AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. New Series, Volume 4: 1990-1991.
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
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AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. New Series, Volume 6: 1994-1995.
Pp.[vi]+ x+138(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1996. More
AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. New Series, Volume I: 1983-1985.
Pp. xii+104(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Australian Book Auction Records, Canberra, 1986. More
BURKE & WILLS.
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
AUSTRALIAN BOOK COLLECTOR.
Nos. 1-133 [all published]. 133 issues, various paginations, most approx. 50 pp., illustrations; small demy 8vo; pictorial printed stiff paper wrappers [first 13 issues self wrappers]; Uralla, NSW, 1989-2002. *A complete run from October 1989-April 2002, with various insets as issued. More
BURNSIANA.
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
THE BOOK HUNTER.
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
THE BOOK HUNTER.
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
VIRGINIA LEE BURTON: A LIFE IN ART.
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
BABIES NEED BOOKS.
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
CUSHLA AND HER BOOKS.
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
THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
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
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF FIRST EDITIONS, PROOF COPIES & MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS BY LORD BYRON
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
BENTLEY HOUSE AND THE EVOLUTION OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLISHING.
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
FIFTY YEARS WITH THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1882-1931.
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
CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF CAMBRIDGE BOOKS AND PRINTING:
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
SON OF THE BOOKBINDER.
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 AUSTRALIAN THUNDERER.
'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
NOW & THEN. No. 77, Autumn 1948.
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
NOW & THEN. No. 78, Spring 1949.
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
NOW & THEN. No. 79, Autumn, 1949.
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
JONATHAN CAPE, PUBLISHER.
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
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS CARLYLE'S WRITINGS AND ANA.
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
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS CARLYLE'S WRITINGS AND ANA.
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
VERONESE TYPOGRAPHY.
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