London: Bensley for Ackermann, 1813 [i.e. 1870]. William Blake. Third Edition. Quarto, (2), liv, 42 pp. With a portrait frontispiece, etched titlepage, typographical title page, dedication to the Queen, list of subscribers, biographical sketch of Blair, the poem and 11 plates with tissue guards. Gilt-stamped and blind-stamped and lettered cloth..... 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
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, Nd. George Woolliscroft Rhead, Frederick Rhead and Louis Rhead. Leather bound. Tall hardcover recently rebound with original gilt title laid back onto top board : pp. xx (2) 3-201 (202, blank) : over 120 illustrations and embellishments in b&w : blue leather binding with blue..... 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: 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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. Edmund Dulac. Edition Deluxe. vellum. Octavo : pp xvi, 133 (136) : 50 colour illustrations with captioned tissue guards tipped onto heavy card : bookplate of John Woolcott Forbes : full vellum binding (recently cleaned) with gilt blocked lettering and design on top board and..... 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
Santa Cruz: Flesk Publications, 2006. Limited Edition. cloth. Hardcover in slipcase: [1, SIGNED Limitation page], 160pp; richly illustrated with Bama book cover illustrations; Introduction by Harlan Ellison and Forewrod by Len Leone; photo collage illustrated endpapers; black cloth covered boards lettered in gilt; Illustrated dustwrapper; black cloth covered slipcase also..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 133 : colour frontispiece : 11 full page b/w illustrations : b/w drawings throughout : faded orange paper boards with small oval illustration : 1st prize sticker to front endpaper : remnant of front dust jacket and inside flap..... 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
London: Swann, Sonnenschein and Co, 1892. First Edition. Crown octavo, 28 [2]pp. + 36 [2] (unpaginated, the text of Meredith's poem); 8 full page illustrations together with Meredith's text hand lettered and decorated by Housman; t.e.g.; cream paper covered boards with unsigned binding design in red by Housman, lettered in..... 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
Dresden and Leipzig: Published for the Proprietors by A.H. Payne, Nd [1851]. First Edition. half leather. Quarto: pp. [4] 1-240 [2, blank] : 90 tissue guarded steel engravings including hand coloured vignette title : Index : marbled eps : t.e.g. : half leather over green boards. Corners scuffed; joints..... 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
London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. First Edition. Oblong format (22 x 27.5cm), pp 66, 30 full page colour illustrations and one douple page spread, numerous in text sepia illustrations, swan and ship endpapers; glazed boards (top board illustrated), green cloth spine. Edges of boards scuffed and..... More
London, New York and Bombay: Longman's Green & Co., 1902. First Edition. Oblong format (22 x 27.5cm), pp 64, 32 full page colour illustrations (including title page), numerous in text sepia illustrations, swan and ship endpapers; glazed boards (top board illustrated), yellow cloth spine. Edges of boards scuffed and worn, corners..... More
London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. First Edition. Oblong format (22 x 27.5cm), pp 64, 32 full page colour illustrations (including title page), numerous in text sepia illustrations, swan and ship endpapers; glazed boards (top board illustrated), blue cloth spine. Edges of boards scuffed and worn, corners..... More