Recent Arrivals from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Recent Arrivals from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
An Atlas of England and Wales: The Maps of Christopher Saxton Engraved 1574-1578
by Tooley, R.V. Saxton, Christopher
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- Used - Fine
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- Signed limited edition
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$705.96
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London: The Collectors Library of Fine Art, 1979. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Reproduces the exceedingly rare 1579 Saxton Atlas, with an introduction by cartography notable, R.V. Tooley and signed by him. Copy 136 of 500. Commissioned by N.E. Tarbolton.
Folio, xiv, (10), 36 folding maps printed in full color. Bound in quarter brown leather and cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
A$705.96
A Certain World. A Commonplace Book
by Auden, W.H.
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- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$274.54
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London: Faber and Faber, 1971. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. W.H. Auden [1907 - 1973] was a British-American poet and author. "...A Certain World, wherein one of the greatest living poets selects and comments on the reading that has meant most to him, is the nearest thing to an Auden autobiography as we are ever likely… Read more about this item Item Price
A$274.54
A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans
by Gould, John
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- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780959363982
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$941.28
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Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good condition. A magnificent reproduction of the copy held by the British Museum of Natural History. John Gould is considered to be the father of Australian ornithology.
Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$941.28
Flora Ornamentale dall'Iconographia Taurinensis
by Montacchini Franco - Forneris Giuliana
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- Used - Fine condition
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- First edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$235.32
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Italy: Instituto Geografico Agostini, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. The work reproduces the botanical plates preserved at the Institute and Botanical Garden of the University of Turin. They include the artists Francesco Peyroleri, Antonio and Angela Bottione, Maddalena Lisa Mussino, and drawings of Australian eucalypts and bottle brushes. Sml. folio, 14.5 x 11.25", 328 pp, 282 color… Read more about this item Item Price
A$235.32
Maria Sibylla Merian: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
by Merian, Maria Sibylla
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- Used - Overall fine condition
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- First edition thus
- Published
- 2016
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- Hardcover
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- 9789401433785
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- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$196.10
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Netherlands: Lannoo Publishers, 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. Overall fine condition. Maria Sibylla Merian [1647 - 1717] was a German entomologist and scientific illustrator. 'She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly.' (wikipedia dot com) Her lifelong study of insects and incorporation of the various stages of insect development into her illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
A$196.10
American Pictographic Images: Historical Works on Paper by Plains Indians
by Henderson, Frank, Karen Petersen, (intro)
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- Used - Very good condition
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- First printing
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$196.10
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Santa Fe: Morning Star Gallery, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. Color plates of Native American drawings made by an Arapaho youth named Frank Henderson in the 1880s, with introduction, and explanatory captions. Introduction and Captions by Karen Petersen.
Oblong 4to, xxi, 172 color plates, illustrated boards, gilt title on spine. Spine tips rubbed. Item Price
A$196.10
Architectural Graphic Standards, for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders and Draftsmen
by Ramsey, Charles George; Sleeper, Harold Reeve
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- Used - Good + overall
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1937
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$274.54
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1937. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Designed to be a reference organizing technical information regarding building construction, new materials, standards and methods used in the industry (as of 1936).
4to, xii, 284pp, orange and black boards, black text on spine, orange text on front, 260pp of plates. Covers dusty and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$274.54
Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America
by Catlin, George
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- Used - Very good overall
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780896599512
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$2,745.40
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New York: James Ackerman, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. A facsimile edition of the New York edition of 1845 which incorporates 6 additional plates from the London edition of 1844 not included in the American edition. Set number 626 of 950, signed by Dana Pratt Director of Publishing Library of Congress, and Robert Abrams President of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$2,745.40
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The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
by Spark, Muriel
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- Used - Fine
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- First American edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$549.08
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1962. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine. Spark's best-known work and the basis for the acclaimed film and play of the same name.
It was filmed in 1969 with Maggie Smith as Miss JB and is no. 76 on Modern Library's list of 100 Best Books of the Century. 8vo, 187pp, green cloth with blue… Read more about this item Item Price
A$549.08
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900
by Sitwell, Sacheverell; Handasyde Buchanan, James Fisher
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- Used - Good + overall
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- Limited edition
- Published
- 1953
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$117.66
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London: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. For the bird lover, with beautiful reproductions of plates by Audubon, Gould, Manetti and other famed ornithologists and artists.
