Brisbane: Simpson, Halligan & Co. Ltd., 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : [56]p. : original grey boards with gilt lettering to the upper board. Slight damage to rear endpaper. The translator, William James Byram, was born in Brisbane in the 1860s and died in 1922 just prior to the publication..... More
London: The Harvill Press, 1950. Octavo : pp. [viii] 264 : blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine : plain dustjacket lettered in blue and black. Jacket soiled, toned on the spine and completely separated at the top joint; top edge of the block toned; previous owner's initials and marginalia..... More
Melbourne ; London ; Toronto: William Heinemann, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [iv] 283 [1 blank] : inscribed by author at title page, ''For Sidney Elliot, with best wishes from Dudley'' : purple cloth boards : argent to spine : unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Head and tail of spine..... More
London: Cassell, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. (4) 186 (2, blank) : INSCRIBED by the author on the title page : black cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine : unclipped jacket designed by Michael Bell. Edges of block lightly flecked; top edge toned; jacket foxed. Dudley Raymond Barker..... More
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[Melbourne]: Sands & McDougall Limited, 1899. First Edition. Soft cover. Crown octavo : pp. [8] 124 [4] 93 : original vellum style wrappers with gilt lettering : top edge gilt : fore edges unopened. Small piece missing at top of spine. The compiler Thomas Brassey, Earl [1836-1918], was Governor of..... More
Boston; Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First English Language Edition. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [3] 292 [296] : rich green endpapers : pale green cloth covered boards : gilt to spine : green illustrated jacket designed by Gerry Hoover. Block edges foxed; head of spine toned and gently pushed;..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, pp (viii), 214, (ii). light blue boards with lettering in gilt on the spine, illustrated paper jacket. Corners are lightly bumped and with light foxing to the edges of the leaves. The jacket is price clipped, a little edgeworn and with a 1cm..... More
London: Calder and Boyers, 1969. First Edition. Post 8vo : pp. [4] 5-[160] : olive boards with gold metallic lettering : dust jacket with photo montage by Carol Burns. Minor foxing to endpapers and edges of the block: jacket lightly creased along top edge, lower cover soiled. Burns' fourth work..... More
![Item #15613 Winter's Tales 25 [SIGNED]. Peter CAREY, Martin AMIS](https://archivesfinebooks-au.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15613.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749018425)
London: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Post octavo : pp. [9] 10-159 : black boards lettered in gilt on the spine : green dust jacket lettered in white : SIGNED by Carey on the title page and Amis on p.9. First American appearance of Carey's story 'He Found Her..... More
London: Quartet Books Limited, 1991. First UK Edition. Demy octavo ; pp. [vi] [2]3 - 338 : black boards : lettered in silver to spine : illustrated dustjacket. Top edge foxed. STIG DAGERMAN (1923-1954), Swedish writer and journalist, broke onto the literary scene at twenty-two. He enjoyed phenomenal success publishing..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo : pp. [vi] 122 : brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine : unclipped jacket designed by George Mayhew. Closed vertical tear to top wrapper; tape repairs to verso of jacket at the top edge and head of spine; top..... More
London: Methuen, n.d. [1908]. First English Language Edition. F'cap octavo : pp. [viii] [222] : 6 colour plates including frontis : all edges gilt : polished green calf with double ruled gilt borders and floral ornaments in the corners : five raised bands : gilt lettering, rules and flower ornaments..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1994. Hardcover : pp. [4] 5-184 : e.p.s illustrated with a rat : dark green boards lettered in silver : Green dustwrapper illustrated in black & white. Top edge lightly toned. The sequel to Faldbakken's widely acclaimed "Twilight Country" More
London: William Heinemann, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. (4) (2) 3-283 (1, blank) : original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine : LACKING dust jacket. Corners sharp but slightly rubbed; strip of cloth along tail of both boards is lighter (not sunned, maybe cleaned?); very small dint..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1965. First U.S. Edition, first printing. Octavo : pp. [xii] 388 : top edge dyed (light purple) : marine blue cloth lettered in white and red on the spine : jacket designed by Arnold Skolnick. Jacket rubbed and worn at extremities; light soiling to fore edge..... More
Guildford and London: Lutterworth, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 172 [4 blank] : map : illustrations with-in text : index of Maori words : green cloth boards : gilt to spine : olive green endpapers : price clipped illustrated dust jacket. Light foxing to head and tail..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin LTD, 1930. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo : [400]pp. : green publisher's cloth with four vertical lines (two straight, two waved) : illustrated dustjacket. The unclipped jacket is toned at the spine and with a closed horizontal tear that joins a vertical tear descending..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. Demy octavo : pp. [2] (List of titles by Hemingway) [8] 9-140 [2] (blanks) : Scribner's capital "A" and device to copyright page : bright blue boards with author's debossed signature on top board and silver lettering on spine : unclipped first..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Edition. Octavo : pp. 127 [1, blank] : blue publisher's cloth with light blue debossed title panel on spine lettered in red : design on top board : colourful wraparound dustjacket illustration by Hans Tisdall. Unclipped jacket worn along the joints and with minor wear..... More
Cambridge: Pepys Collection, Magdalene College, 1909. Facsimile. Hardcover : pp. [18] : pages at head uncut : grey/brown paper boards : light brown cloth spine. Small mark to cloth spine at front; head and tail of spine gently pushed. Date of this, the earliest know edition, 1533. More
Cambridge: 1909. Facsimile. Hardcover : pp. 42 : pages uncut at head : grey/brown paper boards : light brown cloth spine : bookseller's sticker to front paste-down. Edge of pages 35-38 has fold crease and small closed tear; toning to endpapers. Reproduced in Facsimile in 1909, date of the earliest..... More
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Geneva: Iohannem Vignoni, 1609. Small octavo : pp. [1] (blank) [16] 447 [3] (blank) : text in Greek : drop caps, head- and tail-pieces : all edges speckled : calf binding with leather title panel lettered in brown ink. Trimmed and with paper repairs to the tops pp. 432-447, some..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Hardcover : pp. [vi] 186 : tan boards : gilt lettering to spine : pink jacket design by Peter Bate. Head and tail of spine very gently pressed; light tanning to block edges; jacket edges creased, tide-mark to tail of spine on verso; sunned spine. First..... More
