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Sex i Bilder og Tekst
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBjorn Olsson; Axel Berg; Owe Kallstrom
Oslo: J A-forlaget, No date.1960s Norwegian sex guide.
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Lusty Garlick Pearls Presenterer Pal LaRoid: Med Dame I Siktet
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLill-Ann Chepstow-Lusty; Merete Alfsen
Oslo: Pax Forslag, 1987.Artist photo book inspired by B-Grade Cinema, photo novels, pornography, and biography, telling the tale of Pal LaRoid, debauching and arting their way around Oslo, an artist persecuted and caught in the traps of feminists.
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10 Erotiske Noveller
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnneli Berg; Unni Nielsen; Anais Nin; Matteo Bandello; Anne B. Ragde; Jalla Nielsen; Henrik Stangerup
[Oslo]: Vi Menn, No date.Norwegian erotic short stories by Anneli Berg, Unni Nielsen, Anais Nin, Matteo Bandello, Anne B. Ragde, Jalla Nielsen, and Henrik Stangerup, with some photographic illustrations. A supplement to Norwegian men’s magazine Vi Menn.
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Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDaisy Fellowes; Vertes
Paris: Editions de France, 1935.Novel of Parisian high society in the early 20th century by the French socialite Daisy Fellowes, Paris editor of American Harper’s Bazaar and heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. Illustrated by Marcel Vertes. Neatly rebound in half leather and wood preserving the original pink wrappers.
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Les Freres Zemganno
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdmond de Goncourt; Auguste Brouet
Paris: Edite par F. Gregoire, 1921.Goncourt’s Naturalist exploration of the evolution of French literature through the acrobatic artistry of two circus brothers, also echoing and exploring his own love and loss of his inseparable brother (and literary partner) who passed some years prior. Originally published in 1879, here for the first time with numerous illustrations by Auguste Brouet. The illustrations include 15 full page etchings, a half-page etching on the half-title, and a vignette on the title, all signed in the plate, together with a further 51 illustrations in the text. This copy extra illustrated with 4 original signed drawings by Brouet mounted at the beginning, and finely bound in a signed full leather binding by Ganape, RD, dated 1925, and with the bookplates of Yvan Lamberty and B. Le Dosseur.
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The Bells and other Poems
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdgar Allan Poe; Edmund Dulac
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.The deluxe edition of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe featuring The Bells, The Raven, and others. Illustrated with 28 tipped in colour plates and additional vignettes by Edmund Dulac and published in a numbered edition of 750 copies signed by Dulac.
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Les Champignons Comestibles et les especes veneneuses avec lesquelles ils pourraient etre confundus
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLouis Favre-Guillarmod
Paris: Librairie Agricole, [1869].Edible and poisonous mushrooms in the Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland. The first complete edition with the 2 parts in 1 volume. The first part being a reprint of the 1861 edition, Les champignons comestibles du canton de Neuchatel, the second with a new introduction and further invaluable information on the edibility of mushrooms VOLBRACHT 586. This copy with the mycological bookplate of Jacques and Helene Bon.
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Pierre Molinier: Die Fetische der Travestie: Fotografische Arbeiten, 1965-1975
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Molinier; Gerhard Fischer; Peter Gorsen
Wien: Daedalus, 1989.Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Galerie Faber, Vienna, with 33 plates, essays by Pierre Molinier, Gerhard Fischer, and Peter Gorsen, and additional illustrations by Molinier. This copy with 4 additional Molinier items laid in: 1. An original silver gelatin photograph 10.2cm x 12.9cm, plate 49 of The Shaman, 1964, from a photograph by Theo Lesoual’ch of Emmanuelle Arsan retouched in ink by Molinier and rephotographed, captioned on the verso in pencil; 2. A black stocking with Molinier’s signature printed in gold from the 1996 Ubu Gallery, New York exhibition; 3. Invitation card for the Ubu Gallery exhibition; 4. Typescript letter with manuscript signature of Roger Borderie of C.L.S. Edition-Diffusion and publisher of the 1979 collection of Molinier’s Cent photographies erotiques, to Nicolas Hugent of Editions Filipacchi, dated 1986, regarding publication of a new Molinier work based on an interview with his daughter.
