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Books from the library of

Christopher Koch

GOTCHA BY THE BOOKS

Catalogue No 2 Summer 2015-16



Gotcha By The Books

Catalogue No. 2 Summer 2015-16

Books from the library of Christopher Koch

For our second catalogue we offer books from the library of the late

Christopher Koch (1932-2013), twice winner of The Miles Franklin Award - for

‘The Doubleman’ (1985), and ‘Highways to a War’ (1996). The catalogue consistsof numerous association copies, research texts for ‘Out of Ireland’, ‘Highways to

a War’, and ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’, and Koch’s first appearance in print,

in The Bulletin January 10 1951.

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ASSOCIATION COPIES

1. Angus, Max

A Salute to Watercolour

Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 1996

Signed Limited Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 132pp

With a dedication from Angus to Koch, "...for Christopher Koch with affection and

admiration Max Angus 8 Oct 99"; Illustrated study of watercolour painting, referencing

the history of watercolour and the work of notable practitioners such as Durer, Lorrain,

Van Dyck, Turner, Constable, and also including Australians such as Julian Ashton and

Robert Campbell; the second section of the book is devoted to Max Angus' watercolours,

reproducing numerous examples of his work in the medium; limited to 1000 copies signed

by Max Angus to publisher's page; Very Good tight clean copy in Very Good dustwrapper.

$195.00

2. Anwar, Chairil; Raffel, Burton (translator)

The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar

Albany, State University of New York Press, 1970

1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, dustwrapper, 208pp

1st Edition of this complete poetry and prose of Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar, with gift-

inscription by editor and translator Burton Raffel “To Chris Koch with pleasure Burton

Raffel”; Anwar was a member of the '1945 Generation' of Indonesian Writers, he died at

26 years of age of unknown causes; translator and editor Burton Raffel began translating

Indonesian poetry while teaching there in the 1950's; boards decorated with yellow, gray

and white horizontal bands; dustwrapper shows an image of Anwar to front and Raffel to

rear; text block lightly foxed, dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good/Very Good.$35.00

3. Astley, Thea

The Acolyte

Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, 1980

Reprint signed by the author. Paperback, 8vo, 158pp

Thea Astley's acclaimed novel (winner of the Miles Franklin Award in1972); flat-signed by Astley to title page, and with gift-inscription from

Astley to Koch - the inscription comes under the printed dedication "For

Amy Witting who also knows 'how the work goes naked to the weather'",

beneath which Astley's has written "But especially for Chris Koch, who

knows just how naked it is! Thea 21/9/81"; text block lightly toned,

corners lightly knocked, o.w. Very Good in lightly rubbed wraps.

$45.00



4. Beresford, Bruce

Josh Hartnett definitely wants to do this true stories from a life in the screen trade

Sydney, Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, 2007

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 322pp

1st Edition, first printing memoir by Bruce Beresford describing the highs and

lows of many decades in the movie business; Signed and with gift-inscription

from Beresford to Koch "For Chris - a real writer! with admiration from BruceBeresford December 2007"; Koch has marked one page with a yellow post-it

note, and highlighted 3 pages with felt pen lines to margins, o.w. Very Good

in Very Good dustwrapper.

$45.00

5. Clancy, Laurie

The Wife Specialist

Melbourne, Hyland House, 1979

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, Jack Larkin jacket design, 169pp

Signed 1st Edition collection of stories by Laurie Clancy, mostly set in Carlton during the

1960's at the time of the gentrification of the inner-city Melbourne suburb; gift-inscription

from Clancy to Koch "To Chris, With very warm regards, Laurie 13/3/1980", also flat-

signed 'Koch' to front endpaper; very minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean

throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

$30.00

6. Dessaix, Robert

Night Letters

Sydney, Pan Macmillan Australia, 1996

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 12mo, dustwrapper, 276pp

Signed 1st Edition of this collection of 20 letters written by Dessaix in a hotel room in

Venice; Signed and with gift-inscription from Dessaix to Koch "To Christopher in

admiration Robert Dessaix Brisbane Sept '96"; shelfwear to underside of boards, o.w. Very

Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$35.00



7. Eng, Tan Twan

The Gift of Rain

Melbourne, Scribe, 2007

Paperback, 8vo, 447pp

Tan Twan Eng's acclaimed first novel; signed and with gift-inscription to

Koch "To Christopher and Robyn, hope you'll visit Penang again soon! Best

Wishes Twan" (Robyn is Koch's second wife); Koch has written Eng's emailaddress to last (blank) page, o.w. Very Good.

$35.00

8. Grant, Jamie (ed)

100 Australian Poems you need to know

Hardie Grant Books 2008

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 247pp

Anthology of notable Australian poems, edited and with an introduction by Jamie Grant,

foreword by Phillip Adams; signed and with gift-inscription by Grant to Koch "To

Christopher, this book is a supplement to the Waverley Library Award, yours ever, Jamie

Grant" (Koch won the Award in 2008 for ‘The Memory Room’); poems by Webb, Manifold,

Wright, Furphy, Harford, Catalano, Rodriguez, and many more; 1st Edition first printing;

tiny chip to lower edge front cover, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy.

$40.00

9. Hamish Hamilton

Majority 1931-1952 An Anthology of 21 Years of Publishing

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 1035pp

Anthology of highlights from the first 21 years of publishing house Hamish Hamilton;

signed and with gift-inscription by Hamish Hamilton to Koch "To Christopher Koch, with

good wishes from Hamish Hamilton March 1959"; Hamish Hamilton publishers was

founded by Jamie Hamilton (aka Hamish) in 1931; contributors include Koestler, Palinurus,

Mitford, Bemelmans, Chandler, Thurber, Shaw, and also including the complete text of

Camus' The Outsider; lower corners a little knocked, with some minor creases to corners

of pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards sunned top front and spine.

$85.00

10. Hartmann, William K.

Desert Heart chronicles of the Sonoran Desert

Arizona, Fisher Books, 1989

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated,

216pp

Tells the human and geological story of the central core of the Sonoran

Desert, illustrated with the author's own colour and b&w photos; signed and

with gift-inscription by Hartmann to Koch "For Chris Koch - with thanks for

your hospitality and with continual admiration for your work Bill Hartmann

Leura (?) 1990 Sep 10"; Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper

lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

$45.00



11. Hartmann, William K.

Mars Undergound

New York, Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1997

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 349pp

Signed 1st Edition, first printing of scientist William Hartmann's first work

of fiction; signed and with gift-inscription (and small drawing in green andred ink of a cactus and 'red planet') from Hartmann to Koch "For Chris

Koch with continued admiration for your work and gratitude for your

encouragement Bill Hartmann July 1997"; text block and edges of pages

lightly toned, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout in Very Good

dustwrapper.

$30.00

12. Hordern, Marsden

A Merciful Journey recollections of a World War II Patrol Boat Man

Melbourne, The Miegunyah Press, 2005


Autobiography by Marsden Hordern, telling the story of his life from childhood in Sydney

during the Great Depression to his years serving in the Royal Australian Navy from 1942-

1947; signed and with gift-inscription by Hordern to Koch "Inscribed for Christopher Koch

- a fortunate man blessed with the great gift of imaginative writing, by Marsden Hordern

'Riverhall' Warrawee 8 December 2009"; number 61 in the second numbered series of the

Miegunyah Volumes; some wear to lower rh corner of front board, o.w. Very Good and

clean throughout; minor loss lower rh corner front panel of dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good.

$30.00

13. Kannan, Lakshmi

Rhythms a collection of short fiction

New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 1986


1st Edition of this collection of stories, translated from the Tamil by the author; signed

and with gift-inscription from Kannan to Koch "For Mr. Christopher Koch with regards,

Lakshmi Kannan"; publisher's translation note pasted in to half-title page (with some

minor rippling from glue), text block toned, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$45.00

14. Kavanagh, P.J.

Finding Connections

London, Hutchinson, 1990

Signed by the author. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 216pp

PJ Kavanagh's Australian travelogue/memoir; signed and with gift-inscription by Kavanagh

to Koch "For Christopher Koch from Patrick, with many thanks for all his help and for his

writings March 1990" (and also flat-signed by Kavanagh to title page); numerous

references are made to Koch and his writings in the book, in particular with reference to

Tasmania; publisher's details state ‘This edition first published in 1990 by Hutchinson’.

$25.00



15. Keneally, Thomas

Bring Larks and Heroes

Melbourne, Cassell Australia, 1968

Signed reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 247pp

Thomas Keneally's novel, set in an unnamed British colony (resembling Sydney) in the late

18th-century; signed to title page and with gift-inscription (and loosely-sketched smiling

face) by Keneally to Koch "To Chris, in admiration Tom Keneally 1987"; flat-signed by Kochto front endpaper; endpapers and prelims foxed, text block toned, occasional light foxing

in text, o.w. G-VG; dustwrapper with strip of tape repair along top edge, o.w. G-VG.

$95.00

16. Krygier, Martin

Civil Passions selected writings

Melbourne, Black Inc., 2005


Collection of essays on Australian and international political and cultural affairs: signed

and with gift-inscription by Krygier to Koch "For Chris, with admiration and warm regards,

Martin 14.vi.2011"; text block lightly toned, o.w. Very Good.

$25.00

17. Lehmann, Geoffrey

A Spring Day in Autumn

Melbourne, Nelson, 1974


Signed 1st Edition of Geoffrey Lehmann's only novel; gift-inscription from Lehmann to

Koch "for Chris + Irene Love Geoff" [Irene was Koch's first wife]; very minor toning to

endpapers and text block, very minor shelfwear to boards, o.w. Very Good clean and

bright throughout; short closed tear (1.5cm) to rear of dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good

$80.00

18. Murray, Les (ed)

The Quadrant Book of Poetry 2001-2010


Selection of poems published in Quadrant over the first decade of the C-21st, selected

and edited by Les Murray; signed and with gift-inscription from Murray to Koch "for Chris,

Ha-ha past & present! Les"; poems by Alan Gould, Pascale Petit, Geoff Page, Peter

Skrzynecki, Jan Owen, Mary Makofske, Anna Buck, and many more; Very Good tight and

clean throughout; dustwrapper with some very minor creases to edges, o.w. Very Good.

