Australia, New Zealand, Pacifica

Australia, New Zealand, Pacifica

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1 A Coo-ee from Australia: Viewbook and Greetings Card
Australia No publisher shown 1938 Very Good View Book & Greetings Card 
Greetings Card from Australia with a concertina-style, folding set of photo views of Austraila. Eight folding panels, printed both sides, show 16 different photo views of major cities in Australia. The inside of the rear panel contained both printed and hand-written Christmas/New Year Greetings. Hand dated 1938. Size - 6" by 5". Clean copy, no noteable defects. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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2 Art in Australia: Third Series, No. 57
Sydney John Fairfax 1934 Third Series, No. 57 Printed Wrappers VG+ Quarterly Journal 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
A Quarterly Journal. First Number to be published by the Sydney Morning Herald. features the McGregor Collection. 102pp, illustrated with b&w photographs and with tipped-in color plates. Very bright, clean interior. Some foxing to the blank, front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Sound, stapled binding, tight and square. Minor wear to lower edge of overhanging dustjacket. Very attractive - almost 'fresh'. Weight, 400g. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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3 Australian Geographical Magazine Walkabout; December 1, 1948
Melbourne Australian National Publicity Assoc. 1948 Vol. 14, No. 14 Printed Wrappers VG or Better Magazine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Single Issue of the Australian Geographical Magazine 'Walkabout' , for May of 1948. 48pp, photo illustrated, advertising. Photo of Kangeroo on cover. Bright, clean and unmarked. Above average condition. Weight, 140g. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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4 Beautiful Victoria: A Souvenir of Victoria, Splendid Views of City and Country, the Garden State of Australia
Melbourne Osboldstone First Edition Wrappers Good Very Good Viewbook 17.25" by 7.5" 
Interesting Viewbook produced by the Advertising and Intelligence Bureau, Lands Department, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Undated, circa 1910-12. 42 full-page photo plates by Sears and Harvey, photographers. A very wide booklet this copy has been roundly folded at the centre, therefore, no sharp crease. Green cloth at spine shows a little wear but stapled binding is very good. Could be shipped in this position quite safely and cheaply. Weight, 250g. This copy also has, bound in, a Presentation plate from the Hon. W. A. Watt [Premier of Victoria], to one Private Baker on the acossion of his visit to Australia with the 101st Canadian Cadet Corps [British Columbia]. Plate is dated October, 1912. 
Price: 65.00 USD
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5 Bees and Honey
Sydney A. C. N. Blight 1959 Fourth Edition, Second Impession Cloth VG+  Good Government Publication 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
A publication of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry. A popular handbook of bee-farmers in Australia. 200pp, illustrated. Clean, tight copy with sound binding. Dustjacket has a little edge wear etc. Trace of mustiness or ink odor [?]  
Price: 12.00 USD
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6 City of Horsham. Centenary Souvenir Booklet. 1950
1950 
Booklet format, 60pp, many photo illustrations. Very detailed. Size, 8.5"x11". Fine  
Price: 14.00 USD
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7 Greetings from Melbourne
Australia Publisher not stated 1934 Very Good + Viewbook-Greetings card 
Small Christmas/New Year's greetings Card hand-dated 1934 also containing a concertina-style strip of photo views of Melbourne. The folding strip of b&w views contains 12 different photo. Front panel has cut-out window in the shape of Australia. Size - 5" by 4". Clean, bright condition. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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8 Khaki and Green: With the Australian Army at Home and Overseas
Canberra Australian War Memorial 1943 First [presumed] Cloth VG+  About VG 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Book published in Australia during the Second World War to inform the Home Front as to the activities of the Australian Forces. 204pp, illustrated. Book is very clean and tight. Old signature on back of frontis. Dustjacket is clean with edge wear, small edge tears etc.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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9 New Zealand: Paradise of the Pacific
New Zealand Government Publicity Office 1928 Not Stated Printed Wraps Near Fine  Travel Brochure 8.25" by 9.5'" 
Attractive brochure promoting travel to New Zealand in the late 1920s. Unpaginated [32pp], illustrated with photographs and artists' paintings. Grey/brown wraps with gilt titles, black ink artwork and a small, circular color illustration pasted on. Silk ties to spine. Bright, clean copy. Tiny ink signature to title page is only mark. Bright, fresh interior. Weight, 140g.  
Price: 55.00 USD
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10 NZ Souvenir Song Album
Wellington Maoriland Publications Ltd. First Edition Printed Card Wraps VG+  Song Book 9.25" by 12" 
Five Maori songs for Piano/Vocal, with words. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound stapled binding. Weight, 100g.  
Price: 12.00 USD
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11 Places of Interest in and Around Adelaide, Suth Australia
Adelaide Government Tourist Bureau 1927 Sixth Edition Printed Wraps Near Fine  Tourist Brochure 18.5 by 12 Cm 
Photo booklet showing the tourist attractions of Adelaide, South Australia. Published by the Government of South Australia. Printed by R. E. E. Rogers, Government printer. Attractive color lithographed wrappers. [56pp], profusely photo illustrated in b&w, stapled binding. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Stapled binding is sound. Illustrated front wrapper is very bright and clean. Small, light ink signature to lower right corner. Attractive copy. Weight, 60g.  
