A Miscellany from his Uncollected Essays selected by Patrick Cahill. Pp. 224(last blank); cr. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly faded; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges chipped and split, with piece torn from foot of backstrip; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on..... More
Pp. 376+[8](advertisements), text illustrations; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with blind rule border, light circular mark near centre of upper board, the boards a trifle bowed; t.e.g.; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, bookseller's sticker near bottom fore-corner of front panel..... More
Pp. [iv]+104; dust wrapper; Viking, London, 1997. First U.K. edition. *Novella. More
Pp. 12, including wrappers, portrait illustration; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and creased; Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, 1980. More
[Poems by Winifred Belmont, A. J. Bennett & Michael Sharkey.] Pp. 80, processed; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges slightly soiled and silverfished; Kardoorair/Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, n.d.[1980]. More
Illustrated by the author. Pp. 156(last blank), 4 double page coloured plates, black & white half-title page vignette; post 8vo; light green cloth, lettered and decorated in purple, the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased and split, with a couple of small chips; bookplate of Benjamin..... More
Written and illustrated by Dorothy Owen. Pp. [ii]+58, text illustrations, full page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and rubbed; Bendigo Modern Press, Bendigo, 1985. *'A humourous insight in verse and illustration to many facets of [the author's] home town - Bendigo, Victoria' [wrapper blurb]. More
A present for Walter Allen on his 60th birthday from his friends and colleagues. Pp. xii+239(last blank); bottom edge of upper board slightly bumped; top edges green; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and faintly faded; Dent, London, 1971. First edition. *Contributors include: C. Day Lewis; C.P. Snow; Pamela Hansford..... More
By Peter Bennet, Rosemary Scott and Dave Stagg. Pp. [20]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1983. Number 23 of 50 copies signed by the three poets. More
Pp. [iv]+124, floral patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red papered boards; spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; name in ink at head of half-title page; Faber & Faber, London, 2007. First trade edition. More
Pp. 70; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges and backstrip slightly faded; Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 1987. Kardoorair Anthology No. 5. More
Magazines and newspapers in Australian Literature. Pp. xii+270(last blank), illustrations, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; bookplate on upper pastedown;Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *A study of the contribution of magazines and newspapers to Australian literature. More
Pp. viii+326 publisher's printed slip (about price) tipped-in before half-title page demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle soiled and flecked, with small surface graze near bottom edge of lower board, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; a couple of tiny chips to upper hinge, inked gift..... More
Pp. [vi]+300+[4](advertisements); brown cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, upper board lettered & decorated in black, lightly worn, spine faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; name in ink on upper free endpaper, hinge starting near centre, some light foxing and soiling, top edges of leaves damp stained;Heinemann, London, 1908. First..... More
Pp. 258(last blank)+[6](advertisements), the title page printed in red & black; gilt lettered tan buckram, with small decoration in blue on upper board, cloth lightly marked and rubbed; hinges starting, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; Pitman, London, 1906. First edition. More
in honour of the nativity of Our Lord. Pp. xiv+102(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, text illustrations (2 full page), appendices; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly soiled and worn, bottom fore-corners slightly chipped; lacking upper free endpaper, the endpapers faintly offset, initials and date..... More
With an Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Pp. xxii+162, frontispiece, headpiece decorations; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, backstrip faded, edges split and slightly chipped; Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1956.First edition thus. Davis a.o. A819. *Originally published in..... More
Pp. 192, full page family tree; edges of boards a trifle bruised, the lower board slightly scuffed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, with small red inked scribble at foot of front flap; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1969. First edition. *A continuation of the Inheritance..... More
Pp. [x]+418, pictorial title page and headpieces; two-tone papered boards, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Putnam, New York, 2009. First edition. *Signed by the author at head of title page. The third novel featuring CIA agent John Wells. More
Pp. 252(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; upper hinge tender, edges of leaves faintly foxed; William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1991. First U.S. edition. *Author's second novel. More
Pp. [xii]+514(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations and decorations, endpaper map; med 8vo; tiny bruise to top edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Ballantine Books, New York, 2008. First edition. More
In three volumes. Pp. viii+316+[vi] +340(last blank)+[vi]+300(last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated September 1886), floral patterned endpapers; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, boards slightly canted, with small damp mark to upper board Volumes I & III, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners bruised; armorial bookplate on blank preliminary leaf..... More
Pp. [vi]+18(last colophon), vignette illustration printed in grey on dedication page; printed paper wrappers with flap folds, lightly soiled, edges slightly creased; Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1943. First edition. Miller & Macartney p. 61. *The design on the dedication page is by Sergeant Athol Snook, R.A.A.F. More
