Publisher: Gareth Powell Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 80pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

This issue guest edited by Germaine Greer includes articles on topics we’ve come to associate with her outspoken views on feminism, sex, and assault. Article titles include “The Lesbian experience”; “Pack rape – Germaine Greer interviews a victim” and “How to avoid being a pack-rape victim”; “Abortion in 1972”; and “Getting Germaine into the picture” where Greer models some looks herself.

The fashion features include a four-page article on Zandra Rhodes’ latest collection and a nude photospread for “In praise of flesh…it’s delicious to be voluptuous.”

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Minor creases, slight water damage to lower corner pages 59-73.

Publisher: Gareth Powell Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 96pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

Articles include an interview with Mrs Hiroko Sato on her life with Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato; Haruko Morita “Making a Samurai Marriage Work”; Richard Walsh on Liberal politician Edward St John; musings on the Profumo affair; an article on wards in public hospitals, followed by another entitled “Private Medicine” based on 1969’s Nimmo report.

Fashion features carry a mystical theme that include “Fashion magic; Black’s magic; White magic”; “Hair there and everywhere”; “Crystal gazing”; and “Disappearing tricks”.

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Tears, creases and stains to front cover, wrappers coming loose.

Publisher: Gareth Powell Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 95pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

The “Men are Revolting” issue, with a dip into men’s fashion.

Articles include a profile on actor Mark McManus; Canberra’s “party round”; “Pubs are People” with great old pub images; a trip to the Barossa; “City of the Angels” by Charles Higham on LA’s deviant culture; an article on Australia’s censorship laws by Sandra Hall; and "Let's take a trip" - an outline of the classic 1970s hippie trail.

Fashion features include “Fashions for your man” and “Underneath it all” – men’s underwear; “Fashion on the cheap”, a shoot featuring all second-hand clothing; a photoshoot about velvet clothing; and “Fashion in furs”.

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Minor creases.

Publisher: Sungravure Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 80pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

“The Nude Mr. Germaine Greer” issue, in which Paul de Feu, Greer’s short-lived husband, poses naked as a centrefold.

Articles include “The Rich Bitches”; “The Executive Bird and how she fights her way to the top”; “The Society Call Girl, or, the high price of earning $1,000 a week”; and “Your Very Suave Older Man Can’t Cope with Liberation…or can he”?

Fashion features include an article on Kansai Yamamoto “the brilliant new Japanese designer”; backless dresses; romantic dresses; and bared bosoms.

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Loose wrappers, minor soiling to cover.

Publisher: Gareth Powell Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 96pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

This issue carries a strong space theme throughout, coinciding with the month of the moon landing (July 1969). Articles include what 1984 may look like; ladies in space; Sydney’s hand-printing boom, mentioning designers such as Kerry White, Mary Shackman, Vicki Jennings, and Jan Riske; a profile on Dame Zara Holt; a treatise on “Women of the Left”; a Richard Walsh article on Ainsley Gotto; “Royal Jelly” by Charmaine Clift; and a feature on “The Sun King” Prince [now King] Charles.

The fashion features include “Right Out of This World Looks” with several designs by Courreges; a “Magical, Mystical & Medieval” shoot; and Romeo + Juliet inspired styles.

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Minor creases and crinkles, pencil marks to back cover.

Publisher: Gareth Powell Publishing, Sydney.

Format: Softcover octavo magazine, glossy wrappers, 88pp, 27.2 x 21cm.

“The Dead Heat of Summer” issue.

This issue features an article by Barbara Blackman about the artist Charles Blackman and their family’s travels ,“Our Year in Paris”; a feature on Kamahl; a pop-piece on Religious Revivals [for Rock n Roll]; and a short article on artful plastics by Ken Beatty and Anne Wilson.

The fashion features include a spread on chamois clothes, swimwear with underwater photography, a desert photoshoot with lots of Marimekko, and haircuts for children.

POL magazine ran from 1969 to 1982 and quickly became a distinct voice of Australia’s developing cultural scene. It’s high-quality printing and design were a first for Australian magazine publishing, and it platformed some of the most influential voices and photographers of the era.

Minor foxing to covers, vertical crease through the centre, scuffs.

Author: Bischoff, David.

Publisher: HarperCollins, London.

Format: Softcover octavo, illustrated wrappers, 184pp, 17.6 x 11cm.

