c1898. One line block and three halftone prints, mounted together, each captioned below or in image, 20.1 x 25.1cm to 32.1 x 21.3cm. Slight stains, missing portions and repaired tears to edges. Captions include “Section through engine house & accumulator” and “Pumping station, Sydney.” Images show views of the building..... More
![Exhibition Invitation, Leicester Galleries, London]. Charles Conder, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-32.JPG?v=1492486413)
1905. Hand-coloured lithograph, text with date in image centre, initialled in image lower left, 12.5 x 15.6cm. Minor soiling to upper margin. Text reads “Messrs Ernest Brown & Phillips request the honour of your company at the private view of an exhibition of pictures by Charles Conder, on Thursday, Dec..... More
![The Great White Fleet Visit To Australia [US Navy] Collection](/pictures/thumb/CL194-102_10a.jpg?v=1543548290)
1908. Sixty-three (63) items comprising of 40 vintage silver gelatin photographs in stereo card format; 16 postcards; two framed paintings; one framed lithograph; two commemorative booklets; and two pieces of lithographic ephemera, one painting signed “B. Barker”, several items captioned with ship names and dated “August 1908”, sizes include 4.6..... 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
c1914. Printed cotton scarf, captioned throughout, 47.5 x 61.5cm. Stains and foxing overall. Captions include notes on the landing places of various allied troops, including the ANZACs. Captions on flags in corners read “Australia, well done! New Zealand, well done! Army and navy, well done! Eclipse of the star &..... More
![The “Sydney’s” Victory: How She Beat The “Emden” [WWI]. Patrick Francis Collins, Paddy,...](/pictures/thumb/CL202-24.jpg?v=1619760557)
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
![The Blood Vote [Anti-Conscription Campaign]. AfterClaude Marquet, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL179-10.JPG?v=1492666352)
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
c1916. Painted plaster, 29.4 x 9.9 x 11.9cm. Surface loss and chips overall, cracks to neck of figure. Uncommon plaster of a WWI digger. More
c1916. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, owner’s stamp with the name of Dr Charles Albert Monticone and cancelled adhesive label to title page, 22 x 29cm. Old vertical fold, slight foxing, some wear to cover, otherwise in good condition. This booklet in German text was an important record of..... More
1917. Letterpress, handbill, 43.4 x 25.7cm. Old folds, creases, stains, slight missing portions and tears overall. Text includes “Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence. Amended notice. Notice is hereby given that all persons (male and female) who are not British subjects and who are not exempted under the Regulations are..... 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
c1919. Colour lithograph, printed on cotton, captioned in image, 47 x 63.5cm (fabric). Foxing and stains. Framed. Caption continues “The landing of our gallant sons of empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula. ‘The Scrap Heap’: a view of the Emden after the fight with the Sydney off the Cocos Keeling Islands.”..... More
1919. Cotton crochet doily with verse, 49.5 x 55.2cm. Minor stains to edges. Framed. Verse reads “After years of strife / the triumph of liberty and justice / Peace 1919 / Float our bunting on the breeze / Australia’s flag of pride / for which her many valiant sons /..... More
c1919. Painted plaster, 64.5 x 54.7 x 20.4cm. Very rare. Possibly a souvenir inspired by the Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt. The Corps, consisting of Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian troops, was a brigade-sized military formation which fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in WWI. Its personnel were..... More
c1919. Letterpress notice, 25.5 x 28.5cm. Ink stains to lower left, tears to edges, minor creases, old mount burn, tipped to old backing. Text reads “SOS. If you want any attention from the doctor, nurse or helper, put this card on the window bar, showing the SOS. If you want..... More
![Prime Minister Billy Hughes [Autograph] In “A Voyage With The Mails Between Brisbane & London,...](/pictures/thumb/CL194-164_1.jpg?v=1543548551)
1921. Hardcover quarto with woodblock print on blue cloth pictorial boards, 66pp, autographed “W.M. Hughes” and dated “2/6/21” by then-Prime Minister Billy Hughes along with other passengers, 30.5 x 25cm. Replaced spine and endpapers, scuffing and slight soiling to boards, some foxing throughout. Published by The London Stereoscopic Company. Fourth..... More
1923. Hardcover quarto in two-colour cloth illustrated boards, 30.3 x 24.5cm. Slight fading to front cover, tears to upper and lower hinges of spine, split gutters. Printed by The Snelling Printing Works, Sydney, vi + 514pp. Contains section markers to signify categories of items, an unused order form, and pages..... More
![Design For Romanesque-Inspired Apartments]. Attrib. Harold Crone, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-128.jpg?v=1543548365)
1927. Watercolour with crayon and pencil, partially legible signature “Harold […]” and dated lower left, 47.9 x 62.2cm. Slight stains to upper portion of image, minor crinkles. British-born architect Harold Crone moved to Australia after serving in WWI. He worked for several years at the Sydney architectural firm of Scott..... More
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
1928. Process screen and letterpress folded menu card, signed “Virgil” in image centre, 20.2 x 12.7cm (folded.) Slight foxing, scuffing. Text continues “Given by C.C. Wakefield & Co. Ltd, after his epoch-making flight from England to Australia. Wentworth Hotel, Monday, 12th March 1928.” Some menu items are named after aviators..... 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
c1931-1932. Line block, 8.6 x 12.4cm. Minor crinkles and foxing to upper margin. Text continues “Lies, lies, lies. I promise to pay repudiate. Face value - nothing. Payable on demand. James J. Lee, printer, 545 George Street, Sydney.” The “Lang Plan” proposed the repudiation of interest payments to overseas creditors..... More
1930-1932. Consisting of mostly newspaper clippings annotated with name of newspaper and date of issue in ink or pencil, 50 x 37cm (scrapbook). Minor water damage and soiling, cracking to spine and tears to edges of pages. The contents of this scrapbook strongly suggest that it was compiled by John..... 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
1942. Group of seven process screen souvenir cards, six in postcard format, one annotated “periscope” in ink in upper margin, each with letterpress captions including date “30th July, 1942” with Royal Australian Navy emblem, and one card stamped “T.J.M. Collins” verso, 13.9 x 8.8cm or 8.8 x 14.2cm (approx. each)..... More