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ID - 480454 - A beautiful gilt hardcover copy of 'Handel's Sacred Oratorio, The Messiah, composed in the year 1741, in full score, including Mozart's additional accompaniments', published by Novello, Ewer & Co.; circa late 19th century

Used antique condition; binding loosening, some early pages loosening and formerly taped, red pencil marks to interior

ID - 480455 - A beautiful set of 'Country Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland', edited by the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A., published by William Mackenzie; London, England, containing the first four volumes (of six, plus a supplemental, total seven), undated, circa 1880

In very good condition; some foxing, wear, roughness to endboards and loss to gilding as appropriate to age

ID - 480456 - A stunning antique hand written & illustrated manuscript copy of 'The Seed', a collection of poems, likely unpublished, by author Paula Fitzgerald (b.1896 - d.1972) and illustrated by Agatha Fitzgerald (later Cameron, b.1895 - d.1961), her sister, with beautiful embossed and gilt leather cover, replete with colour and black and white illustrations and marbled end boards, some small amendments pasted over (now loose), minor wear and staining, otherwise very good and a very rare piece, with small label for Watson Ferguson & Co. (Brisbane)

Paula appears several times in newspapers; in particular, in winning an award at age 15 for her short Christmas story in 1911, and with a poem 'The Shadows' that was published in The Daily Mail which featured illustrations by her sister. She would have poems published in the Bulletin, the Jindyworobak Anthology, Meanjin Papers, and a copy of her book 'The Lady of the Blue Cloak' is in the National Library of Australia

Agatha and Paula were the daughters of a Mr James Frances Fitzgerald and Mrs Laura Fitzgerald (d.1941) of Enderley, New Farm, Brisbane, with their uncle being Rev. Father Fitzgerald; the sisters also had a brother, F. Fitzgerald, and another, Cyril Martin (b.1891 - d.1918) who was killed in action in WWI; Agatha married Dr. Gavin Holme Cameron in 1920

ID - 480457 - The French Revolution' volumes ! and II by Thomas Carlyle, 1857, with leather binding, marbled cover and page edges, in good condition, scuffing to covers

ID - 480458 - A copy of 'MIscellanies Upon Various Subjects' by John Aubrey FRS, reprint from the 'Library of Old Authors' series re-published by John Russell Smith 1857, hardbound, losses to cover on spine, cover embossed with floral garland design, light discolouration to pages, text in ink inside cover page

ID - 480459 - A copy of the works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, fifth edition, translated from Latin by John Pechey, published by John Wellington, London, 1712, in later binding with marbled paper and leather bound spine, marks and discolouration to paper, please use gloves provided when inspecting

ID - 480460 - A copy of Buffon's 'Natural History' beautifully illustrated with engravings, published by C & G Kearsley, London, 1792, dedication in ink dated 1840 third leaf, additional text in pencil to second page, hardbound, loss of front cover, marks, discolouration and small tears to pages

ID - 480461 - A very unusual book of early Australian & New Zealand canned fruit labels, perfect for the graphic design student; each unused and likely from the factory or producers themselves, including a large array of classic style labels for varieties of peaches, pears, apricots, grapes, jams and more, many with typewritten notes, circa first half of the 20th century

Some worn, with tears; otherwise very good

ID - 480462 - Two lovely pieces of Asian ephemera: a 1956 copy of 'The Classical Theatre of China' programme, and an antique look Bryant & May (London) matchbox with striker base with brass and black tone Chinese scenes, including some matches

Programme in excellent vintage condition, box with surface wear, box dimensions:

ID - 480463 - An antique part folio copy of 'Old England: A Pictoral Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities', c.1860, brimming with black and white illustrations and some coloured, of objects, scenes, places and phenomena pertaining to English history; edited by Charles Knight, 64 pages, in heavily worn and foxed condition, with mis-matched cover

ID - 480464 - A Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition, volume 49, partially complete from January 6 1947 ��� June 16 1947, stamped from the Australian War Memorial archives, includes original index booklet. The 22 newsmagazines printed with colour and beautiful black and white front covers featuring Princess Elizabeth (Vol.49, No.13), conductor Rodzinski (Vol.49, No.7), and showman Billie Rose Josip Tito (Vol.49, No.22). Some wear edges to magazines, in otherwise fantastic condition for age.