$58.00



19. Murray-Smith, Stephen

Indirections a literary autobiography

Townsville, Foundation for Australian Literary Studies James Cook University of North

Queensland, 1981

Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 61ppAutobiography by Stephen Murray-Smith, with focus on the literary magazine Overland,

which he founded in 1954 and subsequently edited; signed and with gift-inscription by

Murray-Smith to Koch "Christopher - best wishes Stephen"; one section of text marked by

Koch in the margins, o.w. Very Good.

$25.00

20. Norman, Don

Bitter Quest a novel of early colonial days

No. 99 of 200 copies

Tasmania, Shearwater Press, no date (1995)

Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 143pp

No. 99 of 200 copies of this novel of early colonial Tasmania; signed and with gift-

inscription from Norman to Koch "To my distant cousin Christopher Koch with

congratulations and warmest regards Don Norman".

$28.00

21. Robinson, RolandBlack-Feller White-Feller

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1958

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, dustwrapper, 151pp

Signed 1st Edition of this collection of stories, ranging in setting from the

Western Plains of NSW to the ranges of the Centre, Northern Territory and

Arnhem Land; signed and with gift-inscription (referencing Koch’s first novel) to

half-title page from Robinson to Koch "For Chris, The boy in the Island, with

affection, from Rob. and Bette"; text block a little toned, minor foxing to

endpapers, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, minor stain

top rh front panel, tape stains to flaps, o.w. Very Good.

$65.00

[Roland Robinson was a significant influence on the young Koch, offering this

critique in response to something that Koch had written: “Don’t tell me about it,

make me see it”. Koch described this as “The best advice a writer can be given”*

Koch’s first published poem ‘Half -heard’ appears in the centre of the page of the

Bulletin which contained Robinson’s short story “The White Rabbit”.]

* ‘Island and Otherland Christopher Koch and his books’ by Noel Hendricksen



22. Sarma, K. Godavari

On the Banks of the Nagavali

Kinada, published by the author, 1987

Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 75pp1st Edition (stated) of this collection by Indian poet K. Godavari Sarma; signed and with a

gift-inscription “To Chris Koch with regards - K. Godavari Sarma 10.7.'87”; string-bound

cream wraps; wraps lightly rubbed and with mild rippling, Very Good throughout.

$30.00

23. Sheridan, Greg

Asian Values Western Dreams understanding the new Asia

Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1999


Signed and with gift-inscription from Sheridan to Koch "For Chris, who set me on the road

so long ago, in appreciation, Greg Sheridan September 1999"; an analysis of Asian society

at the turn of the century, asking how identities will be maintained in the face of Western

power and the forces of globalization; in the foreword Sheridan states "It was the novelistChristopher Koch who first took me to Asia, almost literally though not personally, some

twenty years ago."; 1st Edition First printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1); one paragraph marked

in the margins by Koch, some light toning to edges of pages, o.w. Very Good.

$28.00

24. Sheridan, Greg

Tigers leaders of the new Asia-Pacific



Signed and with gift-inscription from Sheridan to Koch "For Chris, In appreciation of

inspiration and wisdom, and friendship, Greg Sheridan May 1997"; a study of some of the

most powerful leaders in Asia at the turn of the century, including Lee Teng-hui, Lee Kuan

Yew, Fidel Ramos, Kim Young-sam, Mahatir Mohamad.

$28.00



25. Sheridan, Greg (ed.)

Living with Dragons Australia confronts its Asian destiny


Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 240ppSeries of essays on the future of relations between Australia and Asian countries;

signed and with gift-inscription from Sheridan to Koch "To Chris, fellow 'friend'!

Greg Sheridan May 1995"; essays by Sheridan, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Gareth

Evans, and others; text block and edges of pages toned, o.w. Very Good.

$25.00

26. Singh, Man Mohan

Village Poems

New Delhi/London, Arnold-Heinemann, 1982

Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 57pp

Man Mohan Singh's second collection of poems (No. 22 in the Indian Poetry Series),

foreword by Dom Moraes; signed and with gift-inscription from Singh to Koch "For Koch

from Man Mohan S 2nd July 87".

$35.00

27. Smith, Vivian

Tasmania and Australian Poetry

Hobart, University of Tasmania, 1984Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 20pp

Signed and with gift-inscription from Smith to Koch "For Christopher - with happy

memories from Vivian 30 May '84"; a study of Tasmania and Tasmanian themes in

Australian poetry, being the text of the 1983 James McAuley Memorial Lecture. Very

Good.

$20.00



ASSOCIATION COPIES – STANFORD

In late 1959 Koch was awarded (along with Randolph Stow) a fellowship for the Stanford

University advanced writing course for the year 1960-61. This course included a number of

students who themselves developed into writers of note, such as Larry McMurtry, Ken

Kesey, Jim (James Baker) Hall, Peter Beagle, and Gurney Norman, all under the tuition of

William Cowley and Frank O’Connor. Here are twelve association copies from McMurtry(all but one of which are 1st Editions), and a gift each from Jim Hall and Gurney Norman.

28. McMurtry, Larry

Texasville

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1987

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, George Corsillo

dustwrapper design, 542pp

1st Edition, First printing of this sequel to ‘The Last Picture Show’;

inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "For Chris

the oil patch revisited love Lm"; half blue cloth with red papersides, silver titling to spine, fore edge untrimmed; mild toning to

fore edge, o.w. Very Good throughout, with no marks or flaws, in

Very Good dustwrapper.

$295.00

29. McMurtry, Larry

Anything For Billy

London, Collins, 1989

Signed 1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, Malcolm Smith


1st UK Edition of McMurtry's novel based on the life and times of Billy The Kid;signed and with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper; the

inscription refers to the dustwrapper illustration of the UK Edition which shows

Billy The Kid on a horse against a background of Monument Valley; it reads: "For

Chris The English Edition, thus Monument Valley, not exactly one of Billy's

haunts, Lm"; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; mild reading crease to

spine, o.w. Very Good throughout with no marks or flaws, in Very Good

dustwrapper (very lightly toned to spine).

$450.00

30. McMurtry, Larry

Desert Rose


Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, George Corsillo dustwrapper design, 254pp

1st Edition, First printing - tells the story of Harmony, a lead dancer in a Las Vegas casino; signed

and with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "For Chris - a novel about the

strangest town in America Lm"; half purple cloth with blue paper sides with title blind-embossed

to front board, gilt titling to spine; minor reading crease to spine, minor knock top rh corner of

front board, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$275.00



31. McMurtry, Larry

The Evening Star


Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, Wendell Minor dustwrapper design,

637pp

1st Edition, First printing - this novel brings us up to date with some of the characters

from ‘Terms of Endearment’, in particular Aurora Greenway (and her family, friends, andlovers); signed by McMurtry and with gift-inscription to Koch to prelims "For Chris - The

end of the Story Lm"; half red cloth with black paper sides, gilt titling to spine; Very Good

and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$275.00

32. McMurtry, Larry; Ossana, Diana

Pretty Boy Floyd a novel



444pp

1st Edition, First printing from the Larry McMurty/Diana Ossana writing partnership;

signed and with gift-inscription to title page from McMurtry and Ossana to Koch, "For

Chris - Larry + Diana on the outlaw trail" followed by the autographs of both authors; half

red cloth with black paper sides, gilt titling to spine; minor knock top edge front board,

with some very minor rippling, o.w. Very Good throughout; short closed tear (1cm) top

edge front flap of dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good.

$225.00

33. McMurtry, Larry

Some Can Whistle a novel



348pp

1st Edition, First printing - tells the story of a father (Danny Deck) learning to love a

daughter he has never met; signed and with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch tofront endpaper "For Chris - old Danny finds his daughter at last Lm"; half blue cloth with

beige paper sides, gilt titling to spine; Very Good and clean throughout, dustwrapper with

very minor vertical crease near spine of front flap, o.w. Very Good.

$225.00



34. McMurtry, Larry

Lonesome Dove a novel


3rd Printing. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, George Corsillo/Shannon Sternweis


Larry McMurty's classic novel of the American West as it really was; signed and with gift-

inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "For Chris - All the cowboys you'll

ever need Love Lm"; half blue cloth with black paper sides, gilt titling to spine; very minor

shelfwear to boards, very minor marks to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean

throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$275.00

35. McMurtry, Larry

Buffalo Girls



351pp

1st Edition, First printing McMurty novel based on the life and times of Calamity Jane;

signed and with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "For Chris -

Another gallop across the Plains Lm"; half red cloth with grey paper sides, gilt titling to

spine; very minor sunning top edge of boards, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy with no

marks or flaws, in Very Good dustwrapper.

$225.00

36. McMurtry, Larry

Cadillac Jack


Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, George Corsillo dustwrapper design,

395pp

1st Edition, First printing McMurty novel telling the story of a rodeo cowboy turned

antique dealer who frequents the back roads and flea markets of Washington; signed and

with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to prelims "For Chris - I find this a peculiar

book but it was the best I could do with Washington Lm"; half red cloth with gray paper

sides, gilt titling to spine; very minor foxing to text block, gilt titling not dulled but not

absolutely sharp, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to

spine, o.w. Very Good.

$550.00



37. McMurtry, Larry

Film Flam Essays on Hollywood


Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, George Corsillo dustwrapper design,

159pp

1st Edition, First printing of McMurtry's collection of essays on Hollywood and the

movies; SIgned and with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "ForChris - One book of essays deserves another book of essays Lm"; half black cloth with

purple paper sides, gilt titling to spine; minor knock to lower edge front board and lower

lh corner, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout with no marks or flaws, in Very Good

dustwrapper.

$250.00

38. McMurtry, Larry

The Late Child



461pp

1st Edition, First printing McMurty novel, being a sequel to ‘The Desert Rose’; signed and

with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch (in blue ink) to front endpaper "For Chris - a

sequel Love Lm", and also flat-signed by McMurtry in black ink beneath the gift-

inscription; half red cloth with orange paper sides, gilt titling to spine; very minor scuff

marks to spine, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper shows some

minor wear to head of spine, o.w. Very Good.

