Berkeley: The Beguine Library, 1974. First Edition. Softcover : (3) iv (v) 150 (12) : Covers illustrated in blue and brown and lettered in black and cream : light blue spine lettered in black : holograph note by Jones on the inside covers describing an encounter with Brabazon. Edgeworn and..... More
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1983. First Edition. Softcover : pp. (8) 9-100 (3) : Photo-illustrated top cover : photo of the poet lower cover : publisher's invitation to the launch of Steps for Astaire tipped into the verso of top cover : INSCRIBED BY ROBERTS TO JONES on first half..... More
Ringwood Victoria: Penguin Books Australia, 1985. First Edition. Softcover with vinyl 45 r.p.m.record in back pocket : pp. (iv) (3) 4- 204 : cover illustrations by Chris Payne. Light edgewear; lower corner of top cover lightly bumped and lamination lifting (2mm); top corner softened; light foxing to the edges of text..... More
Sydney: Prism Books, 1978. Softcover : 68pp. : front cover and spine lettered in black : front cover red and black pattern from Maori blanket design "loosely meaning 'Stairs to the sky' : INSCRIBED by Beaver to Jones on the title page. Lower corners bumped, top edge top cover lightly creased;..... More
Glebe: Wild and Woolley, 1979. First Edition. Softcover : Unpaginated (116pp) : lettered and richly illustrated by Jones : Top cover lettered and illustrated by Jones : lower cover partially lettered by Jones. Light edgewear; top cover rubbed near joint towards head of spine; lower corner of last few leaves and..... More
Brisbane: Soi 3 Modern Poets/ papertiger media, 2006. First Edition. Paperback : pp. (9) 10 - 247 : richly illustrated with Jones' distinctive line drawings : top cover illustrated with a detail from A Crimson Rosella by Bill Bachman : lower cover photo of Jones by Stephen Booth : Edited..... More
Melbourne: Fling Poetry, 1987. First Edition. Stapled chapbook : unpaginated (24pp) : blue card covers illustrated by Jones. Hint of sun to the spine. More
Melbourne: Collective Effort, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover : 148pp. : photo illustrated covers : INSCRIBED TO JONES. Covers lightly edgeworn and abraded, lettering on spine legible but abraded in small patches : Jones has written across the [anti-] copyright page and added his signature squiggle star marks and open brackets..... More
Cameray, N.S.W. Saturday Centre Poets, 1977. First Edition. Soft covers : 60pp. : lime green free e.p.s, signed by Beach “for nothing” and with a note in Billy Jones’s distinctive hand “August 26, ’78 Eric gives me this at Nigels”. Otherwise unmarked by Jones except he has circled the acknowledgement..... More
St Lucia: Makar Press, 1975. First Edition. Stapled chapbook : 24pp. : recto of lower cover with poet's bio and list of Gargoyle Poets : cover designed by Jennifer Cohen with photographic material provided by Eric Perdraut : Jones has written across title page. Covers lightly rubbed; handful of fox..... More
Canberra: Wayne Wardman, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [12], 209, [5] : Frontispiece portrait of Evelyn Owen : Illustrated throughout : Red cloth boards : Red wrapper with photo of Owen gun 9mm prototype number 5 : Bookseller sticker on paste-down : Signed and stamped by previous owner. Other..... More
Rockhampton: C. W. Teece, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8], 227, [3] : Frontispiece portraits of author and Lorna Teece (author's wife) : Blue boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Pictorial dust jacket : Photo to back of jacket of the author 1946 : Insribed by author free-endpaper..... More
Cambridge-Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. Vol 1 [6], xiii, [xvi], 573, [5], 28 pages of plates containing 66 b&w illustrations : Frontispiece 'Roger van der Weyden : Peter Bladelin' : 11 Diagrams : Vol 2 [6], xxvi, 334 pages of plates containing 496 b&w illustrations..... More
South Africa: 1992. Jane Four, Aileen Hinrichsen and George Buckland. Nyala Wildlife Publications Trust. Hardcover : pp. [viii], xviii, [2], 292, [2 blank] : Illustrated throughout : Signed by author on title page : Brown boards : Gilt lettering to spine :. More
New York: Cornell University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6], 256, [2] : Translation by D. F. Pears and B. F. McGuinness : Historical introduction by G. H. von Wright and a facsimile of the author's manuscript : Black cloth : Gilt lettering to spine : Faded blue..... More
Tokyo: Enderle, 1963. Hardcover : pp. [2], vi, 290, [2 blank] : Cream paper boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Red stamp free-endpaper : Card loosley inserted : Dust jacket in blue,black and olive : Slip case : Previous owners blind embossed name stamp : Paper price note attached..... More
Arizona: Wolfe, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [12], 284, [2 blank] : 4 pages of photo illustrations : Limited edition of 1000 : Cream textured boards : Rose lettering to spine : Speckled endpapers. Some small raised marks to lower board. Originally published in 1926. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815. Eleventh edition (vol 1) ; New edition (vol 2) ; Third edition (vol 3) ; Second edition (vol 4). Twelvemo : Vol 1 pp. [2 blank], vi, [1], 2-370, [6, index] : 16 pages of plates including 7 hand coloured : Inscribed..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-xii], xiii-xxi, [22-23], 24-221, [222-224] : Richly illustrated throughout including full page colour photos : Introduction by Dr. George Wald : Light brown textured endpapers : Burgandy cloth boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Illustrated dust jacket with detail of English..... More
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876; 1879. fine. Four original papers from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London bound together: George French Angas, 2 December 1879, "Descriptions of two new species of Helix...[from] Madagascar", pp.2, a fine hand coloured plate (Pl. LVII) lithographed by G.B. Sowerby. George French..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1908. Hardcover : pp. [8 blank], 1-74, [75-76] : 8 plates including frontispiece : Tissue paper to frontispiece : Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine : Blind embossed border : Book plate to paste-down reads, 'C.S.Nichlson, f.l.s.' Head and tail of..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1997. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv], v-xiii, [xiv], 1-440, [441-442] : Navy blue boards : Lettering in argent on top board and spine : Note written in pencil on free endpaper, some text underlined and loosely inserted note by previous owner, Louis Pigott. Foxing to top edge. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1972. Facsimile. Folio : 8 volumes in uniform faux leather binding with bevelled edges and gilt decorations to the corners; top edge dyed; textured e.p.s : Vol 1 : cii, 13 (3) 36 plates with accompanying text; Vol 2 : pp. (10) 104 plates with accompanying text; Vol..... More
Staten islane, NY: Maurizio Martino, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. (4) iii (iv) 252 (6, with the fifth being the limitation page) : signed and numbered by Sauer : red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Discreet pencil notes in Louis Piggot's hand to f.f.e.p. No. 183..... More
Brisbane: Brisbane History Group, 2003. First Edition. [Association Copy] Three volumes in illustrated card box : The Manual, The History Book, The Library Book : LACKS CD : pp. vi, 106; vi, 330; vi, 254 : illustrated card covers with spines in brown, blue and green, all lettered in white..... More