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  • South. The story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917

    # 51827

    SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest (1874 - 1922)

    South. The story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914-1917

    London : William Heinemann, 1929. Reprint. Octavo, prize binding by Bickers of London in full tree calf, ruled in gilt, armorial crest for Epsom College to upper board, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt-tooled, contrasting morocco title labels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, prize label, frontispiece after a photograph by Frank Hurley, pp. xiii; …

    $275.00 AUD Read more
  • The philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B and back again). (Signed copy with drawing of a Campbell's Soup can)

    # 46392

    WARHOL, Andy (1928 - 1987)

    The philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B and back again). (Signed copy with drawing of a Campbell’s Soup can)

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. Octavo, boards in dust jacket, pp 241; a fine copy; the half-title is signed and inscribed by Warhol, accompanied by an original pen drawing by the artist of a Campbell’s Tomato Soup can, his most iconic image. Andy Warhol’s seminal self-analysing memoir, filled with his reflections of …

    $7,500.00 AUD Read more
  • A contemporary group of Australian artists. (Deluxe edition)

    # 51812

    [FEINT, Adrian].

    A contemporary group of Australian artists. (Deluxe edition)

    Art in Australia : a quarterly magazine. Third series, number 29, September 1929. Deluxe edition. Quarto, papered boards with title label (foxed), lettered by hand along spine, numerous tipped-in colour and black and white plates, The deluxe edition, limited to 35 copies, 25 of which were offered for sale. The printed limitation statement declares that …

    $1,650.00 AUD Read more
  • The Malay Archipelago : the land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A narrative of travel with studies of man and nature

    # 51775

    WALLACE, Alfred Russell (1823-1913)

    The Malay Archipelago : the land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A narrative of travel with studies of man and nature

    London : Macmillan and Co., 1874. Fifth edition. Octavo, finely bound in full polished calf, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt-tooling, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, presentation inscription to preliminary blank, two folding colour maps, pp. xvi, 653, blank; engraved plates, text vignettes; occasional light foxing; a …

    $1,650.00 AUD Read more
  • The trials of life. A natural history of animal behaviour. (Signed copy)

    # 51709

    ATTENBOROUGH, David (1926 - )

    The trials of life. A natural history of animal behaviour. (Signed copy)

    London : William Collins, 2025 (reprint). Signed edition. Octavo, boards in illustrated dust jacket; pp. [vi]; 282, extensively illustrated. Signed by David Attenborough in black pen on the front free endpaper. A fine copy. The final book in David Attenborough’s ‘Life Trilogy’ series.

    $300.00 AUD Read more
  • The selfish gene

    # 51188

    DAWKINS, Richard (1941 - )

    The selfish gene

    Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1976. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (very light handling marks), pp. xii; 224, internally clean with no inscriptions, marks or foxing, not price clipped, a fine copy. First edition of the groundbreaking work by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins which posits a gene-centred basis for evolution, in essence the …

    $950.00 AUD Read more
  • Molecular biology of the gene. (Carsten Bresch's copy)

    # 51668

    WATSON, James D.

    Molecular biology of the gene. (Carsten Bresch’s copy)

    New York : W.A. Benjamin Inc., 1965. Octavo, white cloth with double-helix design on upper board, lettered on spine, illustrated dustjacket (corners bumped, edges rubbed, chipped and worn), pp. xxii, 494, with numerous diagrams, a couple of instances of highlighter underlining by Bresch, a very good copy. The foundation book on molecular biology, written by …

    $550.00 AUD Read more
  • Aboriginal woman sacred and profane

    # 51697

    KABERRY, Phyllis M.

