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Index of Spanish Folktales
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRalph S. Boggs
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1993.Classified according to Antti Aarne’s types of the folktale, translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson, in FF Communicatoins No. 74. FF Communications No. 90 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Cinderella Cycle in China and Indo-China
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNai-Tung Ting
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1974.Comparative folklore study of Cinderella-type tales across China and Indo-China, highlighting regional variants, motifs, and diffusion of the cycle. FF Communications No. 213 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArthur Adams
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870. -
Photographic Views of Cheltenham and Its Neighbourhood
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrancis Bedford
Chester: Catherall & Prichard, No date.Unrecorded view album produced from the prolific series of stereographs of England and Wales by one of England’s leading 19th century photographers. Bedford helped to found the Royal Photographic Society and received numerous royal commissions. This copy with 5 additional Bedford albumens of the same or larger size mounted on interleaves. The issued photographs are: 747. Cheltenham, The Promenade Drive, Looking Up.; 749. Cheltenham, The Promenade Drive, The Central Avenue; 750. Cheltenham, The Promenande Drive, The Side Avenue; 751. Cheltenham, The Queen’s Hotel; 753. Cheltenham, St. Mary’s (The Parish) Church; 754. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, Principal Front; 755. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, The Chapel; 756. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, Interior of the Chapel; 757. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, The Gymnasium; 758. Cheltenham, The High Street; 759. Cheltenham, Pitville Spa and Lake; 760. Cheltenham, Pitville Spa, The Pump Room; 761. The Devil’s Chimney, Leckhampton; 744. Tewkesbury Abbey, From the West; 746. Twekesbury Abbey, Interior of the Choir, Looking West; 743. Twekesbury, High Street and Old Houses. The additional photographs are captioned in manuscript: 757. Plough Hotel; 2350. Winter Gardens; 748. Promenade; 2378; 2346.
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La Mort de Philae
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Loti; Geo Colucci
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1924.The Death of Philae (English title: Egypt), a tale set around the submerging of the island of Philae with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam on the river Nile. The first edition with illustrations by Geo Colucci. One of 460 numbered copies on vellum (of a total edition of 500), in a fine half leather binding signed Ch. De Samblax with the original wrappers bound in.
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Les Civilises
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaude Farrere; Henri Le Riche
Paris: Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1926.French colonizers indulge in fornication, opium, and general debauchery in late 19th century Saigon (then French Cochincina, modern day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). One of 200 numbered copies of Arches vellum (of a total edition of 300), bound with the original wrappers.
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
AU$220.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFergus W. Hume
London: The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, [1888]. -
The Thai Occult Appendix
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJenx
France: Timeless, 2020.“The final book in the series responds to the questions raised from this project and covers some requested topics. These include the Land Spirits, Spirit Houses, Studying the Wicha, the role of Karma and some final thoughts on the best way to enter the system.” (publisher’s blurb) One of the first 100 copies (of a total edition of 399) with a signed and numbered card by the author laid in, with a copy of this mounted to the rear pastedown.
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The Money Tree: Coffee in Papua New Guinea
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Sinclair
Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing, 1995.The deluxe edition, limited to 100 signed and numbered copies.
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Savages & Sinners
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Maitland
Sydney: The Macquarie Head Press, 1933.“This work is described by Miller as presenting ‘social and economic phases of life in mandated territories of the Northern Pacific and the sex-attitudes of whites and blacks’. The dedication and the author’s note suggest that it is a fictionalised re-telling of a diary kept by a Captain Tyarki. Whether this captain is an actual figure or a fictional persona is unclear.” (Auslit) This copy signed by the author to the title page.
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A Survey of, and Report Upon, the Hotel Industry of New South Wales
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAsher Joel Advertising
Sydney: The Langlea Printery, 1958.Submitted to the United Licensed Victuallers Association.
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Voices from Brisbane Rugby League
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGreg Mallory; Gail Cartwright
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010.Oral histories from the 50s to the 70s.
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Making the Grade: A History of WACA Club Cricket
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWP (Bill) Reynolds
Perth: Western Australian Cricket Association, 2012. -
Australian Cycling in the Golden Days
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. (“Curly”) Grivell
Adelaide: Courier Press, No date.History of Australian cycling from the 19th century to the 1950s.
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The Voyages to Queensland of the Glamorganshire
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPennie Manderson; Maryborough Family Heritage Institute Volunteers
Maryborough: Maryborough Family Heritage Institute, No date.A look at life on board an immigrant ship. Includes passenger lists for numerous voyages.
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The Pioneers of the North-West of South Australia, 1856 to 1914
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNorman A. Richardson
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1980. -
Suicide: A Deadly Treatise in Black and White! An Index to Blood Scandal in Washington, D.C.
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMr. X; [Gerald L. K. Smith]
St. Louis: Christian Nationalist Crusade, 1950.“This is the most sensational manuscript ever to appear in print dealing with Washington, D.C., its suicides, its assassins, treason, corruption, scandal, perversion, propaganda and revenge.” Conspiratorial religious and nationalist political booklet published by far-right, anti-communist, antisemitic organisation, The Christian Nationalist Crusade, under the direction of founder Gerald L. K. Smith.
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Balinese Architecture: Towards an Encyclopaedia
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMade Wijaya
[Sanur]: Fotokopi, 1988.This book grew out of a report by students of the University of Sydney during a holiday design programme in Bali to which Wijaya was the tutor. “Most of the photographers were taken over the six months April – October, 1984. The selection is comprehensive in that it covers the full spectrum of Balinese Architecture — mountain to coastal, north to south, palatial to makeshift..” (from preface) Made Wijaya (born in Sydney as Michael White, 1953-2016) was a landscape architect who left Sydney for Bali as a break from architectural studies at University of Sydney and stayed, immersing himself in the Balinese culture, consorting with royalty, and in 1975 was renamed Made Wijaya by a priest in a Hindu temple ceremony. The New Compiled Edition, combining volumes 1 and 2. Photocopied pages (as issued) with 14 original colour photographs pasted in (copies are known to have differing numbers of added photographs). One of 50 numbered and signed copies, this copy further inscribed by Wijaya to the title page, and with numerous manuscript corrections as well as additional information tabs further describing many of the illustrations.