New york: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. half cloth. Octavo, (10), 454pp, black cloth spine over papered boards, gilt title on spine, dust-jacket design by Michael J. Windsor (now protected in plastic). Flat signed by author on title page. [Signed] This is a true first with all first edition points including... More
London: William Heinemann, 1909. First Trade Edition. Good. Octavo, viii,136pp, 15 colour plates tipped onto card mounts with red-titled tissue guards, numerous intext illustrations in black and white, illustrated endpapers, blue cloth boards blocked in gilt after one of Rackham's illustrations, gilt title and design on the spine. Head and... More
Glenhuntly: 57/60th Battalion (AIF) Association, 1991. First Edition. cloth. Octavo, 24.8 x 17.2cm, 352pp., ill., green cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, green dust jacket (lightly creased) with shoulder patch, photograph and honours. Previous ownership sticker on front paste down. Volume two begins in 1930 when the two units... More
Melbourne: The 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment Association, 1983. First Edition. cloth. Octavo, 27.5 x 20.5cm, 111pp, [1] blank, ill., brown cloth boards with gilt title on spine, yellow dust jacket with black lettering and tri-colour shoulder patch. Pervious ownership sticker on front past-down. Story of a regiment that earned... More
Swanbourne: John Burridge Military Antiques, 2000. Revised Edition. Fine. Tall octavo, 29.7 x 21cm, 289pp, black and white photograaphic illustrations, maps. Marine blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to top cover and spine, glossy illustrated jacket depicting The Battle of Retino, oil painting by Vernon James. "First published in... More
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2017. illustrated paper covered stiff boards. square octavo, 23 x 23 cm, 212 pp., ill. A fully illustrated catalogue of the complete set of 100 etchings, engravings and aquatints known as the Vollard Suite, made by Picasso between 1930 and 1937. They are named after... More
London & New York: Kegan Paul International, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo, 24.7 x 18.4cm, xvii, (1) blank, 187pp, (2) blank, in-text illustrations, charts, heorglyphics. Maroon cloth covered boards with title in gilt to spine, dust jacket with illustration of Nefertari offering wine to Hathor. Jacket has slight indentations. In... More
London: Saccone and Speed Limited, nd (1947). Illustrated cloth covered boards. [Privately printed] Octavo, 22 x 14.7cm, 77pp. In cream paper covered boards with decoration by Rex Whistler. Two more colour illustrations by Whistler in text. Spine darkened, cream boards lightly marked, the bottom corners bumped with a small ding... More
Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (290 x 238 mm.), 96 pp., col. ill., bibliography, includes list of solo exhibitions. Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'David Aspden. The colour of music and place' 28 July - 4 September 2011. As new. David Aspden... More
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (221 x 146 mm.), xii, 131 pp., ill., paper covered boards. Text block very good, top edge spotted, cover soiled, corners worn, top and bottom of spine chipped, 3cm bruise to top of back cover, Good. The Volunteer Corps of the Colony... More
[Swanbourne, W.A.?]: [John Burridge Military Antiques?], [1991?]. Facsimile. Cloth. Octavo (222 x 147 mm.), xx, 399 pp. ill., maps, includes Nominal Roll, cloth. Facsimile Reprint. Originally published: Sydney: Halstead Press, 1938. Chip from lower edge of front board, few page corners turned down, previous owner's small ink stamp on fep... More
Boston: Beacon Press, c. 2004. 1/4 cloth. Octavo (223 x 168mm), [14] 75 pp., Quarter cloth with paper covered boards. As new in like dj. Mary Oliver (1935-2019), winner of the National Book Award in 1992 and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984 is one of the most well... More
