Sydney: Plurist Press, 1976. Second Edition. Softcover : pp. [28] : one of 400 printed on Burnie bulky paper from a total printing of 500 ; mustard paper covers, lettering in green and black. ''It's probably the wrong century to start talking muses, but Adamson gives an old waif new..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. [xii], [306] [2] (adverts) : original green decorated boards : top edge green, other edges uncut. Light scattered foxing. Inscribed by the author for Lady Helen Hamilton in December 1924. First and very scarce novel by..... More
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Post octavo : pp. [iv] 188 : original cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine : jacket illustration by Drew Aitken. From the collection of Colin Steele formerly University Librarian at the Australian National University. Signed by Astley on blank slip pasted to..... More
Elaborately embossed card (77 x 102mm) : recto pink and verso plain white : lifting flap with cupid facing a heart sitting atop a plinth : love poem [in German] printed on blue silk underneath : autograph message of love in brown ink [in German] to verso. "From around 1750..... More
Kingston, NY: McPherson and Company, 2003. First Trade Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6] 144 : sub-title and title page illustrated : some illustrations with-in text : black cloth boards with blind stamped title : gilt to spine : ribbed plum endpapers : black dust jacket image, frames from ''existence is..... More
Canberra: Ginninderra, 2006. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [4] 144 : 12 pages of illustrations : inscribed by Venie Holmgren to title page : foreword by Bob Brown : illustrated endpapers : olive green paper cover with tree design Large fold crease to corner at tail front cover; general wear. 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
Sydney: Sydney, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1980. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [vi] xiii [xiv] [2] 145 [146] : signed by Australian poet Alan Gould on half-title page : inscribed by author on title page : detail of a Roger Van der Weyden painting to front cover. Light marks to..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1978. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [viii] [2] 46 [48] : cover drawing and design by M. Yamaguchi : patterned endpapers. White sections of covers yellowing; light edge-wear. Dobson has won numerous awards and received the 1984 Patrick White Prize. More
Orange: Orange City Council, 1988. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [ix] 40 [42] : 41 plates : foreword by Tim Sullivan : preface by Gerald Gleeson : white cover with image of Croagh Patrick house. Cover a little grubby. A component of the project Contemporary Art and Life in New..... More
London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, [1898?]. W. S. Stacey. Reprint. Hardcover : pp. [7] 312 : blue pictorial cloth boards : red and black lettering on upper board and spine : frontispiece : five other full-page black and white plates. Lacks both free endpapers and the 32 pages of..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1981. First Edition. Square octavo : pp. [viii] [2] 3-60 : black cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine : illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge lightly foxed; ghost of a sticker to tail of front paste-down; dustwrapper rippled. Five suites of prose poems (Fictions), each..... More
London: Heath Cranton, 1928. Hardcover : pp. [1-6] 7 [8] 9-256 : Illustrated with 27 plates as called for : Dedication on pastedown with intersting association : Faded blue cloth covered boards with embossed border : Gilt lettering on spine. Boards have some stain marks : Text block is toned and..... More
Washington DC: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Four softcover volumes: [Volume one: Antarctic, Mediterranean, Northwest Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic and Baltic] pp xii, 219, 10 (Supplements), 5 folding maps : [Volume two: Wider Caribbean..... More
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] 195 : blue cloth over purple paper covered boards : gilt lettering to spine. Author's second novel that was shortlisted for both the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and The Age Book of the Year Award..... More
London; New York: Academic Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [v] x [3] 493 [1 blank] : illustrated including figures and diagrams : white paper boards with aqua lettering. Foxing to boards, spine and edges of block; tail of spine gently pushed. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo : pp. [10] 11-217 [3, blank] : map endpapers : illustrations by Pauline Baynes : original blue cloth with lettering in silver to spine : illustrated dust wrapper. Barely perceptible foxing to edges of block; offsetting to endpapers; unclipped wrapper is..... More
London: Next Editions, 1981. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [10] 53 [58] : ring binder booklet : orange cover with drawing by Hiang Kee, Minor edge-wear to cover. Liz Lochhead is a Scottish poet, performer, playwright, translator and broadcaster. More
London: Everatt & Co., 1908. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. [PRESENTATION COPY] Octavo : pp. [viii] 374 : original dark blue cloth with decoration in blind and lettered in gilt : inscribed by London on the front free endpaper : affixed inside fron cover a small news clipping photograph of..... More
Sydney: Black Wattle Press, 1996. First Edition. Softcover : pp. 224, 5 (publisher's advertisements) : illustrated card covers. Minor foxing to top and leading edge of block. Contemporary Australian gay fiction. More
East Kew, Vic. [The Author], 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Soft cover. Softcover : [58]p : original brown stapled wrappers : two full-page black and white illustrations. Wraps lightly soiled. More
Dordrecht ; Boston ; London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Hardcover : pp. [v] viii [1] 310 [312] : teal boards. Occasional pencil mark. "According to Ariel Meirav, the root of some of our most noteworthy difficulties in the metaphysics of concrete entities has been the traditional tendency to focus on..... More
Cardwell: Cardwell and District Historical Society, 2016. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [4] iii [iv] 167 [168] : black cover with sepia portrait to front. Light wear to cover. Based on the WWII diary of John Patrick (Jack) Bourke. More
Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [iv] ix [x] [1] 132 [134] : signed by the editors James Nixon and William McWhirter and contributor John Thearle : illustrated covers. Light edge-wear. More
