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| *a2326 Dridan |
| David Dridan |
| With introduction by Arthur Rymill. (Adelaide: Printed by Hyde Park Press: March 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 28 (text, including Foreword by Russell Drysdale) plus 34 plates on art paper plus ii including Acknowledgements Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2339 Bullett, Gerald |
| Germany |
| With an chapter on German Tourism and Montaineering by Anthony Bertram. (London: A&C Black: 1930) (First Edition) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 196 and 2 p.a. (208 x 145 x about 40 mm thick). Illustrated by ET and E Harrison Compton (32 colour plates additional to pagination). Folding sketch map at rear. Black's New Series of Colour Books. V.g. or perhaps near fine. |
| $35 |
| *a2359 no author |
| The Boydell Shakespeare Prints |
| With an Introduction by AE Santaniello (NY: Arno Press: 1979) Reprint edition. Bds pp. 250 (342 x 250 mm) About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which has a few clean tears. |
| $45 |
| *a2377 Quennell, Peter |
| Victorian Panorama: A Survey of Life and Fashion from Contemporary Photographs with a Commentary by Peter Quennell |
| (London: Batsford: October 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 120 and 32 p.a. Richly illustrated with many plates additional to pagination. Index. Spine moderately sunned o/w fine |
| $40 |
| *a2460 Mountford, CP, FRAI |
| The Art of Albert Namatjira |
| (Melbourne: Bread and Cheese Club: 1944) Second Impression. Cl. backed bds pp. 80 (244 x 182 mm) Illust. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a2466 Bicknell and Comstock, New York |
| Specimen Book of One Hundred Architectural Designs, showing Plans, Elevations and Views of Suburban Houses, Villas, Sea-side and Camp-ground Cottages, Homesteads, Churches and Public Buildings, also Several Original Designs for Modern Styles of Mantels and Furniture, prepared especially for this work. |
| (NY: Bicknell and Comstock: 1880) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 80 (232 x 150 mm) Freely illustrated. A little external wear; Institute label on fixed front endpaper: o/w fine. |
| $1000 |
| *a2467 Burn, Robert Scott (Edited by) |
| Ornamental Drawing, and Architectural Design with Notes, Historical and Practical |
| (London: Ward and Lock: 1857) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 124 and 4 p.a. (210 x 137 mm) Upwards of 200 Illustrations Ward and Lock's Educational Works (series). Lacks the leaf opposite the title-page (half-title?) o/w v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2483 Morris, Barbara |
| Liberty Design 1874-1914 |
| (London: Pyramid Books: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 128 (248 x 235 mm) Illust. Reference Section. Inex. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2488 Krecic, Peter |
| Plecnik: The Complete Works |
| (NY: Whitney Library of Design: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. 256 (310 x 237 mm) Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2490 Hylton, Jane |
| Adelaide Angries: South Australian painting of the 1940s |
| (Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia: 1989) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 80 (298 x 208 mm) Illust. Selected Bibliography Fine |
| $35 |
| *a2515 Mincham, Hans |
| The Flinders Ranges |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 61 (224 x 280 mm) With 28 colour reproductions of paintings by Bill Walls. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2261 Mountford, Charles P, FRAI, FRGS, Etc |
| Brown Men and Red Sand: Journeying in Wild Australia |
| (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens: 1951) Third Edition. Cl. pp. xvi, 184. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. A tiny nick to spine. About fine copy |
| $30 |
| *a2309 Scarborough, JC |
| Uncle Tom's Wurley |
| (Adelaide: Sharples Printers: 1966) Pict. wrs plus pp. 61 (205 x 132 mm) A little damage to wrappers; internally fine. |
| $25 |
| *a2317 Barcs, Emery |
| Backyard of Mars: Memoirs of the 'Reffo' Period in Australia |
| (Sydney: Wildcat Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 227 (235 x 162 mm) Illust. An Ownership inscription About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2319 Mobbs, CL |
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Second World War: An outline of the Bank's principal wartime activities from the outbreak of war in September, 1939, to the termination of hostilities in September, 1945. |
| (Sydney: John Sands: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 330. Frontispiece by Cedric Emanuel. Concludes with The Staff including Service with the Armed Forces. Roll of Honour. Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2383 Lord, Fred |
| Fire Alarm |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. x, 182. Illust. Arson, bush fires etc V.g. in dust-jacket. which is stained on its blind side. |
| $30 |
| *a2384 Mitchell, Elyne |
| Discoverers of the Snowy Mountains |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 235. Illust. Map. Sources and Bibliography Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2385 Mitchell, Elyne |
| Discoverers of the Snowy Mountains |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 235. Illust. Map. Sources and Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2391 Holmes, Charles H |
| We Find Australia |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1933) Third Impression. Cl. pp. 256 and 122 p.a. Illust. Much on Western Australia, The Kimberleys, Arnhem Land etc, and of considerable aboriginal interest. Good copy from Boots Library in the library's buckram. |
| $30 |
| *a2392 Drake-Brockman, H |
| Blue North: Being a Narrative concerning the Incidents and Adventures which befell John Fordyce when he went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876. |
| (Sydney: The Endeavour Press: 1934) 'First Australian Edition' Novel. Cl. p. 315. Front panel of jacket pasted on front cover; sound ex-Institute copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2444 Mackaness, George |
| Lags and Legirons |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 118. Illust. by Anthony Hudson. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which has a large chip to head of front panel. |
| $25 |
| *a2487 Faull, Jim and Young, Gordon |
| People Places and Buildings: Rural Settlements in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| (Adelaide: South Australian Centre for Settlement Studies: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. 120 (304 x 215 mm) Illustrated from photographs and with sketches by Peter Perkins. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2498 Waddy, EM |
| Those shades of earliest South Australia |
| (Adelaide: Printed at The Griffin Press: n.d.) First Edition Cl. pp. xi, 270. A story of the romantic pioneering days in the Colony of South Australia: Historical, Geographical and Domestic. 'Founded on Fact'. Gift inscription Fine |
| $60 |
| *a2503 Waddy, EM |
| Those Shades of Earliest South Australia |
| (Adelaide: Printed by The Griffin Press: n.d.) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 270. A story of the romantic pioneering days in the Colony of South Australia: Historical, Geographical and Domestic. 'Founded on Fact'. Ownership inscription A few relevant cuttings pasted on front endpapers, and others loosely in the book; annotations to p. 209. Fine |
