1852. Daguerreotype, accompanied by two handwritten letters and one postmarked envelope, letters inscribed and dated in ink, envelope addressed in ink with two wet stamps, one with partially legible postmark “Melbourne Victoria…1853”, the other “L JY 3 A”, 6.7 x 5.3cm (image), 9.3 x 8.2cm (case), approx. 24.7 x 38.7cm (letters). Slight tarnishing..... More
![Item #CL205-7 Plan Of 39 Market Garden Allotments Situate [Sic] At Botany, Near The Sir...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL205-7.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1655437457)
c1854. Lithograph, text including captions, name of lithographer and surveyors, annotated in ink on image upper right and verso, 54.3 x 39.8cm. Missing portions, tears, stains, old folds. Text includes “J. Allan Lithog., 23 Bridge St. Brownrigg & Roe, Surveyors.” Annotations include “Day of sale, Monday, 13 Nov[ember], Mort’s Rooms.” The..... More
1855. Sheet music, engraved cover, facsimile signature of composer and singer Henry Russell in image lower left, 34 x 24.1cm (paper). Old paper tape and tears to edges, minor foxing to image, front sheet loose. Text reads “Musical Bouquet. Written and sung by Harry Lee Carter, in his entertainment of..... More
1857. Hardcover songbook of engraved sheet music with ten tinted lithographic illustrations by Edmund Thomas, most illustrations signed and some dated in image, 35.4 x 26.5cm. Offsetting, foxing, slight soiling, minor crinkles and tears with some repairs to some pages, stains and wear to cover, repairs to spine and hinges..... 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
1852-1860. Vellum-covered bank pass book with brass clasp and marbled edges, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, 15.7 x 10cm. Minor foxing and soiling throughout. Handwritten title page includes “The Bank of Australasia, Geelong [Branch]. Dr. to per contra Cr. John..... More
c1840s-1870s. Group of five items comprising a colour lithograph valentine’s card addressed in ink and postmarked “General Post Office, Sydney, Feb. 17, 1840”, William Campbell’s visiting card, a newspaper cutting of an obituary, an ambrotype and a miniature oil portrait, most items accompanied by typed caption slips, sizes from 3..... More
1873. Collection of 12 periodicals bound together, illustrated with over 260 line-blocks, wood engravings and lithographs, from Jan. to Dec. 1873, Tyrrells’ stamp on front endpaper, 27.1 x 22.2cm (quarto). Foxing, stains, tears, missing portions to some pages. First title page includes “Vol. XVIII – new series, vol. 1. Sydney..... More
1872-1876. Vellum-covered bank pass book, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, bookbinder’s label pasted on inside endpaper, 16.3 x 10.2cm. Slight foxing to cover. Title page reads “Bank of Tasmania. Dr. to per contra Cr. Mr Richard Thompson, Charles Street. Folio..... More
1878. Twelve of 13 soft-cover booklets in letterpress and lineblock, No. 4 with lithographic frontispiece, 22 x 13.5cm (approx. each). Loose cover with missing portions to No.1, minor wear to some covers, foxing. Text includes “from authentic sources and the personal reminiscences of an old colonist, with an appendix of choice..... More
1863-1880. Group of 11 pages or slips of newsprint with wood engraving illustrations, some monogrammed, initialled or signed in block by artists including Calvert, Cawker, Cubitt, Jackson and Nash, sizes range from 21 x 28.3cm to 42.2 x 28cm (paper).Stains and foxing, tears and paper loss to edges. From The..... More
c1880s. Letterpress, process screen and line block leaflet, four pages, 27.3 x 21cm (paper, folded). Slight creases overall. Text includes “Bolton Bros., Printers, Bookbinders…Williamson Street, Bendigo [Victoria].” The founder of J.H. Abbott & Co., Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904), was a prominent businessman, civic leader and politician. Excited by news of..... More
1880. Pair of hand-coloured wood engravings, 22.7 x 32.9cm; 24.4 x 22.3cm. Creases, repaired tears to edges, slight soiling and foxing. Captions for one image read “No. 1 General view: night attack by the police on the inn; No. 2 After the fight: Ned Kelly wounded, lying at the railway..... More
