Rare Books

# 43830

MIZER, Bob (1922 - 1992)

Physique pictorial. Volume 15, number 3, June 1966

Los Angeles : AMG, 1966. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, pp. 32, black and white photographs, with cover art by TOM OF FINLAND. The breakthrough publication which saw Touko Laaksonen’s ‘dirty little pictures’ exposed to a broader gay readership. Laaksonen submitted his drawings to publisher Bob Mizer simply signed as ‘Tom’. Mizer saw the envelopes had arrived …

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# 43740

A. H. WOODS

[CROSS-DRESSING] Julian Eltinge in the “Fascinating Widow”.

[Indianapolis?] : A. H. Woods, [1912]. Postcard, 90 x 140 mm, recto with half-tone photographic portrait of Eltinge in stage costume, verso imprinted ‘A. H. Woods presents Julian Eltinge in “The Fascinating Widow”‘, and underneath in red ‘English Opera House, Week commencing Monday March 25th. Matinees Wed. and Sat.’; not mailed; two short tears at …

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# 44011

HENSON, Bill (1955 -)

Bill Henson : private view

Sydney : RoslynOxley9 Gallery, 2008. Exhibition invitation card, 210 x 150 mm, folded card, illustration on upper panel. A fine copy. The highly controversial invitation to Henson’s 2008 exhibition which saw the entire exhibition confiscated by police and the Prime Minister denounce the works as ‘absolutely revolting’. ‘On 22 May 2008, the opening night of …

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# 43855

OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

Untitled [bunny rabbit with dancing elves]

Pen and ink on card, 225 x 145mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., untitled, numbered ’24’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, since the 1970s

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# 43852

OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

The platypus sang a duet

Pen and ink on card, 110 x 178 mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’17’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, …

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# 43851

OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

I keep my baby in my pocket!

Pen and ink on card, 140 x 175mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ‘1’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, …

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# 43849

OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

The Flying Ace [and] The Chariot Race

Pen and ink on card, 270 x 188 mm (mount line), the lower illustration cut out as a rondelle, signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’13’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most …

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# 43701

LINDSAY, Sir Daryl

Sir Daryl Lindsay : a retrospective exhibition

Melbourne : McClelland Gallery, c. 1975. Folio, exhibition catalogue, single sheet, folded, pp. [6], introduction by Joseph Burke, catalogue of 87 works, biography.

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# 43828

LAAKSONEN, Touko (1920 - 1991, a.k.a. TOM OF FINLAND)

Tom of Finland. Posterbook

Cologne : Taschen, 1993. Folio, illustrated wrappers (light handling wear), text in English, French and German, illustrated with 6 posters illustrated with Tom of Finland’s homoerotic hypersexualised imagery. While much of Tom of Finland’s early career was spent ‘under the covers’, this pioneering erotic gay artist is now celebrated internationally for his genre defining subject …

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# 43796

BEAGLE, Peter

American denim : a new folk art

Presented by Richard M. Owens & Tony Lane. Text by Peter Beagle. Photographs by Baron Wolman and the Denim Artists. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1975. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, the laminate lifting slightly, pp. 156, illustrated. The American cultural practice of embroidering and personalising denim. A classic work.

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# 42547

COATES, Ian (editor)

Endeavour voyage : the untold stories of Cook and the first Australians

Canberra, ACT : National Museum Of Australia, 2020. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 200, illustrated. ‘The Story of Cook and 1770 marks the first moment of British contact with the east coast of the continent we now know as Australia. It is one of our nation’s origin stories, although remembered very differently by Anglo-Australians and by …

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# 43440

A Meiji-era album of original kimono designs.

Japan (probably Kyoto) : circa 1900. Silk-bound folding album measuring 485 x 335 x 60 mm, containing 68 original watercolours on card of exquisite kimono designs; numbering in Japanese; housed in a modern Japanese box, plain manuscript label to spine Hinagata (=Designs). A stunning collection of original kimono designs in vivid colour and with fine …

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# 43408

Photographer unknown

Ambrotype of two amputees, almost certainly Civil War casualties. U.S.A., 1861-65.

Ambrotype (wet collodion positive), 80 x 70 mm (sight); housed in a double elliptical brass mat under cover glass, in a half leather case with geometric design; the ambrotype has some tiny mould spiders, minor crazing and specks of dust, but is otherwise in very good condition. It has been estimated that 60,000 surgical amputations …

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# 43572

DUNCAN, W[illiam]. A[ugustine]., Esq. (1811 - 1885)

Lecture on national education delivered in the School of Arts, Brisbane, on Thursday, the 20th June, 1850.

Brisbane : James Swan, 1850. Octavo, stab-sewn self-wrappers, pp. [24], uncut and unopened, a fine copy. The first book or pamphlet printed in Brisbane, written by the founding president of the School of Arts. At the time of printing, Brisbane had a European population of about 2000 persons. Rare. Ferguson 5340

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# 43092

MICHAUT-DELACROIX, V.

[CALCULATING DEVICE]. Cercle calculateur mobile.

… par V. Michaut Delacroix de Châtillon (Côte d’Or). Paris : Lith. de Paul Dupont et Cie., 1840. Printed card, 275 mm in diameter, wooden handle 290 mm in length, mounted in the centre to rotate; one side calculates rates of interest for wages, calculated at 6% from one day to 360 days; the other …

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# 43659

BARNETT, P. Neville

Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia (Special edition)

Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The Special edition, limited to 85 copies signed by the author (a standard issue of 200 copies was also published). Quarto, papered boards in quarter imitation parchment (slightly worn), printed dustjacket (edges worn, light foxing), acetate jacket, a couple of chips, 280 pp, extensively illustrated with bookplates, some …

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