Governor Judge Altgeld's reversal in 1893 of conviction in 1887 of the Chicago martyrs. Full text of official report of Governor after exhaustive "enquiry". Pp. 48(last blank); small cr. 8vo; printed green paper wrappers, faded, worn and lightly foxed, the backstrip quite chipped, with both wrappers detached and much of..... 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
Pp. [xii]+210+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece, 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards a trifle soiled, edges lightly worn, spine cloth slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the outer leaves offset, scattered foxing 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
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. [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
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
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
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
The story of the Singapore traitor. Pp. xvi+266(last blank), 8 plates, 2 full page maps, 1 plan, appendices, notes, select bibliography, index; black cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lower edge of reverse of rear panel slightly soiled; Hodder& Stoughton, London, 1993. First U.K. edition. More
A transcript. Pp. 24, frontispiece portrait plus 2 full page illustrations; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked and rubbed; The Council of the Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 1974. The William Dixson Foundation Publication Number 15. More
Pp. viii+302, frontispiece portrait, 7 plates, folding plan, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; ownership stamp and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers offset and browned, some light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Butterworth & Co. (Australia), Limited..... More
Pp. xiv+300(last blank), frontispiece portrait, 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; ownership stamp and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers lightly offset and browned, some foxing; Butterworth & Co. (Australia), Limited, Sydney, n.d.[1934?] . Australian edition. Notable British..... More
(The Peasenhall Case). Pp. xii+332, frontispiece portrait, 4 plates, title page printed in red & black; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; ownership stamp and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers offset and browned, some light foxing; Butterworth & Co. (Australia), Limited, Sydney, n.d.[1934?]. Australian edition. Notable British..... More
Gordon-Cumming v. Wilson and Others. Pp. [xii]+xii+294, frontispiece, plus 7 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, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; later endpapers, a little light..... More
The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer. Pp. 312; beige cloth, spine lettered in silver and decorated in red; top edges red, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly discoloured; free endpapers faintly offset; Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1957. First..... More
Pp. [xii]+348, frontispiece, 8 plates, folding plan at end, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black, boards lightly marked, fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, soiled and lightly foxed, backstrip browned and brittle, edges worn and lightly creased and chipped, tears..... More
Pp. xii+220(last blank), frontispiece portrait, pictorial endpapers printed in red, appendices, index; med. 8vo; head of spine and top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate lifting around the backstrip (which is also slightly faded); name & date in ink at foot..... More
(Regina V. Penguin Books Limited). With an Introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde. Preface by Stephen Tumim. Pp. viii+334(last blank); med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, back flap a trifle foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, small ink mark to bottom edge of..... More
Pp. xii+312, frontispiece, plus 7 plates, 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, cloth a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; fore-corners of a few leaves slightly creased..... More
Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda. Pp. xx+444(last blank), 16 plates, 11 text maps (3 double page), references, select bibliography, index; med 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Hutchinson, London, 2003. First edition. More