| $75 |
| *a2323 Alford, Bob |
| Darwin's Air War 1942-45: An Illustrated History |
| (Darwin: The Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory: 1991) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 80 (295 x 210 mm) Illust. Maps. Select Bibliography Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2418 Clark, Alan |
| Aces High: The War in the Air over the Western Front 1914-18 |
| (NY: GP Putnam's Sons: Copyright The Author 1973. Printed in Great Britain) Bds pp. 191 (255 x 175 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2260 Cowles, Virginia |
| The Kaiser |
| (London: Collins: 1963) First Edition Cl. pp. 446. Illust. Index. Good copy |
| $30 |
| *a2312 Willis, GM |
| Ernest Augustus: Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 445. Illust. Sources. Index. Ownership inscription V.g. in worn dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2360 Pybus, Cassandra |
| The Devil and James McAuley |
| (St Lucia: University of Queensland Press: 1999) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 312. Illust. Cast (ie Notes on Persons). Notes. Sources. Index. 'A lifetime of Labyrinthine Politics, Art and Nightmare'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2370 Collis, Maurice |
| Stanley Spencer: A Biography |
| (London: Harvill Press: May 1962) Second Impression. Cl. pp. 255. Details of all paintings and drawings alluded to in the text. Index. Mark to lower edge o/w about fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. which is foxed on its blind side. |
| $35 |
| *a2376 Scott, Walter S |
| White of Selborne |
| (London: The Falcon Press: This edition first published in 1950) Cl. pp. 260. Illust. An owner's name. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a2430 Stirling, Alfred |
| The Italian Diplomat and Italy and Scotland |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 93. Illust. Indexes. The diplomat of the first title is Costantino Nigra, 'who was instrumental in bringing about the union of Italy'. V.g. or near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2448 Ross, Ian Clunies |
| Memoirs and Papers: With Some Fragments of Autobiography |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. xxiv, 240. Introduction by Frank Eyre. Frontispiece. An owner's name. Fine in good dust-jacket. which has a few chips and a clean teat at fold of rear flap. |
| $40 |
| *a2456 Tenzing (told to James Ramsey Ullman) |
| Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing |
| (London: Harrap: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. Illust. Index. Near fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2471 Langmore, Diane |
| Glittering Surfaces: A Life of Maie Casey |
| (St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 272. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2529 Burchell, David |
| My World: an autobiography |
| (Adelaide: Printed by Gillingham for the Author: November 1988) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 253 (255 x 180 mm) Illust. An owner's name stamp. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2531 Waliszewski, K (Translated into English from the French of) |
| The Romance of An Empress: Catherine II of Russia |
| (London: Heinemann: 1896) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 460. With a Portrait ie frontispiece. The Empire Library series. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2532 Paleologue, Maurice |
| The Enigmatic Czar: The Life of Alexander I of Russia |
| (Translated from the French by Edwin and Willa Muir. (London: HH: 1938) First Edition Cl. pp. 326. Illust. Folding map. Index. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2537 Troyat, Henri |
| Gogol: The Biography of a Divided Soul |
| Translated from the French by Nancy Amphoux. (London: Allen and Unwin: 1974) FBE Bds pp. vi, 489. Illust. Bibliography Chronology. Biographical Notes. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2538 Troyat, Henri |
| Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror |
| (Translated by Joan Pinkham (Sevenoaks, Kent; New English Library: 1984) FBE Cl. pp. xiv, 335. Illust. Map. Notes. Chronology. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2540 Troyat, Henri |
| Catherine the Great |
| Translated by Emily Read (Oxford: Aidan Ellis: 1979) FBE Bds pp. x, 385. Illust. Chronology. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2541 Troyat, Henri |
| Peter the Great |
| Translated from the French by Joan Pinkham. (London: HH: 1988) FBE Bds pp. viii, 392. Illust. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2543 Tolstoy, Nikolai |
| The Tolstoys: Twenty-four Generations of Russian History 1353-1983 |
| (London: HH: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 368 (262 x 175 mm) Illust. A Note on Russian Titles. A Note on the Tolstoy Pedigree. A Note on Transliteration. Notes on each chapter. Index. Genealogical Tables on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2545 Mayne, F |
| The Life of Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia; with a short account of Russia and the Russians |
| (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans: 1855) First Edition Half leather bound, richly gilt on spine, with five raised bands; marbled boards; pp. viii, 390. Folding map. Some rubbing to corners of boards; generally fine copy |
| $300 |
| *a2313 Spon |
| Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs |
| (London: E and FN Spon: 1889) Third Edition. Pict. cl. pp. xii, 702 plus advertisements, front and rear (220 x 150 x about 45 mm thick). Illust. Index. Includes Carpentry, Joinery, Carving, Fretwork, Forging and Finishing, Polishing, Varnishing, Paperhanging, Gilding, Cabinet-making, etc etc External hinges and head and foot of spine and corners of boards more or less rubbed; v.g. copy |
| $60 |
| *a2257 no author |
| The Housewife's Handbook: An Information Bureau on Household Work and Repairs; Labour-saving Hints and Devices; Shopping; Cleaning and Mending; Table Service; Etiquette and First Aid |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Suggest late 1940s: Preface begins: 'The aftermath of the second World War, with its heavy taxation and high labour charges, has brought about a social revolution...' Cl. pp. 208. Illust. Contents and Index. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2514 Colwell, Max |
| The Journey of Burke and Wills |
| (Sydney: Hamlyn: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 152 (293 x 218 mm) Well illustrated. Map. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2279 le Strange, Richard |
| A History of Herbal Plants |
| (London: Angus and Robertson: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. xxii, 304. Illust. by Derek Cork. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Set out in alphabetical order. Includes Botanical Notes, Cultivation notes, Glossary of medicinal terms, Bibliography, Indexes of botanical and vernacular names. An owner's name. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2275 Tynan, Kenneth |
| Bull Fever |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1955) First Edition Bds. pp. xii, 145. Illust. V.g. or perhaps near fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a2417 Silvester, John and Mobbs, Anne |
