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
A CLUNE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
A guide to identification and value of the books written by Francis Patrick Clune (1893-1971). Pp. [24], index of titles; printed stiff brown paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip a trifle faded; Australian Book Collector, Uralla, 1997. Second edition. 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
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
CATALOGUE OF THE SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL PERIODICALS in the libraries of Australia.
Supplement, 1928-1933. Pp. xx+454(last blank); roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, lightly worn at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly marked, bookseller's label at foot of title page; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, 1934. 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 Day. 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
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
BRITAIN IN PICTURES.
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
ORLANDO JEWITT.
Pp.[vii+50(last colophon), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (1 tinted), references; f'cap. 4to; dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board also decorated in blind, boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly foxed and soiled; a little light foxing, tiny damp spot to top edge of a...... More
CIVILITE TYPES.
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
ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS.
Pp. 208; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges navy/purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly silverfished, the backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers offset; Werner Shaw, London, 1961. Third edition, revised. *Standard reference work. More
ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS.
Pp. 196; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Werner Shaw, London, 1953. Second edition, revised. *Standard reference work. More
BOOKS AND BOOK-COLLECTORS.
Pp. 196; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip fading to brown and slightly rubbed, with a few small splits or chips; bookplate on upper pastedown; a couple of spots of foxing; Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956. First edition... More
TASTE & TECHNIQUE IN BOOK-COLLECTING.
A study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. Pp. xxiv+204(last blank), index; beige cloth, spine lettered in red, a couple of faint bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, back panel faintly soiled, the edges rubbed and split, with one longer (3cm.) closed tear near top..... More
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN.
Catalogue of the exhibitions at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963. Organized in connexion with the eleventh Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition. [cover title]. Pp. 128(last blank)+64(last blank), with one coloured and 32 black & white plates and an index in part I and... More
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN.
Second edition, revised and enlarged. With a new Introduction by Percy H. Muir, additional bibliographies by Peter Amelung, and a revised index. Pp. xxvi+v-xxxvi(complete)+280, numerous illustrations (several full page), index; narrow roy. 4to; red cloth with printed paper title labels; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with light damp stain at head..... More