Carlton: Melbourne University Press on behalf of The Library Council of Victoria, 1979. First Edition. Large format hardcover (30.5 x 23cm), pp. (xiv), 224, [2, blank]; brown flecked, beige cloth covered boards, lettering on the spine and front cover in white; puce pictorial dust wrapper with lettering in white featuring..... More
London: J. & A. Churchill LTD., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (25 x 19cm), pp. xiii, [1, blank], 233, [1, blank]; blue cloth covered boards; lettering on the spine originally in gilt, now dull; double blind borders on both covers; 284 illustrations including black and white photos and line drawings;..... More
San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. First Edition. Softcover (23 x 15cm), pp. 576; blue and white wraps; lettering in navy; photo of a whale's tail on front cover; illustrated with graphs and tables throughout. Shallow dimple to the top edge of the rear wrap; top edge of text block is a...... More
Australian Boy Scouts Association, 1969. First Edition. Softcover (17 x 12cm), pp. (192); green wraps; lettering in white, logo and knot illustration in black on the front cover; richly illustrated with line drawings; printed with black and green ink throughout. Covers lightly creased and scuffed; pages very lightly toned with very..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. LTD., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (17.5 x 11.5cm), pp. 300, [4]; blue cloth covered boards with lettering and detailing in gilt; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers; dust wrapper with lettering, borders and detailing in blue. Head and tail of spine gently pushed; corners a...... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1942. Second Edition. Softcover (18.5 x 12.5cm), pp. (28); beige wrapes with lettering and border on the front cover in purple. Head and tail of spine chipped; spine has browned and is a touch brittle with age; edges of text block gently dust toned; wraps a little..... More
London: T. W. Boone, 1847. First Edition. Octavo, pp. xx, 544. Frontispiece and six plates. 10 pages book advertisements bound in at front and 12 pages at back. Ferguson 4571. Recently recased in three quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine, foredge and base speckled, new endpapers, light foxing throughout -..... More
Brisbane: J. W. Buxton, 1867. Octavo. Pp. xii, 88 (including Appendix). Frontispiece: Photograph of F. and A. Jardine (LACKING), view of Somerset (facing p.75), and folding map showing the orthern part of Queensland showing route of the explorers (at end). Ferguson 7747. Recently recased in three quarter leather with lettering in..... More
Manly: The Runciman Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (21.5 x 29.5cm), pp. 288; black cloth covered boards with lettering in white on the spine; pictorial dust wrapper with lettering in white on the spine and yellow on the front cover; richly illustrated with black and white photographs. Head and tail of..... More
London: Published for the British Academy and the Carlsberg Foundation by the Oxford University Press and Spink & Son LimitedPublished for the British Academy and the Carlsberg Foundation by the Oxford University Press and Spink & Son Limited, 1970. First Edition. Complete in three volumes: hardcover large format octavo (25.5..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. First English Translation. Hardcover 16mo (22 x 14.5cm), pp. viii, 609, [3, blank]; navy cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine; mustard dust wrapper with lettering in brown. Head and tail of spine very gently pushed; corners a little rounded; top edge of text..... More
London, San Diego and Sydney: Academic Press, 1999. Hardcover (23.5 x 15.5cm), pp. xix, [1, blank], 486, [6, blank]; teal gloss paper covered boards featuring a black and white photo of a killer whale on the front cover, lettering in white on the spine and covers; illustrated with black and..... More
London: Printed for John Stockdale, Picadilly; R.Faulder, Bond Street; Longman and Co. Pater-Noster Row; Lackington and Co. Finsbury Square; and J. Harding, St. James’s Square. 1806. Fourth Edition. Complete in two volumes; both hardcover 4mo (21.5 x 13.5cm), pp. Vol. 1: xxvii, [1, blank], 479, [1, blank] including fold-out frontispiece..... More
London: Harding, Triphook, And Lepard, 1825. ‘New’ Edition. Complete in two volumes; hardcover octavo (19 x 12cm), pp. Vol. 1: [4, blank], frontispiece, [2], ii [contents pages], xvii-cxiv [despite irregular pagination, no text appears to be missing according to the title page], 228, [2, blank]; Vol. 2: [6], xiii, [3]..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (23.5 x 17cm), pp. [2], xiv, 392; blue leather covered boards; lettering on the spine and front cover, palm tree illustration on the spine and sun and ocean illustration on the front cover all in gilt; eggplant endpapers;..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. [c. late 1800s]. Small hardcover octavo (11.5 x 7.5cm), pp. vii, [9], 431, [1]; red leather boards; banded spine; lettering, borders and detailing on the spine, covers and edges in gilt; outer blind border; gilt edges of text block; light yellow endpapers. Minor abrasions on..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1924. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. [10 pages of advertising], 78, [16 pages of advertising]; pink wraps with lettering in black, blue title panel on front cover and advertising panel in black on the back cover; richly illustrated with 5 colour tipped in plates..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1924. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. [8 pages of advertising], 71, [11 pages of advertising]; saffron wraps with lettering in black, coral title panel on front cover and advertising panel in black on the back cover; richly illustrated with 8 colour tipped in plates..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, Ltd., 1921. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. 60, [32 pages of advertising]; grey wraps with lettering in black, illustration in orange and black and border in black on the front cover, advertising panel in black with an orange border on the back cover; richly illustrated..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1923. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. [8 pages of advertising], 80, [16 pages of advertising]; green wraps with lettering in black, illustration in orange and black and border in orange on the front cover, advertising panel in black with a white border on the..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1926. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. [14 pages of advertising], 72, [4 pages of advertising]; grey lavender wraps with lettering on the spine, lettering and border on the front cover and advertising panel on the back cover all in black, 65 x 65mm colour..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia, 1918. Softcover (25 x 19cm), (unpaginated) pp. 60, [26 pages of advertising - note: one leaf neatly excised]; beige wraps with lettering and illustration in red and grey and border in grey on the front cover; richly illustrated with 11 gloss black and white plates and..... More
Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons LTD, 1935. Softcover (25 x 19cm), pp. 90 [including 12 pages of advertising at the front and five at the back]; light blue wraps with two tone blue lettering and illustrations on the spine and covers; richly illustrated with black and white pictorial gloss pages..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1932. Softcover (25 x 19cm), pp. 74 [including 16 pages of advertising]; beige wraps with lettering and borders on the spine and covers in emerald, illustration in blue on the front cover, advertising panel in blue and emerald on the back cover; richly illustrated with..... More
Sydney: Art in Australia Limited, 1931. Softcover (25 x 19cm), pp.84 [including 16 pages of advertising]; beige wraps with lettering and borders on the spine and cover in black, illustration in black, grey and pink on the front cover, advertising panel in black and pink on the back cover; richly..... More