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A Thousand Miles of Miracle in China
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArchibald E. Glover
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906.A Personal Record of God’s Delivering Power from the Hands of the Imperial Boxes of Shan-si. An account of fleeing China during the Boxer Rebellion by a missionary of the China Inland Mission. The second, or Popular Edition.
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Cigars & The Man
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Graves
London: Martins, No date.Who are the men who smoke cigars? Successful men according to this promotional piece by Martins Cigar Shippers of Picadilly. More than mere promotional puff, Graves provides tips to the new smoker, and outlines histories and traditions of the practice. A lengthy Q&A section is followed by a colour supplementary of Martins cigars according to Graves’ seven classifications. Order form with envelope laid in, together with an autographed typescript letter dated 2nd December, 1938 from the firm’s sales manager on Martins letterhead.
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Researches, Chemical and Philosophical, Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and Its Respiration
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHumphry Davy
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy edited by his brother, John Davy, Vol. III: Researches, Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide. First published in 1800, when Davy was only 22, outlining his experiments with nitrous, coining the term laughing gas, and suggesting to its anesthetic qualities, which were not regularly used in medicine for many years to come. An early edition of a landmark work in chemistry and anesthesia.
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A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro
AU$5,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlfred R. Wallace
London: Reeve and Co., 1853.With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. The rare first edition written from Wallace’s notes of his first fieldwork expedition to the Amazon, 1848-1852, his specimens and most of his work having been lost in a cargo fire on the return voyage.
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The Mimiambs of Herondas
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHerondas; Jack Lindsay
London: The Fanfrolico Press, [1929].Mimes by Herondas translated by Jack Lindsay with 19 drawings by Alan Odle and a foreword by Brian Penton. Limited to 375 numbered copies, of which this is number 2. ARNOLD 35. This copy with the bookplate of David D. Levine.
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Nicholas Nickleby
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Dickens
London: The Folio Society, 2005.With the original illustrations by Phiz [Hablot K. Browne], introduction by Simon Callow. FORD-SMITH 1275.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMark Twain
London: The Folio Society, 2013.Introduced by Frank Kaplan, illustrated by David Hughes. FORD-SMITH 1834.
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Michelangelo
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHoward Hibbard
London: The Folio Society, 2007.Introduced by Michael Levy. FORD-SMITH 1388.
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Walden; or, Life in the Woods
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry D. Thoreau
London: The Folio Society, 2009.Walden, or life in the woods, by Henry David Thoreau, introduced by John Updike, with photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. FORD-SMITH 1556.
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The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdward Leeson
London: The Folio Society, 2009.Edited and with an introduction by Edward Leeson, drawings by Nick Hardcastle. FORD-SMITH 1250.
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The Best After-Dinner Stories
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Heald
London: The Folio Society, 2008.Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Paul Cox. FORD-SMITH 1140.
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Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Transformed Mankind
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry Hobhouse
London: The Folio Society, 2007.On Quinine, Sugar, Tea, Cotton, Potato, and Coca. FORD-SMITH 1357.
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Ten Days That Shook the World
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Reed
London: The Folio Society, 2006.Preface by John Simpson. Introduction by A. J. P. Taylor. Foreword by V. I. Lenin. Maps by Neil Gower. FORD-SMITH 1324.
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The Birds of Australia: Bibliography of the Birds of Australia
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGregory M. Mathews
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925.Books used in the preparation of this work with a few biographical details of authors and collectors. The separately bound bibliography to Mathews 12 volume ornitholgoical handbook, one of the key monumental illustrated works of Australian natural history.
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Boy George Fashion & Make-up Book
AU$100.00 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.
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Kanaval: Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haiti
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLeah Gordon
London: Soul Jazz Publishing, 2010.Photography and oral histories by Leah Gordon. Words by Madison Smartt Bell, Don Cosentino, Richard Fleming, Kathy Smith and Myron Beasley.
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Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Picciotto
London: Trubner & Co., 1875.This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned), and with Falk’s bookplate.
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A Jewish Calendar for Sixty-Four Years, Detailing the New Moons, Festivals, and Fasts,
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. H. Lindo
London: L. Thompson, 1838.With the sections of the law as read in the synagogues every Sabbath during the year; also the days on which the hour for commencing Sabbath is altered; together with the corresponding Christian dates. To which are added tables for continuing the calendar to A.M. 6000-2240 C.AE. and A Chronological Table, forming a summary of Jewish history from the flood to the present time. With various other useful tables; by E. H. Lindo. This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned).
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Cycle of Violence
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGrayson Perry
London: Atlas Press, 2002.“When I was 12 or 13 I drew a series of short comic strip adventures featuring an idealised male hero. When puberty hit me these boy’s own tales became increasingly kinky, involving much cross-dressing and bondage. Sadly these reports from my young subconscious were lost in the upheavals of adolescence. Twenty years later I drew Cycle of Violence while facing up to becoming a father myself, and once again my imagination became an open wound.” (artist’s statement). Limited to 1,200 numbered copies.
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Lights and Shadows of Church-Life in Australia: Including Thoughts on Some Things at Home
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartT. Binney
London: Jackson & Walford, 1860.To which is added, Two Hundred Years Ago: Then and Now. The second edition, published the same year as the first with an additional chapter. FERGUSON 7030, in a variant binding and with advertisements.