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
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. 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
'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
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and creased, staples rusted; corners of leaves lightly creased; Jonathan Cape, London, 1948. *Includes articles on Lilian Bowes Lyon (by C. Day Lewis); Robert Frost..... More
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly creased and faded; fore-edge of most leaves lightly creased; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. *Includes Lord David Cecil's review of Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the..... More
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), 4 plates, text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly creased; staples rusted; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. *Includes an obituary for E. H. Young, and an article by Elizabeth Bowen on writing The..... More
Herbert Jonathan Cape; G. Wren Howard. Pp. 352(last blank), 24 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine blocked in black; top edges black; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of short closed tears, signs of sticker removal..... More
Pp. xii+588(last blank), frontispiece portrait, appendices, index; top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves very slightly soiled; Burt Franklin, New York, 1968. Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #177. *Originally published in 1928. More
Pp. xii+588+ [2] (colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, title page vignette, appendices, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly rubbed, lettering on spine quite dulled; uncut, partly unopened; top edges of leaves and endpapers slightly damp stained, bookplate on upper pastedown, a few leaves carelessly opened, a couple of inked..... More
Here reprinted from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, 2nd series, v. 11 (l878). Pp. [28]; printed paper wrappers, stitched; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, N.S.W., 1988. One of 100 numbered copies for private circulation to friends and supporters. Brandywine Documents on the History..... More
A history and bibliography. Pp. 136, 4 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Werner Shaw Ltd, London, 1995. *Britain in Pictures was a series of 126 books, most of them published between 1941and 1945 as part of Britain's war-time propaganda. This is the first comprehensive..... More
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.). Pp. xiv+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed, spine faintly creased; top edges brown, others uncut and partly unopened; upper hinge starting, lower free endpaper offset, occasional slight..... More
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.). [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xii+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Facsimile of the original 1924 edition published in a limited edition of 700 copies by The Bookman's Journal. More
Pp. xiv+138+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 4 plates, text illustrations, appendix, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in black, dark blue papered boards, slightly scuffed; a little light foxing; published for The Oxford Bibliographical Society by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1966. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series..... More