THE BIRD BATHS OF UMBIGUMBI.
Illustrations by Ewart Collings. Pp. 52(last blank), text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge a trifle faded; Three Sisters, Winmallee, New South Wales, 1987. More about THE BIRD BATHS OF UMBIGUMBI
Literature
MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST.
Illustrated by Roberta F. C. Waudby. Pp. 32(last colophon), frontispiece, title page vignette, plus 4 full page illustrations and head and tailpiece decorations; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, stabbed & tied, lightly foxed, edges creased and split, the upper wrapper slightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker at foot of blank preliminary... More about MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST
THE EATEN HEART.
Pp.[vi]+18+[2](colophon, verso blank); narrow demy 4to; navy cloth backed green marbled papered boards, the gilt lettering on upper board quite dulled, boards lightly marked and grazed, edges rubbed; uncut; The Hours Press, Chapelle-Reanville, Eure, France, 1929. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the author. Ransom Selective Checklistp. 62... More about THE EATEN HEART
D. H. LAWRENCE.
A complete list of his works, together with a critical appreciation by Richard Aldington. Pp. 22, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, full page facsimile letter; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; William Heinemann, London, 1935. More about D. H. LAWRENCE
D. H. LAWRENCE.
An appreciation. Pp 32, illustrated; printed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly foxed and worn; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1950. First edition. *Issued free to purchasers of the complete set of the Penguin Commemoration Edition of D. H. Lawrence (l0 volumes). More about D. H. LAWRENCE
A SOLDIER ERECT:
or Further Adventures of the Hand-Reared boy. Pp. 272; fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, edges worn, with a couple of short splits and chips, the backstrip slightly soiled; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1971. First edition. *The second volume in the Horatio Stubbs trilogy. More about A SOLDIER ERECT:
HEROES OF THE EMPTY VIEW.
Pp. 400; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, lower edge of front panel slightly worn; outer leaves lightly foxed, lower edges lightly shelf-soiled; Bodley Head, London, 1954. First edition. O'Brien (Lawrence bibliography) F0014a. *The empty view of the title is 'the desert of the Arab nomad; the desert of revolt.'... More about HEROES OF THE EMPTY VIEW
THE HUNTER.
Pp. 264; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1950. First edition. More about THE HUNTER
THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI STUBECK.
Pp. [vi]+182; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. More about THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI STUBECK
INTIMATE CARTOGRAPHIES.
Pp. x+278, 8 coloured or part-coloured plates; dust wrapper; Duck Editions, London, 2000. First edition. *Author's first novel. More about INTIMATE CARTOGRAPHIES
NICODEMUS: THE ROMAN YEARS OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI, 1534-1564.
Pp. viii+294(last blank); dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, the upper flap creased; Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 1984. First edition. *The final volume of a trilogy of historical novels based on the life and times of Michelangelo. More about NICODEMUS: THE ROMAN YEARS OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI, 1534-1564
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM.
Pp. [viii]+344(last blank), dark green endpapers; beige cloth, spine lettered and decorated in red & green, faintly soiled, the cloth a trifle bubbled near top edge of upper board; top edges green, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, worn and torn, soiled, with several tape repairs on reverse; text block faintly browned..... More about THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
THE OTHER MAN.
Conversations with Graham Greene. Translated from the French by Guido Waldman. Pp. 188(last blank); dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; The Bodley Head, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *Greene discusses... More about THE OTHER MAN
POPPY SHAKESPEARE.
Pp. [viii]+344; ribbon marker; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2006. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page. More about POPPY SHAKESPEARE
KIT, THE COURIER.
With an Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. Pp. 12; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Warren House Press, Southrepps, Norfolk, 1969. First separate edition. *A Scottish ballad of the American Civil War; first published in 1899 in Northern Lights, William Allan's ninth collection of verse. More about KIT, THE COURIER
JULIAN SYMONS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
With commentaries and a personal memoir by Julian Symons, and a Preface by H. R. F. Keating. Pp. xliv+296, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, appendix, index; med. 8vo; Oak Knoll Press/St Paul's Bibliographies, New Castle & Winchester, 1996. U.S. edition. More about JULIAN SYMONS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE LOWER SLOPES.
Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper..... More about THE LOWER SLOPES
ANTHONY ADVERSE.
With a new Introduction by the author, and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. In three volumes. Title page vignettes, 9 lithographic plates, numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; full rust coloured linen, stamped in colours and gilt; top edges green; within slipcase, edges lightly worn, printed title label on spine; Limited... More about ANTHONY ADVERSE
BERTIE AND THE BEAR.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner pp. 31/2; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 149. *Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year award, in 1984. More about BERTIE AND THE BEAR
A LION IN THE NIGHT.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges slightly split, the backstrip faintly faded; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 158. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 13/19/85) on the upper free endpaper. Pamela... More about A LION IN THE NIGHT
WATCH ME.
Pp. [24], illustrated in colour throughout, with no text; impl. 24mo; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled, with tiny bruise to upper board; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 170. More about WATCH ME
AS I WALKED DOWN NEW GRUB STREET.
Memoirs of a writing life. Pp. [vi]+278(last blank), text decorations, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; fore-edges of leaves a trifle marked; Heinemann, London, 1981. First edition. *Memoirs of various writers, including W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Henry Green, Desmond MacCarthy, Wyndham Lewis, Joyce Cary, a.o. More about AS I WALKED DOWN NEW GRUB STREET
THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE.
Introduced by Alexander McCall Smith. Illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman. Pp. xvi+254, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates (one double page); pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; within brown card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2013. First edition thus. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Folio Society... More about THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE
THE FIRE-EATERS.
Pp. vi+250(last blank); top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Hodder Children's Books, London, 2003. First edition. *David Almond's first novel for children, Skellig, won both the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Carnegie Medal. More about THE FIRE-EATERS
REMARKS.
Pp. 24(last blank); narrow 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges and backstrip faded, corners a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned; Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, n.d.[192-]. *Collection of apothegms, presumably written under a pseudonym, dedicated to "Elzevir" of The Argus [i.e., Walter Murdoch]. More about REMARKS