Private Press
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# 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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# 45913
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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 42646
RITSOS, Giannis / Ρίτσος, Γιάννης (1909-1990)
The Wavering Scales
Red Wing, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2006. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 31, printed letterpress. Poem concerning German occupation written by Ritsos in Athens in 1943. ‘Martin McKinsey translated sections 1 through 4. Scott King translated sections 6 through 9. In section 5, the two translators overlaid their approaches. 110 copies printed using Eric Gill’s …
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# 42542
LEONTE, Carmelia
Death Searches for you a second time. Poems by Carmelia Leonte
Northfield, Minnesota : Red Dragonfly Press, 2003. Small quarto, bound in lettered grey wrappers, pp. [28], printed letterpress. Printed in an edition of 140 copies.
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# 42629
HOAD, Harold F.
Sonnet in remembrance
Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John T. Kirtley, 1949 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress, two illustrations signed Charles Crampton. One of only eighty hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author (this copy is numbered but not signed). John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian …
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# 42631
POLITZER, Louis
Birthday Greeting to Leah Witter. Fourteenth May. Written by Louis Politzer 1951
Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John T. Kirtley, 1951 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress. One of only ten hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author. John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian printing having produced the first Australian hand-printed books. Introduced by Philip Lindsay …
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# 37330
CRAWHALL, Joseph
Crawhall’s Chap-Book Chaplets
London; Field & Tuer, 1883. Quarto, illustrated papered boards (edges rubbed, small chips to spine), fore and lower edges uncut, unpaginated (approx. 200 pp.) eight chapbooks printed at the Leadenhall Press on colour papers, illustrations coloured by hand, printed in a limited edition of unspecified number, a fine copy. A charming collection of illustrated street ballads …
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# 41581
KIRTLEY, John T.; POLITZER, Louis
Persian rhapsody. Harmonised by Louis Politzer
Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John T. Kirtley, 1951 . Folio, originally issued in sheets, this copy bound in light blue cloth by F. Binnin & Co. of Adelaide, their label to front pastedown, gilt lettering, light offsetting to endpapers, pp. [10]. One of only ten hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author and printer. …
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# 41580
KIRTLEY, John T.; GOODE, Cyril E.
The flame of flesh. A sonnet sequence by Cyril E. Goode. Illustrations by Charles Crampton
Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John Kirtley, [1952] . Folio, maroon leather (lightly marked, scuffed at head and foot of spine), gilt lettering, light offsetting to endpapers, decorated title page, pp. [20]; with linocut illustrations by Charles Crampton. One of only fourteen hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author, this copy with additional signed presentation …