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Between Cloris and Amy
John Colleton
New York: Signet, 1976. -
Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens
W. O. Oldman
London: W. O. Oldman, 1976.Limited Edition Facsimile of 130 catalogues of British ethnographic dealer William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949). Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, of which this is number 434.
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A Guide to the Poisonous Mushrooms in the Greater New York Area
The New York Mycological Society
New York: The New York Mycological Society, 1976. -
Modern Houses Melbourne
Norman Day
Melbourne: Brian Zouch Publications, 1976.Catalogue of the best built houses in Melbourne in the first half of the 1970s.
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Trucker Comin’
Bob Hancock
Santee: Surey Books, 1976.His 69 gay pulp. HIS69184. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
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Petites Miettes Amoureuses
Pierre Louys
Rheims: Presses de L’Imprimerie Particuliere du Palais du Tau, 1976.Previously unpublished erotic French poetry by Pierre Louys from the collection of M. Gerard Nordmann with a quality reproduction of an erotic photograph by Louys as a frontispiece to the first volume, Poems Libres. The second volume, Deux Contes, all manuscript facsimile. Limited to 175 numbered copies, this copy without the accompanying box of postcards.
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Hashi o wataru to / Beyond the Bridge
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Qantas, 1976.Collection of photographs of Australia by leading Japanese photographer Kishin, published and distributed by Qantas in the 1970s. The first half devoted to beach shots.
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For Money or Love: Boy Prostitution in America
Robin Lloyd
New York: Vanguard Press, 1976.With an introduction by Senator Birch Bayh. This copy signed by the author and from the collection of Dr. Gary Simes, with his signature.
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Rock Art of the Cobar Pediplain in Central Western New South Wales
F. D. McCarthy
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1976. -
The Naked Design: A Reading of Palace of the Peacock
Hena Maes-Jelenik
Denmark: Dangaroo Press, 1976.A detailed analysis of language and imagery in Wilson Harris’ Palace of the Peacock, authored by Hena Maes-Jelinek. This copy inscribed by the author to Dr. John Stanton Davis Mellick OAM ED (1920-2023), with Mellick’s embossed stamp, and also a manuscript reply letter from Hena to Stan laid in.
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Woolloomooloo: Save The Loo Now
Brenda Humble
Sydney: Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development, 1976.A record of the fight of residents and unions to preserve the working class residences of the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo that came under threat by developers in the 1970s. Includes a photographic record of many buildings, as well as resident reflections, protest chants, organising posters, and newsclippings from the time.
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At The Sign of the Square and Compasses
Geoffrey Hodson
Madras: The Eastern Federation, 1976.Occultist, Co-Freemason, mystic, Liberal Catholic Priest, and Theosophist Geoffrey Hodson authored of over fifty books on subjects such as Theosophy, psychic powers, Spiritualism, fairies, angels, clairvoyance, health, and disease. This work posits Freemasonry and Co-Freemasonry as “the survival of Ancient Mysteries”.
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Miscellaneous Observations Connected with the Physical Sciences
Emanuel Swedenborg; Charles Edward Strutt
Bryn Athyn: Swedenborg Scientific Association, 1976.Translated from the Latin by Charles Edward Strutt. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772) was a Swedish mystic, theologian, philosopher, and scientist. After a successful career as a scientist and inventor, at the age of 53 he had a revelation that Jesus had chosen him to write ‘The Heavenly Doctrine’ to reform Christianity. He published 18 theological works before his death which he predicted. His writings have been very influential around the world, with The New Church or Swedenborgism being founded in 1787. It is still present around Australia.
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The Elks: You Can’t Get Enough of That Stuff
The Elks; R. Crumb
[Perth]: [The Elks], 1976.Poster for 1970s Perth blues band, The Elks. The poster design, featuring the artwork of Robert Crumb, is a rip of The Hokum Boys 1975 LP cover art. The design is attributed Crumb / Chandler ’76 to the bottom left.
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Erotic Dirty Comics
Tijuana Publishing Co.
Wilmington: Tijuana Publishing Co., 1976.Collection of erotic comics inspired by Tijuana Bibles, short pornographic cartoon story booklets originating in the United States in the early 20th century produced by unknown artists and publishers up until the early 1960s. Also commonly called an eight-pager due to their near uniform page count these underground comics would often parody celebrities and well loved cartoon characters in short highly sexualised erotic escapades.
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Strategic Bombing in World War Two: The Story of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
David MacIsaac
New York: Garland Publishing, 1976. -
Realities
David Howard
San Francisco: The San Francisco Center for Visual Studies, 1976. -
Creative Camera, July 1976, Number 145
Colin Osman
London: Coo Press, 1976.In this issue: Patrick Ward and Richard Schaeffer.
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Creative Camera, May 1976, Number 143
Colin Osman
London: Coo Press, 1976.In this issue: John Thomas, Joan Liftin, Michael Teres, and John A. Davies.