Private Press

  • Night fall in the ti-tree

    # 47128

    TEAGUE, Violet; REDE, Geraldine

    Night fall in the ti-tree

    Woodcuts by Geraldine Rede and Violet Teague. Melbourne and London : Sign of the Rabbit and Elgin Mathews, 1906. Small folio, ribbon-tied woodcut-printed wrappers (lightly rubbed, ribbons replaced, the original silk ribbon as always deteriorated, and preserved separately), illustrated endpapers, fourteen leaves folded in the Japanese manner illustrated with original woodcuts by Teague and Rede, …

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  • Old Korea : the land of morning calm

    # 46700

    KEITH, Elizabeth (illustrator); SCOTT, Elspet Keith Robertson (text)

    Old Korea : the land of morning calm

    London : Hutchinson & Co., 1946. Quarto, decorated cloth in dustjacket (worn, chips with losses, old tape repairs), pp. 72, colour frontispiece, illustrated with colour and black and white plates, preliminaries foxed, internally fine. Scarce, a very good copy in the flimsy dustjacket, an important illustrated account of Korea.

    $550.00 AUD Read more
  • Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    # 46589

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    Sydney : published for the author by Art in Australia, 1920. First edition. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, spine lettered in gilt (a fine example); inscribed by the artist in pen on the front pastedown ‘Yours sincerely, Norman Lindsay’, small tape marks to endpapers, upper hinge slightly split, original signed etching by Norman Lindsay …

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  • Justinian and Theodora : drama, being a chapter of history and the one gleam of light during the Dark Ages

    # 46364

    HUBBARD, Elbert Green and HUBBARD, Alice Moore

    Justinian and Theodora : drama, being a chapter of history and the one gleam of light during the Dark Ages

    East Aurora, N.Y. : Roycroft Press, 1906. Octavo, finely bound in half mauve crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, pp. 107; (2), decorated title page, head and tail pieces, the deluxe edition limited to 106 copies printed …

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  • On the origin of species (First 'Australian' edition)

    # 46469

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    On the origin of species (First ‘Australian’ edition)

    by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landcare. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1963. Printed for The Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press, Adelaide, South Australia. Quarto, quarter wallaby over …

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  • Rainbow

    # 40913

    SIBLEY, Irena (1943-2009)

    Rainbow

    Albert Park, Vic. : Lilly Pilly Books, 1988. Second edition. Folio, bound by Richard Griffin in contrasting red and yellow embossed morocco, with inset linoleum block print to upper board, red endpapers; [42] pp of linoleum block-print plates and calligraphic text (calligraphy by Irene Sibley); all edges uncut, in fine condition. “67 copies of ‘Rainbow’ …

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  • The Pobble who has no toes

    # 45905

    LEAR, Edward; LOCK, Margaret

    The Pobble who has no toes

    Brisbane : Locks’ Press, 1979. Quarto, linen with engraved illustration by Margaret Lock on upper board, unpaginated, pp. [16]; illustrated with eight original etchings, printed on veil Arches white, 250 gsm, by Margaret Lock, a fine copy. Printed in an edition limited to 60 signed and numbered copies, a couple of very small spots of foxing, …

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  • The work of Eileen McGrath

    # 45956

    HOFF, Raynor, LINDSAY, Norman and others

    The work of Eileen McGrath

    Sydney : Sydney Technical College, 1931. Quarto, boards in illustrated paper wrappers (detached at the spine and now presented in a dustjacket protector), 48 pp., illustrated with numerous art deco designs, illustrations and tipped-in colour plates, with the rare original dustjacket ( the front flap absent, otherwise complete). Limited to 1000 copies, this is number …

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  • Xmas Ballad for John Kinmont Moir

    # 42630

    SWAN, Bob and Marie

    Xmas Ballad for John Kinmont Moir

    Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. :  John T. Kirtley, 1951 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress. One of only eight hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author and printer. Inscribed on preliminary blank ‘Keith. From John. Felicitations 1951 / 1952. No 5 / 8’. John Kirtley (1897-1967) is …

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  • Japanese colour-prints (special de luxe edition )

    # 45817

    BARNETT, P. Neville

    Japanese colour-prints (special de luxe edition )

    Sydney : Privately printed [by The Beacon Press], 1936. Special de luxe edition limited to 65 numbered and signed copies, with the author’s seal (this is copy no. 9). Note : a standard de luxe edition of 185 copies was also printed. Large quarto, quarter vellum over cloth boards (foxed and discoloured, as is commonly …

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  • [INCUNABLE] A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible

    # 45670

    GUTENBERG, Johannes (ca. 1398-1468) (printer)

    [INCUNABLE] A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible

    [Mainz : Johannes Gutenberg, circa 1454-55]. Single folio leaf. 390 x 286 mm, printed on recto and verso, black gothic lettering of forty-two lines in double columns, large two-line initial letter rubricated in red; light foxing, ox head watermark clearly visible at the centre of the leaf, neat paper reinforcement along margin (probably from when …

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  • Sonnet addressed to Ian Mudie, 1943 : from Liebestag by John T. Kirtley

    # 44806

    HARRINGTON, Edward

    Sonnet addressed to Ian Mudie, 1943 : from Liebestag by John T. Kirtley

    Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. :  John T. Kirtley, c. 1943 . Folio, half-calf over gilt-lettered cloth, pp. [6] plus six blanks, printed letterpress. One of only nine hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author and publisher. John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian printing having produced the first Australian hand-printed books. Introduced …

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  • Paul Celan : a reading for Group 47

    # 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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  • The Holloway Press 1994 - 2013. A checklist of publications

    # 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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  • The Steinways of Africa.

    # 42540

    HEDIN, Robert (1949 - )

    The Steinways of Africa.

    A prose poem by Robert Henin. Northfield, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2005. Quarto, bound in Mashamba Huro wrappers handmade by women of Zimbabwe, pp. [8], printed letterpress in Menhart type on Iyo Glazed paper. Printed in an edition of 90 copies.

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  • X-ing a paragrab

    # 42539

    POE, Edgar Alan

    X-ing a paragrab

    Dunedin [New Zealand] : Frayed Frisket, 2015. Octavo, lettered cards, pp. 15, letterpress. “This short story by Edgar Alan Poe was originally published in 1849 in the Flag of the nation”-Introduction. “The text retains the italics of the original. Hand set in 12 point Monotype Garamond 3 point leaded and printed on 100 gsm Conqueror …

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