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SVEA Companion Stove No.5, a kerosene pressure stove, together with a repair kit for the No. 5 Companion model. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Our Gracious Queen 1837-1897 book, by Mrs O.F.Walton, inside cover handwritten, 'Lauriston Place U.P. District Sabbath School/Presented to/Robert Ramsay/For Regular Attendance during the Session/William Seaton/Superintendent/20th June 1897'; small (13cm) dish in nickel and inset in the base is a Charles and Diana wedding medal 1981 with St Paul's Cathedral on reverse; Investiture of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales commemorative medal, 1969, in gilt bronze (56mm), cased. The book with some loss areas on cover, otherwise fine for age, the rest good very fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
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McCrae, H., Satyrs & Sunlight: Silvarum Libri... Sydney, John Sands, 1909, 4to, xx, + 154 pp, 18 full page plates and text illustrations by Norman Lindsay, Limited edition No.54/130. Slight foxing in text, the extremely rare 1st edition, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $290
Vision, A Literary Quarterly, Ed. by F.C. Johnson, J. Lindsay and K.Slessor, Nos. 1 - 4 (all that were published), Sydney, May 1923 - Febr. 1924, 4to, illustrated wrappers with numerous illustrations by Norman Lindsay and interesting adverts. Fine and very rare as such. (4)
Estimate $250
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Chaplin, Harry F., Norman Lindsay, His books, manuscripts and autograph letters in the library annotated by Harry F. Chaplin, foreward by Norman Lindsay, Wentworth Press, 1969, 90 pps. Stains on cover, otherwise fine, very scarce.
Estimate $50
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Australian Children's Home Pictorial Encyclopedia, based entirely on Australian Schools Curricula, Vol 1-10 covering subjects from A - W, each volume a four page large newspaper style layout, fully illustrated, published by Peter Leyden Publishing House, Rawson Place, Sydney, early 1960s; also ANZAC memoirs, Humorous Sketches by a returned soldier, a small book of about 30 pages featuring jokes with proceeds from sales to help unemployed, disabled soldiers. The first in excellent condition and unfolded which is very unusual because of their size, apart from a few ageing stains and the odd edge tear good very fine, the second with cover stains and large paper loss at bottom left corner, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Australiana, an interesting collection of postcards, mostly pertaining to Sydney, Sydney beaches and Sydney Harbour all c1900-1910 together with a smaller group of postcards relating to Tasmania, a few in photo album as prints by A.H.Fullwood and a few lesser artists, (approx 150) a few are duplicated; together with tourist publications on Port Arthur c1924; Official Guide to Launceston and Port Arthur; Sydney and Surroundings NSW c1920; Beautiful Blackheath Blue Mountains; Canberra, A City of Flowers (c 1950); Camden Park Estate 1795-1965 (3). Many cards used and mostly fine, the tourist brochures fair some with water damage. (lot)
Estimate $200
SOLD $500
Japanese postcards, pre and post WWII, a total of 18 with birds, and Japanese people in rural and city scenes. Eleven with foxing or moisture affected, seven as new, all unused. (18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30