Sport
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# 30281
Photographer unknown.
Three photographs of Wesley College, Melbourne, taken in 1904: the school’s champion Australian Rules Football team; view of the main building; view looking across the school oval.
Three sepia tone gelatin silver photographs, each 70 x 90 mm, printed on Kodak postcard stock (89 x 138 mm), all mailed from Melbourne and addressed to Master Norman Hart in Launceston, Tasmania (postmarks dated 28 June 1904; 19 September 1904; 14 November 1904), the fronts with handwritten messages signed W. H. (William Hart?) which …
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# 28494
ALSAGOFF, Syed Mohsen
The Alsagoff family in Malaysia : A.H. 1240 (A.D. 1824)-A.H. 1382 (A.D. 1962) : with biographical and contemporary sketches of some members of the Alsagoff family. (Presentation copy)
Singapore : The Author, [1963]. Quarto (265 mm), illustrated wrappers (lightly marked, upper wrapper chipped at head of spine and creased at top corner), staple bound; presentation inscription to title ‘With compliments from Dato A. M. Alsagoff 24/4/63‘; pp 50, with numerous b/w photographic illustrations, advertisements; internally very clean and sound. This well-illustrated publication relates the …
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# 28455
HINGSTON, James
Guide for excursionists from Melbourne.
dedicated to all in search of Health, Recreation, and Pleasure. Melbourne : H. Thomas, 1868. First edition. Duodecimo, original flush-cut limp green cloth with gilt stamped design to upper board spelling the word ‘OUTS’, pp 256, [8 blank], [55 advertisements], a very good copy. Ownership inscription of Henry James Long, pharmacist, dated 30th October 1868, …
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# 28439
CUNNINGHAM, Andrew
Studio portrait of a young brother and sister holding hands; the boy is posing with his cricket bat. Armidale, New South Wales, late 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm (mount), verso with imprint of ‘A. Cunningham, Photographic Artist, Barney Street, Armidale, New England’; the print is in good condition, as is the mount (some light toning to verso). Pioneer New England photographer Andrew Cunningham is probably best known for his 1870 carte de …
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# 28270
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Group of five official programmes for Grand Open-Air Concerts at the M.C.G. organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1902-03.
Melbourne : Syd. Day [for the Melbourne Cricket Club], 1902-03. Five individual programmes for Monday-evening concerts on 22 & 29 December 1902, and 5 January, 2 February and 30 March 1903. Narrow quarto (290 x 150 mm), single-sheet flyers printed on both sides (versos with advertisements for Robert Hurst shoes); each example has some marginal …
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# 28435
DAILY MIRROR (U.K.)
Jackson and McLaren, world’s champion Australian wood-cutters.
[London, U.K. : Daily Mirror, 1909 or 1910]. Two gelatin silver print photographs, 205 x 150 mm and 150 x 205 mm, respectively; versos with wet stamp of of the London Daily Mirror, and an identical caption label which reads: ‘Fine Fellers. Jackson and McLaren, world’s champion wood-cutters, felling trees on Lord Salisbury’s estate at …
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# 28560
LONGHURST, Percy
Boxing.
London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1928]. Series: Warne’s “Recreation” Books. Octavo (180 x 125 mm), original colour pictorial wrappers (light staining, upper wrapper with early owner’s name in ink, paper loss at spine ends), half-title with child’s gift inscription (1920s), pp 64, [2]; a few pages with underlining or corner bends, occasional spotting, otherwise …
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# 28553
[OLYMPICS] XVI Olympiad, Melbourne. Admission ticket to the Main Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground. November 29, 1956.
[Melbourne : Australian Olympic Committee, 1956]. Admission ticket, 89 x 118 mm; printed in pink and green on white paper, the design on the recto featuring the Olympic torch and rings and a male athlete throwing the javelin superimposed on a map of Australia; verso with seating plan for the MCG; light vertical crease, otherwise …
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# 28279
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Group of notices relating to the Bowling Club Tournament organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1909-10.
Melbourne : MCC, October – December 1909. I. 6 October 1909. Folio, [1] page; with information about the MCC Cup (open exclusively to bona-fide Playing Members of the MCC Bowling Club), prize money, and Mode of Play. II. 21 October 1909. Folio, [4] pp; with information about the MCC Cup, prize money, Handicaps and Draw, …
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# 28271
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Group of four official programmes for Grand Open-Air Concerts at the M.C.G. organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1903-04.
Melbourne : Syd. Day [for the Melbourne Cricket Club], 1903-04. Four individual programmes for Monday-evening concerts on 16 November & 7 December 1903, and 11 January and 1 February 1904. Narrow quarto (290 x 150 mm), single-sheet flyers printed on both sides (versos with advertisements for Robert Hurst shoes); each example has some marginal loss, …
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# 28293
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Group of notices relating to Annual General Meetings of the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1908-1924.
Melbourne : Sands & McDougall [or] Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, 1908-1924. I. 10 August 1908. Quarto, [1] page; advising details of a Special General Meeting re. Alteration to Rules, to be held at the Masonic Hall, Collins Street, 11 September 1908, at 8 p.m. II. 18 August 1908. Quarto, [4] pp; advising details of the …
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# 28309
NEWSBOY (publisher)
Photographic portrait of champion Danish West Indian-Australian heavyweight boxer Peter Jackson – “The Black Prince” – in a fighting stance. New York, circa 1890.
New York, USA : Newsboy, [circa 1890]. Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 167 x 109 mm (mount); mount with the publisher’s imprint and ’73. Peter Jackson’; the image has lost some contrast, and the mount has a water stain at left edge (not affecting the albumen print) and a chipped corner. A rare studio …
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# 28266
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Melbourne Cricket Club Annual Report, for the Season 1934-35
Melbourne : Mason, Firth & M’Cutcheon, 1935. Duodecimo (160 mm), original printed green wrappers, 179 pp; contents clean, a fine copy.
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# 28264
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Melbourne Cricket Club Annual Report, for the Season 1928-29
Melbourne : Mason, Firth & M’Cutcheon, 1929. Duodecimo (160 mm), original printed pale blue wrappers (front sunned and with a few light stains), 158 pp; contents clean. “The past season was a memorable one by reason of the visit of the English Team. All of the games against the visitors created the keenest interest and …
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# 28263
TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN CRICKET GROUND (MELBOURNE)
Crown Grant and Regulations of the Metropolitan Cricket Ground
Melbourne : Harston, Partridge & Co., 1931. Square duodecimo (120 x 100 mm), original printed khaki wrappers, staple bound; 28 pp; a fine copy. A list of the Trustees as at 12 August 1931 and incorporating the “Grant to Trustees of Melbourne Cricket Ground” (dated 1862), “Regulations for the Care, Protection, and Management of the …
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# 28262
MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB
Melbourne Cricket Club Annual Report, for the Season 1897-98
Melbourne : Mason, Firth & M’Cutcheon, 1898. Duodecimo (155 mm), original printed grey wrappers (heavily marked), 100 pp; light foxing to edges and endpapers, contents clean. Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, a complete list of members, etc.