South Brisbane: Watson Ferguson and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (22 x 14cm); pp. [8], 178, [2] + 16 pages of black and white plates; grey cloth covered boards; lettering in black on the spine; inscribed by author; black, orange and white illustrated dust wrapper and further black and white..... More
London: BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. Hardcover octavo; pp xii [xiv] 370; b&w photo illustrations; green boards lettered in gilt to spine; photo illustrated dust wrapper. Prize presentation pasted to ffep; loosely inserted is a menu for the Larrakeyah Barracks Officers' Mess for Saturday the 15th October..... More
Ultimo, NSW: Indigenous Literacy Foundation, 2014. New edition. Hardcover; pp 44 [46]; colour illustrations; illustrated boards lettered in white on top board and spine. Tiny patch of wear to the top of the joints either side of the spine. Butchulla legends (Fraser Coast), first published in 1964 by Jacaranda Press. More
Indooroopilly: Society for Growing Australian Plants - Western Suburbs Branch, September 1979. Staplebound softcover; pp [2, title page and verso] 14 [87; list of 165 plants and their descriptions, Bbliography, Index, Errata]; textured cream card wraps with black backstrip and black lettering on top wrap. Covers slightly soiled, clean throughout. Not..... More
Allen and Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover, 24cm x 18cm, pp. xix 515, map eps, unclipped photographic dust wrapper over black canvas boards. Minor crease to dust wrapper at the head of spine. Crises and Commitments is the first volume of the Official..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (20.5 x 13cm); pp. [8], (320) + frontispiece; royal blue cloth covered boards; gilt lettering and banding on the spine; blind embossed borders and detailing on the boards; coffee coloured endpapers, first and last paste-down include publisher's advertising. Head and..... More
New York: International Universities Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (23.5 x 16cm); pp. [2], (xiv), 270, [2, blank] + 4 pages of black and white photographic plates; navy cloth covered boards; lettering and banding on the spine in gilt; plain endpapers; green and white dust wrapper. Head, tail and corners gently..... More
New York: Academic Press, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (23.5 x 16cm); pp. xvi, 288; coral cloth covered boards; lettering in gilt; plain endpapers; dust wrapper designed by Jose R. Fonfrias, beige with brown lettering, white line drawing on the front cover. Slight twist to the bottom of the spine; head..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2000. Advance Reading Copy - August 2000. Softcover (22.7 x 15.3cm); pp. [12], 401, [3, blank]; grey wraps with black text, white panel on front cover, 6 x 5.8 cm black and white illustration on rear. Minor spine lean, fore edge appears flush so this..... More
London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo; 168pp; 32 plates; 54 figures; cloth covered boards in red, lettered in gilt on the spine. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly nibbled; inscribed by Eiby oppostie the title page: For a valued colleague and friend, with respect for the..... More
Toronto: The Magenta Foundation, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (oblong format, 26 x 31cm); pp. 221 (224); off-white linen boards; illustrated dust wrapper. Top corner of top board bumped, a few light rust spots to the boards; slight edgewear to the head of the dust wrapper's spine; slightly shaken. With a Preface..... More
London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2000. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (24.1 x 16.5 cm); pp. xvi, 559; front page edges untrimmed; hard cover, bound in black boards with quarter spine off-white fabric, titled and decorated in gilt; the illustrated dust wrapper shows details of the central panel of The..... More
Printed for Willm. Napier; Music Seller to Their Majesties, 1790. 3 volumes; Folio; In Volume 1 the accompaniments are by Arnold, Barthelmon, Carter and Shield; In volumes 2 & 3 the harmony is by Haydn. Vol 1: pp. iv [Subscribers list], 16 [A Dissertation on the Scottish Music] 77 [opposite..... More
Brisbane: H.J. Diddams & Co., 1913. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5 x 12.5cm); pp (8) 121 (1); one folding map and 9 photo illustrations; plain endpapers; original purple cloth covered boards with gilt lettering in a gilt nouveau frame on top board. Cloth covers are mottled and faded; some fox marks..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Quarto; pp v (xvi) 271 (279, colophon); 31 tipped in colour plates as called for with captioned tissue guards; original red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt with four hunting scenes enclosed in circles. Recently rebacked in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; bookplate..... More
London: 1791. Three quarter calf. Quarto. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, pp 87. Recently rebacked with gilt lettered red leather label affixed to spine. The name "Charlotte Georgina Bastard, November 15th, 1877", is inscribed on the front ep paste-down. Minor foxing. In the second half of the 18th century..... More
London: John G. Murdoch, n.d. Quarto; pp. xxviii; 876; 14 chromolithograph plates with tissue guards; all edges gilt; elaborately gilt decorated cuir-ciselé binding with bevelled edges encased in patterned brass with brass hinges. Depicted on the cover: Wickliffe Before the Synod and The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer. Expertly rebacked with..... More
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. Second Edition. Hardcover octavo (21.5 x 13.8cm); pp. x, 413. [3, blank] + frontis; sympathetically rebacked, chestnut leather spine with gilt embellishments and raised bands, contrasting green and gold headband silk; original tan leather boards with blind and gilt detailing to borders..... More
Glasgow, Edinburgh, London: Blackie and Son, 1855. Second Edition. From the Prefatory Note to This Edition: In this section [the appendix] the portion on Australian plants, contributed by a gentleman long resident in these colonies, is new and of much interest. Quarto; pp. xxii (including frontis portrait of Linnæus and vignette..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1902. First Edition. Leather bound. Octavo; pp. viii, 156, (2, Blank); richly illustrated with in text black and white line drawings; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers with wave design; gilt dentelles, green calf with gilt blocked device of the Royal Agricultural College Chirencester on top..... More
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Obect; Slim cardbox containing twenty identical sets of 14 questions and one answer card; box is maroon and white and showing signs of having been opened and closed; cards are unused and clean; [Together with] slim card envelope containing ten identical sets of fourteen [different] questions and one answer card;..... 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
Los Angeles: The Press in the Gatehouse, 1973. Minature book (7 x 5.4cm or 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 inches); unpaginated (12pp comprising; 2 blanks, title page with etching of a laughing green frog, blank, 4pp text, 4 blanks) ; soft green wraps bound with white string. Near fine, the..... More
San Francisco: Juniper von Phitzer Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover miniature (6 x 7.2cm). pp. unpaginated [64]. Handset and printed using 72 point Wood and 18 point Pagoda Bold in red ink, 6 point Schoolbook in black ink, illustrations a combination of antique and new cuts in black or blue..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover miniature (6.1 x 4.8cm). pp. (xl), (62), [2, blank] + publisher's note loosely inserted. Headpiece decorations throughout, one wood engraving by Mary Kuper. Quarter grey paper spine with lettering in orange; orange paper covered boards with decoration on the front cover..... More