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
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
Pp. 240, text illustrations, errata sheet loosely inserted; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; pastedowns a trifle soiled; Reed, Sydney, 1980. Second edition. More
[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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Pp. x+246; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled; The Clique, London, 1995. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. *Connolly's 'key' books 'best illustrate the spirit of the modern..... More
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
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
Their Value to Collectors. Pp. 318, 32 plates (8 coloured); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, the back panel a trifle scuffed; text block faintly browned, a little light foxing; Orbis, London, 1985. Second printing. *With loosely inserted bookmarker with scale of values. More