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The Damon Runyon Omnibus [Including Guys and Dolls] – 1944

A first of kind published by Sun Dial Press, garden City, New York in 1994. High quality production despite the war years. Note this is the novel not the musical narrative …

Largish octavo, 505 pages, a few chips to what otherwise is a super dust jacket – very good copy overall.

Damon Runyon was the man behind “Guys and Dolls” and much more on Broadway here are three of his stories, first published in this form – “Money From home”, “Blue Plate Special” and the aforementioned all-time hit.

Much compared with P.G. Wodehouse … which is three stars to start ….

“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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Winesburg Ohio [A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life] – Sherwood Anderson

A classic Modern Library edition published just after WWII in 1947. Octavo, 303 pages, dust jacket with some edge wear otherwise a very good copy.

Likely Sherwood Anderson’s most admired work. Considered as one of the first books of Modernist Literature. A collection of twenty-two stories, generally described as a “short story cycle” i.e. they are all connected.

Interestingly, the place Winesburg Ohio is fictitious even though there is of course a Winesburg Ohio. The place in the stories is believed to have been based around Clyde in Ohio where Anderson was brought up …. Characters and locations are familiar.

Written in a direct unambiguous manner dealing with character over plot. Much admired and possibly directly influenced by Gertrude Stein with whom he communicated. Comparisons with Hemingway, Steinbeck etc made Voyager pick up this book and not leave it ’til done.

Winesburg Ohio so specific but could be anywhere.

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$30.00

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Tasmania’s North East – Loone

A 1981 re-issue of the near impossible to get 1920’s publication by the respected Loone.

Octavo, hardback printed in Launceston, 189 pages set as the original with period images etc. Fine copy, with a perfect dust jacket albeit we do not take to the modern design.

Loone was a pioneer of the area and a dignitary of Scottsdale. He sets out his story in discrete chapters that tell their own story. Much about the early settler’s explorations, the development of Scottsdale. Mining in the area and specifics of various finds good and bad. Forestry and agriculture. Early recollections of aboriginal identities.

Tasmanian North East one of the worlds best North East’s,

$50.00

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Anakie – The Sapphire Fields of Central Queensland – Walda Scholler

Self published by Walda Scholler who lived at Anakie in Queensland which is just west of Emerald – still a reasonable drive from Rockhampton.

Card cover, 112 pages, nicely illustrated, this edition published 1990, printed at Yeppon.

Signed nicely by the author but we think they probably all were.

Some almighty special gems have been found at Annakie – they have names – The Golden Willow, Stonebridge’s Green, the Centenary Gem and the Black Star of Queensland [Biggest in the World]. That alone should get your gem hunting juices going.

Interesting content re the Kajanjian brothers of Los Angeles, gem cutters and dealers who bought the Black Star. To cement their control they purchased many of the big finds at Anakie.

Anakie Gem Fields almost a secret

$35.00

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The Doctrine of Gold and Silver Computations – Thomas Snelling – First Edition Published 1766

An extremely rare book on gold and silver assaying and standards of value.Self published by Snelling from his premises next to the Horn Tavern, Fleet Street, London in 1766 … he advertises .. “who buys and sells all Sorts of Coins and Medals”.

Title continues … in which is included, that of the par of money; the proportion in value between gold and silver; and the valuation of gold, silver, and parting assays; with useful tables and copper plates.

Full calf with six compartments to spine each with elaborate giltwork, redone by Perry to his usual high standard, and a separate black leather title label. Complete with 144 pages after preliminaries including assay tables followed by 10 pages of copper engravings of coins all quite beautifully executed showing the printers plate mark for each coin pair. A few marks on the title, less elsewhere and generally very clean and bright inside.

Technically a book of high standard with comprehensive workings and tables allowing for a proper understanding of the difficulties of assay in the 18th Century.

The “Preface” sets the context of the book nicely … explaining that there are 480 defined qualities of silver and 384 defined qualities of gold and when mixed and possibly further mixed with copper give rise to 460,800 potential variations then the issue of assay and valuation is inherently complex.

Thomas Snelling (1712-1773) was a leading English numismatist of the period. He carried on business as a coin dealer at 183 Fleet Street next door to the Horn Tavern. His collection was sold off after his death and the catalogue is held in the Medal Room at the British Museum. There are three portrait medals of Snelling in the British Museum, one by Pingo who also did the Cook Medal commissioned by the Royal Society.

First Edition of Snelling’s Book on Gold, Silver and Coins

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$290.00

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The Integrative Action of the Nervous System – Charles Sherrington

Published for Members of the Classics of Medicine Library 1989.

Thick octavo, heavily illustrated, 411 pages, a very good copy. Bound in deep green leather and beautifully gilt embossed on boards and spine, all page edges richly gilt. Bright marbled end papers, green silk marker ribbon. A beautiful production.

Dr Sherrington FRS was the Holt Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpool – this book originally published in the USA in 1906 followed a series of lectures at Yale and in itself is a landmark publication regarding the development of understanding the central nervous system.

Nervous System Explored and Documented

$60.00

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The Damon Runyon Omnibus [Including Guys and Dolls] – 1944

Winesburg Ohio [A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life] – Sherwood Anderson

Tasmania’s North East – Loone

Anakie – The Sapphire Fields of Central Queensland – Walda Scholler

The Doctrine of Gold and Silver Computations – Thomas Snelling – First Edition Published 1766

The Integrative Action of the Nervous System – Charles Sherrington

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