The nudes that started our publishing career
When people ask us how we got started on our career of book publishing I'm never sure whether to tell the truth. Because it all started with some boxes of glass plate negatives of naked women. I'd been at an ephemera fair in Sydney, and a dealer from whom I'd bought a few items suggested I visit his home, where he said he had thousands of collectible items for sale. I made the visit, and found a home full of all manner of second-hand and vintage goods in cabinets, on shelves and in heaps on the…