$195.00

39. McMurtry, Larry

Streets of Laredo


Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, Sara Ossana/Wendell Minor

dustwrapper designs, 589pp

1st Edition, First printing McMurty novel, being the sequel to Lonesome Dove; signed and

with gift-inscription from McMurtry to Koch to front endpaper "For Chris - one of theends of one of my stories Lm"; this copy with two dustwrappers, one the trade version

designed by Wendell Minor, and the second designed by Sara Ossana, showing a black

foreground beneath a fiery sunset sky - the front flap with a (printed) dedication "I love

you, Larry, Love, your Goddaughter"; half blue cloth with cream paper sides, gilt titling to

spine; minor reading crease to spine, very minor mark to fore-edge, o.w. Very Good clean

and bright throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$325.00



40. Joyce, James

Ulysses

With inscription from Jim Hall to Koch

New York, The Modern Library, 1946

Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 768pp

Modern Library edition of Ulysses, being a present from Jim (James Baker) Hall to Koch

when both Koch and Hall were members of the writing workshops at Stanford Universityunder the tutelage of Malcolm Cowley and Frank O'Connor; the inscription reads "from

Jim Hall San Francisco '61"; flat-signed by Koch to lower corner front endpaper; Koch has

also annotated certain passages in pencil, in particular the early 'Proteus' episode, known

as one of the more difficult passages of the work; as well as writing novels and poetry,

Jim Hall was a notable photographer, producing distinctive images of his native Kentucky;

this edition of Ulysses includes a foreword by Morris L. Ernst, the text of The Decision of

the United States District Court Rendered by Judge John M. Woolsey, and also the text of

a letter from Joyce to the publisher Bennett Cerf; boards rubbed and scuffed, binding a

little loose (but holding), o.w. Good throughout.

$145.00

41. Wolfe, Tom

Of Time and the River a legend of man's hunger in his youth

With inscription from Gurney Norman to Koch

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935

3rd printing. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 912pp

3rd printing of Thomas Wolfe's classic novel; given to Koch by Gurney Norman when both

were on creative writing fellowships at Stanford University; the inscription reads "A gift

for Chris: From your friend and mutual admirer of Wolfe, Gurney, N.", and in Koch's hand

"San Francisco, 1960"; one or two passages marked in the margins by Koch; front

endpaper glued to front pastedown, text block tanned, o.w. Good throughout; boards a

little rubbed, and with some minor shelfwear, sunned to spine.$65.00

LITERARY JOURNALS

42. Clark, Robert; Dutton, Geoffrey; Harris, Max; Mudie, Ian (selected by)

Verse in Australia 1959 a yearly collection

Includes Koch's poem ‘Love Present, Love Past’

Adelaide, Australian Letters, 1959

stiff card, large 8vo, dustwrapper, 49pp

1959 issue of Verse in Australia, flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; includes Koch's

poem ‘Love Present, Love Past’ - the poem is marked by Koch in the contents with an

asterisk, and one correction is made by Koch to the text of the poem (where a ‘t’ is left

out of the word ‘thought’); other poets include David Campbell, Rosemary Dobson, Anne

Bell, Flexmore Hudson, Vivian Smith, Judith Wright; Very Good throughout; dustwrapper

a little rubbed, toned to spine, o.w. G-VG.

$35.00



43. Clark, Robert; Dutton, Geoffrey; Harris, Max; Mudie, Ian (selected by)

Verse in Australia 1960 a yearly collection

Includes Koch's poem ‘The De Facto Wife’

Adelaide, Australian Letters, 1960

Stiff card, large 8vo, dustwrapper, 67pp

1960 issue of Verse in Australia; flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; includes Koch's

poem ‘The De Facto Wife’; other poets include by Beaver, Blight, Campbell, Cato,Dobson, Harwood, Hope, Keesing, Manifold, Riddell, Webb, Wright; minor stains to text

block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. G-VG.

$28.00

44. Murphy, Arthur (ed)

Jindyworobak Anthology 1952

Includes Koch's poems ‘Winter Midday’ and ‘Shelly Beach’

Melbourne, Jindyworobak, 1952


Jindyworobak Anthology for the year 1952, including two of Koch's poems, ‘Winter

Midday’, and ‘Shelly Beach’; flat-signed by Koch to reverse of front cover, and also

including two reviews of the anthology, one by Kenneth Slessor from Sydney Sun June

1953 - pasted in to reverse side of front cover - and one inside rear cover, from The

Bulletin July 15 1953; the Jindyworobak Anthology ran from 1938-1953; minor

annotations by Koch to contents; offset from reviews to title page and last page,

occasional foxing in text, o.w. Good throughout; wraps rubbed, and with minor stains and

watermark top rear.

$48.00

45. Prior, H.K.; Adams, David; Prior, K.J. (directors)

The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday March 11 1959 Vol. 80 No.

4126

Sydney, The Bulletin, 1959

Paperback, 29.5 x 22 cm, b&w illustrations, 60pp

Wednesday March 11 1959 issue of The Bulletin, including a short feature on Koch to

page 15; inscription in Koch's hand to front cover states 'P. 15 Profile'; very minor creases

to covers, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout.

$40.00

46. Prior, H.K.; Adams, David; Prior, P.H.; Prior, K.J.; (directors)

The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday June 25 1952 Vol. 73 No.3776

Includes Koch's poem ‘Winter Midday’


Paperback, 43 x 27.5 cm, b&w illustrations, 28pp

Wednesday June 25 1952 issue of The Bulletin, including Koch's poem ‘Winter Midday’;

flat-signed by Koch top rh of front cover, and also inscribed 'P. 17 Winter Mid-day'; an

early appearance in print by Koch; Les Murray would later include ‘Winter Midday’ in The

Oxford Book of Australian Verse – he describes the poem as having ‘a tremendous charge

of dream in it: it’s nearly all dream: it’s hardly out of the forebrain at all’* - horizontal

crease throughout, o.w. Very Good in lightly rubbed wraps, with short closed tear top

edge.

$50.00

*Les Murray as quoted in ‘Island and Otherland Christopher Koch and his books’ by

Noel Hendricksen




The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday December 3 1952 Vol. 73

No. 3799

Includes Koch's poem ‘Saturday Songs’



Wednesday December 3 1952 issue of The Bulletin, including Koch's poem ‘SaturdaySongs’; inscribed by Koch to front cover 'P. 12 Saturday Songs'; another early appearance

in print by Koch; also includes an essay by MH Ellis 'Did Greenway Write "Ralph

Rashleigh?"'; horizontal crease throughout, and with further creases to some pages, front

cover sunned to central crease, and with short closed tears to fore-edge, o.w. G-VG.

$40.00

48. Prior, H.K.; Adams, David; Prior, K.J. (directors)

The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday January 10 1951 Vol. 72 No.

3700

Includes the poem ‘Half -Heard’, Koch's first appearance in print



Wednesday January 10 1951 issue of The Bulletin, including Koch's poem ‘Half -Heard’, the

inclusion of the poem marking his first ever appearance in print, at the age of 19; Koch had

begun contributing poems to the Bulletin under the influence of fellow Tasmanian Vivian

Smith, who had poems accepted by the Bulletin before Koch; after a number of rejections,

Douglas Stewart finally accepted Half-Heard for this issue; Koch has inscribed the front cover

"P.4 Half-Heard"; horizontal crease throughout, some pages tanned, and with occasional

standard light creasing, o.w. Good throughout; wraps rubbed/sunned, and with some creases

and short closed tears.

$250.00


The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday August 22 1951 Vol. 72 No.

3732

Includes Koch's poem ‘Lutana Rise’, his second published poem.


Paperback, 46 x 27.5 cm, b&w illustrations, 36ppWednesday August 22 1951 issue of The Bulletin, including Koch's poem ‘Lutana Rise’ (his

second published poem) inscribed by Koch to front cover 'P. 12 Lutana Rise'; horizontal

crease throughout, o.w. G-VG; wraps lightly rubbed and sunned, and with some minor

creases.

$65.00




The Bulletin The National Australian Newspaper Wednesday August 22 1951 Vol. 72 No.

3732

Includes Koch's poem ‘Lutana Rise’, his second published poem.



Wednesday August 22 1951 issue of The Bulletin, including Koch's poem ‘Lutana Rise’ (hissecond published poem) inscribed by Koch to front cover 'P. 12 Lutana Rise'; horizontal

crease throughout (with some tanning along crease to some pages), o.w. G-VG; wraps

lightly edgeworn and rubbed; sunned, and with wear along spine.

$65.00

51. Slessor, Kenneth (ed)Southerly A Review of Australian Literature Number One of 1958

Includes Koch's essay 'Nineteenth-Century Ghosts'


Paperback, large 8vo, b&w frontispiece illustration, 60pp

Issue No. 1 for 1958 of Southerly, including Koch's essay 'Nineteenth-Century Ghosts';

flat-signed 'C Koch' to half-title page; hand-tipped frontispiece illustration showing a

photo of Patrick White by Axel Poignant; watermark top rh corners of all pages, o.w.

Good throughout; wraps rubbed.

$25.00

52. Slessor, Kenneth (ed)

Southerly a review of Australian Literature Number Three 1957 Brennan Anniversary

Number

Includes Koch's poem 'The Name'


Paperback, large 8vo, b&w frontispiece illustration, 60pp

Number Three 1957 issue of Southerly, including Koch's poem 'The Name' - flat-signed 'C

Koch Dec. '57' to half-title page; being the Brennan Anniversary Number, marking the25th anniversary of his death, and devoted to studies of his poetry, and also including

poems by Olive Pell, RH Morrison, Robert Clark, and others; edited by Kenneth Slessor;

hand-tipped b&w frontispiece showing a photo of Brennan in 1931 from the collection of

Vince Kelly; mild watermark top corner of some pages, o.w. G-VG throughout; wraps

lightly rubbed/tanned to spine,

$35.00



IRELAND AND TASMANIA – OUT OF IRELAND

Koch’s novel ‘Out of Ireland’ is loosely based on the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848, and

the subsequent experiences of the protagonists, including transportation to Van

Diemen’s Land. Although Koch has often warned against drawing too close an

association between the historical personages and the characters in the novel,

nonetheless the figures of Mitchel, Meagher, O’Brien, McManus, O’Donohue, Martin,

and O'Doherty remain seminal. The novel forms a diptych with ‘Highways to a War’

(winner of the 1996 Miles Franklin Award).

