London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 159, [1, blank]; red cloth covered boards with black embossed lettering on the spine, dust wrapper designed by Studio Stead. Shallow ding to head of spine, tail gently bruised; top and bottom edges a touch dust toned; bottom... More
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (19 x 12.5cm), pp. 184; red cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, dust wrapper designed by Leslie Stead. Head, tail and bottom corners gently bruised; top and bottom edges a touch dust toned, shallow ridges (1mm) on bottom edge;... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 160; red cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, illustrated dust wrapper designed by Studio Stead. Head, tail and corners gently bruised; slight spine lean; top edge a touch dust toned, bottom lightly scuffed with... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover 16mo (19 x 13cm), pp. 191, [1, blank]; orange cloth covered boards with embossed black lettering on the spine, illustrated dust wrapper designed by Studio Stead. Head and tail gently bruised and a touch sunned; top edge a little dust toned, bottom lightly... More
Sydney: Dunvegan publications, n.d. [1946]. Octavo (19 x 12.5cm), frontis, 127pp (1), original green cloth binding with dark green lettering, illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations by Mirren. Some of the illustrations have been neatly hand coloured (probably by a previous owner) and the jacket is chipped and torn (now protected in librarian's... More
London: The Bodley Head. Various bindings. Thirty-five facsimile volumes in twenty-eight slipcases designed by Mitsumasa Anno. The facsimiles were produced by the Japanese specialists, Holp Shuppan, matching the paper, colour printing, and binding of the original editions produced in England in the 18th and 19th centuries. This set is fine... More
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, n.d. [1916]. First thus. Octavo (215 x 155mm). (xvi), 19-332pp. Endpapers, frontispiece plus 43 coloured plates as called for illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant. Recent binding by Karen McGuire; gilt decoration including heart, club and rose detailing in homage to the subject... More
Sydney: New Century Press, 1940. First Edition. Pp 122, 10 full page part coloured illustrations, illustrated paper covered boards, decorated endpapers, illustrated paper dust wrapper. Dust wrapper with a small (5mm) tear at bottom of front cover, a little edgeworn along the top, a few foxmarks (10) scattered across top... More
Sydney: 1951. First Edition. No publisher named but printed by Winn & Co., Sydney. Paper covered boards with illustration pasted on top board, 26pp.,6 colour plates, 2 full page black and white illustrations and several in text illustrations. Head of spine chipped and foot of spine abraded, corners tender, plate... More