Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850. Pp. xvi+318, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, references, indices; med. 4to; top fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; Pierpont Morgan Library/Bibliographical Society of America/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, New York, London & New Castle, 2006. First edition. More
The magazine of Angus & Robertson and Halstead Press. No. 1, May 1954 to No. 11, June 1959. [all published]. Together eleven issues; each 20 pages, including frontispiece (9 coloured, 1 mounted) and black & white text illustrations; demy 4to; cream [brown, green] paper wrappers, printed in green or blue..... 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 complete guide to self-publishing in Australia and New Zealand. Pp. vi+90, glossary, index; printed glazed paper wrappers, a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves slightly soiled; Orlando Press, Sydney, 1985. Second edition. More
The history of a family firm. Pp. xiv+192(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards a trifle sprung, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip slightly faded and..... More
Pp. xii+[362], text figure, numerous music scores, tables, indices; 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, 2005. Variorum Collected Studies Series. *Collected papers previously presented at conferences, etc. 'The articles in..... More
A Memoir, a History. Pp. [x]+218(last colophon); small cr. 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in silver; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, MN, 2006. Fourth impression.*'Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the..... More
Translated form the Italian by Richard Dixon. Pp viii+148; narrow cr. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2015. First U.S. edition. *Originally published in Italian in 2013. 'Roberto Calasso..... More
The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography, 1953. Pp. x+100, frontispiece, plus one plate, 11 full page facsimiles, appendices, index; narrow cr. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue cloth boards, upper board decorated in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges..... More
A bibliographical study. In two volumes. Volume I: Organization and policy of the Cambridge University Press. Pp. xvi+432, 8 plates, text illustrations, 20 tables (4 folding, printed in red, blue/green & black), appendices, note on sources, index; Volume II: Pp. x+382(last blank), index; impl. 8vo; blue cloth, spines blocked in..... More
, 1521-1921. Pp. xvi+190, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 8 plates, text illustrations (some full page, one printed in red & black), press device printed in red on title page, bibliography, appendices, index; small med. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, with gilt lettered blue cloth title label on spine, light blue/grey..... More
held in the Old Court House, Marylebone Lane (Messrs. J. & E. Bumpus Ltd) September-October 1931. Pp. 52(last blank), with a double page plan of the exhibition loosely inserted, title page ornament; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and faintly creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cambridge University..... More
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and creased, staples rusted; corners of leaves lightly creased; Jonathan Cape, London, 1948. *Includes articles on Lilian Bowes Lyon (by C. Day Lewis); Robert Frost..... More
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly creased and faded; fore-edge of most leaves lightly creased; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. *Includes Lord David Cecil's review of Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the..... More
A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), 4 plates, text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly creased; staples rusted; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. *Includes an obituary for E. H. Young, and an article by Elizabeth Bowen on writing The..... More
Herbert Jonathan Cape; G. Wren Howard. Pp. 352(last blank), 24 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine blocked in black; top edges black, corners of boards a trifle rubbed or bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the backstrip slightly browned; small damp..... More
Pp. x+300(last blank), frontispiece, full page illustrations, appendices, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine letterted in gilt, cloth a trifle marked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Cassell & Company Ltd, London, 1958. First edition..... More
at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London. Pp. xliv+308, numerous illustrations (many coloured, several by hand), index; cr. 8vo; light brown buckram, printed rose paper title labels on spine and upper board; uncut; dust wrapper, quite foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip and flap folds..... More
Pp. 376, frontispiece plus 61 plates, numerous text figures (some full page), bibliography, index; cr. 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of lower board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges and backstrip slightly browned, the edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at..... More
Pp. xii+220, frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), notes, further reading, index; med. 8vo; pale green cloth, the spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, both flaps faintly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly soiled..... More
Illustrated. Pp. [viii]+234+[28](last colophon), title page vignette, plus 8 plates; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in red, patterned red papered boards, a trifle warped, edges lightly rubbed; bottom edges uncut; small ink stain to top edge of a few leaves, a little faint foxing; Chatto & Windus, London, 1928. First..... More
Pp. [viii]+152(last blank), 6 black & white plates, 2 full page coloured illustrations, plus black & white decorations to calendar by Albert Rutherston, the months printed in red, select list of recent books; small cr. 8vo; printed green paper wrappers with flap folds, lightly soiled and creased, edges and backstrip..... More
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text illustrations; dust wrapper; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, occasional minor pencilling; The National Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Autobiography. The author started work as a bookseller at George Robertson & Co., Melbourne, aged 14. More
Pp. 12, printed in brown & black; demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers; leaves lightly browned; F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, n.d.[1947]. *Some notes from Cheshires. More
Pp. xiv+186(last blank), appendices, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, the laminate lifting slightly at edges; top edge of a few leaves faintly marked, the free endpapers slightly soiled; Allen & Unwin,London, 1980. First edition. More