The following are a collection of Koch’s research and working copies for the writing of

‘Out Of Ireland’, plus some titles of general interest to Tasmanian history and culture.

53. Adam-Smith, Patsy

Heart of Exile Ireland 1848 and the seven patriots banished, their adventures loneliness

and loves in three continents as they search for refuge

Melbourne, Nelson, 1986

1st Edition. Hardbound, large 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 369pp.

Key passages underlined throughout, post-it notes, and with two pages of notes in Koch's

hand to rear of text; flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; Patsy Adam-Smith's account

of the lives and experiences of the 1848 rebels, from nationalist uprising in Ireland, to

banishment to Van Dieman's Land, escape, and further experiences in the US, Australia,

and beyond; b&w illustrations throughout.

$95.00

54. Anderson, Stewart

Charles Browne Hardwicke an early Tasmanian Pioneer

No. 392 of 500 signed copies

Sydney, Walter Stone & Sons at The Wentworth Press, 1978

Signed 1st Ediition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 77pp.

Association copy with inscription from the author to Koch, and also including a two-page

handwritten letter by Anderson, describing some of the contents of the book, and ameeting between the author and Koch in Darwin; inscribed "For Chris Koch with kindest

regards"; limited to 500 signed numbered copies, this being No. 392; biography of

Charles Browne Hardwicke, who came to Australia in 1814 as Third Officer on the convict

ship General Hewitt, eventually settling in Tasmania; the author Stewart Anderson is

Hardwicke's great-grandson; Very Good tight clean copy.

$45.00



55. Bolt, Frank

Old Hobart Town Today a photographic essay

Hobart, Waratah Publications, no date (1981)

1st Edition. Hardbound, landscape 8vo, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated,

256pp.

Flat-signed by Koch (x2) to prelims, and with key passages underlined through

text; a survey in words and images of the remnants of early Hobart, anhistorical period significant to ‘Out of Ireland’; three notations to rear endpaper

in Koch's hand, numerous key passages underlined or marked in margins; apart

from the annotations the condition throughout is Very Good in Very Good

dustwrapper.

$45.00

56. Booth, Charles O'Hara; Heard, Dora (ed.)

The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth commandant of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement

edited with an introduction by Dora Heard

Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1981

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 298pp.

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; the text of the journal of Charles O'Hara Booth,

soldier and penal administrator in Van Diemen's Land, with focus on his time spent in Van

Diemen's Land, 1824-1827, edited with notes and introduction by Dora Heard; colour and

b&w plate illustrations; small number of key passages underlined, and with two post-it

notes 'geog.' (ie geography), and 'railway'; apart from the underlined passages, condition

is Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$45.00

57. Brand, Ian; Sprod, M.N. (ed); La Trobe, C.J.; Boyd, James

The Convict Probation System Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854 a study of the probation

system of convict discipline together with C.J. La Trobe's 1847 report on its operation and

the 1854 report of James Boyd on the probation station at Darlington Maria Island


1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 284pp.

A study of the probation system for the punishment of convicts in mid-19th Century Van

Diemen's Land; includes the texts of CJ La Trobe's report on the operation of the

probation system, and an 1854 report by James Boyd on the probation system at

Darlington, Maria Island; commentary and notes by Ian Brand, edited by MN Sprod; b&w

illustrations; the penal system in Van Diemen's land was an important element in ‘Out Of

Ireland' - significant passages are underlined or marked in the margins or with yellow

post-it notes; rear endpaper shows a number of page references in Koch's hand; flat-

signed by Koch to front endpaper; some light finger smudges to title page, G-VG

throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.$95.00

58. Cullen, Rev. J.H.

Young Ireland in Exile the story of the men of '48 in Tasmania

Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press Limited, 1928

1st Edition. Hardbound, 12mo, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 136pp.

Flat-signed and dated ('89) by Koch to front endpaper; biographical/political study of the

major personalities of the Irish Revolution of 1848 and their exile in Tasmania; chapters

on O'Brien, Mitchel, Meagher, McManus, Martin, O'Donohoe, O'Doherty; b&w

frontispiece, and 3 b&w plates throughout; former owner's name to front endpaper,

foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, one page marked (by Koch) with yellow post-

it label, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards rubbed and with minor worn spots, sunned to

spine.

$125.00



59. Davis, Richard

Revolutionary Imperialist William Smith O'Brien 1803-1864

Dublin/Sydney, The Liliput Press/Crossing Press, 1998

1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 392pp.

Biography of William Smith O'Brien, with focus on politics and Anglo-Irish relations; b&w

plate illustrations; flat-signed by Koch to reverse side of front cover, and with relevant

passages demarcated in ink in the margins; Good throughout$25.00

60. Dillon, William

Life of John Mitchel in two volumes

Koch's annotated working copy, and formerly from the library of Flora L. Shaw - signed by

Koch and Shaw

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888

1st Edition. Hardbound, 2 volumes 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w frontispiece plate, 655pp

(lii).Dillon's Life of John Mitchel in two volumes - Koch's working copy for “Out of Ireland” (in

which the character Robert Devereux is loosely based on Mitchel); both volumes flat

signed/dated 'Koch Hobart, 1992' to half-title page; formerly from the library of Flora L.

Shaw (Lady Lugard), British novelist and prominent journalist in the Victorian era, who is

also known for having given Nigeria its name - in the late 19th-century she was Colonial

Editor for The Times, and spent time in Australia and New Zealand in 1892 - title page of

volume one flat-signed 'Flora L. Shaw' to top rh corner; the majority of Koch's

underlinings appear in volume one, which also shows 4 page references in Koch's hand in

ink to rear endpaper; b&w frontispiece plate shows a photogravure of Mitchel by Annan

V. Swan; a unique copy of an already scarce two volume set, with both the Koch and

Flora Shaw associations; includes a 32 page Kegan Paul, Trench & Co's catalogue to rear

of volume 2; apart from the annotations, the condition of both volumes is Very Goodthroughout, with some minor toning to edges of pages, and some minor foxing to

endpapers and prelims; boards lightly rubbed, with light worn patch to front board vol.1;

both vols with shelfwear to boards and corners lightly knocked.

$450.00

61. Ellis, Vivienne Rae

Trucanini Queen or Traitor?

Hobart, O.B.M. Publishing Company, 19761st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 146pp.

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; tells the story of Trucanini (also known as Queen

Lalla(h) Rookh), and by extension the history of conflict between settlers and Indigenous

Australians in Tasmania in the 19th Century; b&w plate illustrations; Very Good and clean

throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, sunned to top edge and spine, o.w. G-VG.

$25.00



62. Emmett, E.T.

A Short History of Tasmania


1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 141pp (viii).

Flat-signed by Koch and with his annotation to front endpaper, and occasional

underlining in text; concise history of Tasmania from European settlement and through

the early decades of the 20th Century; front endpaper shows a note in Koch's hand"Mitchel's journal p.107"; b&w map of Tasmania to reverse side of front board, 11 b&w

plate illustrations; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, occasional foxing in text, o.w.

Good throughout; boards sunned to spine.

$45.00

63. Fysh, Sir Hudson

Henry Reed Van Diemen's Land Pioneer by his grandson Hudson Fysh

Hobart, Cat and Fiddle Press, 1973


Biography of Van Diemen's Land pioneer Henry Reed, grandfather of Hudson Fysh; b&w

illustrations throughout, colour endpaper illustration of Launceston in 1830 by Lyttleton;

Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper very lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

$68.00

64. Haynes, Roslynn D.

Tasmanian Visions landscapes in writing art and photography

Tasmania, Polymath Press, 2006

1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 392pp.

Not signed by Koch but with post-it note to index and demarcation of 'Koch, Christopher';

a study of writing, art, and photography relating to Tasmania, including novels, natural

history, history, painting, poetry; Very Good.

$60.00

65. Howard, Patrick

To Hell or to Hobart a new insight into Irish Convict History

Sydney, Kangaroo Press, 1993

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w plates, 199pp.

Tells the stories of Stephen Howard (transported from Limerick to Van Diemen's Land in

1843) and Ellen Lydon (transported from Galway to Van Diemen's Land in 1849), who met

and married in Hobart Town in 1854 (and also treating more broadly on Irish history in

the mid-nineteenth century) - the author Stephen Howard is their great-grandson;

numerous b&w plate illustrations; flat-signed to front endpaper, and with Koch’s

annotations and margin markings; 4 yellow post-it notes with headings such as 'dress',

'probation' etc, numerous passages underlined or marked with vertical lines to margins,

one page of notes in Koch's hand to rear endpapers; apart from annotations condition is

Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$45.00



66. Keneally, Thomas

The Great Shame a story of the Irish in the old world and the new

Sydney, Random House Australia, 1998

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w plates, 732pp

1st Edition First printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) of Keneally's epic study of Irish history in

the 19th- Century, addressing the famine, the emigrations, and the transportations to

Australia, which resulted in the loss of half the Irish population; b&w plates throughout;Koch has marked key pages with annotated, yellow post-it notes; numerous passages

underlined and demarcated in margins, and with one page of notes in Koch's hand to rear

endpapers; o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$50.00

67. Kiely, Brendan

The Waterford Rebels of 1849 the last young Irelanders and their lives in America

Bermuda and Van Diemen's Land

Dublin, Geography Publications, 1999


Flat-signed/dated "Koch Dungarvan Ireland July 2000" to reverse of front cover; a study

of the Irish rebels of 1849; reading crease to front cover, o.w. Very Good throughout.

$75.00

68. Kiernan, T.J.

The Irish Exiles in Australia

Melbourne and London, Burns & Oates, 1954

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w plates,

196pp

Flat-signed/dated "Koch '95" to front endpaper; a study of the

connection between Irish convict transportation and early

Australian history, with focus on the men of 1848; key passages

underlined throughout, and with some margin notes, and one

and a half pages of notes in Koch's hand to rear endpapers; o.w.

Good in lightly rubbed boards.

