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New York: ASSOULINE, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hundreds of stunning illustrations by Rene? Gruau from the 1940s to the end of the century. Text by Réjane Bargiel and Sylvie Nissen. Cloth with illustrated dustwrapper, both with very light shelfwear, otherwise fine. Published by Assouline, New York, 2012. ISBN: 9782759406098

Burbank: DC Comics, 2021. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Infantino, Carmine; Gibbons, Dave; Etc. Stated First Printing [DC Comics, Burbank, 2021]; 699pp, 5pg biographies; black boards, indented titling to front, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Collects The Brave & The Bold #157-200 plus "nearly a dozen never-before-collected, meticulously restored stories". The third & final volume in the collation of 70s & early 80s Batman. ISBN: 978-1-4012-9282-9 / 9781401292829

First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. The classic children's adventure in a beautiful deluxe edition. First Thus [Beehive Books, Philadelphia, 2020]; 156pp; lavishly illustrated boards in decorative paper over cardboard slipcase. Part of the Beehive Illuminated Books series. Printed in an edition of 2500 copies. Artwork by Brecht Evens. Beautiful rendering of this timeless children's classic, with copious full colour illustrations. In original illustrated card shipping carton. ISBN: 978-1948886109 / 9781948886109

London: Atlas Press, 2005. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Bellmer, Hans [Photography]. First English translation of Bellmer's text accompanying his classic surrealist photography. First Thus [Atlas Press, London, 2005]; cream card, brown titling & decorations, slightly bumped at bottom corner, else fine; in matching black card slipcase. First English translation [by Malcolm Green from Bellmer's original German text of 1962]. Includes poems by Paul Eluard, 15 colour + 10 b&w photos plus numerous line drawings. Limited to 1000 copies. Atlas Anti-Classic #14. Hans Bellmer was a surrealist photographer who was forced to flee Nazi Germany in the 1930s due to his "degenerate" artwork. ISBN: 1 900565 14 5 / 1900565145.

London: John Murray, 1822. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition of Belzoni's legendary travels through Egypt. Fully titled: "Narrative Of The Operations & Recent Discoveries Within The Pyramids, Temples, Tombs & Excavations in Egypt & Nubia; & Of A Journey To The Coast Of The Red Sea, In Search Of The Ancient Berenice; And Another To The Oasis Of Jupiter Ammon." Third edition in two volumes [John Murray, London, 1822]; missing folio of plates [as usual]; xxxv, fold-out map of "The Course Of The Nile" + duplicated leaves [xxv], xxvi + fold-out map of desert showing Belzoni's "Route To The Oasis Of Ammon"; 438pp; x, 421pp, inc fold-out "Plan Of The Temple Of Jerusalem". Full calf bindings; front board of vol II detached; gilt decorations; marbled endpapers; edges marbled but largely faded; pasted title labels missing from spine?; faded gilt decorations; four raised bands; top of spines chipped with loss; base rear… Read More

First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Highly regarded collection of social anthropological studies. First Edition [University Of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1970]; xiv, 341pp; numerous illustrations + 2 maps; light brown boards, gold titling, bumped at corners, name on ffep, an excellent copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Published for the Australian Institute Of Aboriginal Studies from a symposium held at their general meeting. With contributions by Dr Catherine & Ronald Berndt, Prof T.G.H. Strehlow, A.P. Elkin & Dr Fay Gale. ISBN: 0855640448 / 85564 044 8

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncommon First Printing of Bester's debut novel. First Printing [Shasta Publishers, Chicago, 1953]; maroon papered boards over blue cloth, titling to front, dark block topstain, tape marks to outer boards & endpapers, a very good copy; in the good+ dustjacket, unclipped [$3.00], chipped & marked, taped inside; a very good copy overall. Bester's first book was also the inaugural winner of the Hugo Award. Very uncommon piece of golden-age SF literature.

