The first type cutter and caster in English America. A review ... of Abel Buell of Connecticut. Pp. [24]; med. 16mo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut, partly unopened; privately printed, William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1930. One of forty copies, printed by William..... More
An address by Curt F. Buhler, and a Catalogue of an Exhibition of Fifteenth Century Books held at The Grolier Club, April 15-June 1, 1952. Pp. 58(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 8 black & white plates with captions printed in red, the title page decoration and 2 decorative headpieces printed in..... More
Ingeleid door Ir. H. G. J. Schelling.[Text in Dutch]. Pp. [12], title page vignette plus 16 plates (one printed in green & black), title page vignette; demy 8vo. brown cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, the cloth a trifle marked; book label of David Levine, Sydney, at head and bookseller's..... More
With an Introduction by Harrison E. Salisbury. Pp. x+342(last blank), index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First Australian edition. *Memoirs of the..... More
Pp. xvi+202, index; demy 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; text block browned; Faber & Faber, London, 1989. First edition. *Contains the author's T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures delivered in the poet's centenary year, plus eight essays on various aspects of lexicography..... More
Pp. [viii]+x+102(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, faintly marked, edges a trifle rubbed; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1988. More
Pp. [viii]+x+96(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip faintly faded; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1992. More
Pp.[vi]+ x+138(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1996. More
Pp. xii+104(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1986. More
Totalling approximately 960 pages (including advertisements); all small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, some volumes slightly marked, backstrip of Volumes 4 & 7 faintly faded, wrappers of Volumes 3, 5 & 8 creased or lightly worn; edges of some leaves a little marked or browned; Australian Book Auction Records..... More
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
In two volumes, Part I: Descriptions. Part II: Index. Foreword by Ann Payne. Pp. xvi+440+[ii]+[441]-726(last blank), 8 plates; med. 8vo; green cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt; The British Library, London, 1999. First edition. *New catalogue of the manuscript portions of the Ashley Library of Thomas. J. Wise, which..... More
A bibliography of the William R. Smith Collection in the Library of the Supreme Council, 33°, S. J. With a Foreword by Akram Elias, Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons, Washington, D.C. Pp. lxvi+172(last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, indices; demy 4to; dark green cloth, lettered..... More
Adventures of an Independent Bookseller. Pp. x+302, 16 plates (within pagination), book lists, appendix; small cr. 4to; grey cloth, lettered in white, corners lightly rubbed; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; edges of leaves lightly foxed, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, 2005. First edition. More
Pp. viii+284, title within decorative border, decorative head & tailpieces and initials, publisher's slip (about the limited large paper edition) tipped-in at front; later (but not recent) brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; fore and bottom edges uncut; later endpapers, the hinges repaired with cloth tape, paper repair..... More
Edited by J. Herbert Slater. Pp. viii+260, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards heavily flecked, spine faded; t.e.g.; text block faintly browned, hinges starting at a couple of points, edges of leaves slightly damp stained; GeorgeRoutledge & Sons, London, n.d.[1908?]. The London..... More
Pp. [viii]+136, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, references, index; square 4to; qr. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dark green cloth boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2002. First edition. *Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) wrote and illustrated several children's books, including the 1943 Caldecott..... More
A Miscellany. 160, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed, the spine faded and slightly foxed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with longer closed tear from top edge of back panel into back flap; bottom fore-corner of a few..... More
A bibliographical miscellany. Pp. 218; demy 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the spine faintly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip vertically creased, a little light foxing; Grafton, London, 1947. First edition. *From the collection of Australian..... More
With drawings by Shirley Hughes. Pp. 190, frontispiece, plus 7 full page illustrations; dust wrapper, back panel a trifle marked; The Bodley Head, London, 1980. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated August 1980) on the title page. A book for parents, written by an experienced teacher and..... More
Pp. 128, 30 coloured plates, appendices, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1979. First edition in book form. *With the author's signed inscription (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin), dated 1981, on the title page. The story of the part played..... More
Pp. 168(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations, bibliographical note, index; narrow demy 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers lightly foxed; The Bookplate Society and..... More
A short history of the Society with a brief description of the more important books presented by it to The Public Library of South Australia. Pp. [viii]+46(last 3 blank), frontispiece, 3 coloured and 8 black & white plates; post 4to; stiff blue paper wrappers, upper wrapper lettered in black, with..... More
My First Forty Years. Pp. [viii]+206(last blank), 20 plates, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; text block browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
