Trade & Industry

# 28998

NEWELL, HOOPER & STEVENS (SYDNEY & MELBOURNE); Wm. LINCOLN (BOSTON)

[GOLD RUSH] Circular announcing the opening of commission agencies in Sydney and Melbourne by the Boston firm of Newell, Hooper & Stevens. January, 1853.

Quarto-size letter sheet (250 x 200 mm), bifolium, lithograph printed on the first side only; headed ‘Boston, January 19, 1853’, the circular announces that Newell, Hooper & Stevens have formed a co-partnership ‘for the transaction of Commission Business, at SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, and respectfully tender their services to their friends, with the assurance that …

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# 28644

RICKARDS NEW OPERA HOUSE (MELBOURNE)

[MELBOURNE; VAUDEVILLE] Harry Rickards Programme. Part 1. For week commencing Saturday 27th May, 1905.

Cover: Rickards New Opera House, Melbourne. Open to the public, Saturday, 18th May, 1901. Melbourne : Printed by McCarron, Bird & Co. for the Publishers, Metropolitan Publishing Co. Prop. Ltd., 317 Collins Street, [1905]. Narrow quarto (270 x 105 mm), original pink wrappers printed in blue (detached and with horizontal fold), [8] pp, illustrated with …

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# 28714

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPT. (COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA)

Ballarat Exchange. List of Trunk Line charges 1939.

Geelong : Henwood & Dancey Pty. Ltd. [1938]. Octavo (215 mm), original sky blue wrappers printed in red and navy with illustrated advertisements for Ballarat businesses front and rear, staple bound; pp 28, with list of charges for calls from Ballarat to centres all around Victoria as well as to capital cities in other States …

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# 28753

NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902)

[MELBOURNE] Railway Pier, Sandridge.

[Title from contemporary inscription in ink on mount]. Circa 1870. Albumen print photograph, 135 x 170 mm, laid down on its original 19th century album page; a strong print with rich tonal range; scattered foxing to both the print and mount; verso with another albumen print in identical format, captioned ‘The Royal Mail’ (foxed). One of …

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# 28486

RAILWAY & TRAMWAY MUSICAL SOCIETY (SYDNEY)

Railway Institute, Devonshire Street, Sydney. The Railway & Tramway Musical Society … in Lionel Monckton’s comic opera “A Country Girl” (By arrangement with Messrs. J. C. Williamson Ltd.). Monday 22nd [to] Saturday 27th September, 1913.

Sydney : Carter’s Builder Printing Works, [1913]. Narrow quarto (280 x 110 mm), self-wrappers (featuring advertisements for Anthony Horderns’ men’s and women’s fashion and Fine Art Gallery); [16] pp, with numerous illustrated advertisements and photographic illustrations including portraits of stars Miss Mabel Batchelor and Reg Riemenschneider, musical director Leo Grouse and Railway & Tramway Musical …

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# 28581

MOIR, J. K. (John Kinmont) (1893-1958)

Australia’s first electric tram. (First edition)

Melbourne : [The Author], 1940. Small octavo (185 x 125 mm), original printed blue wrappers (light central vertical fold line), staple bound, 28 pp, illustrated with b/w plates; very clean, a good copy. The story of the Box Hill – Doncaster tram line, which opened on 15 October 1889. Written by J. K. Moir, founding …

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# 27743

AMALGAMATED DENTAL CO. LTD. (MELBOURNE)

[DENTISTRY] Installation & maintenance. A simple plan whereby the practitioner is saved much worry and inconvenience.

[Cover title]. Melbourne : Arbuckle, Waddell Pty. Ltd. [for Amalgamated Dental Co. Ltd.], [circa 1930]. Folding card, octavo (205 x 132 mm), printed in black, gold and red on cream card; centre with explanatory text; last side with colophon; in fine condition. Beautiful piece of graphic design by the Melbourne printing firm Arbuckle, Waddell. Rare. …

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# 27738

NEW SYSTEM TELEPHONES PTY. LTD.

[TELEPHONES] The philosophy of time

Melbourne : Arbuckle Waddell Pty. Ltd. [for New System Telephones Pty. Ltd.], [circa 1930]. Trade brochure. Single sheet, 530 x 430 mm, folding to 265 x 215 mm, lithograph printed in black and orange on both sides, with photographic process and line-drawn illustrations; mild edge wear, otherwise very good condition. A beautifully designed trade flyer …

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# 27611

Photographer and maker unknown.

Re-treatment plant at Kalgoorlie, Western Australian goldfields. Circa 1900.

[s.l., s.n., circa 1900]. Photographic glass magic lantern slide, 82 x 82 mm, with original manuscript caption label ‘Kalgurli (sic) Retreatment Plant’; in very good condition.

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# 27278

COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING CO. LTD.

Masonite Temprtile : 5 yards of “tile” laid in one sheet

Sydney : CSR Building Materials Division, [October 1939]. (Date from printer’s code). Folding sheet 243 x 167 mm, folding to 143 x 83 mm, printed on both sides, colour illustrated; in very good condition. Trove locates two examples (SLNSW; Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Caroline Simpson Research Library).

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# 27135

SYDNEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Higher Trades printing students, Sydney Technical College present their sixth annual dinner : with which is incorporated celebrations of the five hundredth anniversary of printing, Pfahlert’s Hotel, Wednesday, 13th December 1939.

Presented in portfolio with cover title: Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of printing. [Sydney] : Students of the Presswork Classes, Sydney Technical College, 1939. Quarto, pale blue thick paper covers with embossed portrait silhouette to front, original silk ties, printed on Strathmore watermarked paper, title page with device in red, [10], 28, [1] …

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# 27129

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.

Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the special general meeting, 1833.

Cover title: Report made to the special general meeting of the Van Diemen’s Land Company, held at the Company’s office, in Old Broad Street, the 31st October, 1833. London : Printed by George Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street, 1833. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), original printed wrappers, 8 pp; a fine, unopened copy.

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# 26670

MORTESON, G.

General description of the Wiluna Gold Mines Ltd, Wiluna, Western Australia. (Prepared for the Members of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy).

[Wiluna, W.A.] : G. Morteson [for Wiluna Gold Mines Ltd.], [1933]. Small square quarto (245 x 210 mm), original cloth-backed paper wrappers, the upper wrapper featuring a map of Western Australia hand-drawn in black ink, with Wiluna marked in red and the names Meeka[tharra] and Laverton added later in pencil, the upper margin with typed …

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# 18275

Photographer unknown.

Engine house and blast furnace of the Eskbank Ironworks Company, Lithgow, New South Wales, circa 1876.

Albumen print photograph, 115 x 185 mm, unmounted; verso with contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Lithgow’; no photographer’s imprint; 15 mm edge tear bottom right, otherwise in fine condition, with excellent tonal range and superb detail of the building’s infrastructure, 11 employees and their dog, and the scarified and partially denuded hillside in the background. An …

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# 26003

ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Prospectus.

London : The Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., 13 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C., [1880]. Folio (420 x 265 mm) bifolium, 3 pp, folding to 265 x 105 mm with printed title to outer side; original share application form still loosely enclosed; outer side a little dusty, but a near fine example. ‘The Orient Steam Navigation Company …

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# 25835

DUNKLINGS PTY. LTD. (MELBOURNE)

Dunklings the Jewellers Pty. Ltd. Ladies’ and men’s high grade wrist watches.

Melbourne : Dunklings Pty. Ltd., [circa 1950]. Single sheet, 215 x 330 mm, printed both sides, folding to 215 x 82 mm, illustrated; original folds, a good example.

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