Foreword by Harry Butler. Pp. [vi]+128(last blank); dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. White 2, noting that this book 'does not appear to have been written solely for children'. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin), on the upper free endpaper. Also inscribed and... More
Pp. [927]-950, text figures, references; [bound with] ROBERT ABBE: PIONEERS IN NEUROSURGERY, by Herbert Parsons. Pp. [57]-76, text figures, references; [and] ROBERT ABBE: FOUNDER OF RADIUM THERAPY IN AMERICA, by Sidney M. Silverstone. Pp. [157]-168, bibliography; each article within printed stiff orange paper wrappers; roy. 8vo; gilt lettered yellow cloth... More
Pp. 72; printed glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; Red Deer College Press, Alberta, Canada, 1987. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott) on title page. More
Pp. [vi]+266, 32 plates, list of other works by Patsy Adam-Smith; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; hinges tender at a couple of points; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Ireland, 1848, and the seven patriots banished; their adventures, loneliness and loves in three continents as they search for refuge. Pp. xiv+370(last blank), numerous illustrations, sources, index; tall cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of... More
Pp. viii+240(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, text maps; tall cr. 4to; tiny damp stain near bottom edge of upper board dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly marked, the last few leaves a trifle creased; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. New one... More
Pp. xvi+448, 48 plates, double page map, appendix, bibliography, references, index; upper board a trifle marked, edges slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn; one leaf lightly marked (pp. 311/312); Tambo Shire Council, Bruthen, Victoria, 1981. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the Shire President, the... More
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, tiny surface graze below publisher's device at foot of spine; Jonathan Cape, London, 1976. First edition. *Signed by the illustrator on the title page. More
Pp. [viii]+344; ribbon marker; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2006. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page. More
The Anglo-American Relationship since 1783. A revised and enlarged edition of Part I of "Great Britain and the United States: A History of Anglo-American Relations, 1783-1952." Pp. 248(last blank), index; edges of boards bruised and faded at a couple of points, the spine a trifle rubbed and split at extremities;... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with CBCA prize sticker on front panel; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. Third printing. White (Volume 2) 140, footnote. *Signed by the author (dated 26.7.83) on the title page. Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 1983. More
with Peter Alliss. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Boxtree,London, 1997. First edition. *Signed by Peter Alliss on the half-title page. More
Pp. [x]+276, double page map; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; John Murray, London, 2007. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page. More
Pp. [viii]+48 pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges and backstrip lightly worn; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed;North Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Brisbane, 1978. *From the collection of Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, with his signature at head of title page, as well as the poet's signed presentation inscription to... More
An intimate biography. Pp. viii+362, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), appendices, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with several closed tears and a couple of small chips; occasional faint soiling; Melbourne, n.d.[1959]... More
Pp. x+134, illustrated; dust wrapper, rubbed and slightly soiled; small surface graze near top edge of upper free endpaper, scattered light foxing; the author, Melbourne, n.d.[c. 1970]. First edition. *Signed by the author on the upper free endpaper, and with his business card loosely inserted. The story of the Menzies... More
Pp. [vii]+532; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Macmillan, London, 2008. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
A strange case of authorship. Pp. xii+292, frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpaper, notes, index; a couple of tiny bruises to top edges of boards; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Allen Lane/Penguin, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. The story of editor Jules Francois... More
Another Tim story. Pp. 48, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1978. First U.S. edition. Alderson 172. *Inscribed and signed... More
Pp. [48], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Oxford University Press, London, 1965. Fifth printing. [Alderson 55]. *Signed by the author (dated Feb 1968) on the upper free endpaper. The fifth Tim... More
Pp. [64](the alternate openings blank, making 32 pages of illustrated text, all except the first and last pages being double-page spreads), illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. folio; pictorial papered boards, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed, fore-corners and spine extremities lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, some... More
Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked, edges slightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of title page; a couple of spots of foxing; Oxford University Press, London, n.d.[1944]. First paperback edition. See Alderson 7. *The third Tim book, originally published in a much... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. 48(including the endpapers), illustrated in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, faintly bruised at head of spine; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves very slightly foxed; Dent, London, 1978. First edition with these illustrations. Alderson... More
A romance of central Australia. Pp. x+274(last colophon), frontispiece plus 12 plates, full page map; light blue cloth, slightly soiled and worn, the spine lightly chipped and frayed at extremities; small ownership label on upper pastedown, free endpapers offset, hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing... More
together with a description of Polyplacophora in the Western Australian Museum. [Offprint from the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 1921-22]. Pp. [8](numbered [ii]+29-34); printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle foxed; edges faintly browned; Government Printer, Perth, n.d. [1922]. *Signed in pencil by the author on... More