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| *a2587 Edwardes, Tickner |
| The Lore of the Honey-Bee |
| (London: Methuen: 1908) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xxiv, 284 and 40 publisher's adverts. Illust. Index. Signed by the Author on the title-page and with Gift inscription to 'Philip and Agnes Gibbs, from their friend the Writer'. Lower edge uncut. Remnants of (bookplate?) which has been removed from fixed front endpaper, but generally v.g. copy |
| $60 |
| *a2626 Dupain, Max |
| Francis Greenway: A celebration |
| (Sydney: Cassell Australia: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 135 (315 x 237 mm) Richly illustrated from photographs by Dupain. Introduction by JM Freeland. A Short Glossary. Useful References. 'Australia's first and perhaps greatest architect. Fine in like /dj. |
| $60 |
| *a2627 Tanner, Howard |
| Architects of Australia |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 144 (291 x 223 mm) Will illustrated. Photography by Richard Stringer. Bibliography and Notes. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2632 Cox, Philip and Stacey, Wesley |
| The Australian Homestead |
| (South Melbourne: Lansdowne Press: 1974) Reprint. Bds pp. 318 (252 x 292 mm) Profusely illustrated from photographs by Stacey. Bib. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2633 Freeland, JM |
| Architect Extraordinary: The Life and Work of John Horbury Hunt - 1838-1904 |
| (North Melbourne: Cassell Australia: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. x, 246 (248 x 178 mm) Illust. References. Bibliography List of Identified Buildings. Index. North American architect whose career in Australia made him important. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $120 |
| *a2675 Robertson, E. Graeme |
| Decorative Cast Iron in Australia. |
| Compiled by Joan Robertson. (South Yarra, Victoria: Currey O'Neil: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. x, 238 (287 x 252 mm) Richly illustrated. Glossary. Bibliography Index. Posthumous compilation of the Author's work by his daughter. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2679 Robertson, E. Graeme |
| Ornamental Cast Iron in Melbourne |
| (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 229 (305 x 245 mm) Richly illustrated from photographs by the Author. Maps on endpapers. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $150 |
| *a2680 Pearl, Cyril |
| Hardy Wilson and his old Colonial Architecture |
| (Melbourne: Nelson: 1970) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 128 (410 x 325 mm) ie pp. 32 (text) and 47 plates with captions opposite. Fore edge uncut. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $150 |
| *a2685 National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) (Compiled by) |
| Priceless Heritage: Historic Buildings of Tasmania |
| (Hobart: Platypus Publications: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. 136 (278 x 218 mm) With 106 illustrations from photographs. Notes on Buildings. Notes on Architects. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2686 Fowles, Joseph |
| Sydney in 1848 |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1962) First publication of this annotated Facsimile edition. A facsimile of the Original Text and copper-Plate Engravings of its Principal Streets, Public Buildings, Churches, Chapels, etc., from Drawings by Joseph Fowles. Bds pp. vi, 104 (285 x 218 mm). Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2699 Dupain, Max (Photography by) |
| Georgian Architecture in Australia: With some examples of buildings of the post-Georgian period |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1965) Reprinted with corrections. Bds pp. 148 (280 x 218 mm) Richly illustrated. Architectural Commentary and notes by Morton Herman. Social histories of NSW and Tasmania by Marjorie Barnard and Daniel Thomas. Select Bibliography Index of Buildings. Fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $80 |
| *a2703 Freeland, JM |
| Architecture in Australia: A History |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 328 (269 x 190 mm) Illust. Recommended Further Reading. Glossary of Terms. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $90 |
| *a2611 Bonython, Kym |
| Modern Australian Painting and Sculpture: A Survey of Australian Art from 1950 to 1960 |
| (Adelaide: Printed by The Griffin Press: 1960) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 81 (282 x 220 mm) Illust. (jacket subtitle is 'A colour survey of Australian Art 1950-1960'). Foreword by Prof. Joseph Burke. Introduction by Laurie Thomas. Notes on the Artists. Fine in dust-jacket. which has a tear and a couple of chips to foot of its back panel but is o/w v.g. |