    Aboriginal woman sacred and profane

    Introduction by Professor A. P. Elkin. London : George Routledge, 1939. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (edges rubbed, price-clipped, tape repair verso), collector’s blind stamp to front free endpaper, pp. 294, illustrated. A very good to fine copy. An important study on the spiritual and cultural role of women in Aboriginal societies. Scarce in …

    $850.00 AUD Read more
  • Facts about Champagne and other sparkling wines,

    # 50677

    VITZELLY, Henry

    Facts about Champagne and other sparkling wines,

    collected during numerous visits to the Champagne and other viticultural districts of France, and the principal remaining wine-producing countries of Europe. London : Ward, Lock, and Co., 1879. Octavo, half crushed morocco over cloth by Bayntun’s of Bath, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt, edges rubbed, top edge gilt, marbled …

    $1,650.00 AUD Read more
  • The art and craft of lino cutting and printing

    # 50976

    FLIGHT, Claude (1881 - 1955)

    The art and craft of lino cutting and printing

    London : B. T. Batsford, 1934. Octavo, illustrated papered boards with cloth spine (lightly marked), previous owner’s name to endpaper, frontispiece by Eileen Mayo, pp. xiv; 66; (2 – note); (8 – advertisements), illustrated in colour and black and white by Claude Flight, C. W. Toovey, Barker Mill, Lill Tschudi, Stanislaus Brien, John Richards, Edith …

    $675.00 AUD Read more
  • Pugilistica : being one hundred and forty-four years of the history of British boxing.

    # 50026

    MILES, Henry Downes

    Pugilistica : being one hundred and forty-four years of the history of British boxing.

    London : Wedon & Co., [1880]. First complete edition. Three volumes, octavo, later uniform bindings of gilt-ruled half calf over cloth (lightly marked), spines in compartments with repeated pugilist device in gilt, maroon leather title and volume labels in gilt; top edges gilt; pp. xvi, 507; 538 [6]; 528, [6], illustrated; outermost leaves in each volume …

    $900.00 AUD Read more
  • The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India.

    # 49330

    CAMÖENS, Luis de; MICKLE, William Julius (editor)

    The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India.

    An epic poem. Translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns. Oxford : printed by Jackson and Lister for J. New [and others], 1778. Second English edition. Quarto, recent half crushed burgundy morocco, spine in compartments with raised bands, ornamental gilt tooling, contrasting title label to spine, new endpapers, preliminary blank, etched frontispiece by …

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  • Palmetum. (Author's copy with proof set)

    # 47588

    ADAMS, Tate; ZIMMER, Jenny et alia

    Palmetum. (Author’s copy with proof set)

    “Depicted by” Juli Haas, Ray Crooke, Jan Senbergs, Anneke Silver, Cheryl Wildon, Danny Moynihan, Margaret Wilson, Normana Wight, Jorg Schmeisser, David Paulson, Ron McBurnie, Tate Adams, Anne Lord. With text by Jenny Zimmer. Introduction by John L. Dowe, Palm Biologist, James Cook University. Townsville : Lyrebird Press, 2002. Folio (470 x 395 mm), screen printed …

    $9,500.00 AUD Read more
  • Enough

    # 47515

    NOLAN, Rose (1959 - )

    Enough

    Melbourne : Negative Press, 2016. Artist’s book. Octavo (folded), 220 x 840 mm (open), initialled and dated on rear in pencil. A concertina style publication, employing the creases to define the characters in a similar manner to the artist’s acclaimed wall drawings. Published in a limited edition of 100 copies which quickly sold out. Rose …

    $250.00 AUD Read more
  • Arthur Boyd. (Deluxe edition with original signed lithograph)

    # 47008

    PHILIPP, Franz; BOYD, Arthur

    Arthur Boyd. (Deluxe edition with original signed lithograph)

    With 44 colour plates and 134 monochrome plates. London : Thames and Hudson, 1967. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, in gilt-lettered clamshell box, light foxing to the interior lining paper of the box and a trace to the endpapers, otherwise pristine, 288 pp., extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 107 numbered copies (100 available …

    $2,200.00 AUD Read more
  • The Bookfellow : nos 1-5 (complete)

    # 40563

    STEPHENS, A. G. (editor)

    The Bookfellow : nos 1-5 (complete)

    Sydney: The Bulletin, 7 January 1899 – 31 May 1899. Five issues, duodecimo, pictorial wrappers illustrated by A. J. Fischer; the first number stamped ‘Specimen copy’, occasional scattered foxing, numerous illustrations. Rare early ‘magazinelet’ on Australian books and art, which includes poems by ‘Australian authoresses’, an article on Tom Roberts, an article on Frank Mahoney, …

    $1,100.00 AUD Read more