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July 2013

Front Cover: item 74 Give a Cheer for the Boys in Australia

1. ABORIGINAL. The Aborigines and Torres Islanders of Queensland by A. H. Campbell and four others. Brisbane: Western Suburbs Branch United Nations Association, 1958. Seven chapters: history, impact of European settlement, present conditions, problems with integration. Printed wrappers, stapled. Covers intact though wrapped loose around book, owner signature. Very good. $50.00

2. ABORIGINAL. Advance Australia Where? – National Aborigines’ Day, Friday July 14, 1972. Sydney: National Aborigines’ Day Observance Committee (NADOC), 1972. Original poster for National Aborigines’ Day reproducing a photograph by Daryl Cross of the Tent Embassy which had begun as a beach umbrella outside the then Parliament House on the 26th January earlier that year. Poster measures 50 x 37cms. A little insect damage top left corner, a couple of nicks and creases. Very good. $500.00

3. ABORIGINAL. “Aborigine on the Outside – William Wise and Axel Poignant in Australia” Creative Camera, No.213, September 1982. Two illustrated articles: “Axel Poignant – a Photographer in Australia” by Ian Jeffrey and “Outback, Text and Photographs” by William Wise in the now defunct English monthly devoted to the art of photography. Qto. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Spine sunned, else fine. $35.00

4. ADAMSON, JUDITH. Australian Film Posters 1906-1960. Sydney: Currency Press and Australian Film Institute, 1978. First Australian edition. Twenty-four full page colour posters, history and background to these movies, and illustrated with reproductions of contemporary ephemera. Folio. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $45.00

5. ALPHABET. ABC Book. Sydney: Offset Printing Co., nd. Twenty-six colour illustrations, over 12pp., by Victor Bourlin; the usual suspects though Mr. Bourlin comes up with an elegant zebra. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. MUIR 818. $35.00

AUSTRALIANS ABROAD. Scroll down to Rex Butler, Mick Dundee, Barry McKenzie, Dame Nellie Melba, Harry “Breaker” Morant, Gregory David Roberts, Fred Schwarz, Joseph Stalin, World War Two and Young Australia League

6. BICENTENNIAL. Sydney Gay Mardi Gras, Festival Feb. 5-28, Parade & Party Feb.27. Original poster for the 1988 Gay Mardi Gras by David McDiarmid, director of the Festival in 1988-1989 and involved in it for many years beforehand. A vivid poster in British Empire triumphant style dominated by a virile angel astride gargoyles, classical sculptures, the harbour and outline of the city, the last including two Opera Houses. Poster measures 80 x 60cms. Small amount of tape bleed bottom right corner, a couple of creases. Near fine. $300.00

IN APRIL THIS YEAR, BRISBANES [sic] DEEN BROTHERS ARE BEING CONTRACTED TO DEMOLISH THE AREA OF THE CITY BOUNDED BY GEORGE ST, ROMA ST, AND TURBOT ST. ... HOOKER CORPORATION IS BUILDING A GIANT COMMUNICATIONS TOWER THERE – 450 METRES HIGH, IT WILL BE BRISBANE’S BIGGEST THING

7. BRISBANE. The Demolition Show! Original poster for the exhibition at “The Observatory”, 92-102 Little Roma Street from 10th-31st March 1986 to draw attention to the above development. The demolition was a success, the communications tower wasn’t, the space went the traditional Australian way of first a hole in the ground, then a car park and is now occupied by the Queensland Supreme Court and Magistrate’s Court buildings. Poster contains photographs of buildings and facades to go, details of the exhibition schedule and, on the reverse, “What is a Criminal?” or photographs of Queensland politicians and businessmen, captioned rhetorically, and a summary of the provisions possible by the State Government under the proposed Drugs Misuse Bill. Poster measures 38.5 x 29cms., remnants of small stain on middle right edge. Creased. Very good. $350.00

8. BUTLER, REX. Colin McCahon in Australia. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington, 2010. First New Zealand edition. The text of the Gordon N. Brown lecture by the Australian art historian (2009), revised into essay form, and concerned with the manner in which Colin McCahon’s ideas have been taken up by writers and artists. 48pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. $35.00

9. CARLOTTA. Carlotta’s Kings X. Pymble, NSW: Playbill [2005]. Programme from Carlotta’s spectacular autobiographical show which ran at Luna Park, Sydney, from 1st-11th June 2005. INSCRIBED TO -------, “LOVE IS A LONG MEMORY”,

CARLOTTA. 2005. Show written by Ron Creevey and Carlotta. Glossy programme with colour photographs and clippings from Carlotta’s career, bios of cast and crew members, and details of musical numbers; 20pp. Qto. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $35.00

Mrs. Moon was reading about ‘Home’, that place way down below the Moon, where some time or other all the babies would go. It seemed a very nice place and Baby Bunting was wishing that he might soon go there.

