London, New York, San Francisco: Academic Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover, pp.x, 180; numerous illustrations and graphs; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, green dustwrapper with dark green lettering and illustration of a fish skeleton. Dust wrapper foxed, some foxmarks to the edges of the text block and..... More
Stockholm: Kamini Press, 2008. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Kamini Press poetry Series No. 2. Stapled small press chapbook with illustrated front cover by Henry Denander, unpaginated (48pp comprised of 11 sheets of cream pages folded between marine blue endpapers). Signed by Denander on the copyright page and by Charters on..... More
St. Paul's House, Warwick Lane: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. Limited Edition. Octavo (23 x 14.5cm), xvi, 269pp, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings and maps. Leatherbound, with author sgnature in gilt on top board, gilt stamped title on spine (gilt now lacking), five reaised bands, textured endpaers, all edges gilt..... More
Milan: Skira, c. 2004. Hardcover. Quarto (288 x 248 mm.), 455 [6] pp., ill., pictorial paper covered boards. Text in Italian and English. Cover title: published without separate title page. Near Fine, edges of boards lightly bumped. Pierre Huyghe (1962- ) is a French artist whose work includes film, photographs..... More
Sydney: Cassell and Co., 1948-1956. First Australian Edition. Half leather. [Fine binding] Octavo, uniformly bound by Karen McGuire in half leather over cloth covered boards. Complete in six volumes. Volume One (1948): The Gathering Storm. Original endpapers, pp xv, (1) blank, 640, all maps and diagrams as called for. Volume Two..... More
Napoli, Italy: Electra, 2004. First Edition. Softcover: pp. [1-14] 15-262 [263-268]; Richly illustrated throughout with two folding illustrations; Translations by Marguerite Shore; Softcover with French flaps; Cover illustration detail of artist's work. Light foxing on top edge; Spine has centre crease; Slightly separated at gutter but spine intact; a good square..... More
Penn Valley: R. L. Crow Publications, 2003. Stated first printing. Glossy pictorial cover. With an introduction by Ann Menebroker. Glossy photographic covers, 94pp. Signed by Cirillo and Staple at the title page and by Menebroker at the introduction. In March 2018 Archives Fine Books acquired the better portion of the..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. xv, [1, blank], 203, [1, blank] + 8 double sided black and white plates; red cloth covered boards, lettering in gilt on the spine; illustrated dust wrapper; blue and white illustrated endpapers; inscribed by the author. Head of spine..... More
Amsterdam/London: Ins and Outs Press/Turret Books, 1992. Limited Edition. Allen Ginsberg Original screenprint by Kirke Wilson from a photograph by Ira Cohen. No.64 of 70. Slight curl from having been stored in a roll; some light creases to the lower edges. Produced in 1992 by the Ins and Outs Press..... More
Los Angeles: Open Horizons, October 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback (19.5 x 13.3cm); pp. (4) 180 (4); soft card covers with picture of the band on the front and Cohen on the back. Signed by Michael Allsup on the front cover, and the other band members inside front cover..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Original glassine wrapper a little worn at the top corners and head of spine. Cloth spine with paper label, blood orange eps, 133 pp., Billy Jones bookmark on front paste down (mass produced). One of 200 trade copies. Inscribed to..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Cloth spine with paper label, red eps, 133 pp. Of 200 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author this is 20. Original glassine wrapper in good condition.Occasional marginalia from Billy Jones in his distinctive text. Light foxing. From the..... More
Boulder: Westview Press, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardback (25 x 19cm); pp. 320 including 48 pages of black and white plates; richly illustrated with 150 photographs and 66 line drawings; beige cloth covered boards; lettering in gilt on the spine; plain endpapers; pictorial dust wrapper with sky blue spine. Head and..... More
Brisbane: A. Green, 2010. Facsimile. 1/4 cloth. Octavo (217 x 152 mm.), xv, 219 pp., ill., maps (3 folding) , quarter cloth with paper covered boards. As new. Facsimile of : Perth, W.A.: Trustees of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1922. Facsimile Edition limited to..... More
Sydney: Authority Of The Commissioners For The Colonial And Indian Exhibition, 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i] ii-iv [2 blank] [1] 2-488 : Fold out coloured map : Purple cloth covered boards with gilt lettering : Embossed lines above and below title. Boards are faded towards the spine and worn..... More
Sydney: Hunter's Hill, 1996. First Edition. Softcover, 21 x 14cm, 84pp, signed by six of the "Battlers" and inscribed by Betty James (one of the thirteen) to her friend Jenny. Loosely inserted: A note from Betty and Jim James to Jenny and Bruce (Crawford, of Brisbane) that introduces the book..... More
Kingsgrove, NSW: 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Association, c. 1985. Paperback original. Octavo (183 x 125 mm.), 304 pp., ill., maps, ill. card wrappers. Very good, edges lightly spotted, upper front cover corner creased. Name of previous owner written and stamped on half title page. 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance was formed..... More
London: New Cavendish Books, 2000. First Edition. Large format hardcover (28 x 29cm), pp. 288, richly illustrated with colour plates; dark green cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers; dark green and photographic dust wrapper. Bottom of front hinge and bottom corners very gently bruised; top..... More
London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1913. Cloth. Red cloth covers with gilt title, frontipiece and 30 plates, xiii, 386pp. Covers clean and bright. A little sunning to spine. Binding square, corners gently bumped. Some foxing to first and final gatherings and to p.43. Otherwise internally clean. There is..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Miflin Company, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 268, 15 photogravure illustrations, blue cloth covered boards, grey cloth spine, gilt lettered leather title panel, top board with gilt blocked seal, top edge gilt. Some foxing to edges of leaves and to first and last..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1930?]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 320; blue cloth covered boards with black embossed lettering, illustrated dust wrapper. Head, tail and edges lightly rubbed with a few small patches of wear; corners gently bruised; mild wear towards spine on front board and along..... More
Honolulu and Belair: University of Hawai’i Press, 2010. Large format hardcover (29.5 x 21.5cm), pp. xxii, 286, richly illustrated with black and white and colour photographs; white cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover and gilt illustration on the front cover; brown endpapers. Head, tail and..... More
London: Éditions Aubrey Walter, 1994. 1994. Softcover, 25.5 x 23cm, 70pp. With an introduction by Mark Thompson. The spine is sunned to a much paler shade of yellow than the covers, the title on the spine has not faded, corners sharp, two or three flecks of rust on top edge, otherwise..... More
Bisbane: January 11, 1926. Foolscap with paper covers (dimensions 34 x 21cm),168pp, 29 (1 - 25. I - IV Riders) folding plates, staplebound. Loosely inserted an advertisement for W.R. Smith & Paterson Ltd, Stationers, Printers, Bookbinders, etc., 286-92 Adelaide St, Brisbane. A tired copy, considerably edgeworn, with first three pages..... More
UK: The Crowood Press, 2009. Roy Cross. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [1-5] 6-128 : Coloufully illustrated throughout : Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine : Illustrated endpapers : Purple dust jacket with design by Blue Sunflower Creative. Slight foxxing to fore-edge of text block : Fox mark..... More