HOW TO FIND OUT.
A Guide to Sources of Information for All arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification. Pp. xiv+194, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974.Fourth Edition. Library and Technical Information series. More
Books about Books
'TO DEPRAVE AND CORRUPT ...'
Original studies in the nature and definition of obscenity. Pp. 208(last blank); price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned, edges slightly chipped, back panel lightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker foot of upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned; Souvenir Press, London, 1962. First edition. *Contributors include Walter Allen, Lord Birkett, Maurice Girodias, a.o. More
BOOK COLLECTING.
Four broadcast talks. Pp. 46(last blank); red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards a trifle rubbed; top edges red; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges and backstrip slightly faded and rubbed; free endpapers slightly offset, a little faint foxing; Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, 1950. First edition. More
A CHATTO & WINDUS MISCELLANY 1928.
Illustrated. Pp. [viii]+234+[28](last colophon), title page vignette, plus 8 plates; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in red, patterned red papered boards, a trifle warped, edges lightly rubbed; bottom edges uncut; lacking the dust wrapper; small ink stain to top edge of a few leaves, a little faint foxing; Chatto &... More
BOOKSELLER, PUBLISHER, FRIEND.
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text illustrations; dust wrapper; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, occasional minor pencilling; The National Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Autobiography. The author started work as a bookseller at George Robertson & Co., Melbourne, aged 14. More
THE HOURS OF ETIENNE CHEVALIER
. Musee Conde, Chantilly. Preface by Charles Sterling. Introduction and legends by Claude Schaefer. Texts translated from the French by Marianne Sinclair. Pp. 128 47 hand-tipped coloured plates, notes, selected bibliography, title index; demy 4to; maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; within black card slipcase with coloured pictorial onlay and wrap-around... More
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Pp. 38 (including wrappers), illustrations, index; pictorial paper wrappers, tiny chip at head of backstrip, short closed tear from top edge into front panel; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1967. Third edition. More
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
A select list. Pp. 32, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition. More
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
A select list. Pp. 92, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1966. Fourth edition. More
TYPE FACES.
Pp. [6], on different coloured card, printed on rectos only+158 pp. of type specimens, printed on rectos only; obl. demy 4to; red textured card wrappers, upper wrapper printed in silver, spiral bound; Chromecast Stereos Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, n.d.[c.1950s?]. More
BOOKPLATES.
3 page article in Wilson Library Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 8, April 1940. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz. Pp. 545-608, illustrated; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled; lower fore-corners of leaves slightly creased; The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1940. More
PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS: A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS.
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
THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WRITERS' HANDBOOK.
Pp. 240, text illustrations, errata sheet loosely inserted; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; pastedowns a trifle soiled; Reed, Sydney, 1980. Second edition. More
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONJURING AND KINDRED DECEPTIONS.
[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
MEMOIR OF A MECHANIC.
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
CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER BOOKBINDINGS, EUROPE & AUSTRALIA.
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
LAW FOR PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
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
A CLUNE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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
SCIENCE FICTION.
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
COSMIC VISION.
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 1922)... More
THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON.
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
A NOTE ON BOOKBINDING.
With extracts from the special report of The Society of Arts on leather for bookbinding. Pp. 32, frontispiece, tipped-in post-card (for ordering box in which to pack books for binding), sample gummed label (for parcels of books for binding) laid on final page; printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges... More
REMINISCENCES & REMEMBRANCES OF HERMAN AND AVEVE COHEN AND THE CHISWICK BOOKSHOP (1935-2001).
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
ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES: MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, 1995.
Pp. x+246; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled; The Clique, London, 1995. More
OBSCENITY, BLASPHEMY, SEDITION.
Censorship in Australia. Pp. [xii]+196, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, index; dust wrapper, lightly browned, back panel lightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, free endpapers offset, leaves slightly browned; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, n.d.[c.1962]. First edition. More