A novelisation of the cult film Hackers (1995). Produced in the mid-90s just as internet culture and teenage angst were gathering momentum, the film has become a relic of its era, and is also Jolie’s first major film role.

Scarce in English.

David Bischoff (American, 1951–2018).

Chips and light creases to covers, star stamped on lower edge of block with minor foxing to prelim pages and edges.

Author: Brown, Jenny. Jerrems, Carol.

Publisher: Dingo Books, Melbourne.

Format: Softcover octavo, illustrated wrappers, 160pp. 19.3 x 12.7cm.

Skyhooks formed in 1973 and quickly gained a reputation as Australia’s greatest glam-rock band. Published to coincide with their second album Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975), and sharing a cover art illustrator in Neil Curtis, the book charts the band’s history alongside several photographs by Carol Jerrems in her signature portrait style.

The colophon reads “Many thanks are extended to Carol Jerrems for most of the photographs included in the photographic sections.” She appears at the edge of a mirror reflection of Red Symons in one image.

Published just one year after her seminal A Book About Australian Women (1974), and not acknowledged as one of her publications. I firmly believe this book should receive second billing in Jerrems' ouvre. The first major solo exhibition she had [at the NGA] was, after all, called “Living in the 70s” after the Skyhooks song.

Minor bumping to corners, small watermark to back cover lower left.

Author: Cherina, Drago Marin (Croatian/Australian, b.1949).

Publisher: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan.

Format: Softcover quarto, illustrated wrappers, 184pp, 29 x 21cm.

In 1992 the Taipei Fine Arts Museum presented an exclusive retrospective exhibition showcasing the work of Drago Marin Cherina, “a master sculptor whose works from 1967 to 1977 capture the essence of human emotion and life. This period, often regarded as the most prolific in Cherina’s career, reflects his deep exploration of form, movement, and the human condition.” Ref: CherinaWorld.

This catalogue publication features many of Cherina’s most iconic works, including the monumental Picasso head, his political busts of Kissinger and Whitlam, and speaks of meetings with his heroes: Picasso, Dali, Miro, Henry Moore, and Fellini.

Minor chips and creases to edges, some scuffs verso.

Author: Rees, Lloyd.

Publisher: Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Woollahra.

Format: Softcover square quarto exhibition catalogue, illustrated wrappers, iv + 23pp, 20.7 x 23cm.

Scarce catalogue of Rees’ ‘Tasmanian Suite’  works, exhibited by Bonython-Meadmore gallery in July 1987. Twenty-four colour plates including the cover.

Lloyd Rees’ (Australian, 1895–1988) last exhibition of works, he died one year later at the age of 93.

Minor crease to top edge of cover.

Publisher: Samuel Lee & Co. [printers], Stanthorpe.

Format: Softcover oblong booklet, printed wrapper, 66pp, 26 x 17cm.

“An interesting record in word and picture of the beautiful and productive Northern Rivers district of New South Wales.”

Scarce publication showing images from Grafton, through Maclean, Yamba, Evans Head, Woodburn, Casino, Lismore, Byron Bay, Bangalow, and the Tweed Region. Includes a block printed map on rear endpaper of the old Pacific Highway route.

Creases and watermarks to paper wrappers, binding intact, mostly clear pages, a few prelim pages with watermark upper right edge.

Author: Hammond, Joan.

Format: Pair of watercolour and pencil drawings, signed “Joan Hammond” or “J.C. Hammond” and dated in both images, 20 x 15cm.

Both images, which seem to have been inspired by Enid Blyton stories, show whimsical illustrations of mushroom houses among rolling hills of flowers. One shows a fairy-like creature emerging from the clouds over the houses.

Watermarks to lower edges, old folds and tears to edges.

Illustrated advertising card.

Chromolithograph, 13 x 7.6cm.

Text includes “James Pyles’ Pearline. The best washing compound ever invented. Beware of worthless imitations. Pearline manufactured only by James Pyle, New York.” Text continues verso.

Depicts a jester holding an advertising sandwich board. Provenance: The Graham Collection.

Old glue stains verso.

Illustrated advertising card.

Chromolithograph, printer’s line “Lith. J. Bognard Jne. 5, R. de la Perle, Paris” lower left and right, 10 x 6.3cm.

Text verso reads “Farrelly & Stewart, Clothiers, Tailors & Importers, Monster clothing establishment, Launceston.”

Farrelly & Stewart was located at 172 Brisbane St, Launceston.

