1879. Letterpress ticket laid down on both sides of an albumen paper carte-de-visite portrait of ticket holder, in buckram and gilt wallet, signed by ticket bearer “Andrew Houison” in ink, numbered “fifty-six” and stamped by exhibition secretary “Augustus Morris” on ticket, 10.3 x 6.3cm (card). Creases to ticket. The portrait..... More

c1936. Twenty-three (23) vintage silver gelatin photographs accompanied by a leather-bound notebook, each photograph annotated with negative number and “35E”, most captioned with tenants’ names in pencil verso, 8.3 x 13.3cm (photographs; approx. each). Minor silvering or developing flaws to image, scuffing and tears to notebook. The notebook on properties..... More

1854. Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21cm (overall). Framed together. Text includes “Victoria. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and ordered by the Council to be printed, 26th September, 1854. Rules and regulations made by the Lieutenant..... 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

. (1) “The Siege [Of Pinchgut].” An Original Screen Story, 1950. Carbon-copy screenplay in original folder with “One World Film Productions” label, annotated in pencil and ink throughout document, 36.8 x 23.3cm. Slight foxing overall, tears and missing portions to folder. Title page includes “second draft treatment without dialogue. Copyright..... More

1916. Letterpress and line block, handbill, artist’s name in lower portion, 32 x 25.4cm (paper). Missing portions, old folds. Text includes “‘They gave me the ballot paper, the grim death-warrant of doom, and I smugly sentenced the man to death, in that dreadful little room. I put it inside the..... More

c1962. Printed cotton fabric, initialled “R.D.” in image in each repeat, text including title and artist printed along selvedge, 219.5 x 116cm, 28.5cm vertical repeat. Slight stains, strip of corduroy machine-sewn along left side. Text reads “Figures in Landscape by Russell Drysdale. Australian Artists Originals by John Kaldor Sekers Fabric.”..... 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

1921. Hardcover quarto with quarter vellum and buckram boards, gilt text to spine, annotated “no. 8” and signed by Austin Osman Spare in ink on half-title, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” bookseller stamp on pastedown, 32.5x 25.7cm. Foxing to vellum and interior pages, most notably to prelims, slight bumping to corners..... More

c1970s. Vitreous enamel on metal plate, signed lower centre, 28cm (diameter). Chip to enamel outside image. Hesling’s plates are held in NGA and Powerhouse collections. Bernard Hesling was a British-born muralist and painter who lived and worked in Australia and produced many vitreous enamel artworks and wrote humorous autobiographies. Ref..... 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

1975. Bronze wall plaque, signed lower left, accompanied with original promotional leaflet, 26.5 x 21.7cm (plaque); 30 x 19cm (leaflet). Leaflet contains a statement by Cherina, which includes “He’s [Whitlam] opened Australia to the world by giving Australia international strength. I hope people will express their loyalty by their vote..... More