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127411
HUGO WERTHEIM PTY. LTD.

Catalogue - Hugo Wertheim Pty. Ltd. Lyric House. 250 Collins Street Melbourne.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 16; illustrated title page, 10 models of piano illustrated within the catalogue, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Melbourne; Hugo Wertheim Pty. Ltd.; n.d. (? 1930).
Australian pianos, produced in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Around 18,000 upright pianos were made in Melbourne between 1908 and 1935. They were designed for the south-eastern Australian climate and were a popular all-purpose piano. Dame Nellie Melba, frequently requested that Wertheim Pianos be used during her performances. Click here to Order
AUD$35

127194
NGATA, SIR APIRANA; Collected by.

The Songs: Scattered Pieces from Many Canoe Areas. Part I. (A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Maori with English Translations).
Facsimile Edition (with Additions); Demy 8vo; pp. xxxii, 327; decorated endpapers, full page portrait of Sir Apirana Ngata, index of song authors, and their songs, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in black on spine, decoration in black and white on boards and spine, corner bumped, very good copy.
Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed/The Polynesian Society; 1974. Click here to Order
AUD$100

127234
PETHERICK, HORACE.

Antonio Stradivari.
Second Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [xii], 82; portrait frontispiece, 10 pages of b/w. photographic plates, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in black on spine and upper board, name on front endpaper, pages browned, good copy.
London; The Strad; 1913. Click here to Order
AUD$40

127358
SIMPSON, GRAHAM.

Colours Of My Life: The Judith Durham Story.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 379; 8 pages colour plates, 22 pages b/w plates, original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Milsons Point; Randon House; 1994. Click here to Order
AUD$30