PHOTOGRAPHIC GRAB "BOX" c1900-1980 an interesting box of bits and pieces including, close-up adaptor, Yashica camera and case, Flexmeter lens, a tourist map of India, Kodak Orthochrome plates (very colourful box), Lumimeter etc. A surprise a minute. (30+)..... $100 - $150 PHOTOGRAPHIC EPHEMERA, c1920-1960 including service manuals, repair directions, parts forms etc. Yashica, Elmo, Bell and Howell, Harringtons catalogue of 1925, etc. If it exists and it's not here it doesnt exist. Must view. (c500). $100 - $150

Collectibles - General

68 ENGRAVINGS/LITHOGRAPHS: c1739-1928 group, noted 1808 hand-coloured engraving from Baudin's 'Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes', titled "Timor. Naba-Leba Roi de L'Ile Solor" (window mounted, 27x33cm); c1855 lithographs (5) of safety lamps & mining equipment; c1890 etching "A Sun dried Mill in Flanders" by C.M.Pott (British, 1862-1930), signed & titled in margin (window mounted, 51x45cm); hand-coloured lithographs from Mathew's 'Birds of Australia' (2); c1936 Album with c300 postcards, pictures & photos from an American's tour of Europe; Red Moscow Olympics presentation case, containing 17 pins/badges. (c330 items)..... $150 - $200 ANTARCTIC ENGRAVINGS: "A View in Possession Bay, in the Island of South Georgia" from Cook's Voyages [London, 1784]; "A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land, with the manner of killing Penguins, a representation of a Seal, &c" from Cook's Voyages [London, 1784]; "Scenes Connected with Sir Ernest Shackleton's Great Adventure and his Death in 1922" [The Australasian, 1922]; "L'Astrolabe"; all framed, various sizes. Fair/Good condition. (4 items). $120 - $150 ENGRAVINGS: Hand-coloured engravings - "An Offering Before Captain Cook in the Sandwich Islands" [London, 1820s]; "Melbourne" [William Collins, Sons & Co, London, 1860s]; "Natives of Carpentaria" [London, 1874]; "Afia-Too-Ca, A Burying Place in the Isle of Amsterdam" (Tonga, from Cook's Voyages) [London, 1777]; the first 3 framed. (4 items).. $150 - $200 LADY'S SCRAP ALBUM, c1820s-70s, noted large range of clipped engravings & pictures (c200); drawings (10); watercolours (4); early Christmas cards (5); carte-de-visite photograph of Arcachon, France.. $100 - $150 SCRAPBOOK ALBUM: 1883-84 Album containing manuscript poems illustrated with early Christmas & Greeting cards. Fair/Good condition..... $100 - $150 MANTLE CLOCK: Ansonia (New York) mantle clock with oak case and brass dial, c1895 [1882 Patent date stamped on back plate]. 35cm high. (Photo)..... $400 - $500 WILLIAM "BUFFALO BILL" CODY'S VEST, from the Australian tour of his famous Wild West Show in 1903, framed in a perspex display case together with a penny shot out of the hand of a volunteer during his sharp-shooting act, overall 51x51cm. [Barry Spring's grandfather went to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during its Australian tour in 1903. He volunteered to let "Buffalo Bill" shoot a penny out of his hand. Afterwards Buffalo Bill gave him the vest and the coin because he had been "the only one game enough to put up your hand". The vest and penny toured Australian museums & art galleries as part of the "Circus!" Exhibition from March 1998 to May 2000]. (Photo).$1500 - $2000 COLLECTABLES: 1964 A & B.C. Gum "Beatles" cards [17/60]; Phillips Planisphere & book "An Easy Guide to Southern Stars" by Orr [Edinburgh, c1915]; "Picturesque Australia" [c1933 & 1934 editions]; "Picturesque South Australia" [1936]; magazines (4); c1909-10 fold-out pictures of Melbourne Show (3). (c29 items)... $100 - $150 19th Century Chinese Rosewood toilet mirror, with a drawer in the base; red lacquer finish. 73x39cm. (Photo). $300 - $400 MANTLE CLOCK: Marble-cased mantle clock, c1910. Neoclassical styling, probably German. 23cm high. (Photo) $300 - $400 MANTLE CLOCK: c1910 brass mantle clock with enamel face in glazed dome; German, 29cm high. (Photo). $250 - $300 ARTICULATED CROQUET PLAYER, c1920 shop display, 141cm tall. Articulated man swinging mallet. (Photo) $150 - $200

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PACIFIC ISLANDS: Books including "Samoa 'Uma" by Churchill [London, 1902]; "The Wake of the Southern Cross - Work and Adventures in the South Seas" by Wilson [London, 1932]; "Pastels from the Pacific" by Lenwood [London, 1917]; "A Century in the Pacific" by Colwell [Sydney, 1914]. Poor/Good condition. (13 items)... $200 - $250 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Books including "W.G.Lawes of Savage Island and New Guinea" by King [London, 1909]; "TwentyOne Years in Papua" by Chignell [London, 1913]; "Sister Minnie's (Billing) Life and Work in Papua" by Bromilow [Sydney, 1930] (missing covers); "Drum Types of Eastern New Guinea" by Massola [Melbourne, 1957]. Poor/Good condition.(7 items)$120 - $150 AUSTRALIANA: Group consisting of "THE AUSTRALIAN and Other Verses" by Will H. Ogilvie [Sydney,1916]; "ON AN AUSTRALIAN FARM" by Steele Rudd [Sydney,1919]: THE POOR PARSON by Steele Rudd [Sydney,1907] illustrated. All in good condition with slight wear to covers. (3 books).... $150 - $200 FIJI: "Hunted Through Fiji" by Horsley [London, c1912]; "A Day in Suva" [NZ, c1930]; "The Colony of Fiji 1874-1931" edited by Wright[Suva, 1931]; "My Twenty-One Years in the Fiji Islands" by Sanadhya[Suva, 1991]. Fair condition. (4 items)$100 - $120 "For Empire, Australia's Rally to the Dear Old Flag, Victoria's First Expeditionary Force to the Motherland" published by Osboldstone & Co. [Melbourne, 1914], tape on spine... $50 - $60 c1921 Flicker Book, a Flickergraph of "Fool's Paradise at the Palace Theatre". Very rare early flicker book.. $200 - $250 "South Australian Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association - Past President's Certificate", awarded to Thos. Kean for 1927-28-29, suberb condition, overall 32x44cm; 1920s full-page advert for movie "The Acquittal"; plus book "The Poetical Works of Lord Tennyson" [London, c1900] with hand-written poem "Crossing the Bar" inside back cover. (3 items). $150 - $200

