Sundry Notes Papers Being Discovered (7 results)

Elephant Folio; iv+126pp. Original quarter leather. Illustrated with numerous colour plates, a touch of uneven colour on upper board, otherwise a fine copy in publisher's slipcase. Number 40 of 150 copies signed by Donald Friend.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. A flawless copy from a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by Donald Friend and the publisher Richard Griffin. Elephant folio bound in quarter green leather and orange cloth, gilt embossed decorations housed in matching slipcase 'This most infamously wicked work is an erotic (even by Donald Friend's uninhibited standards) dreamlike odyssey of lust and bestiality.' A remarkable tour de force in art publishing in Australia.

(Melbourne: Gryphon Books). Elephant folio. Orig. qtr. green calf with gilt buckram boards. In original captioned slip-case. Fine. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only fully signed 'Donald Friend' the creator of this masterpiece of erotica. Includes over 100 plates in full colour many elaborately decorated in gold. The text is written in Donald Friend's hand around the illustrations. The edition was heavily over-subscribed prior to publication and is consequently extremely rare. With: Two (2) coloured proof sheets loosely inserted.

Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1979. Elephant folio, [iv], 126 pages (a full-colour facsimile of Friend's richly illustrated manuscript). Oversubscribed on publication and destined to be perennially rare, as the edition was limited to only 150 copies numbered and signed by Donald Friend. This copy is signed but not numbered. It is an unbound file copy housed in a slipcase; 'Proof sheets only. Not to be bound in any form' is written in ink in lieu of a copy number. A mint copy, ideally suited to a designer binding (it comes complete with the original endpapers) or for exhibition purposes - multiple pages can be displayed at one time. Signed by Author(s).

(Melbourne: Gryphon Books,). Elephant folio. Orig. qtr. green calf with gilt buckram boards. In original captioned slip-case (slightly faded). Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only, fully signed 'Donald Friend', the creator of this masterpiece of erotica, this being No. 36. Includes over 100 plates in full colour, many elaborately decorated in gold. The text is written in Donald Friend's hand, around the illustrations. The edition was heavily over-subscribed prior to publication, and is consequently extremely rare. Fine.

Friend's erotic masterpiece was published in Melbourne in 1979 by Richard Griffin's Gryphon Press - a full-colour facsimile of the richly illustrated holograph manuscript (elephant folio, [iv], 126 pages). The edition was limited to only 150 copies numbered and signed by Donald Friend; it was oversubscribed on publication. This large-format bifolium (each page is 380 × 510 mm) contains the complete text and illustrations for pages 3, 4, 9 and 10, and although it is basically similar to the published version, it differs in every detail. Not least of the differences is the number, treatment and quality of the drawings. The published version contains six watercolour drawings, one in full colour, the rest merely black and white. The manuscript on offer contains seven drawings, with one only in black and white; there are two with a monochrome wash, and four drawn in varying monochrome. One of these covers well over half the page, considerably larger than the published version. A less immediately obvious but more telling difference is the handwritten text. On these two leaves, it is identical to that on the leaves numbered before and after them in the published version, whereas it is completely different on the substitutes. One possible explanation is that this is the original version, that it went missing prior to publication, and that it had to be completely recreated. These variations in handwriting occur elsewhere in the published text; perhaps the final draft was made up from two (or more) manuscripts prepared some time apart. However, although 'The Diaries of Donald Friend', Volume 4 (2006), covering the period 1966 to 1988, refers to 'Bumbooziana' many times, there is no mention of errant leaves, no hint of variant drafts. The various (and unsuccessful) attempts to sell the manuscript as published are described in detail in the diaries. On 15 October 1982, Friend records he was offered $25,000 for it; 'It was a shock. I want $45,000 and regard it cheap at that'. On 20 May 1983, he records that the several manuscripts, including that of 'Bumbooziana', 'would all go to the library [the National Library of Australia] on loan and be gifted one manuscript per annum, valued for tax deduction purposes by the library'. Friend is more Friend-less these days, but we are only offering a sheet of paper for sale.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books. Elephant folio. Orig. qtr. green morocco with gilt buckram boards. In slightly discoloured original captioned slip-case. Fine. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only fully signed 'Donald Friend' the creator of this masterpiece of erotica. Includes over 100 plates in full colour many elaborately decorated in gold. The text is written in Donald Friend's hand around the illustrations. The edition was heavily over-subscribed prior to publication and is consequently extremely rare. ADDED: Original pen & ink sketch fully signed by the artist depicting a naked young boy loosely inserted. ACCOMPANIED BY: The Bumbooziana Portfolio . . Melbourne: Gryphon Books 1979. 4to. text. 24pp. and elephant folio plates - comprising 4 trial pages not previously reproduced 6 prints of full-page plates 1 cromolin proof and 22 proof sheets. Mostly coloured. In wrappered portfolio preserved in a captioned slip-case slightly discoloured. Ed. lim. to 100 numbered sets only fully signed 'Richard Griffin' the Publisher and 'Donald Friend' the Artist. Extremely rare to have both the Bumbooziana and The Bumbooziana Portfolio together.