The birds of Australia,

comprising three hundred full-page illustrations with a descriptive account of the life and characteristic habits of over seven hundred species. Melbourne: Charles Stuart & Co., 1890-1891. Six volumes, folio, full straight-grained black morocco, gilt rule, gilt-lettered labels to spine (lacking on the first volume), bookplates for Bernard Gore Brett to…

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An ABC of men’s fashion

London : Newnes, 1964. First edition. Small octavo, publisher’s black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, in original illustrated dust jacket (some wear to top edges of front and back panels, otherwise very good), pp 128, with b/w photographic plates and line illustrations in the text; a fine copy.…

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Poemscapes. (One of 75 copies hand-painted by Patchen)

Highlands, NC : Jonathan Williams, 1958. ‘Limited to 75 copies prepared & painted by Kenneth Patchen / 68’ (colophon). Octavo, specially bound in original cloth backed thick boards hand-painted in acrylic by the poet with depictions of some of his ‘fabulous animals’ (small sections of paint loss along the spine,…

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A nineteenth century Louis Vuitton trade card, circa 1885

[Paris : A. Alexandre, c.1885]. Lithograph printed on thin card in the shape of a travelling trunk, 87 x 125 mm (irregular), verso printed in black on white, repeating the address information in English for Louis Vuitton’s Paris and London stores which are given in French on the front of the…

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MOD fashions in leather, vinyl-patent & satin-lastex

[U.K.] : [MOD?], [c.1965]. Octavo leaflet, 210 x 135 mm, staple bound, [16] pp, black-and-white photo-illustrations of products; prices in US dollars; in pristine condition. Rare and stunning underground catalogue for custom-made erotic fashion, suitable for dominatrices, bondage aficianados, exotic dancers, leather and latex fetishists, and plain old attention seekers.…

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Marijuana : the new prohibition.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (a short tear), pp. xii; 387. A detailed argument for legalisation and licensing the sale of marijuana.

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Japanese fairy tales

Printed in colour by hand from Japanese wood blocks. The boy who drew cats. The Goblin Spider. The old woman who lost her dumpling. Chin-Chin Kobakama. The fountain of youth. Philadelphia : Macrae-Smith Company, after 1922. Cloth folding case in the Japanese style with title label containing five crepe paper…

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Kalendar. San Francisco’s Independent Gay Paper. Vol. II issue 85, March 30, 1973

San Francisco : Mecca Publications, 1973. Broadside newspaper, old central fold, pp. 24, illustrations. A holistic look at gay life in San Francisco in the early 1970s. Includes articles ‘Gays elected to CDC positions [California Democratic Council]’; rulings from the California Supreme Court preventing police from spying on activity taking…

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Melbourne photographer Timothy Noble as Wahnotee in “The Octoroon”, circa 1870

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm, verso with imprint of ‘C. Hewitt, Photographer, Australasian Studio, 95 Swanston St., Melbourne’ and contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Tim Noble – as Wahnatee [sic.] in the Octoroon’; the albumen print is in fine condition with good tonal range; the…

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[ETHEL SPOWERS]. Arrows of longing (presentation copy)

Illustrated by Miss Ethel Spowers. Introduction by Bernard O’Dowd. Melbourne : Alexander McCubbin, 1921. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, bookplate to front pastedown, pp. 114, tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, in the publisher’s box with colour illustration. A very fine copy. Limited to 200 copies. This copy with a presentation…

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New Acquisitions May

HOWITT, S[amuel]

Howitt’s angler’s manual; or concise lessons of experience

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The Driffield angler, in two parts : containing descriptions of the different kinds of fresh water fish, and the best methods for taking them in rivers, lakes, and fish ponds

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RONALDS, Alfred

The fly-fisher’s entomology

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HEARN, Lafcadio

Japanese fairy tales

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Featured Collection | Children's Books

MORRIS, Ethel Jackson (1891-1895)

The White Butterfly and other fairy tales. (Signed deluxe edition, with prospectus)

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OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul; RENTOUL, Annie R.; OUTHWAITE, Grenbry

Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. (With prospectus)

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FITZGERALD, Mary Anne; ANDERSON, W.T. (illustrator)

Australian furs and feathers

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MELLOR, Dorothy; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)

Enchanting isles

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Featured Acquisition | Book of Hours (Use of Rouen)

# 17833

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen)

$ 125,000 USD

Northern France (Rouen), c. 1490-1510. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment; with 4 large miniatures with architectural borders, 10 large arch-topped miniatures, 8 small miniatures, and 24 calendar miniatures by a follower of the Master of the Échevinage of Rouen and the Playfair Hours Master, with borders by Jean Serpin.

ii (paper) + i (parchment) + 96 + i (parchment) + ii (paper) folios on parchment, modern foliation in pencil top outer corner recto, first and last paper flyleaves are marbled, complete (collation i12 ii-vi8 vii6 viii-xi8 xii6), vertical catchwords in most quires, no signatures, ruled lightly in reddish crayon, (justification 93 x 64-62 mm.).

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