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
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
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
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
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
Pp. xxviii+404, 16 plates, bibliography index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly at a few points; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hutchinson of London, London, 1967. First U.K. edition. *Posthumously published account of 'the magnificoes, the grandees, the..... More
Pp. [x]+260(last blank), source references, select bibliography, index; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; a little faint bleeding of cloth colour onto the free endpapers, a little pale foxing; Constable & Company Limited, London, 1979. First edition. *'The authors trace the origin and..... More
The Diaries of Maud Berkeley. Adapted by Flora Fraser. Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, full page coloured map; square 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board faintly scratched; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded; Secker &..... More
Pp. 286(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, browned and lightly soiled, verso foxed; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Leicester University Press/Fontana Paperbacks, Leicester, 1982. First edition. Fontana History of European War and Society series. *From the library..... More
A Soldier's Story. Growing up in Jewish America, liberating the D.P. Camps, and a new home in Jerusalem. Pp. 264, text illustrations including maps; med. 8vo; brown art. leather, lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Mesorah Publications, New York, 2000. First edition. *Author's inscription on the title-page. More
Pp. 320(last blank), 8 plates, sources, index; top edges red; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; endpapers offset and browned; ownership name on upper free endpaper, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his..... More
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese...](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1612925417)
8 page pamphlet, stapled; leaves lightly browned, with a couple of short closed tears from fore-edges; printed by J. Roy Stevens Print, Melbourne, 1940. First edition. *Issued as a Souvenir of the Club's Australian Art & Literature Exhibition held at Tye's Velasquez Gallery, 100 Bourke Street Melbourne, 1940. More
How Centuries End 1400-2000. Pp. [viii]+248, illustrated in colour and black & white (some full page), further reading, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, bottom fore-corner of back panel lightly creased; bottom fore-corner of a few leaves slightly..... More
Drawn and described by Iris Brooke. With an Introduction by James Laver. Pp. 88(last blank)+[6](advertisements), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers printed in green; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver, top fore-corners of boards very slightly bruised; top edges green; price-clipped dust..... More
Pp. 96, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page); small cr. 4to; tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Andre Deutsch, London, 1982. First edition. *'To his personal views Anthony Burgess adds a wealth of general bed-lore, illustrated with colour plates which..... More
The Story of Human Development as a Part of Nature. Pp. xvi+336, 56 plates, text illustrations, tables and charts, bibliography, index; boards flecked and slightly damp stained, bottom fore-corner of upper board lightly bruised;; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Weidenfeld..... More
Masking and festivity in Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier". Frontispiece portrait, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; a little inked marginalia; Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1978. More
Written and illustrated by Margaret Chapman. Pp. [70], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; narrow demy 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, with short closed tear to top edge of back panel near spine; a little light foxing; Jupiter..... More
The Age of Consequences. Pp. 240, illustrated in colour throughout, bibliography; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; JonGlez, [Paris], 2014. *'Derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.... documenting the ruins of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever..... More
75 years: a history. Pp. [64], illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white, pictorial free endpapers; oblong 4to; edges of boards lightly worn; occasional faint soiling; [Tattersalls Club], Sydney, 1970. First edition. More
Being choice and humorous selections from scenes at The Sydney Police Office, and other public places, during the last three years. Presented by Cyril Pearl. Pp. [iv]+104(last blank), pictorial double title page printed in light brown & black, tinted and black & white text illustrations (a couple full and one..... More
Pp. 240, illustrated throughout, select bibliography, sources of illustrations, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly worn and soiled; bookplate of Australian architect Peter Corrigan on half-title page, lightly offset on verso; Thames & Hudson, London, 1989. First edition. More
Leisure Times in Early Australia. Pp. xii+378, coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly marked, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip lightly faded; outer leaves slightly offset, some..... More
The world of the early Victorians as seen through the eyes of the Illustrated London News. Selected by Leonard De Vries. Foreword by Arthur Bryant. Introduction by W. H. Smith, Text abridged by Ursula Robertshaw. Pp. 160(last blank), printed double or triple column, numerous text illustrations (some full or double..... More
Illustrated by Sydney R. Jones. Pp. viii+ 212(last blank)+[4](advertisements), coloured frontispiece, black & white title page decoration, and numerous text illustrations (many full page), printed upper pastedown, index; roy. 8vo; pictorial blue cloth, a trifle soiled, edges and spine lightly worn, the spine faded and with short split at head;..... More