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
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
One Hundred Key Books from England, France and America, 1880-1950. 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..... 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. 344(last blank), 32 plates (8 coloured); med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1993. Fourth edition. *With loosely inserted 'Scale of Values' bookmarker. 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
Pp. [iv]+xlii+302(last colophon, blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, bibliography, addenda & corrigenda, indices; demy 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; Oak Knoll Press/The Plough Press, New Castle, DE., 2002. First edition. *Lists hundreds of toolcutters and toolcutting firms, with brief biographies, from 1780 to 1965. More
By Brian Cook Batsford. Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, collectors' checklist; oblong 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed and bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; B. T. Batsford Ltd..... More
, Circumnavigator. Pp. xvi+894, bibliography, errata, addenda, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly flecked, the bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a little light..... More
With Some Notes. Exhibited at the Great Printing Exhibition, The Town Hall, Melbourne ... [cover title]. Pp. [20](last colophon); printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled, with red ink stain to bottom fore-corner of the lower wrapper and a couple of faint damp stains to the upper wrapper; uncut;..... More
Contexts & Collaborations. Pp. 228, 4 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page), appendices, select bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper; Private Libraries Association/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, Pinner, Middlesex, 2010. First edition. *Study of the interrelationships between the various parties involved..... More
A history and bibliography. Pp. lvi+246(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and facsimiles, appendices, index; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Scolar Press, London, 1994. First edition. *Also includes a history and check-list of the Dropmore and Queen Anne Press books. The Corvinus Press, named after the Hungarian bibliophile Matthias..... More
General: British and American. Pp. 126, indices; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; James Bennett, Sydney, 1967. First edition. Readers Guide series. More
A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866. Pp. 600, plus 100 pages on CD-ROM at end, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliographies, appendices (1 folding), index; roy. 4to; dust wrapper; last page slightly creased; Hes & De Graaf, Houten, 2009. First edition. Utrecht Studies in the History..... More
Pp. xiv+250(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, further reading list, index; small med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, edges a trifle rubbed; Miegunyah Press/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009. First paperback edition. *First published in 2007. More
A pictorial anthology of Australian crafts. Edited by Joy Warren, designed by John Reid & Douglas Annand. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour and black & white, plus map of Australia, and a loosely inserted letter To the Reader from the President of the Crafts Council of Australia; demy 4to; hand-made..... More
A pictorial anthology of Australian crafts. Edited by Joy Warren, designed by John Reid & Douglas Annand. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour and black & white, plus map of Australia, and a loosely inserted letter To the Reader from the President of the Crafts Council of Australia; demy 4to; hand-made..... More
Launceston [cover title]. Auction catalogue in two volumes. Pp. 90+130, 27 plates (6 coloured, including the frontispiece to Volume I), 5 full page illustrations; small cr. 4to; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; a few leaves faintly creased; Christie, Manson & Woods (Australia) Ltd., Melbourne..... More
Pp. xxx+610, printed double column; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light bruise to fore-corner of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Cassell, London, 1994. New edition. *Originally published in 1992 as Brewer's Names. 'Includes place-names from around the world; first names, surnames and trade names; names of..... More
With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a frontispiece after G. F. Watts. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 60, frontispiece portrait, index; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 2002. Second printing thus. *Originally published in London in 1923. More
Pp. 72(last colophon), frontispiece plus 32 plates; corners of boards lightly bruised, the lettering on spine faded; occasional faint soiling; Westmorland Gazette Ltd., Stricklandgate, Kendal, 1945. *The first section of the text is a reprint of Thomas Jones' History of Burneside, which was originally published in 1912; the later text..... More
Children's Books in Britain 1900-1960. Pp. 162, text illustrations, reading list, The Library Association Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, index; dust wrapper; The Library Association, London, 1962. Fourth printing, with amendments. More
A catalogue raisonne of the work executed during the years 1806-1877, with collations, notes, approximate values, facsimiles, and illustrations. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xvi+376(last colophon), frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, appendix, indices; small cr. 4to; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Originally published by The Bookman's Journal in 1924. More