| $75 |
| *a2615 Plant, Margaret |
| John Perceval |
| (Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions: 1978) Revised Edition. Pict. wrs pp. 112 (304 x 252 mm) Richly illustrated. Notes. Exhibitions. Works in Public Collections. Bibliography Index. Australian Art Library series. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2617 Stubbs, Dacre |
| Prehistoric Art of Australia |
| (South Melbourne: Mamillan: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. 112 (297 x 248 mm) Richly illustrated. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2618 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| Science and Technology Gill's Australia |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 160 (317 x 237 mm) Richly illustrated. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| *a2619 Hoff, Ursula |
| Charles Conder |
| (Melbourne: Lansdowne Press: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 104 (313 x 262 mm) Richly illustrated. Notes. Catalogue. Australian Art Library series. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a2621 Lycett, J |
| Views in Australia or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Delineated in Fifty Views, with descriptive Letter Press |
| (Facsimile Edition by Nelson Australia, Melbourne, from a copy of the original published in London on 1 July 1824 by J. Souter) Fine in the pictorial slip case. |
| $150 |
| *a2623 Elder, David |
| Art of William Light |
| (Adelaide: The Corporation of the City of Adelaide in association with Wakefield Press: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. 148 (222 x 270 mm) Richly illustrated. Bibliography Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2652 Hall, Norman and Burton, Basil (Edited by) |
| Photography Year Book 1957 |
| (London: Photography Magazine: 1956) Cl. pp. xx, 212 (272 x 210 mm) Profusely illustrated. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2662 Yuan Te-Hsing (assisted by Chu Jen-Hsing) (Compiled by) |
| Master Pieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum |
| (Published by the National Palace Musuem, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: 1971) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 160 (277 x 218 mm) Illust. Text in Chinese and in English. With Prize card loosely present (Prize Inscription dated 24/11/72). Fine in the original clear dust-jacket. in the original pictorial slipcase. |
| $75 |
| *a2669 Steinem, Gloria (Text) and Barris, George (Photography) |
| Marilyn |
| (London: Gollancz: 1987) First British Edition Bds pp. x, 182 (287 x 235 mm) Partly in colour. Inscribed and signed 'To Lorraine - in sisterhood, Gloria Steinem'. Fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2672 Galbally, Ann |
| Arthur Streeton |
| (East Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions: Revised edition 1979) Pict. wrs pp. x, 99 (304 x 254 mm) Illust. Notes. Catalogue. Exhibitions. Bibliography Australian Art Library series. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2673 Germaine, Max |
| Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand |
| (Sydney: Lansdowne Editions: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. x, 646 (260 x 182 x about 50 mm thick). Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2676 Free, Renee |
| Lloyd Rees |
| (East Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions: Revised edition 1979) Pict. wrs pp. 125 (303 x 256 mm) Illust. Notes. Exhibitions. Bibliography Catalogue. Australian Art Library series. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2681 Dundas, Douglas |
| The Art of Conrad Martens |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 96 (248 x 248 mm) Illust. Foreword by Cedric Flower. Sources Quoted. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2682 Scarlett, Ken |
| Australian Sculptors |
| (West Melbourne: Nelson: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 730 (280 x 215 x about 56 mm thick). Illust. Dictionary of Sculptors pp. 1-726. Bibliography Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $160 |
| *a2683 McCulloch, Alan (Research Assistant Charles Nodrum) |
| Encyclopedia of Australian Art |
| (Hawthorn, Victoria: Hutchinson: 1984) First Two Volume Edition. The pictures on the front panel of jacket of Volume I have become offset on to front panel of cover. Fine set in like d/js |
| $100 |
| *a2687 Betteridge, Margaret |
| Australian Flora in Art from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney |
