Catalogue
Australia, an assortment of Australia publications including, "The YMCA in Australia"; "Spinifex Walkabout"; "The Australia Club 1838-1988, The First 150 years"; "Proud Story Official History of the Australian Comforts Fund", by C.Bodham-Jackson, Sydney, 1949, 336pp, rare, and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Melbourne Invitation Committee, deluxe invitation book, to the International Olympic Committee, extending an invitation to celebrate the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne, in 1956, suede bound and bearing in enamel the Coat of Arms of the City of Melbourne on the cover, I-XIV plus 63 pages of black and white photos showcasing Melbourne's sport, culture and wildlife, together with architects' impressions of proposed venues, the arena, swimming pool and stadium, printed in Melbourne, enamelled crest on front cover by Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd. with 'John M.Chapman Collection' bookplate. In excellent condition.
Estimate $600
Passed in
George Bentham & Ferdinand Mueller - Flora Australiensis: a Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory - 7 volumes, 1967, facsimile reprint of the 19th century standard work on the flora of Australia (1860s-70s). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Froude James Anthony, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, 6 vols, London 1858-70, 12 vols with each of the six vols pub by J.Parker and Longhan Green, each vol in half morocco leather and marbled boards, each vol's front end paper has the book plate of Rear Admiral J.R.Paynter RN 1813-76. Vol 1 rear board loose, vol 2 repaired board, otherwise fine or better. (12)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
The Historians of Greece, various editors and translators, 12 vols. New York, Tandy Thomas 1909, Herodotus in 4 vols., Thucydidies in 3 vols., Xenophon in 5 vols, copy no. 251 of the Olympic Edition of 1000. All in dark green buckram with upper edges in gilt, damage to some volumes. (12)
Estimate $350
SOLD $280
The Desert World, by Arthur Mangin, 1872 revised edition, The Scenery, Animal and Vegetable Life, and Physical Character of the Wilderness and Waste Places of the Earth, hard cover (17x24cm), 624pp, with 160 b&w illustrations, includes a chapter on 'The Australian Interior', sticker on inside of front cover with printed and hand written details, 'Model Public School/Presented To (Sarah Parton)/For Proficiency In/(Needlework)/A.Dadley, (1st Prize)/Sewing Mistress'. Front cover loose and some early pages with edge tears or slight loss of paper at edge, foxing, otherwise good and scarce as a school prize.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Mountford, Charles P., 'Nomads of the Australian Desert', Rigby, 1976, 628pp, many illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Australia, Banking publications including, The Law relating to Banker and Customer In Australia, by F.A.A.Russell, Sydney, 1935, 449pp, with some foxing; Australian Banking, by J.K.Gifford, J.V.Wood & A.J.Reitsma, Brisbane, 1958, 3rd edition, 302pp; Bank of New South Wales, A History:Volume I (1817-1893) & II (1894-1970), housed in a case; A brief History of Australian Banking, pamphlet with special reference to the State of New South Wales, 1936, 28pp. Fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Australia, a small collection of Banking literature including, 'Money Banking and Exchange', by Dartnell Corporation, Melbourne, 1948, 246pp, 'A Popular Manual of Australian Banking, being a brief and concise exposition of the law, principles and practice of banking in the Commonwealth of Australia', by Thomas C.Reid, second edition, Melbourne, 1908, 90pp; 'Australian Bank Notes 1817-1963', by G.W.Tomlinson, Melbourne, 1963, first edition, 143pp; 'Bank Notes of Australia Distinctive Government issues 1910-1970, A Catalogue', by Sydney V.Hagley, with authority of the Reserve Bank of Australia, 56-92pp. Fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Canada, a boxed set of Canadian banking history publication, 'Canada's First Bank, A History of the Bank of Montreal Vol.1 & Vol.2', Merrill Denison, Toronto-Montreal, 1966, 471pp. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Canada, three publications describing central banking and currency in Canada including, 'Central Banking in Canada', by James Hugh Creighton, Vancouver, 1933, 202pp; 'Money and exchange in Canada to 1900', by A.B.McCullough, Toronto, 1984, 323pp; 'Adam Shortt's History of Canadian Currency and Banking 1600-1880', by The Canadian Bankers' Association, Ontario, n.d., 904pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Canada, an assortment of Banking and currency numismatic literature including, 'History of the Coins & Tokens of Canada', P.N.Breton, Montreal, 1894, 240pp; 'The Assay Office and the Proposed Mint at New Westminster', by R.L.Reid, Victoria, 1926, 96pp; '100 Years of Banking in Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank', by Joseph Schull, Canada, 1958, 222pp; 'The Bank of Nova Scotia, one hundredth anniversary 1883-1933', by A.McD.McBain, Toronto, 