Three Macabre Stories by Norton, Rosaleen (edited with an Introduction by Keith Richmond) - 1996

Mandrake, 2016-09-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Mandrake, 2016-09-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

The Teitan Press, January 2009. Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. w/ CD limited to 880, #20.used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Sydney: Walter Glover, 1982. Facsimile reprint of the 1952 first edition. Near fine/fine. Hardcover : 80pp. : 4 Colour and numerous b&w illustrations : navy blue canvas covers with gilt title on top board and spine : illustrated dust jacket : illustration repeated on endpapers : introduction to second edition by Nevill Drury, Minor spotting to edges of text block. Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979) was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and came to Sydney, Australia with her family at the age of eight. Unconventional from an early age, she began drawing from the age of three, and a childhood appreciation of nature (she had a pet spider called Horatio amongst other creatures) elaborated as an adult into pantheist religious beliefs and richly pagan ideology. Openly declaring herself wiccan at a time when witchcraft was still illegal her artwork caused a storm of controversy in the straitlaced Australia of 1952. This is when Walter Glover first published The Art of Rosaleen Norton with poems by Gavin… Read More

Sydney : Walter Glover, 1982. Facsimile reprint of the first edition (Sydney: Walter Glover, 1952). Quarto, gilt-lettered papered boards, illustrated endpapers,  pp 78, [1] bibliography, illustrated in b/w, with 4 colour plates (not to be found in the 2013 Teitan Press edition). Survey of the work of the infamous Sydney occultist and artist Norton, popularly known by the sobriquet of 'The Witch of King's Cross'.

Sydney : Walter Glover, 1982. De-luxe edition limited to 50 numbered copies signed by the publisher (this copy is out of series). Facsimile reprint of the first edition (Sydney: Walter Glover, 1952). Quarto, red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine (as the first edition, rather than the blue cloth of the standard second edition), illustrated endpapers, printed on high quality white paper (rather than the cheaper cream paper of the first edition or the yellowish paper of the standard second edition), pp 78, [1] bibliography, illustrated in b/w, with 4 colour plates (not to be found in the 2013 Teitan Press edition), in publisher's slipcase (lightly marked). An excellent copy. Survey of the work of the infamous Sydney occultist and artist Norton, popularly known by the sobriquet of 'The Witch of King's Cross'. A scarce edition.

book is bumped on upper board by spine, else "Fine." Unclipped* wrapper has two short closed tears, gently faded spine and just a bit of wear at spine head. *a Nash inventory re-order form is still attached to rear jacket flap-something which is clearly unintended for the purchaser. So, this copy is unclipped x two!! An extremely fresh, attractive book and what great campy art on the wrapper!
Inv. # 63762 GGW* bds 10/2023

Nice tight copy; small bump to reverse. Old tape "ghost" to flyleaf, else internals clean. Terrific cover art; more campy than lurid, still the essentials remain.
Inv. # 63812 SD* bds 11/2023

Aquarian Press, 1970, in soft wraps. Terrific lurid. A veritable time capsule which can serve as a bona fide research tool for those with an interest of the heady days of late 1960s London. No website to hide behind; here were REAL names of both adepts & quacks and where to find them! An interesting artifact- though don't expect to trace many of these street addresses now. Uncommon vintage paperback. Exceptional condition save for spotting on all edges. Very tight binding, extremely clean. Almost "As New". Inv. # 62542 bds 2023

Binding is square, tight and clean save for a stray mark on reverse. Red top stain. Internals clean except for faint marginal spotting/staining on pp.136-37. Old Weiser booklabel on front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper has minor wrinkling/ small creases (it is a very thin gold foil paper jacket) plus some edgewear; else Fine. Fifty-seven illustrations on b/w plates interspersed throughout text; again, as mentioned elsewhere on this space; images perhaps those not commonly seen re-printed ad nauseum.
Inv. # TMA* bds 9/2023

book is "Fine." red top stain. (just a hint of foxing to fore edge but not enough to knock it down to Near Fine.) Unclipped wrapper has moderate soiling to front and heavier darkening to spine. one miniscule tear to the upper edge of the face; there are no other tears, chips or creases. Several b/w plates interspersed throughout(eight pages of prints).
Inv. # 63758 HOW* bds 10/2023

binding is very clean- just a touch of edgewear/shelfwear. They used a two tone quarter green cloth over gray cloth and the green portion still is glossy. Internals very clean ( not even any pricing marks in pencil) though there is a paper clip indentation at the lower edge affecting the title, onwards for 20 pages. Unclipped wrapper has only some rubbing but I detect no tears, creases or chips. The paper is wonderful; it strikes me as feeling and looking like "linen" (not your business/office grade) but I am by no means an expert on paper. This US Stackpole Edition omits 8 plates which are in the UK Allen & Unwin volume. Well-preserved, excellent copy.
Inv. # 63672 NOAB* bds 9/2023

8.25 x 11.25 (Oversize format) Fine/Fine; book is fresh and the pages are white, white! Straight, tight, square- not a hint of foxing, not even on the top edge. Binding is beautiful. Clipped(err..!) still glossy wrapper is the same- perhaps just a hint of rubbing/dust-dulling but so minor- hey, let's not ruin the fun, eh? This is The One.
Inv. # 63773 MS* bds 10/2023

Very lightly edgeworn; else "Fine". Internals very clean. Unclipped wrapper has minor wear at spine caps. Rubbing to reverse; to a lesser degree on the front. No tears, chips or creases; nice jacket! Uncommon in hardcover
11/2023

First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.
Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).