Manuscripts

# 41420

[NEILD, John Cash, 1846-1911]

[SYDNEY] A group of personal calling cards collected by politician John Cash Neild of “Greycairn”, Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, 1890s.

Group of 17 (seventeen) lithographically printed calling cards, various dimensions (smallest 40 x 75 mm, largest 57 x 93 mm); a number are annotated, some with PPC (Pour prendre congé, indicating a temporary absence), and several with the name of Major (or Lt. Colonel) Neild; all in good condition, with occasional light marks and toning. A …

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# 41626

TAYLER, W. G.

The “Lord’s Prayer” written 4 times in the space of a Shilling. Dr. W. G. Tayler, “Etrenne”, Woollahra, 6th May 1897.

Manuscript in black, brown and red ink on paper, approx. 45 x 45 mm, cut in octagonal shape and mounted on plain card, 120 x 90 mm; border ruled in green and red ink; with a caption title in manuscript on the mount, also bordered in coloured inks; very well preserved, with some toning and …

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# 41725

SMITH, Edward Herbert; [BRUGUIÈRE, Antoine André, Baron de Sorsum, 1773-1823]

[LA PÉROUSE; BOTANY BAY] Poems, original and translated, by E. H. Smith, A. B., Incumbent of Killamarsh. / “Sweet heart-soothing poesie!”

Foolscap folio (189 x 285 mm), full maroon calf (boards worn and scuffed), spine with gilt decoration; front pastedown with armorial bookplate with the motto VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES and initials FLS below the coat of arms; manuscript in ink in the author’s own hand, [6] 147 [5] pp; the preliminaries comprise a title leaf and 3-page index …

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# 41656

[COOK, Captain James]

Catalogue of very important manuscripts by or relating to Captain James Cook, explorer : the property of H.W.F. Bolckow Esq., M.P. deceased

… which will be sold by auction by Messers. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge … on Wednesday, the 21st of March, 1923. London : Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1923. Quarto, lettered green wrappers, pp. 16, black and white plate, light foxing and handling marks, a very good copy. The original catalogue of the extraordinarily important manuscripts …

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# 41193

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

[SCOTTISH COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA] Letter copybooks of the Highland Society of New South Wales (1881-86).

[Sydney : Highland Society of New South Wales, Bell’s Chambers, Pitt Street, 1881-86]. Three letter copybooks produced by Sydney stationery firm John Sands. Uniform quarto (270 x 220 mm), half leather over cloth or marbled papered boards (mild rubbing and some wear to extremities), spines stamped in gilt ‘Letter Book’; alphabetical tab dividers; containing a …

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# 41162

GAELIC SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

[SCOTTISH COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA] Letter copybook of the Gaelic Society of New South Wales (1875-77).

[Sydney : Gaelic Society of New South Wales, 3 Hunter Street, 1875-77]. Letter copybook. Quarto (270 x 220 mm), half calf over marbled papered boards (boards rubbed, leather a little worn); spine stamped in gilt ‘Letter Book’; alphabetical tab dividers; contains numerous copies on onion-skin paper of outgoing local and overseas correspondence (some written in …

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# 41226

BATTEN, George Henry (1819-1881)

[MELBOURNE] A small archive of original poetry by G. H. Batten, Master of Richmond Grammar School and Honorary Secretary to Governor Sir Henry Barkly. 1859-1880.

G. H. Batten (1819-1881) was a schoolmaster in Devon for many years before emigrating to Port Phillip in 1856, where he served for a brief time as Honorary Secretary to the Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry Barkly. In January 1857 Batten became the proprietor and master of the Richmond Grammar School, a school for young gentlemen in …

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# 41221

LILLECRAPP, William Spettigue (1840-1920)

[BAROSSA VALLEY] The manuscript diary of William Spettigue Lillecrapp, September 1863-April 1864.

