New South Wales

  • Morning Prayer [and] Evening Prayer.

    # 26492

    JONES, William (printer)

    Morning Prayer [and] Evening Prayer.

    Sydney : [William] Jones, Printer, Bridge-street, [circa 1835]. Pair of broadsides, each 450 x 390 mm, printed on letterpress; both examples with an old central horizontal fold and toning, the Morning Prayer sheet with some insect damage around the fold and at top right corner (no loss of text); both unmounted. These rare companion broadsides were …

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  • [POLICE; CONVICTS] Three New South Wales Legislative Council returns, 1835.

    # 33999

    McLEAY, Alexander (1767-1848); LAIDLEY, James (1786-1835)

    [POLICE; CONVICTS] Three New South Wales Legislative Council returns, 1835.

    Disbound foolscap folio (295 x 190 mm), [8] pp with early manuscript pagination 369-376; comprising three Legislative Council returns (see below) printed on wove paper with Britannia watermark; some toning to first page, else fine. I. McLeay, Alexander. Numerical Return of the Police Force of New South Wales, with the charge for the same, for …

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  • Views of Sydney.

    # 28984

    BRODIE, Alexander (photographer, attributed); [CLARKE, Jacob Richard, 1822-1893, publisher?]

    Views of Sydney.

    [1879-1880]. Photograph album. Small oblong quarto, 210 x 275 mm, original half green morocco over black pebbled cloth boards (lightly rubbed) with double gilt rule, upper board lettered in gilt ‘Views of Sydney’, spine with raised bands in gilt; all edges gilt, silk pastedowns and linen endpapers; containing 29 albumen print photographs in identical 150 …

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  • Studio portrait of Lieutenant Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa of HMS Clio, Flagship of the Pacific Station. Sydney, 1872.

    # 34174

    FREEMAN, William (1809–1895)

    Studio portrait of Lieutenant Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa of HMS Clio, Flagship of the Pacific Station. Sydney, 1872.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm (mount); recto with a fully contemporary caption in ink beneath the image: ‘Fredk. Metaxa’; verso imprinted ‘Freeman, late Oswald Allen. Artist Photographer. Crayon & Miniature Painter. 360 George Street, Sydney. Terms Cash on Delivery. Photographer by Appointment to His Excellency the Governor’; the print has …

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  • Sydney bridge celebrations, 1932

    # 33769

    SMITH, Sydney Ure; GELLERT, Leon

    Sydney bridge celebrations, 1932

    Sydney : Art in Australia Ltd., 1932. Quarto, illustrated wrappers with silver highlights (staples slightly rusted, as usual), slight edge wear, pp. 80. illustrated, colour advertisements. A fine Australian art deco publication. A bright copy.

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  • Artist's impression of the Harbour Bridge approaches, North Sydney. Late 1920s.

    # 32941

    Maker unknown.

    Artist’s impression of the Harbour Bridge approaches, North Sydney. Late 1920s.

    Silver gelatin print photograph of an artist’s drawing, 165 x 390 mm; verso annotated in ink ‘Harbour Bridge Approaches, North Sydney’, and with a newspaper editor’s annotations in pencil ‘1 / 17’ and ‘6 cols’; old vertical fold with a tiny tear at top edge, pin holes at top corners; unmounted.

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  • Souvenir of Kuringai Chase and Bobbin Head, the beautiful.

    # 33658

    Souvenir of Kuringai Chase and Bobbin Head, the beautiful.

    Also titled: Souvenir of Bobbin Head, the beautiful, Kuring-gai Chase, N.S.W. Parramatta : Cumberland Newspapers Ltd., [1938?]. Small oblong quarto (195 x 250 mm), original pictorial card covers, printed text on inside covers, [12] pp, all photographic illustrations; a very good copy. This edition appears to be a variant (predecessor?) of the 1939 edition, which was …

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  • A popular guide to the wild flowers of New South Wales

    # 32435

    SULMAN, Florence; MORT, Eirene

    A popular guide to the wild flowers of New South Wales

    With 51 full-page plates by Eirene Mort and Dorothy M. Watkins. London : Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1913 – 14. Two volumes, octavo, decorated cloth (a few small marks), pp. xxxii; 208; xxxii; 249; 32 (publisher’s catalogue), black and white plates predominately by Eirene Mort, folding maps, occasional light foxing, a very good set. An …

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  • Australia 1788-1938. (With an archive of unique ephemera associated with Ziegler's publications for the Sesquicentenary)

    # 33207

    ZIEGLER, Oswald L. (publisher); HURLEY, Frank (photographer)

    Australia 1788-1938. (With an archive of unique ephemera associated with Ziegler’s publications for the Sesquicentenary)

    Sydney, N.S.W. : Simmons Limited, 1938. “Produced by Oswald L. Ziegler under the authority of Australia’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Council and in collaboration with its publicity committee.” (title page). Elephant folio (440 x 310 mm), publisher’s tan leather over boards (lightly rubbed and marked), upper board with black leather panel lettered in gilt 150 Years; all …

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  • William Westall, voyage artist: autograph receipt for the sale a drawing for Mrs. Haldimand, dated 31 October 1826.