| (Melbourne: Sun Books: 1979) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 80 (286 x 215 mm) Richly illustrated. Further Reading. Academy Series. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a2689 Meyer, Anthony JP |
| Oceanic Art/Ozeanische Kunst/Art Oceanien |
| (Koln: Konemann: 1995) First Edition In Two Volumes. Cl. pp. 320 and 321-640 (320 x 275 mm) Richly illustrated (Photographs by Olaf Wipperfurth). Maps on endpapers (Pacific Ocean and New Guinea; Micronesia and Polynesia). Glossary. Suggested Reading. Text triple-column in English, German and French in parallel throughout. Fine in like d/js in the pictorial slipcase which is also fine. |
| $150 |
| *a2690 Lindsay, Jack |
| Hogarth: His Art and His World |
| (NY: Taplinger: 1979) First (US) Edition. Bds pp. x, 277. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2691 Leenhardt, Maurice |
| Arts of the Oceanic Peoples |
| (London: Thames & Hudson: 1950) First British Edition Translated from the French by Michael Heron. Pict. cl. pp. 150 (247 x 164 mm) Well illustrated (Photographs by Emmanuel Sougez). Maps. Australia - Melanesia - Polynesia - Madagascar. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $150 |
| *a2694 Henshaw, John (Editor) |
| Godfrey Miller |
| (Sydney: Darlinghurst Galleries: 1965) First Edition Cl. pp. 96 (360 x 280 mm)With 16 colour plates and 110 illustrations in monochrome - foreword by Peter Bellew - an abridged chronology and an article and writings by the artist. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $145 |
| *a2695 Wong, John (Photographs by) |
| The Houses of Balmain |
| (North Sydney: Horwitz: 1969) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. i (street map of Balmain, Sydney, NSW), pp. 96, i (A Time Chart of Balmain History, compiled by Robert Irving). Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a2697 Campbell, Robert (Introduction and Commentaries by) |
| Paintings of Tom Roberts |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1962) First Edition (Limited to 600 Signed and Numbered Copies: this one is duly numbered and signed by Robert Campbell). Cl. with gilt leather titling pieces on front and on spine pp. iv, 36 (282 x 218 mm) Twelve tipped in colour plates. Fine in the slipcase. |
| $125 |
| *a2698 Mahood, Marguerite |
| The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901 |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 306 (264 x 188 mm) Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2706 Gleeson, James |
| William Dobell |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: This Revised Edition reissued in the World of Art Library 1969) Pict. wrs ie paperbound issue pp. 216. With 133 plates, 26 in colour. Bibliography Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2707 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| Russell Drysdale |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: This Revised Edition reissued in the World of Art Library 1969) Pict. wrs ie paperbound issue pp. 215. With 144 plates, 28 in colour. Bibliography Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2585 Dakin, The Late William J, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of Sydney |
| Great Barrier Reef and Some Mention of Other Australian Coral Reefs |
| (Melbourne: The Australian National Publicity Association: 1950) First Edition Bds pp. 135 (247 x 152 mm) Illust. Map. Index. V.g. in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2678 Reed, TT |
| Historic Churches of Australia |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 150 (310 x 240 mm) Photography by Richard Beck. Glossary. Bibliography Index. With an inscription registering the Author's gratitude to the recipient, signed + T. Thornton Reed. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2670 Hall, Hugh P (Photographs and Commentary by) |
| Ballet in Australia: From Pavlova to Rambert |
| (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1948) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 211 (275 x 385 mm) Profusely illustrated. Comprehensive Index to all Photographs. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2733 An Eminent MD |
| The Daily Mirror Beauty Book |
| (London: The Pictorial Newspaper Co: n.d.) (1912 - see pp. xix, xxviii). Pict. wrs pp. 134 including Indexes plus xlii advertisements. Illust. Lower part of backstrip chipped away o/w good copy |
| $30 |
| *a2668 Charlwood, Don |
| Marching As To War |
