8th December – Sunday 12 noon
This auction showcases a diverse collection of historical and literary treasures. Highlights below:
Lot 37 Original WW1 Warship Newsletter 1915
Extremely rare – an original newsletter printed aboard the H.M.S. Natal, a British naval cruiser patrolling the North Sea during the First World War which sunk near the coast of Scotland. At least 390 sailors and officers were killed. The newsletter was printed by hand aboard a rotary stenciling machine while cruising in the North Sea.
We have tracked a scattering of issues, but no one appears to hold a complete run, making this collection of 34 issues especially significant. It is reasonable to surmise that most copies of the Natal Newsletter were destroyed on that fatal night of 30 December 1915.
Lot 34 Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet. Being a narrative of three years travel in eastern high Asia by Prejevalsky 1876.
Lot 460 1824-1830 Robert Howe Colonial Printing
Six early colonial “Acts and Ordinances” printed by Robert Howe and Ralph Mansfield in a colonial Sydney binding. The Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of New South Wales were passed during the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth and during the administration of His Excellency Lieut.- Gen. Ralph Darling. 1829-30. With a table of the titles, and an index.
Lot 30 1927 Japanese Album of Melanesian Designs from the New Guinea Ornament Collection.
When Sunday 8th December, 12:00 PM
Where Timed auction (online only)
Viewing 10am – 4pm weekdays
At Sydney Rare Book Auctions Dalgety Square at C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
Bidding absentee, on Invaluable and on our website.
Absentee bids are due by email at 3pm, Friday 6th November (Sydney Time).
Questions welcomed. Please get them in before 3pm, Friday 6th November (Sydney Time).