![Item #CL199-3 Nicomachean Ethics [By Aristotle]. John Argyropoulos, c1415–1487 Greek](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-3_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585631490)
1542. Hardcover quarto with vellum boards, 16th edition, obscured annotations of previous owners’ names in ink and pencil on endpaper, contemporary marginalia in ink on last few pages, 32 x 21.5cm. Missing title page, splits to binding, backstrip mostly missing, stains and paper loss to boards, minor insect damage to..... More
![Item #CL206-6 [Japanese Historical Atlas Of China]. Sekisui Nagakubo, 1717–1801 Japanese](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL206-6_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667356455)
1835. Containing 13 double-page colour woodblock maps, Japanese accordion binding with paper-covered boards, title in Hiragana characters on slip affixed to cover, red seal to title page, 34.8 x 20.5cm (book), approx. 33.5 x 39cm (map). Repaired worming to margins and outer edges of maps, rubbing, creases and surface loss to covers..... More
1842. Hardcover quarto with gilt-illustrated and lettered leather boards, gilt edges, 28.5 x 22cm. Split joint between cover and text block, scuffing and bumping to boards, edgewear, slight foxing to interior. Published by George Virtue, London, 115pp, frontispiece and 63 steel engraved plates, all with tissue guards. Canadian Scenery followed..... More
1848. Hardcover quarto, olive buckram and gilt illustrated boards, gilt edges and repaired spine, two ex-libris plates laid in on prelim pages, inscribed “With the best respects of William Gaspey, Jan. 3, 1848” in ink on half-title, 27.5 x 22cm. Spine repaired with blue tape, bumping and scuffing to boards..... More
1853. Hardcover octavo in brown cloth, gilt stamp and text to front and spine, previous owner’s name and annotation “won at Randwick 1929” in ink on flyleaf, 22.6 x 15cm. Damaged backstrip, split gutter between boards and text block, bumping to corners, slight foxing to interior. Published by Ingram, Cooke..... More
1856. Hardcover quarto with quarter leather and buckram boards, containing 71 tinted lithographs: one printed in colour and two with hand-colouring, each accompanied by topographical descriptions in Danish, with artist, lithographer, title and publisher’s line “Em. Baerentzen & Cos. Forlag, eneberettiget” in lower margin, 36.1 x 30cm. Boards split and..... More
c1861-1865. Three letterpress booklets encased in a custom-made phase box. Originally owned by Robert Fitzgerald (Aust., 1807-1865), a prominent and wealthy pastoralist, politician and magistrate in NSW. (a) Robert R. Torrens (Aust., 1814-1884). A Handy Book On The Real Property Act Of South Australia, 1862. Soft-cover letterpress booklet, 67 pages..... More
1873. Collection of 12 periodicals bound together, illustrated with over 260 line-blocks, wood engravings and lithographs, from Jan. to Dec. 1873, Tyrrells’ stamp on front endpaper, 27.1 x 22.2cm (quarto). Foxing, stains, tears, missing portions to some pages. First title page includes “Vol. XVIII – new series, vol. 1. Sydney..... More
1878. Twelve of 13 soft-cover booklets in letterpress and lineblock, No. 4 with lithographic frontispiece, 22 x 13.5cm (approx. each). Loose cover with missing portions to No.1, minor wear to some covers, foxing. Text includes “from authentic sources and the personal reminiscences of an old colonist, with an appendix of choice..... More
c1880. Soft-cover catalogue with lithographic illustrations and letterpress text, Australian distributor’s wet stamp throughout, 34.5 x 27cm. Well worn from age and handling, front cover detached, back cover missing, tears, creases, missing portions with perforations, some pages secured with old string. Cover includes publisher’s line “Palm, Fechteler & Co. Chicago, New..... More
![Item #CL199-43 The Epic Of Kings: Stories Retold From Firdusi [Book]. Helen Zimmern,...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-43_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585631956)
1882. Hardcover quarto with gilt impressed and coloured board, gilt and deckled top and fore-edge, inscribed in ink on title page, 34.5 x 27cm. Soiling, rubbing and wear to covers, large stain to second etching, slight discolouration to edges of pages, cracking to hinges. Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London..... More
c1890s. Group of three miniature albums housing 30 albumen paper photographs, one with brass cover and two with “Album” in embossed gilt text to buckram covers, stored in a miniature wicker basket with a hinged lid; sizes range from 1.5 x 1cm to 1.7 x 2.2cm (photographs) and 2.4 x 2.2cm to 3.2 x..... More
![Item #CL198-53 Achill: 15 Lithographien Zur Ilias [Achilles, Iliad]. Max Slevogt,...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL198-53_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1576812229)
