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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pp. 80, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall demy 4to; black boards, spine lettered in white, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, long closed tear from top edge into centre of back panel; endpapers faintly offset, a few spots of foxing; Macmillan, Melbourne..... More
Bella da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege. Pp. xii+580, 32 plates, title page decorative border, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; brown and beige papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards slightly bruised, the spine lightly faded at centre and extremities; dust wrapper, edges a...... 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
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
Introduction by Umberto Eco. Pp. 272, profusely illustrated in colour throughout; med. 4to; grey/green textured papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the boards a trifle canted and with a couple of tiny edge bruises; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine..... 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
Pp. 296, sources, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in silver, the upper board a trifle marked, spine slightly faded; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly split, lacking the lower flap and with the upper flap present but detached; a little light foxing; George Allen &..... More