Large octavo journal (210 x 165 mm), original half green morocco over grey cloth (boards marked and sun-faded; corners worn; some loss to leather on spine); verso of front free-endpaper with ownership signature and date ‘W. S. Lillecrapp, 23 September, 1863’; manuscript in ink on unruled paper, pp. [157 Lillecrapp’s diary, September 1863-April 1864], [2 blank], [25 …

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# 41133

[LYALL, Harewood, attributed]

[WESTERNPORT; DANCE] Manuscript with instructions for dancing the One-Step, Spanish One-Step, Fox Trot, and Tango Waltz, 1915-20.

Manuscript in ink, 2 pp, single quarto sheet (250 x 200 mm); written in a scrawly though legible hand; old horizontal and vertical folds, in very good condition. Provenance: Found among papers associated with the family of John Mickle Lyall (1869-1925) of Harewood House, Koo-Wee-Rup, Westernport, south of Melbourne. John was the son of Westernport …

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# 41185

CURDIE, Daniel (1810-1884)

[WESTERN DISTRICT; BOTANY] Dr. Daniel Curdie, pioneer colonist and naturalist : original signature on British Association for the Advancement of Science membership form, giving his address as Port Phillip, New Holland, dated 2 July 1851.

Manuscript in ink on section cut from printed British Association for the Advancement of Science form, 60 x 182 mm, with original full signature of ‘Daniel Curdie MD’, who also gives ‘Port Phillip, New Holland’ as his ‘usual residence’; in good condition. The following biography of Curdie was published in the Camperdown Chronicle (Vic.), 27 …

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# 41347

BURGESS, Francis (1793-1864)

[TASMANIA; BUSHRANGERS] Francis Burgess, Chief Police Magistrate, Hobart Town : autograph note signed, to the magistrate at Richmond regarding the dispatch of mounted policemen to help in the pursuit and capture of bushrangers in the Prosser’s Plains district. 29 November, 1843.

Manuscript in ink, single sheet (225 x 185 mm); signed ‘Fras. Burgess’ and headed ‘Police Department [Hobart Town], Nov. 29 1843’, the note is addressed to ‘Chas. Schaw Esq., Magistrate’; endorsed at Richmond ‘Recd. 1/4 past 2 of pm’; verso docketed ‘CPM, 29 Nov ’43, “Bushrangers”‘; two original horizontal folds, extremely well preserved. An interesting …

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# 41352

FORSTER, Matthew (1796-1846)

[TASMANIA; BUSHRANGERS] Matthew Forster, Chief Police Magistrate, Hobart Town : autograph letter signed, to the magistrate at Richmond regarding the cancellation of a Ticket of Leave pass in order to motivate convicts to assist in the capture of bushrangers. 7 April, 1843.

Manuscript in ink, 1 page, quarto (250 x 220 mm), written on the first side of a bifolium; signed ‘M. Forster, 7th April 1843’ and headed ‘Police Department [Hobart Town]’, the note is addressed to ‘The P. Magistrate, Richmond’ [Charles Schaw]; verso docketed ‘CPM, 7 Apl ’43, Respg. T.L. Pass’; two original horizontal folds, extremely …

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# 41356

[McKONE, Patrick]

[TASMANIA; CONVICTS] Police magistrate’s case summary against recidivist convict Patrick McKone, one of the longest-serving prisoners in the Van Diemen’s Land penal system. Flowerdale (Upper Esk), March 1846.

Manuscript in ink, 2 pp., foolscap folio (320 x 200 mm); original folds, short tear at top edge (no loss), otherwise well preserved. Case summary prepared by an unnamed police magistrate at Flowerdale, near Wynyard, northwest Tasmania, dated 12 March 1846. ‘March 12 46. P[olice ] M[agistrate], Flowerdale. Patrick McKone, Coromandel. TL, Life. Larceny of …

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# 41186

McLEAY, Alexander (1767-1848)

[NATURAL HISTORY] Alexander Macleay, New South Wales public servant and entomologist : autograph letter signed, re. the Linnean Society. London, October 1801.