These cards were issued as blanks to be overprinted by tradespeople. The image depicts an anthropomorphised dog dressed as a lady’s maid. Provenance: The Graham Collection.

The Linnet’s Nest. The Ariel Poems Number 2, [1927].

Author: Newbolt, Henry.

Publisher: Faber & Gwyer, London.

Format: Softcover 12mo booklet, stringbound, original green wrappers, 4pp, 18.5 x 12cm.

Cover design and pochoir frontispiece by Ralph Keene. Printed at the Curwen Press.

Sir Henry Newbolt (English, 1862–1938) was a celebrated poet and novelist of books including Aladore (1914).

Illustrated advertising card.

Pochoir, 6.1 x 9.5cm.

Text reads “With the compliments of the season. From Jack Belcher, Hairdresser & Tobacconist, Cowra.” Verso depicts a cock chasing after a hen with the slogan “after new business.”

By 1925, Jack Belcher was noted to carry “all sorts of stationery and fancy goods, cricket, football, fishing, shooting, and every class of sporting material; toilet requisites, including bay rum, brilliantine, toothpaste and blushes, soaps; in fact everything required for the toilet.” Ref: Cowra Free Press, 17.3.1925.

Minor foxing.

Die-cut advertising card in two pieces.

Chromolithograph, 14 x 7cm and 9.3 x 4.6cm.

A curious advertising card in the shape of a pug dog atop a ladder, with another pug on a lower rung who can be moved up or down with his stamp-cut arm. The overprinted text is for “White’s sewing machine and bicycle, Cleveland O.” Ad text includes “It runs light and sews right. The White is King.”

George P. Harris & Scarfe in Adelaide seem to have been the sole agents for White’s sewing machines from 1881. Ref: SA Advertiser, 15.6.1881.

Provenance: The Graham Collection.

Minor paper loss to right corner and repair to legs of removable card.

Vulcanite novelty card calendar.

Gold impressed text, 8 x 4.8cm.

A card calendar for 1897 made of pink vulcanite[?], advertising The T. Boot Company. Text includes “Central depot 386 George Street [Sydney]. Phit-Eesi Shoes. Lowest prices.” Verso is a “memo tablet” which can be used as a shopping list and wiped clean with a damp fabric. It is annotated in pencil with somebody’s list: “flags, paper, bonbons, silk plush, lanterns.”

The T. Boot company seems to have established itself at 386 George St, Sydney, in December of 1895. The premises was lauded as “an almost palatial series of saloons.” This advertising calendar was possibly given away at Christmas time as a promotion. Ref: SMH, 17.12.1895. Provenance: The Graham Collection.

Illustrated advertising ink blotter.

Chromolithograph with letterpress, 8.7 x 15.1cm.

Text includes “The roll of fame method of wrapping. Red cross cotton. Surgically clean, sterile, edges & layers protected. No dust, no dirt, no infection. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., USA.” Provenance: Graham Collection.

Creases.

Author: Moring, Alexander.

Publisher: The De La More Press, London.

Format: Softcover octavo, cream wrappers with red and black letterpress, string bound, previous owner’s name and date “L.F. Fitzhardinge, 8th Oct. 1930” inscribed in ink on cover, 19pp, 22.6 x 14.4cm.

A beautiful sampler of “Caslon” style types and borders used by Alexander Moring’s De La More Press, at 3 & 4 Barrett Street, London.

“Caslon” is the name of a serif typeface developed by William Caslon I in London in the mid-17th century, which has seen many revivals thanks to it being favoured by small presses. Provenance: Laurence Fitzhardinge (Aust., 1908–1993), librarian & historian whose collection is held in NLA.

Light stains, creases and minor tear to wrapper right edge, foxing throughout.

Author: Morland, Nigel. Barwell, Peggy.

Publisher: The Boar’s Head Press, Devon.

Format: Softcover royal octavo, green wrappers with black letterpress, string bound, 4pp, 27.8 x 18cm.

Illustrated with a wood engraving by Lettice Sandford.

The Boar’s Head Press operated only between 1930 and 1936, and was run by Lettice Sandford’s husband, Christopher Sandford.

Soiling, chips and discolouration to wrappers, stains to title page.

Author: Ricketts, William.

Publisher: The Forests Commission of Victoria, Melbourne.

Format: Softcover quarto, illustrated brown card wrappers, inscribed by Ricketts on endpaper, 20pp, 27 x 22cm.

