Literature

  • The apostle of Burma : a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson [Prospectus]

    # 46340

    RICHARDS, William C.

    The apostle of Burma : a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson [Prospectus]

    Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1889. Octavo, self-wrappers, pp. 16, cover illustration, portrait frontispiece, includes a preface, two pages sample from the poem, letters to the publisher. Uncommon prospectus for the book.

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  • The literature of the Turks. A Turkish chrestomathy, consisting of extracts in Turkish from the best Turkish authors (historians, novelists, dramatists, &c.), with interlinear and free translations in English, biographical and grammatical notes, and facsimiles of ms. letters and documents.

    # 46412

    WELLS, Charles (1838-1917)

    The literature of the Turks. A Turkish chrestomathy, consisting of extracts in Turkish from the best Turkish authors (historians, novelists, dramatists, &c.), with interlinear and free translations in English, biographical and grammatical notes, and facsimiles of ms. letters and documents.

    London : Bernard Quaritch, 1891. First edition. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slightly sun-faded); front pastedown with ex libris of [Lt. Colonel Victor] de Guinzbourg, pp. xix, 275, 4; texts in Turkish in Perso-Arabic script, with parallel translations and editorial notes in English; binding firm, clean throughout, …

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  • 'It is never too late to mend.' A matter of fact romance.

    # 46411

    READE, Charles (1814-1884)

    ‘It is never too late to mend.’ A matter of fact romance.

    / by Charles Reade. New Edition. London : Richard Bentley, 1857. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), contemporary gilt-ruled half black calf over marbled papered boards (heavily rubbed), spine in compartments decorated in gilt and with contrasting leather title piece lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers, early ownership inscription to dedication page; pp. 274, with several …

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  • Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    # 41732

    WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS

    Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.

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  • The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    # 46382

    SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe

    The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1901. Octavo, finely bound in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt, lightly rubbed at edges, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece and title page, pp. xliii; [blank]; 651, internally …

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  • All that swagger. (First Australian edition, signed)

    # 46019

    FRANKLIN, (Stella Maria Sarah) Miles (1879-1954)

    All that swagger. (First Australian edition, signed)

    Sydney : The Bulletin, 1936. First Australian edition. Octavo (215 x 140 mm), original red cloth with black lettering to spine, in the publisher’s orange dust jacket with black type (fine and bright); front free-endpaper with early ownership signature, title page signed in black ink by the author Miles Franklin, pp. 500;  spotting to edges, …

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  • The Australian ladies' annual

    # 41019

    HOPKINS, F. R. C. (editor)

    The Australian ladies’ annual

    Contributions by ‘Tasma,’ H.N.B., Mrs. J.A. Bode, Mrs. Dampier, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Meredith, ‘Sylvia,’ Mrs. T. P. Hill, ‘Little Rosebud, Miss Donnelly, Miss Cheeseman, ‘Constance Craig’, Miss Card, and others. Melbourne : M’Carron, Bird & Co., 1878. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth over bevelled boards, corners rubbed, lightly flecked, upper hinge cracked, title page printed in red …

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  • Gertrude's poems

    # 45544

    HOPKINS, Gertrude (1869-1894)

    Gertrude’s poems

    Sydney, Newcastle and London : W. E. Smith [for John Hopkins], 1895. Octavo (180 x 125 mm), original royal blue cloth over boards with gilt-lettered title to upper board (boards with flecking and light staining, spine darkened and frayed at ends); all edges gilt; front pastedown with bookbinder’s ticket of W. E. Smith, Sydney; page …

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  • [QUEENSLAND] Autograph signature of Anglo-Australian novelist, short-story writer and poet Kathleen Watson.

    # 41670

    WATSON, Kathleen

    [QUEENSLAND] Autograph signature of Anglo-Australian novelist, short-story writer and poet Kathleen Watson.