10. CHRISTIE, CONNIE. Baby Bunting Comes to Town. Melbourne: Digest Juvenile, nd. Illustrated by the author. A startling version of where babies come from and who, along with Grandfather Stork, delivers them to their earthly homes. Qto. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. MUIR 1512. $35.00

11. CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Christmas Island, lyrics and music by Lyle Moraine. Sydney: D.Davis & Co. Pty. Ltd., [1946]. The author’s most famous song, recorded by The Andrews Sisters, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett and many others. Is it the only song about this island? Qto. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. $35.00

THEN 1,000 KMS SOUTH-WEST FROM THE LAST ITEM AND 3,000

KMS NORTH-WEST OF PERTH TO

12. COCOS ISLANDS. Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Report for 1972-1973. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1974. General information, reports on activities and initiatives, appendixes of statistics; 17pp; three colour map laid into packet at rear. Produced during the period when the Australian Government was preparing itself to buy out the Clunies-Ross’ family. Printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

13. COLOURING BOOK. The Sunshine Book. Melbourne: Gunn and Taylor, nd. Three stories by W.H. Cox, all with full page or smaller scenes to colour. Qto. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine and untouched. MUIR 7215 $35.00

14. CRUSADE. Billy Graham Crusade Songs, compiled by Cliff Barrows. Sydney: Chancel Publishing for the Billy Graham Crusade Committee, 1968. First Australian edition. Music and lyrics to sixty-six songs for the evangelist’s second visit to Australia and New Zealand. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

ERIC DARE’S COMEDY THEATRE, 11 OXFORD STREET, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE ALBURY, “WE WERE GOING TO CALL IT THE WODONGAL” DAVID MITCHELL

15. (DARE, ERIC.) Cinderella by David Penfold and David Mitchell. Programme for the production at Eric Dare’s Comedy Theatre Restaurant, c.1980. A stellar cast: Maggie Kirkpatrick and Carlotta as the Ugly Sisters, Ronne Arnold as the Wicked Stepmother and Beatrice, the star of the show, as Cinderella. Cast and credit, “bios” of performers and complete lyrics to “The Cinderella Magic Song”. Single sheet measuring 21 x 31cms., printed both sides, folded once to make 4pp. Heavy creases top of fold, else very good. $60.00

16. (DUNDEE, MICK.) Crocodile Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman (1986). Original Polish poster for Krokodyl Dundee [opened in Poland in 1987]. Mick Dundee’s adventures change from fairy tale to computer game for the Polish release; poster designed by A.Pagowski. Poster measures 92 x 67cms. One old horizontal fold; now rolled. Fine. $300.00

17. ENGINEERING. Journal and Abstract of Proceedings for 1900 of the Sydney University Engineering Society, New South Wales. Sydney: Sydney University Engineering Society, 1900. Officer bearers, President’s address and four essays including “Sydney’s Electric Tramways”; 65pp.. Signature of J.M.S. Woore, local engineer who had two separate careers at the Western Australia Railways, then designing engineer at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Blue cloth stamped in gold Spine sunned and frayed, else near fine. $35.00

18. FORBES, JOHN. Tropical Skiing. London: Angus and Robertson, 1976. First Australian edition. SIGNED BY THE

AUTHOR. Illustrations by Ken Searle. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $60.00

19. FORBES, JOHN. Thin Ice and Other Poems. [Sydney] Surfers Paradise Press [1989]. First Australian edition. B/26 LETTERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (TOTAL EDITION OF 130

COPIES). Eleven poems; cover illustration by Ken Bolton. Qto. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $100.00

