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  • The Wurtemburg Electro Plate Co. Brass and Nickel Plate Dept. Goeppingen Trade Catalogue 1922

    # 50298

    The Wurtemburg Electro Plate Co.

    The Wurtemburg Electro Plate Co. Brass and Nickel Plate Dept. Goeppingen Trade Catalogue 1922

    Goeppingen : The Wurtemburg Electro Plate Co.  1922. Quarto, gilt-lettered limp cloth (creased and worn), decorated endpapers, frontispiece illustration of the factory, pp. [viii]; 183, extensively illustrate with hundreds of images of domestic household goods, prices, many of which have been manually updated, or sheets inserted with new price. A dazzling array of brass and …

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  • Rosalie Ann Thorne (later Watkins), of Rose Bay and Parramatta : a substantial archive of unique manuscript ephemera, 1850s-1890s, including family correspondence and material relating to the homeschooling of the Thorne and Watkins children.

    # 50338

    THORNE (WATKINS), Rosalie Ann (1850-1927)

    Rosalie Ann Thorne (later Watkins), of Rose Bay and Parramatta : a substantial archive of unique manuscript ephemera, 1850s-1890s, including family correspondence and material relating to the homeschooling of the Thorne and Watkins children.

    Provenance: Rosalie Ann Thorne (1850-1927); Elizabeth Cecilia McNally, aka “The Duchess of Spring Hill” (1909-1996), legendary Brisbane antiques dealer and collector; private collection, Queensland. As the archive is so large, we have arranged it into four main sections catalogued under alphabetical headings, A – D (see below). ROSALIE ANN THORNE AND HER FAMILY Rosalie (“Rose”) Ann …

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  • Wedding cake. Sydney, 1890s.

    # 45624

    EDEN SOCIETY STUDIOS

    Wedding cake. Sydney, 1890s.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 167 x 109 mm (mount); recto of mount with the embossed imprint of ‘Eden Society Studios’; the print is in excellent condition; the mount has some minor foxing. A studio “portrait” with an uncommon subject.  

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  • [SYDNEY] Mr. & Mrs. J. G. O'Connor present their Compliments to ... and request the pleasure of ... Company, on Sunday, 6th June, at 10 a.m., on the occasion of the Marriage of their Daughter with Mr. M. J. Fitzpatrick. New Terrace, George Street North, May 29, 1882.

    # 50438

    [O'CONNOR, J. G.]

    [SYDNEY] Mr. & Mrs. J. G. O’Connor present their Compliments to … and request the pleasure of … Company, on Sunday, 6th June, at 10 a.m., on the occasion of the Marriage of their Daughter with Mr. M. J. Fitzpatrick. New Terrace, George Street North, May 29, 1882.

    [Sydney : J. G. O’Connor], 1882. Invitation. Glossy white card, 106 x 154 mm, lithograph printed in gold and with a decorative die-cut border and scalloped edges; the bottom edge is a little roughened, the blank verso with paper adhesions from where the invitation was removed from an album mount. An attractive invitation for his …

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  • A book of porcelain. Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum

    # 50332

    RACKHAM, Bernard

    A book of porcelain. Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum

    Painted by William Gibb. London : Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Quarto, gilt-lettered green cloth, pp. xvi; 96, scattered foxing, tipped-in colour plates, an attractive work.

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  • Worcester Porcelain.

    # 50357

    HOBSON, R. L.

    Worcester Porcelain.

    A description of the ware from the Wall Period to the present day. Illustrated by ninety-two collotypes and seventeen chromolithographs. London : Bernard Quaritch, 1910. Folio, gilt-lettered blue cloth (bright and fresh), pp. xii; 208, numerous colour and black and white plates, lower endpaper creased, else a fine copy.

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  • Flagellation & the Flagellants. A history of the rod in all countries from the earliest period to the present time.

    # 50330

    COOPER, Rev. Wm. (pseudonym)

    Flagellation & the Flagellants. A history of the rod in all countries from the earliest period to the present time.

    London: William Reeves, [c. 1900]. Revised edition. Octavo, finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, pp. xii; 544, small stain to marking of final leaf, illustrated. An essential reference for both the practitioner and amateur enthusiast on all aspects of flagellation. Chapters are devoted to flagellation amongst the Jews, the Romans, the …

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  • A rare collection of menus from Chinese restaurants in India, circa 1930s.

