Abra Card Abra Roycroft

 A stunning picture of Marilyn Monroe post card issued by 20th Century Fox. Stock is selling all the time so please call us to check if there is something you would like - we post world wide. Phone :  (03) 9859 4215

  First Edition ; Super Royal 4to; pp. iv, 12 (16 parchment sheets printed on one side only); each sheet with single engraving and text, housed in black cloth folding folio, title lettered in gilt on front white and gilt decoration to front board, fine copy The material for this Portfolio has been drawn from two sources. The text matter is reproduced from Appendix S in the first edition of The History Of Ballarat by William Bramwell Withers (Ballarat, 1870). The sketches have been selected from The Gold-Finder of Australia, edited by John Sherer (London, 1853)  

 A wonderful rare book and considered an important  book on the history and folklore of gemstones. In a handsome  binding of p urple cloth with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine 434pp.

  A rare book by a fascinating Australia.Robert Hall (19 October 1867 – 19 September 1949) was a founding member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1901. He is well known for making an expedition to Siberia, via Japan and Korea from 1903, with R. E. Trebilcock, to discover the previously unknown breeding grounds of various species of waders. His published works include A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania (1899),and Australian Bird Maps (1922).

 An enchanting little book with wonderful illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite!  Title:   GUM -TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF the Never Never. Publisher:   Robertson & Mullens Ltd. Publication Date:   1925 Binding:   Hardback Illustrator:   Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul Book Condition:   Good Dust Jacket Condition:   No Jacket

  Postcard of Schooner John.R.Bradley ready for the Arctic voyage Postcard of  the "Dash for the South Pole". Postcard of "How Cook and Peary discovered the North Pole"