| A Catland Companion: Classic Cats by Louis Wain and many others |
| (London: O'Mara: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. 96 (302 x 218 mm) Richly illustrated mostly in colour. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2501 Kirk, Mildred |
| The Everlasting Cat |
| (London: F&F: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 207. Illust. References to quotations. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2474 Roberts, Ivor |
| Australian Wine Pilgrimage |
| (North Sydney: Horwitz: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 168 (270 x 188 mm) Photography by Douglass Baglin. Introduction by Morris L. West. Glossary. Bibliography Index. Gift inscription About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2475 Roberts, Ivor |
| Great Australian Wines |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. 224 (267 x 190 mm) Photographs by Ivor Roberts. Maps by Rich Richardson. Grape Varieties in Australia. Glossary. References. Index. Gift inscription About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2428 Euwer, Anthony |
| The Limeratomy: A Compendium of Universal Knowledge for the more perfect understanding of the Human Machine |
| (NY: James B Pond: July, 1917) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 96. A series of limericks (even the notes are in limerick form) and illustrated by the Author or, in History own words: 'Done in the Limerick Tongue and Copiously Visualized with Illustragraphs by the Perpetrator'. An Ownership inscription Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2327 Selous, Frederick Courteney, FZS, Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society |
| African Nature Notes and Reminiscences |
| (London: Macmillan: 1908) First Edition Cl. pp. xxx, 356. Illust. by E. Caldwell. Foreword by President Theodore Roosevelt. Index. A cancelled ex-Institute library copy with label on fixed front endpaper and scattered impressed stamps; library number in gilt at foot of spine; Covers moderately faded and rubbed at extremities; internally v.g. |
| $250 |
| *a2403 Hayes, M. Horace, FRCVS |
| Riding and Hunting |
| (London: Hurst and Blackett: 1901) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 460 and 4 p.a. Illust. Index. Some flecking to spine; a few stains to covers the largest and most pronounced being a patch of dampstaining at fore edge of front cover; an owner's name: internally near fine. |
| $75 |
| *a2404 Dale, TF, MA |
| Fox-Hunting in the Shires |
| (London: Grant Richards: 1903) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xviii, 334. Illustrated from Photographs by RB Lodge and Others. Index. Volume II in The Hunting Library series edited by FGAflalo, FRGS, FGZ All edges uncut. Near fine |
| $80 |
| *a2281 Van Ess, The Rev. John, MA (American Mission, Basrah) |
| The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia |
| (Oxford Printed at the University Press for the Administration of the Teritories of Iraq in British Occupation: 1918) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 256. Part II (from p. 121) is Vocabulary ie dictionary of the Spoken Arabic and English. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *a2282 Partridge, Eric |
| From Sanskrit to Brazil: Vignettes and Essays upon Languages |
| (London: HH: 1952) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 146. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. which is browned on spine. |
| $60 |
| *a2288 Trench, Richard Chenevix, DD, Dean of Westminster |
| A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different From Their Present |
| (London: John W. Parker and Son: 1859) Second Edition, revised and improved. Dec. cl. pp. xii, 240 and 4 p.a. Preface by the author. Top and fore edges uncut. An old owner's name. About fine |
| $80 |
| *a2289 Trench, Richard Chenevix, DD, Dean of Westminster |
| English, Past and Present: Five Lectures |
| (London: John W. Parker and Son: 1859) Fourth Edition, Revised. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 264 and 8 p.a. Index of Words. Author's Preface to the First Edition. Top and fore edges uncut. An owner's name. About fine |
| $100 |
| *a2290 Trench, Richard Chenevix, DD, Dean of Westminster |
| On the Study of Words: Lectures addressed (originally) to The Pupils at the Diocesan Training-School, Winchester |
| (London: Parker, Son, and Bourn: 1861) Tenth Edition. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 256 and 8 p.a. Index of Words. Author's Preface to the First Edition. Original owner's name and date 1861. Top and fore edges uncut. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2258 Hadfield, John (Edited by) |
| The Saturday Book 29 |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1969) Dec. cl. pp. 256. Illust. Near fine in good dust-jacket. which is frayed at head of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a2259 Hadfield, John (Edited by) |
| The Saturday book 26 |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1966) Dec. cl. pp. 256. Illust. An owner's name. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a2287 Rabelaiw |
| Gargantua and Pantagruel |
| Translated from the French into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter le Motteux. (London: OUP: 1934) In Three Volumes (the first publication as such in 'The World's Classics' series). Dec. cl. pp. xl, 384 and 16 p.a. x, 392 and 16 p.a. x, 332 and 16 p.a. Index to set at rear of Volume III. Nos. 411, 412 and 413 in the World's Classics series. Title-pages say 'Newly annotated'. An owner's name and a date in each volume. Near fine in price-clipped dust-jackets |
| $60 |
| *a2298 Aeschylus / Gilbert Murray |
| The Agamemnon of Aeschylus |
| Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Gilbert Murray, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. (London: Allen and Unwin: 1920) First Edition Wrs pp. xvi, 92 and 2 p.a. Notes. Two owners' names. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a2299 Church, Richard |
| Twelve Noon |
| (London: Dent: 1936) First Edition Bds pp. x, 67. Poems. Near fine in good dust-jacket. which is slightly browned on its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a2300 Euripides / Gilbert Murray |
| The Electra of Euripides |
| Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Gilbert Murray, MA, LLD, etc. (London: George Allen: 1906) First Edition Wrs pp. x, 100. Notes. The Athenian Drama for English Readers (series). Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2301 Aeschylus / Gilbert Murray |
| The Eumenides (The Furies) of Aeschylus |
| Translated into Rhyming Verse by Gilbert Murray, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. (London: Allen and Unwin: 1925) First Edition Wrs pp. xvi, 64. Notes. Gift inscription About fine |
| $25 |
| *a2302 Ketton-Cremer, RW |
| Horace Walpole: A biography |
| (London: FF: 1946) Second (revised) edition. Cl. pp. 333. Illust. Folding Genealogical Table. Bibliographical Note. Index. Fore edge uncut. An owner's bookplate on free front endpaper and an Ownership inscription on title-page. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a2307 Sharp, Margery |
| Something Light |
| (London: Collins: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Top edge dusty o/w near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2316 Savage, Henry |
| Richard Middleton: The Man and His Work |
