With Pictures by D. G. Valentine. Pp. [viii]+82, frontispiece, text illustrations (a couple full page); small cr. 8vo; printed blue paper wrappers, slightly creased and with mottled fading, edges and backstrip browned; a little faint browning of edges and a couple of spots of foxing; Heinemann, London, 1959. Uncorrected proof..... More
Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Pp. xvi+396(last colophon, blank)+4(Everyman's Library, by Ernest Rhys), title page ornament, patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle faded; top edges brown; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly..... More
Pp. viii+248(last blank); corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1977. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
A Poetic Pilgrimage. Pp. x+214(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (several full page), select bibliography, reference notes, appendix, index; small med. 8v; red cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper board decorated in blind; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed and slightly creased at top fore-corner; book label of David Levine..... More
Illustrated and decorated by Alastair. Pp. 36, frontispiece and 10 plates with lettered tissue guards, plus 2 extra folding plates functioning as free endpapers, 13 large decorative initials, all printed in teal & black, as is the title page; med. 4to; white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board..... More
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
Pp. [viii]+295(last colophon)+[4](advertisements); cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle bowed and cloth slightly bubbled near spine; top edges yellow, bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, with a couple of small chips and longer closed tears to edges and backstrip; book label..... More
Pp. 224(last blank); cr. 8vo; pale orange stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly creased; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1977. Uncorrected Proof copy. More
Pp. 400; post 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, foxed and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1954. First edition. O'Brien..... More
Pp. 264; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1950. First edition. More
Pp. x+278, 8 coloured or part-coloured plates; dust wrapper; Duck Editions, London, 2000. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pp. [vi]+344; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned, edges foxed; Macmillan, London, 1995. First edition. More
Pp. 24, illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges faintly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle marked; Oxford University Press, London, 1975. First edition. *Victor Ambrus has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal, once in 1965 for The Three Poor Tailors, and again in 1975 for two..... More
Pp. xvi+346, 24 plates, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of lower board bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle soiled and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1991. First edition. More
Pp. xviii+382, 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle soiled and foxed; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1995. First edition. More
Pp. xii+996, 24 plates, pictorial endpapers, notes, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 2 short splits at foot of spine; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape..... More
Pp. [x]+276, double page map; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; John Murray, London, 2007. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page. More
A Critical Survey. Pp. 44(last blank)+[4](appendix, advertisements), frontispiece plus 5 plates; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners slightly creased, the backstrip a trifle chipped at extremities; top fore-corners of leaves lightly creased; Whitcombe & Tombs, Melbourne, n.d.[1940]. First edition. *Includes an appendix of fifty recommended novels..... More
