FIRST CONTRACT: WOMEN AND THE FIGHT TO UNIONIZE

Carole Conde; Karl Beveridge

Toronto: Between The Lines, 1986. First Edition. 22cm x 29cm. 72 pages, photographs, some colour. Illustrated wrappers.

A series of photocollage on women and labour together with lengthy text on the subject and the experience of trade movement action.

Minor wear to wrappers and edges. Very Good Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0012102 Read More Categories: Gender Studies, Labour Movements

YELLOW & PINK

William Steig

London: Victor Gollancz, 1986. First UK Edition. 24cm x 20cm. Unpaginated, colour illustrations. Illustrated boards, no jacket.

The story of 2 humanoid creations pondering how they came to be.

Slightly cocked. Minor wear to boards. Very minor foxing. Very Good Condition. $25 AUD. Book#0012121 Read More Categories: Children, Philosophy THE BUAYA HANDBOOK

Colin Goh; Lawrence Low

Singapore: Times Books International, 1990. First Edition. 18cm x 11cm. 128 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Singaporean pickup guidebook. Buaya is a Singlish word that literally means 'crocodile' and refers to a womanizer or flirt.

Minor wear to wrappers. Toning to first and last pages and extremities. Very Good Condition. $40 AUD. Book#0012176 Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Sex Guides, Singapore

THE FICTION OF SINGAPORE: ANTHOLOGY OF ASEAN LITERATURES (3 VOLUMES)

Edwin Thumboo

Singapore: The ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, 1990. First Edition. 24cm x 16cm. xx, 685, [viii], 675, [viii], 685 pages, 3 volumes. Black cloth, silver lettering, illustrated jackets.

Published as a 3 volume set numbered Volume II, IIa, and III continuing from Volume I: The Poetry of Singapore, published in 1985. These 3 volumes publish fiction of Singapore in the four official languages, Malay, Tamal, Chinese, and English, together with English translation of stories in the other three.

. Fine Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0012181

Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Fiction, Singapore WOMEN'S IMAGES OF MEN

Sarah Kent; Jacqueline Morreau

London: Writers and Readers Publishing, 1985. First Edition. 22cm x 14cm. [v], 199 pages. Pictorial wrappers.

Taking its title from the controversial exhibition this book carries on the investigation of art, gender, and sexual politics with contributions from Sarah Kent, Jacqueline Morreau, Catherine Elwes, Frances Borzello, Rozsika Parker, and Joyce Agee. Edited by Sarah Kent and Jacqueline Morreau

Foxing to top edge. Very Good Condition. $20 AUD. Book#0012230 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Gender Studies

INSIDE SOHO

James Holledge

Sydney: Horwitz Publications, 1966. First Edition. 18cm x 12cm. 128 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.

Hack sex journalism on London's Soho call girls, strippers, pimps, prostitutes, and other salacious characters.

Cocked. Creasing to spine. Minor wear to wrappers. Small sticker removal rub to front cover lettering. Very minor foxing to edges. Minor browning to pages. Good Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0012250 Read More Categories: Countries, England, Sexuality in Society, United Kingdom & Ireland MONEY POWER RESPECT: PICTURES OF MY NEIGBORHOOD

Brenda Ann Kenneally

New York: Channel Photographics, 2005. First Edition. 23cm x 29cm. Unpaginated, black and white photographs. Black glazed papered boards, purple lettering, pictorial jacket.

Brenda Ann Kenneally has spent decades recording her local neighbourhood of Brooklyn. These black and white photographs unflinching record the poverty and despair of her subjects often over decades. Kenneally is an award-winning documentary photographer focused on social causes and the illegal drug economy in America.

Minor foxing to top edge. Near Fine Condition. $120 AUD. Book#0012253 Read More Category: Photography

AES+F: THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW!

AES+F

Brisbane: The University of Queensland Art Museum, 2010. First Edition. 23cm x 28cm. 96 pages, colour photographs. Pictorial french fold wrappers.

AES+F is a collective of four Russian artists: Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky, and Vladimir Fridkes. This exhibition features photographic and CG enhanced imagery combining classical western mythology and contemporary global consumerism and was presented at UQ Art Musuem in 2010.

Very minor wear to edges. Small minor crease to spine. Near Fine Condition. $40 AUD. Book#0012261 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Contemporary Art, Digital & Media Art STAMPEDE OF THE LOWER GODS: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN AUSTRALIAN ART, 1890'S-1930'S

Deborah Edwards

Sydney: The Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1989. First Edition. Inscribed by Author 25cm x 20cm. 66 pages, illustrations, some colour. Illustrated wrappers.

Inscribed by the author to Glenn R. Cooke.

Very minor wear to wrappers. Near Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0012297 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art

THE BIRTH OF SEXOLOGY: A BRIEF HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS

Erwin J. Haeberle

: World Association for Sexology, 1983. First Edition. 28cm x 22cm. 47 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.

A short history of sexology with documentation of important works by Iwan Bloch, Albert Moll, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Max Marcuse; published on the occasion of the 16th World Congress of Sexology, May 22-27, 1983, Washington D.C. celebrating 75 years of sexology (1908-1983). Foreword by Wilhelm A. Kewenig. Published in German as Anfange der Sexualwissenschaft : Historische Dokumente.

Minor wear and soiling to wrappers. Bookplate of Dr. Gary Simes, date written in ink to verso of rear cover. Very Good Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0012326 Read More Category: Sexology URBAN ELEMENTS

David Koenig

: Konemann, 2012. First Edition. 43cm x 35cm. Unpaginated, colour photographs. Black cloth, white lettering, pictorial jacket.

Oversize photography book mostly featuring the sides of skyscrapers.

Minor wear to board edges. Very minor wear to jacket edges. Near Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0012349 Read More Category: Photography

LOVE AND OTHER STORIES

David Drebin

Koln: Daab, 2007. First Edition. 29cm x 36cm. Unpaginated, colour photographs. Black cloth, blind lettering, pictorial jacket.

"Love and Other Stories" is the first monograph of Canadian photographer David Drebin, now based in New York. A successful commercial photographer, Drebin exhibits his fine art photography internationally. He is known for his cinematic staging of femme fatales against dramatic cityscapes, uniquely combining voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints.

Very minor wear to edges. Creasing to edges of some fold-out sections. Near Fine Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0012374

Read More Category: Photography UFO: UNIFIED FASHION OBJECTIVES

Albert Watson

Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2010. First Edition. 36cm x 29cm. 408 pages, photographs. White gloss papered boards, blind, red, and black lettering, pictorial jacket.

Scotsman Albert Watson is one of the world's most preeminent fashion, celebrity and art photographers, shooting over 100 Vogue and 40 Rolling Stone cover images since the 1970s. Covering 40 years of his career this book contained highly stylised and moody fashion images interspersed with celebrity portraits. Essay by Gail Buckland.

. Fine Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0012376 Read More Category: Photography

ASEXUALIZATION: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF 244 CASES

Johan Bremer

New York: Macmillan, 1959. First Edition. 23cm x 16cm. [viii], 366 pages, tables. Grey cloth, black lettering, lettered jacket.

A "factual study and follow-up of 216 men and 28 women who were castrated as sex offenders through due process of law in Norway between 1935 and 1949."

Minor foxing to edges. Bookseller stamp of Ashwoods, Sydney, label of Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes, in pencil, single annotation to rear free endpaper in pencil. Good Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0012396 Read More Category: Sexology IN ENGLAND

Don McCullin

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Third Printing. Inscribed by Author 31cm x 30cm. 252 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial matte papered boards, pictorial jacket.

Sir Don McCullin grew up in poverty and became the UK's foremost war photographer from the 1960s. This book of his work powerfully shows that the class divide between the affluent and the destitute in England is a great as ever. His black and white social documentary images range from intimate portraiture to beautiful landscapes. Contains a new body of work, previous unpublished images along with his most famous photographs. This copy is inscribed by Dan McCullin, To John.

Very minor foxing to top edge. Very minor soiling. Very small spot of dampstaining to top edge of rear panel of jacket. Near Fine Condition. $120 AUD. Book#0012439 Read More Category: Photography

SCARLET WOMAN (AUTUMN 1982, NO. 14)

Melbourne and Sydney Scarlet Woman Collectives

Melbourne: Sybylla Press, 1982. First Edition. 26cm x 20cm. 28 pages, black and white illustrations. Lettered wrappers.

A socialist feminist magazine.

Minor wear to wrappers. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition. $20 AUD. Book#0012487 Read More Category: Gender Studies NOTEBOOK AT RANDOM

Irving Penn

Boston: Bulfinch, 2004. First Edition. 32cm x 24cm. 128 pages, colour illustrations. Cloth, illustrated jacket.

"This volume presents Irving Penn's personal selections from a lifetime of photography and reveals the depth of his work in painting, drawing and graphic media."

In publisher's shrinkwrapping. Fine Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0012619 Read More Category: Photography

LE GUN 1, 2, 3

Bill Bragg; Chris Bianchi; Neal Fox; Robert Rubbish; Steph von Reiswitz; Alex Wright; Matthew Appleton

New York: Mark Batty Publisher, 2011. First Edition. 35cm x 25cm. Unpaginated primarily black and white illlustrations, some colour. Red illustrated cloth.

A compilation of the first three publications by artist collective LE GUN.

Unopened in original shrinkwrap. Very minor bump to crown fore-edge corner. Near Fine Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0012684 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Illustration OPERA PRIVE DE PARIS: PREMIERE SAISON, 1929 (KITEGE PROGRAMME)

Opera Prive de Paris

Paris: Opera Prive de Paris, 1929. First Edition. 32cm x 24cm. [52] pages, [9] tipped in colour plates, [1] laid in advertisement plate. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.

Theatre programme for the Opera Prive de Paris production of Kitege, or The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, from their premiere season in 1929. Complete with a history of the company, an analysis of the opera, illustrated plates of scenes and characters, photographic portraits of the actors, and illustrated advertisements for Parisian businesses. Cover art signed J. Bilibine, is by Ivan Bilibin which was used as the cover for each of the season's programmes.