20. FORBES, JOHN. “Scottische”. Nine drafts of the poem, though one draft is noted as “3 ”, of this late poem which moves between melancholy and bathos. Titled originally “If pain persists, see a doctor”, then “The Break”, “Bagpipe Music”, “Bagpipe Music (a soap opera)”, back to “Bagpipe Music”, “Scottoche” and the final “Scottische” for the last four drafts. Each draft is typed with handwritten changes, alternative versions, some sections typexed out, and some handwritten pages of fragments, notes, phrases and tinkering with lines; 18pp. total. Written between 12th June and 1st July 1995, first published in Southerly, Vol.55, No.4, 1995, included in Collected Poems, 1970-1998, Rose Bay, Brandl and Schlesinger [2001]. The final draft here is identical to the version in the Collected except, “Where the face in the mirror / imitates pain” has become “Where the face in the mirror / mimics pain”. EACH DRAFT NUMBERED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE

AUTHOR. $600.00

There was a time when a woman with a family was tied to her kitchen, for she was faced by the unremitting task of three meals a day, seven days a week, and almost everything to do with her own busy hands. Times, however, have changed. Food has become a science – and Foster Clark’s range of fine prepared foods helps make life easier for thousands of women. – from the Introduction

21. FOSTER CLARK. Fine Food. Sydney: Foster Clark Australia [c.1950]. One hundred and thirty recipes, across all courses and occasions, and using at least one of the publisher’s products – including jelly crystals, beef tea cubes, soups – even as far as their contribution to “Mongolian Soup” and halfway to the “quick and easy” mantra of today. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Staples rusting, else very good. $35.00

22. FULLERTON, CYRUS. Happiness and Health in Womanhood – a Guide to Better Understanding and Closer Friendship between Mother and Daughter. Sydney: Father and Son Welfare Movement, 1943. Second revised edition, first published 1937. Wartime reading with an emphasis on venereal disease; laid in is a generic letter from mother to daughter explaining something of the beginning of menstruation. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $35.00

23. GARRAVEMBI PRESS. Christmas ’90 by Peter Marsh. Thumb Creek via Macksville, NSW: Garravembi Press, 1990. Marked “Ephemera 1” from the press. Message from the publisher: brief history, delays in current publications, forthcoming titles; 2 tipped-in new plates of banknotes, c.1850; errata slip. Printed wrappers, stapled. Containing a single sheet measuring 25cms. x 40cms., folded three times to make 4pp. Publisher’s current catalogue laid in. 150 copies. $35.00

24. GIBBS, MAY. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie – Their Adventures Wonderful. Sydney: Angus and Robertson [c.1920]. Early edition, first published 1918. No vignette on rear cover, W.C. Penfold, the printers, at 88 Pitt Street. The first appearance of the immortal foster brothers. Colour frontispiece and 22 full page sepia illustrations and drawings. Pictorial boards with colour vignette on cover. Prelims foxed; light wear. Very good. MUIR 2744 $250.00

25. GREEN BANS. Not Wanted in Victoria Street or Anywhere Theemans’s Scabs. [Potts Point] Victoria Street Residents Action Group and the Builders Labourers Federation [c.1973]. Original poster issued during the conflict between residents of Victoria Street, Potts Point, the Builders Labourers Federation and Frank Theeman, property developer. The poster features 25 mostly head and shoulder portraits of individuals working for Theeman. The most prominent, centre of the poster, is Joe Meissner. Poster measures 57 x 44cms. Creased, a couple of nicks at edges. Very good. $500.00

26. HEIDELBERG. The Lest We Forget Cookery Book – Taste of Life Recipes from Darley House Community. Heidelberg Heights, Vic: Snap Printing Heidelberg, nd [c.2000]. Combination of recipes, anecdotes, memories and jokes put together by the staff, residents and their families of a nursing home in Heidelberg; illustrated, 36pp. Pictorial wrappers. Comb bound. Near fine. $35.00

27. (HEWETT, DOROTHY.) Pandora’s Cross by Dorothy Hewett. Programme for the first of two productions by the Paris Company, July 1978. The Old Tote had expired, the Sydney Theatre Company was not yet born, the Walter Burley Griffin designed building was still standing at 205 Liverpool Street and, after years as a cinema, returned to live theatre. Visions by Louis Nowra followed, A Cheery Soul by Patrick White was planned but the company folded after two productions. Single sheet measuring 50 x 36cms., printed both sides, and folded twice to make the programme. Cover illustration and company logo by Martin Sharp. Fine. $35.00

