Catalogue
Cheques, U.S.A., The First National Bank, of Elko, Nevada, assorted cheques, c.1915 various amounts and recipients, all with various stamps etc., another as a warant, State of Montana, May 1, 1893, for sixty five dollars; The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, various Australian Traveller's Cheques, for £5 (4); £10 (16), all paid and cancelled; Australia, decimal coin wrappers, all different (16). Some cheques holed, fine - very fine, wrappers as new. (62)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
U.S.A., Chicago, c.1872-1901, assorted letters, telegramme, Opinion of Title to Land in the original town of Chicago, dated 9/11/1872. Very good - very fine. (26 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Queensland, Government Reports, 1877 blue book for the year; 1868 Postal Subsidy; 1880 Correspondence re Mail Service via Torres Straits; 1881 Telegraph; 1875 Inspectors of Stock; 1876 Enquiry into livestock and plant diseases, 15 pp., including foldout page of engravings and a bill to legalise the marriage of a man to sister of deceased wife; 1897 Qld. Govt Gazette; The Qld. Agricultural Journal; and (Great Britain) the 1892 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. Mostly fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 1867 to April 1868, two volumes, an extensive coverage of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia on H.M.S. Galatea, includes reporting and eyewitness accounts of the attempted assassination of the Duke on 12 March 1868 by James O'Farrell at Clontarf, N.S.W. Good.
Estimate $200
SOLD $480
Hobart Town Punch, the issue of July 13, 1867 as No.13 of Volume I, 12 pp. with engraved cartoons and news comments. Fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The Parramatta Sun, a serio-comic magazine, issued fortnightly during the voyage of the ship 'Parramatta' from London to Sydney, September 9th 1879 to December 8th 1879, printed Sydney, 1879, bound, 90pp. Bottom right corner partially missing, very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Newspapers and sundry publications, The Bulletin (Sydney), Saturday July 1, 1893; The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday November 5, 1855 (No.5723) (article on Crimean War); The Australasian (Melbourne), Saturday October 25, 1873; The Times of (London) single issues from 1858, 1864, 1873, 1892 (with 1/4 page map p.16 on Lancashire, derbyshire and East Coast railway); The Evening Mail, May 9-12, 1862 (with articles on US Civil War); Family Herald (London), June 9, 1883; Harper's Young People, Feb. 25, 1888; Punch, January 12, 1921; Wild Life, Australian Nature Magazine, Nov. 1940; Round Table Club January 1943 a lecture by Dr. Goddard; The Model Engineer, Nov. 15, 1951. Good - fine. (14)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Miscellaneous publications, Women's Weekly Nov. 28 1956, Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 Souvenir Edition (fair condition); Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, April 20, 1954 (Petrov spy story); Will's Cigarette Picture Card album with 50 Air-Raid Precautions cards; Teacup Reading; Cecil B. De Mille's 'the Ten Commandments'; Nestle's Recipe book; Practical Motorist & Motor Cyclist June 1957; 1967 International Havester catalogue; Singer Sewing Machines instructions c.1930, and How to make dresses the Modern Singer Way; Ball Bearing separators manual; Nursing notes on midwifery; The amazing adventures of Anthony Arrowroot; KGV broadcast Xmas 1934; Marilyn Monroe and Jean Seberg Premiere photos (1960, 1957). Fair - very fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0