Spine split from crown to top staple and at middle. Minor tanning and wear to wrappers. The centre leaf has come loose from the staples. Creasing to corner of one plate. Small pencil notation to last page. Fair Condition. $200 AUD. Book#0012720 Read More Category: Theatre & Plays

ANDREA PALLADIO

Christoph Ulmer

Udine: Magnus Edizioni, 2011. First Edition. 43cm x 30cm. 446 pages, colour illustrations. Grey cloth, embossed lettering, illustrated jacket. Text is multilingual, French, Dutch, English, and German.

Oversize monograph on the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580).

Minor insect damage to cloth at edges. Minor wear to board edges. Internally clean and bright. Jacket worn with chips and tears to edges. Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0012723 Read More Category: Architecture CAMP NITES: SYDNEY'S EMERGING DRAG SCENE IN THE '60S

Pride History Group

Sydney: Pride History Group, 2006. First Edition. 21cm x 15cm. 22 pages. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.

"Camp Nites is the first of an occasional series on the postwar history of Sydney's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities." Telling the story of Sydney's emerging drag scene through the venues The Jewel Box, Les Girls (aka The Carousel), Kandy's Garden of Eden, The Purple Onion Coffee Shop, Karen's Castle & The Trolley Car Bar, Finocchios (subsequently Enzos and The Traffic Light), Chez Ivy's, and Ivy's Birdcage.

Small rub to front cover over the title lettering. Near Fine Condition. $10 AUD. Book#0012840 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ Gender Diversity, LGBTIQ+ in Australia

LOT OF QUEENSLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY & GENEALOGY REFERENCE BOOKLETS

Various Authors

Brisbane: Queensland Family History Society, 1985. First Edition. 21cm x 15cm. 16 volumes, 10 sheets, 1 brochure, 1 catalogue.

16 volumes in total plus loose sheets. Full list of titles: 8 QFHS booklets, being 1. Directory of Family Names 1985; 2. Open Day Papers 1985 (2 copies); 4. Open Day Papers 1986; 5. Open Day Papers 1987; 6. Open Day Papers 1989; 7. Name Directory of Moreton Bay Region, 1854-55; 8. Name Directory of Moreton Bay Region 1852-53. Together with 9. Examples of Handwriting 1550-1650 by W S B Buck; 10. How To Use The Census Returns To Find Your London Family by Lawrie Styles; 11. Sussex Parishes Pre 1894; 12. Brisbane City Council The History of the Department of Transport; 13. Genealogical Research in Victorian London by Cliff Webb; 14. Surrey and Sussex Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions and Wills by Stuart A. Raymond; 15. A History of the Priory Church of S. Mary & S. Blaise by Richard Wells; 16. Irish County Records Accessible in Australia; plus 10 loose sheets of the West Surrey Family History Society Research Aids; Researching your Ancestry with the Sussex Family History Group Brochure, and the April 2006 catalogue of The Parish Register Transcription Society

Good to Very Good Condition. Some minor wear and soiling to some volumes.. Very Good Condition. $120 AUD. Book#0012909 Read More Categories: Australia, Countries, Genealogy & Local History, Queensland IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT'S DONE

Tony Albert

Hong Kong: Coneptio Unlimited Publication, 2011. First Edition. Inscribed by Author 18cm x 29cm. 46 pages, colour illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.

Contemporary Australian art, large scale installation works of "Aboriginal Kitsch" and exploration of Alien Nation and Australian UFOs. This copy is inscribed by Albert with original space and UFO drawings.

Minor wear and soiling to cloth. Very Good Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0012946 Read More Categories: Aboriginal Australia, Art & Design

AUSTRALIAN SURREALISM: THE AGAPITOS/WILSON COLLECTION

Bruce James

Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2003. First Edition. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book 32cm x 26cm. 204 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, white lettering, illustrated jacket.

Inscribed by Ray Wilson. List of works of the travelling exhibition laid in.

Very minor general wear to board edges. Near Fine Condition. $120 AUD. Book#0013004 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art SHAY DOCKING: THE LANDSCAPE AS METAPHOR

Shay Docking; Ursula Prunster

Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1983. First Edition. Signed by Author 33cm x 27cm. 144 pages, colour illustrations. Black cloth, white lettering, illustrated french fold jacket.

This copy signed by Shay Docking together with the Sydney Morning Herald obituary clipping laid in.

Minor foxing to top edge. Very small soil mark to rear free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear to jacket. Near Fine Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0013028 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art

DICTIONAIRE NEOLOGIQUE un Avocat de Province (Pierre Desfontaines)

Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cene, 1728. Third Edition. 16cm x 10cm. [xvi], 186, [3], 39, 7, 77, [iv], 78, 20, 14, 7 pages, 1 volume. Full leather, five raised bands, gilt lettering and detail to spine and edges, marbled endpapers.

Neological dictionary for the use of modern wits. Written by French journalist, translator, and popular historian, The Abbe Pierre François Guyot- Desfontaines, most known today for his literary arguments with Voltaire. Bound together with letters and other works; being: Eloge Historique de Pantalon-Phoebus; Relation de ce qui s'eft paffe au fujet de la reception de Messire Christophle Mathanasius; Pantalo-Phebeana ou Memoires, Observations, et Anecdotes, Au Sujet de Pantalon-Phebus; Lettre D'un Rat Calotin, a Citron Barbet, au Sujet de L'Histoire des Chats, Par M. de Montgrif -- A l'ufage des beaux Efprits du Siecle. Avec l'Eloge Historique de Pantalon - Phoebus. Par un Avocat de Province. Troisieme Edition. Corrigee & Augmentee de plus de deux cent Articles, de la Reception de l'illuftre Meffire Chriftophle Mathanafius a l'Academie Fancoife, d'une Reponce de Monfieur le Doyen de l'Academie, des Remarques, du Pantalon-Phebeana ou Memoires, obfervations & Anecdotes au fujet de Pantalon-Phoebus, de deux Lettres d'un Rat Calotin a Citron Barbet au fujet de l'Hiftoire des Chats, &c. Par l' Auter du Dictionaire Neologique.

Cracking to joint corners of upper board. Spine crown and tail chipped. Minor bumping with rubbing to fore-edge corners. Some soiling to the leather. Very minor annotations to front blank preliminaries. Very minor age marks and corner creases throughout. Good Condition. $180 AUD. Book#0013144 Read More Categories: Antiquarian & Rare, Foreign Language, French, Reference HISTORY OF THE QUEENSLAND BAR

Ross Johnston

Brisbane: Bar Association of Queensland, 1978. First Edition. 22cm x 16cm. viii, 213 pages. Pictorial wrappers.

Queensland historian, and recipient of the John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction, Ross Johnston's first book History of the Queensland Bar is the first history of the practice and performance of Queensland's legal world. This copy bears the signature of former Senator for Queensland and current Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, George Brandis. An interesting association copy of this scarce work on Queensland legal history.

Chipping and 2cm tears to spine edges at tail. Some insect damage to fore- edge of rear cover. Foxing to wrappers verso and first/last page. Good Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0013171 Read More Categories: Australia, Countries, Law & Criminal Studies, Queensland

INDECENT ASSAULT

Roger Moody

London: Word Is Out/Peace News, 1980. Second Printing. 21cm x 15cm. 64 pages. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.

The author's account of his trial and acquittal at the Old Baily in 1979 on charges of serious sexual assault on a young boy.

Some foxing and minor general wear to wrappers and edges. Very Good Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0013175

Read More Category: Sexuality - Intergenerational PAEDOPHILIA AND PUBLIC MORALS

A Campaign Against Public Morals

London: CAPM, 1980. First Edition. 21cm x 15cm. 58 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.

Published in the lead up to the trial of Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), members at the Old Bailey this booklet, "written by a collective of paedophiles and other gay men, gives a detailed account of the development of law on children’s sexuality in Britain and relates it to a theory of patriarchy in capitalist society".

Some wear and soiling to wrappers. Internally clean. Very Good Condition. $200 AUD. Book#0013176 Read More Category: Sexuality - Intergenerational

SEX, LOVE AND MARRIAGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

William A. McRae

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1946. Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged. 19cm x 13cm. 206 pages. Red cloth, black lettering.

William "Bill" Alexander McRae (1904-1973) was an Australian sportsman, psychotherapist, and minister. He published 5 books during the 1940s much of which explores the connection between emotional problems and physical illness and strongly influence by the works of Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and George Groddeck. This book focuses on practical insight into the emotional states governing sex and relationships.

Very minor wear to cloth with slight discolouration to slightly cocked spine. Minor foxing to top edge. Bookseller label of Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney. Very Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013211 Read More Category: Sexology GAY INFORMATION: JOURNAL OF GAY STUDIES #17-18, LESBIAN ISSUE

The Gay Information Service

Sydney: The Gay Information Service, 1987. First Edition. 25cm x 18cm. 84 pages. Lettered self-wrappers.

Australian gay theoretical and political journal which "played a major role in providing the intellectual shift from gay liberation movement to gay community politics". Inside this issue: Women's Poetry of the body; a story in lieu of becoming Chantal Akerman's fuckgirl; love and hate in lesbian relationships, amazon mothers; lesbian madonnas; lesbians and AIDS; lesbian marriage; the hetero and homo: the sexual ethics of Luce Irigaray; the Women's Studies Conference, Sydney 1985, and more.

Minor edge wear and minor foxing to wrappers and edges. Very Good Condition. $25 AUD. Book#0013226 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ in Australia, LGBTIQ+ Lesbian Studies

GAY INFORMATION: JOURNAL OF GAY STUDIES #1, APRIL 1980

The Gay Information Service

Sydney: The Gay Information Service, 1980. First Edition. 25cm x 18cm. 16 pages. Lettered self-wrappers.

First issue of Australian gay theoretical and political journal which "played a major role in providing the intellectual shift from gay liberation movement to gay community politics". Inside this issue: the seduction of machismo; Phallos; androgyny; US reform; lesbian feminist theory.

Minor edge wear and minor foxing to wrappers and edges. Very Good Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0013227 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ Gay Studies, LGBTIQ+ in Australia LILLIPUTIAN NEWSPAPERS

James D. Henderson

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1936. First Edition. 20cm x 14cm. 93 pages, frontispiece, 7 illustrations, 1 plate, 5 micro-facsimiles in pocket at rear. Quarter cloth, leather label, gilt lettering, gilt top edge, no jacket, slipcase.