| (Hawthorn, Victoria: Hudson: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. x, 198. Charlwood, one of 9000 Australian aircrew sent to Bomber Command in World War Two, examines his own upbringing and education, and society at large, seeking explanation of Australians' belief in the Empire which saw them twice in 20 years join in European wars. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2671 Smith, Bernard |
| The Boy Adeodatus: The portrait of a lucky young bastard |
| (Penguin Books Australia: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. x, 302. The notable art historian and critic examines his own childhood in Sydney around World War I. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2717 Compiled and Edited by Weldons Needlework Experts |
| Weldons Encyclopedia of Needlework: A Practical Guide to Needlecraft in all its Varieties |
| (London: Waverley Book Co: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 878. Freely illustrated. Index. Fine |
| $50 |
| *a2553 Marshall, FD |
| Let's Go Fising: A Practical Guide to Fishing in Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: New and Revised Edition 1950) Cl. p. xiv, 233. Illust. Index. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2560 Griffiths, FAD ('Fadg') |
| The Lure of Fly-Tying |
| (Ultimo, NSW: Murray: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 423 (268 x 190 mm) Illust. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $80 |
| *a2564 Hillaby, John |
| Within the Streams |
| (London: Harvey and Blythe: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 209. Illustrated with reproductions of old engravings. Angling About fine |
| $50 |
| *a2568 Walton, Isaac and Cotton, Charles |
| The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative man's Recreation |
| (London: Printed for William Cole: n.d.) [It is believed that William Cole operated approx 1820 to 1830] An owner's name and date 1832 at head of title-page. Cl. lettered in gilt on spine (apparently a later binding) pp. xx, 314 (170 x 105 x about 26 mm thick). Embellished with Portraits of the Authors and Engravings of the River-fish described in the Work. An owner's name label on fixed front endpaper. Some light marking or stains to covers; internally near fine; overall v.g. copy |
| $250 |
| *a2569 Housby, Trevor |
| Big Game Fishing |
| (Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. 142. Illustrated including pp. 24 of colour plates additional to pagination. Index. Gift inscription About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2570 Ferris, George |
| Fly Fishing in New Zealand: A Complete and Comprehensive Work on FlyFishing |
| (London: Heinemann: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 242. Illust. Index. What seems to have been a fault in the paper or printing or binding process has left one leaf, pp. 79/80 with a triangular piece about 45 mm long and about 5 mm at the widest, missing with loss of a little print: o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2574 Sosin, Mark and Clark, John |
| Through the Fish's Eye: An Angler's Guide to Fish Behaviour |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1976) British Edition Edited and with an Introduction by Fred. J. Taylor. Bds pp. 191. Drawings by Dorothea Barlowe. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2580 Wedlick, Lance |
| Fishing in Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 261 (242 x 158 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a2589 Witterick, Peter M |
| Angling in the Islands |
| (Designed Printed and Published by the Guernsey Press Co, Ltd: n.d.) Author's Introduction dated Guernsey, 1957. Please Note that cover title is 'Angling in the Channel Islands'. Pict. wrs plus pp. 40 (illustrated) plus pp. 4 extra illustrations at centre (184 x 125 mm) Full-page maps of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. V.g. or perhaps near fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2592 Walton, Izaak |
| The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing, and Instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream by Charles Cotton |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1875) Pict. cl. (gilt, and also decorated in black and in gilt on spine) pp. cci (Life of Walton and including Pedigrees and Appendix to same) and Memoir of Cotton; 202-206 Pedigrees of Cotton etc; ii, 320 and 32 publisher's catalogue (203 x 135 x about 48 mm thick). The Original Memoirs and Notes are by Sir Harris Nicolas, KCMG With Sixty Illustrations from Designs by Stothard and Inshipp. All edges uncut. Lacks free front endpaper; we also point out that the extra Engraved title-page, which is listed to appear with two plates at the beginning of the text (ie before p. 1), actually appears between the frontispiece and the printed title-page (ie before p. i); o/w about fine |