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Interesting range, noted 1930s protest cards (4) re the Spanish Civil War; a pamphlet "All American College Ambulance Fleet for Spain"; cards (6) from the Harvard Film Society and student union. (11 items). $80 - $120

MILITARY AVIATION: Books including "The First and The Last - The German Fighter Force in World War II" by Adolf Galland [London, 1955]; "The Air Annual of the British Empire 1934-5" by Squadron-Leader Burge [London, 1934]; "Poet and Pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery" by Phillips [New York, 1994]; "New Zealanders in the Air War" by Mitchell [London, 1945]. (32 items)..... $120 - $150 MUSIC: "Song Hit Folio containing Walt Disney's Pinocchio" [Melbourne, 1939]; plus "The Nutcracker Suite, from The DisneyStokowski Triumph Fantasia" [Sydney, 1940]. (2 items)... $80 - $120 WW2 German propaganda map titled "Englands Schuld" (England's shame) [Braunschweig, 1939] with front cover artwork depicting Britain treating her colonies in Africa, Asia & India with contempt (some separation along folds); plus children's books "Grasshopper Green and the Meadow-Mice" by Rae [1st edition, New York, 1922]; "First Whisper of The Wind in the Willows" by Grahame [1st edition, London, 1944], both in good condition with dust-jackets. (3 items)... $80 - $100 BOOKS & EPHEMERA, noted "A Century of Harmony - The Official Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society" by Carne [Melbourne, 1954]; "Erin Go Bragh - Advance Australia Fair" by O'Hearn [Melbourne, 1990]; "Charters Towers Centenary 1872-1972" edited by Springer [Charters Towers, 1972]; "Warwick Armstrong" by Grace (signed) [Melbourne, 1975]; "Eve in Ebony - The Story of Jedda" [Sydney, 1954]; 1956 Olympics programme for Hockey. (c63 items). $100 - $150 ABORIGINES: "Records of the American-Australian Expedition to Arnhem Land - 1. Art, Myth and Symbolism" by Mountford [Melbourne, 1956]. Ex-library..... $100 - $120 AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL BROCHURES: Quantity of 1960s-80s brochures, booklets & books, mainly from NSW, Victoria & Northern Territory; noted "Place of Banishment - Port Macquarie 1818-1832" by McLachlan (signed) [Sydney, 1988]; "Port Macquarie - The Winding Sheet" by Griffen & Howell (signed) [Port Macquarie, 1996]. (c115 items). $200 - $250 PRINTS: "Art Folio Volume One" by Milton [Melbourne, 1972]; "art on paper" (set of 8 in folder) [Melbourne, c1977]; "Landmarks of the City of London in the Eighteenth Century" (set of 12 engravings in folder) [London, 1987]; "World Heritage" (set of 8) [Canberra, c1988]; plus other prints (5) & calendars (4).... $100 - $150

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c1960s travel poster, "New South Wales, Australia", showing "The Three Sisters from Echo Point, Katoomba", designed and photographed by Arthur Holland, published by New South Wales Department of Tourist Activities, printed by W.F.Schey, Sydney, lithograph in colours, overall 61x100cm. Condition A-. (Photo)... $200 - $250 c1960s Australian National Travel Association poster, "AUSTRALIA, Riding A Catamaran, Great Barrier Reef", colour process lithograph, overall 63x98cm. Condition B-. Also 1969 British Travel Association poster, "Jet BOAC to Historic BRITAIN", colour process lithograph, printed in GB by W.S.Cowell, overall 64x102cm. Condition A. (2 items) (Photo). $200 - $300 c1960 travel posters, "Fly PAN AMERICAN to EUROPE"; "Fly PAN AMERICAN to ENGLAND"; "Fly PAN AMERICAN to The U.S.A.", "Fly PAN AMERICAN to The PHILIPPINES" & "Fly PAN AMERICAN to EUROPE", printed in U.S.A., each 56x89cm. Condition B. (5 items).... $200 - $Australian Tourist Commission poster, "AUSTRALIA WELCOMES YOU, Currumbin Bird Sanctuary, Gold Coast", colour process lithograph, printed by Victory Publicity, overall 64x102cm. Condition A. (Photo)... $200 - $250 c1969 travel poster "AUSTRALIA, PAN AM", showing scene with Opera House (under construction) & Sydney Harbour Bridge, printed in USA, colour process lithograph, overall 71x107cm. Condition A-. (Photo).. $200 - $250 c1970s travel poster "AUSTRALIA, PAN AM", showing scene with Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge, printed in USA P255, colour process lithograph, overall 71x106cm. Condition A... $100 - $150 c1970s travel poster "PAN AM, Australia", showing surf fishing, printed in USA P302, colour process lithograph, overall 71x106cm. Condition A..... $100 - $150 c1970s Australian Tourist Commission poster, "AUSTRALIA, Opera House, Sydney", printed in Australia, overall 61x99cm. Condition A..... $100 - $150 c1970s Australian Tourist Commission poster, "AUSTRALIA, Outback barbecue, Northern Territory", printed in Australia, overall 61x99cm. Condition A..... $100 - $150 c1985 TAA TRAVEL POSTERS, with artwork by Anne Graham, comprising "Gold Coast with TAA"; "Dunk Island with TAA"; "Melbourne with TAA"; "The Top End with TAA"; "Western Australia with TAA"; "Sydney with TAA"; "Tasmania with TAA"; "Brampton Island with TAA"; "Canberra with TAA"; "The Centre with TAA"; "Noosa with TAA"; all 60x97cm. Condition A. (11 items) (Photo)..... $300 - $500

