Rare Books

  • Hiroshige

    # 48726

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Hiroshige

    Sydney : privately printed at the Beacon Press, 1938. Limited to 200 copies signed and numbered by the author, this is copy 156. Small quarto, quarter-vellum over gilt-lettered boards, illustrated endpapers, pp 45, [1] colophon, illustrated with 20 chuban woodcut prints after Hiroshige, tipped in (some ghosting from the glue as usual); a near fine …

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  • Souvenir of Japanese colour-prints (presentation copy)

    # 48725

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Souvenir of Japanese colour-prints (presentation copy)

    Sydney : privately printed for the author, 1936. Quarto, lettered textured cards, string bound, colour print to upper wrapper, pp. [12], tipped-in colour prints, some offsetting from the glue, a very good copy. Limited to 65 copies for presentation, signed and numbered by Barnett, this copy is number 37 and a presentation copy for S. …

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  • Figure prints of Japan (Special De-Luxe edition)

    # 48717

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Figure prints of Japan (Special De-Luxe edition)

    Sydney : Beacon Press, 1948. Large quarto (450 mm tall), white vellum over floral decorated silk covered boards, decorated endpapers, 54pp. printed on hand-made paper with numerous tipped-in Japanese woodcuts, offsetting from glue as usual, Adrian Feint signed bookplate for W. R. Griffiths to preliminary blank. Limited to 100 copies, this one of the 47 …

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  • Japanese colour-prints

    # 48669

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Japanese colour-prints

    Sydney : Privately printed [by The Beacon Press], 1936. Standard de luxe edition limited to 185 numbered and signed copies, with the author’s seal (this is copy no. 118). Large quarto, quarter vellum over cloth boards (lightly foxed), upper board with gilt lettering and device in red, spine lettered in gilt with gilt rule, decorated …

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  • Souvenir of glimpses at Ukiyo-ye and Nishiki-ye : brocade prints of Japan (first printing)

    # 48731

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Souvenir of glimpses at Ukiyo-ye and Nishiki-ye : brocade prints of Japan (first printing)

    Sydney : Privately published, 1942. Edition limited to 50 numbered and signed copies with author’s seal (this is copy no. 29). Quarto, original stiff wrappers with black lettering to front, original blue silk ties, 16 pp, with tipped-in colour illustrations and 2 tipped-in black and white photographs advertising the de-luxe editions of Glimpses at Ukiyo-ye …

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  • Colour-prints of Hiroshige

    # 48718

    BARNETT, P. Neville (1881-1953)

    Colour-prints of Hiroshige

    Sydney : privately printed at the Beacon press, 1937. Folio, quarter-vellum over gilt-lettered silk (a few marks, a little discoloured along upper and lower edge from glue in the binding, as often found), patterned endpapers, Adrian Feint signed bookplate for W. R. Griffiths to front pastedown, 83 pp. illustrated with 64 original woodblocks after Hiroshige, …

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  • A treatise on the culture of the vine, and the art of making wine; compiled from the works of Chaptal, and other French writers; and from the notes of the compiler, during a residence in some of the Wine Provinces of France (facsimile edition)

    # 50592

    BUSBY, James (1801-1871)

    A treatise on the culture of the vine, and the art of making wine; compiled from the works of Chaptal, and other French writers; and from the notes of the compiler, during a residence in some of the Wine Provinces of France (facsimile edition)

    Australia [i.e. Sydney], R. Howe, Government Printer, 1825 (but Sydney : David Ell Press, 1979). Facsimile edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered buckram, [pp. i – ii], pp. [iii] – xxxiv, 270 (actually 272, as the pagination 183 – 184 is duplicated), [1 – errata], [1 – blank], with one folding table (designated pp. 62-63, inserted after p. …

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  • Bahrain in original photographs 1880 - 1961

    # 50585

    WHEATCROFT, Andrew

    Bahrain in original photographs 1880 – 1961

    London and New York : Kegan Paul International, 1988. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket (light handling wear), pp. xiv; 142, photographically illustrated, a few small marks to endpapers, else internally fine. Loosely enclosed are a lengthy article on Bahrain extracted from the National Geographic Magazine in 1979, and some receipts and postage forms from Bahrain in …

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  • The Chinese Drama from the earliest times until today

    # 50511

    ARLINGTON, L. C.