ID - 480465 - The complete Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition, volume 48, from July 1 1946 ��� December 30 1946, stamped from the Australian War Memorial archives, includes original index booklet. All 26 newsmagazines with beautiful black and white front covers featuring Albert Einstein (Vol.48, No.1), Jerusalem edition (Vol.48, No.9), and Josip Tito (Vol.48, No.12). Some wear edges to magazines, in otherwise fantastic condition for age.

ID - 480466 - A collectable Time Magazine (January 7 1980), featuring Man of the Year the former Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatullah Khomeini ���the mystic who lit the fires of hatred��� (pg.7), in fantastic condition PLUS a the Time Magazine (March 19 1984) featuring Michael Jackson ���why he���s a thriller, inside his world���, in vibrant colour, in fantastic condition

ID - 480467 - The complete Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition, volume 50, from July 7 1947 ��� December 29 1947, stamped from the Australian War Memorial archives, includes original index booklet. All 26 newsmagazines with vibrant colour front covers featuring Cold War Russian Diplomate Andrei Gromyko (Vol.50, No.7), Australian Tennis star Jake Kramer (Vol.50, No.9), and Baldovinetti Modonna painting (Vol.50, No.26). Some wear edges to magazines, in otherwise fantastic condition for age.

ID - 480468 - A vintage copy of 'Saxton's Map of England and Wales, 1579', printed by Taylowe Limited, 1973, signs of discolouration, some marks including foxing

Dimensions of frame

ID - 480469 - A vintage print 'Phalacrocorax Carbo' (Cormorant) after the original illustration in 'Birds of Great Britain' by John Gould, signs of light discolouration

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ID - 480470 - A vintage invitation to the The Guild of the pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire 25th anniversary event, November 30th 1954, in the presence of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Grand Master

ID - 480471 - An original 1984 'Terms of Endearment' movie poster in black and white featuring MacLaine and Winger

As found, creases, small pin holes to corners,

ID - 480472 - A small lot of Jesus Christ Superstar memorabilia including a signed photograph of Jon English

ID - 480473 - A vintage roll of Eastman Kodak colour film in an original tin, marked variously to lid, presumed French news as marked

Film appears in good condition; Tin dimensions:

ID - 480474 - Five vintage movie posters in good condition, advertising 'Jane Eyre', 'The Bismarck', 'Love Story', 'Heidi' and 'Drive-In'

ID - 480475 - A rare antique copy of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 'Report on the Proposed Electric Railways for the City of Sydney', by J. J. C. Bradfield, c.1915-1916, printed by William Applegate Gullick; Sydney, Australia

With multiple fold-out maps, plans, illustrations and graphs; back cover loose, wear to binding, some tears, discolouration, used condition

ID - 480476 - A large collection of near antique volumes from the Phoenix Library series published by Chatto & Windus, London, various dates 1920s-1930s, total more than thirty, hardbound, light wear to most volumes, including minor scrapes and marks to covers, discolouration to pages, text including dedications in ink or pencil to front pages

Dimensions of each volume approximately

ID - 480477 - Five useful resources for antiques collectors, including a copy of 'The Encyclopaedia of Furniture', by Joseph Aronson, a copy of 'Silver: an Illustrated Guide to Collecting Silver' by Margaret Holland, a copy of 'Rugs and Carpets of the Orient' by Nathaniel Harris, a copy of 'Empire Style: 1804-1815 by Nietta Apra, and a copy of 'Treasures of the World: Georgian England: The Age of Elegance'

ID - 480478 - Five works by Robert Graves, including 'The Reader Over Your Shoulder' (with Alan Hodge), published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1943, 'The White Goddess', Faber & Faber, London, 1948, 'Occupation Writer', Cassell & Co, London, 1951, Catacrok!', Cassell & Co, London, 1956, and 'The Crane Bag & Other Disputed Subjects', Cassell, London, 1969, hardbound, all but the first volume with dust jacket, wear to cover and jackets including minor tears, scrapes, marks and stains, minor discolouration to paper, text in ink and pencil

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ID - 480479 - A copy of 'The Diary of a Nobody' by George Grossmith and Weedon Grosssmith, first published in Punch Magazine, JW Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1892, accompanied by two volumes of illustrations from Punch Magazine, published by Faber & Faber, London, 1947, all hardbound, crack to spine inside front cover of 'Nobody', marks and stains to covers, discolouration to pages and covers, particularly at edges

