Pp. 194; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves faintly offset, a little light foxing; Cheshire, Melbourne, l968. First Australian edition..... More
A select list. Pp. viii+26, processed, index; post 4to; tape-backed printed paper wrappers, lightly marked; Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services, Canberra, 1961. More
Pp. x+246(last blank), text illustrations, notes on sources, index; demy 8vo; blue & tan papered boards, lettered in gilt & blind; dust wrapper; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly spotted; W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003. First edition. More
A history and handbook of current practice. Pp. 128(last blank), 8 plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1966. First edition. More
Pp. 36, illustrated; med. 8vo; printed stiff cream paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, tiny hole near backstrip fold upper wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, offset, last page and inside lower wrapper lightly soiled; Municipal Council of Sydney, Sydney, 1923. More
Foreword by Weston Bate. Pp. 176(last blank), black & white pictorial title page, numerous text illustrations (a few coloured), index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, Ballarat, Victoria, 2010. First edition. More
Essays in Honour of Dietrich Borchardt. Pp. xvi+332(last blank), tables, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with signs of sticker removal from front panel; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1984. First edition. More
Foreword by David Ellis. Pp. [ii]+98(last blank)+[12](mainly profile drawings), 105 coloured plates, numerous text figures, indices and concordances; super roy. 4to; printed red & black papered boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly scuffed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The Australian Archaeological..... More
Pp. [ii]+vii+[7](brief biography by Jim Lowden, plus Claxton's will)+160+10(advertisements), text figures; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; Lowden Publishing Co., Melbourne, 2006. First edition. The Mechanics Series: No. 1. *Timothy Claxton (1790-1848) founded the London Mechanical Institution in 1817. In 1823, after 3 years in Russia, he sailed to..... More
Pp. xx+526(last colophon), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (several full or double page), list of Directors and Trustees, plans, tables, sources and select bibliography, notes, index; f'cap. 4to; orange/red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown Pallas Athene..... More
Pp. xiv+250(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, further reading list, index; small med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly bowed; Miegunyah Press/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009. First paperback edition. *First published in 2007. More
Photographs by Richard Hurley. Pp. xxii+86(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page printed in red & black; narrow demy 4to; red boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; published for the Associates of The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 2008. First edition. More
Pp. xii+162, illustrated throughout, mainly in colour, bibliography, essay index; roy. 4to; pictorial laminated paper wrappers; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2005. *Exhibition catalogue for the touring exhibition of the same title which opened at the National Library of Australia on 2 December 2005. More
Pp. [20], 2 coloured plates, black & white illustrations; cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled; The Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1938. More
Treasures from the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale. Foreword by Jack Lang. Prefaces by Didier Trutt [and] Eugene S. Flamm. Introduction by H. George Fletcher. Pp. xiv+96 +[6](including blanks), black & white frontispiece plus 34 plates (several coloured or tinted), title page printed in red & black, checklist, index; narrow..... More
Unfamiliar Libraries XXIII [Reprint of an article from The Book Collector, Summer 1980]. Pp. 179-202, including 13 full page illustrations; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges slightly creased; Biblionews slip tipped onto verso of upper wrapper; [Sydney, 1980]. *Reprinted for distribution to financial members of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia..... More
With a Preface by Ernest R. Pitt. Pp. xii+164, frontispiece, indices; small cr. 4to; qr. cream cloth, quite discoloured, printed grey papered boards slightly marked; uncut; the free endpapers offset, frontispiece loosening, a couple of short marginal tears, a little light foxing; Trustees, Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of..... More
Pp. 20(last colophon), printed in purple, 5 full page illustrations; roy. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, browned; The Joint Library Committee of the Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1954. More
Pp. 80(last colophon, verso blank); med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, backstrip slightly rubbed; The Joint Library Committee of the Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1957. More
Pp. 160; foot of spine and top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; rice-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, with internal tape repair at foot of backstrip, and a small piece torn from bottom edge of back panel; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of..... More
1. THE FREE LIBRARY. Its history and present condition. By John J. Ogle. Pp. xx+344, appendix, index; 2. LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION: Architecture, fittings and furniture. By F. J. Burgoyne. Pp. xx+336, frontispiece, text figures (some full page), appendix, index; 3. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION. By John Macfarlane. Pp. xii+244, index; 4. PRICES OF..... More
Pp. 80, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall demy 4to; black boards, spine lettered in white, bottom edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; commercial bookplate on upper free endpaper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. 320(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page, one multi-folding), further reading list, index; med. 4to; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, small indentation to back panel; bottom edge of leaves slightly shelf soiled; Harry N. Abrams, Inc...... More
Pp. xiv+272, text illustrations, select bibliography, notes, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; free endpapers lightly browned, Readers Union sticker on title page, a little light soiling; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970. First U.K. edition. *Charles Edward Mudie opened his Select Library..... More
Photographs by Diane Asseo Griliches. Essay by Daniel J. Boorstin. Pp. xii+132, frontispiece, plus numerous full page illustrations; oblong 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown; University of New Mexico Press/Library of Congress, Albuquerque/Washington..... More
