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Die Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Schwamme, nebst einem Anhange uber die islandische Flechte
Harald Othmar Lenz
Gotha: Beckersche Buchhandlung, 1840.The useful and harmful sponges, with an appendix on the Icelandic lichen. The second edition enlarged with descriptions of German sponges. The elegantly coloured plates showing a total of 46 illustrations drawn by J. C. Ausfeld. VOLBRACHT 1165.2.
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Australia’s Greatest Rock Art
Grahame L. Walsh
Bathurst: E. J. Brill / Robert Brown and Associates, 1988.Published in association with Queensland Parks and Wildlife this book is the most comprehensive documentation of Australian rock art. The deluxe issue of 100 signed and numbered copies in leather with slipcase, this copy further inscribed by Walsh and with the prospectus laid in.
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A Treatise on Gonorrhea Virulenta, and Lues Venerea
Benjamin Bell
Edinburgh: G. Mudie and Son, 1797.Primarily regarded as surgeon, Bell is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. His scientific approach is especially evident in this treatise in which he convincingly argues, against the prevailing medical opinion of the time, that gonorrhea and syphilis are separate diseases. Bell’s work is foundational to the modern understanding of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The rare Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.
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Made in U.S.A. Catalog, 1975 and Made in U.S.A.-2 Scrapbook of America, 1976 (2 Volumes)
Yoshihisa Kinameri; Jiro Ishikawa
Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 1975.Two catalogues of American fashion, culture, tools, and lifestyle products, an earlier project from the founders of Popeye magazine, who travelled the United States to put together these volumes which became a massive driver of American lifestyle and fashion influence in Japanese culture. Today, they remain a detailed catalogue of 1970s American culture. Both volumes include detailed shopping guides to numerous American cities. Unrecorded in OCLC or CiNii,
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[The Kelmscott Chaucer] The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
London: The Folio Society, 2002.The first Folio Society Facsimile Edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer, bound in full Nigerian goatskin leather in an edition of 1,010 copies, of which this is number 731. With an accompanying essay booklet ‘The Kelmscott Chaucer’ by William S. Peterson. “One of the most splendid books issued by Folio. Not surprisingly, the edition went out of print as soon as it was published.” FORD-SMITH 1117.
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The Magic of Colour [Color] Harmony in Dress
Mona Moncrieffe
Sydney: Bebarfald’s, 1927.1920s ladies’ fashion, though more extensively a guide to succeeding as a crafty and fashionable woman with a particular focus on the successful use of colour for different types of women. The majority of the illustrations signed Hilton, possibly Cecil Hilton Jones, also Alec J. Wood.
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Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux de la France et des pays Circonvoisins
Charles Richon; Ernest Roze
Paris: Octave Doin, 1888.Atlas of edible and poisonous mushrooms of France and surrounding countries containing 72 color plates or figures of 229 types of the main species of mushrooms sought for food, and similar suspect or dangerous species with which they are confused drawn from nature with their reproductive organs amplified by Charles Richon… Accompanied by a monograph of these 229 species and a general history of edible and poisonous mushrooms by Ernest Roze… Text illustrated with 62 photoengravings of primitive drawings by old authors and organographic figures by recent authors after reproductions made by Charles Rolet. Key late 19th century work of French mycology. VOLBRACHT 1753. BITTING pg. 398. This copy with the bookplate of French mycologist Raymond Bertault.
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Histoire des Champignons, Comestibles et Veneneux, .. Avec un Atlas
Joseph Roques
Paris: Chez Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1841.[History of edible and poisonous mushrooms, decorated with colored figures representing the main species in their natural dimensions; where we expose their distinctive characteristics, their nutritional and economic properties, their harmful effects and the means of guaranteeing or remedying them, a useful work for mushroom lovers, doctors, naturalists, rural owners, mayors of cities and countryside, etc.] The second edition of one of the most important (and beautifully illustrated) early works on edible wild mushrooms and fungi in France. VOLBRACHT 1793.2. The atlas with 3 additional colour plates (1 folding) from two other works bound in at the beginning.
