The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra. Translated from the Japanese and edited by Ray Cowan. Pp. [xii]+126(last blank), 4 plates; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; endpapers faintly offset, with small tape mark to upper free endpaper, a little pale foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First Australian edition... More
A dialogue in an English garden. Pp. 52(last colophon), title and colophon decorations, 7 full page illustrations; med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards; top edges navy, others uncut; a little light foxing, the outer leaves faintly offset; Oxford University Press, London, 1934. Edition limited to... More
Pp. x+32(last colophon); med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards; top edges blue, others uncut; a few spots of foxing; Oxford University Press, 1938. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label (from Malta) on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled... More
Preface by Colin Roderick. Pp. 36(last blank); plain stiff paper wrappers, slightly browned; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip faded, the edges slightly split; outer leaves lightly offset, a little light foxing; The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1968.First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author to historian Professor E. D.... More
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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
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
Introduction by Richard Church. Wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Pp. 382, frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, orange papered boards patterned with a leaf motif in red/brown, fore-corners of board a trifle rubbed, the spine cloth slightly faded and gilt lettering a.... More
Introduction by Richard Church . Wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Pp. x+364, frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, orange papered boards patterned with a leaf motif in brown, the spine faded and faintly bruised at extremities; top edges pink; outer leaves and... More
Introduction by Richard Church. Wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Pp. 222, frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow papered boards patterned with a leaf motif in brown, the boards a trifle canted, fore-corners lightly bruised, spine cloth slightly faded; top edges pink;... 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