One of 2000 copies printed on Gelderland mill paper. Folio, viii, 120pp, color and b&w plates. Orange cloth and marble boards, title in gold on spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$117.66
The New Herbal of 1543
by Fuchs, Leonhart
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- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 2001
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- 9783822812983
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$117.66
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Koln: Taschen, 2001. First edition thus. Very good condition. Leonhart Fuchs [1501-1566] is considered a founding father of modern botany. As a teacher and scholar, he married his botanical knowledge with medical research in his New Herbal, a catalog of 500 types of plants and their healing properties. 'This edition is based on Fuchs's personal, hand-colored original and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$117.66
The Parrots/ Die Papageien / Les Perroquets, The Complete Plates/ Samtliche Tafeln/ Toutes les planches
by Lear, Edward ( Francesco Salinas, Sophia Willmann, and Rainer Willmann)
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2009
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- 9783822852743
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- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$392.20
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Cologne: Taschen, 2009. Fine. 42 plates of parrots by Edward Lear, loose in a clamshell. Includes a soft cover, 32pp volume on Lear's life and parrot behavior written by Francesco Salinas, Sophia Willmann, and Rainer Willmann. Enclosed in a salmon clamshell, with pink crested cockatoo on front, and thumbnail images of the complete set of parrots on verso,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$392.20
Moths of Western North America
by Powell, Jerry A.; Paul A. Opler
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- Used - Fine
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- First edition
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9780520251977
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- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$117.66
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Discusses moths and their plant relationships. "...[T]his volume discusses about 25 percent of the species in every family... making it the most comprehensive volume in the field... With descriptions and illustrations of 2500 species... covering their morphology, taxonomy, adult behavior, larval biology and life cycles.'
4to, 369pp,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$117.66
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands containing two hundred and twenty figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants
by Catesby, Mark; George Frick (introduction), Joseph Ewan (notes)
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- Used - Fine
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- First edition thus
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$274.54
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Savannah: The Beehive Press, 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. A facsimile of Catesby's book. Catesby [1683 - 1749] was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World between 1729 and 1747. "The Natural History..." was the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. (Wikipedia dot com)
Folio,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$274.54
The Story of Audubon's Birds of America. The Double Elephant Folio
by Fries, Waldemar H.
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- Used - Very good overall
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780977082902
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$196.10
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Amherst, Massachusetts: Zenaida Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very good overall. ''[T]his book details the creation of Audubon's 'Birds of America'... and provides information including names of subscribers, original cost of the book and details regarding sets that were broken up or destroyed...'
4to, 523pp, green cloth, gilt title on spine, original dj cream, brown text and image of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$196.10
Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property. Including Four Famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet. [Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady (Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay)
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First printing
- Published
- 1937
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$117.66
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New York: American Art Association, 1937. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. Each lot up to #1797 has a hand written price of the winning bid. Total lot value on p555 written in. Signed on the title page by the catalogue's owner Iris Young of Long Island. An undated newspaper clipping with title, "Brady Art Sale Brings… Read more about this item Item Price
A$117.66
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Picture Posters. A Short History of the Illustrated Placard, with Many Reproductions of the Most Artistic Examples in all Countries
by Hiatt, Charles
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1895
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$149.04
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 367pp, light green cloth boards with green stripes, art deco on front, gilt title on spine, many b&w illustrations. Covers slt. dusty, some bubbling on cloth, internally clean and bright. Item Price
A$149.04
Jazz
by Matisse, Henri
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- Used - Fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$431.42
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New Haven CT: George Braziller, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. A facsimile of the 1947 original Verve edition with facsimile of the original colophon signed by Matisse. 4to, xviii, 146 pp., [10] pp, color illustrations. Black cloth lettered in red and white at spine and front board with the illustrated jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket which has… Read more about this item Item Price
A$431.42
Audubon's Birds of America: The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio DELUXE edition
by [Audubon, John James] Roger & Virginia Peterson
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1981
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- Slipcased
- ISBN
- 9780896592537
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$1,176.60
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New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. First edition thus. Slipcased. Fine. Deluxe facsimile edition of John James Audubon's "Birds of America", bound in quarter leather, gilt title, with the deluxe slipcase, illustrated label titled and image of a pelican. Audubon's artistic illustrations are organized and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, with a systematic arrangement of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,176.60
Ralph Lauren
by Lauren, Ralph
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780847829903
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Garrison, New York, USA
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A$156.88
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New York: Rizzoli, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio in slipcase. 475pp, white cloth boards titled in black with pictorial endpapers. A fine copy of this photobook on the works of Ralph Lauren. Item Price
A$156.88
