Kenneth Hince Old & Fine Books
Member of ANZAAB - Australia
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Antiquarian
Australian Settlement
Colour Plate Books
Literature
Voyages & Exploration
Part of the Australian bookselling scene for 65 years. Managed by Barbara Hince.
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Highlights
The Bone is Pointed by Arthur W. Upfield
$2750
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1938. Octavo, endpaper maps printed in blue, diffuse foxing, very good in original red cloth lettered in black with bright pictorial dustwrapper (few blemishes) priced at 6/-. First edition. Scarce with the fabulous Deco dustwrapper in uncommonly good condition.
Young Men in Spats by P.G. Wodehouse
$1250
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1936. Octavo, [8]pp. publisher's advertisements, minor foxing & offsetting, original primary turquoise cloth lettered in black with chipped pictorial dustwrapper (bit oxidised on verso & creased on lower panel), oval 2/6 price label on spine, additional wrap-around band. First edition ‒ first issue 7/6 dustwrapper with 2/6 label. Jasen, 55; McIlvaine, A55a. Very scarce with the publisher's promotional 'Drones Club Book of the Month' wrap-around band. Collection of short stories including 'Uncle Fred Flits By' introducing Frederick, Earl of Ickenham.
Jeeves Omnibus by P.G. Wodehouse
$1750
London, Herbert Jenkins, circa 1930s. Thick octavo, frontispiece, slight offsetting on endpapers, very good in original green cloth lettered & decorated in black with pictorial Abbey dustwrapper (slightly chipped, sunned on spine) priced at 7/6, publisher's green top stain. Fifth edition. McIlvaine, B1. Jeeves & Bertie stories. 'Never having been mixed up in this Omnibus Book Business before, I am ignorant of the rules of the game…. Does the publication of an Omnibus Book impose a moral obligation on the author… that he will not write any more about the characters included in it?'
Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey through France and Italy
$1250
London, Becket and de Hondt, in the Strand, 1768. Two volumes, small octavo, the issue on ordinary paper (148 x 90mm.), xx, 203; [4], 208 pp., intermittent pale foxing, an attractive set with the half-titles and List of Subscribers, Sterne’s engraved coat of arms v.II D3v, one front endpaper gone, bound without the advertisement leaf in early speckled calf, several corners rubbing, spines gilt, red title labels. Rothschild, 1971: with variant (2) in Vol. I p. 150, and variant (1) in Vol. II p. 133.
Pastoral Homes of Australia, Volume I, New Series
$3200
Sydney, Melbourne, and London, The Pastoral Review Pty. Ltd., 1929. Quarto, illustrated photographically throughout, pp. [viii] + 540, publisher's morocco over bevelled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, upper board with blind rule, marbled endpapers, cloth tape on hinges (as issued), all edges gilt, a fine copy. An impressive record of the riches of Australian agriculture, showing the skill and investment which created our unrivalled Merino studs. Featured properties include H. H. Dutton's Anlaby (Kapunda), Samuel McCaughey's Coree (Deniliquin), and Ronald Gunn's Cambalong (Bombala).
Kubasta, Vojtech, The Day of the Bison Hunt [An American Indian Camp]
$330
London, Bancroft & Co., circa 1962. F'cap folio, 8pp. text, near fine in original cloth backed pictorial boards. With loosely inserted publisher's advertisement. One of Kubasta's elaborate pop-ups, moveable parts in working order. An exceptional copy.