Tourism
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# 44385
ANNAND, Douglas
The Home Annual 1939
Sydney : Sydney Morngin Herlamd, October 16th, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (some creases and paper loss along spine), pp. 92, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period, and many stylish advertisements. Includes reproductions after Fred Leist and Sydney Long, articles illustrated by Douglas Annand, photography …
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# 44088
Photographer unknown.
Large social outing on Mount Korong, central Victoria, circa 1900.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 112 x 152 mm, laid down on its original grey card mount, 128 x 188 mm; verso inscribed in a slightly later hand ‘Mount Korong’; fine condition. Despite the fact that it was probably taken by an amateur photographer, this is a fabulous outdoor photograph: the more you look, the more …
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# 44082
JACKSON'S NEWSAGENCY (publisher)
Valentine’s Snapsots. Canberra, A.C.T. No. 2. 12 real photographs for your album. Hand coloured.
Canberra : Published for Jackson’s Newsagency, [c.1930]. Fourteen (yes, a baker’s dozen plus one!) gelatin silver print photographs with hand colouring, in uniform 65 x 105 mm format, with captions in the negatives; all in fine condition, accompanied by the original manila envelope, as issued (paper splits to edges).
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# 40880
[GILL, S. T.]
[The Melbourne Rose].
[The Melbourne Rose. Part II. Honour to the brave memory of John King, R. O’Hara Burke, William John Wills]. [London : Myers & Co., 1862 (printed in Hamburg)]. Chromolithographed and engraved folding pictorial ephemeron, die cut in the shape of a rose (small loss to a couple of small pieces in the centre), without the …
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# 42575
Hamilton Centenary Committee
Major Mitchell Centenary Celebrations, Hamilton. March 8th to the 15th, 1937. Official souvenir programme and history
Hamilton : Hamilton Centenary Committee, 1937. Quarto, lettered pink wrappers (slightly foxed, light central crease), pp. [20], illustrated. Loosely enclosed, an engraved letterhead from T. J. Laidlaw & Co., Auctioneers, Stock & Station Agents, Melbourne and Hamilton. Provenance : Jonathan Wantrup, his book label inside upper wrapper.
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# 43561
NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU.
[SNOWY MOUNTAINS] Kosciusko
Sydney : NSW Government Tourist Bureau, [ca. 1955]. Single sheet, 205 x 285 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm; printed on both sides, with [6] b/w photographic illustrations and informative text; very good condition.
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# 43045
Anon
Souvenir of New South Wales.
[Cover title]. [Sydney, NSW : s.n., ca. 1880]. Leporello album. Oblong duodecimo (105 x 155 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked tan cloth, the upper board decorated and lettered in gilt; containing a concertina-style foldout with [24] panels of lithographed views after photographs (most, if not all, probably by Charles Bayliss and/or John Paine); the final panel has …
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# 42611
"The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition"
The house New Zealand built in England
London : The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, 1950. Oblong quarto, full crushed red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, the panels ruled and lettered in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, endpapers creased, introductory text, 35 original photographs mounted on cards with printed captions opposite. Ex-library the …
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# 42900
THE SPECTATOR
The Hamilton Spectator directory and almanac 1912.
Presented to the subscribers of “The Spectator”. Hamilton [Vic.] : Printed at the “Spectator” Office, [1911]. Octavo, printed wrappers, (upper wrapper with stamp of Hamilton & District Historical Society, chipped along the spine); pp. 120, with detailed information about Ararat, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Hamilton, Horsham, Koroit, Dunkeld, Camperdown, Terang, Stawell, Nhill, Warracknabeal, Harrow and other …
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# 42576
Hamilton Pastoral & Agricultural Society
Hamilton Pastoral & Agricultural Society Annual Show. Show Grounds, Hamilton, Wednesday & Thursday, Sept. 18 & 19, 1907.
Lithographed poster, 90 x 57cms, old folds, tear with marginal loss, tear along central fold, light stain, overall a good copy of a rare agricultural show poster, with detailed lists of the prizes.
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# 42673
FINN, J. T.
Charleville centenary celebrations, November, 1947
[Charleville, Qld. : Celebrations Committee], 1947. Printed by R. G. Gillies & Co., Brisbane. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (short tear), pp. 100, errata slip, illustrations, internally fine. Rare souvenir booklet from the central Queensland township.
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# 42270
PRATTEN, H. E.
Asiatic impressions
A collection of articles by H. E. Pratten. Sydney : Fergusson, 1908. First edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers by Harry Weston, small chips to head and foot of spine, previous owner’s name to title page, pp. 95, occasional underlining in blue pencil, photographically illustrated plates. The author’s descriptions of The Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, China, India, …
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# 42238
G. V. & W. R. HISCOCK (publishers)
Beautiful Australian wildflowers of the Grampians
Sydney & Melbourne : Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd, [ca. 1960]. Illustrated mailing envelope, 105 x 160 mm, containing a concertina fold-out with 9 colour photographic plates of Grampians wildflowers (credited to H. T. Reeves, Melbourne); plus one panel with text by J. H. Willis, National Herbarium (Melbourne); verso of envelope with previous owner’s name …
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# 41599
Parlor Cars
Reference map of Melbourne and day tours by Parlor Cars
Melbourne : Parlor Cars, circa 1949. Tourist brochure, single sheet, folded twice, short split along one fold, map of the City of Melbourne, guide to tourist spots in Victoria. Loosely enclosed, a separate brochure, ‘Itinerary of Day Tours for the month of June, 1949’, folded sheet with itinerary of destinations to see by car, with …
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# 41932
Map of Singapore
With compliments of Adelphi Hotel & Chanrai’s, Singapore’s only exclusive air conditioned men’s shop. Singapore : Chanrai’s, c. 1960. Folding map, printed in colour, 450 x 295, guide to Singapore and advertisements verso. Fine condition.
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# 40883
FUKUDA
Great Tokyo Post Card
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (some very light corner wear), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 3”, containing [6] (of 8) colour postcards of Tokyo, all in mint condition.