London: Sandle Brothers Ltd., n.d. First Edition. Oblong hardcover (20 x 27.3cm); 3 unpaginated boards; two double page pop-ups; illustrated covers, red cloth backstrip. Corners a little bruised; both pop-ups working. More
Sydney: Newsouth, 2014. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [1-7], 8-256 : Richly illustrated throughout : Illustrated paper cover with detail from 'Eastern native cat or quolls with a dead chicken', 1797, artist unknown : Previous owner's notes loosley inserted. Small fold crease near foot of front cover but otherwise a fine..... More
London: Privately printed for the Navarre Society, n.d. Complete in two volumes, octavo, pp. xix (1) 332, xiii (1) 404; 16 plates by Louis Chalon reproduced and coloured by hand ( nine in vol 1, seven in vol 2); red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spines; tan dustwrappers..... More
London: Virtue and Co., n.d. [1874-76]. First Edition. Quarto, 8 vols. Vol 1: pp.28, iv (outer title page and advertisement), 14 steel engravings including vignette inner title page and map of Victoria; Vol 2: pp.29-56, 14 steel engravigns including map of New South Wales; Vol 3: pp. 57-88, 14 steel..... More
New Zealand: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1882. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo : vii (ix) 107 (108, Author's advertisement), iii (List of publications of the Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department of New Zealand) : 39 plates (including IA and XIVA) as called for at p. iv : dark brown..... More
Canberra: British Museum (Natural History) in association with Australian National University Press, 1983. Sydney Parkinson. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. xv (xvi) 300 (304) : frontispiece, Sydney Parkinson : over 200 beautiful illustrations : green illustrated endpapers : duo-tone green cloth covered boards with kangaroo outline in gilt to top..... More
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [n.d.]. Full leather. Octavo, 332pp., 44 coloured plates [48 advertised on the title page but only 44 called for in the List of Illustrations. Of these all 44 are present and in fine condition], illustrated endpapers, fine gilt blocked leather binding, spine..... More
Brisbane: Jackson & O'Sullivan, 1949. William Bustard. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [15] 148 [152] : 10 colour tipped plates including frontispiece : all plates line drawings within text : illustrated olive green cloth boards : grey dust jacket illustrated : pictorial endpapers : top edge dye. Head and tail of..... More
Sydney: Selected Publications, n.d. Almost square stapled paperback with illustrated card covers (19 x 16cm); 8pp (also card); 6 colour and 6 b&w illustrations. Covers slightly soiled, a little age toned, otherwise very good. More
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1907. First Edition. Tall hardcover (28 x 21 cm), pp. frontis, 186, 3 [advertisments], 15 full page colour illustrations by R.K. Culver; grey paper covered boards, embossed white lettering, colour illustrations pasted onto topboard, brown cloth spine lettered in white (fading). Corners quite bumped and..... More
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1908. First Edition. Tall hardcover (28 x 21 cm), pp. 2lanks, frontis, 178, 8 [advertisments], 15 full page colour illustrations by R.K. Culver; grey paper covered boards, embossed white lettering, colour illustrations pasted onto topboard, grey cloth spine lettered in white. Corners quite bumped and..... More
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1907=9. First Edition. Tall hardcover (28 x 21 cm), pp. frontis, 178, 14 full page colour illustrations by Francis P Wightman and William K. Sweeney; light grey paper covered boards, embossed white lettering, colour illustration pasted onto topboard, light grey cloth spine lettered in white..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1921. Fourth Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8 unpaginated], [1-2], 3-86, [87-88] : 7 of 8 colour plates (lacking frontispiece) by Wilfred Jones : pencil note on front free-endpaper, ''The Moving Finger writes''...p.72 : Apricot paper boards with gilt lettering and inside margin decoration..... More
Melbourne: Anderson, Gowan Pty Ltd., n.d. Staplebound wraps. With Compliments | The British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. | Distributors of Shell Products Throughout | Australia and New Zealand. Wholly set up and printed in Australia by Anderson, Gowan Pty. Ltd. 253 Lonsdale St., Melbourne. No date. Quarto, 16pp., 6 colour..... More
Surrey: The World's Work (1913) Ltd, 1958. Reissue. Tall hardcover; unpaginated [14 leaves including free endpapers]; illustrated; illustrated paper covered boards lettered in white on the top; white spine lettered in brown and black; illustrated dustwrapper. This is an internally fine copy with some very slight wear to the boards and..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918. First Edition. Quarto (29 x 22cm); pp. [2, half title, blank], 171, [1, printers' address]; coloured title page precedes typographical title page, A&R endpapers; tan illustrated boards, brown cloth spine with gilt lettering, facsimile illustrated dust wrapper. Muir 4263. Boards are mostly clean with soiling along..... 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
Ontario: First Team Press Inc, 1988. Lithograph printed on acid free paper. Signed and numbered by José Luis Carcia Lopez, limited to 2500 prints featuring the special 50th Anniversary gold heat-embossed seal. Mounted and framed. A few barely perceptible chips to the frame. Original envelope tucked into the back of..... 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. Special Issue. Crown Octavo, pp. xi (xii) 178 (2), illustrated endpapers; blue silk ribbon bookmark; blue leather blocked in gilt, double border with floral corner devices, illustration of Christopher Robin with Pooh on top board; illustrated spine with floral devices, all edges gilt; orinal..... More
London: Methuen & Co.Ltd, 1927. Special Issue. Crown Octavo, pp. x (xii) 103 (1), illustrated endpapers; green silk ribbon bookmark; green leather blocked in gilt, double border with floral corner devices, illustration of Christopher Robin with fishing rod on top board; illustrated spine with floral devices, all edges gilt; orinal..... More
Canberra: Brindabella Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover : 56 pp : 20 engravings, 3 small decorations : frontispiece, tipped in photograph of Helen in her Little Collins Street studio, 1938 : introduction by Helen Maxwell : quarter bound in green leather with brown paper sides : printed illustrated title label..... More
London: James Henderson Publishers, 1872. Hardcover : pp. [1-5] 6-223 [224] : 28 full-page engravings : text in double columns : Ornately embossed pebbled boards with gilt lettering and illustration : new endpapers : all edges gilt. Recently re-backed with original spine laid back on : light to moderate foxng throughout..... More
London: Lawrence and Bullen, n.d. [1902]. Stitched, softcover, (24.5 x 155cm), 28pp (unnumbered), each page with a humourous verse by Tovey and an illustration by John Hassall; Illustrated card wraps. The covers are soiled and creased; clean and bright inside except for some soiling to the edges of the first few..... More