Manuscript in ink, [2] pp., single quarto sheet (250 x 185 mm); headed ‘Transport Office, 10th October 1801’, signed ‘Your most obed. Serv. Alex McLeay’, the letter is addressed to D. Turner [Dawson Turner], and is a response to a request about the whereabouts of Professor Espir’s Diploma from the Linnean Society, which Macleay says …

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# 40438

BOCQUET, Marie

A French school student’s manuscript map of France, dated 1867.

Title: Carte de France / 1867: manuscript map in black ink on paper, with the Départements outlined in blue wash, 415 x 580 mm (sheet); dissected and laid down on its original linen backing sheet, 425 x 590 mm; left- and right-hand margins with notes on the most historically interesting cities and towns; bottom margin …

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# 41101

GUERNSEY, Countess of

[QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR] Fairburn’s genuine edition of the death-bed confessions of the late Countess of Guernsey, to Lady Anne H*******

: developing a series of mysterious transactions connected with the most illustrious personages in the kingdom. To which are added the Q—-‘s last letter to the K—, written a few days before her M——‘s death, and other authentic documents, never before published. London : Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, 1821. First …

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[SYDNEY] A group of personal calling cards collected by politician John Cash Neild of “Greycairn”, Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, 1890s.

The “Lord’s Prayer” written 4 times in the space of a Shilling. Dr. W. G. Tayler, “Etrenne”, Woollahra, 6th May 1897.

[LA PÉROUSE; BOTANY BAY] Poems, original and translated, by E. H. Smith, A. B., Incumbent of Killamarsh. / “Sweet heart-soothing poesie!”

Catalogue of very important manuscripts by or relating to Captain James Cook, explorer : the property of H.W.F. Bolckow Esq., M.P. deceased

[SCOTTISH COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA] Letter copybooks of the Highland Society of New South Wales (1881-86).

[SCOTTISH COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA] Letter copybook of the Gaelic Society of New South Wales (1875-77).

[MELBOURNE] A small archive of original poetry by G. H. Batten, Master of Richmond Grammar School and Honorary Secretary to Governor Sir Henry Barkly. 1859-1880.

[BAROSSA VALLEY] The manuscript diary of William Spettigue Lillecrapp, September 1863-April 1864.

[WESTERNPORT; DANCE] Manuscript with instructions for dancing the One-Step, Spanish One-Step, Fox Trot, and Tango Waltz, 1915-20.

[WESTERN DISTRICT; BOTANY] Dr. Daniel Curdie, pioneer colonist and naturalist : original signature on British Association for the Advancement of Science membership form, giving his address as Port Phillip, New Holland, dated 2 July 1851.

[TASMANIA; BUSHRANGERS] Francis Burgess, Chief Police Magistrate, Hobart Town : autograph note signed, to the magistrate at Richmond regarding the dispatch of mounted policemen to help in the pursuit and capture of bushrangers in the Prosser’s Plains district. 29 November, 1843.

[TASMANIA; BUSHRANGERS] Matthew Forster, Chief Police Magistrate, Hobart Town : autograph letter signed, to the magistrate at Richmond regarding the cancellation of a Ticket of Leave pass in order to motivate convicts to assist in the capture of bushrangers. 7 April, 1843.

[TASMANIA; CONVICTS] Police magistrate’s case summary against recidivist convict Patrick McKone, one of the longest-serving prisoners in the Van Diemen’s Land penal system. Flowerdale (Upper Esk), March 1846.

[NATURAL HISTORY] Alexander Macleay, New South Wales public servant and entomologist : autograph letter signed, re. the Linnean Society. London, October 1801.

A French school student’s manuscript map of France, dated 1867.

[QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR] Fairburn’s genuine edition of the death-bed confessions of the late Countess of Guernsey, to Lady Anne H*******

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