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The Shepherd Press Sydney 1947 Roy4to. Hardcover, in dark blue morocco, a little worn at head and tail of spine, gilt vignette on front cover, decorative gilt edge around inside of cover, edges uncut, interior in excellent condition. A deluxe edition of 200 copies of which this is numbered 164, 24 coloured reproduction tipped in plates, 8 tipped in plates of drypoints.

A late 11th century. Bible leaf, Italy, 1075-1125 with an archetypal Carolingian script. Hair follicles from the animal used for the parchment are clearly visible. The leaf's margins have been cropped to become a flyleaf in a slightly smaller volume at a later date and the four brown marks, one near each corner, were caused by the rusting of metal bosses in the new volume’s binding. The text is from the First Book of Samuel, chapters 24 & 25. A remarkable example of large, very early Italian monastic Bibles with clear, rounded and generously spaced late Carolingian minuscule script.

London: James Ridgway, 1827-1828. 8vo. Contemporary half oasis. Spine gilt and raised bands. Edges gilt. In protective slip-case. Comprising title-page, index/list of books quoted leaf, plus 56 magnificent brilliant hand-coloured engraved plates each with 2pp. of descriptive letterpress text. Previous owners bookplates on front end-papers. Slight foxing on end-papers, otherwise fine and complete. Scarce. Ferguson 1144.

Signed by the author "'Yes' Caresse Crosby." which was her motto. Caresse was an arts patron, antiwar activist, and bohemian in the 1920s. She co-founded the Black Sun Press in 1927 with her second husband Harry Crosby, They published limited editions of works by Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, and Hart Crane. Crosby is the inventor of the first modern bra, which she patented in 1914.

Richard Neville, Richard Walsh, Martin Sharp, Gary Sheed and others. We are bringing a number of issues of this magazine.

The only complete work of Jules-Georges dit Jean Floux (1855-1892), French poet, journalist, and member of the Montmartre group Le Chat Noir. This copy inscribed by Floux to Benjamin Constant (1845-1902), one of the illustrators, and in a unique art nouveau binding signed by Louis Deze (1857-1930). Deze bindings are rare with many destroyed during World War II. The Mistresses is a “collection full of exquisite verses and promises that the author would certainly have kept, if the cruel death had not come to strike him in full youth” (Bertrand Millanvoye: Anthologie des poètes de Montmartre).

Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, 2007. First, limited, edition Published in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Museum - the first major survey of Warhol's work to be shown in Australia. No. 64 of 1000 copies. Loosely inserted is the stylish programme for the opening party of the exhibition (a concertina in the shape of a Campbells' soup can), the Media Kit for the exhibition (single sheet) and the 2007-8 Calendar for GOMA

London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1925 (but January 1926). Number 1 of 85 copies of the deluxe issue on hand-made paper, signed by T.S. Eliot (of which 75 copies were offered for sale).

Princess Cover Papers Windsor Locks, CT: C.H. Dexter and Sons, n.d. circa 1895 Trade catalogue: from the paper mill of C.H. Dexter & Sons, established in the early 1800s, with examples of nineteen colour paper samples, beautifully illustrated in the style of art nouveau. Stationery fetish aside, this is an important document in the development of printing history, with historical and cultural significance. Quarto, bound in pictorial wrappers, sewn, original ties intact. rubbed on rear panel and nicked at edges, a very good copy indeed, clean and unmarked within.

Book of Hours leaf printed on vellum, c.1512 by Vostre, Paris. Many metalcuts including Saint Christopher carrying the child Jesus, dragons, grotesques, Saint Sebastian being martyred, the Delphic Sybil and an elephant. Coloured initials added by hand after the printing. Near mint condition, sharply printed on clean vellum.