Catalogue
Geographical Encyclopedia of New South Wales, 1892, personalised by the author, William Hanson; other local history books, some of the places include, Brisbane Water, Broken Hill, Canberra, Holbrook, Lismore, Northern Territory, Port Essington, Port Macquarie, Scone, Tasmania, Tumut, Willoughby, Woy Woy and other books (21) and booklets (15). Fine - very fine. (50)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
History, ancient to modern times, some of the titles include, Europe Since Napoleon; Royalty in Exile; The Story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico; Mary Queen of Scots; The Makers of Florence, 1892; The Marsh Arabs; The Trial of Charles I; The Outline of History by H.G.Wells, 1934; The Great Siege of Malta 1565; other books on English and French history. Very good - very fine. (42)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
History and epic adventures, many set in the South Seas, some of the titles include Grenfell of Labrador; The White Nile; Aku-Aku; In the High Yemen; Omai 'Noble Savage'; Everest the Challenge; Torchbearers of France and the Netherlands; Land of the Niamoo; The Journal of Gregory Blaxland, 1813; Sea and Her Famous Sailors by Frank B Goodrich. Fine - very fine. (67)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
History, Curry & Rice on the Ingredients of Social Life in 'Our Station' in India by George Francklin Atkinson (Victorian era); Journal of the Indian Museums 1951; Beschavingsgeschiedenis der Menscheid by Dr H.H.Juynboll, 1912; The Stone Implements of the Maori by Elsdon Best; The Neolithic of the Near East by James Mellaart; Lemprieres Classical Dictionary, 1898; Anthropology in Oceania, essays presented by Ian Hogbin; others (11), booklets and leaflets (6). Foxing on old editions and loose covers and pages on the first and third items otherwise fine - very fine. (24)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
History, on various subjects, some of the titles include; Scott's Last Expedition; Speeches by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 1912-26; The Tactless Philospher, Johan Forster 1729-1798 by Michael E.Hoare; The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon; Albert the Good by Hector Bolitho; Letters of the Empress Frederick (1929); Sir Edmund Hornby (1928); Vorkuta by Joseph Scholmer; Joseph Dalton Hooker by W.B.Turrill; The High Cost of Hitler by John Gunther; The Duel, a history of dueling by Robert Baldick; others (25); booklets (12). Fine - very fine. (48)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
History, some of the titles include; The Curse of the Mary Rose by W.N.G.Kingston (c.1928); Guidebook to the Restored Mary Rose; Fitzroy of the Beagle by H.E.L.Mellersh; Islam by Alfred Guillaume; The Terrible Year, The Paris Commune 1871 by Alistair Horne; Indians of the Pacific Northwest by Ruth Underhill; Sir Joseph Banks by Charles Lyte; Rulers of India, Akbar by Col. G.B.Malleson; The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh by George Mackaness; The History of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan by Stanley Lane-Poole; other histories (22). Fine - very fine. (32)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Legislative Assembley, New South wales, Votes and Proceedings, Session 1892-3, Volume II, hardbound, 1425p, printed by Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1893, includes Military and Naval Estimates, actual for 1892 and required for 1893, shows Permanent and Volunteer Forces and Corps in the colony, the break-down of officers and other ranks and the number and wages of each rank within units. Overall condition is poor however this relates mainly to the cover, spine and first and last few pages.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Literary, Bibliography of Australia, 1831-88 by John Alexander Ferguson; Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney by James R.Tyrrell; Guide to the papers and books of Miles Franklin by Library Council of N.S.W.; International Authors and Writers Who's Who 1977; The Art of Book Collecting in Australia by George Mackaness, 1950, copy no. 5 signed by author; A Catalogue of Select Books from the Ingleton Collection, Part 1 (1971), 2 (1972), 3 (1973), 4 (1975), 5 (1977); Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, illustrations by Norman Lindsay, 1947; Vincent Read, The Bookman by George Snelgrove (2); Southerly a Review of Australian Literature, No. 4, 1963; The Colonial History Series by D.H.Simpson, a booklet; Shakespeare Memorial Exhibition booklet, 1964. Foxing on older books, fine - very fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $280
