New Acquisitions

  • Ned Kelly with carcass, 1971 (blue crayon)

    # 37932

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

    Ned Kelly with carcass, 1971 (blue crayon)

    Original etching printed in sepia from Nolan’s ‘Dust’ series, 255 x 300 mm, print on sheet measuring 640 x 480 mm, the etching surrounded by a hand-drawn Ned Kelly Helmet in light and dark blue chalks, signed with Nolan’s backward ‘N’. Framed in museum timber frame measuring 990 x 810 mm. An unique work incorporating …

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  • Ned Kelly with carcass, 1971 (orange crayon)

    # 37933

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

    Ned Kelly with carcass, 1971 (orange crayon)

    Original etching printed in sepia from Nolan’s ‘Dust’ series, 255 x 300 mm, print on sheet measuring 640 x 480 mm, the etching surrounded by a hand drawn Ned Kelly Helmet in orange and yellow chalks, signed with Nolan’s backward ‘N’. Framed in museum timber frame measuring 990 x 810 mm. An unique work incorporating …

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  • Principles of effect and colour as applicable to landscape painting

    # 47673

    PHILLIPS, Giles Firman (1780-1867)

    Principles of effect and colour as applicable to landscape painting

    Illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art. London : B. B. King, [1840]. Third edition. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (stained, wear to corners and head and foot of spine), presentation inscription to front free endpaper Alfred Large from James Hawkins August 26, 1853, frontispiece colour wheel chart, tissue guard (torn), illustrated title page, …

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  • A Dictionary of the English Language :

    # 51363

    JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784)

    A Dictionary of the English Language :

    in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. In two volumes. London : Printed for J. Johnson … [et alia], 1799. The eight edition; …

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  • [FEDERATION] Commonwealth Celebrations. Souvenir invitation cards. Victoria. May 1901.

    # 51238

    ASHTON, Julian & Howard; LINDSAY, Norman & LONGSTAFF, John

    [FEDERATION] Commonwealth Celebrations. Souvenir invitation cards. Victoria. May 1901.

    [Cover title]. [Melbourne : s.n., 1901]. Oblong folio (295 x 395 mm), original red pebbled cloth over boards (scattered light staining) with ornamental gilt borders, upper board lettered in gilt; original silk endpapers, first blank with a gift inscription in ink ‘To Willis from Father, as a present for his 21st Birthday. Canterbury, August 1901’; …

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  • The wilderness shall blossom (1920)

    # 51431

    GOODWIN, Harry (1842 - 1925)

    The wilderness shall blossom (1920)

    Watercolour on paper, signed in monogram lower right, dated 1920, titled The Wilderness Shall Blossom lower right, 33 x 49.5 cms (sight), in a gilt frame with slip, 66 x 81 cms. Henry Richard “Harry” Goodwin (1842–1925) was a British landscape artist noted for his refined watercolours and oil paintings of English and Continental subjects. …

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  • Stanford's map of Scotland

    # 50809

    STANFORD, Edward

    Stanford’s map of Scotland

    London : Edward Stanford, circa 1885. Chromolithographed map, dissected and laid on linen in 48 panels, 123.5 x 104 cms, housed in publisher’s git-lettered purple slipcase (sunned and marked). London Atlas Series. A fine large format map of Scotland with an inset map of the Shetland Islands.

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  • [JOSEPH BANKS] Bref, rörande en resa til Island MDCCLXXII.

    # 50103

    [BANKS]. TROIL, Uno von

    [JOSEPH BANKS] Bref, rörande en resa til Island MDCCLXXII.

    Upsala : uplagde af Magnus Swederus … , 1777. First edition. Octavo, half-calf over marbled papered boards (edges rubbed, chipped at head of spine), flat panelled spine lettered in gilt, offsetting to endpapers, title with engraved vignette illustration of the Icelandic landscape and Geyser spouting water, ownership signature to front pastedown and small collector’s stamp …

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  • Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph ("Elizabeth R"), also signed by Prince Philip. 1954.

