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Sla Panenka do Hajecku Chytila Tam Ptacka
AU$600 Read MoreAdd to cartJaroslav Stika
Prague: No publisher, 1940.A suite of erotic illustrations by Jaroslav Stika to the Czech folk song ‘Sla panenka do hajecku’ (A maiden went into the grove and caught a little bird there), depicting a young woman and a little bird meeting and making love, before a final scene of the pair nursing their baby. One of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, from a total edition of 200, the other 100 on two-colour chalk paper. This copy with the illustrations delicately hand-coloured; we have been unable to trace another coloured copy.
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Sla Panenka do Hajecku Chytila Tam Ptacka
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartJaroslav Stika
Prague: No publisher, 1940.A suite of erotic illustrations by Jaroslav Stika to the Czech folk song ‘Sla panenka do hajecku’ (A maiden went into the grove and caught a little bird there), depicting a young woman and a little bird meeting and making love, before a final scene of the pair nursing their baby. One of 100 numbered copies printed on two-colour Janus chalk paper, from a total edition of 200, the other 100 on Japan paper.
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Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna
AU$1,500 Read MoreAdd to cartZdenka Tmeje [Zdenek Tmej]; Alexandra Urbanova
Praha [Prague]: Nakladatelstvi Zadruha, 1946.The most comprehensive, artistic, insider photographic documentation of Nazi forced labour, capturing the camp and surrounds at Breslau from Tmej’s capture in September 1942 through to 1944. With text by Alexandra Urbanova.
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… Trotzdem ja zum Leben sagen: Drei Vortrage
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cartViktor E. Frankl
Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1947.Three public lectures delivered by Frankl in March 1946, eleven months after his liberation from the concentration camps, in which he set out his ideas on meaning and resilience. First published in 1946, alongside his autobiographical and psychological work ‘Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager’, later translated as ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’, the lectures present a more concise philosophical treatment of ideas developed through his camp experience. Largely forgotten for more than seventy years, the work was not translated into English until 2020, as ‘Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything’.
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Feliccia ou mes fredaines
AU$1,500 Read MoreAdd to cartAndrea de Nerciat; Louis Icart
Paris: Georges Guillit, 1947.A libertine novel first published in 1775, Nerciat’s Felicia ou mes fredaines was repeatedly suppressed by the authorities, with illustrated editions particularly liable to seizure and prosecution. Louis Icart (1888-1950) the French Art Deco illustrator best known for his erotic and fashionable feminine imagery, supplied twenty original colour etchings for this edition, printed by Joseph Zichieri. One of 30 numbered artist’s copies (from a total edition of 530), this copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet-Riffieux incorporating a textile onlay of a nude female figure.
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An Herbarium for the Fair: Being a Book of Common Herbs with Etchings
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cartBetty Shaw-Lawrence; Thomas Fassam
London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949.Together with Curious Notes on their Histories and Uses for the Furtherance of Loveliness and Love (such as for Taking Away Hair, Bettering the Breasts, the Ease of Sighings, Making a Person Chaste, Loth to Love, and Turning a Person’s Head). One of 250 numbered copies (from a total edition of 260), signed by Fassam, each of the 20 plates signed by the artist.
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The Story of a Lamp
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartLeslie Pinkham
Witham: W. Pinkham & Son, No date.A history of the Pinkham Glove Company of Essex, England, founded by William Pinkham in the late nineteenth century and grown into an international business exporting gloves worldwide before its closure in 1966. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the factory, machinery, and staff at work, with eight colour plates of the company’s cotton simplex and rayon gloves. A single copy recorded in OCLC, at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. This copy with a lengthy presentation inscription from Leslie Pinkham to John Bayliss, a production manager at the Australian lingerie manufacturer Berlei, recalling their meeting and a day trip to Wollongong in July 1948.
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Devergondages
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cartSpaddy [Johannes Gros]; [Feodor Rojankovsky]
Brussels [Nice]: Aux depens d’un amateur, 1948.Edition of 250 numbered copies, of which this is one of 234 on Velin de Rives with a suite of 16 colour lithographs after watercolours by Feodor Rojankovsky AKA Rojan. DUTEL 1389.
