Pp. 334; dust wrapper trifle scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Grafton Books, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *'55 essays on every aspect of science fiction, from conventions to 'Close Encounters', from writers to readers, from personalities to predictions of the future' [wrapper blurb]. More
Pp. xiv+250; orange cloth, spine lettered in black, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Granada, London, 1984. First U.K. edition. *Collection of essays on mainly astronomical topics, including the sun, the stars, the planets, and the moon. More
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, back panel a trifle rubbed and soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1984. Trade edition; being one of 350 copies. More
Pp. [vi]+154; boards a trifle sprung, corners lightly rubbed, tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, short closed tear to bottom edge of back panel tape repaired on reverse, the front flap lightly creased; top edges of leaves slightly foxed; Nelson... More
Pp. [vi]+234; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; ownership name on upper free endpaper; small mark on verso of upper free endpaper and half title page, pages browned; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1992. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+234; med. 8vo; plain paper wrappers, with publisher's label on upper wrapper, small inked mark at head of backstrip; pages faintly browned; Heinemann, Melbourne, 1992. Special Advance Proof of first edition. More
An enquiry into the social views of Elizabeth Bowen, L. P. Hartley, Rosamund Lehmann, Christopher Isherwood, Nancy Mitford, C. P. Snow. Pp. 284, index; dust wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Calder, London, 1977. First edition. *A study of... More
Research and background by Phillip Knightley. Pp. [iv]+442; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Cassell, London, 1967. *Novel with an Olympic Games setting. More
The veteran's grant. Edited by Elizabeth Lawson. Pp. xvi+112(last blank)+[12](advertisements), frontispiece; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle creased and rubbed; top fore-corner of last few leaves slightly creased, small stain at foot of last page; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1995. Australian Books on Demand No. 11. *Louisa Atkinson's... More
Foreword by Janet Cosh. Pp. 40(last colophon), frontispiece, title page vignette, text decorations; small cr. 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle creased, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; corners of a few leaves slightly creased; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1980. Edition limited... More
Pp. xii+64(last blank), half-title and title page vignettes, head & tailpiece decorations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1988. First edition in book form. *Originally published as a serial in the Sydney Mail, in 1864. Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson (1834-1872), naturalist, journalist and fiction writer, is regarded as the... More
Introduction by Victor Crittenden. Pp. 32(last blank), frontispiece, title page decoration, decorative tailpieces; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, slightly soiled, backstrip faded; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1978. First edition thus. *Selections from Atkinson's writings, 'all related to the beautiful well-watered areas of coastal and tableland... More
Pp.20, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, backstrip faded; inked ownership inscription (dated 1979) on half-title page; occasional slight creasing; The Kurrajong Heights Garden Club, Sydney, 1979. First edition. *Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson (1834-1872), botanist, journalist and fiction writer, is regarded as the first... More
Texte de Claude Aubry. Gravures de Saul Field. [Text in French]. Pp. 102, 10 full page coloured illustrations, patterned endpapers; med. 4to; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in maroon, the boards slightly foxed; text block faintly browned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Les Editions des Deux Rives, Ottawa... More
Wyse-Acton-Lecky. The annual lecture delivered to the Australian Humanities Research Council at its eighth annual general meeting at Canberra on 4 November 1953. Pp. [ii]+33-44(last blank); small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; The Australian Humanities Research Council, Melbourne, 1964. More
A melodrama in three acts. Pp. 124(last blank); fore and bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly silverfished, the backstrip lightly soiled, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper free endpaper lightly creased, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1938. First edition. *With... More
Poems. Done into English by Jack Lindsay. With decorations by Edward Bawden. Pp. [72](last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations (one full page); blue buckram, decorated in blind in a patchwork design, edges a trifle rubbed, spine faded; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of [Robert] Foster Kennedy on upper pastedown, plus..... More
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. With coloured illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. Complete in twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages. All volumes with coloured frontispiece, each of the major novels also with 5 coloured plates, Volume XI [juvenilia] with 3... More
In twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages; frontispiece portrait and tissue guard Volume I, all title pages printed in red & black, appendices Volume XII; rebound in half navy morocco, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title labels, blue cloth boards;... More
Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice. Six volumes in five, totalling approximately 2,000 pages, with engraved frontispiece (dated 1833) and vignette title page to each volume; f'cap. 8vo; early half black calf, spines decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered... More
A life. Pp. xiv+578, 8 plates, endpaper genealogical chart, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; a couple of faint indentations to upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; ribbon marker; slight damp stain to fore-edge of a couple of leaves; Fourth Estate, London, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. x+296, frontispiece, bibliography, index; bottom fore-corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel lightly foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1955. First edition. *Alfred Austin is remembered as the writer of some of the worst verse... More
Foreword by Dulcie Meddows. Pp. 64; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, two small surface grazes to verso of upper wrapper; Galley Press, Sydney, 1994. Edition limited to 500 copies. More
New and Selected Poems, 1961-1981. Foreword by X. J. Kennedy. Designed and illustrated by Bebe Barkan. Pp. 174(last blank), full page illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers;Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, 1982. First edition. More
