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
Papers delivered at a symposium held at Liverpool school of librarianship May 1967. 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..... 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
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Pp. 24, illustrated, central double page building plans on coloured paper; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1959. *Brochure issued at the opening of the library of Australian Prime Minister R. G. Menzies on 21st March 1959. The material substantially reprinted from articles which appeared..... More
Compiled by Nicolas Barker and the Curatorial Staff of The British Library. Foreword by Lord Quinton. Pp. 272, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), further reading, index; demy 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, closed tear..... More
With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson. Photographs by Julie Ainsworth. Pp. 272(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly)black & white, appendix, glossary, bibliography, indices; med. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board patterned in blind, bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse;..... 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
Photographs by Guillaume de Laubier. Translated from the French by Laurel Hirsch. Pp. 248, profusely illustrated in colour (several double page or folding, many full page), bibliography; square 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, top fore-corner of upper board a...... More
Pp. x+224(last blank), 14 text figures (mostly full page), 2 double page tables, appendix, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, blocked in red and lettered in gilt, the spine extremities and fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the outer leaves faintly offset, a...... 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
Printed books and music, manuscripts, autograph letters, documents, portraits. Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. Pp. xii+110+[2](colophon, verso blank), 49 plates (all but one full page), the title page printed in red & black, addenda, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; navy & beige cloth, lettered in gilt; book label of David Levine, Sydney..... More
Volume 25, 1941 [In honour of Henry Guppy]. Pp. x+240(last blank), frontispiece portrait of Guppy, plus 6 plates, appendix, index; roy. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges and spine slightly faded, a few small edge bruises; fore and bottom edges uncut; occasional slight soiling; Manchester University Press, 1941..... 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
Pp. [vi]+224(last blank), text illustrations, selected bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, discoloured at foot of spine; dust wrapper; ownership label (David Levine, Sydney) on upper pastedown; Library of Congress/University of Texas Press, Washington, D.C., 2011. *Festschrift for John Y. Cole, the inaugural head of..... More
Foreword by Helen K. Copley. Edited by Timothy L. Biel. Pp. xvi+174, coloured frontispiece portrait, title page vignette printed in brown, coloured and black & white illustrations (several full page), marbled endpapers, notes, works consulted, index; demy 4to; half tan leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, natural linen boards..... More
The library of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. Introductory essays and commentaries by Csaba Csapodi and Klara Csapodi-Gardonyi. Translated by Zsuzsanna Horn. Translation revised by Alick West. Pp. 398, profusely illustrated in colour (mostly full page), index; roy. 4to; natural linen, spine and upper board blocked in black and lettered..... More
Pp. 40(last blank), plus 36 plates, title page decoration printed in red; small demy 4to; qr. grey buckram, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, dark blue papered boards, with small gilt device at centre of upper board, the boards a trifle scuffed and slightly faded at edges, tiny surface graze..... More
A History. Pp. xviii+398(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, sources and select bibliography, indices; small cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014..... 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
In five volumes. 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;..... More
The first 150 years. The Sandars Lectures 1978-9. PP. xx+276(last blank), numerous illustrations (mostly full page), appendices, index; brown cloth, spine blocked in tan and lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse, the backstrip a trifle faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the..... More