Together with a personal memoir. Pp. 96(last blank), frontispiece plus 16 plates, text illustrations (several full page), index; roy. 8vo; blue cloth, the spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring gilt device designed for the author by John Buckland Wright, the cloth slightly..... More
The first type cutter and caster in English America. A review ... of Abel Buell of Connecticut. Pp. [24]; med. 16mo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut, partly unopened; privately printed, William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1930. One of forty copies, printed by William..... More
With an Introduction by Harrison E. Salisbury. Pp. x+342(last blank), index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First Australian edition. *Memoirs of the..... More
Pp. xvi+202, index; demy 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; text block browned; Faber & Faber, London, 1989. First edition. *Contains the author's T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures delivered in the poet's centenary year, plus eight essays on various aspects of lexicography..... More
Pp. [viii]+x+102(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, faintly marked, edges a trifle rubbed; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1988. More
Pp. [viii]+x+96(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip faintly faded; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1992. More
Pp.[vi]+ x+138(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1996. More
Pp. xii+104(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1986. More
Totalling approximately 960 pages (including advertisements); all small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, some volumes slightly marked, backstrip of Volumes 4 & 7 faintly faded, wrappers of Volumes 3, 5 & 8 creased or lightly worn; edges of some leaves a little marked or browned; Australian Book Auction Records..... More
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
A bibliography of the William R. Smith Collection in the Library of the Supreme Council, 33°, S. J. With a Foreword by Akram Elias, Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons, Washington, D.C. Pp. lxvi+172(last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, indices; demy 4to; dark green cloth, lettered..... More
Pp. viii+284, title within decorative border, decorative head & tailpieces and initials, publisher's slip (about the limited large paper edition) tipped-in at front; later (but not recent) brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; fore and bottom edges uncut; later endpapers, the hinges repaired with cloth tape, paper repair..... More
Edited by J. Herbert Slater. Pp. viii+260, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards heavily flecked, spine faded; t.e.g.; text block faintly browned, hinges starting at a couple of points, edges of leaves slightly damp stained; GeorgeRoutledge & Sons, London, n.d.[1908?]. The London..... More
Pp. [viii]+136, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, references, index; square 4to; qr. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dark green cloth boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2002. First edition. *Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) wrote and illustrated several children's books, including the 1943 Caldecott..... More
With drawings by Shirley Hughes. Pp. 190, frontispiece, plus 7 full page illustrations; dust wrapper, back panel a trifle marked; The Bodley Head, London, 1980. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated August 1980) on the title page. A book for parents, written by an experienced teacher and..... More
Pp. 128, 30 coloured plates, appendices, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1979. First edition in book form. *With the author's signed inscription (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin), dated 1981, on the title page. The story of the part played..... More
A short history of the Society with a brief description of the more important books presented by it to The Public Library of South Australia. Pp. [viii]+46(last 3 blank), frontispiece, 3 coloured and 8 black & white plates; post 4to; stiff blue paper wrappers, upper wrapper lettered in black, with..... More
My First Forty Years. Pp. [viii]+206(last blank), 20 plates, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; text block browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
exhibited at the fourth exhibition held by The First Edition Club, January 1925. Prefatory Note by A. J. A. Symons. Pp. xviii+98(last blank), 14 full page facsimiles; small cr. 4to; black buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards quite flecked, top fore-corners bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at..... More
Pp. 104, black & white half-title page vignette and frontispiece portrait, numerous coloured and black & white text illustrations (many full page), appendices, bibliography; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Oresko Books, London, 1976. Paperback edition. More
Pp. 24(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 7 plates; small cr. 4to; printed green stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly faded and rubbed, with a couple of tiny snags; top fore-corner of several leaves slightly creased, scattered foxing; Cambridge University Press, London, 1938. *Includes A Note on Cambridge Bibles and Prayer..... More
By P.A.C. Pp. [vi]+34+[2](colophon, verso blank); printed blue papered boards, slightly sprung, fore-corners lightly bruised, the lower board slightly damp stained; small staple mark near top fore-corner of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; printed for private circulation at the University Press, Cambridge, 1932. First edition. *The text is..... More
held in the Old Court House, Maryleboone Lane (Messrs. J. & E. Bumpus Ltd) September-October 1931. Pp. 52(last blank), with a double page plan of the exhibition loosely inserted, title page ornament; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and faintly creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cambridge University..... More
With an appendix showing samples of some of the finest bookcloths manufactured today. Pp. 82(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 hand-tipped coloured plates, the title page printed in red & black, listing of book cloth sources; brown textured cloth with gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine; fore-edges uncut; accompanied..... More
