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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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The Feet of the Young Men
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRudyard Kipling; Lewis R. Freeman
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920.Kipling’s poem with photographic illustrations and an introduction by Lewis R. Freeman. Produced in a limited edition of 377 numbered copies signed by Kipling.
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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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Dresseuse et… Dressee
AU$650.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAndre Vergereau; [Umberto Brunelleschi]
Paris: Aux Editions Prima, 1939.French flagellation novel with 12 plates by d’Ernest Mosse, a pseudonym for Italian illustrator Umberto Brunelleschi who had been residing in Paris since 1900 and among his works designed numerous costumes for Josephine Baker.
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Alle de Copyen van Indagingen, als mede alle de Gedichten Op de Tegenwoordige Tyd toepasselyk
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[UTRECHT SODOMY TRIALS]
No place: No publisher, [1730].A relic of the Utrecht sodomy trials, the large scale persecution of homosexual men in the Netherlands starting in 1730. Without author or publisher, literally the title translated to [All the copies of summonses, as well as all the poems applicable to the present time], listing of men accused of sodomy, with charges and sentences, many of death, accompanied by long moralistic poems on the depravity of the crime. 2 parts in one, the second part, Vervolg op alle de Copyen, being a continuation. This copy with the second part ending at page 94 with the final charge in October of 1730 and ending with the poem by P. Schim. Copies of various sizes are noted of part 2, perhaps indicating different issues, from page 94 to 151 the list continues to 1731, perhaps being issued later.
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A Treatise on Gonorrhea Virulenta, and Lues Venerea
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBenjamin Bell
Edinburgh: G. Mudie and Son, 1797.Primarily regarded as surgeon, Bell is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. His scientific approach is especially evident in this treatise in which he convincingly argues, against the prevailing medical opinion of the time, that gonorrhea and syphilis are separate diseases. Bell’s work is foundational to the modern understanding of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The rare Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.
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The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. K. Thomson; Thomas Welsby
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1967. -
Australia’s Greatest Rock Art
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGrahame L. Walsh
Bathurst: E. J. Brill / Robert Brown and Associates, 1988.Published in association with Queensland Parks and Wildlife this book is the most comprehensive documentation of Australian rock art. The deluxe issue of 100 signed and numbered copies in leather with slipcase, this copy further inscribed by Walsh and with the prospectus laid in.
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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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Place of the Stinging Nettles
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPhyllis Shatte
Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1970.A novel of Gympie, Queensland. This copy signed by the author.
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Building and Ornamental Stones of Australia
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. T. Baker
Sydney: Technological Museum, 1915.Technical Education Series, No. 20. Technological Museum, Sydney.
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An Examination of Weismannism
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorge John Romanes
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1893. -
Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems (2 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAugust Weismann
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1889-92.Edited by Edward B. Poulton, Selmar Schonland, and Arthur E. Shipley.
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Die Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Schwamme, nebst einem Anhange uber die islandische Flechte
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHarald Othmar Lenz
Gotha: Beckersche Buchhandlung, 1840.The useful and harmful sponges, with an appendix on the Icelandic lichen. The second edition enlarged with descriptions of German sponges. The elegantly coloured plates showing a total of 46 illustrations drawn by J. C. Ausfeld. VOLBRACHT 1165.2.
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Soils: An Australian Viewpoint
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDivision of Soils, CSIRO
Melbourne & London: CSIRO & Academic Press, 1983. -
The Lighthouse Keepers
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStuart Buchanan
Samford: Coral Coast Publications, 2000. -
There’s A Bird In My Hand And A Bear By The Bed — I Must Be In ICU: The Pivotal Years of Australian Critical Care Nursing
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartValda Wiles; Kathy Daffurn
Sydney: Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), 2002.Foreword by Professor Ged Williams, National Director CACCN/ACCCN 1995-2001.
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Food Supply and Preparation
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDepartment of Community Services
Brisbane: Department of Community Services, 1985.A booklet on Aboriginal food practices, primarily based on Walter Roth’s North Queensland Ethnography No. 3.
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Water For Every Farm Using the Keyline Plan
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartP. A. Yeomans
Sydney: Murray Book Distributors, 1978.Combined edition of Water for Every Farm (1965) and The Keyline Plan (1954). Yeoman’s Keyline systems of land development has been adopted by farms in almost every country in the world.