Early Photo's of the Pacific
BEAUTIFUL ISLES OF THE SEA: A SOUVENIR OF THE PREMIER'S TRIP TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, 1900 (BOXED SET OF 49 PHOTOGRAPHS), new to website: Depicting Richard Seddon's trip to the Islands, primarily Tonga, Fiji, Niue, Rarotonga etc. Set of 49 photographs tipped onto decorated cards (18.5cm by 24cm), generally VG+, some VG- (around half with moderate fading, insect damage to one) in bespoke cardboard box with blue lettering to lid (personally addressed to one R. Monk, Esq., M.H.R., Waitemata (VG-, much scuffing soiling and splits to corners of lid)
13.08.21 Rare Music Books "Gong Dreaming" Daevid Allen
Rajneesh/OSHO box set
The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha (12 volume boxed set)
OSHO
HEAVY, 12x VOLUME BOXED SET, octavo white cloth boards, gilt lettering to front, illus. endpapers, in d/w's, VG+ to near FINE (occasionaly very light tanning to jackets or pages, v. minor) in box VG+ (light scuffing and very small tear to corner, otherwise very smart)
Marc Chagall's Bible illustrations
Very scarce title here, Chagall's striking series of Bible illustrations. British edition
Denis Glover, illustrated by Gary Tricker
New to website: limited editon "Arawata Bill" by Denis Glover with prints by Gary Tricker
A defense of "Work in Progress" AKA Finnegan's Wake, Joyce
Scarce Shakespeare & Co. publication - Samuel Beckett, William Carlos Williams & others in the corner for Joyce, who's excerpts from the mysterious "Work in Progress", the follow-up to ULYSSES that would become FINNEGANS WAKE, were not being very well recieved in the late 20's - and in the other corner, some negative critics also, one of which may or may not be Joyce himself writing under a pseudonym...