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

1939. Soft-cover publication containing five original prints by four prominent European artists and one Australian artist. All prints are signed or monogramed in image, published in an edition of 1200, 31.8 x 24.7cm. Soiling and foxing to cover, some stains, wear and small tears to rear pages. The periodical contains..... 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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1952. Hardcover quarto in red cloth boards with gilt title and spine, deckled edges, illustrated endpapers and original bookmark ribbon, inscribed “To Rose, all the best” and signed by Rosaleen Norton and Gavin Greenlees in ink on prelim, 32.5 x 25.5cm. Scuffing and stains to boards, water damage to prelim..... More

1954. Process screen and letterpress, postcard format, 13.7 x 8.3cm. Crease to upper left corner, minor foxing. Text includes “Federal elections 1954, Martin Division, Sat., 29th May. Voting is compulsory. Elton Lewis, resident of Balmain 55 years; served AIF (overseas), enlisting 16 years of age. The local candidate who knows..... More

c1954. Set of 11 letterpress and linocut loose leaves in folder, 28.5 x 21.1cm (leaves); 31.4 x 24.6cm (folder). Discolouration and tears to folder. Text on each sheet reads “Published by Bandicoot Ballads – John Manifold, Wynnum Nth Rd, Wynnum, Queensland. Printed by The Rams Skull Press, Lording St, Lwr..... More