New York and London: Garland, c. 1996. 1/4 cloth. Octavo (224 x 146 mm.), cii,690 pp., Quarter bound in cloth with glossy paper covered boards, indexes of Authors, Subjects and themes, and Artwork titles in French and English. Discreet blind embossed library stamp on tp, boards a little faded, ink... More
[Sydney]: [distributed by Bennett], [1985]. Facsimile. Cloth. Octavo (220 x 14.5 mm], 194 pp., ill., 8 folded maps, personnel lists, index. Facsimile edition, first published: Sydney: Errol G. Knox,1935. Limited edition of 200 copies. One map has a 7 cm cut caused when the fore edge was trimmed, otherwise fine... More
Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (240 x 164 mm.), xv, 318 pp.,ill., maps, includes nominal roll, glossary, index, paper covered boards in dj. Fine in like dj. This is the official history of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. It... More
London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1754. Full calf. Octavo (207 x 130 mm.), 6 v., [2] vii, 417; [2] 416; [2] 386; [2] 401; [2] 394; [2] 433pp., Volumes 1 & 6 Second Edition; Volumes 2-5 First Edition, 2 portraits of Richardson tipped onto feps (one engraved and with a.... More
London: Baynes and son, 1825. Full calf. Octavo (225 x 145 mm.), 2 v., [6] vi, 568; [4] 496 pp., engraved portrait frontis., black calf, 5 false raised bands with red and brown labels in 2nd and 4th compartments with gold blocked author and title, other compartments decoratively tooled in... More
Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation, 2014. White paper covered boards with typographical design. Quarto, 33 x 25.5 cm, 561 pp., ill., plan. “The inaugural exhibition of MMCA, Seoul, which was specifically prepared for its opening, consists of Connecting_Unfolding, an exhibition featuring the collaborative efforts of an... More
Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2014. Paper covered ilustrated boards. Quarto, 31.7 x 25.7, 216 pp., ill., glossary, bibliography. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 19 October 2013 - 27 January 2014. Contributors: James Bennett, Nalini Balbir, Stefano Carboni, Chaya Chandrasekhar, Richard J.... More
Sydney: Beagle Press, 2005. First Edition. Red cloth. Quarto, 30 x 29 cm, 256 pp., ill., bibliography, biographical notes, exhibition chronology. Inscribed by Jeffrey Smart on the half title page. Jeffery Smart (1921-2013) was one of Australia's best known artists of the 20th century. This book documents his life and... More
West Bengal: Swami Vireswarananda, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Mission, 1964. First Edition. Dark red cloth with gold blocked title. Landscape quarto, 22.7 x 29.7 cm, 100 pp., ill., glossary, signed on p. 4 by Christopher Isherwood. Swami Brahmananda (1863–1922), born Rakhal Chandra Ghosh, was one of the direct disciples... More
London: Phaidon, 2007. Glossy, illustrated paper boards to match dj. Quarto, 30 x 26 cm, 312 [320] pp., ill., index. "To the general public, Andy Warhol is known as a painter of famous faces - from Liz and Marilyn to his own ever-changing self-portrait. Less familiar are the portraits Warhol... More
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2015. Hardback. Glossy, illustrated paper covered boards. Quarto, 30 x 25 cm, 351 pp., ill. Published in association with the exhibition Tom Roberts, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 4 December 2015 - 28 March 2016. Tom Roberts (1856-1931) is one of Australia’s best-known artists who... More
[Toorak, Vic.]: Gryphon Books, 1977. Christian Waller. New edition designed by William Pate. Scarlet cloth with gold blocking of author/title and illustrations. Octavo, 30 x 22.4 cm, [52] pp., ill., edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy numbered B38, illustrated endpapers. Christian Waller, nee Yandell (1875-1956) commenced art study... More
Sydney: Cornstalk, 1926. First Edition. grey/blue ‘wave pattern’ cloth. Octavo, 19 x 13 cm, 54 pp., ill. Charles Thomas Biass "Charlie" Turner (1862-1944) , known as ‘The Terror’ was a NSW and Australian Test cricketer. Debuting in the Test against England in 1887, he was amongst the best medium paced... More