Inscription reads “From the holy place of my Dreaming, the place of my spiritual conception. William Ricketts, 1966.”

This booklet was published one year after the William Ricketts Sanctuary at Mt Dandenong, Victoria, was opened to the public.

William Ricketts (1898–1993), Australian potter and ecological spiritualist. “His busts of Aboriginal men and women, together with animal figures, spoke of the unity of all life. His works preached the necessity of bridging cultures, salvation of the environment from rapaciousness, and a personal mysticism, based on a totemic view of life adopted from Aboriginal people.” Ref: ADB.

Stains and paper loss to wrappers, slight water stain to right corner of pages.

Publisher: W.E. Smith, Sydney.

Format: Green buckram 12mo, gilt title with brown endpapers, vii + 59pp, 17 x 12.2cm.

The Australian Club at 165 Macquarie St, Sydney, was instituted in 1838, and is the oldest gentleman’s club in the southern hemisphere.

The list of rules and regulations includes such topics as “Complaints: how made”, “No dogs to be brought into club”, and “Expulsion of members.”

Including a list of members for 1893, and noting the President, “E.C. Mereweather”, the committee, trustees, etc. Held in NLA.

Damage to covers, text block has come away from spine, foxing to edges and prelim pages.

Author: Lartigue, Jacques Henri. Bailey, David.

Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, London.

Format: Hardcover quarto with dust jacket, grey cloth boards, 107pp, 29.5 x 26cm.

Jacques Henri Lartigue (French, 1894–1986) known for his joyfully spontaneous photographs, selects images from his later career including moody landscapes and famous faces. Introduction by David Bailey.

“T.F.M. Naughton” ex-libris on pastedown, his name and date in ink on endpaper. Foxing to prelims and some inner edges. Dust jacket faded around spine, mylar protected.

Author: Eisenstaedt, Alfred.

Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation, London.

Format: Hardcover quarto with dust jacket, blue cloth boards, 119pp, 26.5 x 21.2cm.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (German/American, 1898–1995), renowned press photographer who gave “history a face.” Over 100 photographs, including of Hitler’s Germany, old ladies of Paris, the private world of celebrities, and famous Life magazine covers of American liberation.

“T.F.M. Naughton” ex-libris on pastedown, his name and date in ink on endpaper with old tape marks and minor foxing. Jacket price clipped and mylar protected, interior good.

Author: Kertesz, Andre.

Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation, London.

Format: Hardcover quarto with dust jacket, blue cloth boards, 120pp, 26.5 x 21.2cm.

Andre Kertesz (Hungarian, 1894–1985) comments on his classic photographs and selects little-known pictures from his archive, covering Hungary and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, through to New York where he lived until the end of his life.

“T.F.M. Naughton” ex-libris on pastedown, his name and date in ink on endpaper with old tape marks and minor foxing. Jacket mylar protected, interior good.

Author: Wolfe, Humbert.

Publisher: Faber & Gwyer, London.

Format: Softcover 12mo booklet, stringbound, original green wrappers, 4pp 18.5 x 12cm.

Cover design and pochoir frontispiece by Charles Ricketts. Printed at the Curwen Press.

Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940), Italian-born British poet and man of letters.

Stains and minor paper loss to centre right of wrapper, foxing.

Army Education Service, [Sydney].

Softcover octavo booklet, 16pp, 24 x 15.2cm.

Articles include “The Manpower Crisis: Women must help out” and “Can the supply of raw materials be kept up?”

Current Affairs Bulletin was published in Sydney between 1942 and 1998 and covered a wide range of public issues from an Australian army perspective.

Foxing, crinkles, minor tears to edges.

Vintage silver gelatin photograph, illegibly signed in ink on image centre right, negative number “FL25-3” annotated in pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 20.4 x 15.2cm.

Photographer’s stamp reads “Bettina Photography. Lewis Eady Bldgs., Auckland, NZ.”

Shows a male artist in front of a trestle with a large-scale painting.

Crinkles.

Maugham, Somerset W.

Autograph letter signed to W.M. Colles in ink, on “British Vice Consulate, Seville” letterhead, “received 14 Mar 03” stamp, 3pp, one sheet folded, 15 x 11.3cm [folded].

