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 about AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Books about Books
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 about BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
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 about TYPE FACES
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 about BOOKPLATES
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 about PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS: A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS
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 about THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WRITERS' HANDBOOK
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 about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONJURING AND KINDRED DECEPTIONS
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 about MEMOIR OF A MECHANIC
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 about CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER BOOKBINDINGS, EUROPE & AUSTRALIA
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 about LAW FOR PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
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 about A CLUNE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 about SCIENCE FICTION
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... More about COSMIC VISION
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 about THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON
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 about REMINISCENCES & REMEMBRANCES OF HERMAN AND AVEVE COHEN AND THE CHISWICK BOOKSHOP (1935-2001
ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES: MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, 1995.
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
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 about OBSCENITY, BLASPHEMY, SEDITION
F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION.
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
THE COLLECTORS' DIGEST.
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
FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES.
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
NOTES ON THE LIFE OF JOHN PAYNE COLLIER;
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
AUTHORS' & PRINTERS' DICTIONARY.
A guide for authors, editors, printers, correctors of the press, compositors, and typists. With full list of abbreviations. An attempt to codify the best typographical practices of the present day. With the assisance of many authors, editors, printers, & correctors of the press. Pp. xvi+408(last colophon, verso blank), mostly printed..... More about AUTHORS' & PRINTERS' DICTIONARY
THE HOUSE OF COLLINS.
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
THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY.
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
SIXPENCE HOUSE.
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