$50.00

69. Lane, terence; Serle, Jessie

Australians at Home a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to

1914

Melbourne, Oxford University Press Australia, 1990

1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 449pp

Definitive illustrated study of Australian domestic interiors from European settlement to

1914; detailed illustrated introduction followed by a section of 479 b&w and colour

plates, with descriptive/historical commentary; one page marked by Koch with yellow

post-it note, and with key passages underlined; blank page to endpapers annotated by

Koch, referencing key passages, one stating "Labassa (J.A.B. Koch) 357"; 'Labassa' is an

important 19th Century Melbourne mansion designed by Koch's architect grandfather

Johann; apart from the annotations, this copy is Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper

(minor creases to front panel of dw).

$350.00



70. Meagher, Thomas Francis; Griffith, Arthur (ed)

Meagher of the Sword speeches of Thomas Francis Meagher in Ireland 1846-1848 his

narratives of events in Ireland in July, 1848, personal reminiscences of Waterford,

Galway, and his schooldays with a preface, appendices, index and illustrations

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1916

1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w plates, 352pp.

Flat-signed 'Koch' to front endpaper, and with Koch's annotations and margin markings;the character Paul Barry from ‘Out of Ireland’ is loosely based on Meagher; a collection of

Meagher's speeches when in Ireland between the years 1846-48 (Meagher was later

convicted of sedition and transported to Van Diemen's Land) - edited by Arthur Griffith,

politician and writer, and founder of Sinn Fein; numerous full-page b&w plates; relevant

passages marked with vertical lines in black ink in margins, one yellow post-it label, and

half-page of Koch's notes to rear endpaper; text block tanned, Good throughout; boards

fairly heavily rubbed/stained (esp. to edges), spine sunned.

$125.00

71. Meredith, Louisa

My Home in Tasmania

No. 406 of 550 numbered copies

Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1979

Limited Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 221pp (xvi)

Flat-signed and dated (1999) by Koch to front endpaper; limited edition, being No. 406 of

500 numbered copies, a fine one-volume reprint of Louisa Meredith's account of

pioneering life in Tasmania, including 16 pages of Meredith's illustrations, plus illustrated

title page; Fine copy, dustwrapper very lightly creased top edge.

$125.00

72. Molony, John NeylonA Soul came into Ireland Thomas Davis 1814-1845 a biography

Association Copy signed and with gift-inscription to Koch

Dublin, Geography Publications, 1995


The inscription from Molony to Koch reads "Christopher, Much good has also come Out

of Ireland congratulations John Molony 29 -X - 99"; biography of Thomas Davis, a figure

of great significance to Irish Nationalism and the Young Ireland movement in the mid-

19th Century; Very Good and clean throughout, dustwrapper very lightly rubbed, o.w.

Very Good.

$45.00

73. Newitt, Lyn; Jones, Alan (ed)

Convicts and Carriageways Tasmanian road development until 1880

Tasmania, Department of Main Roads, 1988

1st Edition, Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 332pp.

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, and with numerous pages marked with post-it

notes, key passages underlined, and with half page to rear of text with handwritten notes

and references, such as "John Mitchel's Journey: Bothwell - Avoca. Bothwell not on a

mailroad"; profusely illustrated history of road (and communications) development in

Tasmania, covering the best part of the 19th Century; apart from underlining and

annotations condition is Very Good throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$195.00



74. Nicholson, Ian Hawkins

Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania Volume II 1834-1842 (parts I II and III) and

Gazetteer of Tasmanian Shipping 1803-1842 (part iv)

Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1985


Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; lists shipping arrivals and departures to and from

Tasmania in the years 1834-1842, and also including a Gazetteer of Tasmanian shippingfor the years 1803-1842, this period being of particular relevance to ‘Out of Ireland’;

Roebuck Society Publications No. 33; Koch has annotated pg 102 with reference to the

arrival of The Neptune January 1938.

$40.00

75. Norman, L.

Pioneer Shipping of Tasmania whaling sealing piracy shipwrecks etc in early Tasmania

Tasmania, Shearwater Press 1980

Facsimile reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 220pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; facsimile reprint of Leslie Norman's study of

pioneering shipping in Tasmania first published in 1938; chapters on shipbuilding,

waterfronts, steam, men of Devon, overseas liners, and much more; b&w illustrations;

includes original preface by A.G. Ogilvie Premier of Tasmania; two passages underlined by

Koch to page 97, relating to Harbour Master of Hobart Town H.B. Hurburgh (to whom

Koch was distantly related on his mother’s side), and the Hurburgh family; Very Good

throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

$45.00

76. O'Brien, William Smith; Davis, Richard (ed)

To Solitude Consigned the Tasmanian Journal of William Smith O'Brien 1849-1853 with

an introduction to William Smith O'Brien's career a summary of his voyage to Van

Diemen's Land and an epilogue on his last ten years after leaving Tasmania all by Richard

Davis also including O'Brien's pocket diaries for 1852 and 1853 Limited Edition No. 264 of

500 copies

Sydney, Crossing Press, 1995

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 484pp

Flat-signed by Koch to prelims; numerous key passages underlined throughout, and with

a page of notes in Koch's hand to rear endpaper, for instance "melancholy landscape;

contrast with Ireland [pg] 199"; the text of the Tasmanian Journal of William Smith

O'Brien, covering the years 1849-1853, edited by Richard Davis, Tim Jetson, Marianne

Davis and Simon Harris; limited to 500 copies, this being No. 264; apart from annotations

condition is Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$195.00

77. Plomley, N.J.B. (ed); Robinson, George Augustus

Weep in Silence a history of the Flinders Island Aboriginal Settlement with the Flinders

Island Journal of George Augustus Robinson 1835-1839



Flat-signed by Koch to prelims; contains the full text of the Flinders Island Journal of

George Augustus Robinson 1835-1839, edited and with comprehensive historical

commentary by NJB Plomley, taking up the story of the Flinders Island Aboriginal

Settlement from Plomley's 1966 book Friendly Mission; limited to 1500 copies; VeryGood tight and clean throughout, dustwrapper sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

$75.00



78. Roe, Michael; Wood-Baker, Richard

Life over Death Tasmanians and Tuberculosis

Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1999

1st Edition. Paperback, sm 4to, b&w illustrations, 235pp

Flat-signed by Koch, and with Koch's annotations to reverse side of front cover, making

note of references in the text to Rudolph Koch - Rudolph was Christopher Koch's

grandfather, and was instrumental in encouraging the writing efforts of the youngChristopher; he was an architect of note in Tasmanian during the early decades of the

20th Century; a study of Tuberulosis in Tasmania from the late 19th-Century through to

the 1970's, and includes a specialist chapter by Richard Wood-Baker; one or two passages

underlined by Koch, o.w. Very Good throughout.

$30.00

79. Touhill, Blanche M.

William Smith O'Brien and his Irish Revolutionary Companions in Penal Exile

Columbia and London, University of Missouri Press, 1981

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 269pp Good in Very Good

dustwrapper.

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, with one page of hand-written notes by Koch to

rear of text, and with relevant passages underlined throughout; traces the revolutionary

career of William Smith O'Brien, and his exile to Van Diemen's Land after the failure of

the Irish Revolution; apart from annotations condition is Very Good in Very Good

dustwrapper.

$35.00

80. von Stieglitz, K.R.

Richmond the story of its people and its places

Evandale, published by the author, 1953

1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 56pp

Scarce local history of Koch's hometown, Richmond, Tasmania; three post-it notes, one

marking a picture of the Roman Catholic Church through the bridge over Coal River, one

marked 'Belmont', and the last one marked 'bushrangers', and with key passages

underlined; former owner’s name-stamp to title page, o.w. G-VG.

$55.00

81. von Stieglitz, K.R.; Brady, Matthew

Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger

Hobart, Fullers Book Shop, no date (c1965?)

Presumed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 57pp

Flat-signed by Koch to reverse side of front cover; tells the story of Tasmanian

bushranger Matthew Brady; b&w gate-fold frontispiece illustration, and 4 b&w plate

illustrations; numerous passages underlined and marked in margins by Koch, o.w. G-VG.

$30.00

82. Weeding, J.S.

A History of the Lower Midlands

Hobart, Cat and Fiddle Press, 1975

1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 135pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; limited to 500 copies, a history of Tasmania's

lower midlands, with chapters on Oatlands, Jericho, Parattah, Baden, Stonor, Swanston,Andover, and more; b&w illustrations; one page with passages underlined by Koch, o.w.

Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

$55.00



83. Winter, Gillian (ed); Stilwell, Geoffrey Thomas

Tasmanian Insights essays in honour of Geoffrey Thomas Stilwell

Signed by Stilwell

Hobart, State Library of Tasmania, 1992

Signed First Ediition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 245pp

Flat-signed by Koch to prelims, and by G.T. St ilwell to half-title page; series of essays in

honour of Tasmanian scholar and historian Geoffrey Stilwell; includes an essay by Koch;Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

$40.00

84. Woodham-Smith, Cecil

The Great Hunger Ireland 1845-1849

New York, Harper & Row, 1962


Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, and with key passages underlined throughout,

post-it notes, and one page of notes in Koch's hand to rear of text; the story of the Irish

famine of the 1840's; b&w plate illustrations, fold-out map; apart from annotations

condition is Very Good throughout, dustwrapper clipped, o.w. Very Good.

$35.00

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Koch’s novel ‘Highways to a War’ forms, with ‘Out of Ireland’, the diptych ‘Beware of the

Past’ – ‘Highways to a War’ won the Miles Franklin Award for the year 1996. The central

character Mike Langford was largely inspired by photojournalist Neil Davis. ‘The Year of

Living Dangerously’ (later adapted to the screen by Peter Weir) was Koch’s breakthrough

commercial success. Koch’s journalist brother Philip would serve as inspiration for the

novel’s protagonist Guy Hamilton; the following are a collection of Koch’s research and

working copies for these two novels, plus some items of general interest.

85. Bowden, Tim

One Crowded Hour Neil Davis Combat Cameraman 1934-1985

Sydney, Collins, 1987

Reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, Dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 436pp.

Association copy of this biography of Tasmanian journalist and cinecameraman NeilDavis, best known for his coverage of the conflict in Indo-China, during which time he

went into the field with the Viet Cong as well as American armed forces; signed and with

gift-inscription from Bowden to Koch "To Chris 'Gino' Koch, who came, who saw, and who

nearly conquered! With affection, T. Bowden 27/8/89)"; flat-signed by Koch to front

endpaper; underlining to some passages, and Koch’s handwritten notes to rear

endpapers. Neil Davis served as a model for the character Michael Langford from

‘Highways to a War’.

