Book Collecting
CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS from the celebrated collection: The Property of Major J. R. Abbey . . .
Pp. xii+280(last colophon), some text illustrations, indices; cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, edges of leaves slightly foxed and soiled; Sotheby & Co., London, 1965. More
BOOK COLLECTING.
A Beginner's Guide. Pp. 322(including 10pp. advertisements at end), 8 plates, glossary, bibliographical guide, index; dust wrapper; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972. First edition. More
AUSTRALIAN BOOK COLLECTORS: Some Noted Australian Book Collectors & Collections of the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries.
Pp. 322, illustrated in colour and black & white, indices; narrow cr. 4to; top fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper; Bread Street Press, Bendigo, Victoria, in association with The Australian Book Auction Records, 2010. Edition limited to 500 copies, this being one of 490 cloth bound. More
FELLOWS OF THE BOOK. A Volume of Essays Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 'Biblionews'.
Pp. 252, text illustrations and facsimiles; post 8vo; printed glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, fore-corners slightly creased; Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Sydney, 2000. First edition. Studies in Australian Bibliophily Number 5. *Contributors include John Arnold, Geoffrey Farmer, Ben Haneman, Wallace Kirsop, Carol Mills, a.o. More
GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTORS.
Pp. 280, printed in red & black and illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography, index; roy. 4to; dark brown cloth, spine and upper board blocked in red and lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, with one tape repair on reverse..... More
NOTE 214. WISE, WRENN, AND TENNYSON'S ENOCH ARDEN, 1864.
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 13, No. 1, Spring 1964. Pp. 136(including advertisements), 14 plates, full page illustration; demy 8vo; printed stiff pale green paper wrappers, slightly creased, the backstrip lightly faded; upper hinge starting, the text block slightly buckled; The Book Collector, London, 1964. *Todd's contribution is Note..... More
NOTE 364. A GHOSTLY EDITION OF PATMORE'S THE CIRCLES '1861'.
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 22, No. 3, Autumn 1973. Pp. 289-432(including advertisements), 15 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff orange/pink paper wrappers, top edge of lower wrapper slightly soiled; tiny stain to top edge of a couple of leaves; The Book Collector, London, 1973. *Todd's contribution on pages 383-4..... More
QUERY 164. T. J. WISE AND J. C. THOMSON.
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 12, No. 1, Spring 1963. Pp. 136 (including several full page advertisements), 12 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff yellow paper wrappers, faintly soiled, the lower wrapper slightly creased; The Book Collector, London, 1963. *Trevanion's contribution on page 74 is the penultimate Query (No. 164)..... More
NOTE 272. CONRAD AND T. J. WISE.
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 15, No. 3, Autumn 1966. Pp. 269-412(including advertisements), 7 plates (one multi-folding); demy 8vo; printed stiff yellow paper wrappers, backstrip slightly creased; The Book Collector, London, 1966. *Turner's contribution, on pages 350-1 in the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, gives details of manuscripts and..... More
COLLECTOR'S CASEBOOK.
Pp. vi+106, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; 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 front panel tape marked on reverse; small..... More
AUSTRALIAN RARE BOOKS, 1788-1900.
Pp. xii+468, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, endpaper map, appendices, indices; wide roy. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards lightly foxed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hordern House, Sydney, 1987. First trade edition. *Definitive work..... More
THE LITERATURE OF COLLECTING & OTHER ESSAYS.
Pp. [viii]+366, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; dust wrapper; The Boston Athenaeum/Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE., 2008. First edition. *Collection of essays on books, libraries, and the visual arts. More
MODERN BOOK COLLECTING.
Pp. [ii]+xiv+272(last colophon), text illustrations, appendices, index; qr. grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow papered boards, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges blue/grey, others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More
A PRIMER OF BOOK-COLLECTING.
Pp. x+228, full page illustrations, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and slightly soiled; pages browned; Bell Publishing Company, New York, 1966. Third revised edition, U.S. edition. *Originally published in 1926. More