Pp. 22, printed in red & black; demy 16mo; qr. cream cloth, blue/grey papered boards, with printed title label on upper board, a trifle soiled; free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Allied Newspapers Limited, London, n.d.[192-]. *J. Murray Allison (1877-1929) was at that time the advertising director of Allied..... More
A broken run of 478 issues, including the first and last (Volume 1, No. 1, November 19, 1942 and Volume 4, No. 230, June 30, 1946), most of the issues bound (not always in numerical order) in three volumes, plus over 50 loose issues (mostly from Volume 3, 1945). Regular..... More
Broadside calendar, headed 'With the Compliments of Guinea Gold' above a photographic view of 'Moresby Harbour in Peace Time'; demy 4to; lightly creased, inscribed in ink above title 'Good Luck Mum & Dad - Love Gordon; mounted, glazed and framed; [Port Moresby], 1944. *Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of..... More
Magazines and newspapers in Australian Literature. Pp. xii+270(last blank), illustrations, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; bookplate on upper pastedown; Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *A study of the contribution of magazines and newspapers to Australian literature. More
Delivered at the Public Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne, on Monday, October 10th, 1938 . . . Pp. 32; demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, the staples rusted, lightly soiled and browned, small chip in lower wrapper near backstrip fold; top edges of leaves foxed; Robertson & Mullens Ltd., Melbourne..... More
A biography of an Uninhibited National Australian Newspaper, Born: l March 1919, Died: 28 October 1950. Pp. [x]+258, text illustrations; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves faintly soiled and foxed;..... More
An Autobiography. Pp. viii+304, 12 plates, appendix, index; demy 8vo; orange boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded, edges lightly rubbed; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly soiled; Nelson, Melbourne, 1969. First edition..... More
My First Forty Years. Pp. [viii]+206(last blank), 20 plates, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; text block browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
An Autobiography. Foreword by Graham Greene. Pp. x+270, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted, bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel faintly faded, the flaps lightly foxed; name in ink on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; Quartet Books, London..... More
A forgotten genius. Pp. x+174, 4 plates, appendices, select bibliography, index; small med. 8vo; dark brown papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker at foot of front flap; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Nelson, Melbourne, 1972. First edition. *Biography of the politician, editor and founder of the..... More
Pp. xii+180, 8 plates, a few text illustrations; demy 8vo;pink pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. More
Illustrated by Birket Foster. Pp. x+[15]-326+[2](advertisements), tinted frontispiece, vignette title page, and 6 plates (some with tissue guard); cr. 8vo; dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, the boards with decorative gilt borders and corner ornaments within outer gilt rules, slightly scuffed; a.e.g.; dentelles..... More
of its first editor, Frederick Greenwood, and of its founder, George Murray Smith. Pp. xii+470+[2](advertisement, colophon), frontispiece portrait plus 6 plates, text illustrations and facsimiles, appendices, index; boards lightly foxed and flecked, with a couple of small faded spots to spine; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and..... More
The Newspaper and Journal Trade, 1740-1914. Pp. xii+252(last blank), text illustrations and maps, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/British Library, New Castle, DE., 2009. First edition. Print Networks series. *Articles include The market for murder..... More
Pp. [xii]+268(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1997. First edition. *Autobiography of the journalist whose achievements include: 'exposing the cynical double-dealing of Thalidomide, reporting on the shadowy machinations of the Profumo scandal and unravelling the Hitler Diaries fiasco. Knightley's investigations into the world of espionage led to..... More
Pp. xxiv+514(last blank)+[2](advert), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, facsimile letter tipped-in at p. 116, the title page printed in red & black, index; thick med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; t.e.g.; upper hinge cracked, occasional slight soiling; Constable, London, 1913. First edition..... More
Foreword by Les Blake. Pp. [xvi]+240, text illustrations; pictorial glazed papered boards, tiny bump to bottom edge of lower board; neat name in ink at head of upper pastedown, the endpapers lightly offset; the author, Horsham, Victoria, 1985. First edition. *Biography of Alfred Wright Lockwood, a pioneering Victorian country town..... More
An Anthology of Articles from The New York Times Magazine. Edited with an introduction and nots by Lester Markel. Pp. xx+490+[2](colophon, verso blank); med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, light blue papered boards, a trifle soiled, edges lightly faded and worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and..... More
The autobiography of a newspaperman. Pp. [x]+260(last blank), 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, with small closed tear to front panel at backstrip fold, the back panel slightly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1961. First edition. *Autobiography of..... More
Pp. viii+312, numerous text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse and a trifle scuffed, backstrip faintly faded; endpapers slightly marked, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Wildcat Press, Sydney, 1979. First edition. *Memoirs of an Australian journalist..... More
Australian editors and writers in early Tasmania. A contribution to the history of the Australian Press and Literature, with Notes Biographical and Bibliographical. Pp. x+308, notes, chronological conspectus of writers to 1846, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip..... More
Pp. 192, frontispiece portrait; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on flaps and reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split, small chip to top edge of front panel, the backstrip and top edge of front panel faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; A. H. & A. W...... More
Some account of the physical development of journals printed in London between 1622 & the present day. Pp. xii+336(last blank), frontispiece, plus 5 plates (1 tinted, 1 folding), numerous text figures (many full page), decorative initials, appendix, indices; f'cap. folio; red/brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards..... More
Pp. 320; post 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; name & date (1967) in ink at head of upper free endpaper Collins, London, 1967. Book Club edition. *First published..... More
A Business Biography. Pp. viii+246, 8 plates, pictorial endpapers, index; boards a trifle grazed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, 1976. First edition. More