Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; cr. 8vo; pictorial light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in darker brown, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper [number 260 printed near foot of backstrip], slightly foxed, lightly rubbed and chipped, the back panel..... More
Edited by Klemens von Klemperer. Pp. xii+372, 4 plates, appendix, index; med. 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle..... More
Pp. 128, coloured frontispiece, 6 coloured and black & white plates, appendices, index; cr. 4to; red boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black, a little worn, spine a trifle sunned, upper fore-corners bruised; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, ownership name on half-title page, edges..... More
Pp. xviii+246(last blank), title page plus text illustrations, appendix (Directors of the Folger Shakespeare Library), notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2014. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+14(last blank); small cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1965. Australian Humanities Research Council Occasional Paper No. 7. More
Pp. [16](including blanks), title within decorative border; printed blue/grey paper wrappers, edges faded, backstrip slightly split at extremities; fore-edges uncut; Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939. First separate edition, being one of 1000 copies printed for Francis and Marjory Farquhar. Magee, 309.*This short story was first printed, with several other tales..... More
A whaling sketch book. Pp. xiv+128(last blank), frontispiece and full page text illustrations, publisher's advertisements on upper and lower endpapers; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, N.Y., 2004. First edition. Dover Maritime Books. *Pictorial outline of a typical mid-19th century whaling voyage, first published in 1932..... More
1963. Pp. [iv]+38, frontispiece portrait, printed textured paper wrappers, stapled; privately printed by Winthrop Grant, Philadelphia, 1963. *With a loosely inserted sheet noting the murder of President Kennedy: 'A great sorrow has come over our country in the untimely passing of John F. Kennedy, revered 35th President of The United..... More
Pp. [iv]+62, frontispiece portrait; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, tiny mark on lower wrapper; upper free endpaper a trifle foxed, the staples starting at front; privately printed by Winthrop Grant, Philadelphia, 1962. More
Designed by Keith Robertson. Illustrated by the Design students at Phillip Institute. Pp. 352, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, coloured pictorial endpapers, index small demy 4to; blue boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the laminate a trifle wrinkled on back panel; McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1988. First..... More
Illustrations by Anne Drew. Pp. [viii]+48, pictorial title page, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled, edges rubbed; a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on verso of half-title page. Kay Grant was the pseudonym of Nelle..... More
Pp. 272, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, list of subscribers; roy. 4to; full canvas, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board, the boards a trifle foxed; within gilt lettered canvas slipcase; The James Flood Charity Trust, Melbourne, 1982. First edition. More
Pp. 462(last blank), illustrated double title page, text decorations; qr. cloth, papered boards; dust wrapper; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1981. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed (to Melbourne journalist Stuart Sayers) by author on upper free endpaper. More
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Pp. [ii]+40(last blank)+[2](blank, lower edge slightly silverfished), bibliography, with single fold Addenda loosely inserted; oblong 8vo; pictorial beige paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned, small piece torn from lower fore-corner of lower wrapper; wording about St. Catherine's School Hall Building Fund ruled out in ink on verso of title page; Kenneth..... More
Pp. 80, printed in blue & black and illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; med. 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly shelf worn, the upper board faintly scratched, dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded; Bison Group, London, 1991. First..... More
Pp. [xii]+162(last blank), pictorial title page, notes; cr. 8vo; qr. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black papered boards, upper board lettered in blind; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Atlas Books/Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2004. First edition. Eminent Lives series..... More
Exhibited at the International Youth Library Munich, 1981 [cover title]. Pp. [60](last blank), text illustrations and map, bibliography, index; small oblong 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, edges a trifle creased; occasional browning of edges of leaves; [Munich International Youth Library, Munich, 1981?]. *The illustrations are by Alan Gilderdale. More
Pp. viii+396, frontispiece portrait, plus 3 plates, pictorial headpieces, 3 full page battle plans; small cr. 8vo; early red calf, the spine decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered dark green leather title label, boards with double gilt rule border and small corner ornaments, the spine uniformly..... More
Pp. 416, 9 portrait plates, indices; blue cloth, printed labels; dust wrapper, lightly worn, with several splits and chips at edges; inscription on upper free endpaper; Appleton, New York, 1924. First edition. More
Pp. 528, profusely illustrated in colour and (mainly) black & white, pictorial endpapers index, list of subscribers; roy. 4to; maroon leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; within maroon card slipcase; Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Melbourne, 1988. Edition limited to 4000 numbered copies; this a presentation copy, specially bound and..... More
Pp. 528, profusely illustrated in colour and (mainly) black & white, pictorial endpapers, index, list of subscribers; roy. 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver, pictorial title label on upper board; within navy cloth slipcase; Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Melbourne, 1988. Edition limited to 4000 numbered copies..... More
Memories of Years Spent Mainly in Publishing, l897-l925. Pp. xiv+296(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 16 plates, index; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, slightly scuffed, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; top edges navy; outer leaves slightly offset, faint date stamp (1934) at foot of lower free..... More
Pp. vi+106, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; light brown boards, spine lettered in black, boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, the fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges and backstrap rubbed and split, with a short closed tear at foot of..... More
Illustrated with 112 pagers of original photographs by the author. Pp. xxxii+112, profusely illustrated; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; endpapers faintly soiled, a little light foxing; Abelard-Schuman, New York, 1969. First U.S. edition. More
