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
(The I.R.A. Coventry Explosion of 1939). Pp. xiv+284, 14 plates (two double page), folding plan, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; faint trace of sticker removal from foot of upper pastedown; William Hodge & Company, Limited, London..... More
Pp. xii+402, frontispiece, plus 6 plates, 4 page facsimile letter, the title page printed in red & black; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, the cloth faintly soiled, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; inked gift inscription (dated 1941) at head of upper free endpaper, scattered light..... More
Judge-Advocate Ellis Bent and Judge Jeffery Hart Bent. Pp. 176, 8 plates, notes, index; demy 8vo; dark grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves faintly offset, a little light foxing; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1968. First..... More
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In two volumes. Volume One: Edited and selected by Sir Norman Birkett. With contemporary engravings. Pp. [iv]+260, frontispiece, plus 7 plates; Volume Two: Edited with an introduction by Lord Birkett. Pp. [ii]+266(last blank), frontispiece, plus7 plates; marching qr. black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown papered boards patterned in gilt..... More
Pp. [xii]+210+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece, 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g.; endpapers browned, scattered foxing, occasionally heavy; William Hodge & Company, Edinburgh, 1914. First edition. Notable British Trials series..... More
Brought together by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner. Third edition, revised and enlarged by F. W. Read. Pp. xiv+144(last blank)+[2](advertisements), appendix; f'cap. 8vo; tan papered boards, lettered and decorated in black, a trifle canted; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges chipped and split, with piece torn from foot of backstrip, the edges and..... More
Recollections of Life in the Victorian Police Force. Pp. [viii]+104, tailpiece illustration; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+218, frontispiece portrait, 14 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth lightly flecked, fore-corners slightly worn or bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers offset and browned, scattered foxing, occasionally heavy; Butterworth & Co..... More
(The Port-hole Murder). Pp. 256(last blank), 11 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, spine faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown (and faint signs of removal of earlier..... More
Pp. xiv+278, 12 plates, 2 folding plans, the title page printed in red & black, chronological table, appendix; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards slightly canted, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and..... More
Pp. xii+246, frontispiece plus 10 plates (including a double sided facsimile letter), 3 full page facsimiles, title page printed in red & black, appendices; green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper..... More
Pp. xii+224(last blank), frontispiece, plus 10 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, boards faintly soiled, edges lightly bruised; edges of leaves faintly soiled, a little light foxing; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1930. Notable British..... More
Pp. [ii]+762(last blank), 12 plates (within pagination), notes and sources, documents, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle marked, with slight bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle creased, minor production (creasing) fault pp. 565, edges of leaves slightly..... More
Pp. xii+264, 12 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, several splits and chips at head and foot of backstrip and flap folds; outer leaves lightly..... More
Foreword by Luke North. Pp. [ii]+56, mounted frontispiece portrait; printed paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper lettered and decorated in red & black, foxed and slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip chipped, partial remains of small sticker near top fore-corner of upper wrapper, small hole in lower wrapper; uncut, a few..... More
Aided and abetted by Marien Dreyer. Foreword by Gordon Chater. Pp. 172(last blank), pictorial double title page printed in orange & black; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded; text block slightly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Edwards & Shaw, Sydney, 1967. First edition..... More
The Biography of a Career. Aided and abetted by Marien Dreyer. Pp. 176(last blank), frontpsiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; navy cloth, spoine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faded; bookseller's sticker..... More
Pp. xii+208, frontispiece portrait plus 5 plates, including map, title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; t.e.g; dust wrapper, edges and folds lightly worn, chipped and split, backstrip browned; some scattered foxing; William Hodge & Company..... More
The life of Danilo Dolci. Pp. 256, 24 plates, map, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; occasional very light foxing; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1965. First edition. *The first full-length biography of the man described by Aldous Huxley as the ideal 20th century saint, also known as the 'Gandhi of Sicily'. More
Pp. 12 plates (one folding), the title page printed in red & black, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; demy 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly foxed; free endpapers faintly offset; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1953. First edition..... More
Pp. xiv+236, frontispiece, 17 plates, folding plan, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black, fore-edges of boards lightly faded, corners slightly bruised; bottom edge of a few leaves lightly bruised, scattered foxing; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1928. First edition. Notable British Trials series. *Trove: Trial at..... More
Edited by F. Tennyson Jesse. Pp. xiv+236, frontispiece, plus 18 plates, folding plan at end, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, top fore-corners slightly bruised; upper hinge starting, small surface..... More
Memories and murder. Pp. [viii]+360; top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Western Australian Premier's Non-fiction Book Award. When he was six, Robert Drewe and his family moved from..... More