$55.00



86. Bowden, Tim

Changi Photographer George Aspinall's Record of Captivity


Sydney, William Collins/ABC, 1984

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, large 8vo, Dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 144pp.

Tells the story of George Aspinall, who as a teenage soldier in WWII took a series of

remarkable photographs of life in Changi prison camp, in the Changi area, and of theThai/Burma Railway, many of which he processed on the spot using chemicals smuggled

in medicine bottles from Singapore; Aspinall's b&w photos illustrate the book; signed and

with gift-inscription by Bowden to Koch "To 'Gino' Koch, whose friendship is much

valued, and who shares the Asian experience of a thousand scented nights Tim Bowden

May 1984"; Very Good throughout; spine of dustwrapper lightly sunned, o.w. Very Good.

$45.00

87. Burchett, W.G. (Wilfred Graham Burchett)

Mekong Upstream

Hanoi, Red River Publishing House, 1957

1st Edition (not stated). Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 324pp.

Australian Journalist Wilfred Burchett's account of the social and political environment in

Cambodia shortly after independence in 1953; references

historical/geographical/religious contexts, and focusses on the French Colonial period

and the fight for independence; also includes a chapter on Pathet Lao; formerly from the

library of ABC correspondent William (Bill) Pinwill; flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper

and with the inscription "From library of WR Pinwill"; b&w photos and maps throughout;

key passages underlined in pencil, and with notes and page references in Koch's hand to

reverse side of rear cover; pages tanned, o.w. Good throughout; wraps rubbed.

$65.00

88. Come to the Fields Buffalo Vietnamese Folksongs

Hanoi, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1987

1st Edition. Paperback, 12mo, 96pp.

Scarce collection of Vietnamese folksongs, including love songs, worries and woes,

peasant wit and wisdom, songs born of the August Revolution; includes glossary;

signed/dated to front endpaper "Koch Saigon 1987"; some pages with minor creases,

o.w. G-VG throughout; wraps rubbed/foxed, acid-free tape reinforcement to spine.

$45.00

89. Mehta, Harish C.; Mehta, Julie B.

Hun Sen Strongman of Cambodia


Singapore, Graham Brash, 1999


Biography of Hun Sen; signed and with gift-inscriptions by both authors to

Koch and his second wife Robyn. Very Good.

$30.00



90. Ngor, Haing S. (with Roger Warner)

Surviving the Killing Fields The Cambodian Odyssey of Haing S. Ngor

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988


Haing S. Ngor's account of his experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime in 1970's

Cambodia, and his eventual escape to Thailand; Ngor finally came to the United States,

where he was murdered in 1996 (eight years after this book was published); the bookwas adapted to the screen by Roland Joffe, with Ngor in the leading role, for which he

won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; occasional passages highlighed, rear

endpaper and rear pastedown covered in notes and page references in Koch's hand; text

block and edges of pages toned, o.w. Good throughout; dustwrapper a little rubbed,

price clipped, o.w. G-VG.

$65.00

91. O'Rourke, Kevin

Reformasi the struggle for power in post-Soeharto Indonesia



Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 499pp.

1st Edition first printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1); charts the course of Indonesian politics

from 1996 to the end of 2001; signed and with gift-inscription by O'Rourke to Koch

"Christopher - As our books attest, the more things change, the more they stay the

same...a major inspiration for me has been the deep appreciation that you and Phi lip

have for this remarkable country. All the best, Kevin O'Rourke"; ['Philip' refers to Koch's

journalist brother] - Koch's annotation to last page, and underlining to appendices and

index, o.w. Very Good.

$35.00

92. Osborne, Milton E.

River Road to China the Mekong River Expedition 1866-1873


London, George Allen & Unwin, 1975

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 249pp.

Tells the story of the Mekong River Expedition 1866-1873, undertaken by six Frenchmen

intending to seek out a trade route up the Mekong into China; inscribed to title page "For

Christopher Koch Milton Osborne"; flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, and with one

or two passages in the book (relating to Cambodia) marked in the margins by Koch, o.w.

Very Good throughout in Very Good dustwrapper (price clipped).

$25.00

93. Osborne, Milton E.

The French Presence in Cochinchina and Cambodia Rule and Response (1859-1905)


Bangkok, White Lotus Press, 1997.

Paperback, 8vo, colour plate illustrations, 379pp.

Milton Osborne's study of the first five decades of the French colonial presence in

southern Vietnam and Cambodia, first published in 1969, this edition published in

Bangkok; signed and with gift-inscription from Osborne to Koch "For Christopher Not a

fair exchange, I realise, but perhaps you can use it, as the French say, as 'un livre de

decor'! with warmest wishes Milton Sydney 1988"; flat-signed by Koch to half-title page.

Very Good.

$35.00



94. Page, Tim

Tim Page's Nam


London, Thames and Hudson, 1995.

Reprint. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 119pp,

Collection of the Vietnam War photos of Tim Page; with gift-inscription from Page to

Koch "For Chris Koch Was it only R&R or did we like it or did we? Tim Page Sydney18/10/2k2"; Page is an English photographer who achieved prominence with the

photographs he took during the Vietnam War; 3 pages marked with green post- it notes,

and some passages underlined, o.w. Very Good; introduction by William Shawcross.

$35.00

95. Page, Tim

Mid-term Report


London, Thames and Hudson, 1995

Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 112pp.

Collection of Tim Page's photographs, being an informal career retrospective, with

descriptive text by Page throughout; gift-inscription from Page to Koch "Shades of an

R&R perdue or pure nostaligia Covent Garden June '95 Tim Page". Very Good.

$25.00

96. Page, Tim

Page After Page


London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 241pp.

Tim Page’s autobiography; signed and with gift-inscription from Page to Koch "For Chris

follower of the dream The original R&R or? Tim Page Sydney 17/10/2k2"; Koch’s

underlinings, and passages marked in the margins, highlighting to maps, and two pages of

handwritten notes and page references to rear endpapers; text block and edges of pages

toned, dustwrapper lightly rubbed.

$75.00

97. Sukarno (as told to Cindy Adams)

Sukarno An Autobiography as told to Cindy Adams

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1965


1st Edition (stated 'First Printing 1965') of Sukarno's autobiography, as told to Cindy

Adams; flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, also signed by Koch's journalist brother

Philip "Philip Koch May 21 '66" - Philip Koch was the ABC's Jakarta correspondent in the

mid-1970's; one or two passages marked by Koch in the margins, and four page

references in Koch's hand to prelims; Good throughout, with some scuff marks and

shelfwear to boards; dustwrapper edgeworn (with significant tape repair to reverse side),

rubbed/creased, sunned to spine.

$55.00



98. To Huu; Elizabeth Hodgkin and Mary Jameson (translators)

Blood and Flowers the path of the poet To Huu selected poems of To Huu interview with

To Huu and presentation by Mireille Gansel

Hanoi, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1978

1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 175pp.

Selected poems by Vietnamese poet To Huu, with commentary by Mireille Gansel, an

interview with the poet, and introduction by Xuan Dieu; poems translated by ElizabethHodgkin and Mary Jameson; flat-signed "Koch Saigon, 1987" and with a note by Koch to

reverse of rear cover which reads "The Fish in Water p. 128"; text block and edges of

pages tanned, o.w. G-VG throughout; wraps lightly rubbed; scarce title.

$65.00

99. Whitaker, Donald P. (et al)

Area Handbook for the Khmer Republic (Cambodia)

Washington, Foreign Area Studies The American University, 1973

Hardbound, 8vo, 389pp.

Handbook prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The American University, designed

for easy reference for military and other personnel during the Vietnam War; originally

from the library of ABC correspondent William (Bill) Pinwill; Koch spent much time

discussing events in the Vietnam War with journalists and photographers who had

covered the war on the ground, one of whom was Pinwill; flat-signed by Koch to front

endpaper and with the inscription "[From library of William Pinwill)"; key passages

underlined throughout, and with one page marked with a post-it note, stating 'Flooding';

rear endpaper and rear pastedown are covered by notes and page references in Koch's

hand; Good throughout.

$125.00

100. Ziv, Daniel

Jakarta Inside Out


Jakarta and Singapore, Equinox Publishing, 2002

Paperback, large 8vo, profusely illustrated, 184pp.

Illustrated guide to Jakarta; inscribed from Ziv to Koch "To Christopher, From one of yourbiggest fans! Daniel Ziv December 2002 Jakarta"; flat-signed by Koch to half-title page,

and with a note referencing Pg. 60 which gives a quote from “The Year of Living

Dangerously”; Very Good.

$25.00



Literature, Koch Family, and editions of special interest

101. Baker, Sidney J.

Australian Pronunciation a guide to good speech

With three page loose-leaf typescript of an episode of The New Australian Programme

presented on ABC radio by Koch, relating to the pronunciation of English in Australia.


1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 54pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper and front flap of dustwrapper; Sidney Baker's guide

to better speech in Australia; includes a three page typescript (also signed by Koch), being

the text of "The New Australian Programme - Question Time 162", for which Koch was

presenter during his years working with the ABC; the text responds to a letter from a

listener regarding the pronunciation of English in Australia - in the script Koch refers to

Sidney Baker and the current book; text block lightly tanned, boards lightly rubbed, o.w.

Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, tanned around edges.

$45.00

102. Brennan, Christopher; Pennington, Richard

A Conversation with Christopher Brennan on Religion

recorded by Richard Pennington and now for the first time printed

Blanzac (France), Richard Pennington for the Christopher Brennan Society, 1978

Signed (by Richard Pennington) Limited Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 15pp

No. 75 of 75 signed numbered copies (25 further copies were printed and distributed

to libraries and friends of the printer) of this transcript of a conversation between

Christopher Brennan and Richard Pennington on the subject of Religion; signed and

numbered by Richard Pennington to colophon; inscribed to prelims 'To C.J. Koch,

from the Christopher Brennan Society , on the occasion of the Annual Dinner 1981Sydney 3/XI/81'; hand-printed on an Albion press in 14-pt Perpetua at the Presse de

l'Abricotier abattu, Blanzac France, for members of the Christopher Brennan society;

salmon card wraps with french flaps, string bound, white title label to front; wraps

lightly sunned to spine and edges of rear, o.w. Very Good clean copy.