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Hopousia or the Sexual and Economic Foundations of a New Society
AU$250 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. D. Unwin
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1940.Unwin’s unfinished sequel to Sex and Culture (1934), published posthumously. “..a non-narrative Utopia where Sex is described as being made available through two forms of marriage: the monogamous alpha form entitles its adherents to accept responsibility for running the world; the polygamous beta form welcomes free love. Citizens can change from one marriage formula to the other. The rulers of the world are made free by this structure to focus on the maintenance of a sustainable state, where energy flows where needed, and returns. From this balance and restraint, Unwin argues, equity will flow, but his death before the book was finished abruptly truncated any summary argument. In his long introduction, Aldous Huxley recognizes this deficit while recognizing the importance of Unwin’s “formulation of the sexual and economic conditions of social energy.”” (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction) BROMER B59.1.
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Les Bijoux Indiscrets
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartJean Dulac; Denis Diderot
Paris: Editions du Val de Loire, 1947.First edition with 38 erotic colour engravings by Jean Dulac. One of 198 numbered copies of the standard edition, from a total of 318 copies.
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31 Devises a l’usage des grands
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cart[Andre Collot]
: [Andre Collot], 1945.Clandestine pornographic work of erotic illustrations with dirty quatrains by French illustrator Andre Collot (1897-1976). One of 200 numbered copies. DUTEL 2512.
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Illustrated Sex Quiz
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartMyron D. Jacoby
New York: Herald Publishing Co., 1943.1940s American sex guide manual by the spurious Dr. Myron D. Jacoby, who had repeated run-ins with the law relating to unregulated medical practices.
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Le Spleen de Paris
AU$1,400 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire; L. Lafnet
: Les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1940 [1941].One of 106 numbered copies reserved for members of the final illustrated book by Luc Lafnet, with 90 etchings each with tissue guard.
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Manners and Customs in Manchoukuo
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cartMasatoshi Kobayashi; Noboru Hidaka
Manchoukuo: The Manchuria Daily News, 1942.A detailed and thoroughly illustrated guide in English to life and culture in Manchuria. Published at the height of WWII, depicting a completely normal world inside the Japanese puppet state with chapters on races and tribes, costumes, residential houses, food and drink, salutation and etiquette, tastes and pastimes, annual festivals, religions, symbols of religious faith, and happy and unhappy affairs.
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All-in-Vue 84 Drink Recipes
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartMatthew J. Feeney
New York: Matthew J. Feeney, No date.Cocktail and bar guide mainly compiled from The Professional Bartenders guide and distributed in various wrappers as promotional material for bars and booze businesses. Here with the wrappers for Brooklyn wine importer Matthew J. Feeney. Includes quick sight tabs for cocktails, fizzes, rickeys, highballs, punches, and more. Also facts about wine, canapes, garnishes, etc.
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Atlas of Fungi
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cartK. Kavina
London: Lincolns-Prager, 1947. -
Biff
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles S. Gould
Sydney: Jons Productions, [1945].Australian juvenile fiction. Adventure story about a boy from the Queensland bush. MUIR 2904.
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Listen, Little Man! A Document from the Archive of the Orgone Institute
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartWilhelm Reich; William Steig
New York: Orgone Institute Press, 1948.First edition in the English language of Reich’s antiauthoritarian classic calling for direct action by the working class. Translated by Theodore P. Wolfe. Illustrated by William Stieg. Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was an Austro-Hungraian-American doctor and psychoanalys, and is one of psychiatry’s most radical figures. In the late 1950s many of his books were burned by order of the court in one of the largest cases of modern censorship making early editions of his work scarce.
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Studies on Pathological Conditions in the Genitals of the Bull, 1946-1968
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartErik Blom; N. O. Christensen
Uppsala and Copenhagen: Various Publishers, 1947-1968.Specially bound collection of papers by Erik Blom and N. O. Christensen, being: 1. Studies on Pathological Conditions in the Testis, Epididymis and Accessory Sexs Glands in the Bull (Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, 1947); 2. Congenital Absence of the Epididymis, Ductus Deferens or Glandula Vesicularis (Aplasia Segmentalis Ductus Wolffii) (Copenhagen: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1951); 3. Examination of the Genitals of Slaughtered Male Calves as a Means of Elucidating the Frequency of Genital Malformation in the Bovine Male (Copenhagen: Communications from The State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, 1956); 4. Cysts and Cyst-like Formations (Inter Alia Spermiostasis) in the Genitals of the Bull (Copenhagen: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1958). With 2 more booklets laid in at rear: 1. Erik Blom and N. O. Christensen: Seminal Vesiculitis in the Bull Caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes (Copenhagen: State Veterinary Laboratory and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1965); 2. H. E. Ottosen: The Danish State Veterinary Serum Laboratory: A Review of Past Achievements and Current Activities (Copenhagen: Communications from The State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, 1968). 6 in total.
