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Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGrillot de Givry; J. Courtenay Locke
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931.A collection of the iconography of occultism, presenting with full explanations a large number of pictures selected from the most curious, characteristic, and rare illustrations to works on sorcery, magic, astrology, cheiromancy, cartomancy, alchemy, etc. including works in manuscript and incunabula form. Translated from the French of Emile-Jules Grillot de Givry by J. Courtenay Locke.
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Cocktails: How to Mix Them
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Vermiere
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1922.First printing of one of the classic 20th century cocktail books by one of London’s leading bartenders of the 1920s. Credited on the title page to Robert of The Embassy Club, Belgian Robert Vermeire (1891-1976) worked a number of London’s most prestigious establishments. Containing 16 pages of illustrated advertisements at the rear, the first of which being Vermiere offering his services to would be professional bartenders, hoteliers, and amateur mixers as a consultant by appointment at his London office at “moderate terms”, though right on the publication of this book he returned to Belgium and opened his own bar, Robert’s. The beverages in Cocktails: How to Mix Them, being not only cocktails, but also cobblers, coolers, crustas, egg nogs, fizzes, flips, frappes, highballs, juleps, pousse cafes, punches, rickeys, sangarees, slings, smashes, sours, toddies, and even a short section of useful medicinal prescriptions, have stood the test of time, with countless reprints and facsimiles. Vermeire provides nuanced insight into the ritzy drinking culture of the day, not only outlining ingredients and methods, but also touching on the origins of the drinks, stating the creator where known, and outlining what drinks were well known and well received where and by whom.
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The Savoy Cocktail Book
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHarry Craddock
London: Constable & Company, 1930.First edition, second issue (with the Booth’s adverts), of the classic cocktail book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daises, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle Observations upon Wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the Manners and Customs of people of quality in a period of some equality. Illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold.
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Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of Large Extent
AU$5,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Parkinson
London: Tho. Cotes, 1640.Containing therein a more ample and exact History and declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other Authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange Plants from all the parts of the world, with sundry Gummes and other Physicall materials, than hath beene hitherto published by any before; And a most large demonstration of their Natures and Venues. Shewing withall the many errors, differences, and oversights of sundry Authors that have formerly written of them; and a certaine confidence, or most probable conjecture of the true and genuines Herbes and Plants. Distributes into sundry Classes or Tribes. The monumental work of herbal medicine by the English herbalist and botanist John Parkinson (1567-1650) in which over 3,800 plants are described and illustrated by approximately 2,600 woodcut illustrations. Theatrum Botanicum was a standard reference for apothecaries for over a century after it was published.
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A Series Of Progressive Lessons, Intended to Elucidate the Art of Landscape Painting in Water Colours
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[David Cox]
London: T. Clay, 1816. -
Groups of Fruit, Accurately Drawn and Coloured After Nature, with Full Directions for the Young Artist: Designed as a Companion to the Treatises on Flowers and Birds.
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorge Brookshaw
London: For William Stockdale by Augustus Applegath and Henry Mitton, 1817.The rare first edition of the second part of the three part treatise on natural history painting by the English artist and author of Pomono Britannica, George Brookshaw (c.1751-1823). Each plate: Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Currants, Pears, Plums; is presented in two states, un-coloured and with hand-colouring, and each is accompanied by 1 or 2 pages of instructive text. This copy complete, but with the plates bound in alphabetical order, rather than the order of the instructive text.
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Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArthur Adams
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870. -
A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, K. B. &c. &c. &c
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Moore
London: Joseph Johnson, 1809.The second edition with an engraved portrait frontispiece and a view of the British and French positions before Corunna, and two folding maps. This copy with an added plate of text, Lines on the Burial of Sir John Moore, 1809, and with the appendix text bound before the main text, except for the final leaf which is still at the end.
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The Edible Mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland with Recipes for Cooking Them
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. S. Lovell
London: Reeve & Co., 1867.The definitive work on the subject of edible snails, shellfish, oysters, mussels, etc. This copy with the Reeve & Co. 24 page 1867 catalogue of publications in Botany, Conchology, Entomology, Chemistry, Travels Antiquities, etc. at the rear.
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Manrape
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarta Tikkanen
London: Virago, 1978.Translated from the Swedish ‘Man kan inte valdtas’ by Alison Weir. The first English edition released alongside the 1978 film ‘Men Can’t Be Raped’. “On her fortieth birthday Eva Randers, library assistant, divorced, living alone, is asked to dance by Marty Wester at a local disco. After a few drinks they go back to his flat, where he proceeds to tie her up, pour liquor over her, and rape her. .. She’s stunned, humiliated, frightened, confused. She doesn’t report it to the police. And she can’t and won’t forget it. Stubbornly and obsessionally she makes her plan to alert the world to her experience…” (from jacket flap)
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Ninya: A Fantasy of a Strange Little World
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry A. Fagan
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.Science fiction novel by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa, published the year he was appointed to the role. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
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Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [BOUND WITH] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas (2 Volumes in 1)
AU$750.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. B. Becher
London: J. D. Potter, 1859.Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean. Containing a Brief Account of the Winds, Weather, and Currents Prevailing Therein [BOUND WITH] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas. With an Account of the Winds, Weather, and Currents Found Therein Through the Year. Important 19th century navigational guide, the two volumes here issued together. Alexander Bridport Becher worked for the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty.
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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]. -
The First Book of Andrea Palladio’s Architecture
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAndrea 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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Seen and Unseen
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. Katharine Bates
London: Greening & Company, 1907.A record psychic experiences by British Spiritualist Emily Katharine Bates (1846-1922).
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War of the Classes
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJack London
London: Wm. Heinemann, 1905.First UK Edition of London’s collection of radical socialist essays: The Class Struggle; The Tramp; The Scab; The Question of the Maximum; A Review; Wanted: A New Law of Development; How I Became a Socialist.
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Armed with Madness
AU$3,250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMary Butts; Jean Cocteau
London: Wishart & Company, 1928.Experimental novel based on the myth of the Holy Grail. A one time student of Aleister Crowley, Butts is credited as a co-author of the 1912 Magick (Book 4). In 1921 she spent time at Crowley’s Abbey of Thelema, not enjoying her stay, and departing with a drug habit. Armed with Madness explores the relationships (including homoeroticism and bisexuality) and ritualism among a group of young bohemians living at a country home. Considered a masterpiece of Modernist prose. One of 100 numbered copies of the Deluxe Edition on handmade paper with illustrations by Jean Cocteau.
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Maynard Keynes
London: Macmillan and Co., 1919.First edition, first printing of the highly influential economics work published in the wake of WWI, establishing Keynes’ as one of the world’s leading economists.
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A Manual of Homoeopathic Cookery, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Such Persons as Are under Homoeopathic Treatment.
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Wife of a Homoeopathic Physician
London: G. Borwon, 1846.A cookbook for the burgeoning devotees of homeopathy.
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R. Crumb Draws the Blues
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Crumb
London: Knockabout Comics, 1992.Collection of music comics by underground comix legend Robert Crumb from Zap, Weirdo, et al. One of the limited hardcover edition of 200 signed and numbered copies.