Discusses American and European miniature newspapers and magazines. Limited to 1000 copies designed by William Dana Orcutt and printed at the Plimpton Press.

Some unbolted pages. Slipcase spine panel missing. Near Fine Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0013248 Read More Category: Books on Books

GOOD VIBRATIONS

Kim Pearson; Wendy Newton

Canberra: Black Pear Productions, 1997. First Edition. Inscribed by Illustrator 18cm x 22cm. 100 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Comical feminist theory cartoons using the vibrator as trope. This copy inscribed with an original drawing.

Minor creasing to wrappers. Very minor general wear. Very Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013285 Read More Categories: Gender Studies, Humour TRANSITS & RETURNS

Tarah Hogue; Sarah Biscarra Dilley; Freja Carmichael; Leuli Eshraghi; Lana Lopesi

Vancouver / Brisbane: Vancouver Art Gallery / Institute of Modern Art, 2019. First Edition. 25cm x 20cm. 128 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.

"This catalogue is a significant contribution to the emergent discourse on global Indigenous art while remaining grounded in the multi-local context of the Pacific, and Vancouver’s connections to this wider region. Co-produced with Vancouver Art Gallery, the catalogue includes a collectively authored text by the exhibition’s curators alongside two conversational texts by guest writers David Garneau and Kimberley Moulton, and Kahutoi Mere Te Kanawa and Marianne Nicolson. The essays explore the complexities of being Indigenous in the 21st century as expressed via recent art, curation and scholarship by Indigenous practitioners."

. New Book. $33 AUD. Book#0013313 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Indigenous Art

THE AERIAL WORLD: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE PHENOMENA AND LIFE OF THE ATMOSPHERE

G. Hartwig

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1877. Early Edition. 22cm x 15cm. xviii, 556 pages, 8 chromoxylopgrahic plates, woodcuts. Prize leather binding, marbled edges and endpapers.

Georg Hartwig (1813-80) was a German scientific writer who produced popular works on geographical and natural history topics. The Aerial World was original published in 1869. This copy is a North Adelaide Grammar School prize binding of an early edition. Map missing, gorgeous colour plates, numerous unnumbered woodcut illustrations.

Leather rubbed and soiled in places. Minor cracking. Minor soiling in places. Good Condition. $65 AUD. Book#0013328 Read More Category: Natural History & Resources THE RELIGION OF THE TEMPASUK DUSUNS OF NORTH BORNEO

I. H. N. Evans

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First Edition. 23cm x 15cm. xviii, 579 pages, 22 plates of black and white photographs, fold- out map. Brown cloth, gilt lettering.

An ethnographic account of the cultural and religious beliefs of the Dusun people of North Borneo. Includes detailed rites and ceremonies, sixty-five folk tales, and a collection of the author's photographs. Ivor Hugh Norman Evans (1886-1957) was a British anthropologist, ethnographer, and archaeologist. He spent most of his working life in what is now Malaysia. After taking an early retirement and returning to England he soon went back to Malaysia and continued his ethnographic research. This was his final book which he wrote after returning to Borneo to continue his ethnographic research during his retirement .

Minor chipping to spine crown. Very minor foxing to top edge and endpapers. Extremely minor insect damage to top edge. Very Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0013332 Read More Categories: Anthropology, Asia, Borneo, Countries, Malaysia, Religion & Theology

THE BEAUTIES & DEFECTS IN THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE

H. Alken

London: James Toovey, 1881. Reprint. 28cm x 19cm. 29 pages, 18 plates. Quarter cloth, illustrated papered boards.

First published in 1816 the author Henry Thomas Alken attempts to show the good and bad points of the horse through a series of detailed illustrations.

Some closed tears and chipping to discoloured spine. Rubbing and wear to boards. Toning to endpapers, very minor foxing to first/last few pages. Bookplate of Douglas Anstruther. Good Condition. $100 AUD. Book#0013337 Read More Category: Animals & Birds RADICALS, SLAYERS AND VILLAINS: PRINTS FROM THE BAILLIEU LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Kerrianne Stone

Melbourne: University of Melbourne Library, 2014. First Edition. 27cm x 21cm. vi, 82 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.

Exhibition catalogue of prints from Baillieu Library, comprising of etchings, engravings, and woodcuts exploring controversial mythological, biblical, and historical figures. Artists include Durer, Goya, Rembrandt, Thomas Holloway, and many more.

. Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013355 Read More Category: Art & Design

THE ARTISAN'S BOOK OF FETISHCRAFT

John Huxley

Emeryville: Greenery Press, 2013. First Edition. 28cm x 22cm. [viii], 224 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Patterns and instructions for creating professional fetishwear, restraints and equipment.

. New Book. $45 AUD. Book#0013357 Read More Category: Sexuality - Fetish & Kink UNION WITH REALITY: THE ART OF LEONARD BROWN

Leonard Brown

Brisbane: QUT Art Museum, 2011. First Edition. Signed by Author 23cm x 17cm. 68 pages, colour illustrations. Lettered wrappers.

Exhibition catalogue for Queensland artist Leonard Brown, being the first exhibition of both his abstract and Byzantine Icon works drawing from three decades of practice. This copy signed by Brown to the front flyleaf.

. Fine Condition. $80 AUD. Book#0013369 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art

FLASH NOS 1 AND 2, 1974-75

Steven Alexander

Los Angeles: FLASH Publishing Company, 1974-75. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 78, 84 pages, illustrations and photographs, some colour. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.

"Sex! Dope! Cheap thrills! Get the lowdown on drug use, Pop Art, Underground Comix, and 1970s cool culture, along with stunning photos of weed, casual nudity, paraphernalia and good times! It's all there in FLASH!" Featuring artwork by Robert Williams, Larry Todd, Warren Greenwood, Dave Sheridan, Pete Von Sholly, and more. Classic vintage marijuana culture in unread condition.

Very minor shelf and general wear. Near Fine Condition. $40 AUD. Book#0013385

Read More Categories: Cannabis, Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia CHERRY POPTART #2

Larry Welz

Berkeley: Last Gasp, 1985. First Edition. 26cm x 18cm. [42] pages, black and white comic illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.

A first printing of the second in the series of Larry Welz Archie-inspired porn comics.

. Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013393 Read More Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EMBRYOLOGY

Alfred C. Haddon

London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1887. First Edition. 24cm x 17cm. xxx, 336 pages, black and white illustrations. Red cloth, gilt lettering, blind triple rule and decoration.

'An Introduction to the Study of Embryology' was the first published book by Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940). Originally a biologist he later became an influential anthropologist and ethnologist conducting notable fieldwork in the Torres Strait and effectively founding the School of Anthropology at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Ex-Universitat Sidneiens Bibliothec, library binding and stamps. Rebacked. Minor soiling to first and last page. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes. Good Condition (ex-library). $150 AUD. Book#0013406 Read More Categories: Medicine & Health, Science & Technology, Sexology SUGGESTION AND AUTOSUGGESTION: A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL STUDY BASED UPON THE INVESTIGATIONS MADE BY THE NEW NANCY SCHOOL

Charles Baudouin

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1922. Reprint. 22cm x 14cm. 288 pages. Original boards recently rebacked in green cloth, paper label, blind rule.

A series of clippings on hypnotic childbirth tipped and taped to front endpaper.

Foxing. Previous owner's signature. Good Condition. $25 AUD. Book#0013407 Read More Category: Psychology & Psychiatry

RASPRAVA: PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT IN SOVIET RUSSIA

E. J. Harrison

London: Geoffrey Bles, [1924]. First Edition. 20cm x 14cm. 309 pages, [10] advertisements. Rebound blue cloth, paper label.

Scarce novel by Ernest John Harrison (1873-1961), an English writer and judoka. He was the first person born outside of Japan to attain the ranking of black belt in Kodokan judo.

Exterior Fine. Various private member's library stamps, including Brisbane's radical Institute for Social Ecology, C. T. A. Club stamp throughout. Some foxing. Minor dampstain to crown fore-edge. A few page corner creases. Very Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013413 Read More Category: Fiction ENGINEERING SUPPLY CO. OF AUSTRALIA 1935 GUIDE BOOK

E. S. C. A.

Brisbane: E. S. C. A., 1935. First Edition. 28cm x 22cm. xii, 282 pages. Lettered wrappers.

Scarce early tool catalogue of the Engineering Supply Co. of Australia, based on Edward St., Brisbane.

Chunk missing from wrappers at spine head and a 7.5cm closed tear to spine tail edge. Some soiling and staining to wrappers with a previous owner's signature to front cover and minor creasing to fore-edge corners. Pin hole through text block near crown spine corner. Interior clean and bright, text block firm. Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0013416 Read More Categories: Antiquarian & Rare, Engineering, Industrial, Trade

REMEMBERING THE FUTURE: WARLPIRI LIFE THROUGH THE PRISM OF DRAWING

Melinda Hinkson

Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2014. First Edition. 28cm x 25cm. xii, 178 pages, colour illustrations, map. Illustrated wrappers.

"What can a collection of drawings reveal about their makers? Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of Central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been seen by others. In a lucid style Remembering the Future tracks the return to communities of an important collection, six decades after they were made. Discussions with many people, journeys to places and archival research build a compelling account of the colonial and contemporary circumstances of Warlpiri lives."

. Fine Condition. $45 AUD. Book#0013423 Read More Categories: Aboriginal Australia, Art & Design, Australia, Countries, Indigenous Art, Northern Territory FIT OR UNFIT FOR MARRIAGE

Th. H. Van De Velde

London: Chapman and Hall, 1934. First Edition. 22cm x 15cm. xii, 362 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering.

Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873-1937) was a Dutch gynaecologist famed for his earlier book Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique. His work around female ovulation paved the way for modern reproductive treatment and natural family planning.

Discolouration to spine. Closed tears to spine edges at crown. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes, in ink. Lengthy notation to endpapers, in pencil. Good Condition. $80 AUD. Book#0013440 Read More Categories: Sexology, Sexuality & Relationships

DAMN FINE ART BY NEW LESBIAN ARTISTS

Cherry Smith

London: Cassell, 1996. First Edition. 25cm x 25cm. [vi], 154 pages, illustrations, some in colour. Black cloth, silver lettering, pictorial jacket.

