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  • Scott’s Last Expedition – a Play – “The Fire and the Snow”

    Scott’s Last Expedition – a Play – “The Fire and the Snow”

    A play by Douglas Stewart about Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition.

    It premiered on ABC radio in June 1941 to great acclaim. It was to star Peter Finch as Scott but he joined the army four days before broadcast so Frank Harvey stepped in. No copy of the original production appears to exist. The BBC produced another version in 1951 which superseded this publication in 1945.

    Comes along with the script of the play “The Golden Lover” a Maori romance.

    Scott’s on the Radio and in Film!

    $50.00

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  • Scarce Lawrence of Arabia Memorabilia  – Ross … A Dramatic Portrait – 1960 Theatre Royal London

    Scarce Lawrence of Arabia Memorabilia – Ross … A Dramatic Portrait – 1960 Theatre Royal London

    A scarce program to Terence Rattigan’s successful London play on the enigmatic Lawrence of Arabia. 12 pages all in fine condition

    The play commences during his period as Ross before he was Shaw and flashes back to his activities as Lawrence. Alec Guinness was much acclaimed as the great man but here we have Michael Bryant in the role.

    Brief but interesting biographical notes on T.E.L. and the distinguished biographies of other cast.

    We especially like that in that “Huntley & Palmers Cake is Served in this Theatre” … what else! And that a Hoovermatic washing machine was used in the Wardrobe department and that Christian Dior Stockings can be found in Good Shops – Everywhere.

    Rare Lawrence item obscure but collected

    $30.00

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  • The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus – 1894  Richard Burton

    The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus – 1894 Richard Burton

    Burton died before this came to press. Printed for private circulation and promoted by his devoted wife. Limited to 1000 copies in this form. After Arabian Nights decided to translate another erotic work in the Carmina.

    Bound in vellum over paper boards printed on quality hand-made paper. The binding is marked and the vellum faded as in usual and the rough cut page edges are darkened likewise. Some foxing only to the tissue guard over the frontispiece. The internal pages really very bright and clean. A worthy copy of a scarce and distinguished work.

    Captain Richard Burton translated the verse and the prose was worked on by Leonard Smithers. Burton started the translation in Africa and did his last notes in Trieste … he died before the fully edited work could be completed. One of the more erotic books produced in the 1890’s.

    Special work carried out by the great man

    $160.00

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  • The Damon Runyon Omnibus – 1944

    The Damon Runyon Omnibus – 1944

    The man behind Guy’s and Dolls and much more on Broadway here are three of his first published in this form -including the aforementioned all-time hit.

    “When you see a sport and his cash has run short
    Make a bet that he’s banking it with some doll
    When a guy wears tails with front gleaming white
    Who the hell do you think he’s tickling pink
    … on Saturday night?”

    A rarity that takes you back

    $50.00

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  • Shelley – Poetry & Prose

    Shelley – Poetry & Prose

    Our favourite Modern Library point of reference on Percy Bysshe Shelley with Carlos Barker English Prof at Princeton’s expert view

    Very good condition in a near perfect dust jacket.

    Contains narrative poems and lyrical dramas including Promethues Unbound, Adonais and The Sensitive Plant … and Lyrical and reflective poems including Mont Blanc, Sonnet to the Nile and

    To A Skylark ….

    Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
    Bird thou never wert,
    That from Heaven, or near it,
    Pourest thy full heart
    In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

    Higher still and higher
    From the earth thou springest
    Like a cloud of fire;
    The blue deep thou wingest,
    And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest….

    Shelley a large dose … makes for a lovely gift …

    $50.00

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  • Poems by Charles Kingsley – 1884 – Superb Fine Binding Deep Blue Leather

    Poems by Charles Kingsley – 1884 – Superb Fine Binding Deep Blue Leather

    Published by Macmillan. London in 1884 and bound in deep blue polished calf with five raised bands to spine separate red leather title label and elaborate gilt work to each compartment, gilt outline to boards, marbled endpapers and edges etc – really nice.

    Charles Kingsley was a priest in the Church of England. A friend of Darwin and early supporter of the theory of evolution (Darwin mentions his view in later editions). Author of the Water Babies and Westward Ho and a collection of beautiful poems, songs and ballads beautifully presented here.

    Victorian Poetry bound in blue

    $90.00

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