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Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon
AU$5,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. De La Fontaine
Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1791.The Loves of Psyche and Cupid by Jean De La Fontaine with colour illustrations based on paintings by M. Schall. One of the most striking editions of Fontaine’s adaptation of the story of Cupid and Psyche with coloured stipple engravings by Bonnefoy, Mme Demonchy, and Colibert after Jean-Frederic Schall. This copy with the advertisement leaf (often lacking) announcing the publication of Milton’s Paradise Lost, with an additional portrait engraving frontispiece by Edelinck after H. Rigault, and an original drawing dedication “quatre amis dont la connaissance avait commence par le Parnasse” [four friends whose acquaintance had begun at Parnassus]: La Fontaine, Racine, Moliere, and Boileau, in pen and Indian ink enhanced with gold and colouring on vellum signed L. Benard 1893, bound in a fine signed binding by the Paris bookbinder Salvador David (1859-1929).
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Ballade de la Geole de Reading / The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Burins Originaux de Tavy Notton
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde; Tavy Notton
Paris: Editions de L’Odeon, 1951.Bilingual edition in French and English of Wilde’s poem with illustrations by Tavy Notton. One of 120 copies on Rives vellum (from an edition of 201). This copy with the additional suite of 16 plates with remarques including illustrated text from De Profundis normally accompanying copies 11 to 60.
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Vera; or, The Nihilists. A Drama in a Prologue, and Four Acts
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde
: Privately Printed, 1902.One of 200 numbered copies of Wilde’s play first written in 1881, and now published for the first time from the author’s own copy, showing his corrections of and additions to the original text. MASON 624.
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Salome: A Tragedy in One Act
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde
London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head and John Lane Company, 1907.Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, with Sixteen Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. The first edition to include all 16 of Beardsley’s illustrations including the unadulterated hermaphroditic title page illustration, as well as the introduction by Robert Ross, and the two leaves with the Cast of the Performance of Salome, as presented in England for the first time by the New Stage Club on May 10 and 13, 1905, and the preoduction of the playbill of the first production of the Operatic Version by Richard Strauss at the Konigliches Operahaus, Dresdem on December 9, 1905. Identical to MASON 355 except without the Wm. Clowes & Sons imprint at the foot of the last page of text.
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Salome. Drame en un acte.
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde
Paris and Londres: Librairie de L’Art Independant and Elkin Mathew et John Lane, 1893.First edition, one of 600 copies, the title page device by Felicien Rops. MASON 348. This copy rebound in a fine signed art nouveau binding by Hatchards, Piccadilly, without the wrappers, with a plentiful quantity of blank leaves at the rear to allow for the binding design.
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
AU$5,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThomas De Quincey
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822.First edition of the highly influential autobiographical account of De Quincey’s laudanum addiction. The establishing literary work in the artistic field of drug taking and creative expression. This copy with the half-title and without the advertisement leaf, in a fine signed 1911 Zaehnsdorf binding, with protective case.
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Oeuvres Completes de Charles Baudelaire
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire
Paris: Louis Conard, 1923-1953.Complete set of the Complete Works of Charles Baudelaire in French published by Louis Conard between 1923 and 1953, edited and with notes by Jacques Crepet. Les Fluers du Mal with portrait frontispiece.
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Les Paradis Artificiels: Opium et Haschisch
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire
Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1860.First edition of Baudelaire’s Artificial Paradises, on the drug experiences of hashish and opium and their relationship with creative expression, being accounts from within the walls of Le Club des Haschischins and a translation and adaptation of Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. CARTERET I:126. This copy rebound in a fine half leather binding without the wrappers.
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Le Spleen de Paris
AU$1,400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire; L. Lafnet
: Les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1940 [1941].One of 106 numbered copies reserved for members of the final illustrated book by Luc Lafnet, with 90 etchings each with tissue guard.
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Les Fleurs du Mal
AU$9,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire; Armand Rassenfosse; Henri Noulhac
Paris: Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1899.One of 115 numbered copies of the first, and widely considered the best, illustrated edition of The Flowers of Evil, being the chef d’oeuvre of Belgian artist Armand Rassenfosse, with nearly every page of the text illustrated with Symbolist colour etchings and nude women. This copy from the collection of actor and bibliophile Barry Humphries, with his bookplate; bound in a fine binding signed Noulhac 1918, with multi-rule borders and silk doublures framed with inlaid leather strips and flowers at the corners. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, throughout with hundreds of colour illustrations and tailpieces, as well as 6 plates and a page of text with tailpiece outside of the text. Bound at the rear is a Juin 1897 Specimen being the leaf of XX La Geante with an alternative tailpiece illustration and the chapter plate for Les Fleurs du Mal, an etched menu cover for a Les Cent Bibliophiles Dinner for Fleurs du Mal, 6 Mai 1901 by Rassenfosse, as well as 17 additional etchings by Evert van Muyden and other artists.
