Literature

  • A woman's hand

    # 50430

    WHITE, Patrick (1912 - 1990)

    A woman’s hand

    contained within Australian Letters. Vol. 7, No. 3, August 1966. Kapunda : Sun Books, 1966. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Jacqueline Hick, lightly marked, pp. 82, illustrated by Jacqueline Hick. The first appearance in print of Patrick White’s novella A woman’s hand, published the same year as The solid mandala, and later collected in White’s 1974 …

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  • Le Morte d'Arthur. The birth life and acts of King Arthur of his noble Knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end le morte Darthur with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all.

    # 50278

    MALORY, Sir Thomas; BEARDSLEY, Aubrey

    Le Morte d’Arthur. The birth life and acts of King Arthur of his noble Knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end le morte Darthur with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all.

    The text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster the year MCCCCLXXXV and now spelled in modern style, embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley. With an introduction by Professor John Rhys and a note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. London : Dent, 1927. Quarto: striking gilt …

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  • Jean and Jeannette

    # 49328

    GAULTIER, Théophile

    Jean and Jeannette

    With illustrations by Ad. Lalauze. Preface by Leo Clarate. Paris : Societe des Beaux Arts, 1890s. Quarto, in a magnificent binding of full levant morocco, upper and lower boards elaborately decorated in gilt and multiple inlaid leathers with a large central fleur de lys within a floral border, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered …

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  • The romaunt of the rose

    # 50226

    CHAUCER, Geoffrey

    The romaunt of the rose

    Rendered out of the French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Keith Henderson and Norman Wilkinson. London : published for the Florence Press by Chatto and Windus, 1908. Quarto, finely bound by Bumpus of Oxford, full crushed levant morocco, upper and lower boards with gilt edge rule and elaborately floriated corner decorations with inlaid …

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  • The flame of flesh. A sonnet sequence by Cyril E. Goode. Illustrations by Charles Crampton

    # 50328

    KIRTLEY, John T.; GOODE, Cyril E.

    The flame of flesh. A sonnet sequence by Cyril E. Goode. Illustrations by Charles Crampton

    Ferntree Gully, Vic. :  John Kirtley, [1952] . Folio, maroon leather (lightly marked, scuffed at head and foot of spine), gilt lettering, light offsetting to endpapers, decorated title page, pp. [20]; with linocut illustrations by Charles Crampton, light scattered foxing. One of only fourteen hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author, this copy is …

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  • Voyage sentimental en France et en Italie.

    # 50276

    STERNE, Laurence

    Voyage sentimental en France et en Italie.

    Traduction de Emile Blemont. Illustrations de Maurice Leloir. Paris : Librairie Artistique, 1884. Folio, finely bound in full crushed blue morocco by Canape R.D., filed in gilt with ornamental gilt corner pieces, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, ruled gilt dentelles with ornamental detail, marbled endpapers, …

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  • The guinea pig, or domestic cavy for food, fur, and fancy. Illustrated. (With a gift inscription and pen sketches by H. G. Wells)

    # 50135

    CUMBERLAND, C. (Charles) [WELLS, H. G., 1866-1946]

    The guinea pig, or domestic cavy for food, fur, and fancy. Illustrated. (With a gift inscription and pen sketches by H. G. Wells)

    London : L. Upcott Gill, [1886]. First edition. Octavo (190 x 130 mm), publisher’s decorated green cloth over boards, the upper board with gilt lettering and guinea pig device (both boards rubbed and lightly marked, corners a little worn), spine with gilt lettering and device (very heavily faded and frayed at ends); front pastedown with …

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  • The writings of Lafcadio Hearn (large paper edition)

    # 50215

    HEARN, Patrick Lafcadio (Koizumi Yakumo, 小泉 八雲); (1850 - 1904)

    The writings of Lafcadio Hearn (large paper edition)

    In sixteen volumes. Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. Sixteen volumes, octavo, half crushed morocco over buckram, ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, each volumes approximately 300 pp., colour frontispieces with tissue guards, photogravure illustrations, a fine set. Limited to …

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  • The quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapour

    # 50277

    POGANY, Willy (illustrator); FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)

    The quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapour

    Now first completely done into English verse from the Persian, in accordance with the original forms, with a biographical and critical Introduction, by John Payne. London : printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1898. Quarto, half crushed levant morocco by C. J. Sawyer, ruled in gilt, spine in …

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  • Contes en vers et Premiers Contes en Vers.

