Books about Books
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
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 SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD.
Pp. xviii+244+xvi(index)+[4](notes), frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, brown papered boards; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded, top fore-corner of both flaps lightly creased; upper free endpaper a trifle creased, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Dorset Press, New York, n.d.[1989]. New..... More
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD.
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
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; small ink stain to top edge of a few leaves, a little faint foxing; Chatto & Windus, London, 1928. First..... More
PACKER'S LUNCH.
A rollicking tale of Swiss bank accounts and money-making adventurers in the roaring '90s. Pp. [xii]+356, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; light blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; text block slightly browned; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2006. First edition. *The story of the Australian media network wars of the..... 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
BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS.
Pp. 12, printed in black & brown; demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers; leaves lightly browned; F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, n.d.[1947]. *Some notes from Cheshires. More
THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PRINTING AND BOOK ILLUSTRATION.
Pp. illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full, a couple double page), decorative endpapers, appendices (glossary, bibliography, indices); wide demy 4to; qr. beige cloth, spine lettered in silver, navy cloth boards, a trifle scuffed, the beige cloth slightly soiled, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; a...... 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
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
PAPER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO BOOKS.
A lecture of the Dent Memorial Series. Foreword by H. P. Simpson. Pp. [40](including blanks), pictorial title page; pictorial brown paper wrappers, edges a trifle creased; a little light foxing; Printing Industry Craftsmen of Australia, Sydney, 1937. Australian edition, limited to 300 copies for members of The Printing Industry Craftsmen..... 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
A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE TOWN AND UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE:
in an introduction and four walks. Originally written by John Willis Clark, late Registrar of the University and Fellow of Trinity College. Pp. viii(advertisements)+xx+200+xx(publisher's catalogue, printed on blue paper), text illustrations (some full page), folding map, chronological summary, index; printed brown stiff paper wrappers with pictorial onlay on upper wrapper..... 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
THE HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES.
Introduction and Commentaries by John Plummer. Pp. 26+360(last blank), including 160 full page coloured illustrations, appendices; gilt lettered & decorated white patterned cloth; top edges blue; within slipcase, edges faded and lightly worn; bookplate on upper pastedown; Barrie & Rockliff, London, 1966. First U.K. edition. *Reproduction, with detailed modern commentary..... 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
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