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Sir George de Lacey Evans signature, on an admission pass, a white card (approx 16x10cm), handwritten in ink, 'Admit Bearer into Gallery of the House of Commons 15 June 1838' and signed D L Evans, at the bottom left side is written, 'Sir De Lacey Evans/Westminster'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Baron Sir Charles Edward Pollock signature, on a printed Proxy Paper dated 1892, signature applied in ink over an affixed one penny inland revenue stamp, 'C E Pollock Novr 4'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Professor John Westlake signature, on postcard of thanks to C.D.Higham, C/O institute of Actuaries, postmarked 21 Dec 1906, thanking him for a document stating, 'necessary separation of provident and strike funds of trade unions' and his response, 'though with poor hope of success after the surrender of both political parties to Trade Disputes Bill' and signed J. Westlake. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
British nobility signatures, two on part envelopes with FREE postmark dated 1831, as available to members of parliament, signatures include Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; Lord Althorpe (with copy of portrait); William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester 1825; and Count Ernst Friedrich Herbert von Munster, Chancellor of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order 1825. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Signatures of British parliamentarians, high ranking officials in governement and the judiciary, some include George Graham, Registrar General (1842-80); Sherrif of London & Middlesex; Baron Sir Charles Edward Pollock; Sir Thomas Plumer, 1st Vice Chancellor of England & after Master of the Rolls; Sir John Leach, 2nd Vice Chancellor of England; Sir Richard Richards, Chief Baron of the Exchequer; 1st Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice; also Count Dedel, Ambassador to Sweden from the Netherlands 1823; Hildebrandt, Consul General of Bavaria; Boetius Egan (man without fingers & only two toes); numerous others including some legal documents and a one page flyer headed 'Chronicle Extra, The 'Frisco Earthquake' and another advertising brochure for Italia India Cinema Bioscope, in old Pound Ground, Mochi Bazar, the top half in English and the bottom half in Hindi, printed in Hyderabad; German Occupation of Mitau (Latvia), 10.10.1919, ten mark printed on back glue section of 15 tear-off postage stamp sized sections. Stored in a brown imitation crocodile skin patterned folder, mostly very good - very fine. (approx 160)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Signatures of British parliamentarians and nobilty, all early 1800s, includes 13th Lord St John of Bletso; Duke of York and Albany; Winthrop M. Praed (politician and poet 1802-39); Earl of Winchilsea; Earl of the County of Mayo, Ireland; Earl of Uxbridge; Sir Nash Grose; Duke of Newcastle 1825; Sir Fletcher Norton, 1st Lord Grantley. Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
NSW Government Tramways, 1.5.1888-1889, prepaid tram ticket, penny, arms (lion & unicorn), obverse and reverse of Queen Victoria, young head, penny, blue printing (Peck 6). Good fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
NSW Government Tramways, 1897-1966, group of pre-paid tram tickets (light card), including (1897-1902) penny overprinted 'OS' (4); another, overprinted 'N.E.S.'; threepence (1952?), overprinted 'O.S.' (2); twopence (1920s?) red; decimal five cents, orange, overprinted 'Ambulance'; Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, 1-1/2D, purple (2) and blue (Peck 13, 19, 21). Mostly fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Dept of Road Transport & Tramways, NSW, a large collection of staff tickets from many different tramlines includes Narrabeen Line (3); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (3); Taronga Park Line (4); other lines include Lane Cove, La-Perouse, Watsons Bay (6), Waverley-Randwick (3), Zetland, Dowling Street to Waterloo Junction (8), Waratah (2), Wallsend Line (4), all tickets different for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus, avenues etc. Very fine - uncirculated, a rare group. (39)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Australia, programme for Arrival of the Royal Australian Fleet, Sydney, October 4th 1913; Happy New Year cards from Queensland Military Forces, 1894 and 1896, both glued to board and with enlargements of both cards also glued to board; also British Commonwealth tourism booklets, Impressions of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The "Empress" City of the Golden West, 15 fold out pages with numerous b&w photos and information on various landmarks, c1910; Through the Trossachs, Scotland's premier tour of the Trossachs, Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond and Scott's "Lady of the Lake" District, 8 pages with b&w photos and drawings and information on