New South Wales

  • Studio portrait of a young man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his banjo and tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.

    # 45875

    TASMA

    Studio portrait of a young man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his banjo and tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.

    Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘TASMA 176 King Street, Newton, Sydney’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition.

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  • Sir Henry Parkes : greatest Australian statesman, Father of Federation.

    # 45158

    SMITH, C. C. (Colin Charles)

    Sir Henry Parkes : greatest Australian statesman, Father of Federation.

    Born May 27th, 1815. Died April 27th, 1896. [Drop title]. Sydney : R. Hickson, printer [for C. C. Smith, author], 1934. Duodecimo folding sheet, 86 x 138 mm, pp. 5, portrait of Parkes to front; at foot of p. 4: ‘Copies may be had from Mr. C. C. Smith, 1 Yanko Avenue, Bronte’; very good …

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  • Mount Keera [sic] from Wollongong Rocks, N. S. Wales. 4 June 1852.

    # 44051

    SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

    Mount Keera [sic] from Wollongong Rocks, N. S. Wales. 4 June 1852.

    [Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 140 x 210 mm, initialed in pencil l.r. ‘W. S.’, with caption in ink beneath ‘Mount Keera [sic] from Wollongong Rocks, N. S. Wales’; dated l.l. in pencil ‘4 June’ and in ink beneath ‘1852’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 275 …

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  • Nettle Tree, ab[out] 15 f. high. Dapto Bridge, Illawarra, NSW. 29 May 1852.

    # 44055

    SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

    Nettle Tree, ab[out] 15 f. high. Dapto Bridge, Illawarra, NSW. 29 May 1852.

    [Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 155 x 120 mm, captioned by the artist in pencil l.r. ‘Nettle Tree, ab[out] 15 f. high. Dapto Bridge’, and with date and general location l.l. ’29 May 1852 / Illawarra, NSW’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 300 x 240 mm; …

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  • Cabbage tree palms, [American] Creek, Illawarra. [ca. 1852].

    # 44057

    SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

    Cabbage tree palms, [American] Creek, Illawarra. [ca. 1852].

    [Title from artist’s captions]. Graphite on paper, 180 x 130 mm, initialed in ink l.l. ‘W. S.’, and with the artist’s pencilled captions u.l. and u.r. ‘Cabbage’ [i.e. Cabbage tree palm]; laid down on card with the artist’s additional captions in pencil l.l. ‘Illawarra’ and l.r. ‘American Creek’ (the first word is very faint, but …

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  • Morton [sic] Bay Figtree. Illawarra, 3 June 1852.

    # 44056

    SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

    Morton [sic] Bay Figtree. Illawarra, 3 June 1852.

    [Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 220 x 155 mm, captioned by the artist in pencil l.r. ‘Morton [sic] Bay Figtree’, and with date and general location l.l. ‘3 June 1852 / Illawarra’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 300 x 240 mm; the work has a vertical …

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  • Portrait of Henry Parkes (Sydney, 1839), published as a carte de visite in Sydney, late 1870s; plus Parkes family portraits and a view of his birthplace.

    # 45159

    GORUS, John [PARKES, Henry, Sir 1815-1896]

    Portrait of Henry Parkes (Sydney, 1839), published as a carte de visite in Sydney, late 1870s; plus Parkes family portraits and a view of his birthplace.

    I. Albumen print photograph of a portrait painting, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘From the Studio of J. T. Gorus, Photographic Artist, 101 King Street, Sydney, New South Wales’; some light surface rubbing, otherwise in very good condition. This portrait of Parkes, “Father of Federation”, was painted in Sydney …

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  • The Riverina : people and properties

    # 45754

    RONALD, Robert B.

    The Riverina : people and properties

    Melbourne : Cheshire, 1960. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth in very uncommon price clipped illustrated dustjacket (chipped with loss), maps to endpapers (tape marks), pp. [iv]; vi; 183, internally clean. Rare, especially with the dustjacket.

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  • Studio portrait of a young boy holding a cricket bat. Sydney, c.1882.

    # 45622

    RIISFELDT, Emil

    Studio portrait of a young boy holding a cricket bat. Sydney, c.1882.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘Palace Photographic. E. Riisfeldt, Artist Photographer. 488 (late 490) George Street, opposite Central Police Court, Sydney. First Prize, Melbourne International Exhibition’; the print has a bent top corner, but is otherwise in very good condition, as is the …

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  • Five studio portraits of comedian and female impersonator Gilbert Saroney (in and out of character). Sydney, 1880.

