London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852-1859. Cloth. [Association set with volumes edited by the author(s)]. Volume one and two are second edition with corrections for third edition. Volumes 3- 8, are first editions, volumes 7 & 8 with corrections for the second edition. Octavo, uniformly bound by John Gray, Edinburgh, in... More about The Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses
London: Henry Colburn, 1840-1848. First Edition. Three quarter calf. Octavo, Tan three quarter calf over yellow marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers, five raised ridges to spine, red panel with gilt title, black panel with author’s name and volume number in gilt. Volume one: 1840, [12] comprising half title, frontis and... More about Lives of the Queens of England
London: John W. Parker, 1842. Fourth Edition. Cloth. In two volumes. Original cloth, blind embossed borders, gilt stamped illustrations to top boards, gilt design and title on spines, a.e.g. Vol 1: viii, 260pp, 6pp [adverts]. Vol 2: vi, 252pp, 8pp [adverts]. Corners turned in, spines slightly faded, otherwise very good... More about Tales and Stories from History
London: Joseph Rickerby, 1841. First Edition. Cloth. (6), 251pp., cloth and gilt, a.e.g. Lean to spine, worn, contents foxed. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into the State Paper Office and the permit wrung from Lord Normanby after Lord John Russell had dismissed her application is..... More about Alda the British Captive
London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. Cloth. New edition. Green cloth and gilt with black border, a.e.g., floral eps, Stacy Norwich binder’s sticker, colour frontis, (8), 257pp, (4) publisher’s advertisements. Head and food of spine a little tender. Otherwise fine. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into..... More about Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co, and Webb, Millington and Co, 1853-1862. 12mo., Cloth, gilt, a.e.g., pp. vi, 10145, coloured frontis and vignette title plus six more colour plates. Head of spine chipped, corners bumped. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into the State Paper Office and..... More about Floral Sketches, Fables and other Poems
London: James Fraser, 1833. First Edition. Half calf. 12mo., later(?) half calf, marbled eps, iv, 171, (1) advertisement. Binder’s sticker (?) “H.& C. Treacher, Royal Library, Brighton.” Light foxing to first and last leaves. “Linfield Borrer” in ink to verso of ffep. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force..... More about Demetrius: A Tale of Modern Greece. In three cantos with other poems
London: Hurst Chance and Co, 1827. First Edition. Original paper covered boards, (8), 152pp. Boards, paper label to spine, untrimmed pages. Paper starting at front joint. Otherwise fine. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into the State Paper Office and the permit wrung from Lord Normanby... More about The Seven Ages of Woman
Brisbane/Sydney: Queensland Book Depot / Angus and Robertson, 1932. Second Edition. Octavo (22.2 x 14cm), xxvi, 324pp, 18 illustrations as called for (photographs, sketches, fold-out plan of Brisbane), original green cloth covers with lettering in gilt on the spine, unclipped tan paper dustjacket with lettering in red. Foot of spine... More about Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland; (Dating from 1837) / Recorded by his daughter
Cape Town and Johannesburg: Juta and Co., Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5cm), pp. (12), 54pp, (22) full page photographic illustrations. Original pale green cloth boards with cream cloth spine, lettering in pale green on the spine, unclipped photographic dustjacket (depicting Helen Keller at Home, reading a braille... More about Helen Keller under the Southern Cross
London: Henry S. King and Co., 1873. Small octavo (16,3 x 10.2cm), viii + 244pp. Lacks original advertisements and green boards, recased in three quarter calf over marbled boards, all edges red. Boards are scuffed, leather rubbed and abraded, joints starting, lacks f.f.e.p., ex-library (library mark crudely removed at foot... More about Narcissus; and other poems
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, May 2012. First thus. Octavo (27.5 x 21cm), 292pp., ill. (comic), blue illustrated endpapers, black boards with author's name embossed on top board, lettered in grey on spine, illustrated dustjacket. Corners very slightly bumped, and a small 5mm dint (repeated on jacket) at the fore edge... More about Manara Erotica; Volume One
Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane: 9 RAR Association, 1992. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo (30 x 20.5cm), xv, (1), 294pp, (2) blank, ill., brown cloth covered boards with letterin in gilt on the spine, glossy pictorial dustjacket. A little edgewear at the head and foot of the spine and along the base... More about 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment; Vietnam Tour of Duty / 1968-1969 / On Active Service
