CLA Auction 218

BOOKS & EPHEMERA

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Lot Symbols Description Estimate
1052   1904 Certificate for Operative Bricklayers' Society, beautifully engraved and hand-coloured, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., some toning and stains, framed, overall 58x72cm.  $40 - $60
1053   Doctors Certificates, all framed and glazed, noted 1926 certificates (2) from The University of Melbourne, for Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery; plus 1929 certificate from Edinburgh Medical College.  (3 items) $50 - $60
1054 L THE BEATLES, Official Souvenir programme for the Australian Tour 1964. Good condition.  $100 - $120
1055 L "Main Line Engines" (original Thomas the Tank Engine series No.21) by Rev.W.Awdry [London, 1966] (covers creased); plus "One Hundred Years of History - Shire of Phillip Island & Woolamai 1875-1928, Shire of Bass 1928-1975" by White [Bass, 1974]. (2 items) $100 - $120
1056   AUSTRALIA:  ENGRAVINGS: 1860-94 leaves from "The Graphic" or "The Illustrated London News" with 15 engravings of Australian Views, including 'Views in Melbourne' (4, hand-coloured) & 'Bush Life in Queensland' (4). (15 items) $80 - $100
1057 L AUSTRALIA:  "The Wild Flowers around Melbourne" by Fanny Anne Charlsley [London, 1867], rare and attractive book, first issue with uncoloured title page and 13 hand-coloured lithograph plates, rebound in green cloth, some staining and spotting as usual. [Charsley arrived in Melbourne in 1857, and during the following ten years produced a set of fine watercolours of the wild flowers in the area. On her return to England in 1867, she used her paintings to illustrate this beautiful work. Unusually, she made the stone lithographs herself, while the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller (to whom Charsley in fact dedicated the whole work) added the botanical classifications. Von Mueller was so impressed with the botanical accuracy of her work, that he named an Australian flower, Helipterum charsleyae, in her honour.]  $2000 - $2500
1058   AUSTRALIA:  c1870 pair of hand-coloured engravings by N.Chevalier, titled "Melbourne From the Yarra" & "Sandridge, Victoria", each overall 28x21cm, some minor tone spots though very attractive. (2 items) $120 - $150
1059 L AUSTRALIA:  "Picturesque Atlas of Australasia" Part 13 only, by Andrew Garran [Sydney, 1886], with many fine wood-cuts of Melbourne.  $120 - $150
1060 L AUSTRALIA:  Range of books (10), noted "The Insects of Australia and New Zealand" by Tillyard [Sydney, 1926]; "The Journal of Decorative Art" - Volumes VIII & IX [London, 1888-89]; "West Australian Wildflowers" by C.A.Gardner [Perth, 1945]; plus set of old scales, compass & WW1 photograph. (13 items) $200 - $250
1061 L AUSTRALIA:  "Historical Memento of The Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, at Melbourne, May 1901", published by Osboldstone & Atkins [Melbourne, 1901].  $100 - $150
1062 L AUSTRALIA:  "The Crossing of the Blue Mountains Centenary 1813-1913", published by W.E.Smith Ltd [Sydney, c1912].  $75 - $100
1063 L AUSTRALIA:  "Orchids of Australia, Drawn in Natural Colours by W.H.Nicholls with Descriptive Text", Parts I-IV [Melbourne, 1951-58], unbound as issued, 24 fine colour plates in each part (96 in all).   $200 - $250
1064 L AUSTRALIA:  Range with book "100 years of Football - The Story of the Melbourne Football club 1858-1958" by Taylor [Melbourne, 1958]; newspapers for 1945 Jap Surrender & 1953 QEII Coronation; plus 16mm Film "Queen Elizabeth in Victoria". (4 items) $75 - $100
1065 L AUSTRALIA:  Box of magazines & newspapers related to Royalty, anniversaries & special events; range Shell trade cards (c170); Football books (7) & 1968-70 "Football Records" (8).  $100 - $120
1066 L AUSTRALIA:  "J.J.Miller's Sporting Annual", complete run 1963-90, each covering horse racing, football, athletics, boxing, cricket, motor racing, olympics, wood chopping, etc. (28) $90 - $100
1067 L MILITARY:  Range of WW2 military books, noted 18 titles published by the Australian War Memorial, "Pacific Victory" by Hugh Buggy, "War in New Guinea - Official War Photographs of the Battle for Australia". (Total 26) $150 - $200