Railways

"Railroadiana" published by London and Birmingham Railway [London, 1838], 216pp & various fold-out illustrations, some in colour including a hand-coloured engraved map in a pocket; cloth gilt stamped cover. Fair condition (front cover loose). (Photo)...... $200 - $250 "The Pacific Tourist. Williams' Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean" by Williams [1st edition, New York, 1876], 293pp, plus adverts. Fair/Good condition.. $100 - $120 VICTORIAN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT: A range of beautiful half-leather bound volumes, 1890-98 1906-14 & 1919-43, all, inter alia, containing rail related acts and indices to sessional volumes. Good condition (27 volumes).. $150 - $200 MODEL LOCOMOTIVE: Attractive wooden fretwork 4-4-4 steam locomotive and tender, on track, mounted on base, overall 110x33cm. The rear loco. wheels are missing (2) & some fretwork damage evident, though some tender loving care will restore model to its former glory. (Photo).... $150 - $250

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: "Modern Electical Engineering" in 6 volumes by Maclean [London, 1919]; plus Arnold, "The Modern Electrical Engineer" in 4 volumes by Arnold [London, c1930s]. Condition varies. (10).. $80 - $100 CORIO OVERPASS: File: "Country Roads Board, Shire of Corio, Prince's Highway West Section 1, Railway Overpass, Contract No. 501/H6/999A", 1954-58. Contains 6cm thickness of paper, including a schedule listing 23 drawings, many very large. Good condition.... $100 - $NSW Railway Parcel Stamps, 1c to $5 set overprinted 'SPECIMEN' from BERALA, very fine and fresh. (21) (Photo)...... $300 - $400 BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS: Aust: Schnabel, "ENGINEMAN'S MASTER KEY" (published by E.W. Cole Book Arcade), unduplicated range of various editions: 1903 1st ed.; 1904 2nd ed.; 1905 3rd ed.; 1906 4th ed.; 1907 5th ed.; 1911 7th ed.; 1912 8th ed.; 1914 9th ed.; 1917 10th ed.; 1923 12th ed.; 1926 13th ed.; undated 14th & 15th eds.; All cloth bound, condition varies. (13 vols.)..... $120 - $150

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LOCOMOTIVE MANUALS & PLANS, ETC.: Vic: a collection of manuals, primers and training notes covering aspects of general and specific locomotives and engines, 1921 to 1980s. Comprehensive. Also, four Enginemen's/Electric Train Drivers' Diagrams (ie. rosters outlining the various shifts to cover the contemporary timetables). No duplication but different editions of a few books. Condition varies. (30)..... $200 - $250 Vic: King, "GUIDE FOR THE BOILER ATTENDANT'S AND ENGINE DRIVER'S CERTIFICATES. Including 445 Questions and Answers." (Melbourne, 1949, E.W. COLE). Hard cover, 240pp, illustrated with large fold-out diagram. Also: a number of other railway manuals, rules books, etc., 1920s-1980s. (20+).... $100 - $150 VR: file containing various circulars, "A" notices, etc., 1930s to 1950s, on various subjects but mainly pertaining to loco. parts. Mainly roneod or carbon-copy originals but some later photocopies. Condition varies. (100s).. $120 - $150 VICTORIA: PUBLIC & WORKING TIMETABLES, ETC.: EASTERN DISTRICT WORKING TTs: 24th June 1957; amendments to same 13th January 1958. Also: 4 x "S" Notices pertaining to the Royal Visit of HM The Queen Mother, 1st/3rd March, 1958; WTT amendment for inauguration of Rail Car service on Warburton line; various other WTT amendments. Condition generally good. (21).... $120 - $150 U.S.A./CANADA - RAILWAY TIMETABLES: PUBLIC TTs: collection from various railroads, 1938 to 1960s but mainly 1950s. Noted: BALTIMORE & OHIO, 6 TTs 1954-1961; CHESAPEAKE & OHIO, 1938; DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN, 4 TTs 1954-1966; FLORIDA EAST COAST, 1957; NEW YORK CENTRAL, 6 TTs 1954-1961; PENNSY 5 TTs 1956-1961; California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society visit to Santa Maria Valley Railroad, March 14, 1954. All include maps. Generally good condition. (41).... $200 - $250 PUBLIC TTs: collection from various railroads, mainly 1950s but a few 60s. Noted: MONON, 1955; TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO, 1953; GREAT NORTHERN 3 TTs 1956-1960; freight only Public TT for NORFOLK & WESTERN, 1957; SOUTHERN PACIFIC, 4 TTs 1955-1964; UNION PACIFIC, 6 TTs 1952-1957; WESTERN PACIFIC 3 TTs 1954-1957; MILWAUKEE ROAD, system & 2 Chicago suburban, 1956/7; CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS (bus). Also: large fold-out UP map, 1954, showing their own & all other major US railroads. Condition varies but generally good. (51). $200 - $250 Diverse collection of Employee TT's (the North American equivalent of Workers) from 17 different railroads, 1924-1979. Particularly strong in CANADIAN PACIFIC (4 in large format); ILLINOIS CENTRAL (14); SOUTHERN PACIFIC (6). Also includes: "THE BOSTON TERMINAL COMPANY. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS OF THE BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD AND THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD", September 26 1915, 30pp list of all Boston arrivals & departures; ALASKA RAILROAD; NORTHERN PACIFIC, TACOMA DIV., June 15 1924, in poor & grubby condition. Also: THE ALASKA RAILROAD: "EQUIPMENT REGISTER No.12-H. EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28, 1966", 8pp list of locos., pass. & freight rolling stock, laid out in typical North American Employee T.T. format; a 1965 7pp duplicated history of the railroad. Condition varies. (44).... $200 - $250 VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MAGAZINES: "THE V.R.I. REVIEW", near-complete set of Vol.3, Feb.-Aug. and Oct.-Dec. 1913. Includes interesting, contemporary, advertising. Also: VRI, "THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MAGAZINE", January 1924 (Vol.1 No.1), February, April, November, December 1924, April, June 1927, March, October 1928, March 1930. Mixed condition. (20)...... $100 - $125 VRI, "THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MAGAZINE", issues from Vol.1: Jan.(Vol.1, No.1) to July, Sept. to Dec. 1924. Includes interesting, contemporary, advertising. Condition of covers varies (some missing) but overall contents is good. (11). $100 - $125

