c1918. Softcover octavo with Japanese string binding and hand-stencilled title, each illustration captioned, initialled and dated between 1904 and 1918 in block, 25.5 x 19cm. Minor creases to corners, slight stain to cover lower left. Printed by G.B. Philip & Son, Sydney, 38pp with 16 lineblock illustrations accompanying each poem..... More

1922, 1923. Pair of soft-cover hand-sewn letterpress books, one with process screen and line block illustrations and the other with tipped-in wood engravings and a list of oil paintings by Collingridge, 29.2 x 22.7cm. In very good condition. “Not an actual reprint of the Carroll books, but a significant variant..... More

c1950. Colour lineblock, multi-panel foldout card, initialled “G.M.” in last panel, captions and illustrations throughout, 11.3 x 172.3cm. Repaired and repainted lower left portion on first panel, slight discolouration and wear including minor tears to edges, old folds. Captions include “Ye people have had it. Houses are short. Ye Vandyke Prefab..... More

1939. Wooden plaque with engraved, mounted sterling silver, 23 x 18 x 4.6cm. Text continues “per inch of rainfall during the growing season. 1939-40 season. Won by P. Strange, 2 bushels, 6lbs. J.G. Taylor [silversmith], sterling.” Silverwork includes a swan, and a farmer with bushels of wheat. More

1918. Bronze sculpture, signed, annotated “Hanoi” and dated on base, 30 x 12 x 10.5cm. Rare western-style bronze, produced when Vietnam was part of the French colonial Indochina empire which ran from the 1880s to 1940s. More

c1927. Pen and ink with gouache, captioned throughout image, initialled “M.E.C.” lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, annotated “Q.Q.” in an unknown hand in ink verso, 25.1 x 25cm. Old horizontal folds, slight surface loss, foxing and creases. Captions read “Canberra. ‘Onward.’ SA, Queensl’d, NSW, Victoria, WA, Tasmania.”..... More

c1895. Painted relief plaster medallion, signed with registration number “392 22.7.95” lower left to right, 26cm (diameter). Minor chips to edges. Before WWII there were very few foundries in Australia casting fine art bronzes. As a consequence, often sculptors would produce plaster sculpture and paint them to imitate a finish..... More

1917. Letterpress and line block programme, 30.3 x 23.6cm. Minor handling creases, scuffing and tears to lower edge. Text includes “Her Majesty’s [Theatre, Melbourne]. In the presence of the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson) and the State Governor (Sir Arthur Stanley). In aid of the State War Council’s Amelioration Fund for..... More

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

1973. Hardcover quarto with white cloth boards, embossed title and marbled endpapers, housed in a blue vinyl special edition box with Marilyn Monroe photograph pasted on, and marbled interior, 270pp, autographed by Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller in ink on prelim page, 29.2 x 26cm. Minor scuffing, bumping to box..... More

c1914. Letterpress text with poet’s name and publisher’s line “People’s print, City”, 25.6 x 8.5cm. Slight foxing, old folds, creases. The poem is by “Sydney’s best-known street poet” Patrick Francis Collins, and celebrates the Royal Australian Navy’s first victory of WWI; the 1914 battle between HMAS Sydney and the SMS..... More

c1890. Painted plaster, signature incised lower right, 33 x 27 x 11cm. Minor chips and paint loss overall. A news clipping from The Bulletin, dated 7 February, 1984, is attached verso and shows the plaque with added words “The Bulletin, The National Australian News.” The article suggests that it is..... More

1916. Ink and gouache sketch on typed letter with date, signed by Ure Smith in ink with “Smith & Julius” stamp, 26.5 x 20.8cm (paper). Minor stains to upper portion, old folds, crinkles. Letterhead includes “Smith & Julius, illustrators and designers, Waltham Buildings, 24 Bond Street, Sydney. Sydney Ure Smith..... More