| (London: Cecil Palmer: 1922) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xii, 210 and 2 p.a. Illust. Index. Poetical tributes. Bibliography Fore and lower edges uncut. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2318 Ure Smith, Sydney and Spencer, Gwen Morton (Edited by) |
| Australia: Week-end Book 2 |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1943) First Edition Cl. backed pict. bds pp. 224. Illust. Contributors include Marjorie Barnard, Don Edwards, Eva Linn, Alan Marshall, Hal Missingham etc. 'Humorous Illustrations' by Hesling, O. Kay, Missingham, Wall, Wiz and others. About fine in good dust-jacket. (by Elaine). |
| $30 |
| *a2335 Murdoch, Walter |
| The Victorian Era: Its Strength and Weakness |
| (John Murtagh Macrossan Lectures 1937. (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1938) First Edition Dec. wrs pp. vi, 66. Near fine |
| $50 |
| *a2342 Wills, Garry |
| Chesteron: Man and Mask |
| (NY: Sheed and Ward: Copyright 1961) (First Edition) Bds pp. xii, 243. Chronology of Chesterton's Major Works. Notes. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2343 Thomas, Dylan |
| Early Prose Writings. |
| Edited with an Introduction by Walford Davies. (London: Dent: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 204. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2346 Chambers, EK |
| The Mediaeval Stage |
| (London: OUP: 1954) Reprint. In two volumes. Cl. pp. xliv, 419 and viii, 480. Frontispiece to each volume. Subject Index to the set at rear of Volume II. An owner's initials. Lower edges uncut. Top edges a little dusty o/w fine in dust-jackets. |
| $80 |
| *a2347 Chambers, |
| Chambers's Papers for the People Volumes III and IV bound as one |
| (Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers: 1850) Antique half leather binding, richly gilt on spine, with five raised bands. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2348 Chambers |
| Chambers's Papers for the People Volumes VII and VIII bound as one |
| (Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers: 1851) Antique half leather binding, chip to head of spine which is richly gilt with five raised bands. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2349 Chambers |
| Chambers's Papers for the People Volume IX and X bound as one |
| (Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers: 1851) Antique half leather binding, chip to foot of spine which is richly gilt with five raised bands. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2352 Shakespeare |
| Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies |
| A facsimile edition prepared by Helge Kokeritz. (New Haven: Yale University Press: January 1955) Third Printing. Cl. pp. 50 and 889 (285 x 222 mm) Frontispiece. With an Introduction by Charles Tyler Prouty. V.g. |
| $80 |
| *a2353 Mellick, JSD |
| The Passing Guest: A Life of Henry Kingsley |
| (St Lucia: University of Queensland Press: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 211 (260 x 180 mm). Illust. Family Tree. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2354 Cory, Donald Webster and Masters, REL (Edited by) |
| Violation of Taboo: Incest in the Great Literature of the Past and Present |
| (NY: The Julian Press: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 422. An anthology. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2356 Brecht, Bertolt |
| Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic |
| Translation and notes by John Willett. (London: Methuen: 1964) First publication of this English translation. Cl. pp. xvi, 294. Illust. List of Other English Translations. Index. Near fine in fair price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2357 Silverthorne, Elizabeth |
| Sarah Orne Jewett: A Writer's Life |
| (Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press: 1993) First Edition Cl. backed dec. bds pp. 239. Illust. Selected Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2358 Bowen, Elizabeth |
| The Little Girls |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 277. Small tape stain to free front endpaper. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which is mildly discoloured on its spine. |
| $30 |
| *a2361 Orwell, George |
| The English People |
| (London: Collins: 1947) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 48 (227 x 167 mm) Illustrated with 8 plates in colour (additional to pagination) and 17 pictures in black and white. Britain in Pictures series (number 100 on spine). An Ownership inscription on free front endpaper. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2362 Deighton, Len |
| Bomber: Events relating to the last flight of an RAF Bomber over Germany on the night of June 31, 1943 |
| (NY: Harper and Row: Copyright 1970) First US Edition. Bds pp. viii, 424 (242 x 165 mm) Small neat gift inscription on free front endpaper. Fore edge uncut. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2364 Shakespeare, William |
| Loves Labor's Lost |
| (London: Alexander Moring: 1904) Cl. backed bds with printed paper titling piece pp. xvi, 83 (218 x 160 mm) The Old Spelling Shakspeare (series). 'The Works of William Shakespeare according to the Orthography and Arrangement of the more authentic Quarto and Folio Versions'. Edited by FJ Furnivall, Founder and Director of the New Shakspere Society, Etc. Gift inscription Presentation label tipped on to fixed front endpaper. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Partly unopened copy. Some flecking to cloth and marginal dampstaining to boards; some discoloration to endpapers; text fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2369 Kipling, Rudyard |
| Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings. |
| Edited by Thomas Pinney. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. xxxvi, 294. Glossary of Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2378 Wedgwood, CV |
| Poetry and Politics under the Stuarts |
| (Cambridge at the University Press: 1960) First Edition Cl. p. vii, 220. The Clark Lectures 1958. Notes and References. Index. An owner's initials. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2379 Massinger, Philip |
| The Plays of Philip Massinger from the text of William Gifford with the addition of the tragedy 'Believe As You List'. |
| Edited by Lt. Col. Francis Cunningham (London: Chatto and Windus: n.d.) Suggest 1860s (?) Half leather bound pp. xxiv, 644 (185 x 130 x about 45 mm thick) Text double-column. Club bookplate on fixed front endpaper. Edges and endpapers marbled. Spine faded and heavily rubbed at head and foot of spine which are also chipped; corners of boards rubbed; internally fine or thereabouts. |
| $60 |
| *a2386 Mallock WH |
| The New Republic or Culture, Faith, and Philosophy in an English Country House. |
| Edited with Notes and an Introduction by J. Max Patrick. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press: 1950) First thus. Cl. pp. xl., 237. Bibliography Index. satire. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2387 Stanislavski, Constantin |
| Stanislavski's Legacy: Comments on Some Aspects of an Actor's Art and Life by Constantin Stanislavski. |
| Edited and Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. (London: Max Reinhardt: 1959) FBE Bds pp. 157. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2413 Michell, John |
