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Enthusiasts will once again be offered several golden collecting opportunities at the June 10th Books, Maps & Manuscripts sale set to take place at the New York galleries of Bonhams.
Cause for great excitement amongst the collecting community is word that property from the collection of Maurice B. Goldstone will be offered. Goldstone, brother of renowned […]

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The Great Gatsby 1st Edition for Bonhams New York Auction

Enthusiasts will once again be offered several golden collecting opportunities at the June 10th Books, Maps & Manuscripts sale set to take place at the New York galleries of Bonhams.
Cause for great excitement amongst the collecting community is word that property from the collection of Maurice B. Goldstone will be offered. Goldstone, brother of renowned […]

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Rare 1st Edition of The Great Gatsby

The sale on Monday 11 May 2009 at 11am includes a comprehensive collection of Federation ephemera collected by Lt. R.R.Belknap whilst visiting Australia during the celebrations abroad the U.S. Flagship “Brooklyn”, over 56 items including many decorative & illuminated invitations with original envelopes and an illustrated invitation to the Royal Review at Flemington.

There are also three very good examples of Thomas a Kempis Imitation of Christ including an extremely elaborate edition showing early illustrations from the manuscripts in chromolithograph superbly bound by Tessier.

An interesting item is a silver cigarette case associated with “Trooper Bluegum” Oliver Hogue (1880-1919), who achieved recognition for his writing during the First World War. Hogue served at Gallipoli for 5 months and fought in the Battles of Romani, Magdhaba, Rafa and Gaza. Having survived the worst of the fighting in Sinai and Palestine, he died of influenza in London in 1919.

Also on offer is a collection of 70 lots of Australiana, art reference, collectables, prints & maps Of particular note is Angas’s South Australia Illustrated 1847, with 60 magnificent colour lithograph plates in very good condition. A number of limited art publications in the art reference in particular ‘New York Nowhere’ with 10 original etchings by John Olsen, published by the Littlewood Press in 1998 in an edition of 175 copies (illustrated).

There is good selection of early & fine printings, including an interesting 15th Century French folio manuscript of 344 folios on parchment (Incunabulum) being the revenue accounts of the Normandy Kings properties. Approximately 32 Lots from the Library of Max Dupain, mostly associated Art Books, but also a copy of John Browne’s ‘A Complete Treatise of the Muscles…’ Savoy. 1681.

Monday 11 May 2009 11am at 224 Young Street, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW

Preview:
Friday 8 May 2009 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9 May 2009 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10 May 2009 10am - 4pm
Monday 11 May 2009 9am
Auction info www.bonhamsandgoodman.com.au

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Sydney Books Maps & Manuscripts Auction

The sale on Monday 11 May 2009 at 11am includes a comprehensive collection of Federation ephemera collected by Lt. R.R.Belknap whilst visiting Australia during the celebrations abroad the U.S. Flagship “Brooklyn”, over 56 items including many decorative & illuminated invitations with original envelopes and an illustrated invitation to the Royal Review at Flemington.
There are also […]

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Bonhams & Goodman Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale

It might be yours for just € 25 000: the Bernard edition of Maria Sibylla Merian’s two great books on the insects of Suriname and Europe. Published in Amsterdam in 1730, the work, featuring 256 stunning copperplate engravings, is to be sold at the Ketterer Kunst auctions in Hamburg on 18 und 19 May 2009. […]

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