Literature
IN THE KINGDOM OF AIR.
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
THE WONDER NIGHT.
Drawings by Barnett Freedman. Pp. [4], full page coloured illustration; small cr. 8vo; pictorial mauve paper wrappers with narrow flap folds, stabbed & tied; lightly foxed, edges slightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, a little light foxing; Faber & Gwyer, London, n.d.[1927]. First..... More
MURDER WILL OUT: The Detective in Fiction.
Pp. viii+166, further reading list, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on flaps and reverse; outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1989. First edition. *'Follows the trail of the detective in fiction from Egar Allan Poe's..... More
RED SHOES.
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
THE USE AND ABUSE OF READING.
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
FAST START, FAST FINISH.
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
ESSAYS ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS.
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
OBITER DICTA. Second series.
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
OBITER DICTA: SECOND SERIES.
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
ELIZABETH BISHOP AND THE NEW YORKER.
Pp. [ii]+lxii+242(last blank), frontispiece, plus 8 plates, pictorial section divisions, index; med. 8vo; yellow papered boards, spine lettered in green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2011. First edition. *Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) published most of her poems in The New Yorker. 'During forty years of correspondence..... More
NOTE 115. GOSSE, WISE AND SWINBURNE; and a book review.
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
VOICES OF TO-MORROW: CRITICAL STUDIES OF THE NEW SPIRIT IN LITERATURE.
Pp. 328; post 8vo; maroon vertically-ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine and upper board ruled in blind, boards slightly soiled; t.e.g., others uncut, a few leaves carelessly opened; leaves lightly browned; Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on the upper free endpaper to Harold..... More
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE: Volumes 328 and 329, Numbers 1972-1982, February to December, 1980.
Eleven issues; various pagination; printed paper wrappers; stapled; William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1972-1980. *With index for Volumes 327 and 328. More
THE OLD LADIES AT NEWINGTON.
A poem for several voices. Pp. 80(last colophon, blank); cream papered boards, edges a trifle discoloured; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and browned; free endpapers offset; Meanjin Press, Melbourne, 1953. Edition limited to 500 copies. *Signed by the author on upper pastedown. More
THE NEW DECAMERON.
The fourth volume, edited by Blair and containing stories by J. D. Beresford, Blair, Horace Horsnell, Storm Jameson, Robert Keable, D. H. Lawrence, Edgell Rickword, Michael Sadleir, L. A. G. Strong. Pp. 270(last blank)+[2](advertisements); qr. khaki cloth with printed title label on spine, blue/grey papered boards, edges lightly worn; uncut;..... More
AUSTRALIAN WRITERS.
Pp. viii+268, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; purple papered boards, lettered in white, a couple of light bruises to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, backstrip faded; Rigby, Adelaide, 1968. First edition. More
ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE.
[Facsimile edition]. Comprising 10 tinted plates, plus 8 pages of editorial matter printed in green, including Description and Bibliographical Statement by Geoffrey Keynes; narrow med. 4to; qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the boards a trifle sprung, spine faded to brown; uncut; within matching marbled slipcase..... More
THE BOOK OF AHANIA.
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [22](last colophon), comprising coloured frontispiece and facsimile title page, 4 tinted facsimile text pages (the last of which includes a coloured tailpiece illustration), one black & white plate and 8 pages of editorial matter, including Commentary and Bibliographical History by Geoffrey Keynes; wide demy 4to; qr. navy..... More
THE BOOK OF LOS.
[Facsimile edition] Pp. [8](commentary by Geoffrey Keynes, last colophon), preceded by coloured frontispiece, pictorial title page, and 3 plates; med. 4to; qr. tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the leather a trifle marked; matching marbled papered slipcase with leather fore-corner tips; book label of David Levine, Sydney..... More
THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION.
[Facsimile edition]. In two different sized volumes, comprising: [Series a]: coloured frontispiece, black & white pictorial title page, and 7 coloured plates, plus 25 collotype states of all the plates, 7 colour progressive states of the frontispiece, plus a mounted guide sheet, and stencil at the end, no text; [Series..... More
THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM BLAKE.
Edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes, totalling over 1200 pages, with frontispiece portrait volume I, plus 58 plates (one double page), text illustrations, notes, index of first lines; impl. 8vo; qr. parchment, spines lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the spines slightly soiled, with gilt dulled and extremities lightly..... More
WILLIAM BLAKE.
Pp. 380, notes; dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, top fore-corner of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the back panel slightly soiled and silverfished; lower hinge tender, a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. The Life and Letters Series No. 76..... More
THE BLAKE COLLECTION OF W. GRAHAM ROBERTSON.
Described by the collector; edited with an Introduction by Kerrison Preston. Pp. 264(last blank), 64 plates; cr. 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in black, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised, the spine faintly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges slightly creased and rubbed, with a few small..... More
KNOW BECAME TELL.
Pp. 26(last blank), printed in red & black, with 4 hand-tipped coloured plates (including the frontispiece), plus black & white or tinted illustrations; oblong post 4to; qr. black tape, silkscreened plywood boards, with printed number (limitation) sticker on upper board; clear plastic dust wrapper; The Billionth Press, London, 1986. First..... More