and dated “3/9/47” in an unknown hand in pencil, accompanied with slip of newsprint annotated and dated..... More
1948. Hardcover quarto, half-cloth boards with silver and yellow embossed text, no dust jacket as issued, signed by Max Dupain in ink on verso of half-title, stamped “Frasers, Terrigal Motel” on pastedown, 30.8 x 22.6cm. Foxing, scuffing and bumping to boards and corners, inner pages slightly split from binding, some..... More
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1949. Hardcover octavo with illustrated dust jacket, blue boards and silver title to spine, “F.W. Preece Ltd, Booksellers, Adelaide” sticker on pastedown, 22 x 14.1cm. Ink marks to back of inside cover, minor chips, tears and creases to price-clipped dust jacket, slight foxing to paper edges. Published by Eyre &..... More
1950. Linen or cotton with embroidery and applique, embroidered signatures and inscriptions in German and English, including date “8 VIII 1950”, 82.2 x 78.4cm. Slight discolouration and stains, some colour transfer from non-colourfast embroidery thread to cloth. Inscriptions include a number of German family names with messages in both German..... More
c1950s. Acrylic on card with 24 silk or wool bow-ties, mounted with Dobell’s signature in ink below portrait, 23.5 x 21cm (image); 74.3 x 67.4cm (overall). Some bow-ties with tears or fraying, minor foxing to backing. Framed. Provenance: Dobell estate, Cromwells Sale 2005. William Dobell (Aust., 1899-1970) was the first..... More
c1950s. Jacquard weave in cotton, 780 x 120cm. Features indigenous-style Australian animals. Fabric design is reversible, to be used as either a yellow or black background. More
1950. Hardcover folio, paper and cloth boards with “W.R.F.” initials and gilt title to spine, glassine dust jacket, gilt top edge with original cardboard slipcase, 188pp, numbered “55 [of 500]” copies and autographed by Flint in ink on prelim page, 38 x 27.2cm. Foxing to covers, prelim pages, dust jacket..... More
1950. Hardcover folio with blue papered boards, blue illustrated dust jacket protected by mylar, decorative endpapers, deckled edges and original cardboard slipcase, 279pp, numbered “8” [of 85] and signed in ink by Barnett, 31.1 x 24cm. Slight foxing and creases to dust jacket, prelim pages and edges, slight offset or..... More