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Adelaide: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A flawless copy from a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by Donald Friend and the publisher Richard Griffin. Elephant folio bound in quarter green leather and orange cloth, gilt embossed decorations housed in matching slipcase 'This most infamously wicked work is an erotic (even by Donald Friend's uninhibited standards) dreamlike odyssey of lust and bestiality.' A remarkable tour de force in art publishing in Australia.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A collection of loose elephant folio proof sheets from 'Donald Friend's erotic masterpiece 'Bumbooziana' wrapped in a green card portfolio within a captioned cloth slipcase. This out-of-series copy contains six single page proof sheets and two double page sheets all initialled & hand numbered 1/100 by Donald Friend. In addition, 14 proof pages, mostly double-sided and a half-page photo-lithographic proof. All in fine, unmarked condition.

Sydney: Ure Smith Pty. Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good +. A complete set of sixteen bound yearly volumes containing all quarterly issues from 1963 to 1979, together with a matching index volume embracing 40 issues from May 1963 to April 1973. Square quarto size bound in red faux leather with gilt lettering to spine and front panel. Light to medium foxing to the endpapers, light bumps to a few spine tops and top corners, but all else in very good condition. A very desirable hard-to-find set. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Toorak: Gryphon Books, 1978. A bright unmarked copy. Limited to 350 copies, this is one of the first 100 copies with a special dustjacket and containing an original drawing by Friend. Quarto in red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design to front panel, decorative endpapers, black and white illustrations and two tipped in colour plates, unpaginated. Together with a folio size photographic proof for Bumbooziana initialled by Friend approving production. Light creasing to one edge, very suitable for framing. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Sanur, Bali: P.T. Bap Bali, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine,. A most attractive production featuring screen-printed text and illustrations inspired by both everyday and mythical birds from Bali. Slim folio, 48 pages. Screen printed cloth binding, line drawings throughout, some polychrome. Original prospectus / order form for the book loosely inserted.

London: Blackie and Sons, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. H. M. Paget.. A quite neat and very sound copy of this scarce and very attractive book. Octavo in publisher's original embossed chocolate cloth extensively decorated in gilt and black. 384 pages, plus 40 pages of publisher's advertisements. 12 charming full page black and white line illustrations by H. M Paget. Corners bumped with small worn areas to cloth, hinges neatly strengthened, previous owner's name in pencil to flyleaf. Boys' adventure tale centred on the uprisings by traditional craftsmen opposing industrialisation.

London: Heinemann, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine,. A very neat, bright copy of the first impression of the UK edition. Octavo on publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black & white photographic plates, maps / plans /tables, notes. 396 pages. Some offsetting to endpapers, light soiling to front edge, top right corner bumped, all else clean and white. Signed and inscribed by Leary on free front endpaper. A flashback of Who's Who in the 70's & 80's :John and Yoko, JFK, Burroughs, Charles Manson, Aldous Huxley all feature in this enthralling tale of Leary on the run from drug charges, all the while convinced of his cause for freedom. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Melbourne: Australian Book Auctions, 2005 - 2007. All three volumes with matching numbers (#28) from limited hardcover issue of 150 copies only, signed by Jonathon Wantrup and Rodney Davidson. All in fine condition. A superb production. TOGETHER WITH an additional Australian Book Auctions Catalogue, August 2008 'The Davidson Collection', which lists 371 items supplementary to the main auction. TOGETHER WITH 'A Book Collector's notes on items relating to the Discovery of Australia, The First Settlement and the Early Coastal Development of the Continent.' by Rodney Davidson. A sound clean hardcover, faded dustjacket spine. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

West Strand, London: John W Parker and Son., 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A neat, sound copy. Octavo in publisher's original decoratively embossed brown cloth with gilt title and credits to spine, 614 plus 8 pages of publisher's advertisements. Cloth lightly worn in a few places at edges, corners bumped. Hard to find, let alone in sound clean condition - a very presentable copy of this classic.

Milsons Point: Knopf, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A neat, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original charcoal boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 818 pages including 32 black & white photographic plates, bibliography and index. A highly engaging biography of the passionate, controversial interpreter of Aboriginal culture. A major work of scholarship. A very nice copy of this scarce edition.

Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Near fine - a very neat, clean copy of the signed and hand-numbered presentation edition of 800 specially created to celebrate the re-opening of the National Gallery of Victoria in December 2003 after the make-over by Mario Bellini + Metier 3. Signed by John Poynter on the limitation plate on the front free endpaper. Original black boards with gilt title to spine, enclosed in matching illustrated slipcase. 639 pages including black & white, and coloured photograhic plates, bibliography and index. Slipcase has a light bump to lower edge, and some very slight rubbing. The book falls naturally into two parts; the first is a biography of Felton, the second deals with his bequests and their execution. With Felton's bequest after his death in 1904, the National Gallery gained access to acquisition funds greater than London's Tate and National Galleries combined! Uncommon edition. Listing with Biblio… Leer más

New York: Grove, 1959. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Evergreen edition, third printing. Original black cloth with green metallic title and credit to spine, 245 pages. Very light corner creasing to a few pages. Near fine - a very neat, bright example of perhaps Kerouac's most sustained creative writing - his personal favourite. One for the collector, or a perfect gift.

Croydon, Surrey: Judo Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy of this scarce classic on Kendo. Octavo in original publisher's linen cloth with red title to spine and front panel. 140 pages including numerous black & white line drawings and photographs providing clear illustration of technical points discussed in the text, weapons and armour. Appendices; 1. Dai Nihon Teikoku Kata 2. Notes on the Japanese Sword 3. Notes on the Japanese Armour 4. Tamashigiri 5. Seppuku. Glossary. Small bookseller's sticker inside front flap of dustjacket which has light creasing, chips to edges. The scope of the book focuses on the concerns of the samurai; his sword, his armour, seppuku - which, except to an historian or collector, are virtually unknown outside Japan.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Very Good,. A neat bright copy of this hard-to-find first UK edition, first printing in publisher's royal blue boards with metallic turquoise lettering to spine, 309 pages, map endpapers and black & white photographic illustrations throughout. Very light spotting to top edge, small chips to dust jacket corners, neat previous owner's name on free front endpaper. A gripping account of an extraordinary narcotics sting. Adapted for a film of the same name which earned eight nominations and won five Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Scheider), Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Mixing. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

Neath: John E. Richards, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. A quite neat, reasonably sound copy of this title. First edition. Quarto in publisher's original teal boards with gilt lettering to front panel and credits to spine. x - 360 pages including frontispiece, 8 additional black & white plates, numerous photographic illustrations, plans, maps, etc. Introduction by the author, index; appendix including errata; and List of Subscribers (256). Corners bumped, tear at foot and wear at top of spine, some scuffing and marks to boards. Front hinge split. Gift inscription in ink on front pastedown from John Rees (noted in subscriber list as Leather Merchant, Penydre House Neath) to John Hopkins of Richmond, Victoria dated Feb. 27th 1901. (Prior to stated publishing date).

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A neat, very sound copy of this scarce edition. Octavo in publisher's original green cloth, gilt title to spine, 295 pages. Ex-library copy stamped on front pastedown, flyleaf, and (faintly) on top edge, borrower slip pasted to flyleaf. The author, brother of W. B. Yeats, was an artist / illustrator who created the first cartoon strip version of Sherlock Holmes in 1894. At the centre of this novel are two Irish tramps, very reminiscent of Becket's tramps in 'Waiting for Godot'. Yeats has not yet achieved the critical regard he deserves.

London: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright set. Octavo in original gilt decorated blue cloth, two volumes; combined xvii - 446 pages including plates, tables, foldout maps. Dustjackets a little soiled, tanned on spines. Kelly's translation of documents relating to Pedro Fernandez de Quiros' expedition to the 'Austral Lands' 1605. Volumes 126 and 127 in the Hakluyt Society Second Series.

Melbourne: Marsh Walsh Publishing, 1975. Very Good. And a List of the Civil and Military Establishment. To Which is Added an Historical Narrative of the Discovery of New Holland, or, New South Wales. A very neat bright copy of the numbered limited edition of 350 copies. Facsimile of edition published in London 1789. Octavo bound in full calf, raised bands, gilt embossed ship device to front and rear panels, leather title label to spine (with spare in pocket at rear board) 54 pages including folding chart. An important book; the earliest authentic eyewitness account of the first settlement of Australia. Attractive copy, perfect gift.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1965. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. Slim quarto in publisher's original illustrated stiff wrapper, Black & white photographic illustrations to endpapers, 22 pages including chronology, selected references, 3 colour plates and 5 black & white plates ( all full-page) and catalogue listing of the 88 paintings in the exhibition. A valuable resource on Fairweather's work. Scarce. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: Pheidon Press, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely copy of this superlative production. Publisher's linen cloth with maroon lettering to spine and front panel, 388 pages. 350 pages of extraordinary images, many full page and double spread, featuring a wide and diverse range of subjects from one of the most influential photographers of our time: Nicole Kidman, Serena Williams, Calvin Klein, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Rihanna, Nancy Pelosi. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.