c1927. Colour process screen with letterpress, poster format, and two small merchandising pamphlets, 20.8 x 30.5cm to 30.1 x 50.1cm. Missing portions, repaired tears, slight stains, surface loss, discolouration. Two laid down on acid-free backing. Text on poster includes “Natural history groups, ethnological exhibits, relics of Captain Cook. Free popular..... More
c1911–1930s. Two softcover octavo booklets, 17.3 x 14cm and 19.5 x 16.3cm. Minor creases, stains, foxing, and tears to wrappers. Titles and text include (1) Birds of the Sunny South with Australian Flowers, published by Pater’s Printery, 271 Little Collins St, Melbourne, c1911. “Produced entirely by Australians. Birds by [Violet]..... More
1969-c1970s. Group of four posters, consisting of two colour screenprints, one letterpress with ink, and one process screen with letterpress, sizes range from 20.9 x 38.2cm to 51 x 35.5cm. Most with repaired tears, some with old folds, minor foxing. All linen-backed. More
1922–1935. Group of eight promotional pamphlets in colour process screen, with cover illustrations by various Australian artists, sizes range from 23 x 20cm (stapled) to 25.4 x 50.7cm (open). Some with minor wear and discolouration. The pamphlets encourage immigration and/or travel to Australia from “Britain” and “Northern Europe.” Five of them, from..... More
c1916-1950s. Collection of 23 softcover stapled magazines with colour illustrated wrappers, quarto or oblong octavos, 19 x 13cm to 32 x 25cm. Slight stains, soiling, foxing and minor tears overall, interior pages mostly clean, some wrappers detached from binding. Publishers include Hodder & Stoughton, Dymock’s Book Arcade, Army Education Service..... More
c1863-1881. Silver gelatin photograph and two letterpress brochures with wood engraving cover illustrations, each annotated in ink in various hands, accompanied with portion of typed letter postmarked “San Francisco, Calif. 8. Jun 16, 1959”, 14.7 x 10cm (photograph), 18 x 10.7cm, 18 x 11.3cm. Creases, slight tear, discolouration and embossing..... More
1939. Autograph letter on Australian Club letterhead, dated and signed by A.B. Paterson in ink, accompanied with binder of ephemera laid down on foolscap pages, collected between 1930 and 1957, some pages stamped “From J.K. Moir collection”, 15.3 x 20.3cm. Slight soiling and old folds to letter, laid down on..... More
c1929. Letterpress and colour process screen leaflet, four pages, 26.4 x 21.1cm (folded). Slight crinkles and foxing overall, some offsetting of text to back page. Text includes “This property consisting of 639 acres is the most picturesque in the County of Cumberland… £1,000,000 to be made out of The Riviera..... 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
c1480. Ink on vellum with illuminated initials in blue, red and black, 26 x 20.2cm (sheet). Double-sided frame. “The book of hours is a Christian devotional book popular in the Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript.” Ref: Wiki. More
1964. Process screen card box housing an exhibition catalogue in the form of a scroll, “Dwan Gallery” label with address to “Sir Robert Adeane, Mayor Gallery, London” attached to base, 7.7 x 18.5 x 11.3cm (box). Creases, wear to box, glue stains to scroll at paper join. The catalogue scroll..... More
1888-1910s. Thirty-three (33) process screen and 148 photographic postcards (181 in total), some images captioned or dated in negative or letterpress, some with photographer’s blind stamp or studio line verso, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Minor silvering or developing flaws to some images. Photographers include Brokenshire Bros, Broken Hill; and..... More
1935. Painted plaster, title, initials “E.A.W.” and date “9.24.35” incised into base, 30 x 14.5 x 13.5cm. Minor chips to plaster. Joseph Louis Barrow (1914-1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951 and reigned as the heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949. Ref: Wiki. More
c1939. Colour process screen and letterpress soft-cover travel booklet, with annotations in ink on title page, 27.3 x 21.5cm. Minor wear, soiling and dents to cover, slight crinkles and discolouration. Annotation reads “[To] Aberdeen Public School, [From] H.J. Goodwin, 16 October, 1939.” Text includes “Compiled by M.A. and H.J. Goodwin.” The..... More
c1930s. Spelter on wooden base, 27 x 12cm (figure); 16.5cm (base diameter). Charles Burgess Fry (1872-1956) was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. He represented England at both cricket and football, as well as equalling..... 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
c1960s. Automaton clock with revolving dial, exposed mechanism and composite material housed in a glass dome on a polished wooden base, 15.5 x 18.3 x 11.cm. Clock shows a kitten peering into the “fishbowl” dome as goldfish rotate on the timekeeping dial, set on an engraved base with lotus flowers..... More
c1900s-1930s. Twenty-four (24) colour lithograph board games, sizes range from 18.3 x 27.7cm to 43.7 x 34.5cm. Most with splits to old folds, slight creases or scuffing, laid down on original card backing. Games include Snakes & Ladders; Ludo; National Bicycle Game; Race Round Australia [cars etc]; AFL board games..... More
1907. Silver-plated goblet, caption and date engraved on cup, “Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England 32” stamped on base, 22 x 10.8 x 10cm. Oxidation and tarnishing. German text reads “Herrn Ernst Wischweh, gewidmet von der Liedertafel Germania in Anerkennung. Seiner 5 Jahrigen, Prasidentenschaft 1902–1907, Sydney den 21.5.1907 der Vorstand. [Dedicated..... More
1868. Letterpress on silk with tasselled woven ribbon border, 32 x 19.5cm. Slight stains. Framed. Text includes “Royal Victoria Hall [Brisbane]. Monday, July 27, 1868… to their band master, Mr A. Seal, under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Hon. Maurice Charles O’Connell, Governor; the Hon. R.R. McKenzie; the..... More
1897. Wood engraving, process screen and letterpress, title, date “Christmas 1897” and text throughout, 66 x 54.2cm. Minor missing portions to old folds, stains and creases. Framed. Text includes “The Coo-ee Supplement. See our cricket confidences from the English cricketers. J.R. Mason, T. Richardson, T. Hayward, A.C. MacLaren, G.H. Hirst..... More
c1900s. Enamel on tin, 66.8 x 50.8cm. Surface and paint loss to edges, soiling. Text continues “By appointment to H.M. The King. Patent Enamel Co. Ltd. B’ham & London.” William Cooper (1813-1885) was a British veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist who specialised in the manufacture of agricultural insecticides for livestock..... More
c1970-1973. Consisting of 23 envelopes with ephemera and one vintage silver gelatin photograph, cut into 24 jigsaw puzzle pieces, each envelope addressed to “Jon Conté, 85 Hamilton Street, Yarraville, Victoria 3013”, most postmarked with date and place of sending, some with return addresses typed or in ink or pencil, envelope..... More
c1973-1975. Consisting of four letters, all hand-written in ink, one letter with two vintage silver gelatin contact prints attached, each letter dated and some annotated or stamped with an address, 33 x 20.3cm (paper, approx. each); 2.6 x 3.8cm (photographs). Old folds, some slight tears. Provenance: Peter Leiss These letters..... More
c1893. Group consisting of one watercolour and three ink drawings held together with backstrip binding and brass split pins, titled in ink on cover, all titled and signed “Sun Foundry Glasgow” and annotated in ink on each sheet, sizes range from 37.5 x 53cm to 36.7 x 61.8cm. Minor tears..... More