Commonwealth & Empire Games
2nd BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES IN LONDON: Welsh Team Official's Blazer, red with white breast pocket embroidered with Welsh dragon & "B.E.G. 1934", made by E.Roberts Ltd, Cardiff, with name tag "A.E.Williams".. $100 - $150

Cricket - General

Australian tour to England, "Our Cricketing Guests", a coloured chromolithographic print of the Australian & Philadelphian touring teams, published as a frontispiece to an edition of "The Boy's Own Paper", window mounted, overall 26x36cm. (Photo)...... $150 - $200
MONTY NOBLE, signature on postcard, fine condition. [Monty Noble played 42 Tests, 1897-1909, including 15 as captain. Australian Test Player No.76]. (Photo)....$1000 - $1250 MONTY NOBLE - 76, 1905 A.Chevalier Tayler print, few tone spots & top right corner missing.. $150 - $175
1902 Australian tour to England, magazines "Boys of Our Empire", showing on the front covers Australian cricketers Reginald Duff and Warwick Armstrong, A.C.Maclaren, Clement Hill & Monty Noble. (4 items).. $200 - $250 CHARLIE MACARTNEY, superb signed photograph of "The Governor-General" in his Australian cap and blazer, 14x20cm. [Macartney played 35 Tests 1905-36, Test player no.90]. (Photo)..$1000 - $1250 ALBERT COTTER, 1905 A.Chevalier Tayler print in fine condition. [Australia 21 Tests 1903-12].. $150 - $200 B.J.T.BOSANQUET - 137, 1905 A.Chevalier Tayler print in good condition. [England 7 Tests 1903-05]. $120 - $150
JACK HOBBS, signature on superb real photo postcard. Played 61 Tests 1907-30, one of five Wisden cricketers of the century. (Photo)...... $300 - $400 Bodyline books, "Jardine Justified" by Harris [London, 1933] & "Defending the Ashes 1932-1933" by Wilmot [Melbourne, 1933]. Some toning..... $150 - $200 1930-31 Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test at Brisbane, two autograph pages with 35 signatures - 12 Australians, 17 West Indians, 3 umpires & 3 scorers; including Don Bradman (scored 203), Archie Jackson, Bill Ponsford (scored 109) & George Headley (the black Bradman - scored 102 not out). One page has Australians on one side, and West Indians on reverse, though an excellent group. (Photo)....$1000 - $Australian Team, two autograph pages with 13 signatures, including Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Don Bradman & Bert Oldfield. (Photo)..... $400 - $Australian Team, small "S.S.Maloja" autograph book, with Australian team signatures on two pages, 16 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Bill O'Reilly & Sidney Barnes. (Photo)... $600 - $Australian Team, display comprising official team sheet (folded though superb condition) with 15 signatures, noted Don Bradman, Sid Barnes (scarce) & Lindsay Hassett; window mounted with cigarette cards (14) from "Cricketers 1938", overall 34x42cm. Attractive and scarce. (Photo)...$1200 - $Australian Team, "Brisbane Hotel, Launceston" letterhead with 17 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Don Tallon. (Photo)..... $300 - $Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Bob Simpson. (Photo)..... $350 - $450

