b'1751244JUBILEE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF PRAHRAN and Illustrated handbook. South Yarra, Toorak, Malvern, etc., [Melbourne, 1906]. Large quarto, with photographic illustrations throughout; original cloth-backed pictorial boards (a little scuffed). A very good example and very scarce.$8001,200 1245Websters International Dictionary of the English Language - Australasian Edition, [Springfield, G. & C. Merriam Co., 1906], 2011pp + The Australasian Supplement of 287pp + Publishers Statement; gilt edges; full leather binding with gilt titles and decorations; 5 raised bands to spine.$100200 1246Various Victorian/Australian items including Melbourne Illustrated circa 1910; 1924 British Squadron invitation The Getamoveon Advance Australia magazine, circa 1933; 28th Jan.1936 Order of Service at St.Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne to Commemorate the Burial of King George V; Dec.1938 Melbourne Cricket Club Centenary Celebrations Programme; 1941 Lux Book Supplement for A.C.F.; 1956 Olympics Opening Ceremony programme; Invitation to the Official Opening of the South-Eastern Freeway (21st May 1970), etc. (12 items).$100200 1247BALDWIN SPENCER & F.J. GILLEN, Across Australia, [London : Macmillan & Co., 1912 1st ed.] 2 vols., pp. 515 (total), red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, with plates, maps and b&w photographs.$200250 1248 1250John Player & Sons: A Series of 25 Polar Exploration cigarette cards, complete 1st Series of 1915, in very fine1249condition. (25).$120200Recruiting Posters: A set of ten anonymously issued cigarette cards, circa 1915, issued on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, together with a similar 1915 card with the message Remember AUSTRALIA DAY July 30th on reverse. (Total: 11). Rarely seen complete.$150200 1250A RECRUITING APPEAL FROM SIR ERNST SHACKLETONAn extremely rare 4-page folded leaflet (22 x 14cm) headed How Will YOU Answer This? in which Shackleton explains I speak to you men as one who has carried the Kings Flag in the white warfare of the Antarctic, and who is going now to serve in the red warfare of Europe. Issued on behalf of the State Recruiting Committee, Moore Street, Sydney, the pamphlet lists Six Solid Reasons why men are encouraged to join the A.I.F. The first reason: A free trip to Europe.with food, clothing and travel by boat and rail, giving you a chance to see the world.Unlike the other countries engaged in World War I, conscription was not introduced in Australia. All the Australians who fought in World War I were volunteers. Prime Minister Billy Hughes made two attempts to introduce conscription: two conscription referenda were held in 1916 and 1917. Both were lost to the no vote. Feelings on the issue ran high and bitterly divided the community. While many politicians favoured conscription, it was strongly opposed by many in the community.$3005001244'