London: Heath Cranton, 1928. Hardcover : pp. [1-6] 7 [8] 9-256 : Illustrated with 27 plates as called for : Dedication on pastedown with intersting association : Faded blue cloth covered boards with embossed border : Gilt lettering on spine. Boards have some stain marks : Text block is toned and..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [4 blank] [i-vii] viii-xx [4 blank] [xxi] xxii-xxvi [1 blank] [1-2] 3-464 : Illustrated throughout including 3 coloured plates as called for : Extra diagram p. 36 [not called for] : Lacks "Father's people" table to face page 448... More
[unknown]: Privately printed, [n.d.]. Softcover : pp. [i-iv] v-viii, 1-56 : Light grey softcover with lettering in black : Previous bookstore sticker (Berkelouw) on paste-down : Largely unopened pages. Edges very slightly pressed. Brisbane born William Baylebridge (1883 - 1942) was a poet and short-story writer. This is a re-issue of..... More
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Manuscript in ink on blue paper (24.3 x 19.5cm); an untitled poem of 7 quatrains; with an explanaroy footnote; signed and dated at bottom marginin the same hand "Brisbane December 2nd, 1861 - Samuel Gill Mee"; three newspaper cuttings on the verso, two dated 1861. Well preserved, legible, some toning..... More
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2002. Bernard Krigstein. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [ii-ix] x-xxi [xxii] 1-250 : Illustrated throughout : Grey/green cloth covered boards with embossed black image and text : Black lettering on spine : Front endpapers with detail from "Rough Riders" (1953) : Back endpapers with detail from "Master..... More
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [i-iv] v-x, 1-298 [4 blank] : Illustrated equations throughout : Cover in red with text and illustration in blue and white. Light scuff marks to text block and cover otherwise clean throughout. According to the book description this book will..... More
UK: The Crowood Press, 2009. Roy Cross. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [1-5] 6-128 : Coloufully illustrated throughout : Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine : Illustrated endpapers : Purple dust jacket with design by Blue Sunflower Creative. Slight foxxing to fore-edge of text block : Fox mark..... More
Australia: Kangaroo Press, 1999. Elizabeth Smith. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [1-4] 5-112 : Coloured photographs and b/w illustrations throughout : Dark green cloth covered boards : Gilt lettering on spine : Blue/green dust jacket with photographs of various fossils, back cover has photo of 'Complete caudal vertebra of a...... More
Sydney: Authority Of The Commissioners For The Colonial And Indian Exhibition, 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i] ii-iv [2 blank] [1] 2-488 : Fold out coloured map : Purple cloth covered boards with gilt lettering : Embossed lines above and below title. Boards are faded towards the spine and worn..... More
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.. 1980. Softcover : pp. [i] ii-xii, 1-388 : Ilustrated with maps and photographs in b/w throughout : Green paper cover with b/w illustration and lettering to top, bottom and spine. Head and tail slightly pushed : Slight wear to top of spine : Minor fox..... More
London: James Henderson Publishers, 1872. Hardcover : pp. [1-5] 6-223 [224] : 28 full-page engravings : text in double columns : Ornately embossed pebbled boards with gilt lettering and illustration : new endpapers : all edges gilt. Recently re-backed with original spine laid back on : light to moderate foxing throughout..... More
London and New York: Bowker, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover ; pp. [i-vii] viii-xxii [1] 2-252 [2, blank] : Black cloth covered boards : White lettering on spine : Black and white dust jacket with lettering in white. Fox marks to top edge : Small scuff mark to tail of pages 40..... More
Brisbane: Raymond J Warren, 2008. Revised Edition. Softcover : pp. [i-ii] iii-viii, 1-144 ; 33 illustrations : Cover with detail illustration 'A ghostly ship now holds her embraced in memory's arms' . Top corner of front cover is creased : Previous owner dedication in pen on title page. The story of..... More
London and New York: Routledge, 2006. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [i-vi] vii-xvii [1, blank] 1-196 [2, blank] : Illustrated throughout. Very faint foxing to top edge, appears unread : One pin prick abrasion. Gevork Hartoonian is a Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Canberra..... More
London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2011. Saul Bass. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-v] vi-xv [xvi] [1] 2-423 [424] : Over 1400 illustrations : Olive cloth covered boards with embossed image : Gilt lettering on spine: Blue endpapers with bird illustration : White dust jacket with image in black and lettering..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover: pp. xxxv [5 blank] 2-352 plus 224 pages of plates [7 blank] : Limited edition - this is an edition of 1025 copies, 1000 of which were numbered and for sale, this is number 957 : Dark deep green cloth covered boards..... More
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England: Independent Books, 1990. Richard Geiger. Second Edition. Spitfire on my tail - Hardcover : pp. [1-8] 9-335 [336] : Illustrated throughout : Signed by Ulrich Steinhipler on free endpaper : Black cloth covered boards : Argent lettering on spine : Black and white illustrated dust jacket with lettering in..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv] v-xiii [1 blank] 2-226 [227] : Claret cloth covered boards with gilt lettering : Gilt lettering on spine : 46 maps and 3 folding diagrams in the two end paper pockets. Foxing to all edges of text block : Endpapers..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-vi] vii-xviii [1] 2-344 : Navy blue cloth covered boards : Gilt lettering on spine : Previous owner's name in pen on free endpaper. Foxing to all edges of text block : Minor foxing to endpapers and first few pages..... More
London: The Athlone Press, 1981. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-v] vi-xxxiii [1, blank] [1-2] 3-366 : Navy blue cloth covered boards : Argent lettering on spine : Red ednpapers : Purple dust jacket with lettering in white, pink and blue. Faint foxing to top edge otherwise fine throughout : Dust..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [1-6] 7-223 [3, blank] : Line drawings throughout : Black cloth covered boards with illustration in argent : Yellow spine with black lettering and illustrations in argent : Illustrated dust jacket with text in red, black and white : Photograph of..... More
Paris: 1642. Folio: Three blanks, the third with what appears to be a Strasburg lily watermark, Engraved title by Claude Mellan, verso blank. Text, not divided into verses but with verse numbers in the text, 422pp; Variae Lectiones, pp 423-453, 1p. bearing ornament [1 f. blank]. Twenty engraved headpieces and..... More
Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover: pp. (1-20) 21 - 352; over 400 illustrations; light blue endpapers; black boards; light blue dust wrapper lettered in white and black; front cover illustration Jeune Femme en buste (1935-36); back cover illustration Henri Matisse gravant (1900 -..... More
Bangkok: River Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover: 279 (280) pp; 400 colour illustrations including 42 maps and plans; textured endpapers; green cloth covered boards; glossy pictorial dust jacket. A virtual tour of exquisite Khmer architecture. More
Chicago: Baluster Books, 1984. Cloth. Oblong hardcover: pp. (6) (1-4) 5-54 (2, blanks), 1864 German text facsimile: (4) 11 (12); The Plates (174); 2 blanks; black endpapers; black cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on spnie and top board, double ruled gilt border on top board. A little dust toned..... More