c1868. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, illegible signature in ink upper right, 13.5 x 10.2cm (photograph), 33 x 26cm (paper).Slight foxing, creases, minor tear to right edge of sheet music, minor creases to photograph. Text reads “Newly edited and arranged by C.E. Horsley..... More
1922. Letterpress pamphlet, 22.1 x 14cm. Slight creases, soiling and minor missing portion to upper left. Text includes “Coming by special train. Dimboola, Thursday, October 26, 1922. Banfield Printer, Ararat [Victoria].” Thorpe McConville’s “Wild Australia” rodeo-circus first came into prominence in 1911 when he gave a command performance for King..... More
c1910s. Wrought iron with copper fixtures, 27 x 29.6 x 17cm (open). Slightly rusted overall, chipped enamel to copper fixtures. More
1839. Letterpress, annotated, dated and signed in ink, 14.5 x 16.7cm. Slight stains, old folds. A physical description of 25-year old prisoner Samuel Barnfield appears verso. More
c1878–1999. Collection of seven hundred and thirty-six (736) items including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings and a land division poster, many items annotated with dates or identifying family members, sizes range from 9 x 5.5cm to 80.1 x 50.5cm. Old folds, creases and tears, slight stains and foxing. This collection is..... More
c1870s–1880s. Ink on linen, titled lower centre, 38 x 61.5cm. Old folds, foxing overall, minor tears. Title continues “Proposed to be opened as a parish road under Act of Council, 4 Win IV, No. II.” Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate. The road proposed in this map is now called Kanahooka Road..... More
1883. Red and black ink on tracing paper, titled lower right, dated “May 1883” twice and annotated throughout, 22.2 x 47cm. Repaired lower right corner, old folds, tears. Annotations in ink include reference to owners of land around Rosemont: “Miss Moore, now Mrs Kent. W. Lamb Esq’re, now The Hon..... 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
1831. Hand-written manuscript with folded paper cover, dated in text and signed by vendor and two witnesses, annotated “miscellaneous” in another hand in pencil to cover, 37.4 x 24.2cm (manuscript), 24.3 x 19cm (cover). Water stains, foxing, tears to edges of document, paper loss and soiling to cover. Text on..... More
c1860s. Letterpress leaflet, 24.6 x 18.7cm (paper). Repaired tears and missing portions. Laid down with acid-free tissue. The lyrics of the song Under A Burning Sun appear to refer to the gold rush in Australia, where the protagonist of the song makes his fortune by toiling “under the burning sun”..... More
c1892. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, “St. Q” composer’s ink stamp on image lower right, 31.6 x 24.3cm. Trimmed upper and lower edges. Text includes “Performed [obscured text] by Miss Marie Lloyd at Drury Lane Pantomime, 1892 to 1893.” Marie Lloyd (Brit., 1870–1922) was a music hall singer, comedian and..... More
1970. Embroidered cotton with hooped fringe, date lower centre, 82.5 x 97.5cm. Slight stains, creases and pulls to thread. Translated Vietnamese text reads “To Fight – To Win, Into a Land of Steel.” The embroidered scene shows a Viet Cong flag with a man in military uniform and a woman..... More
c1972. Double-sided lithograph pamphlet, 22.8 x 29.2cm. Tears, creases, slight surface loss, soiling, old folds. Text includes “Force Nixon out now! Defend the Vietnamese Revolution! CPA [Communist Party of Aust.]. Printed & published by Red Pen P/L, 4 Dixon St, Sydney.”. More
c1910. Process screen and letterpress, postcard format, 13.5 x 8.6cm. Minor soiling. Text continues “Dalley Electorate. Polling day: April 13. Empire, Commonwealth.” William Wilks was a member of the Free Trade Party, and was active in politics until 1910, when he was defeated by Labor. The Division of Dalley was..... More
c1878-1882. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, signed by a “Jane W., Smith” and photographer’s line “Foster & Martin” in ink upper right and on photograph lower right, 7.5 x 6.3cm (photograph), 36.6 x 27.1cm (paper). Slight foxing and soiling, minor tears to edges..... More
c1960s. Pair of carved animal skull plates, 21.5 x 11.4 x 2.5cm and 24.1 x 10.8 x 3.2cm. Natural patina. Both masks feature geometric carvings with a face, and are ceremonial animal skulls. “The Timorese people of Indonesia traditionally and ritually kill animals for ceremonies such as weddings and funerals..... More
1878. Ink with watercolour on linen, annotated and dated “12.9.78” in ink by “Hoskisson” in lower portion, 66 x 43cm. Old folds, slight foxing and water stains. Early map showing land owners of the time, including: J. Bootle, J. Burke, P. Byrne, Dargen, J. Desmond, W. Everingham, W. Fuller, J...... More
c1910/1920s. Hand-carved wood, 33 x 80 x 5cm. Chips to edges, aged and soiled surface with remains of old gilding. Unlike most early 20th century winged wheel emblems for motor cars, this wheel with spokes does not have a tyre, suggesting that it is a representation of a railway train..... More
1885-c1890s. (1) Church Hill Estate [Crown St], Wollongong, 1885. Pen and ink plan drawing, annotated in ink and pencil verso, 24.5 x 35cm. Foxing, old folds, tears to uneven edges. Text includes “C.A. Atchison, Licensed Surveyor under Real Property Act, 20th Nov’r 1885.” Annotations include “Church Hill Estate, No. 16c..... More
c1940s. Fifty (50) vintage silver gelatin photographs and two process screen prints, most in postcard format, laid down in a scrapbook, 31 of the photographs are autographed in ink by wrestlers, most annotated with their name by “Fred Phillips”, compiler of the scrapbook, 9.1 x 5.3cm to 22.8 x 18.1cm..... More
1914-1919/1983. Consisting of two softcover booklets and 26 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, some postcards signed “Otto Mönkedieck, Steuerman, SMS Emdem”, captioned or dated in image, some annotated in ink or pencil below image or verso, 8 x 11.7cm to 25.5 x 18.1cm. Minor creases or discolouration to some..... More
c1917-1919. Collection of six items comprising a letter in pencil, a field postcard, a certificate of discharge, two vintage silver gelatin photographs, and a complete copy of The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), most items signed and dated in ink or pencil by H.V. Martin, sizes from 8.5 x 13.7cm to 65.5..... More
1914-1919. Consisting of 239 items: 229 photographic or printed postcards; seven vintage silver gelatin photographs; one printout paper photograph; and two letterpress menus, many postcards inscribed, annotated or dated “1914” through to “28.6.1919” in ink recto and verso by Tulloh, sizes range from 8 x 11.5cm to 15.1 x 20.5cm..... More
1941-1942. Fifty-six (56) items comprising 18 ink diagrams on waxed paper, 28 dyeline diagrams, eight photostat prints, and two blueprints, most dyelines stamped with “John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd, Engineers, Leeds” and dates including “11 Oct. 1941”, ink diagrams dated and initialled and include “9.10.41. M.E.G., W.R.” in ink..... More
c1942–1945. Group of seven air-dropped leaflets, five targeted at American and Australian troops, two directed at Japanese troops, sizes range from 12.7 x 9cm to 30 x 23cm. Old tears, creases, slight soiling and minor missing portions. Japanese propaganda leaflets include one entitled “Siren”, which shows an Australian soldier being..... More