The story of Rosy Dock. Works by Jeannie Baker. A Wollongong City Gallery Touring Exhibition. Foreword by Peter O'Neill. With essays by Eric Rolls and Naomi Horridge and an Artist's Statement by Jeannie Baker. Pp. [12], black & white portrait; square 4to; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, edges..... More
An exposition: fakes and forgeries, facsimiles and deceptions, hoaxes and imposters XVI-XX Centuries. November 6, 1979-March 31, 1980. *let the reader beware. Pp. [ii]+31(including the reverse of the lower wrapper), text illustrations (some full page), index; demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, backstrip browned, bottom fore-corner of upper..... More
Catalogue by B. H. Breslauer, Introduction (in French) by J. Toulet. Pp. 170(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece, coloured and black & white plates, index; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, French folds; Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 1986. *Exhibition catalogue of 75 bindings from the Breslauer collection. More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. viii+164(last blank), frontispiece plus 15 plates, text illustrations (some full page); printed papered boards, corners slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and pencilling; The Trustees, British Museum, 1939. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label..... More
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Pp. [20], illustrated (3 full page), one page printed in red & black; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; [Friends of the Library, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1974]. *Catalogue of an exhibition held in the Mariam Coffin Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr..... More
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
exhibited at the fourth exhibition held by The First Edition Club, January 1925. Prefatory Note by A. J. A. Symons. Pp. xviii+98(last blank), 14 full page facsimiles; small cr. 4to; black buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards quite flecked, top fore-corners bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at..... More
held in the Old Court House, Maryleboone Lane (Messrs. J. & E. Bumpus Ltd) September-October 1931. Pp. 52(last blank), with a double page plan of the exhibition loosely inserted, title page ornament; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and faintly creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cambridge University..... More
An exhibition of original editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London, January to February 1947, arranged by John Carter with the collaboration of Michael Sadleir. Pp. xiv+50, 16 plates, index; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; hinge tender at several points; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, [London], 1947..... More
[Text in English and Spanish]. Pp. 56, 8 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners slightly creased; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. *Published to coincide with an exhibition presented..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, the title and headings printed in red, glossary of terms, bibliography; med. 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper wrapper; Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney, 1984. *Exhibition catalogue. More
With Some Notes. Exhibited at the Great Printing Exhibition, The Town Hall, Melbourne ... [cover title]. Pp. [20](last colophon); printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled, with red ink stain to bottom fore-corner of the lower wrapper and a couple of faint damp stains to the upper wrapper; uncut;..... More
An exhibition of books relating to the European discover and exploration of Australia. The Queen's Hall, State Library of Victoria, 14 June to 31 August 1988. Introduction by Brian Gerrard. Pp. 36, 4 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette, text illustrations and maps; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial paper..... More
COLLECTION. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Slater. Pp. xvi+300(last blank), frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, text illustrations, index; small cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications/The Trustees of the Dickens House, 1975. First edition. *Loosely inserted..... More
Guide to the Books, Autograph Letters, and Pictures exhibited in celebration of the Centenary of the publication of The Pickwick Papers on March 31, 1836. [cover title]. Pp. 20(including wrappers), stapled, upper wrapper lightly soiled and with small abrasion to lower fore-corner, lower fore-corner of last leaf creased and torn..... More
French illustrated books. Pp. 64, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, checklist; tall post 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1991. More
Arranged by the National Library of Australia for the thirteenth biennial conference of the Library Association of Australia, August, 1965. Pp. viii+24+[2], black & white frontispiece portrait plus 4 coloured and 2 black & white plates; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled and creased, the upper wrapper..... More
The fine press movement in Chicago, 1920-45. Pp. 40, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers; The Caxton Club of Chicago, Chicago, 2003. Edition limited to 1000 copies. *Exhibition catalogue, with contributors including John P. Chalmers, Frank J. Piehl, and James M. Wells..... More
An Exhibition by the James Hardie Library in the Royal Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre Sydney 30th November 1984-31st January 1985. Pp. [24], frontispiece portrait, illustrated in colour and sepia; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges faintly discoloured; James Hardie Industries, Sydney, 1984. More
![OLD AND RARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS [cover title]. Grant Mr., Mrs. A](/pictures/thumb/162677.jpg?v=1630236048)
Pp. [ii]+40(last blank)+[2](blank, lower edge slightly silverfished), bibliography, with single fold Addenda loosely inserted; oblong 8vo; pictorial beige paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned, small piece torn from lower fore-corner of lower wrapper; wording about St. Catherine's School Hall Building Fund ruled out in ink on verso of title page; Kenneth..... More
A catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts and Letters relating to Thomas James Wise displayed in an Exhibition in Manchester Central Library September 1964. Edited by G. E. Haslam. Foreword by John Carter, Introduction by Alderman Maurice P. Pariser. Pp. xii+86, 4 illustrations (one full page), appendix, errata slip laid on..... More
The European conquest of the oceans, 1450 to 1840. Catalogue of an exhibition of rare books, maps, charts, prints, and manuscripts relating to maritime history from the John Carter Brown Library. Pp. xxii+204+[2](last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, indices; wide demy 4to; blue..... More
Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection. [Exhibition catalogue]. Foreword by Winston Tabb. Pp. [vi]+viii+126(last colophon), coloured frontispiece and text illustrations (mostly full page), exhibition checklist; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers printed on both sides, the fore-corners a trifle rubbed; Sheridan Libraries, Johns..... More
Censorship and Propaganda in World War II. Pp. x+258, appendices, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1984. First edition. More