28. HIV/AIDS. Red Ribbon Day – Like Liz, you can buy a red ribbon on Wednesday to help support people with HIV/AIDS. No publication details. Original poster produced for 1st December 1993, annual World AIDS day. Poster features Elizabeth Taylor, in a scene from Butterfield 8, above her quotation, “I don’t think George Bush is doing anything about AIDS ... I don’t think he even knows how to spell AIDS.” Poster measures 58 x 44cms. A couple of pinholes, remnants of marks on reverse, else fine. $75.00

29. (HOGG, BOB.) The Definitive Bobhoggraphy. Two original posters produced for Bob Hogg’s farewell party from his last position as National Secretary of the Australian Labour Party (1993). Hogg had a long career in the Labour Party including stints as secretary of the Victorian Branch (1976-1978), consultant to John Cain (1986-1987) and senior adviser to Bob Hawke (1983-1986). The two posters follow the same design: a collage of newspaper clippings and documents framed by images of Hogg at different stages of his life. Posters both measure 75 x 50cms. each. A couple of nicks at edges and vol.2 has a small abrasion lower right of image without any loss of detail, else both fine. The two posters $100.00

30. HOLIDAYS. Happy Days. Sydney: Offset Printing Company, nd. Sue and Stephen’s holiday adventures, full page colour illustrations, each accompanied by a sentence of text; a modest production even by this publisher’s standards. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

31. HOPE, A.D. Poems. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First English edition. Uncorrected proof . The poet’s second collection. WITH THE OWNERSHIP SIGNATURES OF CLEM

CHRISTENSEN AND, LATER, BOB BRISSENDEN. Publisher’s printed wrappers with label. Sunned around spine and edges, base of spine frayed. Very good. $100.00

32. IMPORTS. The Invisible Hair Net. Sydney: David Jones [c.1960]. Printed envelope which sets out the circuitous journey, ingredients, and steps in production, before the net settles, unobtrusively on a woman’s head: made in China, examined and packed in London, produced “expressly” for David Jones, uses human hair, and fully sterilized. Colour, batch no. also noted and the net included in the envelope. All fine. $35.00

33. (KELLY, NED.) Ned Kelly, directed by Tony Richardson (1970). Original German poster for Kelly der Bandit [opened in West Germany 1970]. A full length image of Mick Jagger pushes the usual element of Kelly’s armour to the background of the design. The poster promotes Mick Jagger and Tony Richardson – star and director – and ignores any Australian context. Poster measures 84 x 59cms. Folded. Fine. PIKE AND COOPER #379. $300.00

34. KELVINATOR. Kelvinator Recipes for Better Living. Sydney: Kelvinator Institute for Better Living, [c.1960]. Introductory message from Dorothy Summers of the Institute. Meals and drinks for all occasions: snacks, on a budget, formal dinners, entertaining effortlessly; colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 8vo.Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

35. (LAWLER, RAY.) Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler. Program for the second Sydney production at the Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown which premiered on the 11th February 1957. This production and cast, including Richard Pratt as Johnnie Dowd, took the play to Edinburgh, Nottingham, London and New York; 27pp. Printed wrappers, stapled. Very good. $35.00

36. LESTER, KERRIE. “Water Water Everywhere ...”, “Sun, Surf & Sin”, “Extremely Wild Life”, “Australia”, “Sydney Harbour” and “Australia on the Line”. Paddington, NSW: Karrikin Coo-ee Cards, 1992. Six postcards of archetypal Australian images from paintings by Kerrie Lester. Each postcard measures 4 x 6cms. Matching styles and colours; all fine. The six postcards $60.00

37. (MCKENZIE, BARRY.) The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, directed by Bruce Beresford (1972) Original English poster for The Adventures of Barry McKenzie [opened in the United Kingdom 12 October 1972]. The design uses the map of Australia plus the comic book image of Barry McKenzie and some local endorsements to promote its subject. Poster measures 76 x 101cms. Folded. A couple of short tears at folds, else fine. PIKE AND COOPER #400 $350.00

38. MARSHALL, WILLIAM LEONARD. The Age of Death. New York: Viking, 1971. First American edition. The author’s second novel and first volume in his sequence entitled The Twentieth Century. Spots of foxing to foredge, else fine in dustwrapper. $45.00

39. (MELBA, DAME NELLIE.) Melba, directed by Lewis Milestone (1953). Original English trade poster for Melba [opened in the United Kingdom December 1953]. Hollywood biopic of Dame Nellie Melba stressing costumes, romance, production values, and not constrained by the events of Melba’s life or the dress of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Poster originally appeared in Kinematograph Weekly, a trade publication available by subscription to cinema managers Poster measures 28 x 43cms. One vertical fold. Fine. $150.00

