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
Translated from the Russian by George Borrow. Pp. 24(last colophon), frontispiece facsimile; f'cap. 4to; printed stiff green paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, edges faintly creased and browned; uncut; housed within a later custom made green cloth four-fold portfolio which has the bookplate of A. T. Copsey on reverse of the..... More
From the Danish of Johannes Ewald (1773). Translated by George Borrow. Pp. [viii]+78(last blank); cr. 8vo; purple cloth, printed paper title label on spine, edges of boards lightly rubbed and fore-corners faintly bruised, the spine and top edge of upper board faded, title label slightly browned and a trifle chipped..... 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; printed by Marsh Walsh Publishing, 1975. *Catalogue issued in conjunction with the Third Australian Antiquarian Booksellers' Fair, Age Gallery, Melbourne, August 26-30, 1975. Includes library furniture..... 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; printed by Marsh Walsh Publishing, 1975. *Catalogue issued in conjunction with the Third Australian Antiquarian Booksellers' Fair, Age Gallery, Melbourne, August 26-30, 1975. Includes library furniture..... 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
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..... 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
Proceedings of the 1989 Houston Conference. Organized by the University of Houston Libraries. Edited by Pat Bozeman. Pp. xvi+162, illustrations, appendices; med. 8vo; red art. leather, lettered and ruled in gilt; Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE., 1990. First edition. Fleck 23. *Collection of papers on various aspects of forgery..... More
Volume 1 [of 3]. Pp. xvi+334(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece printed in red & black, the title page vignette, pictorial headpieces and colophon decoration all printed in red, full page black & white text illustrations and 1 map, endpaper maps; super roy. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt..... 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
Addendum to An Enquiry. Pp. 58+[2](colophon), title page printed in light brown & black; demy 8vo; mustard cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1970. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Bibliographical Monograph..... More
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
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 -..... More
Catalogue by B. H. Breslauer, Introduction (in French) by J. Toulet. Pp. 170(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece, coloured and black & white plates, index; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, French folds; Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 1986. *Exhibition catalogue of 75 bindings from the Breslauer collection. More
Pp. xii+216(last blank), frontispiece portrait, indices; spine a trifle faded, top fore-corner of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, lower hinge tender, a little light foxing and browning; Oxford University Press, London, 1933. First edition, being one of 500 numbered copies of..... More
A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES. Pp. 142(last colophon, blank), printed in light brown & black, text illustrations, notes; printed stiff paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased, backstrip slightly faded; bottom fore-corner of first couple of leaves faintly creased; Editions..... More
Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, short bibliography; f'cap. 4to; printed papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a few tiny chips, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1946. Carney..... More
Autographs and documents illustrative chiefly of English history and literature. Exhibited in the Manuscript Saloon. Pp. 100(last colophon, blank), 20 plates; printed papered boards, edges and spine browned, the spine slightly chipped, and split vertically at a couple of points; a little light foxing; The Trustees, London, 1928. *From the..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. viii+164(last blank), frontispiece plus 15 plates, text illustrations (some full page); printed papered boards, corners slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and pencilling; The Trustees, British Museum, 1939. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label..... More