Catalogue
Children's books, includes pre-1930's girls' and boys' annuals, some other titles are Princess Mary's Gift Book, 1918; Maoriland Fairy Tales by Edith Howes, 1917; Pied Piper of Hamlin, 1934; The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales by Charles Kingsley, 1903; a reproduction souvenir edition of the Boys Own Paper. Some books damaged but overall very good-fine. (34)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
China, and Japan, history and biographies, subjects include Donald of China; Sam Pollard; One Arm Sutton; Pastor Ren; Gladys Aylward; Chinese Morrison; Sun Yat-sen; Invasion of Tibet and the Boxer Rebellion; magazines on China (7). Very fine. (30)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Chinese Export Art, in the Eighteenth Century by Margaret Jourdain & R.Soame Jenyns; The Cult of Desire, an interpretation of erotic sculpture of India by Kanwar Ali; Norman Lindsay Favourite Etchings, Angus & Robertson Publishers; Australia's National Collections by Clem Lloyd & Peter Sekuless; Ludwig Becker, Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition edited by Marjorie Tipping; Prehistoric Art of Australia by Dacre Stubbs; Civilization, Ancient Treasures from the British Museum by Dr Timothy Potts; Art and Australia Magazine Dec. 1967, Mar. 1968, Sept. 1968; The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent information brochure for exhibition 1990; Art Treasures of Eastern Europe by Anthony Rhodes; Treasures of the National Trust by National Trust Australia (N.S.W.) 1992. Large, oversized books, the fifth item scarce, very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Coin and banknote related, newspapers and magazines, some relating to introduction of decimal currency as well as several items relating to Captain Cook's voyages, included also is one small, used coin album and another brand new, large coin album and a book of one hundred share certificates, five issued, for Willsford Limited (Sydney 1929/1930). Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Collector related, Collecting Inexpensive Antiques by Hamlyn, 1973; Everybody's Guide to Plate Collecting by Herschell Lewis and Margo Lewis, 1988; A Question of Polish, The Antique Market in Australia, 1979; Hobbies, boys library, edited by Eric Wood (spine torn and damaged); collecting type magazines (8); Christie's auction catalogue of collectables, July 1968; folder of research papers; cricket collectables, Cricket Its Origin and Development by George L.Garnsey (ND); Don Bradman Farwell to Cricket by Don Bradman, 1952 (dust jacket torn); Cricket Walkabout by D.J.Mulvaney, 1967 (the Australian aboriginal cricketers on tour 1867-8); Cricket Year Book, 1929-30 and another, 1949-50; Chappelli Has the Last Laugh by Ian Chappell, Austin Robertson & Paul Rigby, 1981; another sports collectible, Sixty Years Recollections of Swimming and Surfing in the Eastern Suburbs by George Philip, 1940, signed. A few scarce items, fine - very fine. (22)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Entertainment, Sir Arthur Sullivan, His Life, Letters & Diaries by Herbert Sullivan & Newman Flower; Stars of Australian Stage and Screen by Hal Porter; Play Acting for Scouts and Others by E.Stuart Monro, 1928; The World of Theatre by Marshall Cavendish Books; Theatrical Caricatures by Harry Julius, 1912 (cover and part of back page missing); The Oxford & Cambridge Edition of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; Sydney Revels (the eighteen fifties) of Bacchus, Cupid and Momus by Charles Adam Corbyn; Edward Muybridge, The Man Who Invented the Moving Picture by Kevin MacDonnell; programs for the following shows, South Pacific, 1953, Jesus Christ Superstar (ND), The Tales of Hoffman (1985), Die Fledermaus (1982), Bitter Sweet (1991), The Barber of Seville (1984); ticket holder for The Phantom of the Opera; Torvill & Dean World Tour Program. Good - very fine. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Fish, reference books, some titles included are, Exotic Aquarium Fishes by William T.Ellis; Australian Seashores by W.J.Dakin; Australian Sea Fishes by Neville Coleman; The Cult of the Goldfish by T.C.Roughley; other similar books (6), leaflets (8). Fine - very fine. (18)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
Gemology, a variety of books and leaflets on gemology, geology and mining including Geology for Beginners by W.W.Watts, 1912; The Lightning Ridge Book by Stuart Lloyd, 1979; The Story of the Noble Opal by Sydney B.J.Skertchly, 1908; Geology of New Zealand by C.A.Fleming, 1959; How and Where to Find Gemstones in Australia & New Zealand edited by Bill Myatt, 1978; and others. Fine - very fine. (39)
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Geographic, Forever Scotland, pictorial, hard covered magazine c.1950s; The Clans of the Scottish Highlands by R.R.McIan; Across the Red Unknown, a Journey Through New Russia by George Negus; The XXth Century Citizen's Atlas of the World edited by J.G.Bartholomew (cover detached) c.1900; Anywhere But Here by Peter Pinney; Boswell in Holland 1763-1764 edited by Frederick A.Pottle; The Country Upstairs (Japan) by Colin Simpson 6th Ed. & revised and enlarged 7th ed.; Off to Asia by Colin Simpson; Ireland of the Welcomes Magazine Jan. - Feb. 1973; People of the Seychelles by Burton Benedict; South Africa, booklets re integration and Southern Africa (4); California Missions booklet; Look at London booklet; Mankind magazine (50); Alcatraz booklet; Egypt & Britain current affairs bulletin; Discover Sydney scrapbook; Guinness Book of Records; Hampton Court Palace booklet; other interesting booklets (8). Three of the books are large, oversized volumes, very good - extremely fine. (81)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
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