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 about NOW THE WAR IS OVER
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 about PATRIOTISM VERSUS WELFARE:
A social study of the British army in the First World War. Pp. xii+276, text illustrations (most double page), 2 full page maps, notes, appendices, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, UK price sticker at foot of front flap; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing; Manchester University Press... More about A NATION IN ARMS
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 about THE BIG SPENDERS
Pp. iv+266, appendix, notes at end of each chapter, index; demy 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle worn and a little browned, lightly foxed on reverse, flaps browned, bookseller's stickers on the front flap; endpapers lightly offset; Croom Helm, London, 1981. First U.K. edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile... More about GERMANY IN THE AGE OF TOTAL WAR
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 about OBJECTION OVERRULED
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese...](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1560597769)
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 about A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title
The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933. Pp. xvi+236(last blank), 1 full page map, text figures & tables, appendices, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996. First... More about THE LOGIC OF EVIL
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 about ON GOING TO BED
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 about COURTLY PERFORMANCES
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 about CITY TATTERSALLS
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 about 1939: THE LAST SEASON
being ninety English and ten Scotch broadsides illustrating the biography and manners of the seventeenth century. Photographically reproduced and edited with an introduction and notes by John W. Draper. Pp. xviii+230(last blank), title page printed in red & black, numerous illustrations (mostly full, a couple double page), indices; roy. 4to;..... More about A CENTURY OF BROADSIDE ELEGIES
Pp. 256, text illustrations (one double page), index; qr. cloth, pink papered boards, edges lightly browned; uncut; dust wrapper, a little worn, browned and foxed; endpapers lightly offset, some foxing to outer leaves, edges of leaves quite foxed; Allen Lane, London, 1981. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile... More about FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY
White ships, black cargo. Introduction by Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Pp. [80], profusely illustrated (mostly full or double page), full page map, bibliography, footnotes; large oblong 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and scuffed; Dial Books, New York... More about THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
Pp. xvi+364, frontispiece, plus 16 plates, index; boards slightly scuffed, edges lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Heath Cranton, London, 1950. First edition. *'How the fortunes of war swayed. Who the architects of... More about VICTORY CAVALCADE
A pictorial anthology of camp followers through the ages. Pp. 224(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 4to; boards slightly warped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; Midas Books, Speldhurst, Kent, 1979. First edition. More about THEY ALSO SERVED
With a Foreword by David Stafford-Clark. Pp. xxvi+196, 16 plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Nelson, 1967. First edition. *Analysis of the range of publications devoted to sexual fantasy in the English-speaking world. More about THE UNDERGROWTH OF LITERATURE
The civilian struggle against Nazism in Holland and Germany. Pp. xxii+282, 8 plates; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse; edges of leaves foxed; Bloomsbury, London, 1988. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More about REQUIEM FOR THE RESISTANCE
A critique of contemporary life through the medium of architecture. Pp. xx+184, 33 plates (one double page), text figures, index; black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, the spine blocked in red, the upper board a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves... More about ART IN A MACHINE AGE
Pp. x+118, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, pictorial endpapers, appendix, index; printed card wrappers, slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; The Lyceum Club, Melbourne, 1975. First edition, paperback. More about A HISTORY OF THE LYCEUM CLUB, MELBOURNE
The sequel of "A Glance at the Homes of the Thousands." With numerous Engravings from the Life. Pp. viii+102+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus several text illustrations (one full page); later (not recent) cloth backed grey papered boards, spine lettered in black, the lower board slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed;..... More about TOWN SWAMPS AND SOCIAL BRIDGES
Its antiquities, symbols, constitutions, customs, etc. Embracing an investigation of the records of the organisations of the fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, and the United States. Derived from official sources. In three volumes. Pp. [vi]+504+[iv]+502+[iv]+502, 48 plates with tissue guards (36 coloured, 2 sepia), 6 charts... More about THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY
British Life after the Great War. Pp. 154(last blank), text illustrations; tall post 4to; edges of boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; Buchan & Enright, London, 1987.First edition. More about A LAND FIT FOR HEROES
Pp. xvi+206(last colophon), title page decoration, plus numerous text illustrations (several full page), appendix, references, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper; University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 2002. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 2009) on the upper free endpaper. 'For centuries, the history and lore of tinkers... More about TIN MEN