Rare Books

# 41812

FABER, Ernst

Introduction to the science of Chinese religion.

A critique of Max Müller and other authors. Hong Kong : Lane, Crawford & Co. and Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, [1879]. Printed at the “China Mail” office in Hong Kong. Octavo, lettered card wrappers (expert repairs to spine, some chips and marks), pp. [iv]; xii; 151. A rare tract by the German missionary Ernst …

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# 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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# 46315

[Anon.]

[FEMINISM] Gynergy, Sat 18 April : wimmins energy wimmins dance. Benefit for the Wimmin Patriarchy and the Future Forum. Carlton Community Centre 150 Princes St. Hens Teeth & Toxic Shock. $4-3.

[Carlton, Vic.] : The Forum, 1981. Handbill, 205 x 295 mm, printed in b/w recto only; corner creasing and a few marks; unmounted. The Wimmin Patriarchy and the Future Forum was held 17-20 April 1981 at Princes Hill High School in Carlton, Melbourne. This is a rare handbill for a benefit dance associated with the forum, …

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# 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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# 43634

Photographer unknown.

Ambrotype portrait of Lady Susannah Wilson (Edmeades) Hindmarsh, wife of the first Governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh. Taken in England, circa 1856; reframed in Melbourne, 1859.

Quarter-plate ambrotype (wet collodion positive on glass), 100 x 80 mm (sight), in a paper and card mount with oval inset, housed within a colonial gilded timber wall frame with original cover glass (95 x 170 mm); the paper on the back of the frame with an inscription in ink in a refined hand identifying …

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# 46329

[BLACK, Wendy, designer & printer]

[FEMINISM; SEXUALITY] Life as a Body : 4 programmes of women’s films. Two sessions 12.30 / 5.30 daily. Presented by RMIT Union Arts Activities & RMIT Women’s Group.

Lipstick Addiction with The Blister Sisters, For Whom the Avon Bell[e] Tolls, The Object, Size 10, Farewell to Charms. Forester’s Lounge, July 30. / Taking Off Stereotypes: The Invisible Woman, Age Before Beauty, Take Off, The Stripper, A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts. Forester’s Lounge, Wed. Aug. 6. / Bodies, We Should Call it a …

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# 46152

DURYEA, Townsend, junior

Four studio portraits of a vaudeville performer named Jessie. Adelaide, late 1890s.

Four albumen print photographs, cabinet card format, 161 x 103 mm (mounts); rectos all with the embossed silver imprint of ‘T. Duryea, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide’; to the verso of one is a dedication inscription in ink written by the sitter which has been scratched out (possibly by a jealous later partner?), of which we …

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# 22017

BESWICKE, Mabella (née Mayall) (attributed)

Writing case belonging to Mabella Beswicke (Mayall), wife of Port Phillip pioneer Charles Beswicke of Moodie Yallo Station.

[Between 1835 and 1840]. Portable case for writing accessories and paper, of thick card covered with hand-sewn floral-patterned purple velvet trimmed with corduroy, the underside covered in black silk, 220 x 285 x 30 mm (slightly irregular), with four flaps opening to 460 x 460 mm; the exposed card of the interior floor and flaps …

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# 44961

BROWNE, Martha Sweet (Cummins) (1816-1893)

[MELBOURNE; LA TROBE FAMILY] Martha Browne, wife of colonial merchant Octavius Browne : entire letter to Henrietta Macartney, daughter of the Dean of Melbourne. Isle of Wight, September 1855.

Manuscript in ink, [6] pp. duodecimo (130 x 90 mm); headed ‘Orchard Leigh, Bonchurch, Sept. 29’, the letter is addressed ‘My dear Henrietta’, and is signed at the foot ‘your very affectionate friend, Mrs Browne’; original folds, clean and crisp; accompanied by its original mailing envelope, addressed to ‘Miss Macartney, care of Revd. John Brougham, …

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# 46479

AMAZON THEATRE (Melbourne)

[MELBOURNE] Amazon Theatre. To celebrate International Lesbian Day with Spot the Dyke. Friday 5th + Saturday 6th October [1990], Footscray Community Arts Centre ….

… Please note: This is definitely last performance of Spot the Dyke. [Melbourne] : Amazon Theatre, [1990]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; faint original folds, good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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# 46305

HARDISTY, Sue & MASLIN, Sue

“Thanks Girls and Goodbye” (working title only). Written by Sue Hardisty and Sue Maslin. [Draft script for the 1988 documentary film about the Australian Women’s Land Army in World War Two].

[Melbourne] : Sue Hardisty and Sue Maslin, 1986. Foolscap folio, spiral-bound stiff wrappers; 45 pp, roneo-printed typescript with b/w photographic illustrations; fine. ‘Thanks Girls and Goodbye is the story of the Australian Women’s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film …

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# 46307

REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)

[FEMINISM] Reel Women

[Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1980]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 20 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Kerry Dwyer, Jacqui Fine, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; very good condition. …

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# 46308

REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)

[FEMINISM] Reel Women

[Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1979?]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 17 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Madelon Wilkens, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; Virginia Fraser’s copy, with a …

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# 46313

[WARNER, Chris and McCARTHY, Maureen]

[FEMINISM] Working Up : a film about women at work in Australia

[Melbourne : Schools Commission and the Women’s Film Fund, 1979]. Broadsheet, 210 x 470 mm, folding to 210 x 80 mm, printed on both sides, illustrated; very good condition; [TOGETHER WITH] Working Up. Transcript. Northcote, Vic. : Chris Warner and Maureen McCarthy, [1979]. Foolscap folio, 16 pp, roneo-printed. Promotional flyer for Working Up (1979), an Australian …

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# 46478

[Anon.]

[MELBOURNE] Lesbian Festival 1991.

… Dates to remember. October 17th Music at the Tote. November 14th Music at the Tote. November 29th Trivia at the Albion Charles. December 2nd Car Rally. December 12th Music at the Tote. [Melbourne : s.n.], 1991. Handbill, A4 size, printed on both sides; faint original folds, good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia …

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# 46311

A.T.O.M.

[FEMINISM] For Love or Money : a study guide

Australian Feature Films in the classroom. [Cover title]. Carlton South, Vic. : ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), 1983. Quarto (290 X 210 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers (marked and dog-eared), 30 pp., illustrated; occasional creasing. For love or money : a history of women and work in Australia (1983) is a 16mm feature-length documentary film by Megan …

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