The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1924, first thus]. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1924, first thus]. More
London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1925 [1926, first edition, signed deluxe issue]. Number 1 of 85 copies of the deluxe issue on hand-made paper, signed by T.S. Eliot (and only 75 copies were offered for sale). This collection includes some of Eliot's best-loved poems, including 'Prufrock', 'The Waste Land', and..... More
Cambridge, Macmillan and Co., 1859 (first edition). Henry Kingsley (1830-1876), the younger brother of the novelist Charles Kingsley, migrated to Australia in December 1853. 'Little is securely known of his Australian years. He tried gold-mining on such fields as the Caledonia, Ararat and Omeo without success and there is fairly..... More
This collection contains an interesting cross-section relating to the publication and reception of the 'Ern Malley' poems over more than seven decades. Key pieces include the 1944 Reed & Harris overseas edition of the first separate printing of 'The Darkening Ecliptic'; the 1974 McAlpine edition with illustrations by Sidney Nolan..... More
London, R. Alistair McAlpine, 1974 (first thus). Number 3 of only 50 copies with an original crayon drawing signed by Sidney Nolan (showing an upside-down Ern Malley) on the front flyleaf. The title page is signed by Robert Melville (who contributed the preface), Elwyn Lynn (responsible for the introduction) and..... More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1925 [first edition in English]. 'Remembrance of Things Past', Parts Three and Four. [2 items]. More
[Rio de Janeiro], Confraria Bibliófila Brasileira 'Cattleya Alba', [1944] (first thus). Number 48 of only 200 copies of this deluxe privately printed edition printed on undyed silk, signed by the illustrator Martha Pawlowna Schidrowitz and the translator Álvaro Moreyra. The 52 hand-coloured illustrations, based on the 52 cards in a...... More