Trade & Industry

  • Men of Queensland : representative of the public, professional, ecclesiatical and business life of Queensland as existant in the year 1928 A.D. Private edition.

    # 44870

    MILLAR, Will. H.

    Men of Queensland : representative of the public, professional, ecclesiatical and business life of Queensland as existant in the year 1928 A.D. Private edition.

    Brisbane : Read Press Ltd., 1929. Octavo (225 x 150 mm), original red diced morocco lettered and ruled in gilt (chips to spine expertly repaired); colour frontispiece, [211] leaves of plates with accompanying text; a very good example of this scarce private printing, which provides a snapshot of Queensland’s rich and powerful on the eve …

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  • Gold washing, at the Ovens, Victoria.

    # 44613

    HAIGH, Edward

    Gold washing, at the Ovens, Victoria.

    [1861-1862]. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image approximately 73 x 73 mm, flat yellow mount 83 x 165 mm; verso with printed label ’40. Gold washing, at the Ovens, Victoria. Ed. Haigh, Photo.’, and below this in manuscript the monogram and sequence number of the original owner ‘MAH. 72’; both prints, as well as the mount, …

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  • The Australian Eastern Mission, 1934. Report of the Right Honorable J. G. Latham, Leader of the Mission.

    # 44490

    LATHAM, J. G.

    The Australian Eastern Mission, 1934. Report of the Right Honorable J. G. Latham, Leader of the Mission.

    At head of title: 1932-33-34. The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra : L. F. Johnston, Government Printer, August 1934. Foolscap folio, pp. 27; a very good copy of this Parliamentary paper. The Mission visited the Netherlands East Indies, British Malaya, French Indo-China, Hong Kong, China (this included an Anzac Ball in Shanghai), Japan, …

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  • Unemployable. 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street (signed presentation copy)

    # 44128

    BOULTER, Jason

    Unemployable. 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street (signed presentation copy)

    Melbourne : Thames and Hudson, 2016. Thick quarto, letters cloth with pictorial inlay, [xv]; 693, extensively illustrated, a fine copy. This copy with a personal signed inscription from the author to arts publisher Jenny Zimmer, dated 2.11.2016.  ‘Unemployable traces the origins of the Hill brothers’ passion for skateboarding to the founding of their initial company …

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  • Wine guide.

    # 44491

    McWILLIAM'S WINES PTY. LTD.

    Wine guide.

    Pyrmont, NSW : McWilliam’s Wines Pty. Ltd., [1968]. Small oblong quarto (210 x 260 mm), colour pictorial wrappers, pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and b/w; a very good copy.

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  • Kerr’s Melbourne almanac, and Port Phillip directory, for 1842.

    # 41832

    KERR, William (1812 - 1859)

    Kerr’s Melbourne almanac, and Port Phillip directory, for 1842.

    A compendium of useful and accurate information connected with Port Phillip. Melbourne: printed and published by Kerr and Thompson, at the Port Phillip Patriot Office, Collins Street, 1842. Octavo, original half cloth over papered boards (some wear and stains), expertly rebacked, worn paper label to spine; early ownership inscription of Alexander Beatson Balcombe (“Tichingorourke, 1842, …

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  • [CALCULATING DEVICE]. Cercle calculateur mobile.

    # 43092

    MICHAUT-DELACROIX, V.

    [CALCULATING DEVICE]. Cercle calculateur mobile.

    … par V. Michaut Delacroix de Châtillon (Côte d’Or). Paris : Lith. de Paul Dupont et Cie., 1840. Printed card, 275 mm in diameter, wooden handle 290 mm in length, mounted in the centre to rotate; one side calculates rates of interest for wages, calculated at 6% from one day to 360 days; the other …

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  • Dunlop Perdriau dependable garden hose

    # 43548

    D. & J. EVANS PTY. LTD. (MELBOURNE)

    Dunlop Perdriau dependable garden hose

    Hawthorn, Vic. : D. & J. Evans Pty. Ltd., [1947]. Single sheet, 140 x 270 mm, folding to 140 x 90 mm, printed in colour on both sides, illustrated; in very good condition. Trade brochure for Dunlop Perdriau hoses produced by agents D. & J. Evans, ironmongers and timber merchants, Camberwell Road, Hawthorn.