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Le Condamne a Mort
AU$11,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean Genet
Fresnes: , 1942.First edition, first printing, of Genet’s first publication. Written while in prison for book theft and privately printed in 1942, Le Condamne a Mort [The Man Sentenced to Death], is a hallucinatory homoerotic homage to another prisoner, Maurice Pilorge, a beautiful young man guillotined for murder in 1939. Appearing in white and pink wrapper variants without priority, this copy in white, and containing numerous manuscript corrections by the author.
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The Littlewood Press
AU$10,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKatherine N. Simitian
Stoke-on-Trent: The Lytlewode Press, 2007.Being a monograph dealing with the development of an Australian private press featuring eighty-nine etchings printed in the atelier of The Press. A short history of the Littlewood Press from 1996 to 2007 featuring original etchings printed at the Press editioned from its published works and commissioned artists including Sir Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Derham Groves, Allan Jordan, Trish Hart, Tony Irving, Pro Hart, Andrew Sibley, Caitlin Littlewood, Robbie Harmsworth, Peter Jones, Marc Severin, and Leslie Tarrant. Bound in stingray, likely the first Australian publication using this skin, the natural white star of the skin forming a decorative emblem to the spine. The idea for this book originated in 1996 when the publisher undertook to print ten additional copies of every etching printed at the press with the intention of creating a history volume at a later date. A number of the etchings are ex libris bookplates. One of the finest Australian art publications, limited to just 10 copies, signed and numbered by the author and the publisher, 5 of which are housed in Australian institutions. This copy is number 10 and includes the original prospectus, The History of The Littlewood Press, featuring an additional Trish Hart etching and signed by the publisher, Robert Littlewood. Issued with 81 of the 89 listed etchings, and with 4 of the Pro Hart etchings supplied twice, making for a total of 85 etchings and photographic portrait of the publisher. The plates not included as per the checklist are: 10. Trish Hart: Nesting Gull; 34. Tony Irving: The Old Kiosk [Black]; 37. Tony Irving: Home Alone [Black]; 39. Tony Irving: Ramsen Place; 40. Tony Irving: Drewery Lane; 42. Tony Irving: Hosier Lane; 43. Tony Irving: Waratah Place; 44. Tony Irving: China Town. The four Pro Hart plates that are included in duplicate are: 45. Singers at the Southern Cross Hotel; 46. Miner’s Kids; 47. Yabbie Picnic; 48. Gethsemane. The plates not included do not appear to have been removed, but as in true Private Press fashion, the difference in actual issue to the stated intention differing as per the whim, requirement, or temperament of the publisher.
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New York Nowhere: Meditations and Celebrations, Neurology Ward, The New York Hospital
AU$6,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoffrey Dutton; John Olsen
Melbourne: The Lytlewode Press, 1998.One of 30 deluxe copies from the total edition of 175 numbered copies signed by John Olsen and Robert Littlewood containing ten original signed etchings by John Olsen. The deluxe issue bound in brown kangaroo leather by Friedhelm Pohlmann also contains a tipped in sheet of original manuscript by the poet, ten original photographs of the artist and the poet signed by the publisher, five pieces of typescript correspondence hand signed by the publisher, 2 additional unsigned Olsen etchings, and an envelope containing a CD of Dutton reciting his poem. The recording of the CD made only weeks before Dutton’s death. New York Nowhere was Dutton’s last literary work, reflecting on the poet’s stroke and recovery in a New York hospital. Also included is the original prospectus and The Australian Magazine Dec 12-13, 1998 with the cover story on this work.
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Psychedelic Press (Complete Set, 40 Volumes)
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Dickens; Nikki Wyrd
London: Psychedelic Press, 2012-2023.A complete run of the psychedelic studies journal Psychedelic Press, early issues also titled psypressUK, and billed as an Anthology of Pharmacography. Comprising 40 issues published between 2012 and 2023 edited by Robert Dickins and Nikki Wyrd, together containing hundreds of papers on the history, literature, philosophy, and culture of psychoactive plants and substances. Features contributions by Andy Roberts, David Graham Scott, Reverend Nemu, Martin W. Ball, Nikita Petrov, Are Thoresen, David Nickels, Mike Crowley, Ben Sessa, Havelock Ellis, Julian Vayne, LiZ Elliot, Mike Jay, Roger Keen, Henrik Dahl, Thomas Hatsis, James W. Jesso, Ross Heaven, Peter Sjostedt-H, Stanislav Grof, Graham St John, James Oroc, Rick Strassman, and many others.