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ID - 480480 - Five beautiful vintage volumes for young readers, including 'Black Beauty' and 'The Hearth and Eagle' by Anna Sewell, 'The Story of My Life' by Helen Keller, 'Two Little Fortune-Hunters' by Florence E Birch, and 'The Story of Garfield: Farm-boy, Soldier and President' by WG Rutherford, Keller volume with Kur-ring-gai Municipal Library card to inside front cover, 'Black Beauty' volume with bookplate dedication presented to Bomaldry school 'To commemorate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth', all hardcover, two with illustrated covers in colour, signs of wear including scrapes, fraying, small tears and marks to covers, discolouration, marks, stains, minor tears, and creasing to pages, bindings a little loose

ID - 480481 - Two striking bookplate illustrations after original woodblock prints

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ID - 480482 - Five religious texts, including a copy of the Apocrypha, a copy of the Catholic Marian Missal, an 1885 copy of the Catholic Catechism, a gilt edged copy of the Bible, and a volume 'The Jewish Religion' by M Friedlander, published by Shapiro, Valentine & Co, 1927, wear to covers consistent with age and use

Dimensions of the largest volume

ID - 480483 - A large assortment of Australian ephemera from the interwar period including Parliamentary Handbooks/Demographic reports plus, hardcover religious texts including ���The Sermon on the Mount���, wear as appropriate to age

ID - 480484 - Four works by Lytton Stratchey, published in the Phoenix Library series by Chatto & Windus, London, various dates between 1923-1935, including 'Queen Victoria', 'Portraits in Miniature', 'Eminent Victorians' and 'Books and Characters', hard bound, light wear to covers including minor scrapes, some discolouration and marks to pages, text in ink and pencil to front pages

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ID - 480485 - A copy of 'Baedeker's Guide to London and its Environs', twentieth revised edition, by Karl Baedeker, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1951, accompanied by an early twentieth century copy of Shoolbreds pocket 'Atlas of the World', by Ernest A Manchester, published by JAS Shoolbred & Co Ltd, London, Baedeker's with ribbon page marker and fold-out maps, minor marks and discolouration to pages, Shoolbreds volume with wear to cover including crack along spine inside front cover and tear along outside of spine, minor marks, small tears and discolouration to pages, text in ink and pencil to first leaves of both

Dimensions of Shoolbreds

ID - 480486 - A pair of French language volumes of the 'Correspondance' of Victor Hugo; Volume 1, 1815-1835, and Volume 2 1836-1882, c.1896-1898, published & edited by Calmann Levy, Paris; France

In good used antique condition; wear to edges, covers worn

ID - 480487 - Six volumes featuring the work of illustrators of The New Yorker, including a copy of 'Monster Rally' by Chas Addams, published by Simon & Schuster, NY, 1950, three volumes written and illustrated by James Thurber ' Fables for our Time', Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, London, 1940, 'Further Fables for Our Times', published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1956, and 'The Thurber Carnival' Low & Brydone Printers Ltd, London, 1945, and two compilations of cartoons from the New Yorker, 'The New Yorker 1955-1965 Album: Fortieth Anniversary', published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965, and 'The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker', editor Robert Mankoff, published by Black Dog & Levinthall, NY, 2004, accompanied by copies of over sixty eight thousand published cartoons on two CD attached inside front cover, Mankoff volume soft cover, the others are hard bound, minor tears and marks to dust jacket of anniversary album, no dust jackets to remaining volumes, wear including scrapes, tears and discolouration to Thurber volumes, marks to cover of Mankoff volume

Dimensions of Mankoff volume

ID - 480488 - Six volumes of poetry and prose published in The Reynard Library series by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, various dates 1950-1957, including 'Johnson', 'Browning', 'Sterne' (four works including 'Tristram Shandy'), 'Dryden' (poetry, prose & plays), 'Matthew Arnold' and 'Goldsmith', hard bound, light wear including marks, scrapes and stains to covers, light discolouration to paper, book dealers' labels and stamps to inside cover, occasional text in ink and pencil to front pages

Dimensions of each volume approximately

ID - 480489 - A set of three volumes of 'Cole's Funny Picture Book', numbers one, two and three, published by the EW Cole Publishing House, Melbourne, c1950/51, books one and two are the 73rd and 69th editions of the original Funny Picture Books published by EW Cole (1832-1918), book three inspired by the original first two books and published 1951, light wear including minor scrapes to surface, discolouration of paper

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ID - 480490 - A copy of 'The Art of Audubon: The Complete Birds and Mammals', by John James Audubon, published by Macdonald Futura, London, 1981, hardbound with dust jacket, full colour illustration plates, minor wear to dust jacket including tears at edges, volume in great condition