"The first in-depth study of contemporary lesbian art."

. Fine Condition. $35 AUD. Book#0013451 Read More Categories: Art & Design, LGBTIQ+ Lesbian Art NO. 472 CHEYNE WALK: CARNACKI: THE UNTOLD STORIES

A. F. Kidd; Rick Kennett

Ashcroft: Ash-Tree Press, 2002. First Edition. 22cm x 14cm. xiv, 242 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.

"William Hope Hodgson's 'Carnacki, The Ghost Finder' was published in 1913, and contained six stories describing the adventures of the plucky occult detective Thomas Carnacki. Each story followed the same formula: Carnacki, having successfully concluded an investigation into the Ab-natural, would meet with four friends at his home near the Thames Embankment and regale them with the hair-raising details before dismissing them good-naturedly into the night. Like the detective stories of Sherlock Holmes, the Carnacki tales contain several references to other, never-described cases. These references- -never elaborated upon by Hodgson--intrigued writers A. F. (Chico) Kidd and Rick Kennett, who, in Great Britain and Australia respectively, decided to try to fill in some of the details. They proceeded independently until Rick, attempting to write a Carnacki tale titled 'The Steeple Monster', realised that he needed the assistance of someone versed in bells and bell towers. Chico was invited to collaborate on the tale; and she agreed, adding that she had written a few Carnacki pastiches of her own... Their first four stories were published by the Ghost Story Society in 1992, in a booklet entitled 'No. 472 Cheyne Walk'. Since then both authors have continued to explore the mysterious world of Carnacki, and the result is the present volume, which adds a further eight tales to the four originally published in 1992. These tales take Carnacki as far afield as Australia, and provide details of his early life, and the experiences which set him in pursuit of the other-worldly. There is even an opportunity, in 'Arkright's Tale', for one of Carnacki's regular dinner companions to demonstrate how much he has learned from his friend; and introduce us to a very special guest, who himself knows a thing or two about the supernatural."

Very minor bumping to fore-edge corners. Near Fine Condition. $200 AUD. Book#0013465 Read More Categories: Fiction, Horror MAPS SPECIAL EDITION: PSYCHEDELICS, DEATH AND DYING

David Jay Brown

Santa Cruz: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2010. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 48 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Volume XX, Number 1. Articles on psychedelics and death with contributions by Stanslav Grof, Charles S. Grob, Ralph Metzner, David E. Nichols, and more

Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. $10 AUD. Book#0013480 Read More Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia

THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON (7 VOLUMES)

Lord Byron

London: John Murray, 1821-3. Early Edition. 17cm x 11cm. 7 volumes. Brown cloth, gilt lettering.

7 volumes of Lord Byron in uniform bindings published between 1821 and 1823 being early editions of: 1. Chile Harold's Pilgrimage (2 vols.); 3. The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos, and The Corsair; 4. Lara, Siege of Corinth, Parisina, The Prisoner of Chillon, Beppo, and Mazeppa; 5. Manfred, the Herbrew Melodies, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Monody on the Death of Sheridan, Lament of Tasso, and selected poems, 6. Marino Faliero, and Prophecy of Dante; 7. Sardanapalus: A Tragedy.

Discolouration to cloth with some minor soil marks and rubbing wear to edges. Internally some foxing throughout, minor soiling, and a few page corner creases. Previous owner's signature to front free endaper of 2 volumes. Good Condition. $200 AUD. Book#0013501 Read More Categories: Poetry, Theatre & Plays GERHARD RICHTER: A PRIVATE VIEW

Jurgen Schilling

Athens: Frissiras Museum, 2005. First Edition. 30cm x 24cm. 120 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards.

Exhibition catalogue accompanying a 2005 exhibition at the Frissiras Museum, Athens. Text is bilingual in Greek and English.

Minor wear to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers. Some small soil marks to text on page 86/7. Very Good Condition. $85 AUD. Book#0013502 Read More Category: Art & Design

LIFE AND WORK

Vincent Brown; Lin Bloomfield

Sydney: Odana Editions, 1980. First Edition. 30cm x 22cm. 80 pages, illustrations, some in colour. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, cloth slipcase.

One of the deluxe copies signed by Vincent Brown and numbered 149 with an original etching, A. W. Albers.

Cocked. Very minor chip to fore-edge of rear free endpaper. A couple of blemishes to slipcase. Near Fine Condition. $125 AUD. Book#0013513 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art DOING RUDE THINGS: THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEX FILM, 1957-1981

David McGillivray

London: Sun Tavern Fields, 1992. First Edition. 25cm x 17cm. 141 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.

A detailed history of the British sex film illustrated throughout with production frames, promotional photographs, and posters.

Minor foxing and wear to edges. Very Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0013658 Read More Categories: Film, Radio & Television, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

THE ENTHEOGEN REVIEW VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 1

David Aardvark; Keeper Trout

Sacramento: The Entheogen Review, 2005. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 48 pages. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.

The Journal of Unauthorized Research on Visionary Plants and Drugs. In this issue: Albert Hofmann speaks, d-LA into d-LSD via PyPOB, Salvia divinorum, the bust of Marc Emery, Galbulimima belgraveana / Agara bark, Absinthe, Acacia obtusifolia, DMT, and more. Contributions by Albert Hofmann, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, John Halpern, Michael Mithoefer, Dana Larsen, Susan Blackmore, Jonathan Ott, Mulga, David Aardvark, et al.

. Fine Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0013724

Read More Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia LO ZIBALDONE: POEMETTO BURLESCO

Atanasio Da Verrocchio (Domenico Luigi Batacchi)

Italia: [No publisher], 1808. Early Edition. 15cm x 9cm. [iv], 269 pages. Quarter leather, gilt lettering, blind decoration. Text is in Italian.

Cute volume of Italian poetry being 12 cantos of the Burlesque Poem by Italian poet Domenico Luigi Batacchi (1748-1802) and published under his pseudonym Father Atanasio Da Verrocchio.

Rubbing to leather and edges. Singular worming hole to lower joint. Very occasional minor foxing. Single early ink annotation. Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0013748 Read More Categories: Foreign Language, Italian, Poetry

AUSTRALIANS: A HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND ATLAS (12 VOLUMES)

S. G. Foster; et al.

Sydney: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, 1987. First Edition. 28cm x 20cm, 11 volumes. 40cm x 27cm, atlas, 12 volumes in total, colour illustrations, photographs, maps. Quarter bonded leather, brown lettering, illustrated inlays.

12 volume set of Australians: A Historical Library. Includes the Atlas and 1988 supplement. A comprehensive reference work for Australian history by hundreds of Australian academics and historians.

Minor shelf wear. Very minor rubbing to lower joint of Index volume. Minor soiling to boards of Atlas volume. Binding defect to upper board of Events and Places volume being a small bubble near the tail fore-edge. Near Fine Condition. $350 AUD. Book#0013765 Read More Categories: Australia, Countries, History AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945 (22 VOLUMES)

Gavin Long; Barton Maughan; Lionel Wigmore; Dudley McCarthy; David Dexter; G. Germon Gill; Douglas Gillison; George Odgers; John Gerington; Paul Hasluck; S. J. Butlin; D. P. Mellor; Allan S. Walker

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1952-77. First Edition. 24cm x 16cm. 22 volumes, black and white illustrations, photographs, maps. Cloth, gilt lettering, lettered jackets.

Complete set with dustjackets of the Australian War Memorial history of Australia in the second world war. The history is presented in 5 series: Army, Navy, Air, Civil, and Medical. Volumes are first printings except for three which are second printings. Full list of titles: 1. To Benghazi by Gavin Long (1952); 2. Greece Crete and Syria by Gavin Long (1953); 3. Tobruk and El Alamein by Barton Maughan (1966); 4. The Japanese Thrust by Lionel Wigmore (1957); 5. South-West Pacific Area First Year: Kokoda to Wau by Dudley McCarthy (1959); 6. The New Guinea Offensives by David Dexter (1961); 7. The Final Campaigns by Gavin Long (1963); 8. Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942 by G. Hermon Gill (1957); 9. Royal Australian Navy, 1942-1945 by G. Hermon Gill (1968); 10. Royal Australian Air Force, 1939-1942 by Douglas Gillison (1962); 11. Air War Against Japan, 1943-1945 by George Odgers (1957); 12. Air War Against Germany & Italy, 1939-1943 by John Herington (1954); 13. Air Power Over Europe, 1944-1945 (1963); 14. The Government and the People, 1939-1941 by Paul Hasluck (1956, second printing); 15. The Government and the People, 1942-1945 by Paul Hasluck (1970); 16. War Economy, 1939-1942 by S. J. Butlin (1955); 17. War Economy, 1942-1945 by S. J. Butlin and C. B. Schedvin (1977); 18. The Role of Science and Industry by D. P. Mellor (1958) 19. Medical Services of the R. A. N. and R. A. A. F. by Allan S. Walker (1961); 20. The Island Campaigns by Allan S. Walker (1957) 21. Middle East and Far East by Allan S. Walker (1956, second printing); 22. Clinical Problems of War by Allan S. Walker (1956, second printing)

Overall set is in Very Good Condition in Good Condition Jackets. Minor wear and marks to cloth of some volumes. Small cup ring to upper board of RAAF 1939-42 volume. Discolouration and soiling to spine crown of Air War Against Germany volume. Soiling to lower board of War Economy 1942-45 volume from jacket becoming stuck, now released. Ghosting and minor marks to some endpapers. Toning to a few edges. Very minor dampstaining to fore-edge of 2 volumes, South-West Pacific and New Guinea Offensives. Dampstain to crown fore-edge corner of Medical Services of the RAN and RAAF volume. Jackets are worn with chips and tears to edges, some jackets have chunks missing from spine crown, 2 jackets dampstaining to the spines, and 1 volume stained to the tail, 3 jackets in Fair Condition with large closed tears. All jackets now presenting well in protective wrappers. Very Good Condition. $1000 AUD. Book#0013766 Read More Categories: Military & Warfare, WWII THC & TROPACOCAINE

Otto Snow

Spring Hill: Thoth, 2004. First Edition. 23cm x 15cm. x, 182 pages, black and white illustrations and photographs. Pictorial wrappers.

