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
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
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 the... 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
A handbook of bookshop practice. Foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell. Pp. 96, suggestions for further reading, index; 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 edition. More
Edited by Sylvia Backemeyer, with essays by Martin Baker, Andrew Hall, Marie McLoughlin, Paul W. Nash, Alan Power, Paul Rennie, Roger Sabin. Pp. 208, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), further reading, brief biographies, index; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, edges... More
Pp. 80, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed; Phaidon, Oxford, 1987. Paperback edition. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. First published in 1979. More
Pp. 176, illustrated in colour throughout, index; demy 4to; spine extremities and bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; inked gift inscription at head of upper free endpaper; Child & Henry, Sydney, 1980. First edition. *With loosely inserted ephemera. More
Libraries and the Assault on Paper. Pp. xii+372, 4 coloured plates, notes, references, index; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Random House, New York, 2001. First edition. *'Pleading the case for saving our newspapers and books so that they can continue to be read in their original forms, he tells how and... More
Pp. 24, numerous examples, index; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly foxed, the lower wrapper slightly browned; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Park Works, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, n.d.[195-?]. More
Pp. [12]; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Park Works, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, n.d.[195-?]. More
in English. From the Library of Ruth M. Baldwin. Pp. xii+296, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; blue/grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in black, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges slightly rubbed and split; Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale..... More
Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa. [Coordination by Amalia Descalzo]. Prologue by Hubert de Givenchy. Pp. 432(last colophon, verso blank), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, chronology; roy. 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa/ Editorial Nerea, [Bilbao], 2011. First... More
Pp. x+214, 12 plates, text figures, patterned endpapers, references, appendices, bibliography, indices; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with slight bruise to centre fore-edge of upper board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased and split; The Library Association, London, 1985. First edition. *'Concentrates on cloth... More
The lives and collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. Pp. xviii+416(last blank), 24 plates, folding genealogical chart, the title page and list of Roxburghe Club members printed in red & black... More
Foxcroft lecture on bibliography and book history for 2014. Foreword by Wallace Kirsop. Pp. 24(last blank except for press device), 10 text figures; wide roy. 8vo; printed stiff orange paper wrappers, stapled; Ancora Press, Monash University, in association with the State Library of Victoria Melbourne, 2016. More
Fifty years of The Book Collector. An anthology. Pp. x+310, text illustrations; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 2003. First edition. *Articles chosen from the first fifty years of The Book Collectorto convey 'the multifarious forms in which the joys of... More
A List of his Publications to Mark his 80th Birthday. Pp. 96, full page illustrations, appendix; printed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Bernard Quaritch/Oak Knoll Press, London, 2013. First edition, limited to 500 copies. *Signed by the author and Nicolas Barker on the title page. British bibliophile Nicolas Barker... More
Pp. 156(last blank), appendix; printed paper wrappers, a trifle creased; UNESCO/Harrap, London, 1973. First edition in English. *Chapters on book production, distribution, copyright, and reading habits. More
The quest for an Anglo-American copyright agreement, 1815-1854. Pp. xvi+312(last blank), notes, index; dust wrapper; Routledge & Kegan Paul,London, 1974. More
Their romantic origin and artistic development. Pp. 196(last colophon, verso blank), with 133 illustrations of which 34 are tipped-in plates, 3 being signed by the artists (2 by John Barclay Godson, both of which are Remarque proofs, and 1 by Ella Dwyer), index; cr. 4to; crocodile patterned cloth with printed... More
The lure of early Australian Books. Pp. [x]+148+[2](blank, last colophon), coloured frontispiece, plus 30 black & white plates, 1 full page facsimile; small cr. 4to; navy buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; glassine wrapper; the lower pastedown silverfished at fore-edge, a couple of faint... More
