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Violette-Sweet Teens [The Romance of Violette & Sweet Seventeen]
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Alexandre Dumas]; John Frederic Savage
[Sydney]: Lay Press, No date.Rare Australian erotica, two tales published in one, being Alexandre Dumas’ The Romance of Violette, here published anonymously with an introduction credited to John Frederic Savage, PhD., and Sweet Seventeen: The True Story of a Daughter’s Awful Whipping and Its Delightful if Direful Consquences.
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The Cause of Inflation and the Answer
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErnie Thornton
Sydney: Current Book Distributors, No date.Mid-20th century pro-worker pamphlet on Australian inflation.
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Ironworkers Speak for Peace
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNational Council of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia
Sydney: National Council of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia, No date.Report of the rank and file members of the Ironworker’s Union that attended the 2nd World Peace Congress in Warsaw, Poland, November, 1950.
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Queen of the Square Dance
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
: No publisher, No date.Reprint of an anonymous femdom forced feminisation crossdressing fiction. “If you are wet and dirty and Hitch-Hiking on a lonely road who is going to stop and pickup you up? Terry found out; and it was a one way trip to FEMININITY!” Cover illustration by Erica, dated 1977.
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Cigars & The Man
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Graves
London: Martins, No date.Who are the men who smoke cigars? Successful men according to this promotional piece by Martins Cigar Shippers of Picadilly. More than mere promotional puff, Graves provides tips to the new smoker, and outlines histories and traditions of the practice. A lengthy Q&A section is followed by a colour supplementary of Martins cigars according to Graves’ seven classifications. Order form with envelope laid in, together with an autographed typescript letter dated 2nd December, 1938 from the firm’s sales manager on Martins letterhead.
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Photographic Portrait of Enid Riding Her Pony
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPhotographer Unknown
[Victoria]: No publisher, No date.Early 1900s photographic portrait or a woman posing atop her horse standing in a creek. Inscribed Christmas greeting by the subject on the verso of the folder to her Dear Auntie and Uncle, the recipients then identifying the pony’s name as possibly Echo.
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Photographic Portrait of the the Very Rev. N. Linden Parkyn, Dean of Ballarat
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichards & Co.
Ballarat: Richards & Co., No date.Photographic portrait of the Very Rev. Nathaniel Linden Parkyn (1851-1931), signed by him on the mount, “Your very affectionate friend, N. Lindon Parkyn”. Born in England, Parkyn was ordained in 1891 and served as curate in several English towns and villages before coming to Australia and serving as the second Dean of the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat from 1897-1914. He was remembered as an articulate speaker and a benevolent public figure to citizens of all denominations. He returned to England in 1914 where he served as vicar at Blackpool until 1821 before retiring to Bath where he died in 1931. An earlier portrait of Parkyn, taken before he came to Australia, is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This later portrait by Richards & Co. of Ballarat circa 1910. No photographic holdings of Dean Parkyn can be found in any Australian institution.
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Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame [One Hundred Women Classified According to Their Rank]
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNishikawa Sukenobu
Kyoto: Unsodo, No date.One of the masterpieces of Ukiyoe art. Depicts women from various social classes of the Edo period, from court and samurai ladies to geisha and sex workers, and the many town and country women in between. Originally published in 2 volumes in 1723 and here reprinted together in 1 volume circa late 19th/early 20th century.
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Bush Medicine: A Practical Handbook for Managing Serious Illnesses and Accidents in the Outback
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVictor H. Webster
Tennant Creek: Jackhammer Press, No date.Victor H. Webster (1905-1980) was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council for Tennant Creek from 1947 to 1950. During this time he published Bush Medicine, an early Northern Territory medical handbook for surviving medical emergencies in the remote outback. Includes a chapter ‘Some Remarks on Sickness in Natives’.
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Fritzhansen Furniture Catalogue No. 6802
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFritz Hansen
Allerod: Fritz Hansens EFT. A/S, No date. -
Fish Oregon Waters, Drive Oregon Highways
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTravel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem: Travel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission, No date.1930s fishing travel guide to Oregon.
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The Wonder of Australia by The White Car Service [Time Table]
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe White Car Service
Cairns: The Prompt Printery, No date.Promotional booklet and time table for early 20th century North Queensland cab company White Cars.
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Minnesota’s Vacation Land Supreme
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSt. Louis County Club
Gilbert: St. Louis County Club, No date.Circa 1940 brochure advertising activities, sights, and accommodation in St. Louis County. Colour map centrefold by Frank Antoncich in the cartoon map style of Ruth Taylor, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
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Tasmania’s Bygone Years of Road Transport (3 Volumes)
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartL. J. Morley
Hobart: Wellington Bridge Press, No date.Volume 1: 1900-1929; Volume 2: 1930-1939 (Second Edition); Volume 3: 1940-1950.
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Herbier de la France: Histoire des Champignons
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Bulliard; M. Walhein
Paris: Pierre Bulliard, No date.219 manuscript watercolour plates by M. Walhein, a Member of French Mycological Society, from the originals by French physician and botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793). Bound in quarter leather with a typescript index to the plates.
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The Lady and the Cavalier, The Mistletoe Bough and Other Poems
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. Willis Grey
London, Paris, and New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, No date.English love poetry circa 1890. Illustrated by J. Willis Grey.
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Color on Color (Volume 2)
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHiroshi Hara
[Tokyo]: [Takeo Paper Co.], No date.Exploring the possibilities of opaque ink. A sample book created by paper firm Takeo Paper featuring works by famous graphic designers and photographers printed in various inks. Features work by Kishin Shinoyama, Keisuke Nagatomo, Seitaro Kuroda, Satoshi Kondo, Ayumu Ohashi, Tamotsu Ejima, Yoshihiro Tatsuki, Tadahito Nadamoto, Eiko Ishioka, Keiichi Tanaami, and Makoto Nakamura. Curated by Hiroshi Hara.
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The Bridge: From the Story Broadcast by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. J. C. Bradfield
Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., No date.John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943) was the Australian engineer who helped to conceive of, and then supervise, the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was involved in constructing other major Australian infrastructure projects including Sydney’s Underground Railway and Brisbane’s Story Bridge. This 1930s booklet, illustrated with numerous sepia-tone photographic illustrations and one full page colour illustration, The Great Bridge by Moonlight, by John Charles Allcot (1888-1973, tells Bradfield’s story of the creating the Bridge from figment to reality.
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Swiss Spas and Their Mineral Springs
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAssociation of Swiss Spas
Zurich and Lausanne: Association of Swiss Spas with the co-operation of The Swiss National Tourist Office, No date. -
Paintings of Wu Ch’ang Shou and Ch’i Pai Shih
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMungo K. L. Yao
Taipei: China Art Printing Works, No date.Scarce collection of two Chinese painters, Qi Baishi and Wu Changshuo. Contains 60 full page illustrations. Contains a short essay and index in English and Chinese.