Pp. xxii+330, 16 plates, 4 plans, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Viking, London, 2001. First edition. *Rupert Brooke, Carrington, E. M. Forster..... More
Pp. xii+370(last blank), 12 plates, title and headpiece decorations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt & silver-green, pale green papered boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; The Viking Press, New York, 1975. First U.S. edition. *Biography of James Thomas Brudenell..... More
Pp. [x]+270, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, foxed on flaps and reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers and half-title page faintly offset, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1989. First..... More
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 of Australia's leading teachers and researchers in modern European..... More
In two volumes. Pp. xviii+564+x+532(last blank), 16 plates (2 coloured, some with tissue guards), one folding facsimile, tipped-in facsimile letter from Queen Victoria, appendices, index; tall demy 8vo; dark red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with blind ruled borders, the boards slightly scuffed, edges rubbed and bruised, upper board..... More
Pp. xviii+ 398, 16 plates, text illustrations and maps, chronology, appendices, references, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed and soiled, back panel and a portion of front panel faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; John Curtis/Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994. First U.K...... More
Pp. vi+418, 12 plates, text maps; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Random House Australia, Sydney, 1998. Fifth impression. *An account of the life and times of Roden Cutler VC from his youth to army days and later in the..... More
Pp. xvi+528, 24 plates, double page family tree, notes, select bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2007. First edition. *'Never content with Sherlock Holmes, Conan..... More
Pp. xii+564, 24 plates (8 coloured), endpaper family trees, sources, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to top edge of upper board; pictorial glazed paper dust wrapper, plus a printed clear upper wrapper, the backstrip of which is lightly browned; tiny chip to..... More
Pp. 528, coloured frontispiece, black & white title page decoration and 24 plates; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with bookseller's roundel sticker at centre of backstrip, edges slightly creased and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves a...... More
Pp. xxxiv+524, 16 plates, 3 full page maps, glossary, chronology, index; med. 8vo; dark grey papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Faber and Faber, London, 2008. First edition. More
Pp. 284(last blank), index of authors; demy 8vo; purple/brown boards, lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges yellow; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and creased, with a few small splits and chips, the edges and backstrip slightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More
Pp. xx+534(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait and 16 plates, black & white text figures, notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Peter Gebhardt, dated October 2012) on the title page. More
Pp. x+446, bibliography, notes, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; text block browned; Viking/Penguin Books, London, 2003. First edition. *Joint biography of the authors of Tales from Shakespeare, which was first published in 1807 and has never been out of print. The private lives of..... More
Pp. xx+570, 24 plates, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered and ruled in white; dust wrapper; Faber and Faber, London, 1993. First edition. *An authorized biography, drawing on much previously unpublished material, including poems, letters, stories, and unfinished novels. More
Pp. 360(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations (one double page), endpaper map, chronological table, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; mottled tan boards, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, worn and soiled, edges lightly chipped; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1968. First edition. More
Pp. xvi+240(last blank), appendix, selected bibliography, index; post 8ov; purple boards, spine lettered in silver, the boards slightly warped; top edges yellow; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; the free endpapers faintly offset; Jonathan Cape, London, 1968. First U.K. edition. *Originally published in New Directions in 1944. This..... More
Pp. [viii]+416(last blank), 16 plates, notes on sources; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Scribner, London, 2002. Second printing. *Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2002. 'The shared political legacy, extraordinary personal links and enduring friendship between the Olympic legend Jesse Owens..... More
Pp. 452(last blank), 8 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1995. First edition. *Biography of one of the controversial French writer, 'unique in..... More
Pp. [vi]+252, coloured frontispiece portrait, numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), index; demy 4to; maroon boards, lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper; the author, Coombe Cottage, Melbourne, 2000. Second edition. *Originally published by Phoebe Publishing, in 1996. Melba was the author's grandmother. More
Pp. xxiv+918(last colophon), frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, pictorial headpieces, notes, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered and decorated in silver, tiny bruise at head of spine; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2015. First edition. *The first biography of the American poet. More
Edited and Translated by Aleksandra and Michael Parker. Introduction by Michael Parker. Pp. [xvi]+526, 32 plates, 3 full page maps, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; two-tone grey & green boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2017. First U.S. edition..... More
Pp. xx+586(last blank), 24 plates, text maps, (some full and one double page), notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; leaves browned; Random House Australia, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *The author has examined General Monash's extensive letter and diary archive and draws together the..... More
Pp. xx+364, 24 plates, 2 full page maps, 3 battle plans, chronology, notes on sources, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; The Bodley Head, London, 1987. First edition. *The first biography of Nelson to include an account of his plans for a new..... More
In two volumes. Volume One, 1886-1929. Pp. xii+430(last blank), frontispiece portrait, 14 plates, 4 text drawings, appendix, index; Volume Two, 1930-1968. Pp. xii+404(last blank), 8 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spines lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrappers; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedowns, top edges of..... More