ID - 480491 - Two books on MC Escher, including 'The Graphic Work of MC Escher', hardbound, with introduction by the artist, published in translation by Oldbourne Press: London, 1964, loss of dust jacket, marks to cover, minor discolouration to paper, and a rare copy of 'Symmetry Aspects of MC Escher's Periodic Drawings' by Caroline H Macgillavry, hardbound with colour dust jacket, published for the International Union of Crystallography by A Oosthoek's Uitgeversmaatschappij NV, Utrecht, 1965, minor marks, tears and discolouration to dust jacket, light marks to binding and page edges

Dimensions of Macgillavry volume

ID - 480492 - Four striking woodcut prints, unsigned, two editioned 22/100 and 36/100 under print margins, in various frames, largest block margins 13 x 7.6 cm

Dimensions of largest frame

ID - 480493 - Seven volumes of poetry, including 'Byron: Selections from Poetry, Letters and Journals', 'Poetry and Prose of William Blake', and 'Colleridge: Select Poetry and Prose', all published by Nonesuch Press, London, 1932, 1933, 1949 respectively, 'The Age of Reason' by AD Hope, Melbourne University Press, 1985, 'Summoned by Bells' by John Betjeman, John Murray, London, 1960, 'Thomas Hardy', Oxford University Press, 1984, and 'The Weekend Book', Nonesuch Press, London, 1925

Dimensions of 'The Age of Reason' volume

ID - 480494 - An assortment of quality hardcover bound books: 'The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion', by James George Frazer, abridged edition, c.1949, a signed copy of 'International Communism and World Revolution' c.1961, 'Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical', 'Romance of the Wool Trade' c.1887, and 'The Naked and the Dead'

All with various wear, foxing, used condition

ID - 480495 - Two rare books on Colonial Australian gunsmiths; a hardcover copy of 'The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales' by R. C. Solomon, c.1990, and 'Colonial Australian Gunsmiths' by Robert B. Shannon, c.1967, published by The Wentworth Press, Sydney; Australia

Both in used condition

ID - 480496 - A copy of 'Emma Minnie Boyd' prints from the sketchbook of Emma Minnie Boyd, wife of Arthur Merric Boyd, accompanied by writing about women and work, including a copy of 'Villette' by Currer Bell Charlotte Bronte, Walter Scott, London, 1946, 'A Vision of Eden', the life and work of botanical illustrator Marianne North, 'Ladies Bountiful' by WG Rogers, and 'My Wife, My Daughter and Poor Maryanne' by Beverly Kingston, Thomas Nelson, 1975

Dimensions of Minnie Boyd sketchbook

ID - 480497 - A beautifully illustrated volume of Ernst Haeckel's 'The Evolution of Man' Volume 1 Human Embryology or Ontogeny', published in translation by Watts & Co, London, 1907, wear to cover including tears at spine, discolouration including likely foxing to papers, text in pencil to front page

ID - 480498 - A bundle of ephemera and hardcover books from the First World War. Condition appropriate to age, including intriguing report on Chemical Warfare from 1918, and a large hardcover copy of ���The Story of the Exposition��� by Frank Morton Todd. Documents are stamped for the Australian War Memorial Library in good condition with signs of wear appropriate to age.

ID - 480499 - A four volume set of 'Evelyn's Diary & Correspondence' by John Evelyn FRS, including correspondence between Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and illustrations of various personages, published by Henry G Bohn, London, 1863, hard bound with marbled effect at page edges, scrapes, marks, wear to gilding and tears at inside spine to covers, discolouration and marks including foxing to pages

please use gloves when inspecting these volumes

Dimensions of each volume approximately

ID - 480500 - Two near antique scientific illustration plates, including 'Water Ouzel' and 'Scarabaeus Hercules male'

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ID - 480501 - Three volumes of fables and cautionary tales, including two works by Hillaire Belloc, illustrated by Basil T Blackwood, 'Cautionary Tales for Children' and 'A Moral Alphabet', both published by Duckworth & Co, 1950, accompanied a copy of 'Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologiests', translated by Sir Roger :'EstrangeKnight, with illustrations after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder, published by Ernest Benn Ltd, London, 1928

tear along spine of 'Cautionary Tales', discolouration to cover and pages,, discolouration and marks to cover of 'A Moral Alphabet', discolouration to pages, minor marks to cover, discolouration to pages, inscription in ink to cover page of 'Fables'

Dimensions of 'Fables'

ID - 480502 - The complete Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition, boxed volume 54, from July 4 1949 ��� December 26 1949 stamped from the Australian War Memorial archives, includes original index booklet. All 26 newsmagazines with vibrant colour front covers featuring Elizabeth Taylor (Vol.54, No.8), Prime minister Nehru (Vol.54, No.16), and Robert Hutchins (Vol.54, No.21). Some buckling to magazines as result of storage, in otherwise fantastic condition for age.