1907. Softcover oblong portfolio containing 15 lithographs, with colour lineblock cover, previous owner’s name in ink on contents page, 37 x 50.7cm. Creases, slight soiling and stains to covers, binding loose on spine, tears to edges of first few pages. Interior mostly clean. This portfolio, published by A. Langen, Munich..... More
1918. Hardcover quarto with illustrated dust jacket and quarter buckram and grey cloth boards, 26 x 22.5cm. Slight stains, tears and missing portions to dust jacket, slight offset from colour plates, minor split to inner gutter. Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram..... More
1918. Leather bound octavo with gilt embossed lettering and marbled endpapers, with original presentation box, inscribed by J.M. Hunter and R.E. Soutter on flyleaf, 18.2 x 12.1cm. Minor scuffing to leather binding. Printed for the Qld Tourist Bureau, 31pp. Includes six illustrations and a gatefold map of Queensland. Inscriptions include..... More
![Item #CL199-81 The Sphinx [Book]. Oscar Wilde, 1854–1900 Irish](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-81_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585632977)
1920. Hardcover quarto with beige cloth and gilt illustrated boards [book], previous owner’s annotation and date “Aug. 18, ‘67” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” bookseller sticker on pastedown, 30.5 x 23cm. Soiling to boards, slight foxing and gutter splitting to interior. Published by John Lane and The..... More
1921. Hardcover quarto, white cloth and gilt-illustrated boards with gilt title to spine, inscribed “[To] Merrie Cohen, from Uncle Arthur 2.4.1923” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” booksellers sticker on pastedown, 28.4 x 21.6cm. Some loss and tears to spine, slight scuffing to boards, foxing to edges and..... More
![Item #CL199-96 Bushrangers [Book]. Charles J. Finger, 1869–1941 Amer](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-96_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585632977)
1924. Hardcover octavo with colour woodcut-illustrated dust jacket and endpapers, black cloth and gilt lettered boards, 23 x 15.5cm. Slight tears, foxing and stains to dust jacket, foxing to interior. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London. This is a first edition, 216pp, with eight colour woodcuts by..... More
1924. As issued, letterpress book with French binding (unbound), original boards with partial paper wrappers, and slip case, containing 55 original etchings, some monogrammed in plate, number “265” from an edition of 350 on justification page, title page in French includes author “Octave Mirbeau” and publisher with date “Ambroise Vollard..... More
1898/1926 & 1927. Pair of soft-cover books with original paper wrappers, each volume containing six drypoints by Toulouse-Lautrec, consisting of three images in two states (black and brown) totalling 12 original prints, each volume stamped with number “149” from an edition of 200 on colophon, sizes range from 17 x...... More
1929. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, 15pp, 21.6 x 13.8cm. Minor stains and crinkles overall, foxing, paper loss, tears, creases and old tape to loose cover. Text on title page includes “Hunkin, Ellis & King, Ltd., Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, Adelaide.” The book cover features a portrait of..... More
1939. Soft-cover publication containing five original prints by four prominent European artists and one Australian artist. All prints are signed or monogramed in image, published in an edition of 1200, 31.8 x 24.7cm. Soiling and foxing to cover, some stains, wear and small tears to rear pages. The periodical contains..... More
1890-c1940s. Thirty-five (35) items comprising 15 hardcover octavo books, 14 photographs and six items of ephemera, some books annotated with name “Sydney A. Tuck” in ink, typed labels or annotations to backing of some photographs verso, 3.8 x 7.6cm to 33.6 x 22.1cm. Several books missing dust jacket, soiling and..... More
1942. Softcover quarto stapled magazine in pictorial wrappers, 89pp, 30.3 x 24.2cm. Tears to reinforced cover at spine, slight chips and foxing overall, head and tail of spine missing portions of paper. A Sydney Morning Herald publication, Sydney. March-April-May issue, illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs. Articles include work by..... More
1945. Shaped soft-cover book with folded removable insert, illustrated with process and colour process lithographs, 30.2 x 20.9cm. Slight creases, tears, minor stains. Title page includes “Story by Roselle Ross. Illustrated by Charles E. Bracker. Covers by Paul Kaloda. One of a series ‘Mother and Baby Animal Books.’ Designed by..... More