    # 50356

    VOLTAIRE

    Contes en vers et Premiers Contes en Vers.

    Préface d’Eugène Marsan. Édition illustrée de six Eaux-Fortes originates à l’aquatinte par d’Henri Lafarge. Paris : Éditions Léo Delteil, 1925. Quarto, finely bound by Riviere in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt ornamentation and contrasting morocco title labels, some silver fishing and retouching to …

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  • Notes on the Chinese documentary style.

    # 48940

    HIRTH, F. (Friedrich)

    Notes on the Chinese documentary style.

    / By F. Hirth, Ph.D.,Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Statistical Secretary, Inspectorate General of Customs, Shanghai. At head of title: Wên-chien tzü-chü ju-mên. Shanghai, Hongkong, Yokohama, and Singapore : Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1888. Small octavo, contemporary half cloth over marbled papered boards (rubbed), spine with gilt rule and lettering; pp. vi, [2], 150, [1 Errata], …

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  • Studio portrait of a professional reciter and his prompter. Sydney, c.1885.

    # 44821

    MAGUIRE, H. J.

    Studio portrait of a professional reciter and his prompter. Sydney, c.1885.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 162 x 108 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted ‘Maguire / Photographer, 195 George Street, Sydney’; verso blank; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. Although these two gentlemen are unidentified, there can be no doubt as to their professional roles. Public reciting was something of a …

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  • [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 6/25)

    # 50367

    CHONG, Eileen; DISNEY, Dan; EDGAR, Stephen; GORTON, Lisa

    [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 6/25)

    Melbourne : Life Before Man (Gazebo Books), December 2024. “Red-Letter Series” [number four]. Limited edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Four volumes, uniform octavo (210 x 120 mm), each title in chapbook format with original woodcut wrappers by Phil Day, comprising 1. Eileen Chong Notes on Tomb-Sweeping, 28 pp; 2. Dan Disney Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery …

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  • [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 7/25)

    # 50366

    CHONG, Eileen; DISNEY, Dan; EDGAR, Stephen; GORTON, Lisa

    [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 7/25)

    Melbourne : Life Before Man (Gazebo Books), December 2024. “Red-Letter Series” [number four]. Limited edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Four volumes, uniform octavo (210 x 120 mm), each title in chapbook format with original woodcut wrappers by Phil Day, comprising 1. Eileen Chong Notes on Tomb-Sweeping, 28 pp; 2. Dan Disney Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery …

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  • [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 13/25)

    # 50365

    CHONG, Eileen; DISNEY, Dan; EDGAR, Stephen; GORTON, Lisa

    [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 13/25)

    Melbourne : Life Before Man (Gazebo Books), December 2024. “Red-Letter Series” [number four]. Limited edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Four volumes, uniform octavo (210 x 120 mm), each title in chapbook format with original woodcut wrappers by Phil Day, comprising 1. Eileen Chong Notes on Tomb-Sweeping, 28 pp; 2. Dan Disney Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery …

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  • [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 12/25)

    # 50364

    CHONG, Eileen; DISNEY, Dan; EDGAR, Stephen; GORTON, Lisa

    [POETRY] Notes on Tomb-Sweeping / Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery Inc. (a lustration) / From Midnight to Dawn / Mirror Landscape (number 12/25)

    Melbourne : Life Before Man (Gazebo Books), December 2024. “Red-Letter Series” [number four]. Limited edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Four volumes, uniform octavo (210 x 120 mm), each title in chapbook format with original woodcut wrappers by Phil Day, comprising 1. Eileen Chong Notes on Tomb-Sweeping, 28 pp; 2. Dan Disney Thuggery, Buggery, Skullduggery …

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