    # 49773

    [ADAMS, Marcus]

    Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph (“Elizabeth R”), also signed by Prince Philip. 1954.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 200 x 150 mm, on its original plain card mount signed in fountain pen in the bottom margin by both Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth R) and Prince Philip (Philip) with the date 1954 in between the two signatures; the photograph is in fine condition; the royal signatures are both strong and …

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  • Sailing for the east. History & catalogue of manuscript charts on vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1602 - 1799

    # 51244

    SCHILDER, Gunter & KOK, Hans.

    Sailing for the east. History & catalogue of manuscript charts on vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1602 – 1799

    Houten (The Netherlands) : Hes &​ De Graaf, c. 2010. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, light edge wear, pp. 707, extensively illustrated, CD-ROM. A detailed study of the sea routes the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) took from Europe to Asia, illustrated with maps and charts on vellum, instruments and books from the period.

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  • From the car window

    # 51513

    Japan Tourist Bureau.

    From the car window

    Tokyo : Japan Tourist Bureau, December 1935. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, staple bound, 21 pp, illustrated, map, a very good copy.

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

    # 51149

    COOPER, Rev. Wm. (pseudonym)

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

    London : William Reeves, n.d. [1877?]. “A new edition, revised and corrected”. Octavo, publisher’s blind-blocked brown cloth with gilt device to upper board (corners bumped), spine lettered and illustrated in gilt (ends a little softened); front pastedown with armorial bookplate of ‘Hall of Otterburn, Northumberland’, front free-endpaper with early pencilled ownership inscription, pp. xii; 544, …

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  • [SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Lady's ticket [+ standard ticket]

    # 51146

    BURNSIDE, C. L. (Sec. Secretary, Centennial Committee)

    [SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Lady’s ticket [+ standard ticket]

    [Sydney : Government Printer, 1888]. Companion pair of duodecimo cards, each 60 x 92 mm, printed rectos only in black on yellow and black on brown; both signed by C. L. Burnside, Secretary of the Centennial Committee; the standard ticket has some loss at left and bottom edges; mounted together on a section of an …

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  • [SYDNEY] St. Ignatius' College Rowing Club. Annual Regatta Programme. Riverview, Saturday, June 8th, 1889.

    # 51145

    [ST. IGNATIUS' COLLEGE]

    [SYDNEY] St. Ignatius’ College Rowing Club. Annual Regatta Programme. Riverview, Saturday, June 8th, 1889.

    Sydney : Beatson & Co., 1889. Duodecimo folding card, 120 x 75 mm; lithograph printed on all four sides, in red, pink, blue, gold, apricot and black cream card; second and third sides with Programme (light foxing); fourth side with Club officers and statement of thanks (section of paper adhesion from where the programme was …

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  • [HUNTER VALLEY] Banquet to celebrate the Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of West Maitland, 22nd April, 1902. His Lordship Dr. Murray.

    # 51147

    [CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WEST MAITLAND]

    [HUNTER VALLEY] Banquet to celebrate the Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of West Maitland, 22nd April, 1902. His Lordship Dr. Murray.

    West Maitland : T, Dimmock, 1902. Menu. Folding gilt-edged die-cut card (155 x 80 mm, irregular), printed in gold on pink and green card; central panel with episcopal arms of the West Maitland Diocese at head, surmounting the menu itself; some creasing at the tip of the central panel, the blank rear with some residual …

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  • Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura - My Country (special edition, with original painting)

    # 51098

    McGREGOR, Ken and GEISSLER, Marie

    Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country (special edition, with original painting)

    Translation into French by Flore Gregorini. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2014. ‘This special presentation of Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country, authored by Ken McGregor and Marie Geissler, translated into French by Flore Gregorini and published by Macmillan, has been compiled by Ken McGregor. It is limited to 40 copies. Each copy, consisting …

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