Adelaide: C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1892. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. First Thus [C.E. Bristow, Adelaide, 1892];xi, 340pp + 2 pages Publisher's ads; green boards, gold titling, burgundy stripe decorations, decorative floral endpapers, boards a little bumped & rubbed, age-toned page block; an excellent copy. Due to increasing popular demand, compilation of records previously published in multiple volumes & out-of-print.

London: Penguin Books, 1976. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Cool vintage paperback of this short story collection. First Penguin Printing [Penguin Books, London, 1976]; 106pp+5 pages publisher's ads; pictorial card covers, a little creased & rubbed, a very good copy. Collection of short stories by the great South American author. Cover illustration by Peter Goodfellow. ISBN: 0 14 00 4057 9 / 0140040579

New York: Bloomsbury, 2000. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Uncommon First Edition of this cult classic food book. First Printing [Bloomsbury, New York, 2000] of this cult classic title; black cloth boards, red titling, bump at spine top, an excellent copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, not price-clipped; genuine collector's piece. Stated First US Edition with full number line. Anthony Bourdain was catapulted to fame with this autobiography [had previously authored two kitchen-themed novels], which delves into the grunge & grit of some of New York's most highly-regarded kitchens of the 1980s/90s. ISBN: 1 58234 082 X / 158234082X

London: Bloomsbury, 2000. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Uncommon First UK Edition of this cult classic food book. First UK Printing [Bloomsbury, London, 2000]; black cloth boards, red titling, v. light occasional spotting, slight toning, a very good copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, not price-clipped [£16.99], edges slightly rumpled, couple small scratches at rear. Full number line. Anthony Bourdain was catapulted to fame with this autobiography [had previously authored two kitchen-themed novels], which delves into the grunge & grit of some of New York's most highly-regarded kitchens of the 1980s/90s. ISBN: 0-7475-5072-7 / 0747550727

New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Signed First Edition of this historical novel set in the plague year of 1666. First US Printing [Viking, New York, 2001]; 308pp; black papered boards, gold titling on spine, rough-cut fore-edge, a fine copy; in the excellent, unclipped dustjacket [$24.95 & 0801 front flap]; very minor rubbing at extremities, 1.5cm tear top jacket corner. Signed by Brooks on the title page. Removable bookseller sticker denoting an "autographed copy" on front. Brooks' book of the plague year [1666] and the response of one village to this catastrophic event was inspired by true events & certainly enjoyed something of a revival during the COVID years! ISBN: 0-670-91021-x / 067091021x

First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Mammoth tome from the Sapiens range of Bullipedia books, signed by Ferran Adria. First English Edition* [Phaidon, London, 2020]; illustrated boards [33cm x 22cm], mint condition. Signed by chef Ferran Adria on blank preliminary page. The el Bulli Foundation explores the relationship between humans and food preparation. ISBN: 978 1 83866 186 1 / 9781838661861. *First published in Spanish in 2019

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1983. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Invaluable record of buildings obliterated in the name of "Progress". First Printing [Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1983]; 224 pages; brown boards, gold titling to spine, corners slightly bumped, an excellent copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, bumped at base with 7mm tear, spine a little faded [as often], light foxing to verso. SIGNED by Burden on title page [rare as such]. Burden's photos capture many examples of architecturally significant buildings throughout Adelaide, many of which were to become victims of the city council's indiscriminate worship of false progress in the 1970s & 80s. One of the most sought-after books on Adelaide architecture. ISBN: 0 19 554402 1 / 0195544021

London: The Folio Society, 2005. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. An extraordinary 17C work in a beautiful Folio edition. First Thus [The Folio Society, London, 2005]; three volumes, brown leather spines, gilt titling & decorations, over marbled boards; housed in brown slipcase with gold titling on one face; a fine set. First published in 1621, this unique work is part satire, part serious reflection on the causes, cures & general theories behind the melancholic personality. Introduction by Philip Pullman. To give its full title: "The Anatomy of Melancholy: what it is. With all the kindes, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and seuerall cures of it. In three maine partitions, with their seuerall sections, members and subsections. Philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut vp, by Democritus Iunior".