Letter dated “March 9” includes “If nothing can be done with the Man of Honour it cannot be helped; perhaps some subsequent success might induce someone to try it… But I write now to suspect that it would be better to try Frohman [Charles, theatre manager] with the Explorer rather than with the Fortune Hunter…I think it a much better play. Yours very faithfully, W.S. Maugham…N.B. About the 2nd of May I shall have ready Loaves and Fishes in play-form. I think it is just the sort of thing Curzon wants for the Criterion, so it might be better not to tire him out with my work now.”

This letter to Colles comes after Maugham’s first novel, when he was establishing himself as a playwright and achieved national celebrity in the UK.

William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), gay novelist and playwright, was celebrated as “the most assured English writer of his time.”

Minor foxing.

Mackellar, Dorothea.

Autograph letter signed, to Kathleen O’Keefe in ink on card, with vintage silver gelatin photograph with letterpress text below image attached to front. 2pp, one folded card, 12.4 x 18.3cm [card folded]; 6.8 x 10.7cm [photograph].

The photograph, a reproduction of a Nanette Kuehn, depicts the Ballet Russe. Annotated text includes “I have had a lot of illness in the last few years, mostly in hospital. I haven’t been able to see any of my friends, but I know you understand...My nurses are very nice & some time next month I may be able to do without them. Best love from Dorothea Mackellar.”

Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and novelist best known for My Country. Kathleen O’Keeffe (Aust., 1883–1949) was a public servant and early campaigner for equal pay for women. Ref: ADB.

Minor crinkles, silvering to photograph.

James, Henry.

Autograph letter signed, to W.M. Colles, dated “May 3rd, 1898” and annotated on printed notepaper from “34 De Vere Gardens W. [London]”, 3pp from James + 1p note verso from Colles [over two double-sided sheets], 25.2 x 20.2cm.

The letter from Henry James to literary agent William Morris Colles concerns the timeline for his short story Covering End being delayed: “I am sorry to say, therefore, that it will not suit the date of advance publication of Covering End that the serialisation of it shall not begin for 4 months ‘at least.’ Kindly help Mr Bell know this & withdraw the [manuscript]…Be so good as to return me the copy. I oblige yours very truly, Henry James.”

Verso is a draft return letter to James, written in crayon by Colles, in which he states “Is Harper’s serial Oct – Dec ’98 Covering End? If so why not set the weekly issue date first? I offer another story[?] & that The Two Magics is to appear in book form in August or September. The Turn of the Screw must then be cancelled as well?”

The Two Magics, containing The Turn of the Screw and Covering End was published by Heinemann in 1898. Both UCLA and Columbia University hold correspondence between W.M. Colles and prominent authors, but none hold letters between Colles and English-American Henry James (1843–1916) who is considered among the greatest of the English language novelists.

Old folds and staple holes.

Chesterton, G.K.

Typescript verse, inscribed “The May Queen (adapted & set to music by Lord Reading of Earley)” and initialled “G.K.C.” in ink, annotated with printer’s typesetting instructions in pencil, 25.2 x 20.1cm.

Four stanzas of satirical verse referring to the British Marconi Scandal of 1912, adapted from Alfred Tennyson’s poem The May Queen: “There’s many a black, black eye, they say, but none so blacked as mine / [Herbert] Samuel and [Lloyd] George and [Alexander] Murray stood to be kicked in line”.

New Witness magazine, edited by Chesterton’s brother, Cecil, and of which Chesterton was on the editorial board, broke the story. Ref: Wiki.

G.K. Chesterton (English, 1874–1936), novelist and critic, was mostly known for his “Father Brown” series.

Old folds, minor tears to edges.

Bennett, Arnold.

London. Typed letter signed, to Martin Secker.

Printed letterhead “97 Chiltern Court, Clarence Gate N.W.1.”, dated “11th November 1930”, and signed in ink by Bennett, 22.7 x 17.6cm.

Writing to publisher Martin Secker of Secker & Warburg, Bennett notes that his quotation for the advertisement of Success was taken out of context: “I carefully distinguished between the German public and the British public…the whole point of the paragraph from which you quote was that the novel would be better appreciated in Germany than in Britain.”

Arnold Bennett (English, 1867–1931) is referring to the 1930 novel Success by German Jewish novelist Lion Feuchtwanger. Martin Secker published the UK imprint and Bennett reviewed it, characterising it as a “novel that enthralled while it broadened knowledge.” Ref: University of Southern California.

Old folds and crinkles.

Belloc, Hilaire.

Autograph note signed in ink.

