New South Wales

# 35908

[NORMAN, James, 1790-1868] SCOTT, Thomas Hobbes, Archdeacon; HILL, Richard, Rev.; ARTHUR, George, Lieutenant-Governor

Official duplicate correspondence re. reimbursement to the Church Missionary Society in Sydney for Rev. James Norman’s passage to Tasmania from England. February-October, 1829.

[Sydney, NSW, 1829]. Manuscript in ink, [3] pp, foolscap folio bifolium; in the hand of a CMS clerk; being duplicate copies of three letters, comprising: 1. Sydney, 17 February 1829. Archdeacon Thomas Hobbes Scott, to the Rev. Richard Hill of the CMS, Sydney; 2. Sydney, 26 August 1829. Rev. Richard Hill, to Archdeacon Thomas Hobbes …

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# 35803

NEWMAN, J. (John) Hubert (1830-1916)

Tinted studio portrait of a girl cradling her doll. Sydney, late 1870s.

Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount), verso with imprint of J. Hubert Newman, Photographer, Oil and Crayon Painter etc., No. 12 Oxford Street, Hyde Park, Sydney, N.S.W.; the print and mount are both in excellent condition.

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# 27893

"Giacomo di Rosenberg" (James Tucker)

Ralph Rashleigh, or the life of an exile. (Deluxe edition)

Now first published from the original manuscript. Edited with introduction and notes by Colin Roderick, M. A. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson, 1952. Folio, gilt-lettered quarter crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial map endpapers (signed Mayo), etched frontispiece titled ‘Port Hunter, 1832’ by Geoffrey Ingleton, signed …

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# 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.

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# 35588

SKI STUDIO (SYDNEY)

The Chalet, Kiandra, N.S.W. : Snowy Mountains of Australia.

[Sydney, NSW] : Ski Studio, 106 Riley Street, [circa 1950]. Promotional flyer, 215 x 140 mm, printed recto only on thin card; vignette illustration and information about accommodation for skiers and holidaymakers in the ‘completely modernised brick and stone building, supplied with electric light, hot and cold water, sewerage and central heating’; light foxing and …

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# 35585

[NEW SOUTH WALES TOURST BUREAU?]

[SNOWY MOUNTAINS] Three photographs of scenes around Mount Kosciusko, with their original Hotel Kosciusko envelope. Early 1920s.

Three gelatin silver print photographs on medium stock, in uniform format 115 x 160 mm, each wet stamped on the verso ‘Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W.’; all in good condition; purchased by a holidaymaker from the Hotel Kosciusko around 1920-25, the photos are accompanied by the original Hotel Kosciusko manila envelope, which is in pristine condition. …

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# 35599

YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

[SNOWY MOUNTAINS] Ski-ing this season : Kiandra, N.S.W., the home of ski-ing in Australia, 5000 ft. above sea level.

Sydney : The Youth Hostel Association of New South Wales, [between 1950 and 1960]. Folding sheet, 108 x 130 mm, [4] pp, front with photographic illustration; contains information about accommodation, hire of skiing equipment, tour itineraries etc.; in fine condition.

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# 35507

LINDSAY, Lionel

Etchings of old Sydney by Lionel Lindsay. No. 5. The Commissariat Stores

Reproduced in photogravure from the original. Sydney : W. C. Penfold & Co., c. 1920. Small folio, folding card, reproduction of etching with caption, foxed. From a series of 5 cards reproducing Lindsay etchings, originally issued each in an envelope within a card box.

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# 35300

ESSON, Michael

Michael Esson : our identity is our discomfort (signed copy)

St Andrews (Scotland) : Crawford Arts Centre, 1990. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [24], illustrated. Signed by the artist on preliminary blank. Michael Esson is a Scottish artist resident in Sydney, the catalogue includes an essay by Sydney resident poet Robert Gray.

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# 34753

[BURKE AND WILLS]. ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA

Progress Reports and Final Report of the Exploration Committee.

Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria, [1863-73]. Small folio (315 x 200 mm), original printed papered limp boards (scuffed and marked) with cloth back strip; pp. [vi], 8, 4, 2, 6, 4, 4, 8, 6, 6, 8 (all on blue paper) + 16 (last leaf blank) on white; complete, with all of the reports in …

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# 34739

[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]

[TRANSPORTATION] An Act for the effectual Transportation of Felons and other Offenders ; and to authorize the Removal of Prisoners in certain Cases ; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

[Drop-head title with coat of arms at head of text]. London : Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1784. Foolscap folio, 320 x 200 mm, disbound, pp 907-919, [1 blank], [1 colophon], [1 blank]; first leaf with toning to bottom margin, else a fine copy. The Transportation, etc. Act 1784 (24 Geo. 3 c. …

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# 34743

[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]

[TARIFFS] An Act to continue, until the First Day of January [1824], an Act … relating to imposing and levying Duties in New South Wales ; to authorise the imposing and levying other Duties on Goods imported into the said Colony ; and to suspend, for Ten Years, the Payment of Duty on the Importation of certain Goods of Produce of New South Wales. 30th July 1822.

[Drop-head title with coat of arms at head of text]. London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1822. Foolscap folio, 305 x 190 mm, disbound, pp 913-918, [2 blank]; a fine copy. ‘For the purpose of tariff fixing, the colony of New South Wales made up all of the modern “Australia” until 1825. …

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# 35115

MANSFIELD, Mary

Arts and Crafts Studio : Mary Mansfield

Advertising leaflet for the arts and crafts studio of Mary Mansfield, Strand Arcade, Sydney, circa 1930, with fees for individual instruction in stencilling, raffia work, Indian basket work, pen painting, wood carving, leather work, Batik, French polishing and more. Accompanied by a second flyer for ‘The Artist’s Forum’ organised by Mary Mansfield, inviting visitors to …

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# 34554

LEE, Sydney Williams (1841-1917)

Manuscript letter from architect Sydney Williams Lee to artist John Seymour Lucas, March 1879, with an offer to purchase “The Gordon Riots”, the painting which was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1881.

Manuscript in ink on wove writing paper, octavo bifolium (179 x 112 mm), [4] pp, written on the first side only; headed ‘4 Burston Road, Putney. March 5th 1879’; signed at the foot ‘Sydney W. Lee’; the note is addressed ‘My dear Lucas’ (John Seymour Lucas, English historical genre painter, 1849-1923); Lee offers to buy …

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# 34107

Photographer unknown. [KINGSMILL, Charles, Rev. Canon]

A woman and her dog posing in front of a kangaroo-skin backdrop. Goulburn, New South Wales, circa 1905.

Silver gelatin print photograph, 65 x 100 mm; printed on postcard stock (89 x 139 mm); a brief message in ink on the front of the card – no doubt in the hand of the woman in the photograph – reads: ‘I find I can’t get round this evening. So sorry – love, A. S.’; …

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# 34222

KERRY & CO.

Child Studies no. 11

Sydney, NSW : Kerry & Co., [c.1905]. “Series 62”. Chromolithographic postcard, 140 x 90 mm; in the image are the series title and number and the imprint of photographer and publisher Kerry & Co; verso with handwritten message; mailed from Boolaroo (Newcastle) to Granville (Sydney), 1d New South Wales stamp with postmark dated May 18 1912; …

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