Introduction by Rt. Hon. the Lord Gardiner, Lord Chancellor 1964-70. Pp. xii+236, 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Reprinted. *'In February 1973, Stanley Adams blew the whistle on illicit trading practices of the giant multinational drug company Hoffmann-La Roche, the world's..... More
A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth. Pp. 478, 7 plates (1 double page), notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine blocked in maroon and lettered in gilt, edges slightly browned; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and worn, with tears at head of backstrip tape-repaired on verso; upper hinge..... More
A Social History of Britain 1945-51. Pp. viii+224(last blank), 48 plates, notes, index; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed; outer leaves faintly offset, a few of the plates slightly damp stained, scattered light foxing; British Broadcasting Corporation/Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. First edition. *From the library of..... More
An American Theme and its application to Australian History. Pp. [viii]+48, frontispiece portrait [of American historian Frederick Jackson Turner], bibliographical note, appendices; post 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faded (heaviest on backstrip), edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; endpapers slightly offset, the..... More
Reminiscences and reflections of the first Professor of Modern History in the University of Western Australia, 1916-1986. Pp. xii+150, black & white frontispiece portrait plus 4 plates (3 coloured), appendices (including bibliography), index; dust wrapper, short split at foot of back flap fold; University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1987..... More
A Study of the Years 1820-50. Pp. 72, pictorial title page, 6 full page illustrations, notes; demy 8vo; pictorial purple paper wrappers with flap folds, faintly foxed, edges a trifle creased; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Journeyman Press/London History Workshop Centre, London, 1983. Reprinted. *Originally published in 1976..... More
Ideas for the future of a civil society. Preface by Jonathan Mills. Foreword by Sir Gustav Nossal. Pp. [ii]+xiv+592, vignette portrait of Deakin on limitation page; demy 8vo; dark green art. leather, lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; ABC Books, Sydney, 2001. First edition; one of 100 specially..... More
Being a Social and Economic Sketch History. Pp. 176, 16 plates, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, full length printed title label on spine, the boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; the free endpapers slightly offset..... 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. x+140, text maps (one double page), tables, bibliography, index; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, small stain to top edge of a few leaves; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
Pp. 240(last blank), notes, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, browned, verso foxed; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Leicester University Press/Fontana Paperbacks, Leicester, 1988. First edition. Fontana History of European War and Society series. *From the library of Sydney..... More
with some heraldic and biographical notices. Pp. viii+174, text illustrations, index; dark green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards lettered and decorated in blind, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly bruised; slight signs of sticker removal from foot of upper pastedown, early inked gift inscription (from a Barbara..... More
an extract from "The Unseen Assassins". Foreword by Melbert B. Cary, jr. Pp. xiv+32+2(blank, colophon), title page vignette printed in blue & black; cloth backed gilt lettered brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut; Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, 1932 [Foreword dated 1933]. *Issued in commemoration of..... 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. xii+354(last blank), half-title and title page vignettes; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; Simon & Schuster, London, 2011. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. 176, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; John Kerr, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. More
An autobiography. Pp. 222(last blank), 16 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper; a little foxing John Kerr, Melbourne, 1986. Reprinted, before publication. More
Pp. 480, 8 plates, 4 maps (one full page), notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1984. First edition. *'Written in co-operation with Yasser Arafat and the top leadership of the PLO' [wrapper blurb]. More
A Personal Investigation into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man. Illustrated by Berdine Ardrey. Pp. 380, illustrations (two double page), bibliography, index; post 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners of lower board slightly bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly..... More
Pp. xii+396, frontispiece, plus 4 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; rebound in series style in later red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the cloth slightly bubbled on upper board adjacent to spine; later endpapers, a little light foxing and occasional slight..... More
A Reassessment. Pp. x+158(last blank), full page school plan, appendices, notes, index; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989. First edition. *A critical look at Arnold's achievements as a headmaster written from a headmaster's point of view. The author was Headmaster of Tonbridge School for eight years, and of Eton..... More
Pp. 32; cr. 8vo; paper wrappers, printed in navy, stapled, backstrip and edges lightly browned; leaves browned; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939. Printed in Melbourne. Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs No. 17. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on verso of upper wrapper. More
Foreword by Leslie Dodd. Pp.[viii]+214(last blank), 31 plates (1 double page); dust wrapper, lightly marked; Investigator Press, Adelaide, 1971. First edition. *Story of the teachers and students who make up Australia's radio schools. More
Pp. viii+128, index; edges and spine cloth slightly faded; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, slightly chipped at head of backstrip, inked number on front flap; free endpapers lightly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1960. First edition. More
