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A Guide to Gay and Lesbian Writing in Australia
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Hurley
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1996.“With over 1000 detailed entries, this essential reference shows the vibrancy, strength and diversity of gay and lesbian writing and culture in Australia.” (back cover) This copy inscribed by the author to gay Jewish socialist Mannie de Saxe, and with an invitation to the Sydney book launch inside an Allen & Unwin envelope addressed to Saxe and his partner, Kendall Lovett.
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Homosexuality: Myths and Realities
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGary Simes; Craig Johnston
Sydney: Gay Rights Lobby, 1982.General information booklet to introduce the reader to homosexuality and dispel myths prevalent in early 1980s Australia.
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The Peak Baggers Guide: Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGary Cobb
Sydney: Envirobook, 1996.How to get to the top of the mountains on the Coast.
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Burnt Sugar
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartF. E. Baume
Sydney: The Macquarie Head Press, 1938.A novel of the progress of a young Australian-born Italian in his efforts to be accepted by the “white” community in Northern Queensland and become a successful businessman. Jacket illustration by Dick Alderton.
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Semantography (Blissymbolics): A Logical Writing for an Illogical World
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. K. Bliss
Sydney: Semantography (Blissymbolics) Publications, 1965.The ideographic writing system of Austro-Hungarian (current Ukraine) Charles K. Bliss (1897-1985). Jewish, Bliss conceived his Blissymbols while a refugee in Shanghai and Sydney with the goal of creating an easy to learn international auxiliary language. He migrated with his wife to Australia in 1946.
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The Berlei Review Volume 15, 1936
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBerlei
Sydney: Berlei Ltd., 1936.A bound set of the complete volume 15 of The Berlie Review, being the company journal for Australian lingerie company Berlie for the year 1936. Volume 15 comprises 10 parts, with January/February and October/November being double issues. Founded by Fred R. Burley and first operating in Sydney from 1910 as Unique Corsets, before Frenchifying to Berlie in 1917, with the vision “To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage.” Burlei Australia is still operating today.
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Artists and Sculptors Agree… that a lovely Bosom is Nature’s most appealing line
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHordern Brothers; Berlei
Sydney: Hordern Brothers, No date.Advertising flyer for Berlei brassieres by Sydney department store, Hordern Brothers, whose pitch is to let them show you the new woman you could be… Berlie is an Australian lingerie company, first operating in Sydney from 1910 as Unique Corsets, before Frenchifying to Berlie in 1917, with the vision “To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage.”
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The Boys Own Book of Debauchery
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChris Grosz; James Cockington
Sydney: Hutchinson, 1988.Captioned cartoons, text by Australian author James Cockington, illustrations by New Zealand cartoonist Chris Grosz.
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All Her Labours: One, Working it Out
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWomen And Labour Publications Collective
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1984.Feminist perspectives on women’s paid and unpaid work in Australia.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (First Australian Edition)
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Sydney: Australian General Service Office of A.A., 1986.The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. The First Australian Edition, from the 1985 Twenty-first printing of the American Third Edition, printed in Australia with an Australian Edition binding, jacket, and with two leaves for connecting with Australian services. “Originally published in 1939, when A.A. membership numbered only about one hundred, the first edition of this book went through more than 300,000 copies. The second edition, appearing in 1955, when memerbship had reached past 150,000, eventually brought the total distribution to over 1,450,000 copies. The third edition, which provides the basis of this first Australian printing, appeared in 1976 when A.A. membership worldwide was estimated conservatively at 1,000,000. .. The First Edition of the Australian printing of this book heralds a new era in self-sufficiency for Alcoholics Anonymous in Australia, with a Fellowship now over 1,000 groups nationwide since inception in 1945.” (from jacket blurb)
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Souvenir Programme for Setting the Foundation Stone of the Mason Centre by M. W. Bro. V. C. N. Blight, C.B.E. Grand Master
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartUnited Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons
Sydney: United Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, 1976. -
By-Laws of the Lodge of Australia, of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 3, on the Registry of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLodge of Australia, No. 3
Sydney: Robert Bone, 1890.Revised 1890 By-Laws for one of Australia’s oldest freemasonry lodges.
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The N.S.W. Freemason Has a Message for Every Member of the Craft
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe N.S.W. Freemason
Sydney: W. J. Cryer & Co., No date.Subscription advertising sheet for the monthly Australian Freemasonry journal, The N.S.W. Freemason.
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By-Laws of the Argyle Lodge of the Most Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 693
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArgyle Lodge, No. 693
Sydney: F. W. White, 1884.Very early by-laws booklet for the Argyle Lodge of Australian Freemasons, held at the Lodge Room, Fernmount, Bellinger River. Also includes a list of lodges in NSW.
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By-Laws of the United Service Lodge of New South Wales of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 24
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartUnited Service Lodge, No. 24
Sydney: Websdale, Shoosmith & Co., 1895.This copy with the Declaration of Allegiance in manuscript to the margin of the final page.
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History of Lodge Chatswood, 1913-34
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSidney C. Freeman
Sydney: Beatty, Richardson & Co., 1934.No. 285 on the Register of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons.
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Lodge Dobroyde Annual Ladies’ Night in School of Arts Haberfield on Monday, 29th August, 1921 at 8 P.M.
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. A. Wiggins
Sydney: R. M. Baxter, 1921.Programme for a Sydney Freemasonry lodge ladies’ night, illustrated by Tasmanian artist William Arthur Wiggins (1881-1947), with much leaning into the Freemason humour of riding the goat.
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Special Rules and Regulations to be Observed by All Chapters and Preceptories of the Provincial Grand Chapter of N.S.W. Meeting Under the Authority of The Grand Black Chapter of Ireland
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Grand Black Chapter of Ireland
Sydney: John Sands, 1915.New South Wales rules and regulations book for the Protestant fraternal society the Royal Black Institution.
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A History of International Women’s Day: In Words and Images
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoyce Stevens
Sydney: IWD Press, 1985. -
Car Lovers
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAdina Yurana
Sydney: Howard Publications, 1972.The high point of Howard Publications 1970s Australian erotica output, a fully illustrated exploration of the car’s influence on man’s sexual behaviour. Lngthy text by Adina Yurana accompanies five photographic series of couples making love in and on their cars in Australia’s great outdoors. Featuring a Mercedes-Benz 280C (The Limousine Lover), a Ford Falcon 500 (The Countryman), a Nissan Patrol (The Great White Hunter), and a Meyers Manx dune buggy (Beachbuggy). Rare, unrecorded in Trove or OCLC.