London: 1865. (weekly issues from July-December 1865). Imperial octavo, 28.5 x 22.5 cm, Preface, dated December 30 1865, followed by issues from second half of 1865 in date order, beginning July 8, 1865 (pp. 1-262, ending December 30, including Index), followed by 11 pages titled “Punch’s Almanack for 1866”), full... More about Punch (Punch, or the London Charivari), Vol. XLIX (49
Sydney: New Century Press, 1940. First Edition. Pp 122, 10 full page part coloured illustrations, illustrated paper covered boards, decorated endpapers, illustrated paper dust wrapper. Dust wrapper with a small (5mm) tear at bottom of front cover, a little edgeworn along the top, a few foxmarks (10) scattered across top... More about The House That Beckons; Decorated by Pixie O'Harris and Author
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 about Magic in the Pool
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1916. First Edition. [Signed] [Publisher's presentation copy] Original front wrapper bound in after the half title. Pp [1] Half title [1] original front wrapper [1] coloured frontis [i-vi] vii-xii [13-15] 16-143, [1] colophon, 24pp Advertisements. Original green cloth illustrated and lettered on the top board and... More about The Moods of Ginger Mick
Melbourne: The 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, 1953. First Edition. [1] half title, [i-vi] vii- xiii, [1] list of maps, [1] Author's Note, 288pp, illustrated endpapers, original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, illustrated unclipped dust wrapper. Corners lightly bumped and head and foot of spine are gently pushed. Slight... More about The Story of the 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion; Syria Java New Guinea Borneo
Gryphon Books, 1977. First Edition. [1-5] 6-60pp, [1] Colophon, burgandy endpapers. Oatmeal cloth with paper label pasted on top board, lettered in burgundy, illustrated dust wrapper, oatmeal slipcase with paper label pasted to front. Signed by Hibberd and Fitts at the colophon. Slipcase is soiled and foxed, dust wrapper has chips... More about Le Vin Des Amants; Poems from Baudelaire
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858. Green textured cloth with gilt. Octavo (30.5 x 21 cm). (vii), [1, blank], 352 pp. Musical notation. Green textured cloth decorated with gilt. Corners bumped and worn; covers very faintly rubbed with light scratches and marks; hinges rubbed and torn with a.... More about National Airs; And Other Songs, Now First Collected
London: William Tegg & Co., 1858. Nineteenth. Tan calf with gilt. Octavo (22 x 14 cm). [2, blank], xxxi, [1, blank], 692 [2, blank] pp. Bound in tan calf; covers with gilt borders and edges; gilt logo on front cover reads 'Via Veritas Vita;' banded with contrasting dark green label... More about Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind; By the Late Thomas Brown M.D., Professor of Moral...
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1812. Light brown half calf; calf corners; banded with contrasting dark brown labels and gilt; marbled covers. Complete in three volumes, octavo (21.5 x 14cm). Light brown half calf; calf corners; banded with contrasting dark brown labels and gilt; marbled covers, edges and endpapers. Volume one: [2... More about Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind; To Which Are Prefixed, an Essay on Quantity, and an...
