ANZAAB December HIGHLIGHTS CATALOGUE 2020 A joint catalogue from ANZAAB A Message from the President Dear friends, The booksellers of ANZAAB are delighted to present you with our Highlights Catalogue for December, an outstanding showcase of some of the treasures selected from our members’ shelves and picture rails. This catalogue is full to the brim with heritage Australiana, modern literature, fine art, exquisite manuscripts and more; it is a wonderful reflection of our members’ diverse interests and areas of expertise. This year has forced all of us to face challenges we never dreamed of, and of course we will have more to overcome in 2021. We reflect on those who have endured hardship and loss during the global pandemic, and pay tribute to those who have worked at the front line to protect us against this silent foe. Despite lockdowns, closed borders, erratic postal services and many other trials, we booksellers have remained committed to our love of our books and indeed to our customers, who are after all the main reason we have chosen the path that we are all on. Even during the most difficult of times, our appreciation of antiquarian books does not diminish. If anything, we gain a deeper understanding of how significant this field can be in placing the narratives of our own lives into historical perspective. We miss seeing our customers, but know that this is for the best, as we must all do our part in keeping this virus in check. Take the time to enjoy the books on your shelves and the art on your walls; take another look at these things and remind yourself of how special they are. We are privileged as booksellers to be the temporary custodians of these things, but it is you, the collector who will gain real value from them every day. Enjoy this catalogue as a celebration of our shared love of books, and perhaps you will find something precious which deserves a place in your home. Please keep in touch with us: we are all working hard to continue unearthing new collections, and would love to know how you are faring and in what way we can be of help. Last, but not least, we would also like to introduce to you our newest member, Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle of Renaissance Books in Dunedin, an experienced bookseller with a wide range of interesting travel books, New Zealand and Maori history and many other rewarding finds as well. Stay safe and happy collecting, Douglas Stewart PRESIDENT Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) 2 THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ParticipatingDOUGLAS Members STEWART FINE BOOKS DEALER CONTACT PAGE Anah Dunsheath Antiquarian Booksellers Anah Dunsheath 4 Ancanthe Jane Lennon 10 Andrew Isles Natural History Books Andrew Isles 22 Ankh Antiquarian Books Jennifer Jarger 28 Antipodean Books Cathy Lilburne 34 Antique Bookshop and Curios Peter Tinslay 46 Archives Rare Books Dawn Albinger 58 Asia Bookroom Sally Burdon 70 Books for Cooks Tim White 82 Camberwell Books Mick Stone 88 Douglas Stewart Fine Books Douglas Stewart 100 Hordern House Rachel Robarts 112 Josef Lebovic Gallery Josef Lebovic 124 Justin Healy Antiquarian Bookseller Justin Healy 134 Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller Kay Craddock 148 Littera Scripta Andrew Leckie 154 Louella Kerr Old & Fine Books Louella Kerr 166 Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar 178 Orchard Books Kate Treloar 184 Out of Print Books Paul Anderson 196 Rare Illustrated Books Alice McCormick 202 Renaissance Books Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle 208 Roz Greenwood Old and Rare Books Roz Greenwood 214 Sainsbury’s Books John Sainsbury 220 Somerset House Books Margaret Dunstan 232 THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS 3 Anah Dunsheath Antiquarian Booksellers NEW ZEALAND Anah Dunsheath ABA(Int), ANZAAB & ILAB 6 High St, (PO Box 4181) Auckland 1140, NEW ZEALAND +64 21 934 016 [email protected] www.rarebooks.co.nz Viewing by appointment We stock a vast range of fine, early works Exploration, Voyages, New Zealand, Early Travels, Early Military, Natural History, Sports, Finely Bound Literature & History + much more. 18th & 19th Century Maps, Engravings, Photographs, Ephemera, Postcards and Autographed items. BULLER, WALTER LAWRY A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND London, Van Voorst, 1873 Large quarto, pp.384 frontispiece, 35 hand-coloured plates by Keulemans. Unusually in the original full morocco binding, heavily decorated in gilt image of the Takehe. First edition, limited to 500 copies (including Walter Buller, the son of a missionary, was born in New Zealand in 1838. He trained as a solicitor and showed himself to be extremely capable, amassing a considerable fortune. Buller’s contribution to New Zealand ornithology is immense and his books, of which this is the first published, are an evocative account of the destruction of an important and distinctive avifauna. This work is regarded as one of the best, and most underrated, of all nineteenth-century colour plate bird books, notably illustrated by the acclaimed Johannes Kuelemans, and this