    The Chinese Drama from the earliest times until today

    A panoramic study of the art in China, tracing its origin and describing its actors (in both male and female roles); their costumes and make-ups, superstitions and stage slang: the accompanying music and musical instruments: concluding with synopses of thirty Chinese plays. Shanghai : Kelly and Walsh, 1930. Quarto, quarter cloth, lettered in gilt, over …

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  • Cosmographie, in four books. Containing the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof.

    # 50382

    HEYLYN, Peter

    Cosmographie, in four books. Containing the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof.

    by Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and an approved Index of all the Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Inhabitants, People, Cities, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Islands, Forts, Bays, Capes, Forests, &c. of any Remarque in the whole World; Much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself …

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  • [IMPERIAL RUSSIA] St.-Pétersbourg et ses environs : guide pratique illustré. (With an extra map, issued only to conference delegates)

    # 50457

    [Société M. O. Wolff]

    [IMPERIAL RUSSIA] St.-Pétersbourg et ses environs : guide pratique illustré. (With an extra map, issued only to conference delegates)

    At head of title: Conférence Internationale des Horaires des Trains a St.-Pétersbourg pour le service d’hiver 1899-1900. St.-Pétersbourg & Moscou : Société M. O. Wolff, Imprimeurs-Editeurs-Libraires de la Cour Impériale, 1899. Small octavo (185 x 130 mm), original red cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt (nice and bright); half-title leaf, photographic frontispiece, title-leaf, …

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  • Géographie de l'Empire de Chine (Cours Inférieur) = Fa wen Chung-kuo kʻun yü lüeh chih

    # 50492

    RICHARD, L., S.J.

    Géographie de l’Empire de Chine (Cours Inférieur) = Fa wen Chung-kuo kʻun yü lüeh chih

    Chang-hai [Shanghai] : Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique a l’Orphelinat de T’ou-Sè-Wè, 1905. First edition. Small octavo (187 x 127 mm), publisher’s tan cloth with pictorial device and lettering in English and Chinese in black, spine lettered in English and Chinese in gilt (flecking to both boards and spine); front pastedown bearing the original owner’s …

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  • Souvenir to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Municipality of Balmain, 1860-1910.

    # 50380

    [BALMAIN. COUNCIL]

    Souvenir to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Municipality of Balmain, 1860-1910.

    [Cover title: Municipal Jubilee. Balmain, 1860-1910]. Oblong octavo (135 x 218 mm), original stitched white wrappers lettered in red (very lightly marked); pp. 86, printed in blue ink, half-tone photographic illustrations throughout, and with advertisements for local businesses; contents very clean, an excellent example.

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  • Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)

    # 46852

    McCRAE, George Gordon (1833-1927)

    Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)

    [Melbourne, c.1871]. Ink and wash on paper, 235 x 285 mm (sheet), signed in the image lower left ‘G G McCrae’, titled by the artist lower centre ‘Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)’; laid down on board. A large-scale allegorical sketch depicting Bismarck picking over the corpses of France and Liberty, by the Melbourne literary figure George …

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island;

    # 50377

    PHILLIP, Arthur

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island;

    Compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments. To which are added, the Journals of Lieutenants Shortland, Watts, Ball and Captain Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries. The views &c. &c. drawn on the spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. Dublin : Printed for …

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  • La république orientale de l'Uruguay, quelques renseignements statistiques

    # 50450

    BAUDIN, M. Pierre

    La république orientale de l’Uruguay, quelques renseignements statistiques

    Souvenir du Conseil National de Statistique aux membres de la mission spéciale du gouvernement français … Montevideo : Tipografia Moderna, 1915. Octavo, lettered red cloth (a couple of small marks and water stains), pp. 66; [4]; large folding statistical table, large folding colour map, occasional light foxing, the stapled binding loosening, receipt card for the …

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