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 about KEY BOOKS OF BRITISH AUTHORS 1600 - 1932
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 about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
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 about THE BODLEY HEAD, 1887-1987
[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 about COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE
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 about LUNCHEON TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLICATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA
A fifteenth century illuminated prayer book in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. 32 facsimile pages reproduced in colour and gold, and seven comparative illustrations in monochrome. With an Introduction and commentaries by Margaret Manion. Pp. 96, illustrated in colour and black & white, select bibliography; maroon... More about THE WHARNCLIFFE HOURS
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 about THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF BOOK COLLECTING
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 about AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 about AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 about AUSTRALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 about AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE SEVENTIES
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 about LUCY BOSTON
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 about MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
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 about CATALOGUE FIFTY
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 about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIAN FINANCE 1900-1968
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 about FIRST EDITIONS OF TO-DAY AND HOW TO TELL THEM
... [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 about BOWATERS TODAY
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 about PRINCIPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
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 work... More about AN EARLY LONDON PRINTING HOUSE AT WORK: STUDIES IN THE BOWYER LEDGERS
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 about MARTIN BOYD
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 about VALUABLE AND STANDARD WORKS
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 about AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY'S ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SEBASTIAN...
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 about THE PILLARS OF THE POST
Volume 12, Number 45 Autumn 1990. Pp. 48, illustrated, appendices; cr. 4to; pictorial printed paper wrappers; a couple of spots of foxing; The Friends of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990. *Includes articles on various aspects of conservation, including A Case for Everything? Boxes and Enclosures for Library Materials... More about LA TROBE LIBRARY JOURNAL: THE CONSERVATION ISSUE
A Comprehensive Bibliography with annotations. Pp. [vi]+56(last blank), processed, frontispiece portrait plus 1 plate; post 4to; cloth backed printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; text block faintly browned; The Stone Copying Company, Cremorne, 1959. Edition limited to 150 copies. Studies in Australian Bibliography - No. 9. More about CHRISTOPHER JOHN BRENNAN