edition is said to be his best work. Limited edition, in the best binding of most acclaimed 19th century colour plate bird books. In very good condition. Our research estimates that only approximately 40 copies were thus bound. $38,000 AUD Special De-Luxe edition of this already rare work 4 THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ANAH DUNSHEATH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS WEBBER, JAMES VIEWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS from Drawings by the Late James Webber, Draftsman on Board The Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780 London, Boydell & W. Bulmer, (1808). Elephant folio. Title page (lower margin stained) and 16 aquatints in bright original hand-colouring interleaved with descriptive text. Minor marginal stain on first plate; lower marginal corner torn from another plate, otherwise the plates are perfect and the colour extraordinarily bright and clean with no foxing. Bound in contemporary brown half calf and cloth, in very good condition Watermark dates on the plates vary from copy to copy we have researched recorded copies at Mitchell library Sydney and elsewhere indicates that our copy, as offered, compares favourably with other copies. All collations are similar and all references confirm that the plates bear the latest watermark date at 1820. The watermarks in our copy are clearly marked 1814 which makes our copy more desirable than other copies for sale in the past $79,900 AUD Very few copies survive complete, our copy is of the best combination of bibliographical features. Known as the most striking, but the last of the many important books relating to Cook’s Voyages. THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS 5 ANAH DUNSHEATH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS PHILIPPINES 1709 London: H. Clements, 1709. 8vo. Disbound. Amongst other papers, ‘An Extract Of Two Letters From The Missionary Jesuits, Concerning The Discovery Of The New Philippines Islands’ With A Map Of The Same (Folding Map) browning. Disbound. An interesting series of articles from the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions, most importantly the Jesuit missionary account of The Philippines, with the map to match. The letter pertaining to the map is from Charles Le Gobien (1653-1708), the prominent Jesuit missionary in China who initiated a major multi-volume work on the activities of Jesuit missionaries $650 AUD 6 THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ANAH DUNSHEATH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS BARROW, SIR JOHN AUTOGRAPHED LETTER EXPOSING FRAUD 1832. 18 x 12cm. single sheet ALS, handwritten letter, dated 3rd October [c1832] and signed “John Barrow”. Barrow ( 1764-1848) was an English traveller and naval administrator. He was notably a member of the Macartney embassy to China in the 1790s, and founder member of the Royal Geographical Society. The letter is headed Leigh Park, Havant and written to John Murray the publisher. The letter expresses doubt as to the veracity of Jean Baptiste Douville’s journey as published in the narrative “Voyage au Congo”, later shown indeed to be fraudulent. Barrow, here is possibly the first to expose the French ‘explorer’. “I cannot understand how Monsr. Douville got to the places he professes to have been at and to describe…..... if he be a true man he has hit upon a part of Africa most desirable to be known, as it probably embraced the Sources of all the Rivers South of the Cameroons - but I must see more before I can say any thing.” $5,200 AUD An extremely interesting item THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS 7 ANAH DUNSHEATH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS DOUGLAS, ALFRED LORD AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH Autographed sepia photograph dated 1938. 21 cm x 16 Cm. No Binding. (21 x 16 cm), signed on mount “Alfred Douglas 1938”. Douglas (1870-1945) was an English poet, son of the Marquess of Queensbury and associated with Oscar Wilde in a homosexual relationship, which led to Wilde’s trial and imprisonment. In the head and shoulders photograph, Douglas is shown in Trilby hat and overcoat. Good photo, mounting slightly bent at top R corner. Mounting card 28 x 21cm. $2,200 AUD A rare later photograph of the poet at the age of 62 8 THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ANAH DUNSHEATH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS RARE HITCHCOCK MOVIE POSTER VERTIGO 1958. Movie poster (76 x 34 cm) of Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” with James Stewart and Kim Novak, co-starring Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore and Henry James. Screenplay by Alex Coppel and Samuel Taylor. Released by Paramount Pictures, poster produced by Richardson Studio, printed by Robert Burton (Australia.) Minor damage to 2 folds, otherwise a very rare, clean, bright poster in original colour. Very Good. $3,200 AUD THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS 9 Ancanthe NEW SOUTH WALES Ancanthe Jane Lennon 0400 103 316 [email protected] Viewing of items by arrangement Australiana.