The magazine of Angus & Robertson and Halstead Press. No. 1, May 1954 to No. 11, June 1959. [all published]. Together eleven issues; each 20 pages, including frontispiece (9 coloured, 1 mounted) and black & white text illustrations; demy 4to; cream [brown, green] paper wrappers, printed in green or blue..... More
Pp. [ii]+30, illustrated; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly rubbed and a trifle soiled on reverse, with bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. More
Artist and Illustrator. Pp. 192, 8 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait and numerous illustrations, works of reference, index; cr. 4to; blue cloth, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, tiny stain to back panel, edges slightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Schocken Books, New York, 1980. First..... More
Featuring 24 Creators of Australian Children's Books. Pp. 104(last blank), numerous black & white illustrations; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; top fore-corners of leaves lightly bruised; Omnibus Books, Adelaide, 1991. First edition. *Memorabilia (family snapshots, letters, manuscript extracts and rough sketches) of authors including Kerry Argent, Terry Denton..... More
![MERLE ARMITAGE: BOOK DESIGNER [cover title]. Merle Armitage](/pictures/thumb/055349.jpg?v=1640044158)
Catalogue of an exhibition of books designed by Merle Armitage, exhibited at The Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas, 1963. Pp. [32], illustrated; oblong f'cap. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers; Austin, Texas, 1963. One of 1,500 copies. *Provides a complete list of books designed by Merle Armitage up to the..... More
Pp. 138(last blank), frontispiece plus 6 plates, index; gilt lettered red cloth, corners a trifle bruised, the spine slightly dulled; all edges sprinkled red; a little light foxing; Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1932. First edition. More
A prize poem. A type-facsimile reprint of the original edition, Published at Rugby in 1840. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pp. x+12(including the facsimile title page, last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece with tissue guard; tall demy 8vo; cream papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle..... More
With a foreword by T. J. Wise. Pp. xx+356, l6 plates (one coloured, the frontispiece with tissue guard), plus numerous text illustrations and facsimiles, index; demy 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, worn and slightly soiled..... More
Pp. [x]+180, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, the front flap slightly creased; text block browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1985. First edition. *Strange book titles, authors..... More
Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, index; small cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper; John Murray, London, 2006. First edition. More
The Secret Life of Henry Spencer Ashbee. Pp. xvi+286(last blank), 16 plates, appendix, references, bibliography, index; post 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with small die-cut 'key-hole' on front panel; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block lightly browned, edges slightly soiled; Faber and..... More
Papers delivered at a symposium held at Liverpool school of librarianship May 1967. Pp. 194; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer..... More
Pp. 84, numerous typographic specimens; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound, slightly rubbed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed, bottom edges lightly damp stained; Associated Typographers, Melbourne, 1977. *With 2 clear plastic inserts: a line-up gauge; and a Type Size Estimator. Contains full alphabets of Bembo, Baskerville, Bodoni..... More
A select list. Pp. viii+26, processed, index; post 4to; tape-backed printed paper wrappers, lightly marked; Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services, Canberra, 1961. More
Fifth annual exhibition of book production in Australia, 1956-1957. Pp. 32, illustrated; printed paper wrappers, stapled; closed tear from fore-edge into pp. 29/30, a little light foxing; Australian Book Publishers' Association, Melbourne, 1957. More
A broken run of 478 issues, including the first and last (Volume 1, No. 1, November 19, 1942 and Volume 4, No. 230, June 30, 1946), most of the issues bound (not always in numerical order) in three volumes, plus over 50 loose issues (mostly from Volume 3, 1945). Regular..... More
Broadside calendar, headed 'With the Compliments of Guinea Gold' above a photographic view of 'Moresby Harbour in Peace Time'; demy 4to; lightly creased, inscribed in ink above title 'Good Luck Mum & Dad - Love Gordon; mounted, glazed and framed; [Port Moresby], 1944. *Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of..... More
Pp. 48(including outer blanks), 17 hand-tipped bookplates (some of which are reproductions, as issued), 2 decorative initials printed in red, list of members; med. 8vo; printed textured light brown paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, with printed paper title label on upper wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the upper wrapper slightly..... More
![THE AUSTRALIAN EX LIBRIS SOCIETY [ANNUAL REPORT, 1927]. Australian Ex Libris Society](/pictures/thumb/163757.jpg?v=1647080292)
Pp. 40(last blank, colophon), 2 hand-tipped bookplates, 15 illustrations of bookplates (11 full page), title and text decorations; roy. 16mo; green textured paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper lettered and decorated in black, edges slightly creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, staples rusted, a...... More
![JOURNAL No. 1 [all published]. Australian Ex Libris Society](/pictures/thumb/163755.jpg?v=1645611422)
Pp. 48, illustrated, including 7 hand-tipped bookplates, 3 decorative initials; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stitched, soiled and lightly foxed, edges slightly rubbed, top fore-corner of lower wrapper creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, a couple of leaves lightly creased, scattered light foxing..... More
Pp. 52; bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed and faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faded; text block faintly browned, a little pale foxing; The Australian Society of Authors, Sydney, 1973. Revised edition. More
American Children and Their Books 1621-1922. Pp. xiv+226, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page), select bibliography, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994. First edition. More
A study of the heroes and heroines of children's fiction, 1770-1950. Pp. 256, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (several full page), book sources, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards faintly faded, spine a trifle creased; top edges green; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves lightly..... More
The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Illustrations by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir. Pp. xxxii+360(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations and figures, 7 full page maps, tables, bibliography, index; demy 4to; beige cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with maroon cloth onlay decorated in blind at centre..... More
A handbook of bookshop practice. Foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell. Pp. 96, suggestions for further reading, index; cr. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; free endpapers faintly offset, a little foxing; Andre Deutsch, London, 1965. First..... More