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Nelly et Jean, Nous Deux, simples papiers du tiroir secret
AU$3,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Jean Dulac]; [Marcel Valotaire]
[Paris]: Grave et imprime pour les auteurs et leurs amis, [1929].First edition, first printing of one of the masterpieces of early 20th century erotica, noted as being the most expensive clandestine publication of the time with 46 finely printed and hand coloured illustrations by Jean Dulac. The story by Marcel Valotaire tells of the sexual awakening of a young female student, Nelly, mostly in the hands of her Latin tutor, Jean. One of 240 numbered copies on Arches (from a total edition of 295). The 2 volumes here bound as one in a fine three quarter leather binding retaining the two original illustrated wrapper panels. DUTEL 2054.
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Aphrodite: Moeurs antiques
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Louys; Edouard Chimot
Paris: Edition d’Art de L’Intermediaire du Bibliophile, 1929.The first edition with illustrations by Chimot of Louys’ immensely successful novel of tumultuous love and desire set in Alexandria. One of 154 copies of the standard edition (from the total edition of 300), this copy finely bound by Herbillon-Crombe.
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The Male Impersonator
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. F. Benson
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929.The Male Impersonator is one of two short stories and six novels published in the author’s Mapp and Lucia series, later adapted as a television serial. The series features a cast of mainly upper class English people, who could be described as genteel dilettantes, as they navigate their way through the minor outrages of polite society. In The Male Impersonator, Miss Mapp has to deal with the arrival to their small town of Lady Deal, who in a previous life, had a history of performing as a male impersonator. ‘To think that a male impersonator should to Tilling and take one of the best houses in the place! Why, it might as well have remained empty!’ Limited to 530 numbered copies, this being one of 30 copies for presentation, signed by the author.
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Men of Queensland: Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland as Existant in the Year 1928 A.D.
AU$850.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWill. H. Millar
Brisbane: The Read Press, 1929.Printed and Published by The Read Press, Engravings by S. A. Best, Photographs by Poulsen Studios, Caricatures by Will. H. Millar. Chiefly caricatures by Will. H. Millar with accompanying biographical text of 211 notable men of early 20th century Queensland. This copy with the preliminary plate of John Oxley looking down over Brisbane printed in colour and with the armorial bookplate of Brian Leask to the front pastedown.
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The Mimiambs of Herondas
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHerondas; Jack Lindsay
London: The Fanfrolico Press, [1929].Mimes by Herondas translated by Jack Lindsay with 19 drawings by Alan Odle and a foreword by Brian Penton. Limited to 375 numbered copies, of which this is number 2. ARNOLD 35. This copy with the bookplate of David D. Levine.
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Havelock Ellis in Appreciation
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoseph Ishill
Berkeley Heights: The Oriole Press, 1929.Havelock Ellis in Appreciation by Elie Faure, Bertrand Russell, H. L. Mencken, Henry W. Nevinson, Henri Barbusse, Clarence Darrow, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, John A. Hobson, Marguerite Tracy, Eleen Key, Dr. B. Malinowski and thirty-four other important contributors. With an unpublished letter by Thomas Hardy to Havelock Ellis, and a foreword by Isaac Goldberg & embellishments by Louis Moreau. Compiled, edited, and printed by Joseph Ishill. Limited to 450 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by Ishill to William Duff.
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Contempo: This American Tempo
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Vassos; Ruth Vassos
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1929.John Vassos, American artist and industrial designer, was a pioneer of the art deco style, creating shapes and designs for radio, television, computer, and broadcasting equipment for nearly four decades. Contempo is credited with launching his career as a modern artist and showcases his geometrical, cubist, and constructivist style, accompanying his wife Ruth Vassos’ textual critique of post-war American society. This copy inscribed by John Vassos to Louis Lazarus.
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Spraying
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavey Institute of Tree Surgery
Kent, Ohio: Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, 1929.Information on spraying trees against pests and diseases. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Teatro Reale Dell’ Opera [Roma]: Il Nuovo Palcoscenico Meccanico
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCasa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli
Milano and Roma: Casa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1929.Royal Opera Theatre: The New Mechanical Stage. Promotional booklet after the 1926 renovations of the theatre which reopened in 1928.
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Refrigeration: An Essential to National Health, Security and Progress
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. J. White
Adelaide: Gillingham & Co, 1929.Scarce early Australian work on the cooling and preservation of foodstuffs. Being a practical introduction to the application of Mechanical Refrigeration, as applied to the preservation and distribution of Food, Ice and Ice Cream making and other manufacturing processes.