Detailed study of the medical uses of THC and Tropacocaine.

. Fine Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0013799 Read More Categories: Cannabis, Cocaine, Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, Science & Technology

AUBREY BEARDSLEY: THE FIN-DE-SIECLE MAGICIAN OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS

Hiroshi Unno

Tokyo: PIE Books, 2020. First Thus. 26cm x 19cm. 240 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.

First full English edition. "In a brief life and even briefer career -- he died of tuberculosis in 1898 aged 25 -- Aubrey Beardsley created some of the late 19th-century’s most well-known images, including illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s Salome, Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur and The Tales of Edgar Allen Poe. This new edition features more than 180 of Beardsley’s works, influenced by Japanese woodblock printing and infused with his fascination for the grotesque and the sexual." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $60 AUD. Book#0013811 Read More Category: Art & Design ADVANCING THE STATUS OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE: A HISTORY OF ZONTA INTERNATIONAL, 1919-1999

Theresa de Langis

Paducah: Turner Publishing, 2000. First Edition. 31cm x 23cm. 114 pages, black and white photographs. Red bonded leather, gilt lettering, pictorial inlay.

Published in conjunction with the 80th year celebrations of Zonta International. A detailed history of the organisation illustrated with photographs through. Contains short biographies of past presidents and important members.

Very minor foxing to top edge. Near Fine Condition. $200 AUD. Book#0013860 Read More Categories: Gender Studies, Groups, Clubs & Associations

THE CREATIVE DIRECTORY TO AUSTRALIA 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985 (3 VOLUMES)

Creative Publications

Hong Kong: Creative Publications, 1983. First Edition. 25cm x 14cm. 3 volumes. Ring bound lettered boards.

The contact directory for Australian Creatives in the 1980s. Lists names, address, and phone numbers for individuals and agencies for any creative job from photographers, film production, and musicians, to model agencies, advertising, P.R., and more. Provided to Australia's top advertiser's these books were where to be found for advertising industry gigs.

Minor wear and soiling to boards and edges. Toning to upper board of vol. 2. Very minor foxing to first and last pages. Signature of Brisbane creative Malcolm Enright to title page of vols 2 and 3. Very Good Condition. $250 AUD. Book#0013875 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art THE CECCHETTI LEGACY: AN ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CECCHETTI METHOD OF CLASSICAL BALLET

Ann Hutchinson Guest; Toby Bennett

Alton: Dance Books, 2007. First Edition. 30cm x 21cm. [v], 378 pages, illustrated dance steps. Lettered wrappers.

"The Cecchetti Legacy provides a more detailed account of the Cecchetti Method than has hitherto been available. Based largely on Ann Hutchinson Guest's notations from the 1950's and 60's, this is a complete record of all of the enchainements recorded in the manuals including some, which although not 'original', reflect important principles of the Method. This book will be of great use to anyone making an in-depth study of Cecchetti's enchainements as well as those interested in a more general study of their style and technique. It contains an extensive, discursive analysis of the Cecchetti style and technique using word descriptions and Labanotation examples. In addition all of the exercises and enchainements are notated fully in Labanotation, providing a detailed account including some alternative versions taught by early teachers of the work." (publisher's blurb)

Minor general wear. Very minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Very Good Condition. $55 AUD. Book#0013881 Read More Category: Dance

MEMOIRES DE J. CASANOVA DE SEINGALT (8 VOLUMES)

J. Casanova de Seingalt

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1924. New Edition. 19cm x 13cm. 8 volumes, frontispieces, black and white illustrations. Quarter leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers. Text is in French.

Uniformly bound 8 volume set of the Memories of Jacques Casanova with frontispieces and wood engravings throughout by De Maillart.

Minor wear to leather and board edges. Minor toning to some pages. Bookseller label of A. H. Spencer, Melbourne. Very Good Condition. $400 AUD. Book#0013893 Read More Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Fine Bindings, Foreign Language, French 150 YEARS OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY: A SPECIAL REVIEW

Werner Roelen

Neubiberg: AC Verlags, [1990]. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 98 pages, colour photographs. Pictorial wrappers.

A history of nude photography from 1840-1990. Essays on David Hamilton, Hideki Fujii, Jacques Bourboulon, Karin Szekessy, Uwe Ommer, Paolo Curto, Lucien Clergue, Jan Saudek, and Hugh Hefner. Not recorded in OCLC at August, 2020.

Small mark to front cover from sticker removal. Minor general wear. Very Good Condition. $35 AUD. Book#0013907 Read More Categories: Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Alain Laboile

Berlin: Kehrer, 2015. First Edition. 30cm x 25cm. 112 pages, black and white photographs. Tan cloth, white lettering, pictorial onlay.

"Alain Laboile resides with his family in a small village in the southwest of France. A sculptor by trade, he acquired his first camera as a tool to record his creations in metal only a few years ago. But his gaze soon turned to his family whose natural and uninhibited lifestyle quickly came to completely dominate his camera's attention. Completely untrained in photographic technique, Laboile distinguishes himself as one of the great natural talents in the history of the medium. The immensely human photography of Alain Laboile is original, straightforward and, image by image, one of the most remarkable documents on the life of a family ever assembled. Innocent and yet phenomenally adroit, Laboile's photographs set a new standard for work that addresses the lives of children. His near magical ability with the camera helps him make images that have no equal for spontaneity. In addition to his graphic intelligence and brilliance in stopping motion, he is as well especially skilled at fixing the psychological moment. A master of the decisive moment, Laboile's work invites instant comparison to that of his compatriots Lartigue and Bresson." (Jock Sturges, publisher's blurb)

. Fine Condition. $350 AUD. Book#0013921 Read More Category: Photography DER MANN IN DER KUNST (BAND 4)

Peter Flinsch

Berlin: Janssen, 1995. First Edition. 30cm x 23cm. [48] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Volume 4 of The Man In Art featuring the drawings of Peter Flinsch. Short preface and biography is multilingual in German, English, and French.

Very minor general wear. Bookplate of Dr. Gary Simes. Near Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0014090 Read More Categories: Art & Design, LGBTIQ+ Gay Art

EMA NUDE IN AFRICA

Masaya Nakamura

Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1978. Reprint. 20cm x 22cm. [118] pages, black and white photographs. Black papered boards, grey lettering, pictorial jacket. Text is in Japanese with an English introduction, primarily photographs.

Nude photoseries by Masaya Nakamura of model Emma Sugimoto in Africa.

Very slightly cocked. Minor wear to board edges. Some general wear to jacket with a chip to the top flap corner of the front panel. Very Good Condition. $90 AUD. Book#0014105 Read More Categories: Africa, Countries, Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica MASSE GRIS-NOIR (ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO)

Yoshi Fumihayashi

Tokyo: Editions Treville, 2006. First Edition. 37cm x 27cm (folder size), 36cm x 26cm (print size). 8 prints. Quarter cloth portfolio folder, garter strap.

Portfolio of 8 erotic prints by Yoshi Fumihayashi housed in a portfolio folder with black garter. All prints are signed and numbered 35 of an edition of 180.

Prints are in Fine Condition. Folder is Near Fine Condition with a very minor bump to the middle of the top edge of the lower board. Fine Condition. $250 AUD. Book#0014110 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Contemporary Surreal & Imaginative Figurative Art, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

WHAT ARE YA?

Jenny Pausacker

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1988. Reprint. 20cm x 13cm. 146 pages. Illustrated wrappers.

The first Australian lesbian young adult fiction novel.

Some wear and rubbing to wrappers. Good Condition. $25 AUD. Book#0014129 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ Lesbian Fiction, Teens & Young Adult PRINCESS OF DESIRE

Ken-ichi Murata

Glattbach: Editions Reuss, [2007]. First Edition. 32cm x 25cm. [84] pages, colour photographs. Pictorial matte papered boards, pictorial jacket. Text is multilingual Japanese, German, English, French, primarily photographs.

Second photobook of Japanese photographer and visual artist Ken-ichi Murata. Erotic fairytale photographs of nude spreads, erotic noir, bondage, medical, and urination kink.

. New Book. $90 AUD. Book#0014163 Read More Categories: Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

LA VIE SEXUELLE DE TINTIN

Jan Bucquoy

Brussels: Jan Bucquoy, 1992. Early Edition. 30cm x 21cm. [48] pages, black and white comic illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers. Text is in French.

Dirty dirty Tin Tin comic.

Wear and soiling to wrappers and edges. Minor bump to crown fore-edge corner. Internally clean. Good Condition. $60 AUD. Book#0014176 Read More Category: Sexuality - Art & Erotica FROM SHADOW INTO LIGHT: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS SINCE COLONISATION

Shirley Cameron Wilson; Alison M. Dolling

Adelaide: Delmont, 1988. First Thus. 27cm x 21cm. xvi, 208 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Paperback edition printed later than the hardcover edition and comes with an errata slip laid in.

Very minor wear to wrappers. Near Fine Condition. $40 AUD. Book#0014179 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art

SEX AND HORROR: THE ART OF FERNANDO CARCUPINO

Nicola D'Agostino

London: Korero Press, 2019. First Edition. 26cm x 22cm. 176 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.

"The third volume in the bestselling Sex and Horror series, which celebrates the publishing craze known as 'fumetti sexy': Italian adult comics and cartoons with a unique take on such genres as horror, crime, fantasy, history and fairy tales. Their huge success in the 1960s and '70s was due in part to their uninhibited mix of twisted humour, gory violence, and up-front eroticism, but the element that makes them so collectable today is their technicolour cover illustrations, rendered by classically trained painters. This book focuses on the work of Fernando Carcupino famed not just for his comic work but his pinups as well. Sex and Horror Volume Three is another visual feast of outrageous pulp art." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $35 AUD. Book#0014197 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Sexuality - Art & Erotica LOT OF 10 BUTOH PERFORMANCE FLYERS

Kazuo Ohno

Japan: Various Publishers, 1994-2007. First Edition. 30cm x 21cm. 10 pieces, colour photographs.

