Catalogue
U.S.A., World Columbian Exposition, 1892, award medal in bronze (76mm) by Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut, obverse by Augustus Saint Gaudens, reverse, by C.E.Barber, impressed in relief, 'Dept. of Forestry'. With original frame aluminium case ornately decorated with floral pattern, case-hinge and internal lift-up cardboard surround missing, one small spot of verdigris on reverse otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
U.S.A., Salisbury Maryland Coin Club 10th Anniversary, 1974 in copper (38mm), Pony Express Jubilee, 1935 in cupro-nickel (32mm) in original purchase packet, Pittsburgh Railway Co, 1922 fare token in copper (20mm), another for New York Transit Authority in bronze (16mm) with suspension loop; Great Britain, Opening of Thames Tunnel, 1842 in bronze (22mm), Silver Wedding of Prince of Wales & Princess Alexandra, 1888 in bronze (13mm) (BHM3358), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Visit to Canada, 1939 in copper (25mm) (BHM4394), soccer medal, unnamed, in silver (18mm); St George and the dragon, stock jeton, c.1650-1800, in copper (24mm); France, wedding medal in silver (30mm); penny token in bronze (18mm); coins, Canada, five cents, 1911; Great Britain, threepence, 1887; Isle of Man, one crown, 1980 Winter Olympics, four different; plastic play money, Great Britain, Lsd set, still in original packing, New Zealand, ten cents and twenty cents (2). Fine - uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
U.S.A., official bicentennial day commemorative medal, 1976, in silver proof (32mm) in booklet with Official Bicentennial Declaration, LA Olympics souvenir medal, 1984 in cupro-nickel (38mm) cased; Nepal 25th Anniversary of Ascent of Mount Everest, medallic first day cover, 1978, medal in silver proof (31,mm) in folder; New Zealand, Kaimai Tunnel Holethrough, 1976 in silver (42mm) cased, Royal Visit & Commonwealth Games, 1974 in silver (35mm) by Waikato Mint, on card; China, 11th Asian Games, 1990, special commemorative medals in bronze (30mm) in folder; Germany, Goethe Year, 1982, in pure silver (38mm) cased; Indonesia, Kinds of Metal, seven medals each of different metal in plastic frame, the eighth medal, in gold, is missing; four other items. Extremely fine - FDC. (12)
Estimate $110
SOLD $80
Treasures of the Aztecs, set of twelve proof quality medals in sterling silver, 24ct gold-vignetted (44mm, 35gms) by Franklin Mint de Mexico, 1976. Housed in presentation timber frame for hanging, with all certificates and documentation, FDC. (12)
Estimate $240
SOLD $220
One hundred greatest cars, silver miniature collection, 1976, by Stokes, one hundred ingots each depicting a famous car, total weight of five-ounces of sterling silver all in a plush case with booklet and a page describing each car as well as a fitted magnifying glass. FDC.
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
One hundred greatest stamps, of the world, 1981, sterling silver mini stamps by Franklin Mint, one hundred ingots each depicting a famous stamp all in plush case with seperate box containing a history sheet for each issue. FDC.
Estimate $90
SOLD $400
Proof silver ingots, South Jersey Coin Club 30th Anniversary 1948-1978, Bicentennial commemorative; Official Air and Space Ingot Collection, three pieces, includes World's First Regularly Scheduled Airline, America's First Successful Dirigible, and Inauguration of Air Mail Delivery; The New Millennium Group official ingot, cased with certificate. Approximate total weight of five ounces of pure silver, FDC. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
The Worlds Great Historic Seals, re-created in sterling silver, including the Royal Seal of King John; France, Louis XIV; Napolean Bonaparte; Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II; U.S.A., Abraham Lincoln, by the Franklin Mint. Uncirculated. (50)
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Medallic first day covers, all with a sterling silver medal insert, Australia, Test Cricket Centenary 1977; France, Last Run of the Orient Express, 1977; Russia, Apollo - Soyuz Space Mission Link-up, 1975; U.S.A., American Bicentennial, 1976, First Solo Flight Across Atlantic, 1977. In folders of issue, uncirculated - FDC. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Aboriginal history, The Aborigines of Victoria and Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania, Vol I and II by R. Brough Smyth; Journey to Aboriginal Victoria by Aldo Massola; The Blackbirders by Edward Wybergh Docker; Kabbarli, a personal memoir of Daisy Bates by Ernestine Hill; Quest Under Capricorn by David Attenborough; I, The Aboriginal by Douglas Lockwood. Dust jacket on Vol I of the first item is damaged otherwise very fine. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $190
Adventurous Boat Voyages, 1884, and other seagoing factual stories including historic wrecks, stories of the South Seas and the epic, Parry's Third Voyage 1824-25 of Discovery of North West Passage. Fine - very fine. (58)
