. . . Inventee et adaptee a la langue Francaise par F. J Astier. Avec 13 planches gravees au Burin par Ambroise Tardieu. Pp. [vi]+viii+128, 13 engraved plates; demy 8vo; in a handsome early binding of crimson morocco, the spine lettered and richly decorated in gilt compartments featuring fleurons, interlocking..... More
Pp. [viii]+584(last blank), mostly printed double column, publisher's device on upper free endpaper; med. 8vo; grey boards, lettered and decorated in silver; dust wrapper, the front flap a trifle foxed along fold; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Bloomsbury Reference, London, 1990. First edition..... More
Pp. lvi+1406(last blank), printed double and triple column, indices; thick cr. 4to; blue cloth, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1992. Sixteenth edition. More
Pp. viii+424, printed in green, red & black and illustrated in colour throughout (several full page), endpaper maps, indices; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper; Oxford University..... More
Pp. 176; cr. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a trifle rubbed; some foxing; Grafton & Co., London, 1938. First edition. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label (from Malta) on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled ownership inscription on upper..... More
Pp. x+214, frontispiece, numerous full page illustrations, patterned endpapers, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE., 2000. First edition. *'Explores the apparent randomness of the texts that typesetters used to show off their typefaces. Discussing hundreds of examples from British and North American..... More
Pp. [iv]+804, mostly printed double column; wide cr. 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, partial remains of sticker over printed barcode on back panel; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997..... More
Fiji's Languages: Their Use and Their Future. Pp. [iv]+84(processed), full page map, tables, references; post 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges lightly worn, small surface graze to upper wrapper below title; fore-corners creased; Fiji Museum, Suva, 1984. Fiji Museum Bulletin No. 8. More
Pp. xxx+846, mostly printed double column; bibliography and research, index; thick med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in bronze and pale blue, cream papered boards with author's initials in blue on upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Random House, New York, 1978. First edition thus..... More
Pp. viii+234; cr. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards lightly rubbed, the lower board slightly marked; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers and edges of leaves slightly foxed; Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1950. First edition. *Lacking..... More
Third edition, revised by F. P. Wilson. With an introduction by Joanna Wilson. Pp. d xx+940, mostly printed double column; thick med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984. Third edition, seventh impression. More
