Pp. [viii]+124(last colophon), 11 mounted coloured plates with lettered tissue guards, numerous text illustrations and maps (several printed in red & black), folding coloured map of London contained in pocket on upper pastedown, the title page printed in red & black; roy. 4to; blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered..... More
A Romance for a Few People. Pp. viii+330(last colophon)+[4](advertisements, last blank), one small pictorial headpiece, decorative initials, the title page printed in red & black; cr. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board lettered in gilt, with blind rule border, edges a trifle rubbed; fore and..... More
Pp. [viii]+230(last colophon, blank); fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001. First U.S. edition. *A sequel to Talking It Over. More
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheard was originally published anonymously in..... More
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With 80 illustrations by the author and an introduction by N. John Hall. Pp. [xxviii]+352, 18 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, sepia pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with the Folio Society monogram at foot of spine; top edges grey (faded);..... More
Pp. 464+[10]; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Doubleday, London, 2003. First edition. *Author's first book, signed by him on the title page. More
Pp. [iv]+218; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1993. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+52; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Scrivener Books, O'Connor, A.C.T., 1993. *Australian poetry. More
A Love Story. Pp. [iv]+272(last blank); cream papered boards, spine and upper board stamped in blind, a trifle bruised at foot of spine; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; ribbon marker; Knopf, Sydney, 2006. First edition, deckle edged issue. *Signed by the author on the title page. The first edition was simultaneously..... More
Poems. Foreword by Dame Phyllis Frost. Pp. [xii]+90, illustrated (mostly full page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly soiled; a little light foxing; the author, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. *The illustrations are by Leon Mckler and Kate De-Friest. More
A new edition, with introduction, notes and appendices. With two portraits and ten photogravures from original drawings by Antoine Gaymard. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxii+484+viii+506(last colophon), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard both volumes, plus a total of 10 plates with lettered guards, the half-title pages printed in red, title pages..... More
As told to Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock. Pp. xiv+338(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny chips; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Cassell, London, 1960. First edition. More
Pp. 222(last blank), references, index; dust wrapper;Collins, 1977. First edition. *Examines the treatment of sexual relations in the English novel from Richardson and Fielding in the mid-eighteenth century, to D. H. Lawrence and E. M. Forster in the twentieth. More
Edited by John Sparrow. Pp. xx+214(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page vignette, textual notes, index of first lines; super roy. 8vo; brown buckram over bevelled boards, with gilt lettered red leather title label on spine, the boards flecked and slightly soiled; uncut and partly unopened; bookseller's sticker at foot of..... More
Pp. 32 (last blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Farris Press, San Mateo, California, 1982. *Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, and with an ALs. to her, dated 1984, loosely inserted. The author was crowned Honorary Poet Laureate..... More
Illustrated by Terry Denton. Pp. [ii]+138+[2](advertisements), headpiece decorations; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3448. *A Roger Thesaurus book. With the author's signed inscription to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin on verso of upper free endpaper. More
Foreword by Vincent Long. Pp. xiv+242, frontispiece portrait, plus 4 plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faded, the back panel slightly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; Delisle, London, 1962. First edition. *'The private life of Madame Francoise Delisle, the woman Havelock Ellis Loved..... More
Pp. xxiv+98, printed in red & black, pictorial headpieces, the colophon decoration printed in green & black; demy 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, the bottom edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; The Stourton Press, London, 1931. Edition limited to..... More
A bio-bibliography of 20th century Australian romance novels. Pp. xxiv+44, 4 coloured plates; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; National Centre for Australian Studies, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the compiler [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin] on half-title page. More
Studies in bookbinding history presented to Mirjam Foot. Pp. xiv+378, 16 coloured plates at end, black & white frontispiece portrait and text illustrations, bibliography of the writings of Mirjam Foot, index; demy 4to; qr. navy cloth, light blue papered boards, blocked in red and lettered in gilt; minor production fault..... More
Pp. 176; cr. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, a couple of light bruises to edges of boards; bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper (designed by Angelica Garnett), slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker..... More
Pp. 384, paper wrappers, printed title label on upper wrapper; a little light foxing; Collins, 1962. Uncorrected proof copy. More
Pp. [vi]+154; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Viking, Melbourne, 1993. First edition. White 3, 5109. *With the author's signed inscription (to Melbourne Bookseller Albert Ullin), dated Sept. '93, on the title page, plus a loosely inserted..... More
With decorations by Rex Whistler. Pp. xx+148(last blank), collotype frontispiece and 5 plates with loose tissue guards, head & tailpiece decorations, notes, indices; tall demy 8vo; qr. brown buckram with, gilt lettered title label on spine, Cockerell marbled papered boards, the spine cloth faintly faded and a trifle rubbed at..... More
In three volumes. Pp. [iv]+246+[iv]+240+[iv]+224(last colophon); rebound in brown half calf, spines lettered and ruled in gilt around raised bands, lighter brown cloth boards, a trifle marked; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers; ex library copy, with several scattered stamps, a couple of tiny edge splits, small piece torn from..... More