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The Beauty of the Female Form
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLondon: George Routledge & Sons, 1934.
First printing of the first nudist / naturist volume from the English ‘Seen by the Camera’ series, 48 photographs by the prolific husband and wife photography team. An introduction by the photographs followed by numerous critical annotations doing its best to put forward the seriousness of nude photographs and that such publications were for serious students of art and science, a long-held stance dropped in the second book of the series.
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My Best Nude Study: A Collection of Forty-Eight Studies by Leading Photographers
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrancis Jay; et al.
London: George Routledge, 1937.One of nudist / naturist volumes from the English ‘Seen by the Camera’ series, an anthology by various photographers with a lengthy introduction by Francis Jay. The photographers are: Angelo, Barnaby’s Antony Basil, Aurel Baugh, Lucien Beaugers, Pierrre Boucher, Brassai, Brucken, Chaloner Woods, Joan Craven, Dr. T. de Csorgeo, K. Dannatt, Dinot, T. Erik, John Everard, Feher, Yvonne Gregory, D. F. Gyulai, Walden Hammond, Philip Harben, Imago, Ergy Landau, J. Laud, Machita, Ella Mollo, Moreau, Helen Muspratt, K. v. Nemethy, Neree, Dr. F. R. Neubert, Bertram Park, J. Pecsi, Reiss, Reytm, Capt. E. S. Richards-Everett, Hilda Robertson, D. Ronay, Savitry, Basil Shakleton, Steiner-Heiniger, K. Szollosy, K. Wachter, H. Weisz, A. Wood-Smith, Yavasti, Yvonne, and Zuber.
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Sun Bathers
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLondon: George Routledge & Sons, 1935.
The second nudist / naturist volume from the English ‘Seen by the Camera’ series, a companion to The Beauty of the Female Form. An introduction by Alan Warwick followed by 48 photographs by the husband and wife photography team. Though the second such book in the series, it is credited as being the first book to directly link its intent to nudism.
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Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Reunion & Rodrigues
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnthony Cheke; Julian Hume
London: T & AD Poyser, 2008. -
The Camden Town Nudes
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWalter Sickert
London: Paul Holberton for The Courtauld Gallery, 2007. -
Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard Lepsius
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.With extracts from the Chronology of the Egyptians, with reference to the exodus of the Israelites. Account of the 1842-45 expedition of Prussian Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius. Translated by Leonora and Joanna B. Horner.
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Teneriffe, An Astronomer’s Experiment: or, Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. Piazzi Smyth
London: Lovell, Reeve, 1858.Account of the voyage of British astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) to the island of Tenerife to undertake astronomical observations. The first book to be illustrated with original mounted stereographs. Includes Negretti & Zambra’s Descriptive Catalogue of One Hundred Stereoscopic Views of the Pyramids, the Nile, Karnak, Thebes, Aboo-Simbel, and all the most interesting objects of Egypt and Nubia.
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An Agricultural Testament
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlbert Howard
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. -
Numerous Treasure: A Romantic Novel
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Keable
London: Constable & Co., 1925.Romance novel set in the Pacific after the author’s relocation to Tahiti. The final page provides a brief glossary of local terms, and the recipe for the absinthe based Numerous Treasure Cocktail.
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Kagawa San: The Christian Prophet of Japan
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMaurice Whitlow
London: The Religious Tract Society, No date.Short biography on the Japanese Evangelical and labour activist, Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960). Part of the The Little Library of Biography, c. 1930s.
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Traditional Medicine: A Global Perspective
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteven B. Kayne
London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2018. -
Rodrigo Moynihan: Paintings and Works on Paper
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Ashbery; Richard Shone
London: Thames & Hudson, 1988.Monograph of the English painter.
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Medieval Ivory Carvings: Early Christian to Romanesque
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul Williamson
London: V&A Publishing, 2010.Authoritative guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.
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Blue Angel Nights
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMargarete von Falkensee
London: Guild Press, 1986.Erotic escapades in Germany of the 1920s. Translated from the German by Egon Haas.
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Adventure Unlimited: A Diviner Travels The World
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEvelyn Penrose
London: Neville Spearman, 1958.Memoir of the English water diviner Evelyn Penrose recounting her tales around the world finding water, oil, and gold. She lived and worked extensively in Australia.
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Floor Games
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. G. Wells
London: Frank Palmer, 1911.The author of The War of the Worlds makes the case that the best games for boys and girls to play demand a floor, and further describing imaginative play with toys: soldiers, castles, figures, city building, etc. Illustrations by J. R. Sinclair.
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Kouros: The Male Photography of John S. Barrington
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn S. Barrington
London: editions Aubrey Walter / Gay Men’s Press, 1990.High quality reproductions of the photographs of prolific 20th century British physique photographer and smut publisher John S. Barrington (1920-1991) with an introduction by Emmanuel Cooper. Receiving a formal art training in Paris, he was also a visual artist and sculptor, and earlier in his career worked in theatre design. Barrington began picking up and photographing men at the pool, eventually going on to establish one of the most prolific physique studios of the 20th century, during which time he probably published and distributed more full male nudes than any of his contemporaries up until the changing censorship laws in the latter part of the century.
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The Gardeners of Eden
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. D. Graham
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. -
They All Ran Wild: The Animals and Plants that Plague Australia
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEric C. Rolls
London: Angus & Robertson, 1984.Pests and feral animals, both native and introduced. This copy with a newspaper clipping Rabbit Plan Slammed by Farmers mounted to half-title.
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Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher; including the Celebrated Correspondence, On the Christian Religion, with J. C. Lavater, Minister of Zurich
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. Samuels
London: Sainsbury and Co., 1827.Memoirs of the German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. Provenance: From the Rabbi Leib A. Falk Memorial Ibrary, The Great Synagogue, Sydney with plate, and ex libris plate of The Rabbi F. L. Cohen Collection.