$75.00

103. Camus, Albert; O'Brien, Justin (translator)

The Myth of Sisyphus

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1955

1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 169pp

1st UK Edition of the classic philosophical essay by Camus, addressing aspects of the

absurd in a godless world, translated from the French by Justin O'Brien; flat-signed in

pencil by Koch to front endpaper, and with some passages marked by Koch in the

margins; small bookshop label to front endpaper; heavy foxing to endpapers, lighter

scattered foxing in text, o.w. Good throughout; boards rubbed, sunned top edges and

along spine.

$125.00



104. Carroll, Lewis; Hudson, Gwynedd M.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938

1st thus. Hardbound, sm 4to, no dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 222pp

Illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with the illustrations of Gwynedd

Hudson; being a Christmas present from a member of the Koch family, when Christopher

was 8 years old - the reverse of front cover shows an illustrated presentation box with theinscription "This is the Book of Christopher Koch Christmas 1940"; full-page colour

frontispiece and 11 full-page colour plates; full-page b&w illustrations, text illustrations,

illustrated chapter headings, illustrated endpapers and front board; medium foxing to

prelims and text block, scattered foxing in text, o.w. Good throughout; boards rubbed,

tanned and foxed to spine.

$175.00

105. Colette

My Mother's House and Sido,

Flat-signed by Koch, and with gift-inscription from Fredric Warburg (of

Secker & Warburg) to literary agent Juliet O'Hea

London, Secker & Warburg, 1953

Uniform Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, no dustwrapper, 219pp

My Mother's House, and Sido, being volume IV in the Secker & Warburg

Uniform Edition of Works by Colette; flat-signed by Koch to front

endpaper; formerly from the library of literary agent Juliet O'Hea, with

gift-inscription from Fredric Warburg (of Secker & Warburg) to O'Hea -

O'Hea was a prominent literary agent, her authors including NinaBawden, Henry Cecil, Lawrence Durrell, Doris Lessing, Julian Symonds,

and Patrick White; she died at age 91 in 2003 - the inscription reads "With

the publishers' greetings to a dear friend Juliet O'Hea from Freddie J

Warburg"; Koch has flat-signed above the inscription; light foxing to

endpapers, text block lightly toned, o.w. Very Good throughout in lightly

rubbed boards.

$75.00

106. Cook, Captain James; Low, Lieutenant Charles R. (ed)

Captain Cook's Three Voyages Round the World with a sketch of his life

Rudolph Koch's copy, being his school drawing prize for the year 1888London, George Routledge and Sons, no date (1880's?)

Uniform Edition. Hardbound, sm 8vo, no dustwrapper, colour plates, 512pp

Cook's Voyages, being a volume in a Routledge Uniform Edition of popular classics on the

theme of famous voyages in fact and fiction; colour plate illustrations; Rudolph Koch's

copy (Christopher Koch's grandfather), being a school prize for drawing when Rudolph

was 14 years old - the prize inscription reads "St. Stephen's Gram School Richmond

Drawing Prize Rudolph Koch A.S. Leach Teacher Dec 20th 1888"; Rudolph Koch was born

in 1874, and was a prominent Australian architect in the first decades of the 20th Century;

he was a major influence on the artistic development of the young Christopher,

recognizing his talent, and presenting him with an English oak writing desk for his tenth

birthday; Rudolph also served as a model for the character of Karl Miller in The

Doubleman; ornate brown cloth boards with gilt and red decorations/illustrations to frontboard and spine, decorative endpapers; text block tanned, offset from prize inscription,

foxing/tanning to prelims, o.w. Very Good.

$150.00



107. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Katzer, Julius (translator)

The Karamazov Brothers a novel in four parts with an epilogue in two volumes Volume

One and Volume Two

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1980

1st thus. Hardbound, 2 volumes 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 1173pp

Both volumes flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; two volume Russian edition of

Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, translated by Julius Katzer, and with b&w illustrationsthroughout by Vladimir Minayev; a volume in the Progress Russian Classics Series; both

volumes with minor foxing to endpapers, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout;

dustwrappers of both volumes with minor stains to foot of spines, o.w. Very Good

$55.00

108. Dutton, Geoffrey

Kenneth Slessor A Biography

With inscription from Tim Bowden to Koch

Melbourne, Viking Penguin Australia, 1991

1st Edition. Stiff card, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 377pp

Geoffrey Dutton's biography of Kenneth Slessor; being a gift from Koch's close friend Tim

Bowden "For Chris, from Tim (Mario) Bowden February 1991"; Koch was also an

acquaintance of Slessor, and in a well- known conversation between the two, Slessor

revealed to Koch the reasoning behind his long poetic silence - Koch has marked this

section in Dutton's book with a post-it note, and has also underlined one or two passages

throughout.

$30.00

109. Gostwick, Joseph; C. Jager (portraits by)

German Poets a series of translations by Joseph Gostwick with

portraits by C. Jager

With presentation plate to John Frederick Herman Koch, being his

prize for German Prose at Church of England Grammar School

Melbourne for the year 1889

New York, Geo. Kirchner & Co., 1874

1st Edition, full calf, 8vo, b&w illustrations, 265pp

Short biographies of the great German poets accompanied by a

selection of their poems in English translation, poets include Goethe,

Herder, Schiller, Heine, Lessing, Klopstock; includes full-page hand-

tipped reproductions of portraits of the poets by C. Jager; a

presentation copy awarded to John Frederick Herman Koch as a prize

for German Prose for the year 1889 at Church of England GrammarSchool Melbourne (presentation plate to front pastedown); signed

and inscribed to prelims by Christopher Koch "C.J. Koch Given me by

my second cousin Linda Gleadell (nee Koch): originally the property of

Uncle Hans. Melbourne, Nov. 1990."; 'Uncle Hans' would seem to

refer to Koch's great-uncle Johannes, whose name is most likely

anglicized here on the presentation plate (ie John Frederick...); bound

in full dark-blue calf with Church of England Grammar School coat-of-

arms in gilt to front board, gilt borders to front and rear board, raised

bands and 6 compartments to spine, with red title-label and gilt titling

to second compartment, the remaining five with gilt decorations;

marbled endpapers and text block; prelims foxed, and with scattered

foxing in text, in particular to plates, o.w. G-VG throughout; leather islightly rubbed, with 4cm crack to hinge at head of spine and front

board, o.w. Very Good.

$195.00



110. Joyce, James

Ulysses

London, The Bodley Head, 1955

Reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 766pp

Bodley Head hardback edition of Ulysses, being a reprint of the first unlimited edition of

1937; gift-inscription to Koch to front endpaper "To Christopher Christmas 1957 with all

my love Elinor (Koch's Grandmother)", and flat-signed "CKoch '57" to prelims; green clothboards with bow motif blind-embossed to front board, and gilt titling to spine; includes a

list of previous editions, and three appendixes giving the international protest at the

censoring of Ulysses in the USA (with list of authors who signed the petition), the text of a

letter from Joyce to the publisher of the 1st US Edition, the text of the decision of the US

district court lifting the ban on Ulysses, and a bibliography of works by Joyce (including

contributions to magazines, newspapers, etc), and including an Errata page to prelims

Errata Ulysses 7th Impression 1955; minor stains and toning to text block, o.w. Very Good

throughout in lightly rubbed boards.

$55.00

111. Joyce, James

Dubliners the corrected text with an explanatory note by Robert Scholes

Contemporary photographs by Dr J.J. Clarke Folio Society Edition

London, The Folio Society, 2003

2nd printing. Hardbound, 8vo, slipcase, b&w illustrations, 230pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; Folio Society edition of Dubliners, being a revised

edition, with various amendments to standard texts, such as the substitution of inverted

commas with dashes (Joyce detested what he called 'perverted commas'); includes

contemporary photographs of Dublin by Dr JJ Clarke; brown cloth boards with white and

gilt titling to front board and spine, in illustrated slipcase; Very Good+ tight clean copy in

like slipcase.

$35.00

112. Juyi, Bai; Alley, Rewi (translator)

Bai Juyi 200 Selected Poems

Beijing, New World Press, 1983

1st Edition. Stiff card, 8vo, self-wraps, colour frontispiece illustration, endpiece map,

313pp

Selection of poems by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, translated by Rewi Alley; with a gift-

inscription to Koch to front endpaper "To Mr. Koch with warmest personal regards Hu

Jiwen (?) Nov. 1984"; colour frontispiece illustration shows a portrait of Bai Juyi by Jiang

Zhaohe; endpiece map shows important places in the life of Bai Juyi; stiff card with self-

wraps; Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed.

$25.00

113. Kao, George (ed.)

Renditions a Chinese-English translation magazine

Number 19 & 20 Special Issue Chinese Literature Today Spring and Autumn 1983

Hong Kong, Research Centre for Translation The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983

Paperback, 4to, b&w illustrations, 400pp (vi)

Special issue of Renditions literary journal, specializing in Chinese-English translation -

being a double issue with focus on contemporary Chinese literature, with works of poetry

and prose, and including b&w illustrations; various translators; gift-inscription to Koch to

title page, and including a note in Koch's hand referencing the chapter on the 'Misty

Poets' - this chapter has a number of passages marked in the margins and underlined by

Koch; lower corner of text block knocked, with minor creases to lower corner of pages,

o.w. G-VG.

$50.00



114. Koch, Christopher

Anthology of Australian Poetry in Russian

Including Russian translation of Koch's poem ‘Shelly Beach’

Moscow, 1967

1st Edition. Hardbound, 12mo, no dustwrapper, 316ppAnthology of Australian poetry in Russian translation (Cyrillic script with no English

language originals), including Russian version of Koch's poem Shelly Beach; presented to

Koch by the USSR Australia Society, Moscow, with presentation plate to front pastedown

"Presented on behalf of the Art Literature Publishing, Mrs. Eugenia Dombrovskaya, and

the U.S.S.R. Australia Society, Moscow to Christopher Koch"; includes poems by Henry

Kendall, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Bernard O'Dowd, Henry Lawson, Nan Macdonald, and

many more; flat-signed/dated by Koch to front endpaper and with a note in Koch's hand

stating "p. 286 (Shelly Beach)"; very scarce.