    # 32325

    WESTALL, William (1781-1850)

    William Westall, voyage artist: autograph receipt for the sale a drawing for Mrs. Haldimand, dated 31 October 1826.

    Manuscript in ink on laid paper, 75 x 180 mm; dated ‘Oct. 31st 1826’, the document is written in Westall’s hand and is worded: ‘Recd. of G. J. Robson Esqre. Ten Guineas for a Drawing for Mrs. Haldimand. [Signed] W. Westall. / £10.10’; blind stamped at left margin ‘Receipt Three Pence’; clean and complete. Rare …

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  • Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, 1888. New South Wales Mineral Court. Descriptive catalogue of exhibits of metals, minerals, fossils, and timbers (Government and private), prepared and arranged on behalf of the New South Wales Commission,

    # 32958

    ABIGAIL, Francis; CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (NEW SOUTH WALES COMMISSION)

    Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, 1888. New South Wales Mineral Court. Descriptive catalogue of exhibits of metals, minerals, fossils, and timbers (Government and private), prepared and arranged on behalf of the New South Wales Commission,

    by direction of the Honorable Francis Abigail, Minister for Mines, Sydney. Sydney : Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1888. Octavo (245 x 155 mm), publisher’s printed salmon-coloured wrappers (upper wrapper with edge and corner wear and annotations in pencil at top corner; spine ends with paper loss), pp 115; internally very clean, a good all-original copy.

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  • Gleanings from my scrap-book (presentation copy)

    # 32756

    RAE, John (1813 - 1900)

    Gleanings from my scrap-book (presentation copy)

    Third series. Sydney : Printed by the Author, 1874. Octavo, half-crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments lettered in gilt, edges dyed red, presentation inscription to preliminary blank to Joseph James Phelps, Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly ‘J. J. Phelps Esq. M. P. with the author’s compliment 2 August 1875’, double page lithographed …

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  • [SYDNEY; THEATRE; CINEMA] Minerva. Whitehall Productions presents "Mr. Smart Guy".

    # 24171

    WHITEHALL PRODUCTIONS (SYDNEY); [MINERVA THEATRE]; [COPPEL, Alec]

    [SYDNEY; THEATRE; CINEMA] Minerva. Whitehall Productions presents “Mr. Smart Guy”.

    [Cover title]. Sydney, NSW : Publicity Pty. Ltd., 1941. Small quarto (247 x 184 mm), original pictorial wrappers (light vertical fold), staple bound, 16 pp, with photographic portraits, including writer/director Alec Coppel and actors, advertisements for local businesses; a good copy. Programme produced for the world premiere on May 10 1941 of the play Mr. …

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  • Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Third series.

    # 33117

    Edge-Partington, James (1854-1930)

    Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Third series.

    [Portfolio cover title]. Also titled: An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress &c. of the natives of the Pacific islands. Drawn and described from examples in public & private collections in Australasia by James Edge-Partington. Third series. [London] : Issued for private circulation by James Edge-Partington & Charles Heape, 1898. “Lithographed by Palmer, …

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  • The artist : a journal devoted to the interests of the graphic arts and sculpture

    # 32723

    YOUNG, John

    The artist : a journal devoted to the interests of the graphic arts and sculpture

    Sydney : J. Young. 1941. Vol. 1, No. 1 – Vol. 1, No. 3. Three issues, octavo, each pp. 8, light general wear. Journal for artists from the owner of Macquarie Galleries, with articles by Roland Wakelin, and reviews of artists Ralph Balson, Isabel McWhannel et alia.

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  • Australian Water Colour Institute. Annual Exhibition. March 1926

    # 32722

    Australian Water Colour Institute

    Australian Water Colour Institute. Annual Exhibition. March 1926

    Sydney : Australian Water Colour Institute, 1926. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, previous owner’s name in pen, pp. [8], catalogue of 155 works priced in guineas, heavily annotated and crossed out by the previous owner (indicating the works sold), admission ticket intact. Includes works by Charles Conder, Lionel Lindsay, Kenneth Macquieen, Rah Fizelle, Vida Lahey, Harold Herbert, …

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