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;..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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;..... More
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..... More
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..... More
[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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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..... More
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..... More
Reserve Bank of Australia Occasional Paper No. 5. Pp. 164, indices, appendices; demy 4to; printed papered boards, a trifle sprung and slightly soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, 1971. First edition. More
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..... More
... [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..... More
Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle. Pp. xxvi+506(last blank), 4 plates, appendices, index; printed stiff paper wrappers; St Paul's Bibliographies/Oak Knoll Press, Winchester & New Castle, 1998. Fifth printing. *Originally published by Princeton University Press in 1949. Comprehensive manual for the description of printed books as physical objects. More
With a supplement to The Bowyer Ornament Stock (1973), an appendix on the Bowyer-Emonson partnership, and 'Bowyer's Paper Stock Ledger', by Herbert Davis. Pp. x+256, text illustrations, appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; Bibliographical Society of America,New York, 1993. *Contains twenty-nine studies in the eighteenth-century London book trade, centering on the..... More
Pp. xiv+138(last blank), index; printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves and p. 138 slightly soiled; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1977.First edition. Australian Bibliographies series. *Bibliography of the published and unpublished work of Australian writer Martin Boyd. More
RECENTLY IMPORTED. On sale by Waugh and Cox, 111, George Street. Pp. [4]; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, 1987. One of 200 copies. *Reprinted from The University of Sydney Magazine, No. 3 (July 1855). Early Australian bookseller's list. More
printed by Richard Pynson in 1509. With an essay by James D. Hart. Pp. [iv]+16(last blank), printed in red & black, 15 coloured marginal illustrations, one decorative red initial, plus the original leaf tipped-in after the title page within a red rule border; med. 4to; qr. cloth, paper title label..... More
The Making of a News Empire in Washington. Pp. xii+308, frontispiece portrait, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in black and ruled in gilt, beige papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; W. W. Norton &..... More