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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls;
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Jeffries
London: E. Lumley, No date.In which their importance is considered; and plain rules are exhibited for ascertaining the value of both; also the true method of manufacturing diamonds. First published in 1750, being “the first book in English to describe how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size (or weight) and style of cut”. This edition, while stated as the Fourth Edition, is produced by the London bookseller Edward Lumley sometime in the 19th century, and differs from the fourth edition of 1871 “While resembling the 4th edition, it has been prepared by a different publisher and the contents are drastically re-arranged. The explanation of technical terms omitted in the previous edition (despite its claim to completeness!) is here restored.” SINKANKAS 3203. Though given the career of Lumley it is likely this edition was published prior to the 1871 fourth edition.
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Humane Policy; or Justice to the Aborigines of New Settlements
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartS. Bannister
London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1830.Saxe Bannister (1790-1877) was the first Attorney-General of New South Wales, though short-lived in the position due to constant clashing with other figures of the new colony, including over the mistreatment of the Aborigines. Though failing to find content in his work he is noted as being philanthropic and humane in his disposition with “a devotion to the welfare of children, convicts, and coloured inhabitants of the Empire” (ADB). Upon returning to England he authored numerous pamphlets on behalf of indigenous people in the colonies, and this, his longest work on the subject, largely devoted to South Africa, though with numerous references from his time in New South Wales. This copy with the armorial bookplate of Fairclough and the Aborigines Protection Society in manuscript at the crown of the title page.
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An Essay on Average; and on Other Subjects Connected with the Contract of Marine Insurance
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Stevens, of Lloyd’s
London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1822.Together with an Essay on Arbitration. Dedicated to the Committee for Manage the Affairs of Lloyd’s
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The Message of the Buddha
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartK. N. Jayatilleke
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1975.A posthumous work edited by Ninian Smart.
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After Sex
AU$35 Read MoreAdd to cartEdna Bonhomme; Alice Spawls
London: Silver Press, 2023.“The last decade has seen a rise in activism and arguments over women’s reproductive freedom reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. This title provides personal and political perspectives from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, setting feminist classics alongside contemporary accounts and highlighting the experiences of women of colour and working-class women. Contributors include Nell Dunn, Anne Enright, bell hooks, Ursula K. Le Guin, Audre Lorde and Sally Rooney. These essays, short stories and poems trace past understandings of reproductive freedom and consider what it might look like in future, making urgent connections between womenÂ’s equality and access to contraception, healthcare and childcare. The writers pay special attention to people — both fictional and real — who have sought control over their sexual lives, and the joy, comedy, difficulties and disappointments that entails. But above all, After Sex testifies to the power of great writing to show us why that freedom is worth pursuing — without shame and without apology.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Dimensions of Values: A Unified Theory
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartRadhakamal Mukerjee
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964.Later economic sociology work of Indian social scientist Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889-1968).
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The Ice Palace
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartTarjei Vesaas
London: Peter Owen, 1967.Translated from the Norwegian by Elizabeth Rokkan.
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The Birds
AU$150 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 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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Pagan Innocence
AU$200 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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Psychedelic Press (Complete Set, 40 Volumes)
AU$3,000 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 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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The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver, 1400-1665
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Oman
London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1968.In original Victoria and Albert Museum carton.
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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation [AND] Explanations: A Sequel to (2 Volumes)
AU$2,000 Read MoreAdd to cart[Robert Chambers]
London: John Churchill, 1846-1860.Vestiges, published anonymously, had an enormous influence on Charles Darwin, first published in 1844 and here greatly enlarged. This edition (the second to be illustrated) was published just following the publication of Darwin’s Origin and is Chambers; final revision of the text. A twelfth edition, published in 1884 following Chambers’ death, reprints this text and acknowledges his authorship. // Chambers had planned to respond to criticisms of his work by publishing a series of letters to the ‘Times’ followed by a pamphlet of a hundred or so pages, however Churchill convinced the anonymous author (through his friend Alexander Ireland) that it should be issued in book form, printed and bound similarly to the original. Explanations was duly issued in 1845, and was followed by this slightly altered version in 1846. By then the fifth edition of ‘Vestiges’ was ready and the two works were often reviewed together, the publisher going so far as to suggest a combined volume, however his anonymous author pointed out that the arguments were already incorporated in the new edition.
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Questions About the Breeding of Animals
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Darwin
London: Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 1968. -
Darwinism and the Problems of Life
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartConrad Guenther
London: A. Owen & Co., 1906.The First Edition in English translated from the Third Edition by Joseph McCabe.
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The Tela Quadrivium: Conjunctio, Coagula, Solve, Distillatio (4 Volumes)
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cartOrryelle Defenestrate-Bascule
London: Fulgur, 2008-15.A complete set of the occult art and text series Tela Quadrivium by Australian magician and artist Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule published between 2008 and 2015. A dark and meditative series of ‘graphic grimmoires’, an exploration of esoteric philosophy, an alchemical puzzle where each volume reveals new aspects of the others. Sex, union, birth, death, destruction, decomposition, new growth, magic, are the author’s inspirations, and the illustrations live up to the source material. Each book is individually numbered in an edition of 640 copies.
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The Factory and Shop Acts of the British Dominions. A Handbook
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartViolet R. Markham; H. J. Tennant
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1908].Compiled by Miss Violet R. Markham. Together with a General View of the English Law; and a Preface by Mrs. H. J. Tennant. Issued by the Industrial Sub-Committee of the Victoria League. Covers Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Cape of Good Hope.
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Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartJoseph A. Lambeth
London: Virtue and Company, 1937. -
Boy George Fashion & Make-up Book
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartWayne Winder; Gerardine Winder; Christina Saunders
London: Hamlyn, 1984.Everything you need to know to achieve that early 1980s Boy George look you always wanted.