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Adventure stories, real-life epics and other adventures around the world, some titles are, Revolt in Paradise (Bali); Brazilian Adventure; Amazon Fortune Hunter; The Forbidden Coast; Temiar Jungle; The Road to Angkor; East of Katmandu; Zoo Quest to Guiana; With Stanley on the Congo; Naturalist's Voyage Around the World by Charles Darwin, 1890; others (21), booklets (3). Some foxing on the older books otherwise fine - very fine. (34)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Ancient history, a variety of books on museums, ancient history and archaeology including, Brief History of the British Museum; Annual Report of the U.S.National Museum 1914, 1961, 1963, 1965-67; The Brooklyn Museum 1967; Treasures of the British Museum, 1971; Sons of Science, Story of the Smithsonian Institute by Paul H.Oehser; Smithsonian Year Book 1970-1975; A Guide to the Antiquities of the Early Iron Age in the British Museum ex Maharaja Tagore's Private Library; A Guide to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo; Precolumbian Terracottas by Franco Monti; The Scrolls from the Dead Sea; The Gold of Troy; Norwegian Archaelogical Expedition to Easter Island & the East Pacific Vol. 2; other similar books (30), leaflets (3) and booklets (9). Fine - very fine. (64)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Animals, and other wildlife, some titles include, Widlife in Australia illustrated by Charles Barrett, 3rd impression (one page torn); Sterndale's Mammalia of India by Frank Finn, 1929; The Wild Animals of Australasia by A.S.Le Souef & Harry Burrell, 1926; Furred Animals of Australia by Ellis Troughton, 1941; Animal Life of Europe by Jakob Graf; Nests & Eggs of Australian Birds by A.J.Campbell; other books (10); booklets (14); magazines (13) and leaflets (16). Fine - very fine. (59)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Art, Chinese, Egyptian, Indian and Japanese art books as well as the following, Sepik Art of Papua New Guinea by Gloria Stewart; Letts Guide to Victorian & Edwardian Photographs by Margaret F.Harker; Made in the South Pacific by Christine Price; Catalogue of the National Gallery, London 1876; another for 1921; National Gallery Illustrated Guide, Sydney 1926; The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci by Edward McCurdy, 1940; Merchants and Masterpieces, The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Calvin Tomkin; art prints (12); art magazines (21, large size, profusely illustrated); booklets (9) and leaflets (9, a few multiples). Fine - very fine. (71)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Art of China (Erotic), The Human Species; The Kama Sutra; Anango Ranga; Science of Life; and other similar books. Fine - very fine. (14)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Assorted topics, The Fatal Impact, the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840 by Alan Moorehead; For Love of Life, the story of the first decade of the N.S.W. Ambulance Paramedics by Denis Rogan; The Great Barrier Reef by Isobel Bennett; Shells by William K. Emerson & Andreas Feinenger; The New Australia New Zealand Encyclopedia Nos 6, 13, 15-17; Oceanic Mythology by Roslyn Poignant; Mythology, an Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Richard Cavendish; Water is Life booklet; On Four Wheels, the History of the Motor Car, magazine; Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration No. 8; The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Vol I and II, 1925 with the printer's own bookplate, The Waverley Book Co Ltd ex Libris Gordon J.Turnbull. Almost all large, oversized books, fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australia Through Time, by Lifetime Distributors; The Mutiny on Board H.M.S.Bounty by William Bligh, 1981; The Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser Vol 1, March 5, 1803 to February 26, 1804, facsimile edition; New South Wales Illustrated, the sketches of F.C.Terry; The Convict Years, Transportation and the Penal System 1788-1868 by Margaret Weidenhofer; Around the Boree Log verse by John O'Brien, illustrated by Patrick Carroll; The Model Store 1885-1985, Grace Bros 100 Years Servicing Sydney by Nicholas Brash; Building the Bridge, 1982, reproduction of the 1933 edition comprises fourteen lithographs celebrating the bridge construction; 101 Years of Australian Newspapers edited by Keith Willey; The Book of Gold published by A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1975. Very large, profusely illustrated books, very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Australian novels, North of the Never Never by Patrick H. Ritchie, 1934; Story of 'Southern Cross' Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 by C.E.Kingsford-Smith and C.T.P.Ulm, 1928; Melba's Gift Book, ND; Song of the Snake by Eric Worrell; Battle Fronts of Outback by Francis Birtles, 1935; Marooned on Australia by Ernest Favene, c.1927; Souvenirs D'Une Parisienne Aux Antipodes by Marie Rousselet Niau, 1930; The Bridle Track by J.J.Hardie, 1946; The Empire Annual for Australian Girls, c.1922; Waltzing Matilda, a Background to Australia by Arnold L.Haskell, 1943; A Yank Discovers Australia by 'Master Sarg', c.1946; The Great Australian Loneliness by Ernestine Hill, 1940; The Secret Discovery of Australia by Kenneth Gordon McIntyre; The Boy and the Shark by Theo W.Brown; other fictional and factual histories of Australia (28). Fine - extremely fine. (42)
Estimate $140
SOLD $50
