A Guide to the Best Reading. Pp. 222+[2](colophon, verso blank), head & tailpiece decorations, index; f'cap. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in navy, slightly soiled, edges rubbed; hinges starting, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; G. P. Putnam's Sons, London, 1893. *From the library..... More
being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company. Pp. xiv+338(last blank), appendices, bibliography, indices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple..... More
Pp. [iv]+136, appendix; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, with tiny snags at head & foot of backstrip, the upper wrapper a trifle soiled on reverse; a couple of faint spots of foxing; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977. First edition, paperback. *Inscribed and signed by the author..... More
Foreword by Karen Joy Fowler. Translated from the German by Christine Shuttleworth. Pp. 156, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page); small square 4to; pictorial papered boards; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on recto of lower free endpaper; Abbeville Press Publishers, New York..... More
Translated and edited by L. Clark Keating and Robert O. Evans. Pp. [x]+78, brief bibliography, notes; plain white stiff paper wrappers, lightly foxed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, slightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1974. First U.K. edition..... More
Selected Essays. Edited by John C. Unrue. Pp. xxiv+328, frontispiece, list of publications, index; small med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010. First edition..... More
The two hundred best novels in English since 1950. Pp. xxviii+260, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Picador, London, 1999. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+248, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges chipped and split, ink number stamp at foot of back panel; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1945. Oxford History of English Literature series. *Includes an essay on the late Arthurian romance of Sir Thomas Malory. Loosely inserted in this..... More
Pp. 160, bibliography, index; tiny bruise near bottom edge centre of both boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the front flap slightly soiled; text block lightly browned; Allison & Busby, London, 1986. New edition, with an updated Bibliography. More
One Hundred Key Books from England, France and America, 1880-1950. Bibliography of English and French editions by D. D. E. Soar. Pp. [viii]+148; boards faintly scratched and a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, the laminate lifting slightly, soiled at edges; Andre Deutsch/Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965. First edition. *Connolly's 'key' books 'best..... More
The Duff Cooper Library, Paris. [Text in English & French]. Introduction by Michael Jay. Pp. 72, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), notes; square 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, faintly scuffed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of..... More
Together with an account of polyglot Bibles, polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek fathers, and the Latin fathers. Fourth edition; greatly enlarged and corrected. In two volumes. Pp. [iv]+xiv+562+[iv]+580, 1 engraved plate and small mounted specimen leaf Volume I, corrigenda at end of Volume II;..... More
A year of reading, collecting, and living with books. Pp. x+246; small med. 8vo; qr. black paper, spine lettered in silver, red papered boards, the upper board faintly marked; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves slightly marked; Pegasus Books, New York..... More
Pp. xxii+246(last blank), decorative initials; cr. 8vo; brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, small surface graze near bottom fore-corner of front panel, both flap a trifle foxed and lightly rubbed at folds; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York..... More
A critical appraisal of modern fiction for children. Pp. 332(last blank), text illustrations, reading lists, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the laminate peeling; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Brockhampton Press, London, 1961. First edition. *Signed by the..... More
From Confucius to Modern Times. Pp. 808(last colophon), appendix, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with publisher's device in red at foot, the boards a trifle bowed, edges lightly rubbed; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper..... More
Foreword by Sir Simon Hornby. Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, index; tall cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves..... More
A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements. With a Foreword by Dave Eggers. Pp. xvi+272, black & white pictorial double title page and numerous text illustrations (several full page), bibliography, author index; small cr. 4to; qr. two tone (red & black) cloth, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper; book label..... More
Being some pages from the Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing. Chosen by W R B. Pp. [viii]+60(last colophon, verso blank), the title and colophon decorations and one initial printed in red; narrow demy 12mo; qr. blue cloth with paper title label printed in red & black on..... More
Associate Editor David Brailow with the assistance of Arlyn Bruccoli. Pp. [x]+656(last blank), index; demy 4to; gilt lettered navy cloth, upper joint slightly bruised; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Facts on File, New York, 1993. First edition. *A second volume, covering 20th century novels, was published in 1994. More
Pp. xii+210(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the half-title page and bottom edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, 2006..... More
Pp. xii+992(last blank), chronological index; thick med. 8vo; boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly soiled; Oxford University Press, New York, 1968. Fourth printing. *From the library of Australian historian Professor..... More
Compiled by the Infants' Reading Committee. Illustrated by Katherine Morris. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap, 4to; pictorial limp green cloth wrappers, stapled, lettered and decorated in black, flecked and slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed; a little light soiling; Department of Education, Sydney, n.d.[c. 196-?]. *Featuring David, Sue, Wendy..... More
With an introduction by Arthur Mizener. Pp. 432, bibliographical note, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges green; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded, small surface graze at bottom fore-corner of front panel, two bookseller's stickers at foot of front flap; a couple of faint spots..... More
A reader's guide to life. Pp. [vi]+250; booklist, index, demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012. First edition. *Ramona Koval's love letter to reading. From Oliver Sacks to Oscar Wilde, from Christina Stead to..... More