Or the story of Venus and Tannhauser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, goddess & meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain... More about UNDER THE HILL
Contained in Encounter, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, October 1966. Edited by Frank Kermode and Melvin J. Lasky. Pp. 96(printed double column)+[2](coloured central advertisement sheet), the Beardsley article comprising pages 3-16 and including 2 illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers printed on both sides, slightly worn; several leaves faintly creased;... More about AUBREY BEARDSLEY AT THE V & A
Pp. [viii]+374; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased; Fourth Estate, London, 2001.First edition. *A novel set in wartime Britain. More about IF THE INVADER COMES
Pp. [x]+68, frontispiece; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Mulini Press, Canberra, 2002.First separate edition. Small Tales of Early Australia, No. 6. *Story about smuggling on the New South Wales coast near Port Macquarie, originally included in The Settlers of Karossa Creek and other Stories of Australian Bush Life(c. 1907). More about BELLA OF BARINA
Pp. 202+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page with decorative border, a couple of text decorations; cr. 12mo; light green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and dark green, a trifle canted, slightly soiled and foxed, corners faintly bruised, the cloth occasionally slightly bubbled; t.e.g.; endpapers slightly offset, hinge tender at..... More about HIS NATIVE WIFE
Pp. x+250, pictorial title page, text illustrations, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper; free endpapers slightly tape marked; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996. First edition. *'A new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed, and disturbed... More about THE WORLD OF SAMUEL BECKETT 1906-1946
Edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by The Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+258(last blank)+590, frontispiece portrait (lightly offset), decorated title pages & headpieces; roy. 8vo; qr. black buckram, printed label on spines (slightly discoloured, edges a trifle chipped), patterned papered..... More about COMPLETE WORKS
Pp. 240+[2](advertisements); pictorial glazed paper wrappers with advertisements on lower wrapper and reverse, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, the fore-corners lightly creased, backstrip slightly chipped at extremities; text block stapled and slightly browned, publisher's [cancel?] sticker at foot of title page, corners of a few leaves faintly creased, edges of... More about EXPLORATIONS IN CIVILIZATION
Five poems. Pp. [4](last blank); printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. Trade edition. *With publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. More about WHATEVER THERE IS OF LIGHT
Pp. [vi]+52(last blank)+[6](notes)+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 12mo; limp parchment secured with pigskin thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut and partly unopened; within plain card slipcase, which is slightly soiled; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper. McKitterick 54... More about SELECT POEMS, Divine and Humane
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With 80 illustrations by the author and an introduction by N. John Hall. Pp. [xxviii]+352, 18 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, sepia pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with the Folio Society monogram at foot of spine; top edges grey (faded);... More about THE ILLUSTRATED ZULEIKA DOBSON
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With illustrations by the author. Pp. 228, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, plus coloured pictorial endpapers; gilt lettered yellow cloth, decorated in brown, the spine slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges brown; within grey card slipcase, a trifle worn; inked ownership inscription at head of... More about ZULEIKA DOBSON
Bibliographical Notes. Pp. xiv+122(last blank), title page vignette, 10 full page illustrations, errata, index; med. 8vo; gilt lettered navy cloth, slightly flecked and marked, the top fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, silverfished (very heavily on back panel) and slightly soiled, edges and backstrip faded; a little light foxing; Harvard University Press... More about SIR MAX BEERBOHM
And the second part: The confession of the new married couple. Attributed to Aphra Behn. Reprinted with an Introduction by John Harvey, and the original twenty plates and two engraved titles re-engraved. Pp. xxiv+280, frontispiece to both works, plus 20 plates, all with tissue guards, the half-title page printed in... More about THE TEN PLEASURES OF MARRIAGE
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More about TRIBULATIONS AND LAUGHTER
Pp. 48, notes and references, bibliography; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, backstrip a trifle creased; small stain to top edge of several leaves; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. Australian Writers and their Work series. *'These three novelists - Ada Cambridge, "Tasma" (Jessie Catherine Couvreur) and Rosa Praed - were... More about ADA CAMBRIDGE, TASMA & ROSA PRAED
Pp. 78(last blank), 5 full page illustrations; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott), dated 1980, on upper free endpaper. More about INOOK AND THE SUN
Pp. 30(including upper wrapper), title page and text illustrations; short demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, with edges slightly rubbed; bottom edges of leaves and pp. 2-5 a trifle soiled; the author, Warracknabeal, 1989. First edition thus. *Mallee Region, Victoria. More about SONGS OF THE MALLEE
Pp. [vi]+86+[2](blank, colophon); qr. blue & black patterned cloth, printed paper title label on spine, pale blue/grey papered boards, edges faintly faded, the spine with small circular faded patch below label; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, foxed and browned on reverse, slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip browned..... More about ON BRITISH FREEDOM
Pp. viii+62; qr. canvas, printed label on spine, spare label at end, brown papered boards; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, price cut from backstrip, lightly chipped and split at edges; Methuen, London, 1929. First edition. *Inscribed by author on upper free endpaper. More about AFTER-THOUGHTS
Pp. [vi]+154(last blank); top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, short closed tear to front panel near backstrip; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1986. Reprinted. *Originally published by Martin Secker in 1977. More about THE SECRET LEMONADE DRINKER
Pp. [iv]+104; dust wrapper; Viking, London, 1997. First U.K. edition. *Novella. More about THE ACTUAL
Pp. 336(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned; Secker & Warburg/The Alison Press, London, 1987. First U.K. edition. More about MORE DIE OF HEART-BREAK
Pp. 12, including wrappers, portrait illustration; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and creased; Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, 1980. More about THE KANGAROO'S SAD NOTE NO. 1
[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 about NO STANDING