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81st Thousand [Macmillan, London, 1886]; two-thirds leather over decorative cloth boards, five raised bands, ornate gold decorations & titling on spine, leather a trifle rubbed at extremities, all edges gilt, decorative textured endpapers, very occasional light spotting, an excellent copy.

Morris (William) THE GOLDEN LEGEND of Master William Caxton done anew. In three volumes. Kelmscott Press, London, 1892. Edition limited to 500 copies. *The Golden Legend was originally intended as the first production of the Kelmscott Press, but due to production difficulties it became the seventh. In July 1890, William Morris had purchased a copy of one of Wynkyn de Worde's reprints of the Caxton translation. Originally compiled by the Archbishop of Milan, Jacobus a Voragine or de Varagine (c. 1230-1298), the book is a repository of the lives and miracles of saints and martyrs. $20,000.00

Jonathan Cape, 1964. First UK edition.8vo, 264pp. A very good hardback copy. Slight wear to the edges of the dust jacket, Didion's debut novel follows the disintegration of a California family.

Uncommon work that appears to have ended up consisting of at least 14 volumes published over a few years from 1901. The book, in oblong format with decorative covers, contains 30 very nice, woodblock printed kimono designs with tissue interleaves numbered 151-180. Honda Kinnosuke of Unkindō in Kyoto published some of the most beautiful books in this genre. Kyoto. Honda Kinnosuke. 1902. 30 leaves of prints. 17.8 x 25cm. In very good condition with only minor wear. Tissue interleaves a bit darkened as expected and a couple with creases. Otherwise very good.

Magnificent large unrecorded etching by John Barclay Godson of the Hippocratic Oath.

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

A detailed map of the state of Victoria. At the time of printing, Victoria was a relatively new colony, established in 1851. The discovery of gold near Ballarat and Bendigo a few months later set off one of the largest gold rushes in history, as settlers poured in to seek their fortunes. The map reflects the colony’s source of population and wealth, showing how settlements cluster around the gold fields.

Brown, Robertus. Normibergae: Leonardi Schrag, 1827 second edition. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a few light spots, very scarce. The Prodromus is considered a masterpiece of botanical literature and "has a two-fold importance in the history of systematic botany. Its primary purpose was to record succinctly the plants of Australia collected by Robert Brown himself in 1802 and 1805 when naturalist on Flinders' voyage together with plants collected earlier by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Cook's first voyage (1768-71.)

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.

Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, 1914. Octavo, 80 pp., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers (slightly rubbed). Scarce in part form.

[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

An excellent example of England's mapmaker Emanuel Bowen's fine engraving skills. Bound in full suede and comprising 273 full-page engraved maps with the armorial crest of the various boroughs and towns. The complete first edition of Ogilby's famous atlas.