40. (MILLER, ARTHUR.) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Program for the first Australian production listed on ausstage, at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney and which premiered on 11th June 1953, four and a half years after the first American performance. Frank Waters as Willy Loman, thirteen other actors, including John Meillon as Happy, Loman’s younger son. Printed wrappers, stapled. Very good. $35.00

41. (MILLER, ARTHUR.) The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Program for the Old Tote production, featuring John Gaden as John Proctor, Robyn Nevin as Abigail Williams, and which premiered on 26th June 1971. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $35.00

When they speak of heroes – of villains - of men who look for action, who choose between honor and revenge – they tell the story of Breaker Morant

42. (MORANT, HARRY “BREAKER”.) Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford (1980). Original American poster for Breaker Morant [first shown in the United States at the New York Film Festival, October 1980 and, judging by the endorsements on the poster, released more widely in 1981]. Mt. Rushmore type imagery of the four accused combined with as many endorsements as possible and the above caption. Poster measures 104 x 69cms. Folded. Fine. $300.00

43. NIMBIN. Nimbin Silly Symphony Songbook. Nimbin, NSW: Beam Music Co., 1980. First Australian edition. Music and lyrics to 20 songs including ”Dole Days”, “Please Prime Minister!”, “Forest Song”, “Mangoes in the Moonlight” and “Marijuana Mexicana”; photographs and short biographies of the composers. Pictorial wrappers with period illustration by Bee Bop. Owner signature, shadow from tape removal along spine. Very good. $45.00

44. OLYMPICS. Melbourne Rendezvous, directed by René Lucot (1957). Original Swedish poster for Rekord – Olympiaden I Melbourne [opened in Sweden on 13 May 1957]. The official documentary record of the Melbourne Olympics; official because the exclusive rights were sold to the C.S.A., a French production company. Poster measures 69 x 32cms. Details of a screening in Hagfors, southern Sweden, stamped onto the bottom of the poster. A couple of pinholes, else very good. $500.00

Promptly at 10-30pm, the judging of competitors will take place on the dance arena. A gong will be sounded to denote the time for the Grand Parade. ...

45. PALAIS DE DANSE, ST KILDA. Movie Ball, 1937. Programme, compiled by Eric E. Wahlquist, for the ball held on Wednesday 13th October, 1937. The second ball to be held by the Victorian Cinema Industry Benevolent Fund, formed the previous year at the ball held at Melbourne Town Hall. Elaborate programme (text pages measure 32 x 51cms., outer wrappers or covers 34 x 55cms.), containing colour reproductions of posters for movies and sepia photographs of stars on rectos and a wide range of local advertisements and caricatures of personalities likely to be encountered at the ball. Order of events for the evening, proceeds directed to the Fund, office holders and committee members. Entry: 12/6, movie ball and pageant, prizes to the value of £100 awarded for male and female impersonations of movie stars as well as for movie sets and other tableaux; 26pp. Oblong folio. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Outer wrappers chipped and frayed, bottom third of wrappers around spine gone, staples rusting. Contents clean and colour posters particularly bright. Very good. $100.00

46. PARRAMATTA. Old and New Favourites – Recipes by the Members and Friends of the Parramatta Lantern Club. [Parramatta: The Lantern Club, 1977]. Produced to raise money for the Deaf and Blind Children’s Centre at North Rocks; across all courses and drinks, 96pp., and beginning with a Liverwurst Log. Printed wrappers. Covers marked, internally clean. Very good. $35.00

47. PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE. The Beloved Rogue (c.1927-1928). Exhibitor’s campaign book for this late silent movie, a biopic of François Villon featuring John Barrymore as the 15th century French poet. Details of posters and other promotional merchandise available from the distributor, up to and including signed photographs of Barrymore, as well as more general marketing tips and copies of reviews and promotional articles from the United States; c.20pp. Printed envelope measuring 24.5 x 32cms., addressed to Mel G. Lawton [general manager of the Prince Edward], Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney without bothering with the 26-32 Castlereagh Street detail. Contents frail, envelope split along one fold, darkened and frayed at edges. Very good. $50.00

