b'55351 355[OCEAN YACHT RACING] [ADVERTISING FROM THE SKY]Across Bass Strait - A Souvenir of Ocean Yacht Race from1917 paper parachute advertising Shell benzine (petrol)Queenscliff, Vic to Low Head, Tas., December 27th 1907. intended to be dropped from Basil Watsons home-built[Atlas Press, Block Place, Melbourne],Sopwith-Pup type biplane over Victoria and Tasmania.n.d. but 1908. 60 p., [21] p. of plates :ill., ports.; Watson was killed on 28th March 1917 when his aircraft29 cm with illustrated upper board. broke up in flight near Point Cook and thus the promotionalAn account of the win of the Rudder Cup by Thistle ownedpaper parachutes were never used. Watson had successfullyby E. Newlands. flown between Melbourne and Warrnambool in January 1917$200300and between Melbourne and Mount Gambier in February 1917,carrying small unofficial mails on those flights.352 $200250 [C.J. DENNIS INTEREST]Marrid and Other Verses by Mary Gilmore [1910] 356(with a printed slip affixed to front pastedown [AUSTRALIAN MILITARY].from the Library of the late C.J. DENNIS.); The 38TH BATTALION A.I.F. by Eric FaireyThe Moods of Ginger Mick [1916]; The Making of[Bendigo, Bendigo Advertiser Pty Ltd, and the Cambridge Press, a Sentimental Bloke by Alec Chisholm [1946], and 1920] 1st edition; 110pp, soft cover.The Sentimental Bloke [1964]. (4 items). also, 2 other Australian military publications. (3 items).$50100$200250 353 357DANIEL WHITE Esq. hand-painted illuminated presentation, [AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE]To Daniel White Esq. Dear Sir, In The Presence Of A GatheringRetrospect by Martin Boyd [1920];Representing All Branches Of The Carriage Trade Of VictoriaThe Boundary Rider by R.B. Plowman [1935];And On The Eve Of Your 81st Birthday, We Desire To Offer OurThe Fear by Thomas Keneally [1965]; and,Congratulations And To Ask You To Accept This Address AsPoor Fellow My Country by Xavier Herbert [1975].An Expression Of The Very Great Esteem With Which You Are$50100 Held By The Trade With Whom You Have Been Hounourably Associated For Over Fifty Years, 18th Sept. 1915., 358Signed by Chairman William Burton, artwork by C.Kingsley-Smith. Australian-Oriental Line Travel To Manila, China & Japan Under White was born in September 1834 at Roscrea, County Tipperary,The British Flag lithographic brochure, circa 1920,Ireland. Following the death of his father to whom he was22 x 14cmapprenticed as a blacksmith, White age seventeen and the eldest$100200 of seven children migrated to Melbourne with his mother and siblings in 1861. By 1868 White established his own carriage-building business in Swanston Street. The business grew rapidly and was known for the quality of its carriages making regular appearances at international exhibitions and even made carriages for the King of Siam. With the arrival of the combustion engine White turned to making automobile bodies for imported chassis.White was a life member of the Coach and Waggon Builders Association, and an office-bearer in the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. In 1877 he had moved the motion that created a local chamber of manufactures, of which he was president (1883-84) and honorary treasurer for thirty-eight years.45 x 33cm$600800354[ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION]TAYLOR, Griffith (1880 - 1963)With Scott : The Silver Lining[London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1916] 1st ed., xiv, 464p., [44] leaves of plates; illustrations, maps, portraits; folded map.Rebound preserving original green covers.Taylor joined Scotts Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) and is described as its wittiest member. He had devices and notebooks hanging out of every pocket and a passion for being well-equipped. He was enraptured with geology and would immerse himself into any debate. His chief interest was the action of glacial ice in molding alpine landscapes. Taylors manuscript for this book was edited by Leonard Huxley (who had edited Scotts Last Expedition). The narrative includes details of the western parties of both seasons, and the authors comments on the gale at sea, the ambience of the ships wardroom at mealtime, the arrival and settling in at Cape Evans, life at Hut Point during March-April, 1911, and winter life at Cape Evans in 1911. The scarcest of the expeditions firsthand narratives.$500750 353'