932, 167pp; 'Popular Illustrated Guide to Canadian Coins, Medals', by P.N.Breton, edition 1155/1300, Montreal, n.d., 342pp, plus catalogues (11) and other publications. Fine. (24)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Trigge, A.ST.L., A History of The Canadian Bank of Commerce with an account of the other banks which now form part of its organization, Volume III 1919-1930, Toronto, 1934, 574pp. Dust cover protects a leather hardcover, untrimmed page edges, rare and very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Great Britain, an assortment of English banking literature including, 'Dictionary of Banking, A Concise Encyclopaedia of Banking Law & Practice', by William Thomson, London, 1932, 740pp; 'The Institute of Bankers 1879-1929', by Council of the Institute, London, 1929, 69pp; 'Central Banks', by C.H.Kisch & W.A.Elkin, London, 1930, 414pp; 'Principles of Banking', by S.Evelyn Thomas & Maurice Megrah, London, 1946, 312pp; 'Central Banking', by M.H.De Kock, London, 1969, 336pp; 'Elements of Banking, Pittman's Practical Primers of Business', by J.P.Gandy, London, 1909?, 132pp; 'Banking Law for Trustee Savings Banks', by C.L.Lawton, London, 1964, 278pp, plus five others. Some foxing and page yellowing due to age, otherwise fine. (12)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Great Britain, an assortment of banking literature including, 'Practical Branch Banking', by A.Forrester Fergus, London, 1949, 255pp; 'A History of Savings Banks', by H.Oliver Horne, London, 1947, 404pp; 'Essays in Money and Banking in honour of R.S.Sayers', C.R.Whittlesey & J.S.G.Wilson, Oxford, 1968, 327pp; 'The British Economy 1945-1950', by G.D.N.Worswick & P.H.Ady, Oxford, 1952, 621pp; 'The Sterling Area in the Postwar World', by Philip W. Bell, Oxford, 1956, 478pp, and more. Fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Great Britain, an assortment of English banking publications including, 'The Pound in Your Pocket 1870-1970', by Peter Wilsher, London, 1970, 243pp(2); 'Modern Banking', by R.S.Sayers, London, 1967, 342pp & 1972 (2); 'Yesterday's Money History from Coins', by J.Fines & F.Atkinson, London, 1971, 136pp; 'Outline of Monetary Economics', by A.C.L.Day, Oxford, 1966, 559pp; 'In The Red, the Struggle for Sterling 1964-1966', by Henry Brandon, Boston, 1967, 114pp; 'Merchants and Moneymen, the Commercial Revolution 1000-1500', by J. & F.Gies, New York, 1972, 336pp, and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Scotland, an assortment of Scottish banking publications including, 'The History of the Royal Bank of Scotland 1727-1927', by Neil Munro, Edinburgh, 1928, 415pp, hardcover in brown buckram with gilt, some yellowing and foxing; 'History of Banking in Scotland', by Andrew W.Kerr, London, third edition 1918, 324pp, yellowing and foxing present; 'Our Bank, The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941', no author mentioned, Edinburgh, 1941, 89pp, yellowing; 'The Scottish Banks, a Modern Survey', Maxwell Gaskin, London, first edition 1965, 223pp; 'The Bank of Scotland 1695-1945', Charles A.Malcolm, Edinburgh, n.d., 282pp; 'The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland, During its Hundred Years 1810 to 1910', by James L.Anderson, Edinburgh, 1910, 111pp, inside fly signed by the author; 'Institute of Bankers in Scotland, Lectures on Credit and Banking', by H.D.MacLeod, London, 1882, 112pp, front cover has a little water damage and more. Fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Van Elewyck, Ernest, 'La Banque Nationale De Belgique Les Theories & Les Faits, Vol.I', Bruxelles, 1913, 379pp, and Vol.II, 411pp. Both hardcover red buckram with gilt spine, foxing and page yellowing, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
World, an assortment of world banking literature including, "Money Powers of Europe", by Paul H.Emden, London, 1937, 415pp; "Other People's Money, Ecconomic Essays", by H.C.Coombs, Canberra, 1971, 190pp; "Paper Money", by Ken Follett, USA, 1977, 218pp; "Money Talks, Fifty Years of International Finance", by Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, London, 1968, 362pp, and more. Fine. (18)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Burma, a collection of travel literature featuring Burma including, "Behind the Burma Road"; "A Tiger for Breakfast"; "We the Burmese"; "Guns Through Arcady Burma and The Burma Road"; "Burma through the Centuries"; "Return to Burma"; "The Indian Minority" and more. Fine. (14)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Malaysia, an assortment of mainly travel literature from Malaysia including, "The Younger Traveller, Malaya and The China Sea"; "Journey into Malaya"; " North From Malaya"; "Federation of Malaya Annual Report 1956"; "The Jungle is Neutral"; "Peeps at Many Lands Malayan States", and many more. Fine. (lot)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
World, an assortment of publications including, "A little Piece of England"; "The New Zealand Economy"; "The Aviators"; "The First Royal Tour 1867-1868"; and many more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50