Lot of 10 butoh flyers and posters for performances between 1994 and 2007. Most are for late career performances by Kazuo Ohno but the lot also features other performers including Yoshito Ohno and others. Many of the posters feature photography by Eikoh Hosoe.

. Fine Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0014344 Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Dance, Japan

YAYOI KUSAMA

Yayoi Kusama

Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 2004. Second Edition. 27cm x 26cm. 312 pages, colour photographs and illustrations. Pictorial glossy papered boards. Text is bilingual English & Japanese.

Exhibition catalogue.

Very minor wear to board edges. Near Fine Condition. $80 AUD. Book#0014349 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Asia, Asian Art, Contemporary Art, Countries, Japan WESTERN AKT

Andre de Dienes

Flensburg: Stephenson Verlag, 1969. Third Printing. 25cm x 25cm. 148 pages, photographs, some in colour. Quarter cloth, pictorial papered boards. Text is multilingual, German, English & French, primarily photographs.

Striking nudes in the Arizona desert.

Rubbing to fore-edge corners. Very minor sticker residue mark to front free endpaper. Bookseller inkstamp of Reads Rare Bookshop, Brisbane. Good Condition. $80 AUD. Book#0014351 Read More Categories: Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

AIRPORT ENCOUNTER

James Badger

: Privately Printed, 2012. First Edition. 21cm x 15cm. [iii], 401 pages. Illustrated wrappers.

Erotic coming of age fiction with some homosexual themes set in Brisbane, Armidale, and Toulouse. Limited private printing of 100 copies. "Nigel Wellesley is an Australian choirboy and this book follows him and his talented group of friends from their first sexual experiences into being teenagers. The action switches between Brisbane, Armidale and Toulouse as Nigel has to cope with his girlfriend Jane Barton being in a different city, and then in a different country, but he has plenty of sex-play with his fellow boys while they are separated. Music naturally plays a major part in the story. Mark Ambon is a talented composer and his very shy girlfriend Rose Trescowick is a poet, while Andy Riemer (son of a jazz musician) juggles being a child prodigy pianist with surfing. All of these have major parts in the plot, as do a dirt-poor Moroccan immigrant family in Armidale who Nigel and Jane befriend. A heart-warming, and quite sexually explicit, story." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $30 AUD. Book#0014353 Read More Categories: Fiction, LGBTIQ+ Gay Fiction, Sexuality - Erotic Fiction LEATHER LUNCH

Anonymous

New York: Star Distributors, 1985. First Edition. 18cm x 11cm. 170 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Rough Trade gay pulp. RT-562.

Victorian censorship and price sticker to front cover. Minor wear to wrapper edges. Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0014362 Read More Category: LGBTIQ+ Gay Fiction

FORGING, STAMPING AND GENERAL SMITHING

Benjamin Saunders

London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1912. First Edition. 22cm x 14cm. ix, 428 pages, 728 illustrations, 56 pages of advertisements. Blue cloth, leather label, gilt lettering.

A reference book for foremen smiths, managers and engineers, giving fully dimensioned drawings, times of making, and finished weights of over 600 common types of mild steel forgings and stampings.

Cocked. Cloth mottled and soiled. Stain to tail at spine. Previous owner's signature with signature in places throughout in blue crayon. Fair Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0014393 Read More Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade THE TELEPHONE BOOK: THE STORY OF A GIRL WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S GREATEST OBSCENE PHONE CALL

Merwin Bloch

[Winterthur]: Kunsthalle Winterthur, [2010]. First Edition. 29cm x 22cm. 2 volumes, poster, DVD. Lettered box.

"The Telephone Book is the only film ever produced by Merv Bloch (*1938, lives and works in New York), one of Hollywoods most acclaimed art directors and public relations managers. Shot in 1971, it is miles away from the then current New Hollywood trend in commercial cinema, but instead indulges itself in the visual spirit of the glamorous New York Pop Art scene. The story is about Alice, a pretty, young girl who falls in love with 'the world's greatest obscene phone call'. The movie was shown in New York and Los Angeles in only two cinemas in each; it was a complete failure and only survived in the memory of a few as a disappeared cult movie. In 2008 Florian Lambl and Moritz Peters from Hello Film in Berlin found a short clip on youtube; they got in touch with Merv Bloch, found a still existing copy of the film and produced a catalogue including a DVD. The show at Kunsthalle presents vintage film stills, the complete shooting script, various documents and of course the film itself. In collaboration with Hello Film a special limited edition of the catalogue has been published to accompany the exhibition." (publisher's blurb) Signed and numbered edition of 150, of which this is number 125. Includes a catalogue of images and text, facsimile volume of the original screenplay, a large fold out poster and DVD in case.

Box is in Very Good Condition with some wear, creasing, and marking. Books and DVD are in Fine Condition. Near Fine Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0014496 Read More Categories: Film, Radio & Television, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

TERRIBLY AWESOME PHOTO BOOKS

Paul Kooiker; Erik Kessels

[Gent]: Art Paper Editions, 2012. First Edition. 37cm x 30cm. [64] pages, colour photographs. Unbound folded newspaper.

"For several years, Paul Kooiker and Erik Kessels have organized evenings for friends in which they share the strangest photo books in their collections. The books shown are rarely available in regular shops, but are picked up in thrift stores and from antiquaries. The group’s fascination for these pictorial non- fiction books comes from the need to find images that exist on the fringe of regular commercial photo books. It’s only in this area that it’s possible to find images with an uncontrived quality. What’s noticeable from these publications is that there’s a thin line between being terrible and being awesome. This constant tension makes the books interesting. It’s also worth noting that these tomes all fall within certain categories: the medical, instructional, scientific, sex, humour or propaganda. Paul Kooiker and Erik Kessels have made a selection of their finest books from within this questionable new genre." (publisher's blurb) Some toning. Very minor general wear. Very Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0014499 Read More Category: Photography

WORLD OF TATSUMI HIJIKATA, THE ORIGINATOR OF BUTOH: A COLLECTION OF DANCE PHOTOGRAPHS

Tadao Nakatani

Tokyo: Shinsensha, 2003. First Edition. 30cm x 22cm. 80 pages, black and white photographs, 1 tipped in photograph. Pictorial matte papered boards, slipcase with pictorial onlay and bellyband. Text is in Japanese, primarily photographs, captions are bilingual, English and Japanese.

Photographic record of Japanese dancer and co-founder of Butoh, Hijikata Tatsumi. Includes performances from the late 1960s to early 1970s as well as dancers from his Asbestos Studio.

Book is in Fine Condition. Minor wear to slipcase. Bellyband is chipped, torn, and creased. Near Fine Condition. $125 AUD. Book#0014515 Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Dance, Foreign Language, Japan, Japanese, Photography

THE BUDO KARATE OF MAS OYAMA: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF JAPAN'S STRONGEST FIGHTING ART

Cameron Quinn

Brisbane: Coconut Productions, 1987. First Edition. Signed by Author 26cm x 19cm. 236 pages, photographs, illustrations, some in colour. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.

Highly regarded text on Kyokushin Karate and the martial arts and philosophical teachings of Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994). This copy signed by Cameron Quinn.

Very minor wear to cloth. Minor foxing and soiling to edges. Moderate foxing to endpapers, minor to first and last few pages. Jacket is in Good Condition with minor shelf wear, moderate foxing, soiling, and staining to verso. Very Good Condition. $500 AUD. Book#0014521 Read More Category: Martial Arts CORUSCATIO: THE MAGICAL CACTUS VOICE

Frater Shiva

Los Lunas: Desert Star Temple, 2011. First Edition. 23cm x 15cm. xxiv, 158 pages. Illustrated wrappers.

First softcover edition, limited to 418 copies. Inspired by Aleister Crowley's Liber CMXXXIV - 934, this text fully titled, Sepher Nesek Magi Qaqtvs Qol vel Coruscatio, sub figurâ CMXXXIV: The Book of Libation – The Magical Cactus Voice, is an eccentric occult volume of ethnopharmacological libations.

Very minor shelf and edge wear. Near Fine Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0014528 Read More Categories: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, Magic, Paranormal & Occult

THE PASSION OF GENGOROH TAGAME: MASTER OF GAY EROTIC MANGA

Gengoroh Tagame; Anne Ishii; Chip Kidd; Graham Kolbeins

Berlin: Bruno Gmunder, 2016. Expanded Edition. 26cm x 18cm. 272 pages, [16] colour illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards, illustrated jacket.

Expanded with sixteen colour illustrations this omnibus edition contains ten English translations of Tagame's gay BDSM short stories. Introduction by Edmund White. Essays by Chip Kidd and Graham Kolbeins. Edited by Anne Ishii.

Minor wear to board and jacket edges. Near Fine Condition. $500 AUD. Book#0014533

Read More Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels, LGBTIQ+ Gay Art, Sexuality - Art & Erotica, Sexuality - Fetish & Kink THE NAKED CHILD: GROWING UP WITHOUT SHAME

Dennis Craig Smith; William Sparks

Los Angeles: Elysium Growth Press, 1986. First Edition. 23cm x 15cm. 221 pages, black and white photographs. Illustrated wrappers.

A detailed study on naturism/social nudity in the family and its effect on children.

Some shelf wear. Internally clean. Very Good Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0014561 Read More Categories: Sexuality in Society, Sociology & Culture, The Body

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND BIENNIAL MARSCHALL INTERNATIONAL CHEESE CONFERENCES (2 VOLUMES)

Marschall International Cheese Conference

Madison: Marschall, 1979-81. First Edition. 28cm x 22cm. vii, 626, [xii], 430 pages, 2 volumes. Illustrated wrappers.

130 papers on cheese, cheese, and more cheese, from the first two Marschall International Cheese Conferences held in September of 1979 and 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin. This is cheesy goodness for the most academic of cheese lovers. From common to rare cheeses: Mozzarella, parmesan, queso blanco, cottage, ricotta, white mold, cheddar, rennet, filtration, a history of individually wrapped processed cheese slices, these volumes are a valuable resource and a charming relic for the cheese enthusiast.