Melbourne: Grayflower Productions, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover 256pp, ill., map endpapers, photogrpahically illustrated tan cloth covered boards, illustration repeated on the dust jacket on a white background, lettered in red. Errata (printed 1971) loosely inserted (one large sheet folded into four pages) . Also loosely inserted a presentation slip signed... More about The Rats Remain; The Siege of Tobruk, 1941
John Burridge, n.d. [1990s?]. Limited Edition. Facsimile edtion of the 1919 first edition printed and published by Eric N. Birks, proprietor, Radcliffe Press, Sydney. This edition limited to 200 copies. Octavo (25.8 x 17.8cm), 122pp. ill., red cloth covered boards with the colour patch of the regiment on the top... More about The History of the 7th Light Horse Regiment A.I.F
Burridge. Limited Edition. Facsimile of the 1919 edition published by H. H. Champion, Melbourne. Limited to 200. Octavo ( 25 x 18cm),132pp and 27 illustrations as called for, Roll of Honour, a further 8 photo illustrations on the rectos only of the last 16pp, (unnumbered). Red cloth covered boards with... More about With the Twenty-Second; A History of the 22nd Battalion, A.I.F
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. First Edition. Octavo, 23.5 x 15.5cm, xxiv, 280pp, ill., green cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, blue dustjacket with photo illustration and lettering in white. Some light scratches on the top board, jacket just a little worn at the head... More about Love in Earnest ; Some notes on the Lives and Writings of English 'Uranian' Poets from 1889 to 1930
1956. Typewritten mss. 4pp, bound in paper covered boards with cloth spine, handwritten ammendation to the bottom of p.2, signed by Neste at the end and dated 1956. Pages are age toned with a little foxing, boards and cloth spine are aslo foxed, and the paper is lifting from the... More about Maryland; Bringelly
New Dehli: Manshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1997. First Indian Edition. Octavo, xxii, 417pp, navy cloth covered boards with light blue dustjacket lettered in white. Slight flecking to the edges of the codex, previous bookseller stamp on the front free endpaper. A collection of papers concerning archaeological and linguistic approaches to a.... More about The Indo-Aryan of Ancient South Asia; Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity
New Dehli: Navrang in collaboration with the Lake House Bookshop, 1995. Hardcover (26.6 x 19.5cm), 256pp, 124 full page photographic images plus self portrait on the front inside flap of the dustjacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering, black and white illustrated dust jacket with lettering in red, white spine... More about Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon
Vienna: Edition Ananael, 1990. Hardcover, octavo (22 x 15cm), 294pp (last two blank), richly illustrated in black and white, glossy pictorial jacket, text in German. Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) was an English artist and occultist whose work was noted for its clear use of line and its monstrous sexual imagery... More about Gesammelte Werke (Collected Works
Tokyo: Kodansha Co., 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (31.5 x 25cm), 92pp, 45 full page photographs of the Japanese actress Eri Ishida in a variety of BDSM poses. The rear of the jacket is a little sunned along the top edge and has minor creases at the head and foot of... More about Immorale
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Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1975 [i.e. Septmeber 1979]. First Edition. Folio (57 x 40cm), (iv) 132pp [1 - 48, (2) Title page of Book Two, 49 - 70, (2) Title page of Book Three, 71 - 108, (2) Titile page of Book Four, 109 - 125, (1) Colophon. Profusely illustrated in... More about Bumbooziana [together with] The Bumbooziana Portfolio; Sundry Notes & Papers; being the...
Glasgow: James Hedderwick and Sons, 1896. Tall hardcover (35 x 25cm), xxxii, 254pp (last two blank), richly illustrated with 109 photographs, and full page and in text illustrations, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, three quarter leather over matching boards, gilt lettering on top board. Some scuffing, flecking and abrasions to... More about The Songs of Burns; With symphonies and accompaniments by John Kenyon Lees and introduction and...
Melbourne and Sydney: Thomas C. Lothian, 1914 (May). First Edition. Octavo (21 x 15.5cm), 228pp plus 12pp publisher's edvertisements, 12 full page illustrations, blind blocked boards in blue cloth with gilt blocked designe of a tree and lettering in gilt on the top baord and the spine, publisher's monogram "TCL"... More about The Spirit of the Child