ID - 480503 - The complete Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition, boxed volume 53, from January 3 1949 ��� June 27 1949, stamped from the Australian War Memorial archives, includes original index booklet. All 26 newsmagazines with vibrant colour front covers featuring Louis Armstrong (Vol.53, No.8), Diego Rivera (Vol.53, No.14), and Princess Margaret (Vol.53, No.24). Some buckling to magazines as result of storage, in otherwise fantastic condition for age.

ID - 480504 - Two vintage albums and loose sheets of vintage cigarette cards featuring a range of subjects

ID - 480505 - Copies of Pix magazines 1963 and 1965, People 1957 and Playboys from the 1970s pls two without covers from 1963 and 1972

ID - 480506 - An original issue of the Sydney Morning Herald, published Saturday December 28, 1867, foxing and fold lines to pages

ID - 480507 - An original issue of the last edition of 'The Argus' printed Wednesday September 16, 1942, vendor supplied certificate of authenticity with the copy of The Argus, some discolouration to paper

ID - 480508 - A rare collection of hand coloured lithographs on natural history, from scientific illustrations by Jemima Blackburn (1823-1909, Scottish), over thirty pages

Dimension fo each page approximately

ID - 480509 - Three promotional, Taschen large format colour brochures for Walton ford, 'Masterpieces of Italian Culture' and 'Libro D'Ore

ID - 480510 - Two old maps, including a near-antique copy of 'Newcastle, Field Sheet No. 6' c1926, and a copy of 'Queensland H56 D/I N Half - Springbrook Field Sheet No 5', c1930, latter backed with aluminium sheet, wear consistent with age, including marks, stains, annotations in ink, scrapes, folds and some losses, in a heavy card folder with marbled covers

Dimensions of Newcastle map

ID - 480511 - Two guides for shell collectors, including a copy of 'Shells: the visual guide to over five hundred species of seashell from around the world', by S. Peter Dance, and a copy of 'What Shell is That?', by Neville Coleman

ID - 480512 - An antique steel engraving after Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805, French) 'Simplicity', engraved by Ferdinand Joubert, c1870s, minor discolouration

Dimensions of frame

ID - 480513 - A collection of small pocket volumes of literature and literary essays, including 'Men Without Women' by Ernest Hemmingway, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1934, four volumes published by Oxford University Press, including copies of 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, 'Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin', 'Five Restoration Tragedies' by Bonamy Dobree, and 'The Life and Times of Anthony a Wood', a copy of ''The Works of Lord Maculay, Volume One - Literary Essays', published by George Routledge & Sons, London, and a copy of 'The Ethics of the Dust - Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on The Elements of Crystallization' by John Ruskin, published by George Allen, London, 1906, Heminway in soft card cover, remainder hardbound, all with wear consistent with age and handling, discolouration to pages, minor text in pencil to front pages

Dimensions of Ruskin volume

ID - 480514 - Two hardcover volumes of the Collected Works of Banjo Paterson published by Lansdowne. Includes ���Singer of the Bursh 1855-1900��� and ���Song of the Pen 1901-1941, both in beautiful condition with minor damage to edges.

ID - 480515 - A hardcover copy of 'Secret Symbolism in Occult Art' by Fred Gettings, published by Harmony Books, New York; USA, c.1987

Some wear to edges, no slipcover; otherwise very good with colour pages and glossy print

ID - 480516 - A bundle of English royal ephemera, particularly Queen Elizabeth II, including the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth

ID - 480517 - Lives of the Poets' by Samuel Johnson published in three volumes from 1869 - 1873, small leather bound volumes with impressive gold embossing, in good condition, scuffing to spine edges

ID - 480518 - Modern Practical Nursing Procedures' by Doherty, Sirl and Ring, hard cover 1946, complete with added notes and some exam questions

ID - 480519 - An assortment of ���Stand To��� Journal of the Australian Capital Territory Branch from the 50s and 60s, in fantastic condition for age

ID - 480520 - An exciting assortment of Canberran creative-arts and performance pamphlets. This bundle features Marty Amok Programme by the iconic Marty Feldman and the musical pamphlet for ���Man of La Mancha���, all in great condition, some slight creasing to spines