Volume 1: Spine creased. Shelf wear and some creasing to wrappers. Wrappers splitting at spine head and tail. Previous owner's name and address blacked out. Volume 2: Some foxing to wrappers. Good Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0014593 Read More Categories: Cooking, Wine & Dining, Engineering, Industrial, Trade MADONNA: SEX

Madonna; Steven Meisel; Fabien Baron; Glenn O'Brien

New York: Warner Books, 1992. First Edition. 35cm x 28cm. Unpaginated, photographs and illustrations. CD in mylar wrap. Spiralbound stamped aluminium boards, pictorial metallic mylar bag.

Madonna's classic coffee table book of erotic photography and all things sex.

Unopened in the original bag. An 8cm closed tear to one edge of the bag. Near Fine Condition. $400 AUD. Book#0014634 Read More Category: Sexuality - Art & Erotica

LONG LIVE MUTINY PIRATE TACTICS

Cap'n Mayhem of the Drunken Boat Crew

Olympia: Last Word Press, No date. Reprint. 22cm x 14cm. [12]pages. Illustrated saddle stapled wrappers.

"There is a growing dissatisfaction among many anarchists with the tactics and organization of the protests since Seattle. Many militant anarchists/anti- capitalists feel that the black-bloc form has "run its course" or at least needs to be supplemented by a new homegrown form of radical anarchist activism. Over the past year and a half, there have been many critiques both from within and outside the anarchist community about black bloc tactics and organization. Thus this pamphlet will not rehash old territory, but suggest an alternative (not a substitute) for contemporary anarchist tactics by expanding the idea of "Radical Defense". This new approach, called Mutiny, borrows many ideas from recent U.S. black blocs as well as other radical direct action groups (such as Ya Basta! ) while adding new methods of organizing and new short- term golas. In the end, Pirates, by using the articles and ideas of Mutiny, seek the same goal, as shared by most anarchists: a stateless community. end is the same, but the means, and organizing principles, are quite different." (from inside cover)

. New Book. $5 AUD. Book#0014638 Read More Category: Politics & Government HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL LOCK TOOLS (4 VOLUMES)

Eddie The Wire

Olympia: Last Word Press, 1980. Facsimile Edition. 22cm x 14cm. 32, 52, 44, 55 pages, 4 volumes, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.

4 volume facsmile of the 1980s Loompanics lock picking classic.

. New Book. $30 AUD. Book#0014639 Read More Category: Crafts & Hobbies

JOHN CAGE: A MYCOLOGICAL FORAY: VARIATIONS ON MUSHROOMS

John Cage; Lois Long; Alexander H. Smith

Los Angeles: Atelier Editions, 2020. First Edition. 28cm x 20cm. 168 pages, photographs and illustrations, some in colour. Illustrated wrappers. [21] sheets, colour illustrations. Lettered chemise. 2 volumes in lettered slipcase.

"Imagined as an extended mushroom-foraging expedition, John Cage: A Mycological Foray gathers together Cage's mushroom-themed compositions, photographs, illustrations and ephemera. Indeterminacy Stories and other writings by Cage are interwoven throughout the first volume within a central essay examining Cage's enduring relationship with mycology. Also included is a transcript of Cage's 1983 performance, MUSHROOMS et Variationes. The second volume is the inaugural reproduction of Cage's 1972 portfolio, Mushroom Book, authored in collaboration with illustrator Lois Long and botanist Alexander H. Smith. Readers are thus drawn through the landscape of Cage's mycologically centred oeuvre and interests, discovering assorted works, images, compositions, philosophies and ephemera, as one might encounter assorted fungi and flora while foraging." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $100 AUD. Book#0014685 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, Mushrooms, Music BONDI CLASSIC

Paul Freeman

Sydney: Cowboy Mouth Publishing, 2003. First Edition. 33cm x 25cm. 240 pages, colour photographs. Pictorial matte papered boards.

Australian beefcake photography.

Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0014842 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ Gay Art, Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

SEDUCTION AND SUBVERSION: THE ART OF JAMES GUPPY, 1989-2009

James Guppy

Murwillumbah: Tweed River Art Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Signed by Author 21cm x 21cm. [48] pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

Exhibition catalogue for the 2009 exhibition Seduction and Subversion. This copy signed by the artist

Minor general wear. Very Good Condition. $50 AUD. Book#0014866 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Australian Art MIWAKU NO NYOTAI BI: GURAMA NUDO SHOHIN KANRI KODO / ENCHANTED FEMALE BEAUTY: GLAMOR NUDE

Tatsuo Ozaki

Tokyo: Yachiyo Shoin, 1958. Second Edition. 18cm x 13cm. [66] pages, black and white photographs. Yellow papered boards, black lettering, pictorial jacket.

1950s nude photobook of Japanese women posing mostly outdoors.

Minor general wear to edges. Minor rusting of staples at gutter of endpapers. 0.5cm closed tear to top edge of jacket lower panel. Very Good Condition. $60 AUD. Book#0014979 Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Japan, Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY ART XXL

Dian Hanson

Koln: Taschen, 2020. First Edition. 40cm x 30cm. 532 pages, colour illustrations. Blue cloth, blind lettering, blind decorative double rule, illustrated french fold jacket, publisher's cardboard box.

First printing of a limited numbered edition of 7,500. "Featuring Julie Bell, Philippe Druillet, Frank Frazetta, H.R. Giger, The Brothers Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Rodney Matthews, Moebius, Rowena Morrill, Sanjulian, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, plus 99 more. This monster-sized tome features original paintings, contextualized by preparatory sketches, sculptures, calendars, magazines, and paperback books for an immersive dive into this dynamic, fanciful genre." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $350 AUD. Book#0014987 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art THE COALMINERS OF QUEENSLAND VOLUME 2: THE PETE THOMAS ESSAYS

Peter Thomas; Greg Mallory

Brisbane: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, 2007. First Edition. Inscribed by Author 23cm x 15cm. xx, 476 pages, black and white photogaphs. Pictorial wrappers.

A narrative history of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union. This copy inscribed by Greg Mallory to Anna Bligh, then premier of Queensland. Provenance: Office of the former Deputy Premier of Queensland, Jackie Trad.

Some creasing to upper panel of wrappers. Very minor soiling to fore-edge. Good Condition. $55 AUD. Book#0015050 Read More Categories: Australia, Countries, Engineering, Industrial, Trade, Politics & Government, Queensland

HONG STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN DEVELOPED BY MASTER WU SHI-ZENG

[Peter] Wu Shi-zeng

Hong Kong: Tin Wo Press & Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Signed by Author 26cm x 19cm. [iii], 119 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial french fold wrappers. Text is bilingual, English & Chinese.

A detailed guide to Hong Style Tai Chi Chuan developed by Melbourne based Chinese, Master Wu Shi-zeng, together with a short biography of his life. "Master Peter Wu Shi-zeng has been practising Taijiquan for over 40 years, including 20 years of teaching in China. He is eminently qualified to teach this martial art, having studied in China under some of the greatest modern masters such as grandmaster Hong Jun-sheng (student of grandmaster Chen Fa-ke) and grandmaster Liu Ji-shun (student of grandmaster Hao Sau-ru). Master Wu specialities are in the Chen and Wu (Hao) styles. Many of his students have won gold medals in International and other tournaments. Through his own extensive research and study Master Wu has added to and refined the theory and application of Taijiquan." (from author's biography) This copy signed by the author.

Minor toning to page extremities. Near Fine Condition. $30 AUD. Book#0015061 Read More Category: Martial Arts THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA (THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED EDITION)

Ursula K. Le Guin; Charles Vess

London: Gollancz, 2018. Reprint. 24cm x 16cm. 992 pages, illustrations, some in colour. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration.

"Contains the short story, 'The Daughter of Odren', published in print for the first time, and the brand new story 'Firelight'. Now for the first time ever, all together in one volume, The Books of Earthsea, contains the early short stories, Le Guin's 'Earthsea Revisioned' Oxford lecture, and new Earthsea stories, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include over fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $65 AUD. Book#0015062 Read More Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

THE BEST OF THE BEST: THE MQJ COLLECTION OF MING FURNITURE

Grace Wu

Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2017. First Edition. 25cm x 19cm. 522 pages, 2 volumes, colour photographs. Quarter cloth, pictorial papered boards, illustrated slipcase. Text is bilingual, English and Chinese.

Two volume set showcasing The Muquju Collection, the private collection of international classical Chinese furniture dealer, Grace Wu Bruce. Illustrated throughout, this fine reference catalogue is divided into sections with detailed photography and descriptions of incense stands, Zhuo tables, An tables, Kang tables, chairs, stools, footstools, chests, shelves, cabinets, beds, table top furniture, and more.

Minor wear and soiling to slipcase, very minor to boards. Near Fine Condition. $350 AUD. Book#0015125 Read More Categories: Antiques & Collectibles, Asia, China, Countries A WAY OF LOVE

James Courage

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First Edition. 21cm x 14cm. 255 pages. Yellow and grey cloth, black lettering, no jacket.

First US Edition. UK edition is YOUNG 824*.

Foxing to cloth, minor to edges. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes. Good Condition. $20 AUD. Book#0015127 Read More Category: LGBTIQ+ Gay Fiction

A QUIP FOR AN UPSTART COURTIER

[Robert Greene]

London: John Wolfe, No date. Facsimile Edition. 22cm x 15cm. [i], ii, ii, 88 pages. Wrappers. or, A Quaint dispute between Velvet breeches and cloth-breeches. Wherein is planely set downe the disorders in all Estates and Trades. Reprint of a rare 1592 pamphlet, part of an ongoing 16th century literary quarrel.

Wrappers worn, chipped, and creased, with a chunk missing from the gutter of the upper panel. Toning to first and last page. Some foxing. Fair Condition. $20 AUD. Book#0015128 Read More Category: Essays & Literary Criticism MINDFUCKERS

David Felton; Robin Green; David Dalton

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. First Edition. 21cm x 14cm. 328 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

A Source Book on the Rise of Acid Fascism in America. Including material on Charles Manson, Mel Lyman, Victor Baranco and their followers.