$65.00

115. Koch, C.J. (Christopher Koch)

The Year of Living Dangerously

Melbourne, Thomas Nelson Australia, 1978

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design David Lancashire, 296pp

1st Australian Edition of Koch's breakthrough novel, winner of the National Book Council

Award for Australian Literature for the year 1979; the novel is set in 1965 in Sukarno's

Indonesia; adapted to the screen in 1982 starring Mel Gibson; black cloth boards with

white titling to spine; very minor shelfwear to boards, o.w. Very Good tight and clean

throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned (invariably the case with this dustwrapper) to

front and spine, o.w. Very Good.

$75.00



London, Michael Joseph, 1978

1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design David Lancashire, 296pp

1st UK Edition of ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’; black cloth boards with white titling to

spine; light shelfwear to boards, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper

sunned to front and spine, o.w. Very Good; Koch has made a note in pencil to rear

pastedown, noting Errata for three pages.

$65.00



New York, St. Martin's Press, 1979

1st US Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design David Lancashire, 296pp

1st US Edition of ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’; black cloth boards with silver titling to

spine; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper sunned to spine and edges of front

and rear panels near spine, o.w. G-VG.

$58.00




The Boys in the Island

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design Patricia Davey, 250pp

1st Edition of Koch's first novel, following the experiences of Francis Cullen, from the

Tasmania of Koch's own youth, to Melbourne and back; orange cloth boards with silver

titling to spine; minor foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; veryminor creases to dustwrapper, price clipped, o.w. Very Good.

$90.00


Across the Sea Wall

London, Heinemann, 1965

1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 234pp

1st UK Edition of Koch's second novel; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; very

minor foxing top text block, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout in Very Good

dustwrapper.

$58.00

120. Kolenberg, Hendrik; Holmes, Edith; Stoner, Dorothy

Edith Holmes Dorothy Stoner two retrospectives Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 25

August - 2 October 1983

With reference to the cover art for the Angus & Robertson edition of ‘The Boys in the

Island’ Hobart, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1983

1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 56pp

Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Tasmanian artists Edith Holmes and Dorothy

Stoner, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 25 August - 2 October 1983; text by Hendrik

Kolenberg, b&w and colour illustrations throughout, and including biographical notes,

exhibition list, and bibliography for both artists; the significant reference here is to the

painting Red Ochre Beach (by Holmes), which was used for the cover of the Angus &

Robertson edition of 'The Boys in the Island'; a note to reverse side of front cover (in

Koch's hand) states "P.32 Red Ochre Beach" and the reference on that page, again in

Koch's hand, states "Jacket, The Boys in the Island", with an asterisk next to the relevant

image; one or two other passages in the book relating to Ochre Beach are underlined;

spine sunned, o.w. Very Good throughout.

$60.00

121. Mann, ThomasThe Magic Mountain

Koch's school Literary Prize for the year 1949


Reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 716pp (iv)

Unique copy of Mann's epic novel, being Koch's Literary Prize, Hobart High School 20th

December 1949, flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper, and with presentation plate to

front pastedown - the plate shows the signature of the school Principal H.V. Biggins,

beside which Koch has drawn a satirical (and unflattering) caricature of Mr. Biggins with

his head in a picture frame - Koch had a talent for drawing from a young age, and at one

stage it was unclear whether he would be a writer or an artist; printed synopsis of The

Magic Mountain glued in to front and rear endpapers, and front panel of dustwrapper

glued to front board; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, scattered foxing in text,

o.w. Good throughout; boards rubbed.

Sold



122. McQueen, James

The Electric Beach

Tasmania, Robin Books, 1978

Signed First Paperback Edition. Paperback, 8vo, 133pp

Signed First Paperback edition of James McQueen's first book, being a collection of short

stories; flat-signed by McQueen to half-title page, flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper;

Very Good and clean throughout; wraps lightly rubbed, and with some wear along spine.$38.00

123. Melville, Herman

Moby Dick or The Whale

Illustrated by Rockwell Kent

New York, The Modern Library, 1930

Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 822pp

Modern Library edition of Moby Dick, with Rockwell Kent's classic illustrations; publisher's

page states 'Copyright 1930 by R.R. Donnnelly and Sons Company.....The Modern Library

is Published by Random House', no other publication date shown; Koch's bookplate

(signed by Koch) to front pastedown, and with gift-inscription from his first wife Irene "For

Christopher, for our first - 23 April 1961 love Irene San Francisco", this being the period

when Koch was a member of the Stanford Writing Group; grey cloth boards with green

title label and gilt titling to spine; text block toned, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards lightly

rubbed.

$50.00

124. Ooka, Shohei; Morris, Ivan (translator)

Fires on the Plain

With gift-inscription from Vivian Smith


1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, John Robinson dustwrapper design, 212pp

1st UK Edition of this post-war Japanese novel, tracing the last stage of the disintegration

of the Japanese Army in the dying phases of WWII; translated from the Japanese by Ivan

Morris; with gift-inscription to front endpaper by Australian poet and fellow Tasmanian

Vivian Smith - "Christopher, from Vivian, July 1957"; small bookshop label to front

pastedown, light foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout;

corners of boards very lightly bumped, very lightly sunned to head of spine; dustwrapper

lightly rubbed, tanned to rear panel, price clipped, o.w. G-VG.

$45.00

125. Porter, HalA Bachelor's Children short stories

From the library of Walter W. Stone with Stone's bookplate (by Raymond Lindsay) to front

pastedown

Sydney, Angus and Robertson,1962

1st Edition, Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 294pp

1st Edition of this collection of stories by Hal Porter; flat-signed by Koch to front

endpaper, and previously from the library of Australian book publisher and bibliophile

Walter W. Stone, with Stone's bookplate designed by Raymond Lindsay to front

pastedown; small bookshop label to front pastedown, very minor toning to text block,

o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very

Good.

$125.00



126. Porter, Hal

The Tilted Cross

London, Faber and Faber, 1961

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 266pp

1st Edition Hal Porter novel, set in Van Diemen's Land in convict days, centred around the

art and exploits of ex-convict Judas Griffin Vaneleigh (based on serial poisoner and Hobart

portraitist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright); gift-inscription to Koch from his first wife Irene"For Hub, with love for our Christmas in Milano, December 1961 Irene" (bookshop label to

rear pastedown for Sperling & Kupfer bookshop Milano); text block foxed, minor foxing to

prelims, light-medium foxing to rear endpaper and pastedown, o.w. Very Good

throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, lightly tanned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

$28.00

127. Rilke, Rainer Maria; Linton, John (translator)

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

London, The Hogarth Press, 1950

Reprint. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, 243pp

Rilke's only novel - gift-inscription from Koch's wife Vivian "Christopher from Vivian xmas

'54", and including 4 lines from a poem by DJ Enright pasted in to front endpaper; one or

two passages highlighted in the margins by Koch; heavy foxing to endpapers, lighter

foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed.

$45.00

128. Stow, Randolph

The Bystander

London, Macdonald, 1957

1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design by Norrington, 238pp

Flat-signed "Koch '58" to front endpaper; 1st Edition of Randolph Stow's second novel;

nice dustwrapper illustration by Norrington of grass-tree and desert landscape; light

foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Good-Very

Good throughout; boards a little foxed, spine lightly sunned; dustwrapper lightly rubbed,

o.w. Very Good.

$120.00

129. Stow, Randolph

Visitants


1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, 189pp

Flat-signed/dated by Koch to front endpaper "Koch 1979"; 1st UK Edition Randolph Stow

novel, set on the Trobriand Islands off the east coast of PNG in the late 1950's; also

includes a newspaper clipping from Sydney Morning Herald Nov. 1979 (glued into front

pastedown) the subject being the winning by Stow of the Patrick White Literary Award;

Koch has marked notable passages with pencil marks in the margins throughout to book.

$45.00



130. Symons, A.J.A.

The Quest for Corvo an experiment in biography

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1934

1st US Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 293pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; 1st US Edition of this classic account of the life of

Frederick Rolfe, the self-styled Baron Corvo; 4 b&w plate illustrations; title page states

"New York The Macmillan Company 1934", reverse side of title page states "Copyright1934 AJA Symons"; blue cloth boards with gilt title label to spine; minor tanning to front

pastedown, some spotting to rear endpaper, o.w. Very Good throughout; minor dent to

spine; dustwrapper lightly rubbed and foxed, clipped top and bottom corners of front flap,

strips of tape reinforcement to reverse side, spine tanned, o.w. G-VG.

$55.00

131. Tolstoy, Leo; Maude, Aylmer (translator)

What Then Must We Do

Koch's University English Prize from 1951

London, Oxford University Press, 1950

Hardbound, 16mo, no dustwrapper, 392pp

Tolstoy's observations on social conditions in 19th-Century Russia, being volume no. 281

in Oxford's The World's Classics, translated by Aylmer Maude; this was Koch's University

Prize for English for the year 1951 (University of Tasmania); signed and inscribed by Koch

to front endpaper "Christopher Koch (Uni. English Prize 1951.)"; small bookshop label to

front pastedown, endpapers foxed, some passages demarcated with pencil marks in

margins (by Koch), o.w. Good throughout; boards rubbed.

$45.00

132. Wolfe, Tom

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969

1st UK Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, dustwrapper, jacket design Sarah Whitcombe, 416pp

Flat-signed by Koch to front endpaper; 1st UK Edition of this classic account of 1960's

counterculture centred around the talismanic figure of Ken Kesey; (who attended writing

workshops at Stanford University with Koch in the early 1960's); jacket design by Sarah

Whitcombe; pink cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; very minor foxing to endpapers

and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn, o.w. Very

Good.

$125.00

133. Wu, John C.H.The Four Seasons of T'ang Poetry

Vermont/Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1972


A study of the poetry of the T'ang Dynasty, grouping the poems as falling into four

seasons - Spring Summer Autumn and Winter; 4 b&w plate illustrations (being the four

chapter divisions); Koch's signed bookplate to front endpaper, and gift-inscription from his

first wife Irene; there is also a nice paper-cut of a Chinese female character adhered

opposite title page, which I presume was included by Irene as part of the present to Koch;

Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, price clipped, o.w.

Very Good.

$45.00

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