Price: 40.00 USD
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12 Soldiering On: The Australian Army at Home and Overseas
Canberra Australian War Memorial 1942 First Edition Cloth Very Good  Lacking Dustjacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Wartime, home-front book on the Australian Army at home and overseas during the Second World War. 200pp, illustrated, tipped-in color plates etc. Front hinge starting to crack, otherwise very clean with tight binding.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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13 The Auckland Weekly News: Christmas Number, 1927
Auckland Wilson & Horton Ltd. 1927 Oct 17, 1927 Printed Wrappers Good Magazine 12.5" by 18.5" 
Single Issue ofa weekly illustrated magazine from Auckland, New Zealand. This is the Christmas Number, Oct. 27, 1927. 64pp, photo illustrated, advertising. Colour photo-litho of Sheep Farming, losse plate, laid-in. Interior is clean and unmarked. Slight edge wear here and there. Stapled binding is tight and sound. Rear wrapper shows quite a bit of edge wear and has a small missing piece at the top edge. Front wrapper is bright, clean and unmarked with only very minor wear to some edges. Overseas freight mght be problematic because of the large size of this magazine. Could be shipped rolled. Weight, 475g. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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14 The Bulletin: The National Australian Newspaper: January 4, 1912
North Sydney, NSW William MacLeod 1912 Vo. 33, No. 1664 Wrappers Very Good  Weekly Newspaper 11.5" by 17.5" 
Single issue of a long-running, Australian newspaper/magazine, recently defunct. At this point in its history, it resembled the illustrated magazine of Europe and America with a lively mixture of articles, cartoons, humor and advertising. 44pp, illustrated. Pink wrappers. Sound, clean, unmarked interior. Pink wrappers are intact and attached [frequently not with this paper]. Sound, stapled binding. Sound, solid copy of a newspaper frequently found in very delicate condition. Weight, 250g, pre-packing.  
Price: 50.00 USD
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15 The Bulletin: The National Australian Newspaper: June 1, 1911
North Sydney, NSW William MacLeod 1911 Vo. 32, No. 1633 Wrappers Very Good  Weekly Newspaper 11.5" by 17.5" 
Single issue of a long-running, Australian newspaper/magazine, recently defunct. At this point in its history, it resembled the illustrated magazine of Europe and America with a lively mixture of articles, cartoons, humor and advertising. 44pp, illustrated. Pink wrappers. Sound, clean, unmarked interior. Pink wrappers are intact and attached [frequently not with this paper]. Sound, stapled binding. Sound, solid copy of a newspaper frequently found in very delicate condition. Weight, 250g, pre-packing.  
Price: 50.00 USD
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16 The Bulletin: The National Australian Newspaper: June 10, 1909
North Sydney, NSW William MacLeod 1909 Vo. 30, No. 1530 Wrappers Very Good  Weekly Newspaper 11.5" by 17.5" 
Single issue of a long-running, Australian newspaper/magazine, recently defunct. At this point in its history, it resembled the illustrated magazine of Europe and America with a lively mixture of articles, cartoons, humor and advertising. 44pp, illustrated. Pink wrappers. Sound, clean, unmarked interior. Pink wrappers are intact and attached [frequently not with this paper]. Sound, stapled binding. Sound, solid copy of a newspaper frequently found in very delicate condition. Weight, 250g, pre-packing.  
Price: 50.00 USD
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17 The City's Centrepiece: The History of the Sydney G.P.O.
Sydney, Australia Hale & Iremonger 1988 0868063045 / 9780868063041 First Edition Cloth VG+  VG+ Hardcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
History of Sydney's General Post Office building, 1874-1988. 114pp, profusely illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Similar unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 622g.  
Price: 8.50 USD
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18 The Illustrated London News, September 18, 1926
London Illustrated London News 1926 No. 4561 Printed Wraps Very Good, or Better  Vintage Magazine 10.75" by 14.75" 
Issue No. 4561, Volume 169. Issue features - Treasures of a Bee-Hive Tomb, Australia's New Capital, Germany enters the League of Nations, G. K. Chesterton, Yangtze Fight [naval], British films, Dinosaurs, Mussolini [a new portrait], plus all the usual features, News of the Day, advertising, etc. pp. 485-536, some color, great color ads! Bright, clean copy. Sound binding, though slight rust to staples. Bright, clean wraps, unmarked. Weight, 350g.  
Price: 15.00 USD
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19 Victoria Old and New: A Pictorial Contrast - History of the Growth of Victoria, with comparative Illustrations of the Fifties and To-day.
Melbourne Lake Sons & Cowell 1912 First [presumed] Printed Wrappers Good to VG Softcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
History of the growth of Victoria, with comparative illustrations of the Fufties and to-day.Australian History and Description. Overall size 8.5"x11", softcovers, 80pp. Well designed with a color cover featuring an Aboriginal image. Many illustrations. and advertisements. Top corner and part of the top margin are slightly rippled. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Weight, 230g. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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20 ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE Brisbane and Queensland
London Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line First Edition [presumed] Stapled Wrappers Very Good or Better Travel Booklet Oblong 8vo 
Travel booklet promoting Brisbane and Queensland in Australia, by a British Shipping Line. 16pp, photo illustrated of scenes in Australia. No shipping line info or illustration. Undated, circa 1949. Clean copy, sound stapled binding. Weight, 36g. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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