| $150 |
| *a2712 Scott, JM |
| The Tea Story |
| (London: Heinemann: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 204. Illust. maps. Bibliography Index. History of tea as a beverage An Ownership inscription V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2716 Alberts, Robert C |
| The Good Provider: HJ Heinz and his 57 Varieties |
| (Boston: Houghton Mifflin: 1973 V)Cl. pp. xviii, 297. Illust. Notes and Sources. Bibliography Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2718 Halford, Kate |
| 365 Puddings and Pies |
| (London: Dean and Son: n.d.) c. 1910? Dec. cl. pp. 194 and 6 p.a. (153 x 100 mm) Index. Puddings and Pies for Every Day in the Year. Cover price 1/6 net. No. 16 in The '365' Series of Cookery Books. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a2720 From the French of Madame Ryty, of Berne |
| 400 Sweet Dishes Suitable for Confectioners, Cooks, etc. |
| (London: W. Nicholson and Sons: n.d.) About 1900? Dec. cl. pp. 224. Index. 'Bread, Biscuits, Cakes, Rolls, Rings, Crusts, Tarts, Puddings, Omelets, Shapes, Sticks, Jellies, Preserves, Marmalades, Compotes, Syrups, Creams, and other Valuable Receipts'. Spine moderately sunned; v.g. copy |
| $75 |
| *a2721 Barker, L. Mary (Editor) |
| Pears Housewife's Handbook: A Ready Reference for the Home |
| (Isleworth, Middlesex: A and F Pears: n.d.) Calendar for 1952, 3, 4, 5. Cl. pp. 6, 743-992 'Comprising the home and Personal section of Pears Cyclopaedia'. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2722 Goring, OG |
| 50 Years of Service |
| (London: The Goring Hotel: 1960) First Edition Wrs pp. 164. Illust. History of 'The First Hotel in the World with a Private Bathroom to every Bedroom'; beginning with 'Early Days, 1910-1919'. Includes 'Menu and Kitchen Trends'. An owner's name. About fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2726 Leonard, Leah W |
| Jewish Cookery In Accordance with the Jewish Dietary Laws |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1951) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. x, 501. Index. Gift inscription Good copy in fair dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2728 Beeton, Mrs |
| Mrs Beeton's Cake-Making including Buns, Biscuits and Other Dainties |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Suggest about 1950. Cl. pp. 128. 350 Recipes. Illust. Index. In series including Mrs. Beeton's Jam-Making, Puddings and Pies, Cold Sweets, etc. Fine in fair price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a2729 Beeton, Mrs |
| Mrs Beeton's Cookery: Practical and Economical Recipes for Every-day Dishes and general instructions in the Art of Cookery |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1923) New Edition Revised. Pict. wrs pp. 130. Index. Backstrip chipping. Good to v.g. copy of fragile production. |
| $25 |
| *a2730 Allen, H Warner |
| Sherry. With an Appendix on Shippers and a folding map. |
| (London: Constable: 1933) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 117. Constable's Wine Library series, Edited by Andre L. Simon. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2739 Hooper, Mary |
| Every Day Meals: Being Economic and Wholesome Recipes for Brakfast, Luncheon, and Supper |
| (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner: 1893) Eighth Edition, Revised. Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 312. Index. Scattered stains to covers; a stain to fore edge; good copy. |
| $40 |
| *a2744 Hooper, Mary (Revised and Enlarged by) |
| Nelson's Home Comforts |
| (London: G. Nelson, Dale: 1891) Twelfth Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 128 inclusive of boards. Some scattered stains, generally good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2745 Magnier de la Source, Le Dr L (Expert-Chimiste) |
| Analyse Des Vins-Paris |
| (Gauthier-Villars et Fils/G. Masson: n.d.) Late 19th century. Wrs pp. 196 and 16 and 16 p.a. Illust. Encylcopedie Scientifique des Aide-Memoire, publiee sous la direction de M. Leaute, Membre de l'Institut (series). In French throughout. All edges uncut. This copy lacks the front wrapper, while the rear wrapper is detached; o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2692 Pescott, RTM |
| WR Guilfoyle: The Master of Landscaping |
| (Melbourne; OUP: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 153. Illust. Garden plans on endpapers. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2654 Philip, George, FRGS (Edited by) |