Australiana, a vast assortment of booklets, brochures and other records relating to Australian tourist locations, towns and area histories, a number of items relating to the history of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. and the Royal Easter Show. Fine - very fine. (100s)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Australiana, classic books on their respective subjects, What Bird Is That by Neville W.Cayley's, this fully revised, expanded, delux edition of Australian birds, 1984 first edition incorporating 400 full-page plates never before published, 802pp; Australian Colonial Architecture by Philip Cox and Clive Lucas, 1978, fully illustrated, 280pp, presented to Tom & Joy Hanley from the Council & Members of the Australian Numismatic Society and signed by several members. Huge, profusely illustrated books, some foxing on the flyleaf of the second book otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
A Voyage to New South Wales, the journal of Lieut William Bradley of HMS Sirius 1786-1792; Legs and Legirons by George Mackaness, signed and inscribed by the author,' This is one of two file copies in the author's collection', 1944; Blue Bloods of Botany Bay by George Mackaness, 1953; His Majesty's Spanish Flock by H.B.Carter, 1964; The Crystal Palace 1851-1936 by Patrick Beever; Rum Rebellion by H.V.Evatt, 1947; Governor Phillip & the Early Settlement of N.S.W. by G.D.Milford, 1935; The Shearers by Patsy Adam-Smith; Convict Life in Australia by Paul Hamlyn Books; Overland Telegraph by E.H.Shackleton; a variety of other locality histories and other historic Australian stories in book form and a few leaflet style documents. Fine - very fine. (57)
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Biographical and area histories, some of the titles include, Sir Ernest Shackleton South; Captain Melville; Kennedy of Cape York; The Men That God Forgot; The Grand Parade, a History of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W.; Flying Matilda; Tales of the Convict System; A College in the Wattles; Victoria Year Book 1976; Nyngan on the Bogan 1883-1983; The Royal Tour 1901; other histories (11), booklets (12). Fine - extremely fine. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Birds, many important reference works, some of these are, Nests & Eggs of Australian Birds by A.J.Campbell; What Bird Is That? by Neville W. Cayley, 1940; Birds Nesting in India by Capt G.F.L.Marshal, 1877; Birds of Australia by J.D.Macdonald; The Lore of the Lyre Bird by Ambrose Pratt, 1940; Parrots in Captivity Vol II 1884 by W.T.Greene; Eggs of Birds Breeding in Southern Africa by Capt Cecil D.Priest, 1948; Birds of New Guinea by A.Rutgers; other related books (18), magazines (2) and leaflets (6). Foxing on some books and a few with torn cover or loose pages but overall good - extremely fine. (34)
Estimate $120
SOLD $550
Botanical, reference books including, Conversations on Botany with plates, 1828; The Bulb Book; A Botanist in Southern Africa; Native Trees of Australia; Dictionary of Botanical Names & Terms; numerous other books, leaflets, brochures and newspaper cuttings. The first book has a loose cover and foxing but scarce, the rest very fine. (50 plus)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Bunyan's Complete Works, illustrated edition 1881, with introduction by John P.Gulliver, a massive work of 1,015 pages, ornate, pressed leather cover with gold filled designwork (cover loose); Punch Magazine, bound copies, July 7, 1915 - December 22, 1915, with Punch's Almanack (sic) for 1915 (several pages cut out at end); The New Zealand Official Year Book 1912; English magazines, bound editions, all with covers missing, period 1898-1906. The first item scarce, good - fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Butterflies and moths, important reference books, some of the titles are, Butterflies of the World by H.L.Lewis; Beautiful Moths by Josef Mouche (2); Butterflies by Thomas C.Emmel; Butterflies of Australia by E.E.R.Common & D.E.Waterhouse; The World of Moths by Michael Dickens & Eric Storey; other similar books (18), leaflet (1). very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Captain Cook, books, magazines, booklets (8) and leaflets, includes a 1969 reproduction of the original title, The Voyage of the Endeavour, housed in a slipcase featuring the Endeavour under sail. Very fine - extremely fine. (27)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Captain Cook, several histories including, Captain Cook's Voyages by Andrew Kippis, 1925, ex G.& N.Ingleton Collection; some other titles include, Captain Cook in New Zealand; Captain Cook's Voyages ex Herbert Strangs' Collection; Bibliography of Captain James Cook by Mitchell Library 1970; other Cook books (13), booklets (6). The first item very scarce, very good - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Classic Australian stories, true adventures by Ion L.Idriess, some of the titles are, Lasseter's Last Ride; Lightning Ridge; Forty Fathoms Deep; Men of the Jungle; Drums of Mer; Over the Range; Madman's Island; The Great Boomerang; Isles of Despair; The Red Chief; Back O' Cairns; The Vanished People, signed by the author; Headhunters of the Coral Sea; The Yellow Joss; and other tales. Fine - very fine. (14)
Estimate $70
SOLD $340