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Dust jacket in very good condition for age, with only mild spine discolouration. Light handling wear consistent with age, but overall well-preserved and visually striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the foundational works of Western literature, blending satire, romance, and philosophical inquiry in the story of the deluded yet idealistic knight-errant and his loyal squire, Sancho Panza. Arthur Boyd Houghton’s illustrations are among the most expressive visual interpretations of Cervantes’ masterpiece, capturing both the humour and melancholy of the novel. This early twentieth-century Warne edition represents the Edwardian revival of illustrated classics, produced as a gift book and valued today for its craftsmanship, design, and enduring readability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464632909876,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/370AB52C-409D-4AF8-BACD-CBCCDED06DC2_1_105_c.jpg?v=1769849634"},{"product_id":"aesop-s-fables-illustrated-with-wood-engravings-by-boris-artzybasheff-charles-skilton-ltd-london-1948","title":"Aesop’s Fables, illustrated with wood engravings by Boris Artzybasheff (1948)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated mid-twentieth-century edition of \u003cem\u003eAesop’s Fables\u003c\/em\u003e, edited and illustrated with wood engravings by \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoris Artzybasheff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Published by \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Skilton Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, London, in 1948. A complete copy, retaining the original illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features striking black-and-white wood engravings throughout, characteristic of Artzybasheff’s bold and often surreal graphic style. The book and dust jacket are in fair condition. The dust jacket shows general wear, toning, and edge losses consistent with age, while the binding remains sound and the pages are clean and complete. The board have experienced warping with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtzybasheff was one of the most distinctive illustrators of the mid-twentieth century, known for his expressive, sometimes unsettling visual interpretations of classic texts. 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Ogawa, [contents 1898–1899, this deluxe bound volume issued] 1901. Printed at the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge folio (approx. 32 x 47 cm), original decorated silk boards in a chrysanthemum brocade pattern over stiff boards, printed paper title label to the front board, gilt edges, closed with cord ties in the traditional Japanese deluxe binding style; 72 (73) collotype and colour plates reproducing classical Japanese paintings, each protected by a tissue guard carrying a bilingual English\/Japanese caption identifying the artist, subject, and holding collection; twelve colour plates by T. Tamura, the remainder monochrome collotypes by Ogawa Kazumasa, F.R.P.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an important and historical presentation inscription\u003c\/strong\u003e to the front free endpaper: \"To Sir John See, With compliments from Admiral Kamimura, June 1, 1903.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSir John See (1845–1907), KCMG, was the sitting Premier of New South Wales from 1901 to 1904. Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō (1849–1916) commanded the Imperial Japanese Navy's Training Squadron (the cruisers \u003cem\u003eMatsushima\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eItsukushima\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHashidate) \u003c\/em\u003eon its 1902–03 training cruise, which brought the first Japanese naval visit to Australia since 1887. The squadron, carrying over 1,300 officers and men, reached Sydney in early June 1903, where the NSW Government hosted a formal reception for the visiting officers at Parliament House under See's premiership; Kamimura himself was still writing from Sydney as late as 10 June. This was presentation copy of Japanese art was presented as an official gift-giving accompanying the squadron's goodwill visit \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(SMH, 15 June 1903, p. 8, National Library of Australia, nla.news-article14532469). This copy was edited by Hiromichi Shugio, a key figure in Meiji-era cultural diplomacy toward the West (curator of the Grolier Club's landmark 1889 ukiyo-e exhibition and Imperial Commissioner for Japanese art at Chicago, Paris, and St. Louis) and produced by Ogawa Kazumasa, Japan's pioneering collotype printer and publisher of the art journal \u003cem\u003eKokka.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdmiral Kamimura was an important figure and would go on to greater fame the following year commanding the IJN 2nd Fleet at the Battle off Ulsan and at Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis presentation copy is from a figure of real subsequent historical stature to a serving Australian head of government, at a documented moment of early Australia–Japan naval diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoards bright overall with some wear to the silk at the extremities and spine ends, title label toned with a faint vertical crease; presentation leaf on gold-flecked decorative paper, inscription clear and fully legible. Text\/tissue guard leaves with scattered foxing in places, heavier to a few individual leaves; the plates themselves are bright and clean, with colours strong on the twelve Tamura plates. All black and white and colour plates are present. Overall a well-preserved example of this scarce deluxe Meiji-era folio, with Kamimura–See presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47538455740468,"sku":null,"price":3750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/57_28441bba-3272-4f5f-a3ab-67f9fe9b55a1.png?v=1772366049"},{"product_id":"gregory-m-mathews-the-birds-of-australia-s-a-white-collection-number-108-of-500","title":"Gregory M. Mathews' - The Birds of Australia - S. A. White Collection (Number 108 of 500)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsome three-volume facsimile set of Gregory M. Mathews' The Birds of Australia, published by State Publishing, South Australia, 1990–1992. Number 108 of 500 numbered copies. S. A. White Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMathews' original Birds of Australia (Witherby \u0026amp; Co., London, 1910–1927) stands as one of the great monuments of ornithological publishing — twelve volumes, 600 colour plates, produced in editions of no more than 300 numbered sets. Complete copies are exceedingly rare and correspondingly expensive. This authorised facsimile reproduces selected colour plates from the volumes held by the family of Captain S. A. White, Mathews' close collaborator and one of Australia's most significant field ornithologists, offering the finest plates from across all twelve original volumes in three substantial folio-format books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColour separations were produced by Replica Pty Ltd, Adelaide, with the volumes printed by offset lithography on 170gsm Satintone from Tomasetti Paper and bound in grey leather and high-quality cloth by State Print, South Australia. Each volume opens with a portrait of Mathews and an introduction by Rob Linn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very good set, tight and clean throughout, with no inscriptions. Bindings firm, pages bright, colour plates sharp and well-reproduced. A handsome and accessible entry point into one of the foundational works of Australian natural history illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47894211756084,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/D9E91FBA-6B76-4CE9-BEF2-1F41DF96F41A_1_105_c.jpg?v=1781174832"},{"product_id":"the-dardanelles-colour-sketches-from-gallipoli","title":"The Dardanelles: Colour Sketches from Gallipoli","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten and drawn by Norman Wilkinson, R.I., who served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve through the Gallipoli campaign and recorded what he witnessed in watercolour on the spot. 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No other inscriptions, stamps, or repairs noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuinely scarce title, sought after specifically for its subject, a firsthand artist's record of Gallipoli, and bolstered here by an authentic naval ownership provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47947454414900,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/9DC5A73D-A7B6-4476-A460-C7A3BEE0A320_1_201_a.jpg?v=1782481498"},{"product_id":"the-poetical-works-of-edgar-allan-poe-1858","title":"The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe (1858)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with Original Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1858. The first deluxe illustrated London edition, published just nine years after Poe's death. Illustrated throughout with fifty three engravings by F. R. 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