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
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
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
c1924. Pen and ink sketch on “Coogee Bay Hotel” letterhead paper, inscribed and signed below image, 26 x 20.7cm (paper). Foxing and creases overall, slight tears to edges. This sketch was most likely made in 1924, based on recorded correspondence from Lambert to his wife on Coogee Bay Hotel letterhead..... More
![Item #CL199-96 Bushrangers [Book]. Charles J. Finger, 1869–1941 Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL199-96_1.jpg?v=1585635323)
1924. Hardcover octavo with colour woodcut-illustrated dust jacket and endpapers, black cloth and gilt lettered boards, 23 x 15.5cm. Slight tears, foxing and stains to dust jacket, foxing to interior. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London. This is a first edition, 216pp, with eight colour woodcuts by..... More
1924. As issued, letterpress book with French binding (unbound), original boards with partial paper wrappers, and slip case, containing 55 original etchings, some monogrammed in plate, number “265” from an edition of 350 on justification page, title page in French includes author “Octave Mirbeau” and publisher with date “Ambroise Vollard..... More
1925. Bone china tea cup and saucer, caption printed in cup with text and date on saucer, “Aynsley England” maker stamp and number “Rd. No. 702537” on cup base, 9.2 x 5.2cm (cup); 13.8cm (saucer diameter). Minor rubbing to cup gilding and plate motif. Text reads “Souvenir. Australian pavilion, Wembley..... More
c1925. Group of three colour lithographs, postcard format, mounted together, each signed in image lower left or right, letterpress text in mostly Italian including title in right border and verso, 9 x 13.9cm (each postcard). Slight soiling, minor wear to edges. All three postcards include “Movimento Futurista Italiano. Pittore Tato..... 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
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... 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
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
![Item #CL199-99 Murdoch’s [Sydney] Catalogues For Men’s And Boys’ Fashion](/pictures/thumb/CL199-99_1.jpg?v=1585635326)
1928. Two oblong softcover booklets with illustrated envelopes addressed to “Mr C. Wartzelhan Jnr, North St, Albury NSW”, 19.4 x 25.7cm (each). Old vertical folds, minor creases and tears, one with tape-repaired binding. These two catalogues are for Murdoch’s Ltd, a men’s and boys’ department store located in Park Street..... More
1929. Bronze relief, mounted on wooden plaque, subject, artist and date cast into the bronze, captioned in a brass plaque verso, 24.5 x 24.3 (bronze), 38 x 33.5cm (plaque). Minor scratch to centre of bronze, chips, cracks and missing portions to veneer of wooden plaque. Caption reads “Unserem hochverehrten chef..... More
1929. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, 15pp, 21.6 x 13.8cm. Minor stains and crinkles overall, foxing, paper loss, tears, creases and old tape to loose cover. Text on title page includes “Hunkin, Ellis & King, Ltd., Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, Adelaide.” The book cover features a portrait of..... 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
1927 & 1929. Handwritten letter (with envelope) and postcard, both signed by Roberts, accompanied with his 1931 obituary on newspaper cutting, 25.6 x 19.9cm (letter) and 9.8 x 14cm (card). Slight foxing, old folds. The letter and postcard, which are addressed separately to two sisters living at “Payneswicke”, Elsternwick, Victoria..... More
![Item #CL183-72 [Virgin Mary]. Attrib. Rayner Hoff, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-72.jpg?v=1486091845)
c1930. Plaster relief, 43.9 x 24.4 x 1.5cm. Hairline crack centre left, chips to edges, slight stains. Framed. More
![Item #CL181-143 [Design For Debating Certificate]. Gayfield Shaw, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL181-143.jpg?v=1486012344)
c1930. Etching, 23.5 x 31.5cm. Slight soiling, crinkles. The lower centre of the border shows the Hume-Barbour Debaters’ Trophy, a bronze sculpture by Raynor Hoff. Miss Hume-Barbour, a descendant of the Australian explorer Hamilton Hume, donated the trophy to the NSW Department of Education in 1929, and the competition, now..... More
c1930s. Letterpress and process screen, advertising flyer, 25 x 31.3cm. Slight soiling, foxing. Framed. Text includes “Your luggage and parcel problems solved promptly and carefully by N. Palmer. Phone: Tweed Heads, 58, day or night. Rallings and Rallings, 578 Stanley Street, South Brisbane.”. More
c1886-1930s. Six items containing seven carved mother of pearl or conch shells, two images captioned or dated “1886” in image, one shell annotated “C. Nouvaille[?]” in pencil in unknown hand inside shell, sizes range from 17.6 x 17cm to 18.7 x 13 x 21cm. One shell with minor chips to..... More
c1930s. Relief-carved cedar frame with two window panels, annotated in ink verso, 40.5 x 46.5cm (approx.). Annotation includes “The last picture show.”. 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
c1930s. Eighteen (18) items comprising various states of five bookplate designs, mostly wood engravings and several preparatory ink and gouache drawings, some signed and dated or initialled in block, some signed or annotated in pencil in lower margin, sizes range from 8.3 x 3.4cm to 10.3 x 7.8cm. Some with old folds..... More
c1931. Tin and wood model ship on wooden base with a glass case, ship’s name on stern and bow, model maker “C. Boor”, ship name and date on bronze plaque attached to base, 93 x 40 x 14.5cm (ship); 120 x 10 x 35cm (base). Provenance: Burns Philp auction, Sydney..... More