Highlights

Gregorian Chant leaf, c.1600, Spain. “Salvator mundi", the Saviour of the World." Spain, c.1600. Excellent condition.

Sparkling illuminations, fine condition. Book of Hours leaf, c.1490, France. Revered Psalm: “De Profundis”

Oil on canvas 76 x 76 cm Signed Painted at the start of the 2019/2020 Currowan State Forest, Black Summer bushfires

Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. First Edition. 8vo. original black boards in dustwrapper; pp. xii, 224. A fine copy. In July 2017, the book was listed as the most influential science book of all time in a poll to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Royal Society science book prize, ahead of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of SpeciesIsaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica.

Turner, G.R. [George Reginald]. Young Man of Talent. London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1959. First Edition. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper priced 16/- net; pp. x, 290. A very good copy. The noted SF author's scarce first novel, based on his wartime experiences in New Guinea.

ALPHONSE LEGROS [attributed to] (Dijon 1837- Watford 1911) French/British artist “PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN” c.1880 TECHNIQUE: Black pencil on thick blue paper. Nicely executed portrait of a unidentified gentleman. Profile bust lightly turning to the left looking towards the viewer. SIZE: 270mm(H) x 200mm(L) [sheet] CONDITION: Black pencil on thick blue paper. Mounted at the corners on a white paper sheet. Two small round spots: one below the portrait and a tiny one at left. Otherwise in excellent condition.

First Printing [Faber & Faber, London, 1989]; black boards, white titling to spine, v. light foxing to block, a near-fine copy; in the excellent unclipped [£10.99 net], illustrated dustjacket, slight curling at top, pale stain mark rear foldover. Winner of the 1989 Booker Prize.

Joyce (James) ULYSSES. The boards featuring a Homeric bow device in gilt designed by Eric Gill. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1936. First U.K. edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies; this being No. 86 of 100 copies on mould-made paper bound in calf vellum and signed by the author. *The first edition of Ulysses to be printed in England, and the most deluxe format published in the author's lifetime. This edition is also the first to contain appendices relating to the legal case following publication of the book, as well as the first bibliography of Joyce. $55,000.00

Liste des Grands Vins Fins. A set of thirty-seven extravagantly produced annual fine wine commercial catalogues issued by the Parisian wine merchant Établissements Nicolas Maison between 1929 and 1973, together with associated tariff cards, advertising cards and ephemera, and Carte Fines Bouteilles commercial catalogues issued for the years 1993-1997.

An American second mate's eyewitness account, embellished with his illustrations, of China in the wake of the First Opium War. Venturing east on a Jardine, Matheson specie and opium runner, he becomes an old China hand and an astute observer, writing of early colonial Hong Kong and Shanghai, trade arrangements, and the sights and sounds of the coast.

The 'New Naturalist' series has been continuously published since the first volume in 1945. Subjects are primarily British and most of the contributing authors are the leaders in their specialised fields. Apart from high quality texts, New Naturalists are distinguished by the original dustwrapper designs of Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, with the style being continued by other artists such as Robert Gilmour. Print runs are usually small and many volumes are highly collectable. New Naturalists can be best described as the 'modern firsts' of natural history book collecting.

The first Jean Crespin, Lyon edition, of Virgil’s works, containing the re-used woodcuts prepared for the Johan Grüninger Strasbourg edition of Virgil, (1502). This edition is rightly acclaimed for its magnificent series of woodcut illustrations by the anonymous Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop.