Manuscripts
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# 34264
BATES, John
Manuscript letter written by an American fortune seeker during the Port Curtis gold rush. Sent from Gladstone, Queensland to New York, May, 1859.
Entire letter, bifolium, 260 x 205 mm, folding to 80 x 130 mm, with an enclosed sheet; at the top corner of the first side is the embossed stamp of Sydney stationers Smith & Hinton; [3] pp of manuscript in brown ink; headed ‘Port Curtiss [sic] May 24th ’59‘ and signed at the foot ‘Your affectionate …
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# 34312
MEEHAN, Bernard
The Book of Kells
London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, slipcase, pp. 256, illustrated. New copy. The Book of Kells is one of the great treasures of medieval Europe. Produced around 800, it presents a text of the Gospels employing decoration that is not only extraordinarily rich and colourful but also, in places, deeply …
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# 32787
The Nepean Hotel, Portsea, Victoria: two visitors’ books for 1873-1882 and 1898-1908.
I. Visitors’ book, 1898-1908 Folio (330 x 220 mm), original straight-grain brown morocco (rubbed and marked), boards ruled in gilt, the upper board with gilt-stamped lettering ‘Visitors’ Book / Nepean Hotel / Portsea‘ and royal coat of arms, spine with double gilt-ruled bands; front pastedown with binder’s ticket of the Melbourne stationers Arnall & Jackson, …
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# 32327
ROUGEMONT, Louis de (Henri Louis GRIN) (1847-1921)
Louis de Rougement, colonial adventurer and hoaxer: autograph letter, signed, offering stories to an editor for publication. Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 1903.
Manuscript in ink on ruled paper, 160 x 200 mm; headed ‘Flitwick, Ampthill, 1.7.03’, the letter is addressed to The Author Syndicate, Lincoln Inn Field, London, and is signed at the foot ‘Yours, Louis de Rougemont’; wet stamped ‘Received 2 Jul 03’, and with a correspondence number in red crayon; original vertical fold, clean and …
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# 32578
FORSTER, J. R. (compiler); TOOSE, Henry (photographer) (attributed)
Commonplace book of J. R. Forster, manager of the Commercial Bank at Milton on the New South Wales south coast, including original photographs of Milton and other south coast townships. Dated 1876.
Small square quarto (250 x 200 mm), original blind-blocked green cloth over boards (rubbed and marked), upper board stamped in gilt ‘Album’; all edges gilt; first blank inscribed ‘J. R. Forster / from his friend / Mary Child / July 11th 1876’; wove paper in a variety of colours, approximately [70] pages, of which 40 …
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![Token zu [刀剣図]](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/12/10123304/2021_DSFB_8964-300x300.jpg)
# 33244
ISE, Sadatake (1717 - 1784)
Token zu [刀剣図]
Manuscript watercolour album in Japanese binding of cards with title label (rubbed and worn), 27.5 x 19 cms, 11 double page leaves illustrated in watercolour of Japanese swords, small Japanese collector’s stamp, a few old wormholes and paper repairs, a very good example. Ise Sadatake was a historian and author of a number of books …
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# 32306
ESSON, Thomas Louis Buvelot (1878–1943)
Louis Esson, Australian dramatist and poet : autograph letter, signed, mentioning a forthcoming poduction of one of his plays. Carlton, Melbourne, early 1920s.
1 page, small quarto (200 x 170 mm), manuscript in ink on faint-ruled writing paper; headed ’67 Queensberry St. Carlton, Wed.’ (but no precise date), addressed ‘Dear Dave’, and signed at the foot ‘With all good wishes, I am Yours sincerely, Louis Esson’; Esson writes: ‘Do you think you will be around some afternoon at …
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![[TOOWOOMBA] Account for purchases made from Alexander Davis, Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, by J. Walker, dated 1 March 1869.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/12/10123111/2021_DSFB_8926-300x300.jpg)
# 33564
DAVIS, Alexander
[TOOWOOMBA] Account for purchases made from Alexander Davis, Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, by J. Walker, dated 1 March 1869.
Single octavo sheet (170 x 110 mm), on letterhead of Alexander Davis, Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, with manuscript entries recording the date March 1st 1869, the name of the debtor J. Walker, and itemised account for Walker’s purchases of loaves of bread during February, 1869; Queensland 1d revenue stamp affixed; verso …
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# 33230
Indenture for the sale of land and property between Daniel Collier the younger of Hopley’s Green in the Parish of Almeley in the County of Hereford, Gent., and Sarah his wife, and Benjamin Fellowes of Shobdon Court, in the County of Hereford, dated 1 December, 1731
Manuscript in ink on vellum, 340 x 500 mm; written in a fine notarial hand; legal document dated 1 December 1731 recording the transfer of a parcel of land, including the buildings on it, at Hopley’s Green, Hereford, from Daniel and Sarah Collier to Benjamin Fellowes of Shobdon Court, Hereford, for the sum of 5 …
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# 32325
WESTALL, William (1781-1850)
William Westall, voyage artist: autograph receipt for the sale a drawing for Mrs. Haldimand, dated 31 October 1826.