![Item #CL194-54 [Christmas Card] It Has Well Been Said “Well Done.” May Friends Surround...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL194-54_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1543383160)
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 9.5 x 16.8cm. Minor paper remnants to both sides. Text includes “May all your friends be kind and true this Merry Christmas Day. Gibbs, Shallard & Co.” One side depicts a cockatoo in a cage, a shield with an Aboriginal face flanked by spears, coral and..... More
![Item #CL194-55 [Christmas Card] “Going For” The Bear. May Peace Be Thine This Xmas Day](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL194-55_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1543383160)
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 11.1 x 13.8cm. Minor paper loss to image verso. Text includes “Life has cares and many sorrows, and they stand about our path as the grim Australian warrior in the way. Face and fight them like a Briton, they will vanish in their wrath. And the..... More
c1880. Lithograph, trade card format, text includes publisher’s line “John Sands, Lith., Sydney” and promotional information verso, 8.1 x 11.3cm. Slight soiling to image lower right, minor surface loss verso. Text includes “W. Boles, Architect. J.G. Cousins, Proprietor” and a description which includes the quality of the accommodation: “comfortably furnished [rooms]..... More
c1880s. The watercolours are housed in a hardcover scrapbook with paper boards and cloth spine, containing numerous decorative memorabilia. One watercolour is captioned “A Merry Christmas”; the other “A Merry Xmas” lower centre and upper right respectively, 11.6 x 17.8cm and 15.3 x 20.1cm (watercolours), 37.5 x 25 x 1.3cm (scrapbook). Both watercolours are..... More
c1890. Watercolour and gouache on card, 28.4 x 21.3cm. Minor foxing and stains, soiling, pinholes to margins. Scarce original Australian design for a photograph album page. More
c1890s. Pen and ink sketch with watercolour, trimmed portion of handwritten letter in ink verso, 13.9 x 12.3cm. Old folds, creases. The letter, in an unknown hand, includes “I hope Mr Gorman is none the worse for his coach accident. I would like to know about it when you write..... More
c1890s. Pair of carved and stained wooden figures on plinths, each with collector’s label annotated “Australian figure” in ink on base, one figure annotated “29WA” and “Page 14, Vol. 1” in gouache and pencil on back of plinth, 31 x 8.1 x 6.5cm and 29 x 9.3 x 7cm. Minor..... More
c1890s. Oil on canvas with watercolour, ink and gold paint, 40.5 x 56cm. Framed. Consists of an elaborate series of 20 vignettes which surround the central beachscape. The vignettes depict landscape and water views, including Boydtown [South Coast, NSW], North Head [Sydney Harbour], and Cremorne Wharf with ferry. Portraits include..... More
c1890s. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, inscribed “To Harry Glauville from his old friend the composer, Toso” above image on cover and annotated in ink verso, 35.7 x 26cm. Foxing, tears and missing portions to edges. Text on cover includes “Sung with enormous success at the Theatre Royal, Sydney; Theatre..... More
c1890. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, “M.D.” ink stamp on image and signed “H.G. Banks, lith.” in image lower right and lower left, 33.6 x 25.2cm. Trimmed lower edge, slight foxing and tears to edges, repaired spine. Text includes “Composed by J.W. Dunn. London, Stannard & Son, imp.” Image shows..... More
1891. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, signed “H.G. Banks, lith.” and dated in image lower centre, 36.3 x 26.2cm. Foxing, minor tears and chips to edges. Text includes “‘The Miner’s Dream Waltz’ by Karl Kaps. A beautiful, dreamy waltz. Written and composed by Will Godwin and ‘L.D.’ Francis, Day &..... More
![Item #CL199-55 Arbor Day Cantata [NSW]. Hugo Alpen, 1842–1917 Aust](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-55.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585632312)
1891. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, 37.3 x 27.5cm. Loose sheets including cover, stains, foxing, tears to edges. Text includes “Written and composed for the children of the public schools in New South Wales. Words by The Countess of Jersey. Music by Hugo Alpen. George Stephen Chapman, Acting Government Printer..... More