| The New View Over Atlantis |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: This fully revised and reset edition first published in 1983) Dec. bds pp. 224 (245 x 165 mm) With 82 illustrations. Bibliography Index. About fine in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2415 Fraser, George MacDonald |
| The Pyrates |
| (London: Collins: 1983) First Edition Bds (dec. in gilt on spine) pp. 413. Decorated title-page. Pictorial 'maps' on endpapers. 'Influential Bibliography'. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2449 Ingamells, Rex |
| Of Us Now Living (A Novel of Australia) |
| (Melbourne: Hallcraft: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 443. Gift inscription on verso of free front endpaper and Ownership inscription on dedication page. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2464 Richardson, Henry Handel |
| The Young Cosima |
| (London: Heinemann: n.d.) (First Edition) Cl. pp. vi, 340. Sources and Authorities. Novel of Cosima Wagner's youth. Lacks free front endpaper o/w v.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2468 Masefield, John |
| South and East |
| (London: The Medici Society: 1929) First Trade Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 26 (254 x 190 mm) With six coloured plates by Jacynth Parsons tipped on to tinted leaves each with a blank leaf opposite and all of these extra to pagination. Edition limited to 2750 copies. Verse. Spine a little faded; covers good but neither bright nor pristine; a small Ownership inscription and another scuffed out; internally about fine and the plates fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2472 Cato, Nancy |
| The Heart of the Continent |
| (Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library : 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 478. Maps on endpapers. Novel of Australia's interior. fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2476 Eaden, PR and Mares, FH (Edited by) |
| Mapped but not known: The Australian Landscape of the Imagination - Essays and Poems presented to Brian Elliott LXXV 11 April 1985 |
| (Adelaide: Wakefield Press: 1986) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xiv, 269. Illust. by Maureen Prichard. A Checklist of the Works of Brian Elliott. Index Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2477 Cross, Tom |
| Artists and Bohemians: 100 Years with the Chelsea Arts Club |
| (London: Quiller Press: 1992) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 168 (293 x 198 mm) Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2494 Graves, Robert |
| Seven Days in New Crete. A Novel. |
| (London: Cassell: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 281. Good copy |
| $25 |
| *a2499 Maclean, Alistair |
| The Lonely Sea: Collected Short Stories |
| (London: Collins: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. 222. Gift inscription at head of free front endpaper. Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2507 Fauconnier, Henri |
| The soul of Malaya |
| Translated by Eric Sutton. (London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot: 1931) FBE Cl. pp. viii, 247. Illust. The French edition won the Goncourt Prize. Described as 'half-memoir, half-fiction' and is concerned with the experiences of two French planters in Malaya. V.g. or perhaps near fine in chipped and faded but near complete dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2511 Wodehouse, PG |
| Sunset at Blandings |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 213. Illust. by Ionicus. Pictorial maps on endpapers. With Notes and Appendices by Richard Usborne. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2249 Tomalin, Nicholas and Hall, Ron |
| The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst |
| (London: HS: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 317. Illust. Maps. Index. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2407 Preston, Antony; Lyon, David; and Batchelor, John H |
| Navies of the American Revolution |
| Edited by SL Mayer (London: Bison Books: 1975) (First Edition?) Bds pp. 160 (282 x 215 mm) Well illustrated. Maps on endpapers. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a2408 Callegari, Dennis |
| Cook's Cannon and Anchor: The Recovery and Conservation of Relics from HMS Endeavour |
| (Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press: 1994) First Edition Bds pp. 96 (245 x 190 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2411 Wrigley, Toby |
| Model Ships: Navies in Miniature |
| (London: Orbis Books: 1973) First English Edition. Bds pp. 64 (305 x 230 mm) Richly illustrated, largely in colour. Near fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2425 Blashford-Snell, John and Cable, Michael |
| Operation Drake |
| (London: WH Allen: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 296. Illust. Maps. Index. The official account of voyage in the track of Drake's circumnavigation of the world, by Young Explorers. Maps on endpapers. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2435 Gordon, Harry |
| Die Like the Carp!: The story of the greatest prison escape ever... |
| (Stanmore, NSW: Cassell Australia: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 240. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Index. Breakout of Japanese prisoners at Cowra, NSW. Gift inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2436 Carr-Gregg, Charlotte |
| Japanese Prisoners of War in Revolt: The Outbreaks at Featherston and Cowra during World War II |
| (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 225. Illust. Bibliography Official Documents. Index. Small Ownership inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2438 McCormac, Charles, DCM |
| 'You'll Die in Singapore' |
| (London: Hale: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 191. Frontispiece. Maps including folding map at rear. HE Bates termed McCormac's epic two-thousand mile escape 'perhaps the most horrifying and amazing escape' of World War Two. V.g. in like lightly chipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a2440 no author |
| The Persecution of the Catholic Church in the Third Reich |
| Facts and Documents translated from the German. (London: Burns Oates: 1940) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 566. Illust. Index. v.g. |
| $45 |
| *a2251 Trevelyan, George Macaulay, OM |
| Garibaldi being 'Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic', 'Garibaldi and the Thousand', 'Garibaldi and the Making of Italy' |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1933) First publication of this One Volume Edition. Cl. pp. xxviii, 326; 328; 297 (220 x 140 x about 65 mm thick) Illust. Maps (mostly folding, and with folding map at rear). Spine sunned; a few stains to top and lower edges; internally generally v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2264 Linklater, Eric |
| The Highland Division |
| (London: HM's Stationery Office: 1942) First Edition Issued for the War Office by the Ministry of Information. Dec. wrs pp. 96. Maps. The Army at War series. Text preceded by Order of Battle of The Fifty-First (Highland) Division. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2265 Hambro, Carl J, President of the Norwegian Parliament and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations |
| I Saw It Happen in Norway |