Moderate shelf wear with minor creasing to wrappers. Discolouration to spine. Some foxing to edges, minor to half-title. Good Condition. $220 AUD. Book#0015169 Read More Categories: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, LSD, Magic, Paranormal & Occult

ATLAS OF BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE

Virginia McLeod; Emma Barton

London: Phaidon, 2020. New Edition. 30cm x 21cm. 568 pages, black and white photographs. Illustrated papered boards.

"The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions. Much-loved masterpieces in the UK and USA sit alongside lesser-known examples in Europe, Asia, Australia, and beyond - 102 countries in all, proving that Brutalism was, and continues to be, a truly international architectural phenomenon." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $100 AUD. Book#0015171 Read More Category: Architecture SOVIET SPACE GRAPHICS: COSMIC VISIONS FROM THE USSR

Alexandra Sankova; The Moscow Design Museum

London: Phaidon, 2020. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 240 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards.

"This otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia. Created against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the extraordinary images featured, taken from the period's hugely successful popular-science magazines, were a vital tool for the promotion of state ideology. Presenting more than 250 illustrations - depicting daring discoveries, scientific innovations, futuristic visions, and extraterrestrial encounters - SOVIET SPACE GRAPHICS unlocks the door to the creative inner workings of the USSR." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $50 AUD. Book#0015172 Read More Categories: Art & Design, Asia, Astronomy & Space, Countries, Russia

HOMAGE FELICIEN ROPS PORUOKRATES

Pavel Hlavaty

Czech Republic: Pavel Hlavaty, 2015. . 21cm x 15cm. Unframed Etching. Numbered edition, 48/68.

A graphic scene depicting an altar to Eros. Naked and blindfolded women ride atop a reined island of pigs, another naked women bound to a cross with skeleton cupid flying above and thin dogs surrounding them. Titled as a homage to Belgian artist Felicien Rops.

. Fine Condition. $60 AUD. Book#0015191 Read More Categories: Artwork, Etchings SEVEN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, 1952-1959

Andy Warhol

Koln: Taschen, 2017. XXL Edition. 47cm x 34cm. 7 volumes in box, 1 supplement volume, original publisher's case.

"Andy Warhol’s 1950s hand-drawn books, created during his pre-fame years, are much-coveted jewels in the Pop art master’s crown. This portfolio contains meticulous reprints of all seven books, reproduced as closely as possible to the original and presented in an accordion case. Complete with an XL-sized guidebook contextualizing Warhol’s life alongside his unique creations, this edition offers an unparalleled glimpse of Warhol’s budding genius." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $350 AUD. Book#0015192 Read More Category: Art & Design

75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING

Paul Levitz

Koln: Taschen, 2017. XL Edition. 35cm x 25cm. 720 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, blind lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket.

"The single most comprehensive book on DC Comics with more than 2,000 images--including covers, illustrations, film stills, and collectibles--and in- depth essays by DC veteran Paul Levitz." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $125 AUD. Book#0015193 Read More Category: Comics & Graphic Novels THE HISTORY OF EC COMICS

Grant Geissman

Koln: Taschen, 2020. XXL Edition. 40cm x 29cm. 592 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, blind lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket, publisher's box.

"In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his legendary father’s fledgling publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, he and a “who’s who” of the era including Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. With more than 1,000 images and rarities, there’s something new here for even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts. Famous First Edition: First printing of 5,000 numbered copies." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $350 AUD. Book#0015194 Read More Category: Comics & Graphic Novels

BOB MIZER. AMG: 1000 MODEL DIRECTORY

Dian Hanson; Bob Mizer

Koln: Taschen, 2016. First Edition. 29cm x 23cm. 2 volumes, photographs, 1 DVD. Half cloth, pictorial papered boards, slipcase.

"From a quarter million male nudes, editor Dian Hanson selects the best physique photography from Bob Mizer, founder of Physique Pictorial, America’s first indisputably gay magazine. Printed from the original 4 x 5 negatives for utmost clarity, this two-volume, seriously strapping lineup includes movie and TV stars Nick Adams, Glenn Corbett, and Ed Fury. An hour- long DVD is also included, containing 18 films made by Bob Mizer between 1954 and 1968, in black and white and color, all edited specifically for this book. They range from simple posing routines by bodybuilding stars Keith Stephan and AMG favorites Forrester Millard, John Davidson, and Steve Buono, to sword and sandal star Ed Fury’s first physique film, to gladiator extravaganzas, wrestling adventures, crime dramas, and—a Bob specialty—humorous morality tales, starring Jim Paris, John Tristram, Monte Hanson, and other models featured in the book. Mizer’s take on Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, in posing straps, is a standout." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $175 AUD. Book#0015196 Read More Categories: LGBTIQ+ Gay Art, Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica ARAKI

Nobuyoshi Araki

Koln: Taschen, 2020. 40th Anniversary Edition. 22cm x 16cm. 512 pages, photographs, some colour. Pictorial glossy papered boards.

"Nobuyoshi Araki distills decades’ worth of images down to 512 pages in this ultimate retrospective of his career. First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new, compact format, the intimate collection delves deep into Araki’s best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of bondage." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $50 AUD. Book#0015197 Read More Categories: Asia, Countries, Japan, Photography, Sexuality - Art & Erotica

AUSTRALIAN BOTANIST'S COMPANION

Alex S. George

Kardinya: Four Gables Press, 2009. First Edition. Inscribed by Author 25cm x 18cm. 671 pages. Illustrated glossy papered boards.

A detailed reference work on Australian plants and those who studied them. This copy inscribed to Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main (1929-2019), and bearing her signature also.

Minor wear to board edges. Very Good Condition. $150 AUD. Book#0015251 Read More Category: Natural History & Resources NGANAMPA KAMPATJANGKA UNNGU: BENEATH THE CANVAS: THE LIVES AND STORIES OF THE TJALA ARTISTS

Tjala Arts

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2015. First Edition. 30cm x 27cm. 288 pages, colour illustrations. Tan papered boards, silver lettering, illustrated jacket.

"Tjala Arts, home to many of Australia's highest profile visual artists, is at the forefront of the western desert painting movement. It is widely recognised as an art centre with an unwavering commitment to the traditional values of holding and celebrating Tjukurpa. This drives Tjala Arts' pursuit of artistic excellence. Described by Senior Law Woman Nyurpaya Kaika as the 'true heart of Amata Community', Tjala Arts is located at the base of the Musgrave Ranges in the stunning Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, South Australia. This vivid collection of stories and artworks allows a unique and exquisite insight into the individual and family histories that make the Tjala Arts story so important in the nation's cultural landscape." (front flap)

Very minor wear to board and jacket edges. Near Fine Condition. $125 AUD. Book#0015253 Read More Categories: Aboriginal Australia, Art & Design, Indigenous Art

NGANAMPA KAMPATJANGKA UNNGU: BENEATH THE CANVAS: THE LIVES AND STORIES OF THE TJALA ARTISTS

Tjala Arts

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2015. First Edition. Signed by person(s) connected with book 30cm x 27cm. 288 pages, colour illustrations. Tan papered boards, silver lettering, illustrated jacket.

This copy signed by 23 of the artists to the title page. "Tjala Arts, home to many of Australia's highest profile visual artists, is at the forefront of the western desert painting movement. It is widely recognised as an art centre with an unwavering commitment to the traditional values of holding and celebrating Tjukurpa. This drives Tjala Arts' pursuit of artistic excellence. Described by Senior Law Woman Nyurpaya Kaika as the 'true heart of Amata Community', Tjala Arts is located at the base of the Musgrave Ranges in the stunning Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, South Australia. This vivid collection of stories and artworks allows a unique and exquisite insight into the individual and family histories that make the Tjala Arts story so important in the nation's cultural landscape." (front flap)

Minor bumping to board fore-edge corners. 3.5cm closed tear to jacket at spine tail edge. Some offsetting from the signatures. Very Good Condition. $300 AUD. Book#0015254 Read More Categories: Aboriginal Australia, Art & Design, Indigenous Art

NUDIST MAGAZINES OF THE 50S & 60S: COLLECTORS' EDITION BOOK #2

Ed Lange; Stan Sohler

Los Angeles: Elysium Growth Press, 1992. First Edition. 28cm x 21cm. 96 pages, photographs, some colour. Pictorial wrappers.

Extracts of photos and articles from leading nudist magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. Includes bibliography.

Minor bump to spine tail. Very Good Condition. $80 AUD. Book#0015285 Read More Categories: Sexuality - Art & Erotica, Sexuality in Society

PIHKAL: A CHEMICAL LOVE STORY & TIHKAL: THE CONTINUATION COMMEMORATIVE EDITION

Alexander Shulgin; Ann Shulgin

Berkeley: Transform Press, 2018. Commemorative Edition. 23cm x 16cm. xxv, 518, xii, 578, xxiii, 499, 442 pages, photographs and illustrations, some colour, 4 volumes. Illustrated wrappers, illustrated slipcase.

"Lovingly prepared by Joshua Marker along with a devoted team of volunteers, this commemorative publication of PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story and TiHKAL: The Continuation features the original texts enhanced with complete errata, new essays, anecdotes, and reminiscences by numerous colleagues, previously unpublished photographs, and original art. PiHKAL is the fictionalized autobiographical account of Sasha and Ann Shulgin's research and romance, exploring altered state experiences in the context of intimacy. It describes a wide variety of phenethylamines, their dosage, and their effects. The second volume, TiHKAL, uses the same format as its predecessor to describe the effects of a range of tryptamines, and continues the Shulgin's chemical love story. It also includes appendices that relate to cactus alkaloids, natural beta-carbolines, and drug law. In this edition, each book has been split into two paperback volumes to make a collection of four, housed in a commemorative slipcase set." (publisher's blurb)

. New Book. $150 AUD. Book#0015286 Read More Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD

Michael Hollingshead

London: Blond & Briggs, 1973. First UK Edition. 18cm x 11cm. 255 pages. Lettered wrappers.

The story of Michael Hollingshead, one of the 1960s Harvard psychedelic researchers, the man responsible for turning Timothy Leary onto LSD, and who travelled the world evangelising LSD and is reputed to have turned on countless famous creatives.

Creasing to spine. Moderate wear to wrappers. Toning to pages. Good Condition. $250 AUD. Book#0015289 Read More Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, LSD, Sociology & Culture