Literature

  • Birthday Greeting to Leah Witter. Fourteenth May. Written by Louis Politzer 1951

    # 42631

    POLITZER, Louis

    Birthday Greeting to Leah Witter. Fourteenth May. Written by Louis Politzer 1951

    Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. :  John T. Kirtley, 1951 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress. One of only ten hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author. John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian printing having produced the first Australian hand-printed books. Introduced by Philip Lindsay …

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  • Telegrams from Central Control : a pseudo-anthology of solidified chickenfat Thorazine bustickets mantric high freak pulverized papyrus puke prayers cement boilers vector analysis pastel animals RA smiles

    # 43004

    WAGNER, D. R.

    Telegrams from Central Control : a pseudo-anthology of solidified chickenfat Thorazine bustickets mantric high freak pulverized papyrus puke prayers cement boilers vector analysis pastel animals RA smiles

    Prepared by D.r. Wagner as a service for those who are about to die and to be used as an anti-coagulant for those caught in the machines of the final morning. Niagara Falls: Press : Today : Niagara, 1966. Lettered wrappers (a little foxed), pp. [24], printed roneo. Concrete poetry, printed in an edition of …

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  • Studio portrait of poet Henry Kendall. Sydney, circa 1880.

    # 42852

    NEWMAN, J. (John) Hubert (1830-1916)

    Studio portrait of poet Henry Kendall. Sydney, circa 1880.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount), verso with imprint of J. Hubert Newman, Photographer, Oil and Crayon Painter etc., No. 12 Oxford Street, Hyde Park, Sydney, N.S.W.; the print has some light rubbing and a few tiny ink spots, but is otherwise in very good condition, as is the mount. …

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  • Pen and ink : an anthology of prose and verse written by various members of the Frensham Pen and Ink Club. (With an original signed photograph by Harold Cazneaux)

    # 42867

    [DOBSON, Rosemary, KEESING, Nancy, et al.]

    Pen and ink : an anthology of prose and verse written by various members of the Frensham Pen and Ink Club. (With an original signed photograph by Harold Cazneaux)

    / chosen by E.L.T., R.D., J.P. ; the lino-cuts and the cover are designed by members of the Art Club. [Mittagong, N.S.W.] : Frensham Press, 1940. Octavo (190 x 130 mm), original mauve card covers with French flaps and linocut design to front (sunned at edges and along spine), inside front cover with limitation statement …

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  • [FEMINISM] Lip. Issue 7. 1982/3. A feminist arts journal.

    # 42821

    Various.

    [FEMINISM] Lip. Issue 7. 1982/3. A feminist arts journal.

    Melbourne : Women in the Visual Arts Collective, [1982].  Quarto, original wrappers (light handling marks), pp 89, b/w illustrations, a very good copy. ‘Lip is a collective of feminists who represent a wide range of political, social and cultural stances’ (p. 1) Lip was published in 8 issues from 1976 to 1984. This issue includes …

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  • Saturdee

    # 42677

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Saturdee

    Sydney : The Endeavour Press, 1933. First edition. Octavo, illustrated cards with Norman Lindsay illustration, 259 pp (light foxing to fore edge), a fine copy of the wrappered issue of the first edition.

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  • The ways of many waters

    # 42625

    BRADY, E. J.

    The ways of many waters

    Sydney : The Bulletin, 1899. Octavo, purple cloth, spine sunned, gilt-decoration and lettering to spine, endpapers foxed, pp. viii; 155, [blank], (4 – catalogue)

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  • Dream Road (deluxe edition with original Ray Crooke artwork)

    # 42784

    HERBERT, Xavier (1901 - 1984); CROOKE, Ray (1922 - 2015)

    Dream Road (deluxe edition with original Ray Crooke artwork)

    Illustrated by Ray Crooke. Foreword by H. P. Hesseltine. Sydney : William Collins, 1977. Quarto, gilt-lettered quarter-lambskin over gilt-decorated cloth (spine sunned and discoloured, as often found), slipcase with colour illustrations (light foxing), illustrated endpapers, pp. 119, illustrated by Crooke. The deluxe edition, limited to 180 copies (150 for sale), specially bound, numbered by hand, …

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  • Bring the monkey

    # 41829

    FRANKLIN, Miles (1879-1954)

    Bring the monkey

    Sydney : Endeavour Press, 1933. Octavo, black-lettered red cloth, dust jacket with illustration by Norman Lindsay (light edge wear, chip with loss to head of spine); pp. 246, line illustrations; a very good copy in the rare and substantially complete dust jacket, seldom found thus.

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  • Tristram of Lyonesse and other poems

    # 42189

    SWINBURNE, Algernon

    Tristram of Lyonesse and other poems

    London : Chatto & Windus, 1882. First edition. Octavo, gilt-ruled blue cloth, lightly rubbed, previous owner’s name to half-title, pp. xii; 361; (3, blanks), 32 (publisher’s catalogue dated May 1882).

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  • The madness of Merlin

    # 42193

    BINYON, Laurence

    The madness of Merlin

    With an introduction by Gordon Bottomley. London : Macmillan, 1947. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket (price-clipped, a few stains), pp. xii; 58. Part 1 of an unfinished poem about the Welsh prince Merlin who sees apparitions amidst battle against the Picts.

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  • Bookplate for E. York Seymour (1942)

    # 42525

    FEINT, Adrian (1894 - 1971)

    Bookplate for E. York Seymour (1942)

    Wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block, 8.9 x 7.0 cm (printed image), tipped on to a backing sheet.

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  • Cradle Mountain

    # 42326

    SMITH, Paul (1945 - )

    Cradle Mountain

    Melbourne : Seekers Press, 1973. Quarto, printed yellow wrappers (light wear), pp. [36], illustrations by John Adam. Limited to 500 signed copies.

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  • Crawhall's Chap-Book Chaplets

    # 37330

    CRAWHALL, Joseph

    Crawhall’s Chap-Book Chaplets

    London; Field & Tuer, 1883. Quarto, illustrated papered boards (edges rubbed, small chips to spine), fore and lower edges uncut, unpaginated (approx. 200 pp.) eight chapbooks printed at the Leadenhall Press on colour papers, illustrations coloured by hand, printed in a limited edition of unspecified number, a fine copy. A charming collection of illustrated street ballads …

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  • Sauve qui peut

    # 39532

    DURRELL, Lawrence

    Sauve qui peut

    London : Faber & Faber, 1966. First edition. Octavo, pink cloth in dustjacket (light foxing, short tear upper panel), pp. 82, illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. A very good copy.

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  • Songs before sunrise

    # 42192

    SWINBURNE, Algernon

    Songs before sunrise

    London : Chatto & Windus, 1875. New edition. Octavo, gilt-decorated blue cloth, lightly rubbed, previous owner’s name to half-title, pp. viii; 287; (blank), 40 (publisher’s catalogue dated December 1874).

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