Literature

# 51796

CROSS, Zora

Songs of love and life

Sydney : Tyrrell’s, 1917. First edition. Octavo, lettered wrappers, yapp edges, pp. 72, uncut and unopened, a fine copy of the first edition. A second edition was published a month later in 1917 by Angus & Robertson. The first edition is scarce.

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# 51788

[McAULEY, James and STEWART, Harold]. “MALLEY, Ern”.

The Darkening Ecliptic by Ern Malley.

Melbourne and Adelaide: Reed and Harris, 1944. Small quarto, 46 pages, in original wrappers illustrated by Sidney Nolan of ‘The Arabian Tree’ from the ‘Malley’ poem Petit Testament, further reproduced as a black and white frontispiece, spine chipped, a couple of minor stains, upper wrapper nearly detached. The first edition variant in illustrated wrappers, a …

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# 51763

WHITELEY, Brett and DRISCOLL, Michael.

Native Rose (hardcover edition)

Sydney : Richard Griffin, 1986. Large quarto, cloth in dust jacket (light handling wear), 58 pp, illustrated by Whiteley. The scarce hardcover edition of this book of poems illustrated with large format plates. A series of poems by Michael Driscoll inspired by the Olgas (Kata Tjuṯa) in Central Australia and the journals of explorer Ernest …

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# 51621

LEIGH (BYRON), Hon. Augusta Mary (1783-1851)

[BYRON] The Hon. Augusta Mary Leigh: autograph letter signed, re. a dinner invitation. St. James’s Palace, 5 August 1833.

Autograph letter, manuscript on ink, 2 pp. written on the first two sides of an octavo bifolium (185 x 115 mm); signed and dated at the foot of the second side ‘Augusta Leigh, St. James’s Palace, Apl. 5th 1833’, the letter is addressed simply ‘My dear Sir’ – who inner references inform us is a …

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# 51383

INGLETON, Geoffrey C.; COLWELL, Max; TENNANT, Kylie

“Peter the Whaler in Southern Seas” : an archive relating to the book’s creation and publication.

Peter the Whaler in Southern Seas was an Australian collaboration between writer Max Colwell and artist Geoffrey C. Ingleton. The book tells the story of Australian whaling for young readers. It was published in 1964 by Macmillan in its series Great Stories of Australia, which was edited by another Australian writer, Kylie Tennant. The book was printed …

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# 51503

SLESSOR, Kenneth

Cuckooz Contrey

With a reproduction of an etching by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : Frank Johnson, 1932. Octavo, lettered papered boards in dustjacket (small chips to spine and upper panel), frontispiece reproduction of a Lindsay etching, pp. 77, occasional foxing. The Jacaranda Tree Book of Australian Verse, Number Two. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. Rare in …

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# 51340

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973)

The Lord of the Rings. (Deluxe edition)

Part 1 : The Fellowship of the Ring. Part II : The two towers. Part III : The return of the king. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1969 (1974, fourth impression). Deluxe edition printed on India paper. Octavo, gilt-illustrated black cloth (a few marks), marbled endpapers, pp. 1193, (2); title page in red …

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# 51450

STEWART, Douglas; LINDSAY, Norman (illustrator)

[NORMAN LINDSAY] Fisher’s ghost : an historical comedy (with proof illustrations)

by Douglas Stewart. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : The Wentworth Press, 1960. Limited edition of 200 copies (this copy number 60), signed in full on the colophon by Douglas Stewart, Norman Lindsay and Walter Stone. Royal octavo, fine blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front, in Norman Lindsay dustjacket (a couple of …

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# 51555

MILLER, Harry Tatlock

Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 11. November 25, 1934

Geelong, Vic. : at the Bookshop [H. Tatlock Miller, proprietor], [1934]. Quarto, pictorial card wrappers designed by A.N. Baldwinson (a few light marks, foxing towards spine), 64 pp (edges with light foxing), illustrated. Harry Tatlock Miller edited and published this important quarterly journal of Australian art and literature between 1931 and 1935. Lacking the resources …

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# 51550

MILLER, Harry Tatlock

Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 9. May 1934.

Geelong, Vic. : at the Bookshop [H. Tatlock Miller, proprietor], 1934. Quarto, pictorial card wrappers designed by A.N. Baldwinson (some light discolouration and edge chipping), 77 pp (edges with light foxing), illustrated. Harry Tatlock Miller edited and published this important quarterly journal of Australian art and literature between 1931 and 1935. Lacking the resources to …

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# 51553

MILLER, Harry Tatlock

Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 5. May 1933

Geelong, Vic. : at the Bookshop [H. Tatlock Miller, proprietor], [1932]. Quarto, pictorial card wrappers designed by A.N. Baldwinson (a few light marks), 134 pp (edges with light foxing), illustrated. Harry Tatlock Miller edited and published this important quarterly journal of Australian art and literature between 1931 and 1935. Lacking the resources to print illustrations …

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# 51756

MARR, David (1947 - )

Patrick White : a life (signed deluxe edition)

Sydney : Random House Australia, 1991. First edition, deluxe issue. Octavo, blue leather boards, title and spine with gold inlaid title, in slipcase, pp 727, photographic plates. Clean, without internal or external damage. Deluxe copy of the authoratative biography on Patrick White with images by Melbourne artist David Bromley. The deluxe edition was limited to …

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# 51344

AUSTEN, Jane (1775 - 1817)

Persuasion

With an introduction by Louis Auchincloss and illustrations by Tony Buonpastore. Westport, Connecticut : printed for members of the Limited Edition Club, 1977. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, speckled edges, pp. x; [ii]; 241; colophon, illustrations, housed in original slipcase (lightly sunned). Printed in a limited edition go 1600 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Loosely enclosed …

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# 51343

DICKENS, Charles (1812 - 1870)

The personal history of David Copperfield

With illustrations by H. K. Browne. London : Fraser Press, 1970. Octavo, gilt-decorated buckram (lightly sunned), morocco title label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, pp. 795, colophon. Printed in a limited edition of 1560 numbered copies. A very attractive edition of this classic by Dickens.

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# 51342

BRONTË, Emily (1818-1848)

Wuthering Heights

London : Fraser Press, 1970. Octavo, full crushed morocco, lettered in gilt, spine faded, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. 360, colophon. Printed in a limited edition of 1560 numbered copies. A very attractive edition of this classic by Bronte.

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# 51678

[SIDNEY NOLAN; HAROLD STEWART; JAMES McAULEY]

The Darkening Ecliptic. Poems by Ern Malley. Paintings by Sidney Nolan (standard edition)

Preface by Robert Melville. Introduction by Elwyn Lynn. [London] : R. Alistair McAlpine, 1974. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, cloth with pictorial dustjacket (light foxing and edge wear), pictorial endpapers, 56 pp, colour illustrations. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. A very good copy. The poems of Ern Malley, the fictitious poet created …

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