The work of Dick Bruna. Pp. 132, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography; square 4to; printed glazed papered boards, a trifle sprung; pictorial glassine dust wrapper, slightly soiled, the edges creased and with several short closed tears; a little light foxing; Mercis Publishing, Amsterdam, 1991. First U.K.... More
Pp. 48, frontispiece plus 42 plates; printed stiff paper wrappers, edges browned and a trifle rubbed, fore-edges uncut; Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1906. First edition. *The life and work of Richard Brunton, a counterfeiter of paper money printed from plates cut by himself. Brunton is known to have... More
Part Two: West to East, l786-l930. Describing first editions of American authors whose books were published in England before their publication in America. Pp. xxxii+132, l6 plates, index; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, joints cracking, edges and spine rubbed; uncut; inked inscription on upper free endpaper... More
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Pp. [20], illustrated (3 full page), one page printed in red & black; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; [Friends of the Library, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, 1974]. *Catalogue of an exhibition held in the Mariam Coffin Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr College, from 22 March to 8 September 1974. More
Britain, France and Germany 1820-1860. Pp. 320, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, appendices, select bibliography, indices; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper; The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 2005. First edition. More
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
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
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 survey of the first hundred and seventy-eight years of James Burn & Company. Pp. [ii]+126, coloured frontispiece plus 18 plates (2 coloured), black & white text illustrations (some full page), appendix, bibliography, index; blue cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly... 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
Pp. 58(including the upper endpapers), numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly scuffed, the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; Silent Books, Cambridge, 1990. First edition. *With the loosely inserted errata sheet including addresses of bookplate designers and The Bookplate Society. 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
A personal memoir of his early art career. With one hundred and seventy-two illustrations. Pp. xvi+216, mounted oval photographic frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, text illustrations (some full page), appendix; gilt lettered olive green cloth over bevelled boards, the upper board decorated in black, lightly worn, with small faded patch... More
A world history. Photographs by Will Pryce. Pp. 320, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page), pictorial endpapers, notes, bibliographical essay, index; med. 4to; fore-corners of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2013. First edition. More
Pp. xiv+274(last blank), 16 plates (15 coloured), one text illustration, indices; dust wrapper with publicity sticker on front panel; Constable & Company Limited, London, 2014. First edition. *'From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book explores the history of books, talks to... More
'The Age' after the Gold Rush, 1854-1859. Pp. x+102, pictorial endpapers, index; boards slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Heritage Publications, Melbourne, n.d.[1971]. First edition. *Reprints some of... More