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The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism: Its Theorem, Corollary, and Laws of Application for the Cure of Disease
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. M. Thurston
Richmond: Nicholson Printing & Mfg. Co., 1900.A late text in the school of Physiomedicalism, a natural medicine system which grew out of Thomsonianism in the United States and was influential in modern herbalism and holistic approaches to health.
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Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn T. Gulick
Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905.Human evolutionary theory by Hawaiian naturalist, missionary, and snail collector John Thomas Gulick (1832-1923). The three colour plates showing numerous shells.
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Histoire des Amazones Anciennes et Modernes, Enrichie de Medailles
Read MoreM. l’Abbe Guyon
Paris: Jean Villette, 1740.Study of the history and mythology of the legendary race of warrior women, the Amazons. With 8 engraved plates based on ancient coins and medals. Provenance: This copy with a warm inscription to the front flyleaf of vol. 1 dated June 1925 from German political scientist Arnold Bergstraesser (1896-1964) to humanitarian Eleanora Iredale.
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The First Book of Andrea Palladio’s Architecture
Read MoreAndrea Palladio; Isaac Ware
[London]: I. Ware, 1742.Treating of the Five Orders; and What is most necessary in Building. Correctly drawn from Original Work, published by himself at Venice, Anno 1570. And accurately engraved by I. Ware. Pocket edition of Ware’s translation and illustrations of Palladio’s book one from his The Four Books of Andrea Palladio’s Architecture published in folio in 1738.
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
AU$220.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFergus W. Hume
London: The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, [1888]. -
Grass Roots Gazette
Read MoreCalifornia Marijuana Initiative Coalition
Vallejo: California Marijuana Initiative Coalition, 1973.Complete run of The Official Voice of the California Marijuana Initiative Coalition. A short lived weed legalisation periodical. No. 3 featuring an interview with Allen Ginsberg on marijuana which is continued in No. 4.
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Les Ames du Purgatoire
Read MoreProsper Merimee; Hermann Paul
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1929.The Souls of Purgatory, short story retelling of the myth of Don Juan, the first edition with fifteen watercolours by Hermann Paul. One of a numbered edition of 450 copies on wove paper (of a total edition of 480), this copy bound by French bookbinder Rene Kieffer (1875-1964) in a fine full leather binding with an elaborate star, heart, and chain blind design to both boards, with his ticket to the endpaper, the original wrappers bound in.
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Les Civilises
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaude Farrere; Henri Le Riche
Paris: Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1926.French colonizers indulge in fornication, opium, and general debauchery in late 19th century Saigon (then French Cochincina, modern day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). One of 200 numbered copies of Arches vellum (of a total edition of 300), bound with the original wrappers.
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La Mort de Philae
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Loti; Geo Colucci
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1924.The Death of Philae (English title: Egypt), a tale set around the submerging of the island of Philae with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam on the river Nile. The first edition with illustrations by Geo Colucci. One of 460 numbered copies on vellum (of a total edition of 500), in a fine half leather binding signed Ch. De Samblax with the original wrappers bound in.
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Les Ames du Purgatoire
Read MoreProsper Merimee; Lucien Guezennec
Paris: Pierre Larrive, 1947.The Souls of Purgatory, short story retelling of the myth of Don Juan, the first edition with 10 engravings by Lucien Guezennec and woodcut ornaments by Dan Sigros. One of a numbered edition of 500 copies on Lafuma (of a total edition of 611).
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La Fille Elisa
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdmond de Goncourt; Paul-Louis Guilbert
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, George Briffaut, 1929.Goncourt’s prostitute-prisoner novel, here published for the first time with original drypoints by Paul-Louis Guilbert, a preface by J. -H. Rosny Aine, and an afterword by Jean Ajalbert. Edition of 425 numbered copies, this copy on Arches vellum, unnumbered but inscribed by the publisher, likely to the Belgian publisher Albert Parmentier of Les Editions du Nord.
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Le Parfum des Iles Borromees
Read MoreRene Boylesve; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: L’Editions D’Art H. Piazza, 1933.French novel of passionate vacationers on the shores of Lake Maggiore. The first edition with 26 illustrations by Becat. Edition of 450 copies, this copy on vellum numbered IV (outside of the justification) with a printed subscriber’s name scratched out.
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Les Ragionamenti (2 Volumes)
Read MoreL’Aretin; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: Editions de la Nef d’Argent, 1944.Also called Sei Giornate, a 20th century French translation of 16th century Italian poet, Pietro Aretino’s pair of Renaissance dialogues is illustrated with hand embellished lithograph nudes and small drawings by Paul-Emile Becat. One of 2,800 numbered copies on pure rag vellum (of a total edition of 3,000).
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Histoire d’Amour de la Rose de Sable
Read MoreHenry de Montherlant; Edouard Chimot
Paris: Editions des Deux-Rives, 1951.French novel critical of colonisation in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa. This edition with erotic illustrations by Chimot. One of 900 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
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Le Diable Amoureux
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Cazotte; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: La Tradition, 1936.The Devil in Love. Occult romance first published in 1772. This the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat. One of 450 numbered copies on Arches vellum (of a total edition of 500).
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Le Diable au Corps
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRaymond Radiguet; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: Editions Georges Gullot, 1957.The Devil in the Flesh. The story of a young married woman’s affair with a teenage boy while her husband is away fighting in WWI. First published in 1923, this is the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat, and with an introduction by Jean Cocteau. The superlative issue, one of 16 numbered copies on Japanese paper with an original signed drawing in pencil and white gouache, with the composition then hand coloured and signed by Becat, the 16 illustrations by Becat hand coloured by Jean and Paulette Monnier, followed by a suite containing the illustrations in black in two states, on Japanese paper and Rives vellum.
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La Femme et le Pantin
Read MorePierre Louys; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: Le Vasseur et Cie, Editeaurs, 1945.The Woman and the Puppet. A Frenchman falls hopelessly under the spell of a beguiling Andalusian woman at the carnival in Seville, drawing him into a cruel dance of seduction, humiliation, and obsession. First published in 1898, this the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat. This copy number 110 of 400 numbered copies on Arches vellum (of a total edition of 540), though with the plates in a second state with remarques normally reserved for the 75 copies numbered 26 to 100.
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Ars Amandi. L’Art D’Aimer
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOvide; Pierre Lievre; Andre Lambert
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, 1923.The Art of Love by Ovid, a new translation into French by Pierre Lievre and with illustrations by Andre Lambert. One of 404 numbered copies on Arches vellum (from a total edition of 500), this copy for Maurice de Smet de Naeyer, bound in half leather signed Weckesser.
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Les Sept Femmes de La Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux
Read MoreAnatole France; G. A. Mossa
Paris: Librairie Des Amaterus, A. Ferroud. – F. Ferroud, 1921.Bluebeard’s Seven Wives and Other Wonderful Tales. France’s reinterpretation of the French folktale of Bluebeard. First published in 1909, this is the first edition with illustrations by Gustav-Adolf Mossa. One of 70 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states (from a total edition of 1,200). This copy from the collection of Australian actor and bibliophile Barry Humphries, with his bookplate, in a fine signed binding by Flammarion bookbinder Jean Vaillant.
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Charles Conder: The Lithographs: The Richard King Collection
Read MoreCharles Conder; Richard King; Barry Humphries; Lewis Morley
Sydney: ETT Imprint, 2011.One of the limited slipcased edition of 120 copies with a portrait photograph of Barry Humphries signed by the photographer, Lewis Morley. This copy designated AP2 and inscribed by Richard King to the publisher of the final Morley monographs Gianni Frinzi.