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Minnesota’s Vacation Land Supreme
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartSt. Louis County Club
Gilbert: St. Louis County Club, No date.Circa 1940 brochure advertising activities, sights, and accommodation in St. Louis County. Colour map centrefold by Frank Antoncich in the cartoon map style of Ruth Taylor, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
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Impressions of Mahayana Buddhism
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartBeatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki; Daisetz Teitaro Suzuk
Kyoto and London: The Eastern Buddhist Society and Luzac and Company, 1940.Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was an American Theosophist and Buddhist scholar. In 1911 she married Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (D. T. Suzuki), the well known philosopher and Buddhist Scholar who popularized Zen in the west. She wrote extensively on Buddhism and Japanese culture, and following her death her husband compiled this book from her articles in various magazines in Japan, India, England and America.
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Jenolan Caves (N.S.W.) Nature’s Masterpiece
AU$65 Read MoreAdd to cartN.S.W. Government Tourist Bureau
Sydney: The Gregory Publishing Co., No date.A Complete Description of the Geology, Discovery, Development, and Features of the Jenolan Limestone System. 1940s tourist booklet.
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Etudes Mycologiques Faites au Parc National Suisse; Heterokonten aus Alpinen Boden, Speziell dem Schweizerischen Nationalpark; Mikrobiocoenose der Sphagnumpolster auf God del Fuorn im Nationalpark
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartJules Favre; Wilhelm Vischer; Fritz Heinis
Aarau: H. R. Sauerlander 7 Co., 1945.3 papers from the Results of the Scientific Investigation of the Swiss National Park: 11. Mycological Studies Made in the Swiss National Park by Jules Favre, with 2 colour plates; 12. Heterokonten from Alpine soil, specifically the Swiss National Park by Wilhelm Vischer; 13. Microbiocoenosis of the sphagnum pads on God del Fuorn in the National Park by Fritz Heinis. Printed with the support of the Swiss Federation for Nature Conservation.
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Enjoy Life in Berkeley, California: City of Homes, Culture, Industry, Education
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartBerkeley Chamber of Commerce
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Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin: At the Foot of Lake Winnebago Extends a Hearty Welcome
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartFond Du Lac Association of Commerce
Fond Du Lac: Fond Du Lac Association of Commerce, No date.Gateway of the Famous Fox River Valley. Contents: Scenes in Fond du Lac Show the Progress of a Live City. A City of Extensive Educational and Recreational Facilities. Places of Interest Offer Delightful Memories to the Visiting Public. Fond Du Lac Offers Industry Excellent Opportunities and Co-operation. An Ideal Farming Community Surrounds the City of Fond du Lac. Churches of Every Denomination are Found in the City of Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac City Offers Ideal Convention Facilities to All. Points of Historic Interest About Fond du Lac.
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Liqueurs de Nuyens
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartLiquers de Nuyens
[United States]: Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., No date.Promotional booklet for Nuyens range of liqueurs, with cocktail recipes. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Why Cazapra is Better
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartCazapra
New York: Julius Wile Sons & Co, No date.Promotional booklet for Cazapra, a dry vermouth made in France. Includes numerous cocktail recipes. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Souvenir Programme: Crowning Ceremony: Miss Sydney Competition, Anzac House Appeal
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartReturned Sailors, Soldiers & Airmens Imperial Australia League
Sydney: The Market Print, 1944.Programme for a beauty pageant at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Ground, Saturday, 9th September, 1944, organised by the RSL to raise funds for development of Anzac House, Sydney. Contains a brief pitch for the development, programme of events, and portraits of the competitors, most representing different government departments and ministries.
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Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Investigation Under The Land and Water Resources Development Acts, 1943 to 1946 (for the Year 1947)
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. R. Kemp
Brisbane: A. H. Tucker, Government Printer, 1948.Results of surveys and investigations of land and water resources in Queensland. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.