"Official Souvenir of A.O.Jones' English Cricket Team in Australia, Season 1907-1908", by John C.Davis [Sydney, 1907], rare mid-tour brochure (includes results of first two tour matches). Lacks wrappers. Fair condition. Rare. (Photo).. $300 - $500 "Rip's Cricket Caricatures! Souvenir of the Season 1907" R.P.Hill [London, 1907], original paper wrappers (covered in plastic). Very scarce. (Photo)..... $150 - $200 SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND, 1907-8 membership badge, made by J.R.Gaunt, London, No.3018. (Photo).. $100 - $150 "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1908", rebound in brown cloth, preserving front wrapper (lacks photo-plate & back wrapper). Good condition..... $80 - $100 MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB, 1908-9 membership badge, made by Stokes, No.1888. (Photo).. $150 - $200 SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND, lovely group of membership badges, with 1908-09 (rare), 1930-31, 1935-36, 1972-73, 197475, 1976-77 & 1978-79. (7 items) (Photo).... $150 - $200
ALBERT COTTERS 1909 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM with photographs by FRANK LAVER: 1909 AUSTRALIAN TOUR TO ENGLAND: Photograph Album, endorsed at front "To Tibby Cotter, A Souvenir of a very successful and pleasant trip together as members of the Thirteenth Australian Cricket Team 1909, From Frank Laver", with 114 photographs, each 17x12cm, most with captions underneath. Subjects include the trip over on SS Orontes, ports of call, cricketers sightseeing (many wearing their Australian strawboater hats), 1st Test at Birmingham (2), 2nd Test at Lords (2), 3rd Test at Leeds (2), 5th Test at the Oval (5), the team at Windsor Castle, Australian swimmer Beatrice Kerr, portraits of 1909 Australian cricketers (18), the voyage home including the cricket pavilion at Singapore, boar-hunting at Ipoh, sightseeing in Java. Six photographs damaged, though a unique insight into touring a century ago. Provenance: Cotter family, by descent. (Photo)... $20,000 - $25,000
MONTY NOBLE, nice photograph of Noble practising at the nets at the Oval with a small boy, photo by Bowden Brothers, London, overall 16x12cm. [Monty Noble played 42 Tests 1897-1909, including 15 as Australian captain]. (Photo). $100 - $150
"Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1909", rebound in brown cloth (without wrappers). Good condition. $180 - $200 "England v Australia, Official Souvenir, Published by Authority of Victorian Cricket Association - The Fight for The Ashes, Eighty Seventh Test 1911-12", extremely rare pre-tour brochure [Melbourne, 1911], lacks wrappers. Poor/Fair condition...... $300 - $500 MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB, 1911-12 membership badge; plus 1911-12 Lady's Ticket. (2 items). $100 - $150

"Don Bradman's Pictorial Test Record: S.Africa-Australia Cricket" edited by Davis [Sydney, 1931], 96pp, signed by editor on front cover. Fair/Good condition, covers covered in plastic. Padwick 5197.. $100 - $120 "John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1932" [London, 1932], original paper wrappers (tape on spine & covered in plastic). Fair/Good condition..... $100 - $150 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: Lovely lithographed picture of "S.S.Orontes 1933", signed below by the whole England team, 19 signatures - Douglas Jardine (captain), Eddie Paynter, Tommy Mitchell, Maurice Leyland, Harold Larwood, Freddie Brown, Gubby Allen, Hedley Verity, Walter Hammond, R.E.S.Wyatt, Bill Bowes, Bill Voce, Herbert Sutcliffe, George Duckworth, Plum Warner (manager), Nawab of Pataudi (scarce), Leslie Ames, Maurice Tate & R.C.N. Palairet, framed & glazed, overall 30x35cm. Superb condition. (Photo)...$2000 - $2500 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: Superb original pen-and-ink cartoon by Wells, "No Rest For the Wicket!" depicting Plum Warner, Douglas Jardine, Walter Hammond & Don Bradman, and stating "The Selector's Problem is Who's Going to get Bradman Out?", and with superb Don Bradman signature, framed & glazed, overall 30x37cm. Wonderful unique Body-line memorabilia. (Photo).....$1000 - $1500
1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: Rare song sheet "Keep Your Tail Up Kangaroo - The Big Australian Cricket Chorus Song", composed by Neil McBeath, published by Haold Neal [Melbourne, 1932]. Fair/Good condition. (Photo). $300 - $400 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: "The Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1932-3" by Baillie [Melbourne, 1932], fair condition (missing back cover), rare "body-line" tour guide. {Padwick 3376. Also listed by Ramsbottom}.. $100 - $150 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: "Who's Who in Australian Cricket, 1932-33" by H.Drysdale Bett [Melbourne, 1932], rare supplement to 'The Australian Cricketer'. Fair/Good condition. {Padwick 3331 & 7174-1. Also listed by Ramsbottom, who notes "It was intended to be a regular supplement to 'The Australian Cricketer' but this, in fact, was the only one issued}. (Photo)...... $200 - $250 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: Scarce Orient Line tour brochure "M.C.C. Australasian Tour 1932-3" 16pp; also "1932, Australia v England, 1st Test Teams" sheet with facsimile autographs (poor condition, folded and laid down on card, upper left 1/8 missing) - latter does not appear in Ramsbottom handbook. (2 items)... $100 - $120 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: "Oh! Those Ashes" by A.H.Barratt, with cartoons by Tom Fisher [privately printed, Nottingham, 1933], presentation copy signed by Lord Mayor of Nottingham, H.Seely Whitby, to J.Brill. Good condition. {Padwick 4469-1 & 6409. Also listed by Ramsbottom}. (Photo)... $200 - $250 1932-33 "BODY-LINE" TOUR: "The Bodyline Tour, Australia v England 1932-1933", produced by Timeframed under licence from the MCC [Oxford, 2000], limited edition portfolio 55/500, in slip-case. Fine condition.. $100 - $120