    # 49980

    Various

    A rare collection of menus from Chinese restaurants in India, circa 1930s.

    A collection of six rare menus, early to mid twentieth century, from Chinese restaurants in Bombay, Madras, Chittagong, and Rawalpindi, servicing expatriate diners, during the 1930s and the wartime of the 1940s. Highly ephemeral and evocative of the melting post of British, Indian, Chinese and American cultures just prior to and during the Second World …

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  • Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    # 49982

    DAALDER, Truus

    Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    Adelaide : Ethnic Art Press ; South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 420, illustrated in colour. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap and in publisher’s carton. “A sumptuously produced book with an elaborate, informative text and 704 beautiful photographs of adornment from many parts of the world, ranging …

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  • How to get the most out of your Electrolux

    # 25160

    ELECTROLUX PTY. LTD. (Australia)

    How to get the most out of your Electrolux

    Melbourne : Electrolux Pty. Ltd. (Australia), [c.1950]. Octavo, lettered wrappers (marked), pp. 24, numerous b/w photographic illustrations on how the model housewife uses her Electrolux vacuum cleaner to optimum perfection. Tove locates no copies in Australian libraries.

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  • The story of the boundless universe and all it's [sic] wondrous worlds.

    # 22602

    PETERS ICE CREAM

    The story of the boundless universe and all it’s [sic] wondrous worlds.

    A series of sixteen announcements giving interesting facts about this world and the universe. Presented with the compliments of Peters Ice Cream (Vic.) Ltd. [Melbourne] : Peters Ice Cream, circa 1950. Quarto, printed wrappers (lightly marked), pp, [16], illustrated; a good copy. Post-war promotional booklet for Peters Ice Cream, ‘the health food of a nation’. Aimed …

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  • A woman's work : the story of a Mallee farmer's wife from 1913. (Signed copy)

    # 49781

    BEATON, Florence

    A woman’s work : the story of a Mallee farmer’s wife from 1913. (Signed copy)

    Red Cliffs, Vic. : The Sunnyland Press, 1985. Quarto (250 x 185 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers; half-title signed and dated by the author Florence McNabb Beation 3/2/1985, pp. 92, profusely illustrated in b/w; an excellent copy of this now-scarce study of a pioneer female settler in the Mallee region of northwest Victoria prior to World War …

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  • Australian leadlighting

    # 49860

    DANAHER, Paul and Dexter JACKSON

    Australian leadlighting

    Ringwood, Vic. : Viking (Penguin Books Australia), 1998. Quarto (270 x 205 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers; pp. vi, 154, with line-drawn illustrations throughout, plus [12] full-page colour photographic plates at centre; half-title with the original price sticker; an excellent copy.

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  • Stained glass pattern catalogue : Allen Kenoyer Glass.

    # 49859

    ALLEN KENOYER GLASS INC.

    Stained glass pattern catalogue : Allen Kenoyer Glass.

    [Cover title]. Manhattan Beach, Calif. : Allen Kenoyer Glass Inc., 1990. Quarto (275 x 215 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers (a few light marks, worn at spine ends); pp. [2], 97, with order form at rear; line-drawn illustrations throughout; wet-stamp of New South Wales importer, retailer and wholesaler Albury Leadlight to preliminary leaves and final blank; …

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  • The untold story of William Shum, Editor of Australian Home Beautiful 1926-1946

    # 49940

    WALKER, Sue

    The untold story of William Shum, Editor of Australian Home Beautiful 1926-1946

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2024. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 224, illustrated. New copy. Discover the hitherto untold story of William Shum, founding editor of two popular Australian magazines, The New Idea and Australian Home Beautiful (both still in print to this day), and the extraordinary impact he had on people’s lives through the first …

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  • Éloge des pierreries

    # 23090

    Éloge des pierreries

    Paris : Cartier, 1947. Quarto, two volumes housed in crimson slipcase. Vol 1, pp 45, loose as issued in printed card covers, minor loss on spine, with original lithograph by André Derian on frontispiece, printed by Jean Vigneau at the press of Paul Dupont. Vol 2, pp 23, boards with monogrammed dust jacket, with bound-in gouache Collier …

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