ID - 480521 - Two delightful volumes by Raymond Peynet, including 'The Lovers' Pocketbook' ('les Amoureux de Raymond Peynet'), ninth impression, and 'The Lovers' Bedside Book', fourth impression, both published by Perpetua, London, 1958, hardbound, minor discolouration, mostly at edges, of pages and binding

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ID - 480522 - A copy of the 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue, reprinted 1971, featuring excellent illustrations of goods of the period, accompanied by instructive descriptions, minor wear to cover including creases and small tears at edges and spine, discolouration to paper

ID - 480523 - A collection of works by Aldous Huxley, thirteen volumes published in the Phoenix Library series by Chatto & Windus, London, various dates from 1928-1935, titles include 'Chrome Yellow', 'Along the Road', 'Two or Three Graces', 'Limbo', 'Proper Studies', 'Little Mexican', 'Those Barron Leaves', 'Mortal Coils', 'Antic Hay', 'Music at Night', 'Do What You Will', 'Jesting Pilate' and ''Texts and Pretexts', all hard bound, wear including discolouration, marks, small tears to spine of covers, light discolouration to pages, some text in ink or pencil to front pages

Dimensions of each volume

ID - 480524 - Volumes ! - V of 'The Works of Bishop Sherlock, with Some Account of his life', by the Reverend TS Hughes BD, 1830, embossed leather binding, gilded spines marbled opening pages and page edges, good condition, scuffing to covers

ID - 480525 - A copy of 'The Comic Art of Norman Lindsay', selected by Keith Wingrove, published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1987, with dust cover

light discolouration and marks to dust cover and page edges

ID - 480526 - Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961, Australian) 'The Broken Fence' woodcut printed from the original woodblock

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ID - 480527 - Copies of four classics of children's literature, including 'Lewis Carroll: The Complete Works', The Nonesuch Press, London, 'Swift: Gulliver's Travels & Selected Writings', Nonesuch Press, London, 1934, 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell, Everyman's Library JM Dent & Sons, London, 1928, and 'Bevis: the Story of a Boy' by Richard Jefferies, Everyman's Library JM Dent & Sons, London, 1930, hardbound, marks and stains to covers, crack to spine of 'Black Beauty' volume, book dealers labels to inside cover of some, text in pencil to front pages of two, book plates to two

Dimensions of Lewis Carroll volume

ID - 480528 - Step back in time with a collection of 15 Time Weekly Newsmagazine Pacific Overseas Edition ranging from January 5 1959 ��� December 14 1962. All magazines with vibrant coloured front covers featuring Vice President Nixon (Vol.74, No.5), sculptor Henry Moore (Vol.74, No.12) and social justice folk singer Joan Baez (Vol.80, No.21). Also included is a Sunday News paper dated July 15 1956. All in good condition with signs of age such as creasing and use tearing to edges, some repair evident to a few editions.

ID - 480529 - For the learners: A two volume set of 'The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci', published by the Reprint Society and a copy of 'A Naturalist's Voyage in the Beagle', c.1926, published for the Everyman's Library

Both in used condition

ID - 480530 - Nine small hardcover volumes of The Spectator: a new edition: corrected from the originals - with a preface, historical and bibliographical by Alexander Chalmers, 1817, various conditions

ID - 480531 - A bundle of intriguing vintage German fictional novels from interwar period, hardcover, provenance includes the Australian War memorial library and Berlin libraries. Features collectable copy of ���Afaja��� by Theodore Mugge. Found in a range of conditions, some with buckling.

ID - 480532 - Seven classic volumes from the Everyman's Library series published by JM Dent & Sons, London, 1930s-1940s, including Plato 'Five Dialogues', Plutarch's 'Moralia', Thomas Hobbes 'Leviathan', Sir Thomas Brown 'The Religio Medici', Samuel Taylor Colleridge 'Biographia Literaria', Oliver Goldsmith 'The Citizen of the World' and 'The Bee', and Thomas Smollett 'The Expedition of Humphry Clinker', hardbound, losses to spine of Browne volume, marks, stains and wear to covers, light discolouration to paper, book dealers' stamps to some end papers, text in ink and pencil to some front pages

Dimensions of each approximately

ID - 480533 - A collection of vintage Georgette Heyer first edition colourful hard cover novels comprising False Colours (1963) Frederica (1965), Black Sheep (1966), Charity Girl (1970), Lady of Quality (1972),

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