Dated “August 1928”, 8.7 x 11.4cm

Hilaire Belloc (French/English, 1870–1953) is widely known for his 1907 publication Cautionary Tales for Children.

London. Autograph envelope addressed to “Mr Fisher” in ink.

Envelope embossed “Marlborough House” verso, 6.7 x 12cm.

Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925) married Queen Victoria’s eldest son Albert Edward, or Edward VII, in 1863. His successor was their son George V.

Light stains, old crease to right side.

Nightingale, Florence.

London. Autograph document signed, envelope addressed in pencil to Miss Lettice Verney.

Annotated, signed and dated “F. Nightingale, 11/4/92”, 1p, 9.4 x 11.7cm.

Annotation reads “To Lizzie Coleman, to await Miss L. Verney’s arrival. Miss Lettice Verney, Felix Semon’s & MD, 39 Wimpole St [London].”

Lettice Verney was the great-niece of nurse and hospital reformer, Florence Nightingale (English, 1820–1910). It was not unusual for Nightingale to use pencil for her correspondence. Felix Semon was a laryngologist who lived and practiced at 39 Wimpole St.

Provenance: Lettice’s brother, Harry Verney. Cross-referenced with a book dedication held by Peter Harrington rare books.

Minor foxing.

Chateaubriand, Francois de.

Lower portion of an inscribed and signed letter, 1p, both sides inscribed, 9 x 7.3cm.

This letter is in the hand of Chateaubriand’s secretary Hyacinthe Pilorge, due to Chateaubriand “suffering from gout, which at this moment forces me to diet and prevents me from writing in my own hand.”

The paragraph opens “…reconnu pour mon roi. Je dois attendre ses orders [recognized as my king. I must wait for his orders].” We cannot know what words came before the end of that sentence (ne pas?), but given his refusal to swear allegiance to King Louis-Phillipe in 1830, it may have been a disavowal.

The letter continues with Chateaubriand noting that if he had been called “to Berlin, for example, [my] infirmities leave me only the regret of not being able to go under all your auspices, Milord.” The letter is signed “Your humble and obedient servant,” and autographed by Chateaubriand. Ref: Wiki; Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nfg.

Francois de Chateaubriand (French, 1768–1848) was a writer, politician, diplomat, and historian who is regarded as the founder of French Romanticism.

Old folds, creases.

Millais, John Everett.

Signature in ink, 6.2 x 10.1cm.

Sir John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1986) was one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite artists, known mostly for his 1851-2 painting Ophelia, held in the Tate Gallery, which depicts Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She “fell into the river while picking flowers and slowly drowned, singing all the while.” Ref: Tate.

John Millais Everett was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1896 and died shortly afterwards.

Laid down on paper.

Cotton serviette in original plastic packaging, 44 x 42.5cm.

Signed and dated “‘91” in ink on printed cotton handkerchief.

Printed text reads “Pavarotti in Australia”.

Luciano Pavarotti toured Australia several times and sung often with Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland.

Author: Pressler, Rudolf. Straub, Robin.

Publisher: Battenberg Verlag, Munich.

Format: Softcover square quarto, illustrated card wrappers, 204pp, 25 x 21cm.

Catalogue of German Biedermeier furniture. The Biedermeier style (early-mid 19th century) “represented a heralding towards historicism and revival eras long sought for…The Biedermeier style was a simplified interpretation of the influential French Empire style of Napoleon, which introduced the romance of ancient Roman Empire styles.” Ref: Wiki.

The style has seen many periods of revival, most recently in the 2020s. Text in German, illustrated in colour and black & white.

Foxing to edges, minor yellowing to pages 5–12, shelf wear.

Author: Harris, Steve.

Publisher: Salamander Books, London.

Format: Slim softcover folio, illustrated card wrappers, 176pp, 28 x 14cm.

One of the first published guides to jazz recordings on CD, reviewing more than 300 albums. Steve Harris was editor of Hi-Fi News and Record Review and was writing about sound reproduction from the mid-1970s. Great cover art showing Rahsaan Roland Kirk, with colour illustrations throughout. A wonderful “listening list” if you will.

Slight shelf wear.

Watercolour with gouache, tipped in to blind-stamped envelope, 15.5 x 9.8cm to 16.3 x 11.3cm

Three watercolour cards by “J. Garrett”, each annotated in ink.

1). Annotated “Neilson Point, Sydney. With best Xmas + New Year wishes from J. & H. Garrett.”

