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# 44895

PINNOCK, William

Panorama of the old world and the new.

Comprising a view of the present state of the nations of the world, their manners, customs, and peculiarities, and their political, moral, social, and industrial condition. Interspersed with historical sketches and anecdotes by William Pinnock. Enlarged, revised, and embellished with several hundred engravings, from designs of Croome, Devereux, and other distinguished artists. Boston : L. …

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# 14833

Tuckey, James Kingston (1776-1816)

An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass’s Strait,

on the South Coast of New South Wales : in His Majesty’s Ship Calcutta, in the years 1802-3-4 / by J. H. Tuckey, Esq. First Lieutenant of the Calcutta. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and J.C. Mottley, 1805. First edition. Octavo, original polished calf, gilt-decoration, expertly recased with new spine to style by Aquarius, …

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# 45175

WEST BOURKE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

West Bourke Agricultural Society Annual Show : group of prize certificates awarded to James Williams, 1887-1900.

West Melbourne, Vic. : Kemp & Boyce, 1887 (one certificate); Melbourne : Centennial Printing & Publishing Co., 1889 (three certificates); Romsey, Vic. : Printed at the Examiner Office, 1891-1892-1900 (five certificates). Total of nine lithographed certificates, in uniform 165 x 195 mm format, printed on different coloured card stock, some with original ribbons attached; scattered foxing. …

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# 22217

KOONS, Jeff (1955 - )

Balloon dog (yellow)

Limoges : Bernardaud, 2015. Edition of 2300 copies. Porcelain multiple, 10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ x 5″ (26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm), signed and numbered by the artist, in original mailing carton with signed certificate of authenticity by Jeff Koons. “Balloon Dog is an iconic work within the highly acclaimed Celebration series, which Jeff Koons …

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# 45100

Pedro de la Cavallería; Martin Alfonso Vivaldo; Samuel Marochitanus

Tractatus zelus Christi contra Iudaeos, Sarracenos, & infideles,

ab illust. doct. Petro de la Cavalleria, Hispano ex civitate Caesaraugusta, anno 1450 … … Venice : apud Baretium de Baretijs, 1592. Two works in one volume, quarto (225 x 160 mm), contemporary panelled vellum stamped with the initials L V M; [68], 156; [8], 19 leaves; second work has separate title page: Aureus Rabbi Samuelis tractatus …

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# 45014

GEORGE PHILIP & SON

Philips’ 12 inch terrestrial globe

London : George Philip & Son, circa 1928. Terrestrial globe 12 inches in diameter, printed gores over papier mache base, graduated equator band, supported on a contemporary half-meridian engraved brass stand on original turned wooden base and three feet, some old surface rubbing, a very good example, completely unrestored and in original condition. An interesting …

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# 44876

COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)

Swanston Street (1863)

Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.5 × 36.5 cm (image); 28.0 × 37.9 cm (outer framing line); 35.5 x 45.5 cm (trimmed sheet), a few spots of foxing, old repaired tear extending to the edge of the image upper right, mounted. A fine view looking down the main boulevard of Melbourne during the height of …

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# 44874

COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)

Sandridge from Hobson’s Bay (1863)

Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.6 × 35.7 cm (image); 28.0 × 37.1 cm (outer framing line); 40.1 × 52.3 cm (sheet), a few spots of foxing, old repaired tear extending to the edge of the image upper right, mounted. A fine, animated view of Sandridge (now called Port Melbourne), from Troedel’s The Melbourne album …

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# 44875

COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)

Botanical Gardens (1863)

Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.3 × 36.1 cm (image); 28.1 × 37.8 cm (outer framing line); 31.6 × 41.0 cm (trimmed sheet), a few spots of foxing, mounted. A fine view looking across the Yarra River and the City of Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens, taken from Troedel’s The Melbourne album (Melbourne : Charles …

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# 44840

COLES, John (1832-1910)

[CARTOGRAPHY] John Coles, Royal Geographical Society map curator : signed letter to A. C. Macdonald of the Geographical Society of Australasia, re. the gift of a large map of New South Wales. April, 1885.

Manuscript in ink, 1 page, small quarto (230 x 180 mm), on the letterhead of the RGS, London; dated 11 April 1885, the letter is addressed to ‘A. C. Macdonald Esq., Melbourne’; written in a secretarial hand, but with the autograph signature at the foot of ‘John Coles, Map Curator, RGS’; some off-setting and light …

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# 45147

[CURCIER & ADET]

[WINE] Commercial letter to Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux wine merchants, concerning an Australian shipment. May, 1871.

Manuscript letter, 1 1/2 pages, quarto, on the letterhead of shipping brokers Constantin, Boisson & Co., Rochefort, addressed to Messieurs Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux, dated 21 May 1871; the letter concerns correspondence that has been received from Curcier & Adet’s Melbourne office re. a claim for payment that has been made by Constantin, Boisson & Co. …

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# 45138

[ALEXANDER, Selig]

Deed of conveyance between Selig Alexander and Charles Williams, relating to a land allotment in Sandridge (Port Melbourne), November 1857.

Manuscript on parchment, folio bifolium (470 x 320 mm), [3] pages, written in a fine clerical hand, dated 18 November 1857 and recording the conveyance of part of Allotment 3, Section 9 in the Parish of South Melbourne at Sandridge (on Stoke Street in what is now Port Melbourne), from Selig Alexander, merchant, of the …

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# 44919

KNIGHT, Charles

Half hours with the best authors

London : George Routledge, 1852. Four volumes bound in two, octavo, full polished calf, lightly marked, spines in compartments with raised bands, gilt tooling, contrasting Morocco title labels, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplates to pastedowns, engraved title pages, frontispieces, pp. [iv]; 312; 312; iv; 312; iv; 315, presenting inscription from the Library Committee of Charterhouse …

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# 44871

DICKENS, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock

With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. Three volumes, octavo, full polished calf (corners bumped), spines in compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration, contrasting morocco title-pieces lettered in gilt (a couple of volumes with joints repaired), gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, previous owner’s name on preliminary …

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# 45092

STEWART, Douglas; LINDSAY, Norman (illustrator)

[NORMAN LINDSAY] Fisher’s ghost : an historical comedy

by Douglas Stewart. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : The Wentworth Press, 1960. Limited edition of 200 copies (this copy number 123), signed in full on the colophon by Douglas Stewart, Norman Lindsay and Walter Stone. Royal octavo, fine blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front ( a few light marks), in Norman …

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# 44849

ROSTENBERG, Leona and STERN, Madeleine B.

Bookends

New York : Free Press, 2001. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, pp. x; 246, illustrated. Biblio-memoir by the pair of American women booksellers.

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