London: Duckworth, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. (4) 5-192 : orange cloth boards : lettered in black to spine : INSCRIBED to author's mother. Spine is sunned; three small chips to tail of front joint (2mm and 4mm); edges of top board also sunned; edges of block are toned..... More
Cremorne: Copperfield Publishing Company, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [ix] 66 [136] : 27 full colour plates, tipped in by hand : 16 illustrations with-in text : collectors edition limited to 275 editions of which this is number 34 : printed on 150gsm goatskin parchment : tissue guard to..... More
Durban: Published Privately for my Father's Friends, [n.d.]. viii (with three extra pages inserted after p.iii), 419pp, (2) Colophon, photographic illustrations. Bevelled cloth covered boards printed with a dark brown border and title in orange, printed endpapers, pp i - 156 are a photolithographed reproduction of the hand lettered copy..... More
Melbourne: Spectrum Publications, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover : pp.[xiv] 254 [4, photos] : pictorial free endpapers : orange cloth with picture from f.f.e.p. repeated on top board in white, lettering also in white : photo illustrated dustjacket. Minor rubbing to lower edge of the boards; spray of pin prick marks..... More
Adelaide: Hobby Investments, 1980. 2nd Printing. Softcover : pp. (6) 7-216 : colour photo of Aggie Grey to top cover, lettered in white; white spine lettered in black; back cover with two more photos, lettered in black : INSCRIBED by Grey on half title : two colour photographs of Aggie..... More
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
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1876. First Edition. Octavo : pp. [I] xi, 475; [II] viii, 480 : marbled e.p.s : potrait frontis from a photograph by Claudet engraved by C. Cook : all edges marbled : polished calf : blind decorative borders within double ruled gilt borders : five..... More
Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1901. Hardcover : pp. [iv] xii [1] : [iv] x [1] 227 [228] : [iv] x [1] 191 [192] : [iv] viii [1] 199 [200] : frontispiece all : illustrated with numerous plates, including colour : maps : rust red cloth boards with blind stamp..... More
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover in a slipcase : pp.[ii] (limitation page) [282] : photo illustrated : SIGNED & numbered : navy cloth lettered in gilt : top edge gilt : blue silk bookmark : acetate jacket : navy cloth slipcase. Light 1cm spot on..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [3] 727 [728] : 32 pages of black and white photographic illustrations : black cloth covered boards : gilt lettering to spine : dust jacket front photo of Patrick White by Howard Coster and the back photo by William..... More
Dublin: The Dolmen Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [6] 88 : 13 drawings : pale yellow paper wraps, illustrated. Light crease to back cover at tail. A chronicle of the Irish poet Yeats's Sligo relatives. More
Ringwood, Vic. Viking, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcopy : pp. [vi] [302] : original maroon boards : 16 pages of black and white illustrations : photo illustrated dustjacket with sticker stating this is , "An Autographed copy from SHEARER"S" : Ruth Park's autograph on a bookplate pasted in. Previous owner's..... More
Brisbane: W.R. Smith and Paterson, 1976. First Edition. Presentation and Association copy : Hardcover : pp. [5] 389 [392] : inscribed by author : tipped in errata as well as a loosely inserted errata page : pale blue cloth covered boards : yellow, black and white pictorial jacket Previous owner's..... More
Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [viii] xiv [2] 717 [1 blank] : illustrated : black cloth boards with blind stamped title : grey dust jacket with foliage illustration to front and author portrait to back : silk bookmark. Would be fine but for minor shelf-wear..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover ; pp. [vii] x [3] 269 [1 blank] : SIGNED by author to title page : brown cloth boards : decorative motif and gilt title to spine : green dye to top edge. Head and tail of spine gently pushed; age toned..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. First Edition. Cloth. Hardcover : pp. xviii, 1178 : blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine : illustrated dust jacket. Sprinkle of pinprick spots to top edge near spine. Biographies of 745 eminent British lives that ended between 1961 and 1970. Includes Churchill, Nehru, T.S...... More