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
Contained in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Volume 74, Number 9, November 1970. Pp. 557-620, 2 plates, text illustrations; narrow cr. 4to; stiff light brown paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, the bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased; The New York Public Library, New York..... More
Edited and with an introduction by Iain Bain. With numerous wood-engravings and watercolours by the author. Pp. 192, 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait, title page vignette and text illustrations, glossary; qr. dark brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow papered boards, upper board with vignette..... More
Pp. 108; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed; free endpapers offset, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed, a few pencilled annotations; Angus & Robertson, London, 1960. First edition. More
Pp. [24], printed in brown, 3 full page illustrations, title page decorations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; emPo Publications, Seattle Washington, 1989. First edition. *Poem. More
Numbers 1-10 [all published]. Ten issues, including issues 2a and 9/10; each a large broadsheet folded into eight leaves, black and white illustrations, several on verso of broadsheet, issue 1 with heading and footer printed in brown and issue 2a printed in black and red, on varying shades of paper;..... More
The complete Civil War writings of Ambrose Bierce. Edited by Russell Duncan & David J. Klooster. Pp. 352, frontispiece portrait, plus 2 text illustrations, 3 full page maps, glossary of military terms; med. 8vo; brown cloth, lettered in silver, the boards slightly sprung; The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 2002..... More
A study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-1966. Pp. xx+188(last blank), bibliography, index; top edges grey; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *Examines the thematic concern of writers like Gelber, Brown, Bellow and Miller, and the rise of a new, socially committed theatre as represented..... More
Pp. [vi]+406(last blank); med. 8vo; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, with U.K. price sticker and 'signed copy' sticker on front panel; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2006. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne..... More
Pp. [viii]+376; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, with 'signed by the author' sticker on front panel; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2007. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. A Detective Inspector Tom Thorne thriller. More
Pp. [viii]+376(last blank); med. 8vo; top fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, top fore-corner of front panel slightly creased; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2005. First trade edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. A Detective Inspector Tom Thorne thriller. More
Pp. [x]+374(last blank); med. 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, with the original promotional wrap-around loosely inserted; text block slightly browned; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2002. First edition. *The second Tom Thorne novel. More
Pp. [viii]+344; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, with the original promotional wrap-around loosely inserted; text block slightly browned, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2001. First edition. *Author's first novel, introducing Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. More
Pp. [vi]+374; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed, with tiny split to bottom edge; Jonathan Cape, London, 1993. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Illustration by Mary Norman. Pp. [16], frontispiece printed in brown; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1980. More
Pp. [x]+334(last blank), bibliography; post 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly soiled, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; text block slightly browned; Vintage/Random House Australia, Sydney, 1998. First edition. *Author's fifth novel; short listed for the Miles Franklin award. More
Pp. 32; printed card wrappers, stapled; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, the front panel slightly silverfished; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, London, 1951. First edition. National Book League Eighth Annual Lecture. *Sir Norman Birkett was the President of the National Book League. More
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In two volumes. Volume One: Edited and selected by Sir Norman Birkett. With contemporary engravings. Pp. [iv]+260, frontispiece, plus 7 plates; Volume Two: Edited with an introduction by Lord Birkett. Pp. [ii]+266(last blank), frontispiece, plus7 plates; marching qr. black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown papered boards patterned in gilt..... More
Pp. [x]+308; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased and split, the laminate lifting slightly around the backstrip; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top fore-corner of a couple of leaves slightly creased; Longmans, Green, London, 1967. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. [viii]+234(last blank), title page printed in red & black; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn; uncut; upper hinge starting, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, with another bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light..... More
Pp. [iv](of vi?, lacking half-title page)+234(last blank), the title page printed in red & black, floral patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle rubbed, edges worn; uncut; hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing and offsetting..... More
Pp. viii+266, the title page printed in red & black, floral patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly worn; uncut; upper hinge cracked, the lower hinge starting, bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, outer leaves..... More
Pp. xii+290+[2](advertisements), title page printed in red & black; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth a trifle flecked and slightly rubbed; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the endpapers slightly offset, a few tiny edge splits, a little light foxing and..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 8, No. 3, Autumn 1959. Pp. 233-352(including advertisements), 10 plates, 2 full page illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff cream paper wrappers, a trifle foxed; The Book Collector, London, 1959. *In the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, Note 115 [pp. 297-9], E. E. Bissell contributes..... More