Literature, a huge number of newspaper cuttings, leaflets, brochures, library publications and catalogues relating to Australian literature, a few of the included items, Australian Literature 1900-1950 by H.M.Green, 1963 (torn page at front); The George and Alice Mackaness Collection of Australiana, catalogue number one - three, 1968-1969. Very good - fine. (100s)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Museum, a variety of brochures, annual reports, booklets and other documents relating to museums in Australia and some overseas as well as a large, colour illustrated book titled, Australia's Museums by Douglas Baglin & Yvonne Austin. Fine - very fine. (approximately 150)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
New Guinea, history books, titles include, Tamate a King; The Last Cannibals; Savages in Serge, 1938; New Guinea - The Sentinel; Islands of Men; Prowling Through Papua; Mountain in the Clouds; other titles (7). Very fine. (14)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Novels, Australian authors and others, includes, Try Anything Once by Frank Clune; High-Ho To London by Frank Clune; Bird of the Islands by Sir Gordon Taylor; King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Z.Lorenz; The Devil's Advocate by Morris West; Who Wanders Alone by Peter Pinney; The Collected Stories of Ben Hecht; The Territory by Ernestine Hill; other novels (22); The Monitor an illustrated Dublin Magazine Vol. 2, c.1880, first two pages missing. Very good - very fine. (31)
Estimate $70
SOLD $30
Novels, includes some classic tales, a few of them are, Tales from Boccaccio translated to English by Joseph Jacobs, illustrated by Byam Shaw, 1899; Adventures in Southern Seas by Richard Stead, 1913; Arabian Nights as translated by Sir Richard Burton; Delta of Venus Erotica by Anais Nin; Works of Rabelais; The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio; Ulysses by James Joyce; Taras Bulba by N.Gogol; The Book of Dan by Steele Rudd; A Christmas Carol, the original manuscript by Charles Dickens (facsimile); The Royal Readers No. VI, 1885; others (17). Foxing to some early books otherwise fine - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Novels, includes some of the classics, authors include Edgar Rice Burroughs, Peter Carey, Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Daniel Defoe, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ethel Turner, H.G. Wells. Fine - very fine. (95)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Novels, many classics, mostly British, including several by Charles Dickens. Fine - very fine. (57)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Poetry, and other literary works such as Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio; other works by such poets and authors as Tennyson; Henry Lawson; C.J.Dennis; Virgil; Breaker Morant; Rupert McCall; Adam Lindsay Gordon and others; booklets (11). Fine - very fine. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Reference books, a large selection on a variety of subjects such as scripophilly, cigarette cards, silver marks, pewter marks, lifesaving, scouting, bonds, glassware and other topics. Fine - very fine. (39)
Estimate $80
SOLD $380
Reference books, covering a huge range of subjects and including various ready reckoners, speechmaking, jury service, roads, foreign language dictionaries, medical, home duties, learning, some of the items include, Daily Mail Year Book, 1927; Motor Cycles and How to Manage Them, 1946; Official Year Book, Commonwealth of Australia, 1930; Under the Northern Lights by Alan Sullivan, 1934; Pears Housewife's Handbook c.1952; N.S.W. Government Railways & Tramways Ambulance Corps' Handbook, 1914; Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Catalogue, 1888; The Art of Doing Our Best, c.1882; Port of Sydney Regulations for Control of Shipping within the Sydney Water Airport & the Clark and Shark Island regulations, 1917. Good - very fine. (100 plus)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Religion, a variety of religious related books, some items included are, Story of the Bible World; Other Temples Other Gods the Occult in Australia; Palestine in Geography and in History by A.W.Cooke, 1901; Teachings of Queen Kunti; Srimad Bhagavatam second canto-part one; The Book of Mormon; Dealings with the Inquisition, 1851; The Land & The Book by W.M.Thomson, 1872; an assortment of bibles (6), prayer books (5), hymn books (3) and other religious books (11), and leaflets (7). Good - very fine. (40)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Report of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1870, at Sydney, printed by Government Printer, 1871, 792 pages plus index and fold-outs, these include the industrial progress and special papers on the Colony. Some foxing but a scarce book, fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $400