    Cut signature, manuscript in ink on paper, 60 x 100 mm; identified in another hand below as ‘Writer’; light toning, otherwise fine. Bold autograph signature of Kathleen Watson Dearden, a significant figure on the Australian literary scene – particularly in Melbourne and Brisbane – in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Provenance: Autograph album …

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  • Gamle Ny-Zeeland

    # 46399

    MONRAD, Ditlev Gothard, Bishop of Lolland and Falster (1811-1887)

    Gamle Ny-Zeeland

    [=Old New Zealand]. Kjøbenhavn : C.A. Reitzel, 1870. First Danish edition. Duodecimo, original cloth-backed papered boards (rubbed), upper board with nineteenth century Danish school library’s ownership inscription, mild foxing to paste-downs outer leaves, 66 pp, contents clean and sound, a good copy. Text in Danish. Rare. Politician and religious authority Ditlev Gothard Monrad lived in …

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  • Gamle Ny-Zeeland

    # 46395

    MONRAD, Ditlev Gothard, Bishop of Lolland and Falster (1811-1887)

    Gamle Ny-Zeeland

    [=Old New Zealand]. Kjøbenhavn : C.A. Reitzel, 1870. First Danish edition. Duodecimo, contemporary blind-blocked green cloth boards, 66 pp, a fine copy. Text in Danish. Rare. Politician and religious authority Ditlev Gothard Monrad lived in New Zealand between 1864 and 1869, where he settled in Palmerston North and played an important role in promoting Scandinavian …

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  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet and novelist: autograph note, signed, to Miss Dutton, who is known to have painted a portrait miniature of the writer. London, [1837?].

    # 46172

    LANDON, Letitia Elizabeth (1802-1838)

    Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet and novelist: autograph note, signed, to Miss Dutton, who is known to have painted a portrait miniature of the writer. London, [1837?].

    Manuscript in ink on white notepaper, 105 x 115 mm; written entirely in the hand of Letitia Elizabeth Landon and signed by her at the foot ‘Yours in great haste but most truly, L. E. Landon’, the note is addressed to ‘My dear Miss Dutton’, and is simply headed ‘Friday’, without any further date; laid down on …

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  • Poems / by Adam Lindsay Gordon

    # 45861

    GORDON, Adam Lindsay (1833-1870)

    Poems / by Adam Lindsay Gordon

    Sea Spray and Smoke Drift. Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes. Miscellaneous Poems. Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric. The Roll of the Kettledrum (illustrated). London : Robt. A. Thompson & Co., Ltd. ; Melbourne : A. H. Massina & Co., Proprietors of Copyright, 1905. Small octavo, handsome contemporary binding by J. & E. Bumpus of Oxford Street, …

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  • All that swagger

    # 46018

    FRANKLIN, (Stella Maria Sarah) Miles (1879-1954)

    All that swagger

    Sydney : The Bulletin, 1937. Third Australian edition. Octavo (215 x 140 mm), original red cloth with black lettering to spine (fine and bright – no rubbing or sun-fading); front free-endpaper with early ownership stamp and signature crossed out, pp. 500, [2 press reviews]; spotting to edges, moderate foxing to first and last few leaves, …

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  • Language of the sand

    # 46268

    ROBINSON, Roland E.

    Language of the sand

    Sydney : Lyre-Bird Writers, 1949. Octavo, card wrappers, dustjacket (sunned, a couple of creases and tears), pp. 17. Poetry inspired by the Australian natural environment, including references to Aboriginal culture.

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  • The Pobble who has no toes

    # 45905

    LEAR, Edward; LOCK, Margaret

    The Pobble who has no toes

    Brisbane : Locks’ Press, 1979. Quarto, linen with engraved illustration by Margaret Lock on upper board, unpaginated, pp. [16]; illustrated with eight original etchings, printed on veil Arches white, 250 gsm, by Margaret Lock, a fine copy. Printed in an edition limited to 60 signed and numbered copies, a couple of very small spots of foxing, …

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