Pp. xii+226, bibliography, glossary, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded, the flaps lightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1985..... More
Bibliography for an address before the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by Arthur L. Bloomfield, M.D. on Tuesday, November 17 1953. Broadside, french-folded to form a four page leaflet, printed in blue & black; tall demy 8vo; faintly creased; The Acune Press, [San Francisco], 1953. More
Pp. xvi+250+[2](colophon, blank), numerous full page illustrations (some coloured), selective bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; brown cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered and ruled in gilt; 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..... More
Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. With an essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Pp. xiv+192+[2](colophon, verso blank), 1 folding plate plus 125 pages of facsimiles, the title page printed in brown & black, selective bibliography, index; tall med. 4to; black cloth..... 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
A Memorial Volume for the three hundredth anniversary of the public funeral of Sir Thomas Bodley March 29, 1613. Pp. xii+176(last colophon), pictorial half-title page (coat of arts of Sir Thomas Bodley), 7 full page facsimiles, head & tailpiece decorations; cr. 8vo; stiff parchment wrappers with yapped fore-edges, decorated in..... 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
Books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977. Pp. 96, illustrated; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers; British Library, London, 1978. *Catalogue of an exhibition held in The King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October, 1978. Lists 98 items. Issued in both cloth..... More
Their history from the beginnings to the present day. Pp. viii+222(last blank), coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, indices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, front panel a trifle scuffed, back panel slightly browned at edges; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More
A Satirical Tale. Translated and Edited by Theodore Wesley Koch. Illustrated by Jose Longoria. Pp. xxxii+146(last blank+[2](colophon, verso blank), printed in orange/brown & black, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations and decorations, the title within decorative border, notes; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine and edges of..... 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; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 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..... 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. xvi+270, illustrations, references, index; printed stiff paper wrappers, faintly foxed, edges lightly rubbed; a little light foxing; Pergamon Press, Sydney, 1976. New edition, enlarged, with corrections. *With loosely inserted ephemera. Originally published in 1963. 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
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
Biographers' Tales. Pp. xvi+220, frontispiece; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the back flap slightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Continuum, London, 2004. First edition. *Essays by biographers including Robert Skidelsky, Michael Holroyd, Hilary Spurling, Claire..... 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