Catalogue of: 1 Typefounders' specimens. II Books printed in founts of historical importance. III Works on typefounding, printing & bibliography. Offered for sale. Introduction by Graham Pollard. Pp. xii+108, text illustrations (mostly full page), index; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and split...
Pp. xii+290+[2](advertisements), title page printed in red & black; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth a trifle flecked and slightly rubbed; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the endpapers slightly offset, a few tiny edge splits, a little light foxing and.....
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+226; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 2000. *Facsimile of the Gypsy Lore Society Monograph No. 1, published in 1915 by Bernard Quaritch.
The history of a family firm. Pp. xiv+192(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards a trifle sprung, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip slightly faded and.....
A biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: l March 1919, died: 28 October 1950. Pp. [x]+258, text illustrations; boards slightly sprung; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1967. Second impression.
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [vi]+502(last blank), printed in double columns; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1998]. Edition limited to 100 copies. *Originally published in 1979.
Children's Book Illustration Today. Selected by Quentin Blake. Pp. 112, printed in red, blue & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page); demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled; top edges of leaves faintly marked; The British Council/ The British Library, London, 2002...
A bibliography and catalogue of the commercial engravings. Volume 1. Plates designed and engraved by Blake. Pp. [ii]+xvi+58+[132](plates, printed on rectos only); demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, the bottom fore-corners and backstrip creased, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; bottom fore-corners of leaves slightly creased;.....
Writers on writing for children. Pp. 176; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly browned; Kestrel Books, London, 1975. First edition. *Collection of essays by distinguished children's writers, discussing various aspects of their craft. Contributors include Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joan Aiken, Ursula Le Guin, Geoffrey Trease, and Leon Garfield.
Pp. viii+376(including advertisements), frontispiece, full page facsimiles, appendices, indices; red buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed and flecked, the top fore-cormers faintly bruised, spine lightly faded; ribbon marker; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Denis Archer, London.....
Pp. 384, index of titles; red cloth, spine lettered in black, edges a trifle faded and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges torn, the backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the lower pastedown a trifle silverfished, a couple of small damp stains, occasional slight soiling;...
Pp. xvi+250+[2](colophon, blank), numerous full page illustrations (some coloured), selective bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on blank preliminary leaf, the colophon slightly creased, a little light foxing; Scolar Press/Dartmouth College Library, London, 1977. First.....
Pp. viii+366(last blank), 16 full page illustrations on grey paper, 24 plates, appendix, index; tiny mark to lower board; dust wrapper; publisher's presentation slip on upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing; Bodley Head, London, 1987. First edition. *Centenary history of the publishing house founded by John Lane.
[Facsimile edition, text in English (Preface) and Italian]. Pp. xvi+358(last blank), frontispiece portrait, several full page illustrations, text decorations, indices; demy 4to; Martino Publishing , Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1994]. *Bibliography of the eighteenth century Italian printer and typographer, originally published in Florence by Tipografia Barbera, in 1927.
Hotel Metropole, Sydney, Wednesday, 18th June, 1958. Pp. [8], 3 text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled and worn; Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Sydney, 1958. *The text illustrations (sketches of Australian literary figures including George Robertson), are by Gurney, Prior, and Low.
Pp. 192, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; tall cr. 4to; boards flecked and slightly canted; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Country Life, London, 1976. First edition.
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. [viii]+96, illustrations, list of works referred to, index; printed papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed and bumped; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. Second edition, revised and enlarged.
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. xvi+270, text illustrations, references, subject index; a trifle soiled, edges of boards slightly rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle soiled;Pergamon Press, Sydney, 1976. New edition, enlarged, with corrections.
A guide to printed sources of information. Pp. [viii]+72, illustrations, list of works referred to, index; printed papered boards, lightly rubbed, spine a trifle faded; text block faintly faded, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1963. First edition.
Essays in Honour of Dietrich Borchardt. Pp. xvi+332(last blank), tables, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with signs of sticker removal from front panel; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1984. First edition.
A Bodley Head Monograph. Pp. 72(last blank), frontispiece portrait, book list; small 8vo; printed blue papered boards, slightly marked and worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1965. First edition.
The Printing of the Boswell Papers. Pp. 24, frontispiece portrait, plus 7 illustrations (one double, the others full page); narrow cr. 4to; stiff red paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, upper wrapper lettered in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; The Typophiles, New York, 1995. Edition limited to 800 copies printed by...
Compiled by Kay Craddock. Pp. 48(last colophon), text printed in green, 4 plates (printed in green), index; small med. 8vo; printed textured paper wrappers, a trifle marked; printed by Marsh Walsh Publishing, 1975. *Catalogue issued in conjunction with the Third Australian Antiquarian Booksellers' Fair, Age Gallery, Melbourne, August 26-30, 1975...
Pp. 62+[2](blank, for notes); f'cap. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges chipped and split, the backstrip faded, bookseller's sticker on front panel, endpapers lightly offset, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Elkin Mathews & Marrot, London, 1929. Third printing. *Includes English and American publishing houses.
... [cover title]. Pp. 50, illustrated in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers over spiral bound booklet, edges of wrappers lightly worn; n.d.[1960s]. *'This book not only illustrates the wide scope of Bowater operations. It shows how closely they are integrated in an international strategy, how...
