1910. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, autographed “Best wishes, Harry Houdini” and dated “4/1/11 [April 1st]” in ink on right side of image, caption and erroneous date “March 15th” in negative lower right, 9.1 x 11.7cm. Trimmed edges, minor scuffing, paper remnants and old glue stains verso. Caption continues..... More
1915. Typed letter on “Tyrrell’s Limited” letterhead signed and annotated by bookseller James R. Tyrrell, and “Henry Lawson” autograph in ink on slip of ledger paper affixed with a pin to the letter, 26.5 x 21.2cm (letter) and 7.1 x 20.8cm (slip). Faded typed text, old folds, creases, foxing and..... More
1928. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm in ink on image upper left and right, copyright blind stamp on image lower right, titled and erroneously dated “June 1-6, 1928” in ink on mount below image, annotated in pencil in unknown hand on mount verso, 15.4..... More
1927 & 1929. Handwritten letter (with envelope) and postcard, both signed by Roberts, accompanied with his 1931 obituary on newspaper cutting, 25.6 x 19.9cm (letter) and 9.8 x 14cm (card). Slight foxing, old folds. The letter and postcard, which are addressed separately to two sisters living at “Payneswicke”, Elsternwick, Victoria..... More
1792. Paper slip signed, dated “2nd Dec., 1792” and annotated “Sydney” by Captain Arthur Phillip in ink, with accompanying gouache portrait on vellum, and detached old backing with title in ink verso, 3.8 x 7.3cm (slip); 11.3 x 8.5cm (portrait). The slip has minor foxing and soiling; the portrait has..... More
1864. Letterpress certificate, signed, inscribed and dated “Twelfth day of April, 1864” in ink in various hands, 30.3 x 25.4cm (paper). Old folds, slight stains overall, rubbing to two lines. Text includes “(Copy of) Certificate of Marriage. I, John Dunmore Lang, being Senior Minister of the Scots Church, Sydney, do..... More
![Prime Minister Billy Hughes [Autograph] In “A Voyage With The Mails Between Brisbane & London,...](/pictures/thumb/CL194-164_1.jpg?v=1543548551)
1921. Hardcover quarto with woodblock print on blue cloth pictorial boards, 66pp, autographed “W.M. Hughes” and dated “2/6/21” by then-Prime Minister Billy Hughes along with other passengers, 30.5 x 25cm. Replaced spine and endpapers, scuffing and slight soiling to boards, some foxing throughout. Published by The London Stereoscopic Company. Fourth..... More
![Female Pantera]. Norman Lindsay, 1879–1969 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL201-33_1.jpg?v=1611728301)
c1922. Lineblock mounted together with a signed note in ink, 8.5 x 4.1cm (lineblock), 2 x 9.4cm (note). Smudged, discoloured text due to water damage. Note reads “For my part in his production of Hugh’s [McCrae] book.” Provenance: Fred Lane, printer (also Australia’s first Olympic champion swimmer). The “pantera” figure..... More
1967. Soft-cover magazine with process screen illustrations, autographed in ink on cover page, 33.5 x 26.8cm. Creases, slight stains and surface loss to lower right corner. The cover includes “The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1967. Bobby Kennedy talks about his future.” The eight-page article on Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)..... More
1975–1977. Pair of unbound folio newsprint magazines, December 1977 issue autographed by Warhol in ink on cover, 38.5 x 29cm (approx. each). Minor discolouration and tears to edges. (1) April 1975 issue, vol. V, no. 4, “April in Paris” special. Cover shows Brigitte Bardot illustrated by Antonio Lopez. Includes a...... More