London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. F'cap octavo : pp. [xlviii] 340 : frontis portrait and 4 full page plates with loose tissue guards : blue silk ribbon : chocolate brown endpapers : all edges gilt : elaborately blocked leather boards with bevelled edges and gilt lettering : five raised..... More
London, New York: Blackie & Son, Limited, Charles Scribner's Sons, [188?]. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. vi, 320p., 32. (adverts of Charles Scribner's Sons' Catalogue of Books for Young People) : frontispiece and seven other full-page plates : all edges dyed olivine : pictorial boards with bright gilt lettering and blocking..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1846. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Demy octavo : pp. [646], 8 (adverts.) : frontispiece, 27 other engraved plates : green vertical rib-grained cloth : gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Owner signature and neat annotation referring to later edition on f.f.e.p.; several pages carelessly opened; plates..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1915. Reprint. Crown octavo : pp. viii, 312 : printed endpapers : top edge gilt : brown silk bookmark : suede covers with yapp edges, letters and ornamentation blocked in dark brown : original box with half title design repeated on the lid. The lid to..... More
London: Methuen, n.d. [1908]. First English Language Edition. F'cap octavo : pp. [viii] [222] : 6 colour plates including frontis : all edges gilt : polished green calf with double ruled gilt borders and floral ornaments in the corners : five raised bands : gilt lettering, rules and flower ornaments..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Crown quarto : pp. viii, 114, [ix-x] (Memoir title, verso blank) xi - lxxvi [2] (blank, printer's colophon) : original green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, top edge gilt, others uncut, frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature. Numbered edition of 500 copies..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1925]. Hardcover. Crown quarto : pp. [6] 11-251 : original red blind-stamped boards with black lettering to the spine : illustrated jacket with minor edgewear. Pages are quite toned and there is a neat gift inscription on a front endpaper. Scarce in such a well-preserved..... More
Melbourne: George Robertson and Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Crown octavo : pp. vii [210] : original green cloth with bevelled edges : gilt lettering to front board and spine : top edge gilt :frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature and tissue guard. Light wear to extremities, blank verso of frontispiece..... More
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Adelaide, South Australia: Hunkin, Ellis & King Ltd., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : unpaginated [64pp.] : original patterned cloth : five full-page, black and white illustrations. Numbered edition of 200 copies signed by the author. Spine slightly darkened. No. 135/200. The author's sole collection of poetry set in Adelaide..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Octavo : two volumes : pp. xxiv, 554, [2] (blank), [2] (blank) [6] (half title, title, contents), 568, 24 (catalogue), [2] (blank) : marbled endpapers : top edges gilt : polished calf over claret cloth boards : five raised bands to the..... More
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh: William Mackenzie, n.d. Quarto: pp. [4] (blank) [2] (frontispiece, vignette title) cxxviii, 232,352 [8] (index of first lines; index of correspondences; list of plates) : 32 of 33 plates (lacking Killiecrankie) : 100 in-text illustrations, headpieces and tailpieces : all edges gilt : marbled endpapers : finely..... More
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : [186]pp. : original cream pictorial cloth, coloured frontispiece, six other full-page colour plates, black and white textual illustrations. Bump to lower corner top board; foxing predominantly to preliminaries and page edges else a bright first edition. Muir..... More
Townsville: James Cook University, 1990. Softcover : pp. ix [x] 126 [1, blank] : black and white illustrations : photo illustrated covers. Top cover slightly sprung; minor rubbing to corners; minor foxing to top edge; top corners to pp. 34, 42 and 65 and the illustration between pp. 58 and..... More
Sydney: Fast Books, 1996. First Edition. Softcover : pp. xii [2] 311 : black and white illustrations : illustrated wrappers (The Runners by Weaver Hawkins) : INSCRIBED by Ivan Curotta and signed by Morris Curotta. Minor crease to crown fore-edge corner; minor soiling and foxing; light shelf wear. The story..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [3] 727 [728] : 32 pages of black and white photographic illustrations : black cloth covered boards : gilt lettering to spine : dust jacket front photo of Patrick White by Howard Coster and the back photo by William..... More
Brisbane: Smith and Paterson, 1959. First Edition. Demy octavo : pp. xxiv, 446, xxv-xlii : colour photograph of Cooktown orchid as frontispiece : 72 illustrations : printed endpapers filled with facsimile signatures : royal blue pebbled boards lettered in gilt to spine : colour illustrated dustjacket. Loosely inserted "Map of..... More
London: Harrap, 1975. First Edition. Royal octavo : pp. [4] 208 : black and white illustrations : brown boards with gilt lettering to spine and small gilt ornament to lower corner of top board : photo illustrated dust jacket. Foxing to edges of block; slight edgewear to jacket. More
Melbourne: Jedgarm Publications, 1951. First Edition. In two volumes, hardcover : xviii, 365; [iv] 366a - 768 : mimeographed text : brown cloth lettered in gilt to the spines : note to subscriber tipped into volume 1 : both copies signed by Gilchrist : No 87/300. Cloth has been rubbed..... More
Roseville East: Craftsman House, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [xx] 483 : colour illustrations : brick red endpapers : green boards lettered in gilt on the spine : glossy illustrated dust jacket. Ex-libris Brisbane Lyceum Club with provenance in ball point to free endpaper and half title. Jacket illustrated..... More
Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2007. Tall octavo, 30.5 x 24cm, soft illustrated covers with large gatefold flaps and title in white on spine, 160 pp, over 140 illustrations. Ex libris Brisbane Lyceum Club with their stamp in smudged ink and purchasing date in ball point on the half title. Published..... More
Dalkeith, W.A. Swan Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [11] 144 : colour illustrated : Glossy photo illustrated boards : signed on the paste down by Queensland Captain Ian Healy (1996), and on the free endpaper by Carl Rakeman, Jimmy Maher and Alan Border. Endpapers and first two leaves..... More
Brisbane: Howarde Tilse, 1952. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [10][41] : hand set by Tilse in Rondo Bold 12pt with the binding carried out jointly by the authors : limited and signed : pasted on wrappers with diagonal stripes printed in red. No. 115/200. With an introduction by then President..... More
Sydney: W. McLeod, July 2, 1917. First Edition. New Series Vol. 7 No. 8; Old Series Volume 21 No. 123 : pp. [373-424] including the wraps : coloured photo of Miss Edna Keeley as top cover illustration. Cover slightly soiled with open tear to lower corner of top cover and..... More
London: Hutchinson of London, 1961. First Edition. Crown octavo : 128pp. : b&w photos : plan of studio on the endpapers : pale yellow cloth with illustration and lettering in red : LACKS dust jacket. A behind-the-scenes book about British Children's Television series Romano, which was filmed on location in..... More
Sydney: W. McLeod, December 1, 1914. First Edition. New Series Vol. 3 No, 1; Old Series Volume 16 No. 92 : pp. [68] including the wraps : Father Christmas in Belgium by Harry J. Weston as top cover illustration. Wraps edge worn and foxed at the spine and leading edge..... More