| (London: HS: 1940) FBE Cl. pp. viii, 238. Illust. Concludes with 'List of demands made upon the Norwegian Government by Germany at the beginning of the invasion of Norway'. Index. Chapters include 'Developments in Occupied Norway', 'The Army', 'The Air Force', 'The War in Norway', etc. About fine |
| $60 |
| *a2310 Van de Water, Frederic |
| Glory-Hunter: A life of General Custer |
| (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill: 1934) First Edition Cl. pp. 394. Frontispiece. Bibliography Index. Spine rubbed at its head and foot, and lightly sunned; lower edges of covers rubbed from being shelved; generally good copy. |
| $60 |
| *a2321 Landsborough, Gordon |
| Tobruk Commando |
| (London: Cassell: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 216. Illust. Maps. Good to v.g. copy. |
| $25 |
| *a2365 Laffin, John |
| World War I in Post-Cards |
| (South Melbourne: this paperback edition published 1990 by Sun Books) Pict. wrs pp. x, 201 (218 x 153 mm) Illust. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2405 Cary, Joyce |
| Memoir of the Bobotes |
| (Austin: University of Texas Press; 1960) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 155 (252 x 175 mm) Illust. Maps. Maps on endpapers. Published as a Supplement to The Texas Quarterly, Volume Three, Number One Good cancelled ex-library copy (text v.g.) in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2439 Edwards, Glen D |
| Vietman The War Within |
| (Salisbury, SA: The Author: 1992) First Edition Bds pp. x, 222 (304 x 215 mm) Illust. Glossary. 'The book provides a vivid and engrossing insight into the nature of Vietnam service' as twenty Australian, American and New Zealand participants tell their stories. An Ownership inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2457 Kenchington, F |
| Aladdin: a Pantomime by Members of the 85th Field Ambulance |
| (London: Andrew Melrose: 1917) Author's Note signed Macedonia, February 1917 and title everywhere but on title page given as 'Aladdin in Macedonia'. Cl. backed bds pp. xx, 112 (250 x 185 mm) Illust. with three coloured plates and five 'page plates' i.e. black and white drawings, most signed by CHD Jacques. The boards are stained and discoloured; head and foot of spine nicked; some internal stains mainly marginal; assessed overall as a sound copy of a rarity. |
| $145 |
| *2451 Depasquale, Paul |
| Jack Fewster (1893-1949): A search for the man and History work |
| (Oaklands Park, SA: Pioneer Books: March 1998) First Edition Pict. wrs. pp. 144. Illust. Biography of Adelaide band leader, composer and theatrical producer. The late Brian J. Causby's copy, with History book plate on verso of front wrapper, signed inscription to him by the Author, and History invitation to the launch of the book (this is in the form of a souvenir bookmark). Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2528 Dawson, Smoky |
| Along the Singing Trail with Smoky Dawson |
| (Melbourne: Victory Publicity Pty Ltd: n.d.) Cover price 1/-. Pict. wrs plus pp. 32 (245 x 183 mm) Illust. Includes autobiographical material; complete words and music of 'The Bogan Terror'; Incidents and Illustrations of Stan Gill's Wild West Rodeo A couple of small scuffs to front cover, one leaving a small perforation, o/w fine |
| $150 |
| *a2263 Baxter, Eric |
| The Avicultural Writings of Eric Baxter: a Guide to Keeping and Breeding Small Birds in Australian Aviaries. |
| Edited by Mark Shephard and Chris Welford. (Adelaide: The Avicultural Society of South Australia: 1985) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xiv, 193. Illust. Appendix of Scientific Names and another listing the writings chronologically. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2314 Lindner, Gert |
| Seashells of the World. |
| Translated and Edited by Gwynne Vevers. (Sydney: Australia and NZ Book Company: 1977) First Australian Edition. Bds pp. 271. Illust. including colour plates. Bibliography Subject Index. Index of families and genera. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2270 Moffatt, James |
| The Presbyterian Churches |
| (London: Methuen: 1928) Second Edition. Cl. pp. xii, 188. Index. The Faiths: Varieties of Christian Expression (series: Edited by LP Jacks). Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2315 Caraman, Philip |
| CC Martindale: A Biography |
| (London: Longmans: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 244. Illust. Family Tree. Index. Fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2388 Cavallari, Alberto |
| The Changing Vatican |
| Translated by Raymond T. Kelly. (London: FF: 1968) First English Edition. Cl. pp. 215. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2389 De Rosa, Peter |
| Jesus Who Became Christ |
| (London: Collins: First published in Great Britain, in a revised edition, 1975) Bds pp. 287. Notes. Index of names and subjects. Index of Bible references. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2443 Paley, William, DD |
| Horae Paulinae; or, The Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul Evinced, by a comparison of the Epistles which bear History Name with the Acts of the Apostles, and with One Another. With Notes and a Supplementary Treatise entitled Horae Apostolicae, by the Rev. TR Birks, MA, Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. |
| (London: The Religious Tract Society: 1850) Presumably first publication of this edition as the Preface by Birks is dated November 17, 1849. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 412, 8 p.a. Frontispiece (folding map). Chronology of the Acts of the Apostles. Ownership inscription (Dec 16th, 1851) on fixed front endpaper has surname mostly scuffed out; v.g. copy |
| $100 |
| *a2502 Davies, Nigel |
| Human Sacrifice in History and Today |
| (London: Macmillan: 1981) FBE Bds pp. 320. Illust. Sources. Bibliography Index. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2266 Parke, Davis and Company |
| Parke-Davis Blue Book: A Reference Catalogue of Selected Scientific Preparations: For Physicians |
| (Sydney: 1940) Bds pp. viii, 178. Illust. Index of Preparations. Therapeutic Index. Neat repair to one leaf. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2374 Graham, Frank D |
| Audels Machinists and Tool Makers Handy Book |
| (NY: Theo Audel and Co: 1941) First Edition Limp cl. pp. xxx, 1126, ii, 98, 24, ii, 300, ii 42, ii, 10 and 24 advertisements (168 x 125 x about 55 mm thick). Index. V.g. |
| $70 |
| *a2446 Sutton, Harvey, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Director of School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney |
| Lectures on Preventive Medicine |
| (Sydney: Consolildated Press: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. xx, 658. Illust. Maps. Index. Fine or thereabouts. |
| $40 |
| *a2469 Douglas, JG and Ferguson, JA (Editors) |
| Geology of Victoria |
| (Melbourne: June 1976) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 528. Illust. Maps including large folding map in pocket at rear. Tables. References. Locality Index. Structural and Statigraphic Index. Palaeontological Index. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication No. 5. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2504 Compiled by members of the staff of companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group |
| The Petroleum Handbook |
| (London: Shell: 1959) Fourth Edition. Dec. cl. pp. x, 678 (240 x 173 mm) Illust. Maps. Index. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2517 Auhl, Ian and Marfleet, Denis |