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Histoire Naturelle des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux
G. Sicard
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1883.Natural History of Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms by Guilleaume Sicard. Rebound in plain cloth with the plates in a second volume. VOLBRACHT 1981.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
Chas 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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Le Pornographe, ou Idees d’un Honnete-Homme sur, un Projet de Reglement pour les Prostitutes,
[Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne]
Londres and La Haie: Jean Nourse and Gosse Junior, 1770.Propre a prevenir les Malheurs qu’occafionne le Publicisme des Femmes. Avec Des Notes Historiques et Justificatives. [The Pornographer, or Ideas of an Honest Man on a Draft Regulation for Prostitutes, Proper to Prevent the Misfortunes Occurring from the Publicity of Women. With Historical and Justificatory Notes]. Second Edition of the classic 18th century utopian text on sex work in which Bretonne envisions prostitution as a public institution with numerous social and medical benefits. This copy in a likely 20th century rebind in quarter leather with new endpapers, and extra-illustrated with one erotic illustration bound in at page 16.
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Gay Heart Throbs (3 Issues, Complete)
Larry Fuller; Mike Kuchar
San Francisco: Fulhorne Productions, Larry Fuller Presents, and Inkwell, Inc., 1976-1981.A complete run of the intermittent and short-lived underground gay erotic comix anthology, the three issues published in 1976, 1979, and 1981. The title is thought to be a reference to the romance comic Heart Throbs. The stories are campy and pornographic. Featuring the work of Larry Fuller, Ray Horne, Mike Kuchar, and many others.
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Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History
Jonathan Ott
Kennewick: Natural Products Co., 1993.A comprehensive multidisciplinary reference book on shamanic inebriants and their active agents. Foreword by Albert Hofmann. An unsigned copy of the limited hardbound edition.
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Fata Morgana; or, The Bristol Sculptor’s Idol, A Poem.
H. Jephson
Hobart: T. L. Hood, 1881.Early Tasmanian poetry. The story, in narrative verse, of a genius contending with poverty. Henry Jephson (1810-1896) emigrated from England to Hobart in 1857 becoming associated with the Methodist Free Church and joining the Tasmania Operative Lodge of Masons for which Jephson composed Masonic Songs. The preface of this work is written by Rev. R. D. Poulett-Harris, who became the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania in 1890.
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A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England,
Charles David Badham
London: Reeve Brothers, 1847.Containing an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, &c.,.
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The Essential Psychedelic Guide
D. M. Turner
San Francisco: Panther Press, 1994.A detailed, and very drug nerdy, guide to psychedelic experimentation. An experiential view on many of the classical psychoactive substances.
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Telegraph 3 A.M.: The Street People of Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California
Richard Misrach
Berkeley: Cornucopia Press, 1974.First photobook of American photographer Richard Misrach (1949-), being street photography of the homeless residents of Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California.
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Lucifer
Stephen Skinner; Neville Drury
Sydney: The Lucifer Publishing Company, 1968.One shot Australian underground newspaper edited by Stephen Skinner with artwork by Neville Drury, Bob Smith, C. Foley, and Michele. Writings include an experiential report on the psychedelic STP (DOM), Bob Dylan’s film Don’t Look Back, Flying Saucers, Alchemy, and more.
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Terry Pratchett; Neil Gaiman
London: Victor Gollancz, 1990.First edition, first printing, in a full leather modern art binding by Queensland bookbinder Karen McGuire.
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BEV. Blad van Eva: de boom der vergetelheid afgerukt
Leonie Greefkens
Amsterdam: BEV, 1988-1989.A complete set of the 1980s Dutch erotic journal for heterosexual women. Edited by Leonie Greefkens with art design by Willem de Ridder, Paul Kooiker, Henk tur Kulve, and Maud Vink. Numerous contributors of erotic photography, text, and comics. This set has been collected and finely bound in vellum with the original wrappers and housed in a matching slipcase