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Justine ou les Malheurs de la Vertu
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarquis de Sade
Paris: Le Soleil Noir, 1950.First Edition with the preface by Georges Bataille. The first issue of 940 numbered copies with the pink frontispiece by Hans Bellmer. This copy unopened in the original wrappers.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
AU$2,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChas Laborde; Paul Morand
Paris: Lacouriere, 1950.Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde’s series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230.
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The Corinthian
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorgette Heyer
Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1950.Regency romance. The first Australian Edition, originally published in 1940.
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Where the Master Touched
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCongo Missionaries of the Unevangelized Fields Mission
London: Unevangelized Fields Mission, 1950.Stories and documentation of the Unevangelized Fields Mission work in Congo in the between 1931 and 1949. At the time UMF had offices in London, Toronto, Philadelphia, and Melbourne. In 2004 UMF changed its name to Crossworld and continues its missionary work around the world. Scarce, 4 copies recorded in OCLC.
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The Telephone in America
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBell Telephone System
[United States]: Bell Telephone System, 1950. -
The Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFred C. Kelly
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1950.The first printing of the revised edition of Kelly’s biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright. This copy inscribed to Chas. Bateman from the Hawthorn Hill Guest House, the former home of Orville Wright, which after his death was owned and used as a guest house by the NCR Corporation. A monogrammed paper napkin and postcard of Hawthorn Hill laid in.
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The Naked Truth About Nudism
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Welby
London: Thorsons, 1950.A more indepth treatise on the subject following on from to the author’s successful first book, Naked and Unashamed: Nudism from Six Points of View. Illustrated with photographs by Walter Bird, Bertram Park, and others, including numerous amateur society snapshots. The revised edition, much condensed from the first.
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Mechanization of Small Mines (Mines Department Bulletin No. 3)
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. G. Donaldson; G. Mitchley
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia: The Department of Mines, 1950.Collection of plan drawings for 60 pieces of mine machinery. The bulletin was developed to assist miners in mechanising their mines due to troubles securing a workforce among the local population.