Rare Books

# 42550

DEAN & SON

[LAW] Truant Bunny

London : Dean & Son, c. 1860. “Papa Lovechild’s series”. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, short split to bottom of spine; pp. 8, printed on one side only, full-page illustrations throughout, with original hand colouring; a very good to fine copy. To modern sensibilities – and probably for children of the time – this morality tale about …

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# 42552

'M. J. C."

Squire Gray’s Fruit Feast :

With an account of how he entertained all his young friends; and some of the pretty tales he gave to them as prizes. With twelve elegant engravings. London : Thomas Dean & Son, c. 1850. Octavo, decorated wrappers, pp. 31, engraved illustrations. A charming book of children’s stories.

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# 43093

CLAUDEL, Philippe

Cadran Calculateur Claudel.

Remiremont : Mougin, 1887. Narrow octavo (240 x 120 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked red percaline over boards with metal corners and clasp, containing the calculator itself, printed on folding thick board 230 x 230 mm, with wooden ruler still attached by the original screw; preceded by a [4]-page summary and with a printed sheet of formulae …

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# 43723

BLOOMFIELD, Lin (1931 - )

Norman Lindsay Watercolours 1897 – 1969 (deluxe edition)

Bungendore : Odana Editions, 2003. Quarto, full leather in matching slipcase (a couple of small scratches), 312 pp. extensively illustrated with colour plates, notes and commentary on Lindsay’s artworks and techniques. The deluxe edition, limited to 550 signed and numbered copies, with an additional photograph of the painting The Presentation included. A standard edition was …

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# 42516

MIZER, Bob (1922 - 1992)

Physique pictorial. A very substantial run of 77 issues 1951 – 1991

Los Angeles : AMG, 1955 – 1991. 67 issues of Physique Pictorial (a very substantial run, the first seven issues from 1951 – 1953 being photocopies reprinted in 1997, the original vintage printings beginning with vol. 5, no. 2, 1955, through to vol. 41, 1990), octavo, pictorial wrappers, each approximately pp. 32, black and white …

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# 43060

LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

Pen Drawings. Norman Lindsay

Sydney : Arthur McQuitty & Co., 1924. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (this is number 294), signed in full by Norman Lindsay. Folio, papered boards (spine relined), upper board with gilt device and gilt-lettered inlay, edges rubbed and boards marked, unpaginated, foreword by Francis Crossle, illustrated with numerous full-page illustrations of Lindsay’s drawings, many …

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# 43683

MALM, August Wilhelm (1821-1882)

[WHALES] Några blad om hvaldjur i allmänhet och Balænoptera Carolinæ i synnerhet.

Göteborg : Handelstidningens bolags tryckeri (the author’s own company), 1866. Cover: MALMSKA HVALEN. Från Göteborgs Zool. Zoot. Museum. Octavo (200 x 130 mm), publisher’s illustrated yellow wrappers, pp. 20; text in Swedish; a very good copy. On October 29 1865 a 16-meter-long and 25-ton blue whale (Balænoptera Sibbaldii Gray) beached at Backa in Askimsfjärden, near …

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# 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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# 43558

KNOWLES, Squire (designer); KNOWLES, Evelyn (illustrator)

Program : Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1945. Presented by the United Nations Conference Committee of the City and County of San Francisco.

[Drop title]. San Francisco, CA : The United Nations Conference Committee of the City and County of San Francisco (printed by Pisani Printing Company), 1945. Quarto (280 x 220 mm), stapled blue wrappers lettered in gold (lightly rubbed), 15 pp., sepia tone illustrations (including double-page view of the San Francisco Civic Center Buildings, the venue …

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# 43376

BARON, David

The history of Israel : its spiritual significance. A series of connected expositions

London : Morgan & Scott, c. 1910. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, pp. viii; 310; [2], a very good copy.

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# 43673

THORNTON, Jas. (words & music)

[SHEET MUSIC] Don’t send the organ man away

/ words and music by Jas. Thornton … Copyright 1901 by M. Witmark & Sons. Cover: “Descriptive song by the writer of ‘When you were sweet sixteen’” / “Sung by Robert McLeish”. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co, [c.1907]. Allan’s popular sixpenny edition ; no. 207. Folio (350 x 250 mm), original illustrated wrappers with …

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# 43674

FORD, Percy (words); MOORE, J. Chas. (music)

[SHEET MUSIC] Won’t you come down and open dat door? (“achew”).

Written by Percy Ford. Composed by J. Chas. Moore. Cover: “The great sneezing song” / “Sung with immense success by J. M. Campbell in J. C. Williamson’s pantomime ‘Jack & Jill’” / “Copyright in all countries 1907”. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co, [c.1907]. Allan’s popular sixpenny edition ; no. 241. Folio (350 x 250 …

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# 42575

Hamilton Centenary Committee

Major Mitchell Centenary Celebrations, Hamilton. March 8th to the 15th, 1937. Official souvenir programme and history

Hamilton : Hamilton Centenary Committee, 1937. Quarto, lettered pink wrappers (slightly foxed, light central crease), pp. [20], illustrated. Loosely enclosed, an engraved letterhead from T. J. Laidlaw & Co., Auctioneers, Stock & Station Agents, Melbourne and Hamilton. Provenance : Jonathan Wantrup, his book label inside upper wrapper.

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# 43672

RONIN FILMS

Red Matildas : women, peace and politics in the Great Depression

[Drop title]. Canberra : Ronin Films, [1985]. Portfolio, 310 x 220 mm, printer in black on red card, with 9 single-sided press-release sheets loosely enclosed; in very good condition (appears complete, as issued by the film’s distributor). ‘Through the lives of three women Red Matildas explores the social and political conditions in Australia during the …

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# 43561

NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU.

[SNOWY MOUNTAINS] Kosciusko

Sydney : NSW Government Tourist Bureau, [ca. 1955]. Single sheet, 205 x 285 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm; printed on both sides, with [6] b/w photographic illustrations and informative text; very good condition.

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# 42536

McWHANNEL, Francis

The Holloway Press 1994 – 2013. A checklist of publications

Auckland : The Holloway Press, University of Auckland, 2014. Octavo, stitch bound wrappers, pp. [16], printed letterpress. Printed in an edition of 100 copies signed and numbered by Dr. Peter Simpson, Director of the Holloway Press.

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