| Philips' International Atlas: A Series of 160 pages of coloured Maps and Plans forming a complete Geographical Survey of the International Relationships of the New Era, Its Territorial Changes and Commercial Communications |
| (London: George Philip and Son: 1937) Third Edition. Dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. iv (preliminaries), followed by the double-spread Maps, iv (GB 1931 Census Returns and USA 1930 Census Returns) 94 (Reference Index of over 65,000 names, printed quintuple-column). (405 x 280 x about 34 mm thick). Massive compilation of geographical importance on the eve of a 'New Era' indeed, but that of World War Two. Fine in chipped dust-jacket. |
| $200 |
| *a2559 Day, J. Wentworth |
| King Goerge V as a Sportsman: An Informal Study of the First Country Gentleman in Europe |
| (London: Cassell: 1935) First Edition Cl. pp. 3000. Illust. With contributions by Major Brooke Heckstall-Smith and Others. Includes shooting, horse-racing, etc and in Chapters V and VI which deal with George V's visit to India: Big game hunting in Nepal - Tiger, rhino and bear - tiger - rhinoceros; and relative to the Queen, duck shooting, a tiger hunt in the Bundi jungle, etc. Spine moderately sunned; an owner's name on fixed front endpaper; crease to free front endpaper; o/w fine. |
| $50 |
| *a2563 Russell, Archer |
| Gone Nomad: Twenty Years' Vagabond Wanderings in Three Continents |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1936) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 232. Illust. Australia (including 'Wild Life among the Opal-gougers'); Africa (including hunting on the Congo-Zambesi Divide; elephants and elephant-hunters; etc) Lower edge uncut. Good copy |
| $75 |
| *a2565 Beach, Rex |
| Oh, Shoot!: Confessions of An Agitated Sportsman |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) (First British Edition - Copyright in USA, 1921, by Harper and Brothers). Cl. pp. 293. Illust. Spine mildly sunned o/w about fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2567 Sewell, EHD |
| An Outdoor Wallah |
| (London: Stanley Paul: 1945) First Edition Cl. pp. 136. Illust. Includes tiger hunting in India. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2573 Balneaves, Elizabeth |
| Elephant Valley: The adventures of J. McGregor Brooks, Game and Tsetse Officer, Kariba |
| (London: Lutterworth Press: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 179. Illust. Map. Mainly concerned with wildlife preservation, but involves some shooting and accounts of hunting adventures. An owner's name. About fine in price-clipped dust-jacket. which has small chips to head of its spine and a large one to foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a2576 Hill, Howard (The World's Foremost Archer) |
| Hunting the Hard Way |
| (London: Hale: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. 224. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Includes hunting small and big game in USA Gift inscription V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2577 Holden, Philip |
| Outdoors in Australia: Bush Experiences and Hunting Adventures |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 167 (240 x 170 mm) Illust. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2581 Singh, Arjan |
| Tiger haven |
| (London: Macmillan: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 239 (240 x 170 mm) Illust. Maps. Select Bibliography Edited by John Moorehead. The author evolved from hunter of big game to conservationist and there is much of hunting interest, albeit from a negative perspective. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2584 Temple, Derek |
| Ivory Poacher |
| (London: Sampson Low, Marston: n.d.) Cl. pp. viii, 240. Autobiographical book which 'covers but a brief period of time in the life of the writer, and deals with but one phase of his activities as a hunter of big game' (in Africa). Fair, somewhat shabby. |
| $40 |
| *a2546 Anand, Mulk Raj and Singh, Iqbal (Selected and Edited by) |
| Indian Short Stories |
| (London: The New India Publishing Co: 1946) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 194 and 2 publisher's statement of programme. Notes on Contributors. Near fine in worn dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2547 Hadfield, John (Edited by) |
| The Best of the Saturday Book |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1981) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. Illust. With a Foreword by JB Priestley and an Afterword by Ronnie Barker. Selected from 'The Saturday Book' 1941-1975 Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2552 Mailer, Norman |