| Australia's Earliest Mining Era: South Australia 1841-1851 |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 108 (220 x 285 mm) Illustrated, featuring 31 full-page colour reproductions of paintings by Science and Technology Gill. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2525 no author |
| Cover title: Souvenir/Inner Title: Official Opening of the Sewage Disposal Works Dagenham Urban District Council, Jan. 27th, 1934. |
| (London: FJ Parsons, Ltd, Printers) Wrs plus pp. 24 (230 x 293 mm) Illust. An Ownership inscription About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2254 Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell |
| Rovering to success: A Book of Life-Sport for Young Men |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) Fourteenth printing. A new edition, completely revised. Owner's name with date 8/11/(19)40. Cl. pp. 248 and 8 publisher's adverts. With 60 illustrations by the author. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a2255 Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell |
| Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship through Woodcraft |
| (London: C. Arthur Pearson: April, 1940) Nineteenth Edition. Pict. cl. pp. 340 and 10 publisher's adverts. Illust. Index. Two owners' names. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a2274 Masters, William and Johnson, Virginia E (in association with Robert J Levin) |
| The Pleasure Bond: A New Look at Sexuality and Commitment |
| (Boston-Toronto: Little, Brown and Company: Copyright 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 by Masters and Johnson) Bds pp. xvi, 268. Preface by Robert J. Levin dated May, 1974. Fore edge uncut. Fine |
| $50 |
| *a2512 Ruhen, Olaf |
| Tangaroa's Godchild |
| (London: Macdonald: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. 'A Memoir of the South Pacific'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2331 Harte, Chris |
| The History of the South Australian Cricket Association |
| (Sports Marketing Australia/Printed by Griffin Press: n.d.) (About 1990) Bds pp. 448 (296 x 220 mm) Illust. index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2420 Tristram, W. Outram |
| Coaching Days and Coaching Ways |
| (London: Bracken Books: 1985) Previously published by Macmillan, 1888. Bds pp. xvi, 367 (280 x 202 x about 40 mm thick). Illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. About fine in dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2465 Morrison, JSF (Edited by) |
| Around Golf |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1939) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 246 (246 x 165 x about 41 mm thick). Illust. Golf Records. Index. Near fine |
| $225 |
| *a2399 Ellis, C. Hamilton |
| The Trains We Loved |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 196. Illust. Index. With a letter dated January 1, 1951 to the original owner of the book about the writing of the book ('hurriedly written'), about trains, and about History next book 'which ought to have been out by Christmas', etc., and signed by C. Hamilton Ellis. The original owner's namestamp. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2400 Davies, Hunter |
| George Stephenson |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 337. Illust. Bibliography Index. 'A Biographical Study of the Father of Railways on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the World's First Public Railway the Stockton and Darlington 1825-1975 including an account of Railway Mania and a consideration of Stephensonia today.' Near fine in near complete dust-jacket. which has a few tears the most pronounced being to head of rear panel. |
| $40 |
| *a2419 Lyle, Katie Letcher |
| Scalded to Death by the Steam: Authentic stories about railroad disasters and the ballads that were written about them. |
| (London: WH Allen: 1985) FBE Bds pp. 192 (225 x 250 mm) Illust. Maps. Music of ballads. Bibliography Foreword by Mike Harding. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2267 Cave, Henry W, MA, FRGS, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| The Ruined Cities of Ceylon |
| (London: Sampson Low, Marston: 1900) A New Edition. Quarter leather pict bds pp. 16 and 166 and 6 (Index) and 1 (listing other works by the author) plus Illustrations from Photographs taken by the Author in the year 1896, additional to the pagination. Lacks the backstrip; internally v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2277 Foster, Donald |
| Landscape with Arabs: Travels in Aden and South Arabia |
| (Brighton, England: Clifton Books: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 216. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Aden and South Arabia - 'this book gives a highly individual and authoritative account of the land and the people', plus the politics under British rule. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2295 Price, Willard |
| Odd Way Round the World |
| (NY: John Day: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. 310. Illust. maps. Tahiti, New Guinea, Sumatra, Nepal, Kenya, Cyprus, Iceland, and points between. An owner's name. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2296 Staal, Arthur |
| Onder de Gouden Zon Van Het Morgenland: Een reis door Egypte, Palestina en Syrie |
| (Amsterdam: Scheltens and Giltay: n.d.) Ingeleid door Prof. W. Van der Pluym dated 1955 indicating date of book. (First Edition) Pict. bds pp. viii, 237 (260 x 185 mm) Illustrations in text and also '32 platen in koperdiepdruk' additional to pagination. Map at rear. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2297 Kossmann, Alfred |
| Rotterdam: City and Port |
| (n.v. uitgeverij Nijgh and Van Ditmar, Rotterdam - 's Gravenhage, 1959) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 148 (242 x 290 mm) Superbly illustrated from photographs ('panoramafoto's Frits J. Rotgans'). About fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2328 Nolan, Cynthia |
| One Traveller's Africa |
| (London: Methuen: 1965) Reprint. Bds pp. 254. Illust. with 12 reproductions of paintings by Sidney Nolan and also on the endpapers (all in colour). Format 212 x 160 mm. Small neat Gift inscription at head of title-page. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. (also by Sideny Nolan). |
| $25 |
| *a2330 Murphy, Dervla |
| Cameroon with Egbert |
| (London: John Murray: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 282 (240 x 162 mm) Illust. Index. (Light) stain to fore edge o/w near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2393 Revel, Louis |
| The Fragrance of India: Landmarks for the World of Tomorrow |
| Translated from the French by Doris Potter (Allahabad: Kitabistan: 1946) First Edition (in English). Cl. pp. 238. Illust. Revel 'describes the most famous temples of South India, and leads History readers to the discovery of the eternal Soul of India, her magic, her symbols, and their mystery'. V.g. in good dust-jacket. which is browned on spine. |
| $30 |
| *a2395 Carpenter, Frank G, Litt.D, FRGS |
| Java and the East Indies: Java, Sumatra, Celebes, The Moluccas, New Guinea, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula |
| (NY: Doubleday, Page: 1925) Copyright 1923. Pict. cl. pp. xviii, 278. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Carpenter's World Travels (series). Some marginal dampstaining to a few leaves. Good copy |
| $50 |
