c1930-1968. (1) Don Bradman, The World’s Greatest Batsman, c1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in image lower left to right, 13.5 x 8.7cm. Slight creases. Caption continues “Born at Cootamundra, NSW, Aug. 27th, 1908.” (2) Don Bradman’s Reply To A Fan Letter, 1968. Handwritten letter on Sir Donald Bradman letterhead..... More
1971. One letterpress poster and three letterpress pamphlets, sizes range from 25.4 x 17.3cm to 34.2 x 25.3cm. Pinholes, creases, slight discolouration to edges. Text includes “Dr Benjamin Spock – World famous paediatrician and anti-Vietnam war activist arrived in Australia on June 9. His assignment: to head a national speaking..... More
1925 & 1926. Handwritten letter by magician Harry Houdini’s wife, Beatrice, dated “19 December 1926” on photogravure letterhead accompanied with silver gelatin photograph (taken 1925), both signed and dated by Beatrice Houdini in ink, photographer’s line “Butler, Chicago” in negative lower left, 26.4 x 20.5cm (letter) and 23.5 x 18.6cm..... 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
c1915-1952. Forty (40) items of ephemera or manuscripts, most dated in ink or type, many annotated by Horder and others in ink or pencil, sizes range from 8.8 x 2.7cm to 31.6 x 20.2cm. Old folds, minor creases or foxing overall. Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder (1871-1955) was an..... More
1922. Letterpress exhibition catalogue, 19.2 x 16cm. Glue stains, slight foxing and creases, discolouration from attached newspaper clipping. Text includes “July 18 to July 31, 1922, at Gayfield Shaw’s Gallery, The Attic, Seventh Floor, 391 George Street, Sydney, opposite Strand Arcade. Note: The prints exhibited are by a group of..... More
1921. Hardcover quarto, white cloth and gilt-illustrated boards with gilt title to spine, inscribed “[To] Merrie Cohen, from Uncle Arthur 2.4.1923” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” booksellers sticker on pastedown, 28.4 x 21.6cm. Some loss and tears to spine, slight scuffing to boards, foxing to edges and..... More
c1916. Colour lithograph board game with cloth spine, accompanied with original small dice box, “The National” company trademark shield and game name appear on board and box, 36.7 x 37cm (board), 17 x 11cm (rules), 7.5 x 8.8 x 4.2cm (box). In very good condition except for minor wear to edges of cover and..... More
1914. Letterpress menu card, handwritten label affixed to inside cover and autographs of the 3rd Battalion in ink and pencil throughout, 16.5 x 11.3cm (folded). Slight foxing, stains, repaired old fold. Label includes “This menu was the property of Lieut. J.E. Barlow (See “E” Coy). It was given to me..... More
c1860s. Tintype in 9 carat rose gold frame brooch with gold safety chain, marked “Whitehead, 9ct” on outer rim, 5 x 3.6cm (image). Raised and lost emulstion to top left corner and sitter's face. The sitter in the portrait is wearing a beaded collar, brooch and a locket, and appears..... More
1866. Letterpress, handbill, annotated with date and illegible inspector’s signature in ink, 45.9 x 29.4cm. Missing portions, stains and old folds with minor tears. Text includes “Tenders will be received up to eleven o’clock a.m., on Monday the 7th day of May, 1866, for the erection of a substantial two..... More
1890-c1940s. Thirty-five (35) items comprising 15 hardcover octavo books, 14 photographs and six items of ephemera, some books annotated with name “Sydney A. Tuck” in ink, typed labels or annotations to backing of some photographs verso, 3.8 x 7.6cm to 33.6 x 22.1cm. Several books missing dust jacket, soiling and..... More
1893. Letterpress and line block on fabric handbill, 18.9 x 12.4cm. Text includes “Criterion Theatre [Sydney, NSW]. Sole lessees and managers, Mr Brough and Mr Boucicault. Acting manager and treasurer, Mr W.H. Wallace. An original farcical romance in three acts, by Arthur W. Pinero. (Now being played to crowded houses..... More
c1910s. Gouache on board with varnished wood and plaster veneer, signed “S. Green” in image lower right, 23.9 x 45.8cm. Nail holes, crazing and missing portions to veneer. More
c1900-1920s. Brass, pewter, and tin figurines, “Made in Australia” stamp impressed into brass kangaroo base, sizes range from 5.5 x 8 x 1.8cm to 16 x 11 x 6cm. Slight rust and paint loss to pewter and tin kangaroos, one tin kangaroo with missing ear and loose card holder. The..... More
c1960s–1970s. Crackle-glazed porcelain on wooden plinth, 25.5 x 14.2 x 17cm. Minor paint splatter top left. More
c1930. Globe with brass and timber stand, 47 x 34cm (with stand). Slight stains and oxidation to globe, crazing to stand. Shows railway routes, steamer-route distances in sea miles, heights in English feet, and highlights countries of the British Empire in red. Text includes publisher “Geographia Ltd, 55 Fleet Street..... More
c1914-1918. Twenty-four (24) letterpress gazettes, 31 x 21.5cm (approx. each). Water damage, stains, tears and creases overall. This collection includes: (1) Amtsblatt Fur Das Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Neuguinea (Government Gazette For The Protectorate of German New Guinea), nos. 1 to 17 [Jan.-Sept.], 1914; (2) The Rabaul Record, vol. III, nos. 1 to..... More
1873. Handwritten document bound with original cloth tape, seven pages, on paper watermarked “Partridge & Cooper, No. 1 Chancery Lane”, signed and dated in ink by two witnesses in 1873, various signatures replicated in document including that of Governor Charles Augustus Fitz Roy and Governor John Young, 42 x 34cm..... More
1842. Letterpress document on parchment with affixed embossed official seal, stamped, inscribed with dates and signed in ink in various hands including Sir George Gipps, Governor-in-Chief, and E.D. Thomson, Colonial Secretary, stamped verso, 35.7 x 44.1cm. Soiling, cockling and old folds overall, minor tears to edges. The land, in the..... More
1877. Pen and ink with wash, titled, annotated “S.G.D.G.”, dated and signed “par J. Hilbrunmer” in ink lower right, 27.4 x 17.1cm. Old folds, tears, slight foxing, missing portions to margins. This drawing appears to be a design for a flotation survival kit. It includes a knife and a horn..... More
1923-1929. Comprising one photographic negative, two Harley-Davidson manuals, and numerous ephemera, concerning the purchase and payment of a Harley-Davidson motorbike by “John Frederick Hazard” from 1923 to 1929. Collection includes a homemade model of a Harley-Davidson with sidecar, 11.5 x 7 x 4.5cm. Old folds and slight foxing to ephemera;..... More
1898/1926 & 1927. Pair of soft-cover books with original paper wrappers, each volume containing six drypoints by Toulouse-Lautrec, consisting of three images in two states (black and brown) totalling 12 original prints, each volume stamped with number “149” from an edition of 200 on colophon, sizes range from 17 x...... More
(1) [Portrait Of Henry Lawson], 1915. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, oval format, photographer’s line printed on backing below image, 5.2 x 3.8cm. Minor silvering. Laid down on original presentation backing. Photographer’s line reads “W. Johnson, Bank Chambers, Pitt and Market Sts, Sydney.” (2) “Black Bonnet” [Poem] , c1916. Draft manuscript..... More
1957. Vintage silver gelatin photograph with typed letter and envelope, photograph annotated “Mr Justice Evatt” and “by Monte Luke” in an unknown hand in pencil verso; typed letter addressed to a “Ralph Renard” with date “30th April, 1957” and signed by H.V. Evatt in ink, 20.2 x 15.3cm (image), 25.4..... More