Compiled for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, glossary, reading and reference list, index; demy 4to; two-tone cloth, lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; name in ink on upper free endpaper, a little..... More
Pp. 138(last blank), frontispiece plus 6 plates, index; gilt lettered red cloth, corners a trifle bruised, the spine slightly dulled; all edges sprinkled red; a little light foxing; Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1932.First 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. 176, illustrated in colour throughout, index; demy 4to; spine extremities and bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; inked gift inscription at head of upper free endpaper; Child & Henry, Sydney, 1980. First edition. *With loosely inserted ephemera. 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
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
A short history of the Society with a brief description of the more important books presented by it to The Public Library of South Australia. Pp. [viii]+46(last 3 blank), frontispiece, 3 coloured and 8 black & white plates; post 4to; stiff blue paper wrappers, upper wrapper lettered in black, with..... More
Being a Sketch of the Life of Timothy Claxton, Written by Himself. Together with Miscellaneous Papers. 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..... 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
with notes thereon. 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. 80, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall demy 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly creased at top edge; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. xliv+710, appendices, index and concordance; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston , 1996. First edition. Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume LXVIII. *Includes the Catalogus Librorum Bibliotheca Collegij Harvardini[or Catalogue of the Books of the Harvard College Library..... More
The European conquest of the oceans, 1450 to 1840. Catalogue of an exhibition of rare books, maps, charts, prints, and manuscripts relating to maritime history from the John Carter Brown Library. Pp. xxii+204+[2](last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, indices; wide demy 4to; blue..... More
Pp. 180, illustrated in colour and black & white; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; some light foxing; Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., 1978. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on verso of upper wrapper. More
The buildings of the State Library of New South Wales since 1826. Pp. 176, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendices, index; small post 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges lightly rubbed; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Library Council of New South Wales, Sydney, 1988. First edition..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+1316(last blank), pictorial title page; thick med. 8vo; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1999]. *Originally published in 1989 by the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. Contains over 13,000 items. More
Historical and Descriptive Notes. Pp. [x]+122, 22 plates (2 hand-tipped coloured portraits, including frontispiece), index; cr. 4to; qr. gilt lettered canvas, grey papered boards with small gilt device at centre of upper board, a trifle soiled and worn, edges lightly faded, with tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper..... More
Revelations of a Library's Quarter Century. Pp. [vi]+362(last blank), text illustrations, index; tiny bruise to top edge of upper board; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; top edge of a few leaves a trifle foxed;Spectrum, Melbourne, 1982. First edition. *The Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne. More
Supplement, 1928-1933. Pp. xx+454(last blank); roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, lightly worn at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly marked, bookseller's label at foot of title page; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, 1934. More
Pp. 36, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled; Prahran Historical and Arts Society/Prahran Mechanics' Institute Prahran, Victoria, 1983. More
Compiled by the staff of the New York Public Library. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 40[Part One]+163-198[Part Two]; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[2001]. *Originally published in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library Volume XV, Number 1, January, 1911. More
With bibliographical notes. [Facsimile edition]. In four volumes. Pp. xiv+1208+[ii]+1209-1660(last blank)+cxxxviii+1030+clxiv+640(last blank), indices; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1999]. *Limited (number unspecified) reprint of the volumes originally published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, from 1909 to 1920. More
Pp. viii+48, illustrated; med. 8vo; printed stiff glazed paper wrappers; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Braidwood Press, Melbourne, 2012. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Jeff Prentice. More
Containing the titles of all works up to December 1893. Compiled by Hugh Robert Mill. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [ii]+viii+834(last blank), appendices; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, n.d.[2001]. *Originally published by John Murray in 1895. More