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"Australian Services XI Tour-1945, Official Souvenir" compiled by H.N.Contractor [Bombay, 1945], rare pre-tour guide, with scorecard "Australian Services XI v All-India XI" & press clippings tipped in. Together with "R.A.F.Station Redhills Lake, Souvenir Christmas Programme, India, 1945". Very scarce. Fair/Good condition. (2 items)... $100 - $150
1945 rare scorecard "Australian Services XI versus An India XI, Played at Bombay, Brabourne Stadium"; plus book "Shadows over the Wicket - Six Seasons of Wartime Cricket 1940-1945" by Hoskin [Gloucester, 1946]. Good condition. $100 - $120 "A History of Queensland Cricket" by Hutcheon [Brisbane, 1946], including rare Errata supplement. Fair/Good condition...... $100 - $150 FRED FREER'S 1946-47 AUSTRALIAN TEST BLAZER, green wool, embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms & "194647" on pocket, Farmer's Label inside endorsed "F.Freer" (Fair condition with few minor moth holes). Offered together with Australian tie - green with yellow kangaroo (some moth holes); tour guide "Official Souvenir of Visit to India of The Commonwealth Cricket Team 1949-50" [Bombay, 1949]; itinerary booklet; photographs (3); dinner menu; Christmas Card; also 1948 letter inviting Freer to play in Cyril Washbrook's benefit; 1949 contract to play in Lancashire League. [Fred Freer played 1 Test 1946-47; for Victoria 1945-47; and his success in the Lancashire Leagues led to his appointment as vice-captain on 1949-50 Commonwealth XI tour of India]. (Photo)... $750 - $1000

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"1946-7 Test Cricketers in Caricature" by Lionel Coventry [Adelaide, 1946]... $100 - $South African Team, team photograph 32x27cm (some toning on mount); programmes for 1977 & 1980 Centenary Tests; books (6), tour guides (3), magazines (3); also dinner menu signed on reverse by Molly Meldrum. (16 items).. $60 - $80
ABC Cricket Books, collection from 1947-48 to 2005-06, not complete, but an extensive group including 1947-48, 1948, 195051, 1951-52 & 1952-53. Condition varies, though an impressive run. (63 items)... $200 - $250 Tour guide, "Official Magazine, Australia v All-India, Tests 1947-48" [Brisbane, 1947], signed on front cover by 11 cricket journalists including Alan McGilvray, Arthur Mailey, Bill O'Reilly, Victor Richardson & K.S.Duleepsinhji. Cover tatty along spine though scarce..... $150 - $200 "The 1948 Australian Cricketers in Cartoon, Souvenir Programme" by Haydn [Cardiff, 1948], rare pre-tour booklet we haven't seen before..... $100 - $120 1948-65 Tour Guides, noted "Meet the Australians, Personalities and fixtures for 1948 Tour" published by Deveraux [London, 1948]. (8 items)...... $100 - $AUSTRALIAN "INVINCIBLES" TOUR OF ENGLAND, rare programme "Scotland v Australia" at Aberdeen, with colourful cover featuring Bradman batting. Very rare (Bradman's last game in UK). Good condition. (Photo).. $800 - $AUSTRALIAN "INVINCIBLES" TOUR OF ENGLAND, tour guide "Cricket 1948 - The Australian Tour" [Brighton, 1948] with signatures of Australian (9) & English (6) cricketers, noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, Norm Yardley & Len Hutton (guide with some tape reinforcement); plus postcard "Australian Cricket Team, England, 1948" & England team sheet with facsimile autographs. (3 items) (Photo)... $250 - $350 AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETERS, full size Cricket Bat with 22 signatures on front, noted Bill Brown, Sam Loxton, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Bill Johnston, Dean Jones, Kim Hughes, Arthur Morris, David Boon, Greg Chappell & Bob Simpson...... $150 - $200

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CRICKET BOOKS & TOUR GUIDES, noted "Pitched Battles - The History of Australia-England Test Cricket" by Forsyth [Melbourne, 1978]; "The West Indies: Fifty Years of Test Cricket" by Cozier [Sussex, 1978]; "The Wildest Tests" by Robinson [Sydney, 1979]; ABC Cricket Books (15); other Tour Guides (14); Magazines (9). (63 items).. $100 - $150 BENSON & HEDGES ADVERTISING POSTERS: "The Battle For The Ashes - Australia vs England 1978/79"; "Cricket 1979-80"; "Centenary of the Ashes, 100, 1882-1982, England - Australia"; "Benson & Hedges Cricket Series, 1985-86"; all framed, each about 91x61cm. (4 items).... $200 - $250
"Wisden Cricket Monthly" magazine, complete run No.1 (June 1979) to final issue (Sept.2003), with the first decade's issues in five bound volumes. (293 items)..... $100 - $150 1979-80 WEST INDIES TOUR TO AUSTRALIA: Cricket Stump, split in half and signed by the West Indies team, with 18 signatures including Clive Lloyd, Derek Murray, Viv Richards & Malcolm Marshall.. $200 - $CENTENARY TEST: Folder containing GB FDC with special postmark; England team photo with 12 signatures; Australia team photo with 14 signatures. Limited edition 76/250.... $150 - $200
CRICKET FACES, cold cast metal 3-dimensional head portraits, the three best - W.G., Don Bradman & Trumper. Each mounted on black velvet with name plaque mounted below portrait, framed with gold leaf moulding with antique crackle surround, each overall 21x26cm. Produced by John & Clive Hill of Sussex c1980s. (3 items).. $150 - $200 PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS, from 1980s Ashes tours, mainly action photos of English & Australian players, with captions on reverse, each about 18x24cm. (41 items).... $100 - $150 1980-81 AUSTRALIAN TOUR TO SRI LANKA, copper/silver plate decorated with elephant, presented to Australian captain Kim Hughes, engraved "Sri Lanka Cricket 3-5-81/ Sponsor Lever Brothers".. $150 - $200 CRICKET PAINTING: "The Long Distance Runner" by William Costable (1906-89), oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated "83", framed, overall 86x112cm. (Photo).... $250 - $500 SIMON O'DONNELL, match-used "Gray-Nicolls" Cricket Bat, with signatures of Simon O'Donnell & 17 other Victorian players on reverse. [Simon O'Donnell played 6 Tests & 87 ODIs 1984-92]... $120 - $150 ROSS BATEMAN: Set of 8 cricket prints - "The Master and the Pupils", "WG and his Adelaide followers", "Dennis Lillee's Test Debut", "Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard", "Slasher Saves the Day", "Simmo the Saviour", "Billy Murdoch comes out to play" & "Greg Chappell Supreme", all signed by the artist & numbered 3/200, each overall 43x31cm. (8 items)...... $160 - $200