2). Annotated “Bonnie Scotland. With best wishes for Xmas + a happy new year from J. & H. Garrett.”

3). No title: shows a sailing boat in choppy waters. Annotated “With the season’s greetings + all good wishes. From the Garretts.”

Minor stains overall; chips, offset and tears to envelope of one.

Author: Stephens, A.G. (ed.)

Publisher: The Bulletin. Printed by W. Macleod, Sydney.

Format: Five softcover booklets, saddle stitched, first editions numbered one through five, 12.5 x 9.1cm to 7.3 x 11cm.

The first five issues of The Bookfellow, published between 7th January and 31st May 1899 by A.G. Stephens of The Bulletin. Scarce full run before this publication was folded back into ‘the Red Page’, the inside cover of The Bulletin.

All have original illustrated wrappers, two with cover art signed by A.J. Fischer (Aust., b.1859). Black and white illustrations by Mahony, Hopkins and other Australian artists feature amongst the pages, as well an article on Aubrey Beardsley in issue 5. Ref: Trove.

Foxing, chips and tears overall.

O’Harris, Pixie.

A collection of six bookplates, four by Pixie O’Harris, one for Pixie O’Harris, and one duplicate.

1). Ex-libris “Naomi Long”, signed in image lower left, signed and dated “1981” in ink on image lower centre, 6.8 x 9.3cm.

2). Ex-libris “Judy Da Silva”, signed in image lower right, signed and dated “1982” in pencil below image, 13.8 x 9.5cm.

3). Ex-libris “Ann & Geoffrey Long”, signed in image lower right, signed and dated “1980” in pencil below image, 9.2 x 7cm.

4). Ex-libris “Matthew da Silva”, signed and dated in image centre right, signed and dated “1982” in pencil below image, 15.4 x 11.2cm. Two copies.

5). Ex-libris “Pixie O’Harris”, dated “1980.1” and monogrammed in image lower right, signed illegibly by “John B. G[?]” in ink below image, 12.7 x 7cm.

Pixie O’Harris (Australian, 1903–1991) was one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. Her ex-libris plate depicts her naked, riding a horse bareback on the beach.

Minor creases.

Author: Carroll, Lewis.

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London. First edition.

Format: Small softcover octavo, grey card wrappers with red buckram spine, red and black letterpress text, 30pp, 17.9 x 11cm.

From the author of Alice in Wonderland, a small treatise on mental acuity and mental gluttony: “I wonder if there is such a thing in nature as a FAT MIND?” [p21]. With an introduction by William H. Draper.

Small crease to lower corner, very light foxing and marks.

Silver gelatin press photograph.

Autographed “To Nat, All the best, Elizabeth Allen” in ink lower left, 21.3 x 19cm.

Elizabeth Allen (American, 1929–2006) was a theatre, television, and film actress who starred in two of John Ford’s films in the 1960s: Donovan’s Reef and Cheyenne Autumn.

Crinkles, minor paper loss.

Silver gelatin photograph, postcard format.

Autographed “Best regards, Lauren Bacall” in ink lower centre. Addressed verso to “Miss Dorothy Kukla” of Staten Island, NY, in ink in unknown hand, with an Einstein postage stamp, 12.6 x 8.6cm.

This photograph of Bacall was taken for the Broadway play Applause which debuted in 1970. The play was based on the lauded 1950 film All About Eve. Lauren Bacall was cast as aging theatre star Margo Channing, the role played by Bette Davis in the film.

Minor chips to edges.

Letterpress menu card in the shape of a cement bag, 27.8 x 14.5cm.

Text continues “24 to the ton. Carlton Hotel, Sydney, 11th December, 1935.” The menu includes items such as oysters, filet schnapper Alexander, iced asparagus, and bombe laska.

“24 to the ton” refers to the 24:1 ratio of aggregate and cement to make concrete.

Minor crinkles.

Letterpress menu card, 22.8 x 15.1cm

Held on February 18th, 1938, the dinner given by Sydney car dealership York Motors, to William Morris, features toasts to The King; The Right Hon. Viscount Nuffield [Morris]; and to York Motors “and its dealers.” Native oysters and “sorbet au curacao” feature on the menu.

William Morris (English, 1877–1963) was the founder of Morris Motors and “the most famous industrialist of his age.” Ref: Wiki.

Old folds, foxing, minor paper loss.