| *a2396 Schreider, Helen and Frank |
| The Drums of Tonkin: An Adventure in Indonesia |
| (London: Muller: 1965) FBE Bds pp. 269. Photographs by Frank Schreider. Drawings by Helen Schreider. Maps on endpapers. Near fine in price-clipped dust-jacket. which is chipped at head of its spine but is o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2397 Wilson, Hugh |
| The Year of the Hornbill: A Volunteer's Service in Sarawak |
| (Wellington: Reed: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 164. Illust. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2398 Williams, Leigh ('Bangkok Bill') |
| Jungle Prison |
| (London: Andrew Melrose: Greatly enlarged and revised edition 1954) First published in 1941 as 'Green Prison'. Bds pp. 196. Illust. Pictorial maps on endpapers. Glossary. Twenty years in Siam. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2426 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| Africa in Black and White |
| (London: Chapman and Hall: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 292. Illust. Map. Preface by Roy Campbell. Gift inscription About fine in dust-jacket. which is nicked near head of spine and price-clipped o/w itself v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2445 Clune, Frank |
| Roaming Around Australia |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 301. Illust. Bibliography Maps on endpapers. An owner's name at head of title-page. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2453 Southall, Ivan |
| Indonesia Face to Face |
| (Melbourne: Lansdowne Press: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 257. Illust. An owner's name. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2462 Sykes, Sir Percy (Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical and Royal Empire Societies) (Edited by) |
| Explorers all: Famous Journeys in Asia |
| (London: Newnes; October 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 208. Illust. 'Fourteen magnificent achievements in the field of exploration' each told by the explorer concerned. Includes Central Asia, Afghanistan, Arabia, Everest, North China, India, Borneo etc. There is no indication that they have been published before. The Wide World Library series is advertised on rear panel of jacket. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| *a2495 Carter, Howard |
| The Tomb of Tutankhamen |
| (London: Barrie and Jenkins: First published in this form 1972) Bds pp. 238 (255 x 202 mm) Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2496 Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane |
| Tutankhamen: Life and death of a pharaoh. |
| Translated from the French by Claude. (London: The Connoisseur and Michael Joseph: December 1969) Seventh Impression. Bds pp. 312 (260 x 195 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2505 Simpson, Colin |
| Bali and Beyond |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1972) First Edition Pict. bds pp. xii, 114 (236 x 160 mm) Illust. Maps. References. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2506 Coast, John |
| Dancing Out of Bali |
| (London: F&F: 1954) First Edition Cl. pp. 234 (217 x 157 mm) Illust. Sketch map. Index. Ownership inscription V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2508 Clifford, Sir Hugh, Malayan Civil Service |
| In Court and Kampong being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula |
| (London: The Richards Press: 1927) Second Edition (the only previous one had been the first, in 1897) Cl. pp. 256 and 19 p.a. Includes 'An autobiographical Preface to the 1927 Ed.' pp. 9-49. V.g. or perhaps near fine in chipped dust-jacket. whose spine is darkened. |
| $150 |
| *a2518 no author |
| Regina: Saskatchewan, Canada: The Queen City of the Prairies |
| (Ottawa: Printed and Published by Photogelatine Engraving Co: n.d.) suggest about 1915 (?) Dec. wrs with pictorial pastedown on front plus 24 leaves (210 x 285 mm) of which the first has introductory text and 23 have laid down captioned reproductions of photographic views (tinted green and white and in some cases in sepia). Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2522 no author |
| Views of Loch Lomond |
| (No Printer or Publisher named: n.d.) Small neat Gift inscription dated 12/9/18. Wrs plus 12 leaves each with tipped in reproduction of captioned black and white photographic views (190 x 245 mm) Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2523 Lawfence, William (Photographs by) |
| Views of City of Belfast and District |
| (Printed and Published for The Emerald Isle Album Co by Wm. Strain and sons, Fine Art Printers, Dublin and Belfast: n.d.) Inscribed 7/10/1918. Dec. wrs plus pp. 32 (211 x 288 mm) With Ninety-Eight Platinatone views with Descriptive Guide. From Photographs by William Lawrence, Photographic Publisher, Dublin. The 'Emerald Isle' Album Series. With views including eg City Hall, Belfast (with street traffic); High Street, Belfast (with tram cars, horse drawn vehicles, and considerable foot traffic); etc. Dampstain to top left hand corner of book with resultant wrinkling (but no adhesion); o/w v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *a2524 Under direction of Frederic De Garis, FRGS, Editor of the English Editions of Guide-Books, etc |
| Pocket Guide to Japan |
| (Issued by the Japanese Government Railways, Japan Tourist Bureau, Japan Hotel Association, Tokyo, Japan/Published by the Japanese Government Railways: 1926) Pict. wrs plus pp. viii, 86, ii (185 x 125 mm) and with 82 Illustrations (5 Colortypes) and 9 Maps, Specially Drawn, inc. folding map at rear, plus folding table 'Second-Class Passenger Fares' also at rear; all extra to pagination. Cover title simply 'Japan 1926'. A (very) little external wear o/w fine. |
| $100 |
| *a2527 no author |
| A Series of Magnificent Views Illustrating the River Murray from Mildura to the Sea |
| (Published by CA Pitt: n.d.) 1940s? Pict. wrs pp. i (map and text on verso of front wrapper) plus 20 of captioned black and white photographic views (216 x 275 mm) Fair or good copy |
| $30 |
| *a2530 Troyat, Henri |
| Daily Life in Russia under the Last Tsar |
| Translated by Malcolm Barnes. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press: 1979) Cl. pp. 242. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a2534 Norman, Henry, MP |
| All the Russias: Travels and Studies in Contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, The Caucasus, and Central Asia |
| (London: Heinemann: 1902) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. xvi, 476 (224 x 165 mm) Illust. Maps. Index. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Gift inscription Moderate external wear; internally v.g. |
| $75 |
| *a2535 Yutang, Lin |
| The Secret Name: The Soviet Record 1917-1958 |
| (London: Heinemann: 1959) FBE Bds pp. xxiv, 234. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2536 Miller, Jack |
| Life in Russia Today |
| (London: Batsford: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. x, 198. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Select Bibliography Index. Gift inscription Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2539 Graham, Stephen |
| Russia in 1916 |
| (London: Cassell: 1917) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. x, 180 and 2 p.a. Frontispiece. Index. 'I have...been in touch with the Russians all the time of the war' (p. vii). Spine sunned o/w v.g. |
| $30 |