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"Baggy Green - Journal of Australian Cricket" edited by Whimpress [Adelaide], complete run from Vol.1 No.1 (Nov.1998) to Vol.8 No.2 (May 2006). (16 issues)..... $100 - $50th Anniversary of "The 1948 Invincibles", Dinner Menu with 6 signatures on front cover - Don Bradman, Ron Hamence, Ernie Toshak, Ian Johnson, Doug Ring & Terry Jenner (organiser & host). (Photo).. $200 - $250 "AUSTRALIA, 1900-1999, TEAM OF THE CENTURY" print by Bryan Membrey, signed by Neil Harvey, Arthur Morris & the artist, overall 52x73cm..... $100 - $150

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DON BRADMAN, display comprising two miniature bats with hand-painted portraits of Don Bradman by Dave Thomas, window mounted with print "Sir Donald Bradman, A.C.", framed (no glass), overall 71x64cm.. $100 - $150 DON BRADMAN, "Wisden Cricketers of the Century Sir Donald Bradman" displays (4), featuring Miniature Sheet showing frame-by-frame illustration of the Don's drive, each mounted on board with plaque, overall 48x24cm. As new condition. (4 items)..... $150 - $200
2003 WORLD CUP, collection of match programmes (44), Opening Ceremony programme, miniature bat/invitation & paperweight, housed in special box "ICC Cricket World Cup, South Africa 2003". (47 items).. $200 - $250 AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of Kevin Pietersen & Andrew Flintoff with CoAs; plus signed picture of Adam Gilchrist. (3 items)..... $100 - $120 GREG MAIL, match worn NSW Blues cricket shirt with "MAIL" & "26" on reverse.. $100 - $120 RICKY PONTING, pair of match used "Kookaburra" Cricket Gloves, both signed. (Photo).. $250 - $300 SHANE WARNE, display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with action photograph, framed & glazed, overall 40x33cm..... $80 - $100
Cricket - Cigarette & Trade Cards
749 c1890 cricket card game "Gentlemen v Players", playing card size. Group includes Gentlemen (11) - Mr.W.G.Grace, J.T.Hearne, Mr.McGregor, Mr.W.Newham, Mr.T.C.O'Brien, Mr.W.H.Patterson, Mr.O.G.Radcliffe, Mr.W.W.Read, Mr.J.Shuter, Mr.A.E.Stoddart & Mr.S.M.J.Woods; Players (11) - Abel, Attewell, Bean, Briggs, Gunn, Lohmann, Peel, M.Read, Shrewsbury, Ulyett & Ward; 'runs' cards (70) from "One Run" to "Six Runs"; and 'out' cards (16) from "Bowled" to "Leg Before Wicket". Fair/G. [Note: These cards have pale green on reverse. In our June 2007 Sale we offered a similar set (only 28 cards) with on reverse a floral design in blue on mauve, believed to have been issued 3 years later than these]. (Total 108) (Photo)....$1000 - $1500 c1905 game "Cricket", made by C.W.Faulkner & Co, London, with complete set of 60 cards & rule book in original box. Good condition. (Photo)..... $200 - $250 HUGE COLLECTION of cricket cigarette & trade cards, c1905-2006, mostly complete sets, noted 1905 Wills "Sporting Terms" [10/25]; 1923 "Chums Cricketers" [23]; Ogdens "Cricket 1926" [50]; Players "Cricketers, Caricatures by RIP" [50]; Major Drapkin "Australian and English Test Cricketers" [40]; Wills "Cricketers 1928" [50]; 1929 Wills "Cricketers" [50]; Godfrey Phillips "Test Cricketers 1932-1933" [38]; Players "Cricketers 1934" [50]; Ardath "Cricket, Tennis & Golf Celebrities" [50]; huge array of modern sets; also sticker albums, playing cards & phone cards. (Total c11,600) (Photo)..$1800 - $2200

