Literature

  • [OLSEN, John]. Earth Hold (signed presentation copy with original drawing)

    # 44059

    RANKIN, Jennifer and OLSEN, John

    [OLSEN, John]. Earth Hold (signed presentation copy with original drawing)

    London : Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, 1978. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (slightly bowed), illustrated dustjacket (a few marks and stains), 56 pp., illustrated with full page plates by Olsen. The standard edition. Signed and inscribed ‘For Andrew, with love & appreciation’ by both Jennifer Rankin and also John Olsen, who has executed a pen drawing …

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  • Paul Celan : a reading for Group 47

    # 42543

    CELAN, Paul

    Paul Celan : a reading for Group 47

    Translated by John Felstiner. Print after a woodcut by Dirk Hagner. Cambridge MA : The Shackman Press, 2009. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. [20], stitch bound, printed letterpress. Printed in an edition of 50 copies signed by Felstiner and Hagner.

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  • The Steinways of Africa.

    # 42540

    HEDIN, Robert (1949 - )

    The Steinways of Africa.

    A prose poem by Robert Henin. Northfield, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2005. Quarto, bound in Mashamba Huro wrappers handmade by women of Zimbabwe, pp. [8], printed letterpress in Menhart type on Iyo Glazed paper. Printed in an edition of 90 copies.

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  • X-ing a paragrab

    # 42539

    POE, Edgar Alan

    X-ing a paragrab

    Dunedin [New Zealand] : Frayed Frisket, 2015. Octavo, lettered cards, pp. 15, letterpress. “This short story by Edgar Alan Poe was originally published in 1849 in the Flag of the nation”-Introduction. “The text retains the italics of the original. Hand set in 12 point Monotype Garamond 3 point leaded and printed on 100 gsm Conqueror …

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  • Compass. No. 2, Spring 1956

    # 42522

    WALLACE-CRABBE, Chris (editor)

    Compass. No. 2, Spring 1956

    Melbourne : Melbourne University Literature Club, 1956. Quarto, stapled wrappers (stencilled design by Ray Wilson), pp. 31 printed roneo, poetry by the students.

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  • Nizami State Museum of Azerbaijan Literature. Guide-book.

    # 42532

    RAHIMOV, I. M. (editor)

    Nizami State Museum of Azerbaijan Literature. Guide-book.

    Baku : Elm, 1975. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [32], illustrated. Guide to the Literature Museum of the Azerbaijan SSR during the Soviet era.

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  • De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum.

    # 43242

    LOWTH, Robert (1710-1787)

    De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum.

    Prælectiones Academicæ Oxonii Habitæ a Roberto Lowth A. M. college novi nuper socio, et poeticæ publico prælectore … … Oxonii : E Typographeo Clarendoniano, M DCC LIII [Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1753]. First edition. Quarto (275 x 230 mm), contemporary full calf, boards ruled in gilt (a little scuffed and marked), spine with raised bands …

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  • The works of William Makepeace Thackeray

    # 41886

    THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811 - 1863)

    The works of William Makepeace Thackeray

    In twelve volumes. London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1877. Twelve volumes, octavo, finely bound in half calf over marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed at edges), spines in compartments with raised bands and gilt decoration, dual contrasting Morocco title-pieces lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume approximately 600 – 700 pages, frontispiece illustrations; …

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  • The Wavering Scales

    # 42646

    RITSOS, Giannis / Ρίτσος, Γιάννης (1909-1990)

    The Wavering Scales

    Red Wing, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2006. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 31, printed letterpress. Poem concerning German occupation written by Ritsos in Athens in 1943. ‘Martin McKinsey translated sections 1 through 4. Scott King translated sections 6 through 9. In section 5, the two translators overlaid their approaches. 110 copies printed using Eric Gill’s …

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  • The poems of William Canton. (First edition, with an autograph letter signed by the author)

    # 43235

    CANTON, William (1845-1926)

    The poems of William Canton. (First edition, with an autograph letter signed by the author)

    London ; Calcutta ; Sydney : George G. Harrap, 1927. First edition. Octavo (175 mm), publisher’s gilt-lettered and decorated navy cloth (very fine), in unclipped dust jacket (spine sunned, otherwise excellent); frontispiece portrait of the author, pp. 173; edges with spotting, but internally very clean throughout; loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from William Canton …

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  • True history of the Kelly Gang

    # 43139

    CAREY, Peter

    True history of the Kelly Gang

    Brisbane : University of Queensland Press, 2000. First edition. Octavo, quarter leather over papered boards (edges lightly rubbed), pp. [xii]; 401, a very good copy. Booker Prize winner.

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  • True history of the Kelly Gang (advanced proof copy)

    # 43140

    CAREY, Peter

    True history of the Kelly Gang (advanced proof copy)

    Brisbane : University of Queensland Press, 2000. Advanced proof of the first edition. Octavo, wrappers (lightly rubbed with small creases and marks), pp. [x]; 387, a very good copy. Booker Prize winner. ‘Advanced reading copy prepared for the Penguin Sales Force, July 2000. (Final editorial corrections not incorporated)’ – the front cover.

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  • I promise you this. A collection of poems for Harvey Milk (signed presentation copy)

    # 43133

    SMITH, David Emerson

    I promise you this. A collection of poems for Harvey Milk (signed presentation copy)

    San Francisco : David Emerson Smith for the Poets and Artists, February 1979. Octavo, colour printed wrappers (light edge wear and toning), pp. [iii]; 29, stringbound, black and white illustrations. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed inside the upper wrapper ‘To David, in homo-erotic boy love David Emerson Smith’ and also inscribed ‘Love & Eros, the …

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  • The Town of Tombarel

    # 43209

    LOCKE, William J. (1863-1930)

    The Town of Tombarel

    London : John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. First edition. Octavo (190 mm), publishers’ red cloth decorated and lettered in cream (superb), in the original pictorial dust jacket (chipped at corners and head of spine); top edge stained red; pp. 311, plus publisher’s ads. at rear; edges with very light spotting, some off-setting to …

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  • Death Searches for you a second time. Poems by Carmelia Leonte

    # 42542

    LEONTE, Carmelia

    Death Searches for you a second time. Poems by Carmelia Leonte

    Northfield, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2003. Small quarto, bound in lettered grey wrappers, pp. [28], printed letterpress. Printed in an edition of 140 copies.

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  • Sonnet in remembrance

    # 42629

    HOAD, Harold F.

    Sonnet in remembrance

    Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. :  John T. Kirtley, 1949 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress, two illustrations signed Charles Crampton. One of only eighty hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author (this copy is numbered but not signed). John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian …

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