AUCTION of MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS,
PHOTOGRAPHS and ARTWORK
Sunday 11 December 2011 at 1.30pm
Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury Hotel
2 Flinders St (cnr King William St), Adelaide [map]
On view:
Friday 9th 1pm–7pm
Saturday 10th 10am–5pm
Sunday 11th 11am–1pm
The New Counties, Hundreds, & District Atlas of South Australia and the Northern Territory. Adelaide, Wigg, 1876. Folio, 25 double-page colour maps (four on the Northern Territory) and a folding four-page colour map of South Australia. An excellent copy of a scarce and attractive atlas.
A vintage two-panel panoramic photograph (270 x 520 mm), portion of which is similar to The Mac-Robertson Coast, February 1931 (plate 50 in Grenfell Price's The Winning of Australian Antarctica). From the personal collection of Sir Douglas Mawson, leader of the expedition.
An 1843 autograph letter signed by Crozier to Alexander Smith. Smith's imminent return to Hobart to wed, and the Ross medallion (designed by Smith's sculptor brother Bernhard).