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  • The adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection

    # 43596

    ADIDAS

    The adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection

    Cologne : Taschen, 2020. Quarto, 34 x 38 cm, (weighs 5.6 kgs), illustrated boards, publisher’s illustrated box, pp. 644, illustrated. New copy. Photographs by Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jäger 100 years ago the brothers Adolf (“Adi”) and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs …

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  • Wallpaper sample book, 1931

    # 40580

    BROOKS, ROBINSON & CO. (MELBOURNE & SYDNEY)

    Wallpaper sample book, 1931

    [Melbourne?] : Brooks, Robinson & Co., 1931. Oblong large folio (250 x 500 mm), maker’s canvas-covered boards (heavily rubbed and stained) with hand-coloured decorative title to front ‘Brooks Robinson & Co. Ltd. / Wall Papers / 1931′, original rivet binding with leather carry strap, containing over [200] samples of wallpaper friezes and drops in a …

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  • Manuscript commercial letter addressed to John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, from B. Smith & Son, London, 27 July 1863.

    # 39210

    B. SMITH & SON

    Manuscript commercial letter addressed to John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, from B. Smith & Son, London, 27 July 1863.

    Manuscript in ink, 2 pp., quarto, on blue laid paper watermarked ‘A. C. & S.’; duplicate commercial letter headed ‘7 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, July 27th 1863’, addressed to the publishing firm of Messrs J. Fairfax & Sons, Sydney; written and signed by Henry Durrant on behalf of B. Smith & Son, ink …

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  • Big Oilman from Arabia

    # 43172

    CHENEY, Michael Sheldon.

    Big Oilman from Arabia

    London :Heinemann, 1958. First edition, first impression. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (spine a little dulled, slightly canted, lightly rubbed), maps to endpapers, pp. 320, black and white photographic plates, pale foxing to edges, a very good copy. The author recollects seven years spent with oil and construction firms in Saudi Arabia during a period of rapid …

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  • The house New Zealand built in England

    # 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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  • Bagot and Marsh camel train at Oodnadatta Railway Station, South Australia, 1903-04.

    # 43105

    SCOTT, Charles P. (1878-1928)

    Bagot and Marsh camel train at Oodnadatta Railway Station, South Australia, 1903-04.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 90 x 135 mm, printed on postcard stock; image blind-stamped lower left ‘Chas. P. Scott / Unley, S.A.’ and wet-stamped upper right ‘Oodnadatta’; verso without message or inscription; in excellent condition. This commercial postcard was produced by photographer Charles P. Scott between 1905 and 1908, the year he relocated his business …

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  • Hamilton Pastoral & Agricultural Society Annual Show. Show Grounds, Hamilton, Wednesday & Thursday, Sept. 18 & 19, 1907.

    # 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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  • [TASMANIA; WINE] Licence issued to Messrs. Henty & Company, Launceston, in pursuance of An Act for the Licensing of Wholesale Dealers in Wine and Sprituous Liquors. January 1842.

    # 34720

    [VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE]

    [TASMANIA; WINE] Licence issued to Messrs. Henty & Company, Launceston, in pursuance of An Act for the Licensing of Wholesale Dealers in Wine and Sprituous Liquors. January 1842.

    [Hobart Town : s.n.], 1842. Foolscap folio, 330 x 200 mm, letterpress printed recto only on laid paper with Britannia watermark; the manuscript entries record the successful application by Messrs. Henty & Co., Launceston, for a licence ‘to be a Dealer, under the said Act, In Wine and in Brandy, Rum, Gin, Whiskey, Cordials, and …

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