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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.

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

1882, 4to, hc, published by Librarie Hachette, Paris. Spine has been re-backed and new endpapers. Edge is lustrous gilt, decorated cover in red buckram with gilt depictions of temples surrounded by Egyptian Lotus friezes and a large winged disc in classic Ancient Egyptian style, spine has depiction of the goddess Hathor and titles in gilt. Prize notice attached for the Alliance Francis de Victoria for a Miss Mable Gertrude Harly for excellence in French. Text is in French with numerous drawings and maps, including a marvellous fold-out of the pyramids of Gizeh. Rare.

An important portrait miniature of Lord Hobart by Henry Bone.

Gould, John. London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after Elizabeth Gould, with accompanying letterpress. A single leaf printed prospectus for this work and a single leaf printed prospectus for the 'Birds of Europe' at the front of part one. 8pp. appendix 'Description of New Species of Australian Birds' at end of part four. Original green cloth-backed printed paper covered boards, some wear to the boards (mainly part one), the bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher and John Eliot Thayer.

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 first edition of “My African Journey” by Winston S. Churchill, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1908, is a prized collectible. The hardcover is bound in slightly rubbed red cloth with an embossed title and hunting scene on the front board and gilt on the spine. The book includes 61 illustrations, 46 photographs by the author, and three detailed maps. It remains in good condition despite some wear, such as loose pages and hinge cracking.

[Clark, John Heaviside] FIELD SPORTS, &c. &c. Of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; with ten plates, by the Author. Pp. [20](including index to Foreign Field Sports), plus 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Edward Orme, London, 1813[1814?]. First edition. *'The first Australian coloured plate book properly so-called [and] . . . the first separate account of the Aborigines' [Wantrup page 282]. This is the New South Wales supplement to Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c. &c., also issued as a separate 18 page publication, in wrappers. $7000.00

[MAI '68]. Une Jeunesse que l'Avenir inquiète trop souvent (Bandaged head). Paris: 1968. Original Poster. Lithograph in purple : 56cm x 42.9cm : bandaged head with bull's-eye pupils and safety pin through mouth. (14980)

A complete set of the foundational fetish magazine of the 20th century that has its artistic roots in Australia.

19th century family bible published circa 1884. Impressively bound in boards that are heavily embossed with gilt. With colour chromo-lithographic plates, maps, steel engravings and text-illustrations. A fine example.

ATKINSON, E.J. [Evelyn John] Rupert. A blank-verse tragedy in one act. Melbourne: Edward A. Vidler , 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover : [iv] [5] 6-55 [56] [2] : tan paper covers with french flaps, lettered in brown to top cover between parallel double ruled borders in brown : ALS from Jack Lindsay (reviewing the work) and an AN from Hugh McCrae (to whom the book is dedicated) regarding a humorous episode of attempted book theft tipped in at the first two blanks. Half the paper spine missing; edgewear to covers.