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First thus. Pp. xxviii, 50, twenty-three fine wood engravings after designs by Birket Foster, John Tenniel and others. Full brown morocco with gilt borders, lettering and dentelles, all edges gilt, bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton, Ingleton Catalogue sticker No. 8960. Joints and corners... More about The Grave; A poem by Robert Blair with a Preface by the Rev. F.W. Farrar, M.A
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. First Edition. Pp. 247, decorated title page, colour frontispiece, 7 full page colour illustrations, 12 full page b&w illustrations & b&w drawings in text, original grey cloth with navy lettering and silhouette images, decorated endpapers, dust light green wrapper with illustration pasted onto the... More about The Merry Piper; or the magical trip of the sugar bowl ship
Deakin: Brindabella Press, 1984. First Edition. Custom. [Signed by the Artist]. 52pp comprising: [4] blanks, [1] half title, [1] frontis ('The Green Singer'), [1] title page, [1] copyright page, [1] list of poems, [1] acknowledgements, [1] Foreword, [34] poems and illustrations, [1] blank, [1] colophon, [5] blanks, altogether 13 wood... More about Some Poems of Shaw Neilson; With thirteen wood engravings by Barabara Hanrahan
Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Complete in two volumes, both 22.5 x 28.5 cm, bound in grey cloth with unclipped dust jackets. Volume one: [16], 323, [4, blank] pp. Light foxing to edges of dust jacket and edges of text block; small scuff to bottom... More about The Spiritual Significance of Flowers
1958-1964. Voss. Cologne: Kiepenhauer and Witsch, 1958. German First edition, first issue; OFFERED WITH [DEDICATEE COPY] White, Patrick. Riders in the Chariot. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First Printing; OFFERED WITH The Burnt Ones. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964. First U.K. Edition. Voss. Cologne: Kiepenhauer and Witsch, 1958... More about THREE PATRICK WHITE PRESENTATION COPIES INCLUDING A DEDICATEE COPY
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1961. First U.K. Edition. Octavo,pp. 6 7-99 100 101-217 218 219-255 256 257-552, brown cloth boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, dust jacket illustration from a painting by Sydney Nolan. Flat signed by White on the title page, ownership name in ink on the... More about Riders in the Chariot
Brisbane: Archives Fine Books. Treat the bibliophiles in your life to the experience of browsing our shop - in person or online. We can provide Gift Vouchers for any amount and mail them (for free in Australia, at cost OS) to your gift recipient. The default setting is for $100AUD. Just..... More about GIFT VOUCHER
Florence: Scala, 2011. First Edition. Large square format, 501pp., (3), grey boards, black and white photo-illustrated dust jacket, parallel text in English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French and Italian.Small abrasion at the head of the spine and fait wear mark to the base of the text block. More about The Story of Nude Photogrpahy
Manila: Bookmark, 1967. First Edition. Two volumes, octavo, xvi 662pp., vii (1) 682pp., b&w illustrations, grey boards, illustrated dust jackets with red lettering. Minor wear mark to the base of each text block, light creasing and wear to the corners of the dust jackets. Both volumes signed by the author... More about The Japanese Occupation of the Philippines
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855-1857. First Edition in original parts. (20 Parts published in 19). Housed in a custom made silk solander box with leather labels. All plates present including the dark plates and the Frontispiece and Vignette Title. Includes Rigaud for Blandois at Part 15 (ten times as per... More about Little Dorrit
Hoboken: Privately Published, 1929. Limited Edition. Full calf. Octavo, pp (10) comprising 2 blanks, half title, 2 blanks, illustrated frontispiece, title page, limitation page, "Letter the First", 1 blank, 211, (1) Blank, 11 unnumbered coloured illustrations after Aubrey Beardsley. Fine binding by Karen McGuire in polished green calf with gilt... More about The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Or The Life Of Fanny Hill
London: John Murray, 1813. Half leather. Octavo, (8) Comprising 2 blank, half title, 1 blank, title page, 1 blank, Dedication, 1 blank, Contents, lv, (1) Blank, 525pp, (1) Errata, (4) Blank. Rebound in half leather with cloth boards, original bookplates and ownership inscription re-mounted. The blanks and half title are... More about Collections from the Greek Anthology; and from the pastoral, elegaic and dramatic poets of Greece
London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street. 1828. Third edition. Complete in two volumes, octavo, recased in half calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Volume one: (2) Blank, xvi, 346pp, (2) Advertisement, folding map frontispiece (expertly repaired). Slight foxing and occasional soil mark. Volume two: (2) blank, viii... More about Two Years in New South Wales; Comprising sketches of the actual state of society in that Colony;...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition in book form. Octavo, pp. xvi, 609, 43 illustrations by Seymour and "Phiz" plus frontis and vignette title in first states, with 32 further illustrations by Thomas Onwyn (75 illustrations in total). Lacks half-title and Buss plates, the Seymour plates are a mix... More about Pickwick Papers
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition. Full calf. Octavo (20.8 x 13cm), pp. viii, 190, 14 illustrations including portrait frontispiece and vignette title-page, 2pp tipped in front wrapper of the original Part V of Edwin Drood, August 1870. Handsomely bound in full tan polished calf with five raised bands... More about The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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 about Bleak House