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REFERENCE BOOKS, noted "Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards - An Initial Listing" by Deadman in 2 volumes [Leicester, 1983]; "Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards - An Extended Listing" by Deadman [London, 1985]; "Cigraette Cards - Australian Issues & Values" by Skinner [Adelaide, 1983]. (10 items)... $100 - $Wills "Cricketers" (WILLS's with small s), complete set [50], plus extra types of No.2 Mr.P.F.Warner (one with blazer, other without); No.5 L.C.Braund (one with cap, other without) & No.23 G.Dennett (one with hat, other without). G/VG. (Total 53) (Photo)...... $250 - $300 1926-29 cricket cards, complete sets, comprising 1926 Players "Cricketers, Caricatures by RIP" [50]; 1928 Churchman "Famous Cricket Colours" [25]; 1929 Wills "Cricketers" (2nd Series) [50]. G/VG. (Total 125).. $160 - $200 1926-28 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) "Famous Test Match Cricketers" [31/32]; "Famous Australian Cricketers" [7/16]; "England's Test Match Cricketers" [1/16]. Fair/G. Also 1949 "Football Record", June 25, Victoria v West Australia. (Total 40)...... $150 - $200 1926-38 cricket cards, comprising 1926 Sunripe "Caricatures of Famous Cricketers" [25/50 + 10 spares]; 1928 Major Drapkin "Australian & English Test Cricketers" [36/40]; 1928 Millhoff "Famous Test Cricketers" (med.size) [8/27]; 1938 Ogdens "Prominent Cricketers of 1938" [14/50 + 4 spares]. G/VG. (Total 97)... $200 - $D.C.Thomson (Rover) "The World's Best Cricketers", complete set, noted J.B.Hobbs, H.L.Collins & W.M.Woodfull. G/VG. (32)...... $150 - $Players "Cricketers, Caricatures by RIP", complete set, noted W.Bardsley, J.B.Hobbs & D.R.Jardine. G/VG. (50)...... $100 - $Ogdens "Cricket 1926", complete set, noted Herbert Collins, Arthur Mailey & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (50).. $100 - $Ogdens "Australian Test Cricketers 1928-29", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36) (Photo)...... $200 - $250

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1928 Churchman "Famous Cricket Colours", complete set, including Australia's Baggy Green. G/VG. (25). $100 - $Wills "Cricketers, 1928", complete set, noted Jack Hobbs, Harold Larwood & Douglas Jardine. G/VG. (50). $80 - $Wills (Australia) "Cricket Season 1928-29", part set [40/48], noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & J.B.Hobbs. G/VG...... $120 - $Wills "Cricketers" (2nd Series), complete set, noted Ames, Tyldesley & Woolley. G/VG. (50). $100 - $Players "Cricketers 1930", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Bill Ponsford. G/VG. (50). $100 - $Sweetacres Champion Chewing Gum "Prominent Cricketers", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Eddie Gilbert & J.B.Hobbs. G/VG. (32) (Photo)..... $120 - $Players "Cricketers 1934", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & Bill Ponsford. G/VG. (50). $90 - $120 c1936 Sunday Sun "Test Cricket Heroes", complete set [32] mounted in small booklet. (Booklet with minor faults). Rare. (Photo)...... $200 - $Ogdens "Prominent Cricketers of 1938", complete set [50]; plus Players "Cricketers 1938" [50] in album. G/VG. (Total 100)..... $200 - $Hignett Bros "Prominent Cricketers of 1938", part set [26/50]. G/VG. Scarce set.. $150 - $Players "Cricketers 1938", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG. (50). $80 - $Nabisco "Leading Cricketers", complete set, noted Don Bradman, Arthur Morris & Lindsay Hassett. Fair/VG. (32)...... $100 - $Argus badges "Australia v England 1950-1951 Test Souvenir", part set of English cricketers [5/20]; plus Australian & English team badges; "Australian 1950-1951 Cricket Series" part set of Australian cricketers [11/36 + 2 spares]. Poor/VG. (Total 20)...... $150 - $200 1953-54 Coles (Australia) "Australian & English Cricketers", complete set [28]. G/VG. Also ABC Cricket Books for 1953 & 1954-55. (30 items) (Photo)..... $250 - $D.C.Thomson & Co. "County Cricketers", almost complete set [63/64], noted Peter May, Colin McCool & Jim Laker. Mainly G/VG (one creased)..... $150 - $Kane Products "1956 Cricketers", 1st Series [25] & 2nd Series [25], complete sets, the 1st Series with 9 cards signed Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Ron Archer, Colin McDonald, Alan Davidson, Len Maddocks, Frank Tyson, Ian Craig & John Rutherford. G/VG. (Total 50) (Photo).... $250 - $'The Sun' newspaper "Cricketstickers", complete set [76] in album. G/VG. Scarce.. $150 - $200 c1980-84 cricket cards, noted Australian Dairy Corporation "Super Cricket Card Series 1982/83" [54]; "Super Cricket Card Series 1983/84" [50]; plus "Kanga Cricket" [63]; also 500 pieces Jig-Saw Puzzle "WSC Australian cricketers Series - Rod Marsh". G/VG. (Total c255)..... $50 - $100 c1991-95 Phone Cards, published for Cricket Memorabilia Society, comprising No.1 W.G.Grace, No.2 Sir Donald Bradman, No.3 Denis Compton & No.4 Cyril Washbrook, each in folder,with Don Bradman & Denis Compton folders signed. (4 items)..... $100 - $Weet-Bix/County Print "Australian Test Cricketers by John Ireland", complete set [20], all signed, includes Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh & Shane Warne. G/VG. (Photo).... $200 - $Futera "The Heritage Collection - A Collection of Great Australian Cricketers", almost complete set [59/60] (missing No.11 Keith Miller), with 58 of the cards signed, including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey & Graham McKenzie. VG. Numbered 482/500. (Photo).... $800 - $Futera "Cricket", complete base set [110], plus various 'chase' cards (17), with 97 cards signed, including Mark Taylor, David Boon, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath & Inzamam-ul-Haq. (Total 127) (Photo).. $300 - $Topp "A Centenary of New Zealand Cricket", complete base set [90], plus limited edition "Master" cards [12] & certificate cards [12]. G/VG. (Total 114).... $100 - $120