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
Second edition. With an epilogue. Edited by Nicolas Barker & John Collins. Pp. 10+xii+400+[11]-42(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, index; [together with] Barker (Nicolas) & John Collins. A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard. The forgeries of H...... More
An exhibition of original editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London, January to February 1947, arranged by John Carter with the collaboration of Michael Sadleir. Pp. xiv+50, 16 plates, index; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; hinge tender at several points; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, [London], 1947. Illustrated edition, cloth bound. More
An annotated hand-list. Pp. 54, frontispiece portrait, plus 5 plates, appendix; bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; a little light foxing; Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952. First edition in book form. The Soho Bibliographies II. *Originally published in The Library (the Transactions... More
Pp. x+300(last blank), frontispiece, full page illustrations, appendices, index; med. 8vo; cloth a trifle marked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Cassell, 1958. First edition. *Authors connected with the Cassell publishing company include Wilkie Collins... More
[Text in English and Spanish]. Pp. 56, 8 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners slightly creased; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. *Published to coincide with an exhibition presented... More
Published in association with The Madison Public Library, Madison, New Jersey. Pp. xviii+174+[4](blank, colophon, verso blank), 4 tipped-in sample pages of works printed at the Golden Hind Press, plus a tipped-in sample of paste paper designed by Delight Rushmore Lewis, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, errata sheet loosely inserted, chronology, index;... More
Pp. xvi+386, index; published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville,1974. First edition. A John Cook Wyllie Memorial Publication. *Includes a Checklist of Poe criticism in foreign languages. More
With commentary by Gorel Cavalli-Bjorkman & Bo Lindwall. English translation by Allan Lake Rice. Pp. 193(including recto of lower free endpaper), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, chronology; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled, the fore-corners faintly bruised; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Green Tiger... More
Pp. 376, frontispiece plus 61 plates, numerous text figures (some full page), bibliography, index; cr. 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of lower board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges and backstrip slightly browned, the edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at... More
Pp. xii+280, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations, appendices (including bibliography), index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 2002. First edition. More
Pp. xx+286, frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations printed in dark brown on tinted paper, the title page printed in red & black, chronology, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered red cloth, boards a trifle sprung, small stain to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and... More
A sequel to Chanticleer, Pertelote and Cockalorum, being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, September, 1949-December, 1961. Compiled ... with a list of Prospectuses, 1921-1962 and illustrations from the books. Pp. 126, frontispiece, pictorial title page, and numerous text illustrations, index; roy. 8vo; top edges blue; top fore-corner of... More
Engravings & Drawings. With an introductory memoir by Joan Hassall and an appreciation of her technique by George Mackley. Pp. lxiv+160, profusely illustrated, leaf patterned endpapers, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the head of spine and top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges... More
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
Georgiana Huntly McCrae, George Gordon McCrae and Hugh Raymond McCrae. Their books, manuscripts, letters and drawings in the library of Harry F. Chaplin. Pp. xii+98(processed), frontispiece plus 2 plates; post 4to; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; edges... More
An Annotated Catalogue of First Editions, Inscribed Copies, Letters, Manuscripts and Association Items. Collected and Collated by Harry F. Chaplin. Pp. [iv]+76, processed, frontispiece portrait, plus 1 plate; post 4to; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and creased, edges and backstrip faded; a little faint foxing and offsetting, most pages lightly... More
A survey. Based upon books in his collection. With Preface by Jack Lindsay. Pp. [ii]+82(processed, last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 2 plates; post 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, edges faded and a trifle rubbed;The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1976. First edition. Studies in Australian Bibliography No. 23. More
A catalogue of First Editions extensively annotated by the author, together with letters, manuscripts and association items. Preface by Jack Lindsay. Pp. [ii]+vi+106(last blank), processed, frontispiece portrait; cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, tiny ink mark to top edge of upper wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Wentworth Press..... More
War Despatches and Diaries. Pp. 192(including upper and lower endpapers), text and endpaper illustrations, bibliography & index; super roy. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly browned and foxed; some foxing to endpapers and edges of leaves; Bell & Hyman Limited, London, 1984. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine... More
Pp. xvi+132, frontispiece portrait plus 45 plates (within pagination), text figures, chronology, checklist; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Primrose Hill Press/Oak Knoll Press, London &New Castle, DE., 1998. First edition. Contemporary Wood Engravers series, No. 1. *Geoffrey Wales (1912-1990), illustrated books for the Golden Cockerel Press, the Kynoch... More
Pp. xviii+244+xvi(index)+[4](notes), frontispiece, text illustrations; med. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the backstrip faintly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *'The aesthetic and technical considerations basic to..... More
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
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
