Pp. [xx]+358, frontispiece portrait, plus 16 plates, double page map, printed endpapers, appendices, notes, short bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled, tiny split at head of backstrip; faint traces of sticker removal from penultimate blank, edges of leaves..... More
With photographs by Zoe Dominic. Pp. xvi+270, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous illustrations (several full page), appendix; med. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in silver; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle creased; Julia MacRae, London, 1982. First edition. More
A Biography of Djuna Barnes. Pp. 288, 16 plates, text illustrations, bibliography, index; small med. 8vo; two-tone grey papered boards, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and a trifle silverfished; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper endpapers quite..... More
Pp. x+278, 24 plates (8 coloured), index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1998. First edition. More
Foreword by Sir Michael Parkinson. Pp. xiv+334, 16 plates (9 coloured in part or whole), index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, upper board a trifle marked; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2015. First edition. *Posthumously published compilation from Benaud's writings, plus tributes from colleagues and friends..... More
Foreword by Michael Parkinson; pp. xiv+368(last blank), 16 coloured and 16 black & white plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, back panel lightly creased; leaves lightly browned; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1997. First edition. More
The biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 12 plates, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, small portions of spine and upper board faded; dust wrapper, worn and browned, with large creased tear at lower edge of upper panel and with several..... 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
The Life and Work of Alan Rowland Chisholm (1888-1981). Foreword by Wallace Kirsop. Pp. xviii+220(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, 7 full page black & white illustrations, list of works cited, further reading, index; dust wrapper; Ancora Press, Melbourne, 2019. First edition, limited to 200 copies. *Posthumously published biography of one..... More
Pp. xii +308, 32 plates, index; med. 8vo; pale grey boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. [ii]+xiv+366+[2](blank, colophon), 32 plates, headpiece decorations, appendices (including bibliography of Hours Press publications), notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. white cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, silver papered boards, bottom fore-corners lightly bruised; top edges purple, others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly foxed on flaps and reverse, the back panel..... More
Pp. xiv+370, 32 plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; John Murray, London, 2010. First edition. More
Memories of Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, and Literary Russia under Stalin. Translated and Edited by John Crowfoot. Pp. xxx+482, text illustrations, double page map, appendices, biographical notes, index; med. 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of..... More
Pp. xviii+698, 32 plates, references, select bibliography, index; med. 8v; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Macmillan, London, 1995. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated 31.X. 95) on the title page. Biography of the only man who was four times Prime Minister of Britain. More
Pp. x+462, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, 3 hand coloured maps (2 folding, 1 full page); school prize binding in full dark green morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments, boards with decorative blind borders and gilt edges, the gilt coat of arms of King's College, London at..... More
Written and photographed by John Bryson. Foreword by Katharine Hepburn. Pp. 176(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour; super roy. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker at foot of front flap; inked gift inscription (dated 1991) on half-title page; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990. First U.K...... More
Pp. [viii]+248, frontispiece portrait plus 20 plates, text illustrations, index; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, edges a trifle rubbed, the spine cloth lightly faded; some light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1929. First edition. *Biography of the Bulletin cartoonist, by his daughter. Several of..... More
Pp. xvi+238, 17 plates (5 tinted, including the frontispiece), pictorial endpapers printed in green, the title page printed in blue & black index; demy 8vo; grey and cream cloth, lettered and decorated in purple, slightly soiled, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised, the spine extremities rubbed and with tiny split at..... More
Pp. viii+472(last blank), 32 plates (16 coloured in part or whole), notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; tiny spot to fore-edge of a couple of leaves, the lower free endpaper and last few leaves faintly wrinkled; Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. More
Pp. xii+388, 16 plates, title page vignette, endpaper map, notes and sources, index; med. 8vo; grey papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker near bottom edge of back panel; Black Inc., Melbourne, 2018. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
In three volumes, comprising: Volume I. The Early Years, 1885-1912. By John Worthen. Pp. xxx+626, 32 plates, 4 full page maps, double page family tree, chronology, appendices, notes and sources, index; Volume II. Triumph to Exile, 1912-1922. By Mark Kinkead-Weekes. Pp. xlvi+944 (last blank), 32 plates, 6 maps (2 double..... More
Totalling approximately 3,500 pages, with frontispiece to all volumes except IV, VII & XI, plus pictorial endpapers in Volumes I-III, and index in all volumes; Volumes I-III demy 8vo, others med. 8vo; different coloured boards, spines lettered in gilt or silver, a couple of the fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrappers..... More
Pp. viii+392(last blank), 8 plates, notes and sources, index; small med. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, mustard papered boards; dust wrapper; Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, 2009. First U.S. edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Some memories of men and events. Pp. [x]+384, frontispiece, 1 full page illustration, appendix, index; boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and silverfished, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cassell, Melbourne, 1967. Second edition. More
Edited by Heather Henderson. Pp. xviii+284(last blank), 8 plates, double page family tree, patterned endpapers; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Pier 9, Sydney, 2011. First edition. *Letters written by Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister to his only daughter, Heather, while she and her diplomat husband were on..... More