Highlights

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

HUXLEY, Aldous. The Doors of Perception London: Chatto and Windus, 1954. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover : pp. [4] 5-62 [64] : blue cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine : price clipped jacket designed by John Woodcock. Small closed tear (5mm) to head of top cover; price clipped; some offsetting to the e.p.s; some foxing to the edges of the block. Very good in very good dust-jacket. Huxley's controversial essay based on his psychedelic mescalin experience. (14319)

Dos Passos, John. U.S.A. I. The 42nd Parallel II. Nineteen Nineteen III. The Big Money [The Modern Library 'Giant' G44]. New York: The Modern Library, 1939. First Thus. 8vo. original grey cloth gilt in dustwrapper; pp. idiosyncratic pagination thus, xi, 2-416 (last blank), iii-viii, 3-474 (last blank), iii-viii, 3-562. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf '' Mr Edward Smith, cordially, John Dos Passos'. A very good copy. First omnibus appearance of the USA Trilogy, uncommon as a presentation copy. A small collection of later newspaper articles regarding the author, are loosely enclosed.

Collection of Thirteen Original Photos of New South Wales, Including Views of Sydney Harbour, Bondi Beach, Hacking River, Shoalhaven River, and Three Interesting Images of the Parramatta River Taken on the Day of the Scull Boat Race between George Towns and Jim Stanbury in 1905 or 1906. Ca. 1900s.

“..the best Japanese male nude photography book of that time”, which remains one of the high points of homoerotic photography books to this day. Dedicated to Yukio Mishima, the models could easily be characters from his novels, and Mishima himself posing as a Samurai.

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN [REMBRANDT] (Leyden 1606-Amsterdam1669) ETCHING & DRYPOINT 1642 A young couple resting beside a stream, the man playing flute with an owl perched on his shoulder, the girl making a flower garland at left. Shepherds do more than their fair share of walking, but their lives also provide ample opportunity for relaxation. It represents an amorous situation and Rembrandt played a transparent game with ancient ambiguities and innuendos surrounding... Fourth state of four, without the face among the branches. Barstch 188, Hollstein Dutch 144, New Hollstein 211.

Numbers 33, 34, 46, 57, 74, and 84, printed at General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, between June and October 1915

Mercer, F. W., calligrapher: Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. 26 calligraphic manuscript leaves with tissue guards, comprising an illuminated title page and 24 text leaves, all text beneath illuminated upper border; handsomely bound in full green morocco. 1923. *With the calligrapher's signed presentation inscription to Vyvyan Holland on blank preliminary leaf, dated Christmas 1923. Holland was the son of Oscar Wilde. $5000.00

This bound book and scroll offer much fascinating detailed information on one of the schools of Japanese archery (弓道), Heki-ryū (日置流), which originated in the late 15th century.

Saint-Exupery (Antoine de) THE LITTLE PRINCE. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Handsomely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1943. First trade edition. *Although the original manuscript was written in French, the American edition preceded both the French and English editions. $5,000.00

MORRILL, James. Sketch of a Residence among the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland for Seventeen Years. Being a narrative of my life, shipwreck, landing on the coast, residence among the Aboriginals, with an account of their manners and customs, and mode of living. Brisbane, Courier General Printing Office, 1863. 8vo.24pp. Recent quarter-morocco over cloth boards, a very good copy. First edition, Rare. Ferguson 13022.

An unusually fine example of a late Qing Dynasty cheats' handkerchief or sheet; an aid for passing the civil service exam under the [科舉] keju system in imperial China.