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  • # 40359

    PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

    [ABSINTHE] Catalogue Général … Distillerie Pontissalienne … Fabrique d’Absinthe Supérieure.

    Pontarlier, Doubs: Distillerie Pontissalienne, [circa 1900]. Small octavo (150 x 105 mm), maroon faux crocodile-skin textured stiff card wrappers, gilt lettering to the front; 20 pp, chromolithographic pastedowns with Art Nouveau designs by the celebrated lithographers A. Waton of St. Etienne, title page and text in red and black, double-page halftone plate at centre; a superb …

  • # 39393

    GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors); PRICHARD, Katharine Susannah

    The Home. Vol. 20, No. 2. February 1, 1939

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Hera Roberts (small amount of wear to spine, loss to upper right corner), pp. 80, a quart page cut out of pp. 35-36, else a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc., articles on North …

  • # 39391

    URE SMITH, Sydney (editor)

    The Home. Vol. 15, No. 11. November 1st, 1934

    Sydney : Sydney Morning Herald, 1934. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (small wear to spine), pp. 92, a very goof copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. an article on Melbourne’s cafes, colour advertisements and photographs of Australian capital cities. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one …

  • # 38607

    BARRETT, Charles

    The Sun puppy book

    Melbourne : Lawrence Kay for Pictorial Newspapers, [1936?]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light edge wear, pp. 40, illustrated. A book full of photographs of puppies.

  • # 38282

    HAWKINS, J. B.

    Nineteenth century Australian silver

    Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors Club, 1990. Two volumes, quarto, boards in dustjackets (light handling marks, small tear to head of spine to first volume) pp. 342; 376, extensively illustrated, housed in publisher’s slipcase (a little discoloured). A comprehensive study of Australian silver.

  • # 37959

    GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors)

    The Home. Vol. 18, No. 10. October 1st, 1937

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1937. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 92, a fine copy. Australian Capital Cities Number. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. colour advertisements and photographs of Australian capital cities. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine …

  • # 37957

    GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors); PRESTON, Margaret

    The Home. Vol. 20, No. 11. November 1, 1939

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Lee (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 68, a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. horse racing, road racing, military matters (with a double fold out illustration of an aircraft carrier), colour advertisements …

  • # 37958

    GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors)

    The Home. Vol. 18, No. 3. March 1, 1937

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1937. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Lee (spine chipped with some paper loss, crease and tear to lower wrapper); pp. 92, illustrations throughout (some colour); large section of pages 75-76 excised, light water stain to last 20 pages. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc., …

  • # 35611

    SHELL (AUSTRALIA) LTD.

    [AUTOMOBILES] The whys and wherefores of car lubrication.

    [Sydney, NSW] : Shell Company of Australia Ltd., [1935?]. Oblong quarto (210 x 245 mm), original pictorial card covers (light creasing), pp 28, with numerous monochrome line-drawn illustrations and several superb colour fold-outs showing cross-sections of car engines, and an additional colour fold-out of a Lucas cut-out and voltage regulator at rear; title page with …

  • # 36049

    GRACE BROS. PTY. LTD. (SYDNEY)

    1953 May-June clearance catalogue. Grace Bros. Pty. Ltd.

    [Cover title]. Sydney, NSW : Grace Bros., 1953. Trade catalogue. Quarto (245 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers (a couple of light stains), 47 pp, monochrome illustrations throughout; bottom corners dog-eared, otherwise contents very good. An early post-war Grace Bros. catalogue. Great resource for researchers in or collectors of vintage Australian fashion.

  • # 28452

    Victoria and Riverina.

    With which is incorporated Victoria 1930, Victoria and Riverina 1931 and Victoria and Riverina 1931 – 1932. A biographical record of some of the pioneer families of Victoria and the Riverina. Illustrated. Melbourne : McCarron, Bird & Co., 1933. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (very slightly rubbed), marbled endpapers, pp 454, illustrated throughout with numerous portraits of …

  • # 35613

    "VELMOL"

    Inspirations in hair styles (“damp-set” with Velmol)

    Sydney : Clinton-Williams, [between 1945 and 1950]. Illustrated paper folder (140 x 85 mm), with five tinted photographs of hair styles created using the Velmol product, captions verso. Wetstamps from a local pharmacy on wrappers. Scarce mid-century Australian trade publication illustrating some highly elaborate women’s hair styles to advertise a hair product.

  • # 35416

    CHAILLE, François

    Sixième Sens par Cartier

    Paris : Flammarion S.A, 2022. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. ‘Discover the exceptional new creations, destined for eminent clients and collectors, from one of the world’s most prestigious jewelers. The newest collection of high jewelry and precious objects from Cartier unveiled in this book solicits our senses, surpassing them even to the sixth …

  • # 34957

    THE UNION MANUFACTURING & AGENCY COMPANY

    General Catalogue. The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company, 299 Elizabeth Street near G.P.O., Melbourne.

    Melbourne : Alpha Printing Co., 71-73 Hardware St., [c.1930]. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), colour pictorial wrappers (upper wrapper with original owner’s name, chipped at fore-edge, corners bent; spine ends with short paper splits); pp 160; line-drawn illustrations throughout; ownership inscription in pencil to first page, corners dog-eared, but contents clean; order form loosely inserted. …

  • # 35113

    CONDRUP Ltd.

    Handbook on poker work, chip carving, pewter modelling, Sir-Ver embossing … and … marquetry staining

    London : Condrup Ltd., circa 1920. Octavo, lettered wrappers (foxed), pp. 24, illustrated. Illustrated catalogue with equipment for the lost art of poker working, carving and modelling etc., including poker working machines and sundries, portfolios of designs, chip carving tools, knives, and accessories, and equipment for ‘sir-ver’ embossing, or the art of embossing on silk …

  • # 35012

    J.H. ABBOTT & CO.

    J.H. Abbott & Co. Tanners & Curriers … Pall Mall, Bendigo, High Street, Echuca

    Bendigo : Bolton Bros, [1900-1910]. Quarto, printed on black ink on red paper, upper wrapper with various calligraphic typefaces, lower wrapper illustrated, staple bound, [8] pp, descriptions and prices of all types of footwear, includes illustrations of ladies’ shoes and boots; fine.