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: 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
New York: Charles L Webster and Company, 1885. First American Edition. Octavo (22 x 16.5cm), 366pp., 173 illustrations; original green cloth covers double ruled with blocked illustration and lettering in dark green and gilt, gilt panel on spine with lettering in green, author and publisher names in gilt. with the..... More