    # 45332

    RIISFELDT, Emil

    Five studio portraits of comedian and female impersonator Gilbert Saroney (in and out of character). Sydney, 1880.

    Five albumen print photographs, in uniform carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mounts); verso with the imprint of ‘Palace Photographic. E. Riisfeldt, Artist Photographer. Hordern’s Chambers, 490 George Street, Sydney’; on the verso of one is a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Saroney’; the prints and mounts are all in excellent condition. Provenance: …

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  • Mabel : Australian feminist newspaper. No. 1 December 1975.

    # 45613

    MABEL COLLECTIVE [FIGNER, Vera, ed.]

    Mabel : Australian feminist newspaper. No. 1 December 1975.

    Sydney, N.S.W. : Mabel Collective, 1975. Folio newspaper, 24 pp, illustrated; original central horizontal fold, front page foxed, otherwise very good. Eight issues of Mabel were published between Dec. 1975 and Sept. 1977. A history of the newspaper by Paula J. Byrne, Mabelled, appeared in Hecate, v.22, no.2, 1996, p.87-100.

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  • [MEDICINE] Portrait of Andrew W. Nash. Newcastle, New South Wales, c.1884.

    # 45552

    SLADE, William Joseph

    [MEDICINE] Portrait of Andrew W. Nash. Newcastle, New South Wales, c.1884.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm; verso with the back mark of ‘SLADE (Late Williams), Artist in Photography, Hunter Stree, Newcastle, N.S.W.’, and a signed inscription in pencil by the sitter: ‘A. W. Nash, Australian Club, Edinburgh, Scotland. A.W.N.’; the print has some light rubbing and mottling in the negative; …

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  • Historical records of New South Wales

    # 44735

    BRITTON, A. (editor) et al.

    Historical records of New South Wales

    Mona Vale, N.S.W. : Lansdowne, Slattery and Company, 1978-1980. Facsimile edition of the first edition published between 1892 – 1901. Seven volumes in eight, octavo, cloth in dustjacket (edges lightly rubbed), pagination various, illustrated, together with the facsimile volume of charts, quarto, to accompany Vol. 1, Part 1. A very good set. Complete.

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  • Tracts relative to the Aborigines / published by direction of the Meeting for Sufferings from 1838 to 1842

    # 45110

    SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. LONDON YEARLY MEETING.

    Tracts relative to the Aborigines / published by direction of the Meeting for Sufferings from 1838 to 1842

    London : Edward Marsh, 84 Houndsditch, 1843. Series: Tracts relative to the Aborigines, nos. 1-8. Octavo (210 x 135 mm), original blind-blocked green cloth with gilt-lettered spine (upper board with stain at fore-edge penetrating to pastedown and front endpaper), front free-endpaper with two early North American Society of Friends Meeting inscriptions; pp. i-xii; 1-60 (Information …

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  • [SYDNEY; THEATRE] Minerva Theatre magazine programme. (For "French Without Tears", season commencing 23 May 1940)

    # 45568

    MINERVA THEATRE

    [SYDNEY; THEATRE] Minerva Theatre magazine programme. (For “French Without Tears”, season commencing 23 May 1940)

    Sydney, NSW : Whitmarks Pty. Ltd. [for Minerva Centre Ltd.], 1940. Small quarto (240 x 185 mm), original pictorial wrappers, staple bound; 20 pp, with photographic portraits of actors Aileen Britton, Don Nicol, Lloyd Lamble, Jane Conolly, and Charles Norman, and many fabulous advertisements for Kings Cross and Sydney businesses; a fine copy. Programme for …

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  • Studio portrait of an adolescent girl with bottle curls. Sydney, circa 1870.

    # 45163

    BOAKE, Barcroft Capel (1838-1921)

    Studio portrait of an adolescent girl with bottle curls. Sydney, circa 1870.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘B. C. Boake. From Freeman Bros. Photographer. 330 George St. Sydney. (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.)’; a strong print with excellent clarity; the print and mount are both in very good condition. A lovely full-length portrait by Irish-born photographer …

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