Pp. xiv+186(last blank), appendices, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, the laminate lifting slightly at edges; top edge of a few leaves faintly marked, the free endpapers slightly soiled; Allen & Unwin,London, 1980. First edition. More about PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS: A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS
Pp. 240, text illustrations, errata sheet loosely inserted; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; pastedowns a trifle soiled; Reed, Sydney, 1980. Second edition. More about THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WRITERS' HANDBOOK
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [170], printed on rectos only, the text numbered 1-84; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. Limited (number unspecified) facsimile edition. *Originally published in 1920. More about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONJURING AND KINDRED DECEPTIONS
Being a Sketch of the Life of Timothy Claxton, Written by Himself. Together with Miscellaneous Papers. Pp. [ii]+vii+[7](brief biography by Jim Lowden, plus Claxton's will)+160+10(advertisements), text figures; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; Lowden Publishing Co., Melbourne, 2006. First edition. The Mechanics Series: No. 1. *Timothy Claxton (1790-1848) founded..... More about MEMOIR OF A MECHANIC
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, the title and headings printed in red, glossary of terms, bibliography; med. 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper wrapper; Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney, 1984. *Exhibition catalogue. More about CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER BOOKBINDINGS, EUROPE & AUSTRALIA
Edited by E. H. Hale. Pp. xxiv+342(last blank), patterned endpapers, appendices, index; boards a trifle canted, the spine cloth slightly wrinkled; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split, the backstrip creased; text block slightly browned; Staples Press, London, 1949. Second edition. *First published in 1929. More about LAW FOR PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
A guide to identification and value of the books written by Francis Patrick Clune (1893-1971). Pp. [24], index of titles; printed stiff brown paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip a trifle faded; Australian Book Collector, Uralla, 1997. Second edition. More about A CLUNE BIBLIOGRAPHY
The illustrated encyclopedia. Pp. 312, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, glossary, index; med. 4to; upper board faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; RD Press, Sydney, 1995. First Australian edition. More about SCIENCE FICTION
Pp. 144 (last colophon), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, chronological catalogue of books and papers printed and published at the Doves Press, 1900-1916; uncut; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slightly flecked, edges a trifle rubbed, the spine cloth lightly faded; lacking the dust wrapper; inked ownership inscription (dated... More about COSMIC VISION
A study of his work l884-l893, based on his Time Book (British Library Add. MS. 49061), with a biographical introduction. Pp. xii+408(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 1 folding plate, illustrated throughout in black & white, including many examples of his bindings, appendix, bibliography, indices; demy 4to; gilt lettered brown cloth;... More about THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON
The reminiscences by Aveve Cohen. The remembrances by friends of Chiswick, & the Cohens. Compiled and edited by Jenni Matz. Pp. 32, printed in brown & black, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and decorations; printed paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip a trifle worn at extremities; The Typophiles, New York, 2002. Typophiles... More about REMINISCENCES & REMEMBRANCES OF HERMAN AND AVEVE COHEN AND THE CHISWICK BOOKSHOP (1935-2001
Pp. x+246; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled; The Clique, London, 1995. More about ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES: MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, 1995
Censorship in Australia. Pp. [xii]+196, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, index; boards faintly soiled; dust wrapper, slightly silverfished, edges and backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, free endpapers offset, text block slightly browned; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, n.d.[1962?]. First edition. More about OBSCENITY, BLASPHEMY, SEDITION
Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. viii+196(last colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; bound in dark brown half leather, blue cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed; top and bottom edges red; the original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in, and folding prices realised sheet tipped-in... More about F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION
A broken run of 98 issues from Volume 9 to Volume 43, comprising: Numbers 108-118, 125, 126, 128-131, 133-155, 158, 161, 162, 168-182, 192, 200, 206, 250, 268, 276, 359, 360, 477-507, 516. Totalling over 3000 pages (averaging 24 pages in earlier issues, later issues usually 32 pages including wrappers... More about THE COLLECTORS' DIGEST
The career of John Payne Collier. Pp. xiv+454, 4 plates, text figures, appendix, notes, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the backstrip and part of front panel faded;Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1982. First edition. *In 1850, John Payne Collier was among the foremost scholars of his generation: the pre-eminent editor... More about FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES
With a complete list of his works, and an account of such Shakespeare documents as are believed to be spurious. Pp. 67; printed paper wrappers, plus vegetable parchment wrapper, edges slightly chipped; uncut; occasional pencilled marginalia, a very little slight soiling, long inked annotation on last leaf; Elliot Stock, London... More about NOTES ON THE LIFE OF JOHN PAYNE COLLIER
The story of a Scottish family of publishers from 1789 to the present day. Pp. 304(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, bibliography, index; boards a trifle marked; Collins, London, 1952. First edition. *The Glasgow firm of Collins started publishing at the turn of the eighteenth century. More about THE HOUSE OF COLLINS
Pp. 196, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, selected bibliography, index; wide roy. 4to; pictorial papered boards, lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, with tiny split to the die-cut circular 'spyhole' on the front panel; Collectors Press, Portland, Oregon, 2001. First edition. 'From Edgar Allan Poe's... More about THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY
Lost in a town of books. Pp. [vi]+250(last blank), endpaper map; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Bloomsbury, New York, 2003. First U.S. edition. *'Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh country-side - to move, in fact, to the..... More about SIXPENCE HOUSE
Roundsman of the Lord. Pp. 306+[2](advertisement, verso blank), 28 plates, bibliography, index; bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip browned, neat signature in green ink on front panel; bookplate on upper pastedown, a little light offsetting; Wishart & Company, London, 1928. First U.K. edition... More about ANTHONY COMSTOCK
Chosen by Cyril Connolly. Pp. 160, bibliography, index; tiny bruise near bottom edge centre of both boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the front flap slightly soiled; text block lightly browned; Allison & Busby, London, 1986. New edition, with an updated Bibliography. More about 100 KEY BOOKS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT from England, France and America 1880-1950
One Hundred Key Books from England, France and America, 1880-1950. Chosen by Cyril Connolly. Bibliography of English and French editions by D. D. E. Soar. Pp. [viii]+148; boards faintly scratched and a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, the laminate lifting slightly soiled at edges; Andre Deutsch/Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965. First edition... More about THE MODERN MOVEMENT
Their value to collectors. Pp. 336, 32 plates (8 coloured), indices (author and illustrators); dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; text block lightly browned; Macdonald Orbis, London, 1988. First edition. *With the Code of Values Bookmarker loosely inserted. More about CHILDREN'S MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Pp. iv+xii+176(last blank), 32 plates within pagination (8 coloured); cr. 4to; bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed; Studio Vista, London, 1977. First edition. More about COLLECTING MODERN FIRST EDITIONS