48. PUBLIC SERVANTS. Poms, Pies, and Public Servants Night. [No place: The Stockade, c.1970s]. Program issued by the restaurant to aid patrons’ performance through the evening’s proceedings. Lyrics to 60 songs, presumably to be performed on the night, including “All for me Grog”, “I Hate Wogs”, “Pain in My A ...”, “Aussie B.B.Q”, “Poker Machine”; contemporary popular songs: “Those Were the Days”, “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Bye Bye Love”; and Australian, American and English traditional songs; 22pp., two columns, single spaced, 7 “rools” for the evening set out on the inside front cover. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

49. ROBERTS, GREGORY DAVID. Shantaram. Carlton North, Vic: Scribe, 2003. First Australian edition. India absorbs another Westerner, though not without a struggle. Crease top right hand corner, else near fine in dustwrapper. $100.00

50. (ROCKATANSKY, MAX.) Mad Max, directed by George Miller (1979). Original German poster for Mad Max [opened West Germany 29 February 1980]. Max Rockatansky takes on more human dimensions for German viewers; his car increases in importance and its technical specifications find their way into the promotional caption. Poster measures 83 x 59cms. Folded. Fine. $300.00

This is the Cook Book to end all cook books. John Baynton, Dean of Rockhampton, from his foreword.

51. ROCKHAMPTON. Saint Paul’s Cathedral Rockhampton Centenary Cook Book, compiled by Mrs. Faith Wilkinson and Miss Enid Burton. [Rockhampton, Qld: St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1979.] 100+pp. of local recipes – pickled prawns, brandied kidneys, “porcupines”, ginger ale cake – plus contributions from “notable personalities” of the day including Moussaka (Don Dunstan), Vitello Tonnato (Tamie Fraser), Mango Mousse (Dallas Hayden), Sago Plum Pudding (guess!). Oblong qto. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $35.00

52. ROYAL GALA PERFORMANCE. Corroboree, choreography by Beth Dean, music by John Antill. Programme for a performance in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh at the Tivoli, Sydney, on Saturday 6th February 1954. Corroboree, a ballet, was the centrepiece of the concert, which featured 9 other music and dance pieces before interval by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the National Opera. Detailed notes on each of Corroboree’s seven movements, photographs of performers; 9pp. total. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Frail. Near fine. $60.00

53. SCHWARZ, FRED. Communism – a Disease. Houston, TX: Christian Anti-Communism Crusade [1959]. First separate publication reprinted from the House Journal, Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Regular Session, Austin, Texas, March 25, 1959. Text of Dr. Schwarz’s speech to the House of Representatives beginning, “You can confer few greater honors upon a citizen of Australia than the one you have conferred on me today ...; 20pp. 32mo. Printed wrappers, stapled. A couple of annotations on rear cover, else fine. $75.00

54. SCOTT, PHILLIP. Gay Resort Murder Shock. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2003. First American edition. The second Marc Petrucci murder mystery, published in Australia in 1998. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $35.00

55. SCOTT, PHILLIP. Mardi Gras Murders. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2005. First American edition. The third Marc Petrucci, published in Australia as Get Over It in 2000. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $35.00

56. SHEET MUSIC. ABC Community Music Books, selected and arranged by Henry Roberts. Sydney: J.Albert and Son, [1929-1931]. Nos.1-6, nos. 4-6 in one volume, 6 nos. in 4 volumes. Words and music to c.300 songs, local and international, for between the wars. Matching printed wrappers stapled. Sunned and nicked around edges, internally clean and bright. Very good. The four vols. $100.00

Du kannst dir alles aussuchen, nur nicht deinen Papa!

57. [STALIN, JOSEPH.] Children of the Revolution, directed by Peter Duncan (1996). Original German poster for Children of the Revolution [opened in Germany 26 November 1998]. A subdued poster whose caption takes the emphasis away from the movie’s outlandish premise: the Russian dictator’s romantic night with an Australian student and the resulting complications. Poster measures 84 x 59cms. Rolled. Fine. $150.00

58. SYDNEY. A Bit of Pastry from Sydney. No publication details. Printed wrappers in the shape and colour of a loaf of bread, measuring 7 x 12cms. and opening to reveal 12 miniature b&w postcard scenes – including a bend of the Lane Cove River, Watson’s Bay, Martin Place, Oxford Street, Mosman Bay, White Horse Point at Drummoyne and Balmain, Sydney Harbour from Australian Point – each measuring 3.5 x 6.5cms., images c.1920, all which fold concertina style into the elaborately produced printed loaf. Fine. $150.00