Sea Shells, all reference books, some of the titles are, Australian Shells by Joyce Allan, 1942; Shells by Mary Saul; What Shell is That? by Neville Coleman; Tasmanian Shells by W.L.May; Sea Shells of the West Indies by Michael Humfrey; Living Marine Molluscs by C.M.Yonge & T.E.Thompson; Shells of Britain & Europe by Jan Lellack; other reference works (6). Very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Shipwrecks, and other true adventure stories, some titles included are, The Voyage of the Challenger by Eric Linklater; The Wreck of the Amsterdam by Peter Marsden; Log of the Centurion by Leo Heaps; The Wreck of HMS Orpheus by Roy M.Hetherington; Wreck of the Admella by Ian Mudie; The Wreck on the Half-Moon Reef by Hugh Edwards; others (21), and booklets (3). Very fine. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Spiders, reptiles, amphibians and insects, reference books some titles include, Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe by Walter Hellmich; Australian Spiders by Keith C.McKeown; Australian Insects by Keith C.McKeown, 1942 (2), 1945; All About Insects by Ferdinand C.Lane; Handbook of Spiders by W.S.Bristowe; African Insect Life by S.H.Skaife; various other similar books (26), leaflets on insects (32), journals (5). Fine -very fine. (72)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
The Australian Encyclopedia by The Grolier Society, ten volumes including index; The Sweat of Their Brows, 100 Years of the Sydney Water Board 1888-1988; William Charles Wentworth of Vaucluse House by K.R. Cramp (1934); History of the Australian Labor Movement by E.W. Campbell (1945); History of the Australian Bushranger by Jack Bradshaw; other selected Australian books (4). Fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
The Private Acts of N.S.W., 1832-1885, by W.W.Tarleton; The Statutes of N.S.W. Vols. I-II and Index, 1879; Parliament Debates First Series, Session 1887 Volume XXIV; another for Second Session 1960, House of Representatives; another for W.A. Third Session 1964; United Australia, Public Opinion in England, 1890; Australian Federation Conference 1890; Draft of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Australia 1891; other books on constitution (3); King's Index to Unclaimed Money and Advertisements for Heirs, Next-of-Kins etc; The Treasury of Knowledge; Bibliographies of Australia Vol 1-7; Practical Knowledge for All Vols 1-6 by Hammerton; The New International Illustrated Encyclopedia Vols 1-6; booklets (2). Fine - very fine. (35)
Estimate $150
SOLD $370
The Satyrical Drawings of Martin Van Maele, 1970 ex G.& N.Ingleton Library; Kama-Sutra of Vatsyayana, the Hindu Art of Love, 1955 edition. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Treasure hunting, some of the titles include, Roman Galley Beneath the Sea by Capt Ted Falcon-Baker; How We Found the Mary Rose; Diving For Treasure; Pieces of Eight; Treasures of the Armada (2); Treasures of the World; Treasure Lies Buried Here by Frank H. Goldsmith, 1946; other similar books (18), magazines (6) and articles (6). Very fine. (38)
Estimate $130
SOLD $240
True Australian stories, and histories, some of the titles include, The Eureka Stockade; In Step With Sturt; Saint Ned (Kelly); Strange Tales of Australia; Morrison of Peking; St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney 1821-1971; The Cattle King; The Great Trek; Cocos Keeling the Islands Time Forgot; Flynn of the Inland; Australia's First Century 1888-1988; Bushrangers 1860-1901; A Squint Downunder; other histories (15), booklets (10). Fine - very fine. (38)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Voyage of Bounty Launch, John Fryer's Narrative; The Journal of Philip Gidley King; The Kelly Hunter by Frank Clune, 1934; The Life & Times of Captain John Piper; A Voyage to New South Wales, the Journal of Lieut William Bradley of HMS Sirius; Adam in Ochre by Colin Simpson, First edition, 1951; Nomads of the Australian Desert by Charles P.Mountford; The Passing of the Aborigines by Daisy Bates; a number of similar books (17), journals and brochures (16). Fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $550
Webster's Twentieth Century Dictionary, unabridged, huge 125mm thick; New Illustrated Year Book, events of 1989; Pears' Cyclopaedia, 1930 (spine & cover loose); The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant (flysheet missing). Good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10