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The Birds
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTarjei Vesaas
London: Peter Owen, 1968.Translated from the Norwegian, Fuglane, by Torbjorn Stoverud and Michael Barnes
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A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England,
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles David Badham
London: Reeve Brothers, 1863.Containing an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, &c.,.
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[The Kelmscott Chaucer] The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoffrey 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 Lee-Enfield Rifle
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. G. B. Reynolds
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To the Lighthouse: The Original Holograph Draft
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVirginia Woolf; Susan Dick
London: The Hogarth Press, 1983.Woolf’s original draft with all of the edits and annotations transcribed and edited by Susan Dick.
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Pagan Innocence
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartK. F. Wong
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960.Photobook of Sarawak’s indigenous peoples, the Dayak, taken in the late 1950s and published in London in 1960. 30 pages of text with an introduction by Malcolm MacDonald.
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Australian Defences and New Guinea Compiled from the Papers of the Late Major-General Sir Peter Scratchley
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. Kinloch Cooke
London: Macmillan & Co., 1887. -
Untold Miles: Three Gold-Hunting Expeditions Amongst the Picturesque Borderland Ranges of Central Australia
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Terry
London: Selwyn & Blount, [1932].Scarce account by explorer and author Michael Terry of one of his many journeys through Central Australia. Includes prospecting reports and encounters with aboriginals. Photographic illustrations throughout.
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The Bells and other Poems
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdgar Allan Poe; Edmund Dulac
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.The deluxe edition of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe featuring The Bells, The Raven, and others. Illustrated with 28 tipped in colour plates and additional vignettes by Edmund Dulac and published in a numbered edition of 750 copies signed by Dulac.
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Psychedelic Press (Complete Set, 40 Volumes)
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Dickens; Nikki Wyrd
London: Psychedelic Press, 2012-2023.A complete run of the psychedelic studies journal Psychedelic Press, early issues also titled psypressUK, and billed as an Anthology of Pharmacography. Comprising 40 issues published between 2012 and 2023 edited by Robert Dickins and Nikki Wyrd, together containing hundreds of papers on the history, literature, philosophy, and culture of psychoactive plants and substances. Features contributions by Andy Roberts, David Graham Scott, Reverend Nemu, Martin W. Ball, Nikita Petrov, Are Thoresen, David Nickels, Mike Crowley, Ben Sessa, Havelock Ellis, Julian Vayne, LiZ Elliot, Mike Jay, Roger Keen, Henrik Dahl, Thomas Hatsis, James W. Jesso, Ross Heaven, Peter Sjostedt-H, Stanislav Grof, Graham St John, James Oroc, Rick Strassman, and many others.
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Handbook of Australian Fungi
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. C. Cooke
London: Williams and Norgate for the Departments of Agriculture in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobarton, 1892.The first monograph on Australian fungi by English botanist and mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-1914). Containing descriptions of 2079 species of macrofungi, microfungi, and slime moulds (or myxomycetes), of which 377 figures are illustrated across 36 plates. The samples which the handbook are based on were supplied by Ferdinand von Muller, Flora Martin, F. M. Bailey, Sven Berggren, and others, and shipped to Cooke in England. This distance limited the accuracy of the work, nevertheless, as the first volume devoted to the subject its historical import cannot be understated and remains a key work in any Australian mushroom collection.
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Wine and Wine Countries; A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Tovey
London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1862.On wine and related beverages around the world, including a section on the burgeoning Australian winemaking trade. This copy with the bookplate of Australian winemaker Max Lake.
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My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlbert F. Calvert
London: William Heinemann, 1897.The first edition of Calvert’s fourth tour of Western Australia. An early travelogue with hundreds of illustrations by Walker Hodgson, from photographs, and with a folding colour map showing the gold field regions. FERGUSON 7823.
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The Law of Sinai, and Its Appointed Times
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMoses Angel
London: William Tegg & Co., 1858.Headmaster of the Jewish Free School, London, Moses Angel was a significant figure in 19th century Anglo-Jewish religious and secular education, ‘The Law of Sinai, and Its Appointed Times’ aimed to promote better understanding between Jewish and Christian peoples. This copy with the bookplate of Australian rabbi Leib Aisack Falk, and the binder’s ticket of Westley’s & Co., London.
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The State of Religion and Education in New South Wales
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Westbrooke Burton
London: J. Cross and Simpkin and Marshall, 1840.This copy from the collection of Melbourne bibliophile Rollo Hammet, with his label, and the ownership signature of W. Champion Hackett. FERGUSON 2943.
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Mushrooms, Moulds and Miracles: The Strange Realm of Fungi
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLucy Kavaler
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1967. -
Lost – But Not For Ever. My Personal Narrative of Starvation and Providence in the Australian Mountain Regions
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. W. Vanderkiste
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1863.The account of a reverend lost in the Dungog and Maitland districts while on a missionary tour.
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An Account of the Settlement at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip, 1803
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Pascoe Crook
London: The Colony Press, 1983.Limited to 185 numbered copies.
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The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMark Roseman
London: The Folio Society, 2012.A reconsideration, with a new foreword by the author. FORD-SMITH 1782.
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Manas Manna
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBob Venosa
London: Big O Publishing, 1978.Monograph of the visionary and fantastic realist painter Robert Venosa (1936-2011).