“The ‘Siege’ [of Pinchgut] unit appears to have packed up and gone without making use of those members of the S.F.S. and other groups who volunteered to work as extras. We don’t have any details, but the Committee offers its apologies to members whose film career has been frustrated. We were taken in too! January-February 1959 issue

59. SYDNEY. Film – Bulletin of Sydney Film Society. Sydney: Sydney Film Society, 1956 and 1959. Six issues: February-May 1956, September 1956 and January-February 1959. Single spaced, small print for an editorial, background to and details of screenings, plans to show 35mm movies at the Canterbury Palace; office bearers, membership details. Each issue 8pp., made from two foolscap sheets, printed both sides, folded once to make 8pp. Paper browned, a couple of issues with edges nicked. Overall very good. The six issues $150.00

60. SYDNEY. Around the Loop, produced by William Orr. Program from the Phillip Street Theatre production which enjoyed a number of revivals during the eighteen months after its premiere in 1957. All star cast including Gordon Chater, June Salter, Berry Humphries and Max Oldaker; 18pp. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

61. SYDNEY. The Willow Pattern Plate, music by Dot Mendoza, book and lyrics by John McKellar and Jill Lyons. Program from the original Phillip Street Theatre production from 1957. A William Orr production described on austage (http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/120) as a musical fantasy and with all but one of the seventeen Chinese characters played by Anglo-Saxon actors; 22pp. Illustrated with full page b&w photographs of the main actors in costume. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

62. SYDNEY. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, produced by Mina Shelley, choreography by Joan and Monica Halliday for two performances at the Conservatorium on 17th May 1958. A modest program of a production featuring Maree Austin, “lovely star of stage and radio”, and students from the Halliday’s School of Ballet; 6pp. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Staples rusting. Very good. $35.00

63. SYDNEY. Out on a Limb, a William Orr production, the first by the Phillip Street Theatre company at 150 Elizabeth Street, 1961. Program for a revue starring Bobby Limb and Dawn Lake, or the successful model through the 1960s of television stars “appearing live”. With a brief history of the original theatre – opened May 1954, provided professional employment for 94 actresses and 61 actors, closed 14th January 1961, eleven revues presented – and plans for the new location. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very good. $35.00

64. SYDNEY. Lie Back and Enjoy It, devised and directed by David Sale. Program from the original Phillip Theatre production, 1969. Twenty-seven sketches and musical numbers featuring Carol Raye, Hazel Phillips, Al Thomas, Beryl Cheers performing, from a rich field, of then risqué material including “Green Valley of the Dolls”, “The Marriage Game”, “Tolerance” and “After the Ball”; 20pp. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00

SYDNEY. See Bicentennial, Eric Dare, Engineering, Green Bans, Dorothy Hewett, Imports, Kerrie Lester, Arthur Miller, Prince Edward Theatre, Royal Gala Performance, Jørn Utzon, Visitors and Hugh Wade

65. (UTZON, JØRN.) Bring Utzon Back. [Sydney: John Kinstler and Karen Herrie, 1967] Original poster “designed and printed by a group of young architects then employed by the Public Works Department in the Government Architect’s Office (http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/158265251?q=bring+utzon+back&c=picture&versionid=172507443). The orange version of the poster, there was another in black. Poster measures 42 x 25cms. Creases and pinholes, else fine. $250.00

66. VISITORS. They’re a Weird Mob, music and lyrics by George Dasey. Sydney: Peter Scriven Pty. Ltd., 1959. Arranged by Graeme Bell. Sheet music to the song inspired by the bestseller published by “Nino Culotta”, its author, two years earlier. Small qto. Pictorial wrappers. Short closed tear bottom of front panel, else fine. $45.00

67. VISITORS. Smash the Rockefeller Visit – Yankee Bosses Go Home [March 1976]. Original poster protesting the visit of Nelson Rockfeller, then the American Vice-President, to Australia in 1976. Issued by M.A.R., printed by Tomato Press, Glebe, and with the image of Rockefeller’s head sitting atop a structure made up of Mobil, Esso, IBM, Colgate, Honeywell and other American companies with an Australian presence. Poster measures 56 x 44cms. Short tear centre right side, missing a jagged piece bottom right not affecting poster and a couple of minor nicks and tears. Good. $200.00

68. VISITORS. Aussie Boys – and Other True Homosexual Experiences by Rusty Winter. San Francisco: Leyland Publications, 1987. First American edition. Eight autobiographical stories from an Australian summer during the author’s adolescence. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $35.00

