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
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; red..... 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
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
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
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
Pp. 192, text illustrations, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, slight signs of sticker removal from foot of front flap; TheBodley Head, London, 1980. First edition. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974, succeeding Walter Lewis. He was closely associated with Stanley..... More
Uncorrected proof copy. Pp. 188(last blank), text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1980. Uncorrected proof copy. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. More
A Victorian Publisher. Notes on his life and a check-list of his books. Pp. viii+96, coloured frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (several full page, 3 coloured), double page family tree, the title page printed in red & black, index; narrow impl. 8vo; top edges red; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Private..... More
Its pitfalls and its pleasures. Pp. xx+222(last blank), frontispiece plus 50 plates, the title page printed in red & black, index of authors and books; navy cloth over bevelled boards, with printed paper title labels on spine and upper board, the cloth a trifle marked, both labels very slightly worn..... More
Their First Editions. Pp. xii+172(last blank), reference list of bibliographies; med. 8vo; tan cloth with printed paper title label on spine, boards a trifle shelf worn at bottom edge; t.e.g., others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges and backstrip lightly chipped and split; bookplate of Australian bibliophile..... More
Master Printer. A tribute on his 75th birthday, by Philip S. Brown, John Dreyfus, Ward Ritchie, Roby Wentz, Hermann Zapf & Jake Zeitlin. Pp. [viii]+36+[2](colophon, blank), hand-tipped photographic frontispiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine a...... More
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Pp. [ii]+458, numerous examples; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled and creased, edges lightly worn; name in ink at head of Introduction, the outer leaves a trifle creased, a little light foxing; Dalley Photocomposition, Sydney, n.d.[197-?]. More
Memorials of C. H. O. Daniel with a bibliography of the Press, 1845-1919. Pp. viii+198+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 13 plates, title and text decorations, bibliography, appendices, index; small cr. 4to; qr. natural canvas, spine lettered in black, blue/grey papered boards, a trifle sprung, with small damp stain to..... More
Pp. xii+212+[8](advertisements), 6 full page facsimiles; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle flecked and rubbed; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper with small circular price-clip at centre of backstrip, slightly soiled and damp stained, edges lightly chipped and split; small damp mark to bottom fore-corner of..... More
Pp. 64, printed in red & black, 25 hand-tipped plates, notes, errata slip; med. 8vo; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered in black, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; Garravembi, Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, NSW, 1990. First trade edition; being one of 425 numbered copies, hand set and printed. *Revised from a...... More
Five centuries of social life. Pp. xviii+368(last blank), 8 plates, title page vignette, bibliographies, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on upper free endpaper, a little pencilled underlining, the..... More