London: Sandle Brothers Ltd., n.d. First Edition. Oblong hardcover (20 x 27.3cm); 3 unpaginated boards; two double page pop-ups; illustrated covers, red cloth backstrip. Corners a little bruised; both pop-ups working. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Special edition. No 36 of 50. Signed by the author. Octavo, 320pp, top edge gilt, the rest untrimmed. Blonde leather, gilt title on green leather label to spine. Leather has minor marks and is aged to a pale yellow. Top of the label and bottom right..... More
London: G. Routledge and Co., 1851, 1852. Volume bound in ¼ brown leather, binding tight, leather corners, lozenge pattern on spine with gilt rules and raised bands, gilt on black leather titles, marbled (combed) paper boards slightly abraded, a little fraying at edges, faded marbled edges of text pages, 616..... More
New York: Three Sirens Press, n.d. [1930s]. The Illustrated Editions Series. Small ocatvo (21.2 x 13.5cm), pp. 114 [2], 5 full page illustrations by Norman Lindsay (including frontispiece) and several in text line drawings; green cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt and gilt design to top board and spine..... More
Cloth. Apple green cloth, paper label on top board, original glassine wrapper in good condition, tan eps, unpaginated (October 1974 – September 1975). Underlining, parentheses and marginalia by Billy Jones. Very Good. More
London: William Heinemann, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, pp (viii), 214, (ii). light blue boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, illustrated paper jacket. Corners are lightly bumped and with light foxing to the edges of the leaves. The jacket is price clipped, a little edgeworn and with a 1cm..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover 16mo (23.5 x 15.5cm); pp. [12], 401, [3, blank]; peach leather spine; beige marbled paper covered boards; metallic blue lettering on the front cover and borders either side of the spine; deckled fore edge; beige textured endpapers; opaque rice paper..... More
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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Thomas Rowlandson. A New Edition. Small octavos (17.5 x 10.6cm); uniformly bound in red cloth covered boards with paper labels to the spines, top edges gilt, and plain endpapers. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque: (8) 265 (1); with..... 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
Sydney: Tuesday, February 25, 1845. No.2429. One broadsheet folded into four pages. Centre fold has been repaired with paper tape, corners creased, occasional stain and spot of foxing. A full but generally unremarkable day in colonial news but for the mention of the dalight robbery of the mail coach at..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Full calf. Octavo (20.9 x 13cm), pp. xi, 624, 40 illustrations by Phiz including the vignette title page. Handsomely bound in full tan polished calf with five raised bands to the spine, tooled and gilt blocked panels, title panel in slightly darker tan and author..... More
Sydney: Selected Publications, n.d. Almost square stapled paperback with illustrated card covers (19 x 16cm); 8pp (also card); 6 colour and 6 b&w illustrations. Covers slightly soiled, a little age toned, otherwise very good. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. First Edition. Large format hardcover (33.5 x 21cm); pp. (240), richly illustrated with black and white photographs; paper covered boards; black and white pictorial cover with lettering in white on the spine; black endpapers; lacking publisher's band. Very gentle bruising at the head and tail..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Thus. One of 400 cloth trade copies. Original glassine wrapper slightly wrinkled. Cloth spine over illustrated boards with light nibbling along top bottom edges, chipped and abraded paper label, mustard yellow eps, 161pp. Billy Jones’s signature spiral on ffep and at p.160, minor..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1942. Second Edition. Softcover (18.5 x 12.5cm), pp. (28); beige wrapes with lettering and border on the front cover in purple. Head and tail of spine chipped; spine has browned and is a touch brittle with age; edges of text block gently dust toned; wraps a little..... More
New York City: ipso facto, 1998. Diecut card covers in slipcase with paper label, 186pp (unpaginated), text in French and English. Slight wear to the bottom edge of the top cover, otherwise fine. According to their shorte biographies at the rear of the book, Garçon is a designer who dresses..... More
Sydney: Australian Board of Missions, 1933. First Edition. **Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander browsers are advised that this item contains images of people who have died. Hardcover (18.6 x 12.5cm); pp. [12] 147 [1, colophon]; 8 illustrations as called for; maroon cloth covered boards; gilt lettering to spine (completely faded); an..... More
London: T. Fisher and Unwin, 1924. Cloth. The Atlantic Edition. Complete in 28 Volumes. Signed, limited edition. Uniformly bound in red buckram with the letters HGW embossed within a circle on the front cover and gilt titles to the spines. Most covers show insect damage and sunning to spines. Top..... More
Melbourne: Anderson, Gowan Pty Ltd., n.d. Staplebound wraps. With Compliments | The British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. | Distributors of Shell Products Throughout | Australia and New Zealand. Wholly set up and printed in Australia by Anderson, Gowan Pty. Ltd. 253 Lonsdale St., Melbourne. No date. Quarto, 16pp., 6 colour..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1961. First English edition. Octavo. 19.5cm x 12.5cm, red boards, gilt title to spine, 487pp including Author's note. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. No Dust-jacket. Clean boards, slight lean to text block. Inscription on front endpapers. Top right hand corner of last page (487) is slightly..... More
Sydney: 1951. First Edition. No publisher named but printed by Winn & Co., Sydney. Paper covered boards with illustration pasted on top board, 26pp.,6 colour plates, 2 full page black and white illustrations and several in text illustrations. Head of spine chipped and foot of spine abraded, corners tender, plate..... More
London: John Murray, 1813-14. Octavo (22.5 x 14.2 cm) 108 pages, all edges gilt, the year 1813 printed at base of spine, gilt panel decorations between raised bands, blind tooled cover dentelles, gilt border patterns on front and back covers, inside gilt dentelles, rose endpapers, bookplate with arms of James..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1989. Stated Collector's Edition. Hardcover (22.5 x 14.5cm); pp. [8], 170, [6]; white cloth covered boards; lettering in black on the spine; beige textured endpapers; lilac grey dust wrapper with lettering in black, designed by Christopher McVinish using an illustration by Cynthia Breusch for..... More
London: Ridinghouse in association with The Photographer's Gallery, Thomas Dane Ltd and kurimanzutto, 2003. First Edition. Large format hardcover (24.5 x 27.5cm); pp. 134, [2, blank], richly illustrated with both black and white and colour photography; pictorial paper covered boards with lettering in yellow on the spine and front cover;..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (20 x 12.5cm), pp xi (xii) 178 (2), illustrated endpapers illustrated throughought by Shepard with eight full page illustrations including the frontis; rose cloth boards wth gilt single rule border and gilt illustration on top board, gilt lettering to spine, top..... More