69. VISITORS. Aussie Hot – More Homosexual Experiences from Down Under by Rusty Winter. San Francisco: Leyland Publications, 1988. First American edition. Eight more stories from Rusty. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine. $35.00

70. VISITORS. Getting Out in Australia 2002- a Guide to Gay and Lesbian Travel. [Woolloomooloo, NSW] Australian Tourist Commission [2002]. Media information guide produced for the Sydney Gay Games VI Sport and Cultural Festival. Introduction, timeline of gay and lesbian Australia, alphabetical guide to individuals of note, then state by state guide for venues, restaurants, accommodation, events and community support; 157pp. Small qto. Pictorial wrappers, ringbound. Fine. $75.00

71. WADE, HUGH. The Cafe Village by the Sea. [Bronte, NSW: the author] 2008. First Australian edition. Poems (28pp.) and cd of performances, all elegantly packaged. Pictorial wrappers and cd in cardboard sleeve, artwork by Nick Hollo. All fine. $35.00

72. WHITE, PATRICK. The Tree of Man. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. First American edition. A little edgewear, else fine in near fine dustwrapper designed by George Salter. $300.00

73. WOMAN. Woman Incorporating Woman’s Budget. Sydney: Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1949. Issue for February 21. A very young Prince Charles with his mother on the cover and inside “What Makes You Liked?”, Dorothy Dix’s column, “Unmarried but Happy”, “Small Room Magic”, many others; illustrations and local advertisements. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $35.00

The soldiers, sailors and marines, the fighters in the sky,are heroes of the Philippines, and say we win or die.The country of Australia, is fighting with a might,And now the boys from U.S.A., are there to win the fight.the first four lines of verse one.

74. WORLD WAR TWO. Give a Cheer for the Boys in Australia, lyrics and music by Joseph Gaudet. Boston, MA: The American Music Company, 1942. Laid in with “Stand Up and Fight for the U.S.A.” and “Song of Spring”, two other songs by Gaudet. Striking cover illustration displaying a cavalier attitude to the shape of Australia, location of Melbourne; and featuring an ambiguous central image suggesting that patriotic songs of this nature will establish an American settlement in the centre of Australia. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. $125.00

75. WORMS. The Worm Farm by Fiona Jarrad, Hayley Schnapei, Robyn Anderson and Amanda Freeman. Mitcham, Vic: Mitcham School, 1992. Student produced booklet based on their own farm – The Worm Works – in Room 9 of Mitcham School. Set-up, maintenance, ingredients, first steps in the business management of the project; illustrated, 13pp. Pictorial wrappers, ringbound. Near fine. $35.00

EDUCATION BY TRAVEL

We came here a few weeks ago strangers to everyone but now we number among our friends hundreds, who like yourself, have made us feel at home. ... We feel privileged to be the guests of the Californian people and to have played a part in bringing closer together the citizens and ideals of these those living under the Flag of the Commonwealth and the Stars and Stripes. Jack Simons

76. YOUNG AUSTRALIA LEAGUE. Typed letter, signed by J.J. [Jack] Simons, written from Antioch, [California] on the 22 January 1912. A generic thank you letter from the co-founder of the League for hospitality extended to members on a tour to America. Founded in 1905 as the Young Australia Football League with the aim of organising tours for Western Australian footballers to promote Australian Rules football. The league changed its name in 1910 and widened its range to include literature, music, performance, hiking and camping and then international tours to promote their version of nationalism under the banner of “Education by Travel” and with aim of becoming the largest boys’ club in the British Empire. Single foolscap sheet, folded. Written on League letterhead with extensive information – tours, office bearers, departments, branch divisions, individuals involved, the current 30,000 mile tour – down the left hand side of sheet. Fine. $100.00

77. ZINE. Arson Zine, Communiqués 1 and 2, Winter 2004 and Summer 2005-2006. No publication details. Articles include “The Redfern Uprising – Insurrection in the Streets of Sydney”, “Used As Students Storm Chancellery in Fees Protest” [re a demonstration at UTS, 2004], “Some Facts on Self-Defense”, “Women and Violence”, “Where the Wild Things Are – Solidarity for South Pacific Indigenous Struggles”, “Every Text Message a Tombstone”; 70pp. and 60pp. respectively. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Crudely photocopied though legible. Fine. The two issues $75.00