Manuscript in ink on laid paper, 75 x 180 mm; dated ‘Oct. 31st 1826’, the document is written in Westall’s hand and is worded: ‘Recd. of G. J. Robson Esqre. Ten Guineas for a Drawing for Mrs. Haldimand. [Signed] W. Westall. / £10.10’; blind stamped at left margin ‘Receipt Three Pence’; clean and complete. Rare …
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# 32733
ŠEVČÍK, Otakar (1852-1934)
Otakar Ševčík, violinist and influential pedagogue: autograph note, signed, on a postcard featuring a portrait of himself. Sent from Prague, and addressed to a music critic in Berlin, April 1904.
Prague : Mojmír Urbánek, [1904]. Postcard, 91 x 141 mm; on the left side of the recto is a photomechanical process portrait of Ševčík from a photograph by V. Donát, with a printed caption ‘PROF. OT. ŠEVČÍK’ at top centre; the right side is occupied by an autograph note by Ševčík written in German in pen, …
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# 32972
Chirograph of assignment of land in the Parish of Llanegwad & Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from Richard Winwood Esq., Edmond Denton Esq., and Thomas Darry Esq., to Anthony Morgan Esq. and Elizabeth, his wife, Francis Martin Esq., and Anthony Luther Esq., for 250 pounds of silver. Dated 13 August 1655.
Manuscript in ink on vellum, 280 x 580 mm; written in a notarial hand; a legal copy (chirograph) of the original document; verso annotated in ink ’13 August 1655 / Llanegwad & Llanfynydd / Chyrograph of assine’; old folds, but clean and legible; unframed. A well preserved Welsh land indenture from the English Interregnum, or English Commonwealth, the …
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# 33124
MARTYN, John R. C.
Letters of Pope Gregory :
a study of an unknown tenth century manuscript bound in Tenbury and found in Melbourne containing all or part of forty letters sent by Pope Gregory the Great. Edited, collated and translated by John R. C. Martyn. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards in dustjacket, pp. 184, illustrated. As new copy.
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# 32779
PORT PHILLIP. SUPREME COURT.
Warrant on Fi. Fa. in Assumpsit. Alastair Mackenzie Esq., Deputy Sheriff of the District of Port Phillip New South Wales, to William J. Sugden, my Bailiff, Greeting:
Sydney : W. J. Rowe, Government Printer, [1842, or earlier]. Foolscap folio (335 x 210 mm), single sheet printed recto only, with manuscript entries, a warrant on Fieri Facias In Assumpsit empowering William Johnson Sugden, the Deputy Sheriff’s Bailiff, to recover the sum of £64 13/- 6d in damages and costs from Frederick Lord Clay, …
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![[TASMANIA] East India Company commission of 1845 appointing Charles Ross Mackenzie as Captain.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/09/03092412/2021_DSFB_5998-300x300.jpg)
# 31164
[EAST INDIA COMPANY] GOUGH, Hugh, 1st Viscount Gough (1779-1869)
[TASMANIA] East India Company commission of 1845 appointing Charles Ross Mackenzie as Captain.
Bengal, Camp Hurruff (in ms.), 30 December, 1845. Printed recto only on parchment, 250 x 400 mm, folding to 250 x 100 mm; with entries in ms. recording the appointment of Charles Ross Mackenzie Esq. to the rank of Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company; signed by General Hugh Gough, Commander in Chief, East …
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![[MEXICAN REVOLUTION] Letter from an American businessman to his young English fiancée, containing an account of his recent experiences in the Baja Califonia Desert. Los Angeles, August 1920.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/09/03092425/2021_DSFB_6002-300x300.jpg)
# 32312
[MEXICAN REVOLUTION] Letter from an American businessman to his young English fiancée, containing an account of his recent experiences in the Baja Califonia Desert. Los Angeles, August 1920.
4 pp, quarto (280 x 180 mm); manuscript in ink on two lettersheets with the printed letterhead of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, dated 13 August 1920; some staining (martini or tears – or a mixture of both?), resulting in a few lacunae, otherwise complete and legible. An interesting item of private correspondence written in …