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Les Fleurs du Mal
AU$15,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire; Almery Lobel-Riche; Henri Blanchetiere
Paris: M. A. Blaizot, 1917.One of 12 on Japon Imperial from a deluxe edition of 24 numbered copies of The Flowers of Evil illustrated by Almery Lobel-Riche and published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Baudelaire’s death. This copy from the collection of actor and bibliophile Barry Humphries, with his bookplate; bound in a fine binding signed H. Blanchetiere 1923, with illustrative inlays, the upper board depicting a branch of flowers with a reclining nude woman around which a snake slithers, the spine with a lyre motif, the lower board with a cat, and the inner boards decorated with inlaid leather floral patterns in an Art Nouveau style after Charles Meunier by Henri Blanchetiere. Illustrated throughout by Lobel-Riche with 43 etchings in multiple states: a frontispiece portrait of the author in 2 states, 40 etchings in 4 states, 1 etching in 6 states (Le Chat), and 1 etching in 3 states (a rejected plate for Les Yeux de Berthe), as well as an original signed drawing in pen, ink and crayon at the front (for La Geante), an original watercolour (for Chanson d’apres-midi), and 2 original sketches (for La Mort des amants and Priere d’un paien).
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John Olsen: Drawing – The Human Touch
AU$75.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Olsen; Ken McGregor
Melbourne: Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014.“This richly illustrated publication represents the author’s attempt to locate as many of John Olsen’s drawings as possible and Macmillan’s determination to reproduce them in a book which will serve as a companion to our previous monographs on the artist’s prints and paintings. Olsen is an artist who believes drawing to be the fundamental skill of artistic production and whose artworks, whether paintings, prints or drawings, indicate a keen sense of observation of human and animal behaviour translated into lively and sometimes humorous compositions dependent on the drawn line. He is a living legend on the Australian art scene, who claims: “Drawing is important in every stage of an artist’s career. Drawing is the plank on which you build the architecture of your work. Drawing is a transferable energy, a life-force, and it entails many ways of observing…” This book will inform and amuse as it reiterates the importance of drawing.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Painting the Worlds of Studio Ghibli
AU$215.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStudio Ghibli; Yoji Takeshige
Tokyo: Pie International, 2025.“Featuring more than 800 pieces of background art, this beautiful hardcover is a complete and enduring publication allowing readers to thoroughly enjoy backgrounds from each and every scene of the Ghibli masterpieces. Including art from each of Studio Ghibli’s twenty-seven films, these pages offer a glimpse into techniques that bring depth and life to these cherished cinematic worlds, revealing a mastery of brushwork, colour and perspective. Editorial supervision by Yoji Takeshige. This is a must-have book for fans of Ghibli films and creators involved in the animation industry. Editorial Supervisor: Yoji Takeshige, background artist and art director for many Ghibli films.” (publisher’s blurb)
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How To Be Psychedelically Aware: The Essential Harm Reduction Guide to Psychedelic Use in Australia
AU$22.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThurston Katt
[Sydney]: Psychedelically Aware, 2024.“How To Be Psychedelically Aware is your essential guide to navigating the world of psychedelics with mindfulness, responsibility, and deep self-awareness. Whether you’re a curious beginner or an experienced explorer, this book proves the tools to approach these powerful substances with clarity, intention, and respect.” (from cover blurb)
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MacMac’s Talk
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Stoke Abbott: MacMac, 1971.1970s catalogue of Mackintosh raincoats by English firm MacMac.
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Betty Being Bad
Read MoreJohn Workman
Seattle: Eros Comix, 1990.The influence of the Queen of Pinups on a young comic artist. Illustrated throughout.
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Bishop: The Complete Fanni Hall, 1971-1976
Read MoreRobert K. Bishop
Los Angeles: House of Milan Corp., 1978.The collected erotic bondage comics of Robert K. Bishop originally appearing serially in Knotty.
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The Bishop Collection
Read MoreRobert K. Bishop
Los Angeles: House of Milan Corp., 1979.Monograph of the erotic bondage art of Robert K. Bishop. Published by House of Milan, where Bishop was working as editor-in-chief, this is the largest single volume collection of his work.
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Vollers Corset Company
Read MoreVollers Corset Company; Alwyn Coates
Portsmouth: Vollers Corset Company, No date.Modern catalogue for Vollers Corset Company, founded in 1899, they are one of the oldest corset manufactures still operating today. Photography by Alwyn Coates. This copy with no distributor stamp but the price list from Northbound Leather, Toronto, laid in.
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Vollers Corset Company
Read MoreVollers Corset Company; Alwyn Coates
Portsmouth: Vollers Corset Company, No date.Modern catalogue for Vollers Corset Company, founded in 1899, they are one of the oldest corset manufactures still operating today. Photography by Alwyn Coates. This copy with the distributor stamp of Sydney bondage store, Kayser Novelty Co.