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The World of Homosexuals
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartShakuntala Devi
New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1977.Considered the first published academic study of homosexuality in India, though in the introduction Devi states it is “the work of a lay person for lay people”. The World of Homosexuals begins with a lengthy interview with a closeted homosexual and ends with a strong call for decriminalisation of homosexuality, “nothing less than full and complete acceptance will serve–not tolerance and not sympathy. By our attitudes and our actions we must make it possible for homosexuals to come out of hiding, to live their lives secure in their right to be themselves.” Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013) was an Indian mental calculator and writer, popularly known as the ‘Human Computer’ for her Guinness World Record holding speed arithmetic skills. In a documentary Devi claimed that she wrote the book as a result of her marriage to a gay man, though this claim was later refuted by her daughter and son in law, stating that Devi likely just said it as a good selling point, and perhaps also as a petty swipe at her ex-husband. Regardless of intention or spin, the book is an important and scarce source of latter 20th century Indian LGBTQ+ perspectives and history.
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[William Alexander]
London: John Murray, 1814.50 persons from across early 19th century English society are depicted in fine hand-coloured costume plates dated 1813, each accompanied by a detailed descriptive text. This copy in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding and with the bookplate of Ada Thatcher Huntzinger
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[ILLUMINATED] Poems by Carolyn Tebbetts
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCarolyn Tebbetts; Elizabeth Mott Chesbrough?
: Elizabeth Mott Chesbrough?, 1910.Poems by Carolyn Tebbets and one by John Banister Tabb, in manuscript with ornate watercolour borders. An inscription on a front flyleaf notes: “Virginia Tebbetts June 19, 1910. With love of Elizabeth Mott Chesbrough” designating the likely artist as Elizabeth, though this is uncertain. An additional watercolour with a poem in french is laid in. Housed in decorative handmade cloth wrappers with an original drawing of a pelican standing under a tree by the waterside.
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[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] From the Bhagavdgita, Fechner, etc.
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest Yarrow Jones
[England]: Ernest Yarrow Jones, No date.12 pages of 20th century illuminated manuscript bound in hand painted wrappers by the English artist Ernest Yarrow Jones (1872-1951), as identified by a laid in note recording the booklet as a gift from the artist to Jessie [Gilbert]. The text comprises short extracts from the Bhagavdgita and Gustav Fechner’s On Life After Death illustrated with numerous detailed initials and miniature paintings.
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A Portfolio by Howard Chaykin Illustrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHoward Chaykin
Denver: Middle Earth, 1977.Portfolio by American comic book artist Howard Chaykin, the first plate signed and numbered by him and with a COA signed by the publisher. Edition of 1,000 numbered copies.
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MykoLibri: Die Bibliothek der Pilzbucher (with Addenda, 2 Volumes)
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristian Volbracht
Hamburg: Christian Volbracht, 2006-2017.Detailed bibliography of mushroom books with thousands of bibliographic records of mycological literature from the 15th to the 20th century. One of the 750 standard edition, signed and numbered with Coprinus ink after the recipe by Pierre Bulliard. Includes the supplementary volume published in 2017 and the 8 page English translation of the introduction, glossary, and advice to the reader.
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Handbook of Australian Fungi
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. C. Cooke
London: Williams and Norgate for the Departments of Agriculture in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobarton, 1892.The first monograph on Australian fungi by English botanist and mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-1914). Containing descriptions of 2079 species of macrofungi, microfungi, and slime moulds (or myxomycetes), of which 377 figures are illustrated across 36 plates. The samples which the handbook are based on were supplied by Ferdinand von Muller, Flora Martin, F. M. Bailey, Sven Berggren, and others, and shipped to Cooke in England. This distance limited the accuracy of the work, nevertheless, as the first volume devoted to the subject its historical import cannot be understated and remains a key work in any Australian mushroom collection.
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Wine and Wine Countries; A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Tovey
London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1862.On wine and related beverages around the world, including a section on the burgeoning Australian winemaking trade. This copy with the bookplate of Australian winemaker Max Lake.