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La Fille Elisa
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdmond de Goncourt; Paul-Louis Guilbert
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, George Briffaut, 1929.Goncourt’s prostitute-prisoner novel, here published for the first time with original drypoints by Paul-Louis Guilbert, a preface by J. -H. Rosny Aine, and an afterword by Jean Ajalbert. Edition of 425 numbered copies, this copy on Arches vellum, unnumbered but inscribed by the publisher, likely to the Belgian publisher Albert Parmentier of Les Editions du Nord.
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Les Ames du Purgatoire
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartProsper Merimee; Hermann Paul
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1929.The Souls of Purgatory, short story retelling of the myth of Don Juan, the first edition with fifteen watercolours by Hermann Paul. One of a numbered edition of 450 copies on wove paper (of a total edition of 480), this copy bound by French bookbinder Rene Kieffer (1875-1964) in a fine full leather binding with an elaborate star, heart, and chain blind design to both boards, with his ticket to the endpaper, the original wrappers bound in.
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Men of Queensland: Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland as Existant in the Year 1928 A.D.
AU$850.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWill. H. Millar
Brisbane: The Read Press, 1929.Printed and Published by The Read Press, Engravings by S. A. Best, Photographs by Poulsen Studios, Caricatures by Will. H. Millar. Chiefly caricatures by Will. H. Millar with accompanying biographical text of 211 notable men of early 20th century Queensland. This copy with the preliminary plate of John Oxley looking down over Brisbane printed in colour and with the armorial bookplate of Brian Leask to the front pastedown.
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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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Havelock Ellis in Appreciation
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoseph Ishill
Berkeley Heights: The Oriole Press, 1929.Havelock Ellis in Appreciation by Elie Faure, Bertrand Russell, H. L. Mencken, Henry W. Nevinson, Henri Barbusse, Clarence Darrow, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, John A. Hobson, Marguerite Tracy, Eleen Key, Dr. B. Malinowski and thirty-four other important contributors. With an unpublished letter by Thomas Hardy to Havelock Ellis, and a foreword by Isaac Goldberg & embellishments by Louis Moreau. Compiled, edited, and printed by Joseph Ishill. Limited to 450 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by Ishill to William Duff.
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Contempo: This American Tempo
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Vassos; Ruth Vassos
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1929.John Vassos, American artist and industrial designer, was a pioneer of the art deco style, creating shapes and designs for radio, television, computer, and broadcasting equipment for nearly four decades. Contempo is credited with launching his career as a modern artist and showcases his geometrical, cubist, and constructivist style, accompanying his wife Ruth Vassos’ textual critique of post-war American society. This copy inscribed by John Vassos to Louis Lazarus.
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Spraying
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavey Institute of Tree Surgery
Kent, Ohio: Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, 1929.Information on spraying trees against pests and diseases. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Teatro Reale Dell’ Opera [Roma]: Il Nuovo Palcoscenico Meccanico
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCasa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli
Milano and Roma: Casa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1929.Royal Opera Theatre: The New Mechanical Stage. Promotional booklet after the 1926 renovations of the theatre which reopened in 1928.
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Refrigeration: An Essential to National Health, Security and Progress
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. J. White
Adelaide: Gillingham & Co, 1929.Scarce early Australian work on the cooling and preservation of foodstuffs. Being a practical introduction to the application of Mechanical Refrigeration, as applied to the preservation and distribution of Food, Ice and Ice Cream making and other manufacturing processes.