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
Pp. [viii]+616(last blank), mostly printed double column, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, bibliography, index; post 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners a trifle bruised, the spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly spilt, small surface graze to front panel; top..... 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
The story of Rosy Dock. Works by Jeannie Baker. A Wollongong City Gallery Touring Exhibition. Foreword by Peter O'Neill. With essays by Eric Rolls and Naomi Horridge and an Artist's Statement by Jeannie Baker. Pp. [12], black & white portrait; square 4to; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, edges..... 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
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, 1972. First..... More
Edited by John Horgan. Introduction by John Ryan. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white; med. 4to; fore-corners of boards slightly worn; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; the free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Souvenir Press (Australia)/Brolga..... More
The James A. de Rothschild bequest at Waddesdon Manor, The National Trust. Based on work started by Graham Pollard. In two volumes, continuously paginated. Pp. 1224, mostly printed double or triple column, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), select bibliography, index; med. 4to; navy 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 Collector to convey 'the multifarious forms in which the joys of book..... 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
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Pp. 112(last colophon); bound in qr. black leather, gilt lettered maroon papered boards, faintly scuffed, the spine lightly grazed; original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in; sale prices added in ink in the margins, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Sydney Dark, Auctioneer, Melbourne, 1959. More
Pp. 146, frontispiece, 4 full page illustrations, chronological list of Barrie's works, addenda, index; gilt lettered navy cloth, slightly flecked, edges a trifle rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers faintly offset; The Bookman's Journal, London, 1928. First edition, limited to 520 numbered copies. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. More
The collected edition. A series of nine pamphlets published in consultation with the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Totalling over 450 pages (each pamphlet individually paginated), occasional text figures and tables, bibliographies; boards a trifle bowed, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; signs..... More
Australia's First Children's Author. Pp. 36(last blank), frontispiece (facsimile title page) and 2 full page illustrations, references; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the lower wrapper a trifle silverfished, short split at head of backstrip; Wentworth Books, Sydney, 1980. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. *Previously..... More
Design in British publishing since 1945. Pp. 160, numerous text illustrations; square 4to; plain paper wrappers; dust wrapper; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 1999. More