Stories chosen by Joan Aiken [and others]. Pp. x+246, pictorial headpieces, endpaper facsimile signatures; roy. 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, bottom fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, edges slightly rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled, backstrip lightly faded; edges..... More
Mal Andersen, Stefanie Bennett & Robyn Roylance. Pp. [48], text decorations; f'cap. 4to; tape-backed printed paper wrappers, lightly soiled and foxed; small stain to fore-edge of a few leaves;North Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Brisbane, 1977. *Loosely inserted is a TLs. from the publishers to Literary Editor Thomas Shapcott, regarding..... More
Mal Andersen , Bill Hook, Laurie Neill, Robyn Roylance, & Julie Spreadbury. Pp. 72, text illustrations; f'cap. 4to; tape-backed printed paper wrappers; edges of leaves slightly soiled; North Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Brisbane, 1977. More
Children's Anthology. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell. Pp. [136], frontispiece, plus 14 plates, index; f'cap. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip browned, torn at extremities and slightly tape marked; name in ink on upper..... More
A collection of modern verse by Australian children. Pp. 88(last blank), index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly browned; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Lowden Publishing Co., Kilmore, Victoria, 1969. First edition. More
Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly. Pp. xii+484(last blank), text illustrations (several full page), printed endpapers, index; med. 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson..... More
Pp. xiv+216, frontispiece, plus 12 plates, index; demy 8vo; orange cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered and decorated in silver, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip faintly faded; Constable, London, 1971. First edition. *Inscribed on the half-title page 'To Colin and Janet..... More
Pp. xvi+332(last blank), index; green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (faded), edges of boards a trifle rubbed; a little foxing; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1926. First edition. Not in Donovan & Murdoch. *Writings by Somerville and Ross, Surtees, Dickens, Scott, Cardus, and others, on various sports including fox-hunting..... More
Pp. 320, frontispiece, text illustrations; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges..... More
From Bede to R. L. Stevenson. Arranged by S. L. Edwards. Pp. xvi+400, patterned endpapers, alphabetical list of authors; f'cap. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with a couple of spots of foxing, edges lightly rubbed and..... More
![Item #170653 McSWEENEY'S [Quarterly Concern] 23. Still Going Strong. Like Castro. Dave Eggers](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/170653.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696302414)
Pp. 184, coloured illustrations (mostly full page); small cr. 4to; qr. black cloth over plain papered boards, spine and upper board lettered in red, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; multi-folding dust wrapper printed on both sides; Hamish Hamilton, London, 2007. U.K. edition. *The Quarterly Concern is published by McSweeney's, based..... More
Pp. xviii+526(last blank), title and text decorations, notes on contributors; med. 8vo; maroon & cream papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Random House, New York, 2008. First edition. *Contributors include Woody Allen, Garrison Keilor..... More
Introduction by C. D. Hamilton. Pp. viii+490; small med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised, spine a trifle faded; top edges blue; lacking the dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the outer..... More
Pp. xxiv+216m sources; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block foxed and browned at edges; Faber and Faber, London, 1999. Second printing. *'Jonson on Shakespeare; Hazlitt on Coleridge; Philip Roth dashing..... More
Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. Pp. viii+184, pictorial headpieces; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned;Viking Kestrel, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. White (Volume 3) 4994. *Anthology, including previously unpublished stories by John Marsden, Morris Lurie, Patricia Wrightson, Emily Rodda, Ivan Southall, a.o. The first book commissioned..... More
![Item #173661 THE ENGLISH NOVEL IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY [THE DOOM OF EMPIRE]. Martin Green](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/173661.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1713751351)
Pp. xx+236, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly browned; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1984. First edition. *Focuses on six authors: Kipling, Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis and Doris Lessing. 'The intrinsic literary..... More
A Biographical Anthology. Pp. 346, index; cloth lightly flecked, bottom fore-corner of lower board bruised; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; George Allen & Unwin, London, 1973. First edition. *E x cerpts from the writings of Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), Henry..... More
Original pictures, stories, poems, & songs for children by fifty-two distinguished authors and illustrators. With a letter from Barbara Bush. Pp. 96, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full, some double page), printed music, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Bantam Doubleday Dell, New..... More
Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Pp. xxiv+216(last blank), coloured title page vignette and text illustrations, music, notes, indices; impl. 8vo; qr. green cloth, spine lettered & decorated in gilt, green papered boards; top edges grey; within matching pattered papered slipcase, edges lightly rubbed and damp marked; a little light..... More
A miscellany. Pp. 154+[2], 4 plates, full page illustration; roy. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, lower board lightly flecked; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges worn and chipped; a little light foxing; Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945. *Contributors include Edwin Muir, V. S. Pritchett, Rayner Heppenstall, Laurie..... More
with contributions by C. Day Lewis, T. C. Skeat, Philip Larkin. Pp. 68(last erratum), 8 plates, index to the collection; med. 8vo; dark blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and rubbed, with a couple of tiny splits; book label of David..... More
Five volumes, complete, comprising: 1. GEORGIAN POETRY, 1911-1912. Pp. [viii]+198(last colophon), bibliography; boards lightly soiled and worn, joints starting, with tiny piece chipped from crown, and larger piece missing from foot of spine at upper joint; 2. GEORGIAN POETRY, 1913-1915. Pp. [x]+244+[2](adverts.), bibliography; boards lightly rubbed, spine faded, the joints..... More
Pp. xii+128, title and headpiece decorations; narrow med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, top edges faintly faded and top fore-corners bruised, the lower board slightly soiled, spine lightly foxed; uncut; bookseller's catalogue slip (2 lines) laid on upper pastedown above a small inked signature and..... More
Edited by John Morris. Pp. x+340(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 4 full page illustrations, publisher's device on title page and at colophon; narrow med. 8vo; grey buckram over bevelled boards, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle marked; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; within marbled papered slipcase, edges..... More
Pp. xxvi+576(last blank), index; thic k med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block lightly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Faber and Faber, London, 1994. First edition. *'From Greek tragedy to the..... More
