Victoria
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# 33147
CRAIG, Clifford (1896-1986); ROBERTSON, E. Graeme (Edward Graeme) (1903-1975); FAHY Kevin
Early colonial furniture in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land
Melbourne : Georgian House, 1972 (1980 reprint). Quarto cloth in dustjacket, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. A fine copy.
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# 33138
Melbourne : a beautiful city
Melbourne : Nucolorvue Productions, n.d. [c. 1962]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [24], illustrated in colour.
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# 31527
JONES, Shirley (compiler)
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings relating to Melbourne and regional Victoria, compiled in 1938.
Notebook with limp black roan covers, original dimensions 230 x 170 x 20 mm; [420] pp, with the pasted-in newspaper cuttings on every page expanding the dimensions to 230 x 220 x 110 mm; binding still holding firm, contents with an expected amount of browning and a minimal amount of foxing. This fascinating scrapbook, with …
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# 32779
PORT PHILLIP. SUPREME COURT.
Warrant on Fi. Fa. in Assumpsit. Alastair Mackenzie Esq., Deputy Sheriff of the District of Port Phillip New South Wales, to William J. Sugden, my Bailiff, Greeting:
Sydney : W. J. Rowe, Government Printer, [1842, or earlier]. Foolscap folio (335 x 210 mm), single sheet printed recto only, with manuscript entries, a warrant on Fieri Facias In Assumpsit empowering William Johnson Sugden, the Deputy Sheriff’s Bailiff, to recover the sum of £64 13/- 6d in damages and costs from Frederick Lord Clay, …
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# 31820
CRAIG, WILLIAMSON PTY. LTD.
Exceptional values in Craig fashions and fabrics for Autumn Winter wear, 1925. Craig’s, 8-26 Elizabeth St. Melbourne.
Melbourne : Keating-Wood Pty. Ltd., [1925]. Small octavo (180 x 120 mm), original pictorial wrappers (some pale foxing and light staining), lower wrapper with photographic illustration of the Soft Furnishings Dept., staple bound, pp 56, illustrated in black-and-white throughout; includes printed prices; a very good copy. A beautiful 1920’s women’s and children’s fashion catalogue for …
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# 31795
STEWART & CO.
Studio portrait of Madame Majeroni in costume as Mary Stuart. Melbourne, circa 1890.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 164 x 106 mm (mount); recto of mount with gilt imprint of ‘Stewart & Co., 40 & 42 Bourke St., East, near Parliament House, Melbourne’; verso blank; both the print and mount are in fine condition. A rare potograph of the Italian tragic actress Madame Majeroni (née Giulia Tessero: …
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# 32781
JOHNSTONE, O'SHANNESSY & CO. ; [LEIGHTON, Stanley, 1837-1901]
Studio portrait of Stanley Leighton, English barrister and colonial artist. Melbourne, 1868.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm (mount), recto with fully contemporary inscription in ink across the bottom margin ‘Stanley Leighton July 1868’; verso with the gilt imprint of ‘Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co., Photographers to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh K.G. and to His Excellency the Governor, 3 Bourke St. East, Melbourne’; …
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# 32496
WILMOT & KEY
[TASMANIA] Studio portrait of Alfred Peel Rowcroft, nephew of colonial novelist Charles Rowcroft. Geelong, circa 1873.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 63 mm (mount), verso with imprint of ‘Wilmot & Key, Photographers. Geelong Portrait Gallery, 31 Malop Street, Gelong’, and a contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Alfred Peel Rowcroft, aged 29 yrs.’; the print has some mottling in the negative, but is in good condition; the mount is …
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# 32294
MILLER, Royal R.
The Upper Murray : a centenary survey (presentation copy)
With special reference to the Corryong District. Melbourne : Spectator Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1934. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (slightly sun faded to spine), presentation inscription to endpaper ‘The Centenary Committee – with the compliments of the author’, pp. 124, photographic plates, a very good copy. Scarce.
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# 32645
McCOY, Frederick, Sir (1817-1899)
Exposition Intercoloniale, 1866. Notes sur la zoologie et la palœontologie [sic] de Victoria,
par Frederick McCoy … Traduit de l’anglais par E. Lissignol, Secrétaire du Consulat de France à Melbourne. [Drop title]. Melbourne : Masterman, imprimeur, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 1866. Octavo (215 x 138 mm), stitch bound, 35 pp; text in French; a very good copy. Ferguson, 11890a. French translation of McCoy’s On the recent zoology and palaeontology of …
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# 32876
ALEXANDER, Jane et al
Sea of dreams. Part Two. Port Philip Bay 1915 – 2013
Melbourne : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2013. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 58, illustrated.
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# 31783
FAUCHERY, Antoine (1823-1861) and DAINTREE, Richard (1832-1878)
View near Heidelberg, the Yarra flooded, 1858.
Albumen print from collodion wet-plate negative, 194 x 242 mm, laid down on its original thickish paper mount, 240 x 310 mm, with a fully contemporary caption in pencil at lower right ‘near Heidelberg’; a strong print with good tonal range and clarity, some very light vertical wrinkling from the original mounting process; the mount is …
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# 31645
Photographer unknown.
View of the Melbourne Lying-In Hospital, Madeline Street. Early 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 59 x 98 mm (mount); verso with fully contemporary caption in ink ‘Lying in Hospital, Madeline St., Hotham’, and with a later owner’s name ‘Mrs Eddie’ and a wet-stamped collection number; the print is a little pale but is in good condition, as is the mount. Although the photographer …
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# 31818
Photographer unknown.
View of the Melbourne Hospital. Early 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 59 x 98 mm (mount); verso with fully contemporary captions in both pencil and ink ‘Melbourne Hospital’, and with a later inscription ‘From Mrs A. Eddie, Woodlands, Greensborough’, and a wet-stamped collection number; a strong print with great detail, in good condition; the mount has been very slightly trimmed. …
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# 31798
CHEVALIER, Thomas (1828-1898)
A pair of studio portraits of a husband and wife. Bendigo, Victorian goldfields, circa 1865.
Two albumen print photographs in identical carte de visite format, 101 x 64 mm (mounts); versos imprinted ‘Photographed by Chevalier & Co., (Next Commercial Hotel), Pall Mall, Sandhurst’; both prints have beautiful tones and excellent clarity; the portrait of the woman has some mottling in the negative, and both mounts have some very light foxing. …
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# 30868
WALTER, Charles (Carl) (1831-1907)
A group of twenty-four stereoscopic views of rock formations and other topographical features along the coastline of southwest Victoria, circa 1865.
[Melbourne : Age Office, circa 1865]. Twenty-four stereoscopic albumen print photographs, each image approximately 80 x 80 mm (arched format), on original yellow card mounts, 90 x 170 mm, versos with original paper labels printed with the series title ‘AUSTRALIAN SCENERY’ and the photographer’s information ‘Chas. Walter. Photographic Artist to The Illustrated Australian News, The …