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• Auction House:
  Bay East Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Art & Book Sale
• Sale Date:
  27 May 2012 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  452
• Lot Description:
  A Zippered Leather Writing Compendium (circa early 1940s).
  with matching address and note books, the former inscribed 'In Case / Mr W. Hentschel / Athelstone. / P.O. / S. Australia' on the inside back cover. Also including a nib pen, pocket calendars for 1939 -1940 and 1942, a small Henry Bucks Melbourne notebook with cryptic annotations, an elaborately embroidered Chinese bookmark, stationery including that of Government House, Sydney, US postage stamps and a business card inscribed 'December 1942. / Johnny came / home - Bomb / Happy.' Also an Australian National Airways envelope bearing the following intriguing inscription: 'Madam [illeg.] Popoffski, / Rushan [sic] Football & / Circus Club. / Borstal'. Provenance: Mr & Mrs Dijxhoorn, Australia, UK and New York Private Collection, Belgium
• Estimate:
  A$0 - 0
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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