various landmarks, 1908, also map for David Macbrayne Limited steamer routes and on reverse, Hints to Tourists. The first with cover split on fold and with edge splits and foxing, the rest with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, Commonwealth Inaugural Celebrations, Monday 7th January 1901, invitation to a picnic at Kurnel (sic) by the Government of New South Wales to Parliamentary and Judicial Visitors, opens out to show Menu; Official Programme for re-enactment of Landing of Captain Cook, R.N., at Botany Bay, on Monday, 7th January, 1901, opens out to reveal details of the original event that occurred at Kurnell and the names of actors involved in the re-enactment. Both documents with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australian 'funny money', a wide selection including political, advertising, store entrance and discount; also, Bank of Australasia, ten pounds and Bank of New South Wales, fifty pounds 'Stage Money'; also a group of 'Clinton Era' political funny money (8). Extremely fine - uncirculated, mostly different. (73)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Australian 'funny money', a wide selection containing political, advertising, store entrance and discount, mostly different. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (106)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Australian, political 'funny money', a wide selection, all different (18); plus USA 'Clinton Era' notes featuring Bill and Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinski etc (10). Mostly uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Wax seal for The Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land. Affixed to cardboard, very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
A Manual of Surgical Anatomy, by Lewis Beesley, F.R.C.S., Edin. And T.B.Johnston, M.B., Ch.B., 2nd Ed. (1923), published by Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, London, (approx 13x19cm), 561pp, with many drawings and photos, some in colour, hard cover with plastic covering. Barely any foxing, very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Paradise Lost a Poem in Twelve Books, Vol II by John Milton, 7th edition (1770), printed in England, (approx 13x21.5cm), 456pp + massive index, with illustrations, hard leather cover, with one-time owner's name on title page, Geo A Crowder, (illegible), Eton Coll, 26th July 1815. Front cover loose and all covering deteriorated with time, first few pages with water stain on one edge, minimal foxing, otherwise inside in excellent condition, good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Napoleon in Exile, or A Voice from St Helena the Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, in His Own Words, by Barry E. O'Meara Esq His Late Surgeon, Vols 1 and II, 4th Ed. (1822), printed for W.Simpkin and R.Marshall, London, (approx 13x21cm), 512 & 542 pp with a few engravings, hard covers, Ex Libris sticker at front of each volume with name Genl Aylmer. Front cover of Vol 1 loose, water stains at front of both and small piece missing from title page of vol 1, minimal foxing, very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $130
Passed in
Memoires du General Rapp, (1772-1821), Aide De Camp De Napoleon, written by himself, published by Garnier Freres, Editeurs, Paris, (approx 12x19cm), 463pp, with fitted ribbon page marker, hard cover with lithograph portrait of General Rapp at front, one map and nine small sketches, all text in French. Inside first two unnumbered pages loose, foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
The Coronation of the Queen, book with various facts and images and stand-up model of the Royal State Coach; 'British Empire at a Glance' large (27cm) information wheel (rotate to country and all important facts displayed); various books of sheet music, includes The Australian Music Books Celebrated Marches, 36pp; Bing Crosby songs (3), including Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral That's An Irish Lullaby; Sweetest Irish Songs, 32pp; Oklahoma Song Album, 23pp; Sinatra Sings Again, 28pp; "Colonel Bogey" March Album for Piano Solo, 23pp; various Sterling's Song & Dance Albums; Rupert Music Book No.2, 42pp; various others; also facsimile copies of two books for opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge issued as part of anniversary celebrations in 1982. The wheel with a 6cm split at back, repairable, otherwise very good - very fine. (21)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Mad magazines, Australian Super Special numbers 38, 40 (2), 42, 43 (2), 46; Australian Mad numbers 226, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237, 240; Mad Australian Super Special Book of Silly Nonsense (1983); A Second Look at Mad's Dave Berg (Australia 1984); USA Special number 3 (no cover); Super Special number 19, and Summer 1981; Mad numbers 188, 198; also Super Cracked, issue 19, Winter 1983. Good - very fine. (22)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20