| The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel; The Novel as History |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1968) First British Edition Cl. pp. viii, 288. Maps on endpapers. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2597 Lindsay, Norman |
| Bohemians of the Bulletin |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1966) Reprint. Cl. pp. xvi, 160. Illust. by Lindsay. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a2599 Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin, Bt |
| The Shakespeare Myth |
| (London: Gay and Hancock: 1912) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 32 (208 x 130 mm) Illust. A related leaflet folded and loosely included. Attached at rear is a typed letter from Gordon Leicester, Durning-Lawrence's Press Agent who has sent the pamphlet from London (May, 1912), asserting that Shakespeare 'was unable to write so much as his own name'. Good copy |
| $30 |
| *a2603 Fellowes, EH |
| English Madrigal Verse 1588-1632 |
| (Oxford at the Clarendon Press: 1967) Third Edition - Revised and Enlarged by Frederick W. Sternfeld and David Greer. Cl. pp. xxx, 799. Editorial Commentary to the Third Edition. Notes. Index of Authors and Translators. Index of First Lines. An owner's initials. Small stain and some dustiness to top edge. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a2604 Davis, Walter R and Lanham, Richard A |
| Sidney's Arcadia. A Map of Arcadia: Sidney's Romance in Its Tradition by Walter R. Davis; The Old Arcadia by Richard A. Lanham. |
| (New Haven and London: Yale University Press: 1965) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 417. Works Cited. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2607 Schoenbaum, S |
| Shakespeare's Lives |
| (Oxford: Clarendon Press: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. xxiv, 838. Illust. Notes. Index. Corrigenda Slip tipped in opposite beginning of Preface. 'This book follows the quest throughout history for knowledge of Shakespeare the man', examining all sources of information not excluding 'the theories of amateurs, eccentrics and cranks'. An owner's name. A large but light stain to lower edge. V.g. copy in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| *a2608 Wolfe, Humbert |
| Circular Saws |
| (London: Chapman and Hall: 1923) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 130. Tales. Good, perhaps v.g., copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2609 Gilkes, Martin; Hughes, Richard and Lyon, PHB (Edited by) |
| Public School Verse 1919-1920: An Anthology |
| (London: Heinemann: 1920) First Edition Bds pp. 64. Introduction by John Masefield. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2638 Davies, WH |
| Collected Poems of WH Davies |
| (London: Cape: July 1942) Reprint. Cl. pp. 525. Frontispiece. The contents (ie titles) are usefully listed in alphabetical order. Index of first lines at rear. Fore and lower edges uncut. An owner's initials. v.g. in worn dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2640 Collier, J Payne |
| Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays, from Early Manuscript Corrections in a copy of the Folio, 1632, in the possession of J. Payne Collier, Esq., FSA forming A Supplemental Volume to the Works of Shakespeare by the same Editor |
| (London: Whittaker: 1853) The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Dec. cl. pp. xxxvi, 528. Notes. A newspaper cutting pasted on free front endpaper. Spine darkened and head of spine nicked and worn, o/w v.g. |
| $100 |
| *a2644 Jones, Joseph |
| Radical Cousins: Nineteenth Century American and Australian Writers |
| (University of Queensland Press: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 132. Notes to Text. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2645 Opie, Iona and Peter (Assembled by) |
| The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book |
| (Oxford at the Clarendon Press: 1955) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 224. Illustrated from old pictures and with additional illustrations by Joan Hassall. Sources of the Illustrations. Index of First Lines, Refrains, and Familiar Titles. Some stains to covers, mostly to back; clean tear across front fly leaf repaired; ower edges and corners of boards rubbed; stain to rear free endpaper; text generally clean and in v.g. order; book overall good used copy. |
| $40 |
| *a2646 Fitzgerald, F. Scott |
| This Side of Paradise |
| (London: The Grey Walls Press: 1948) First British Edition Cl. pp. 269. Spine mildly discoloured from being sunned; patches of similar (light) discoloration to covers; head and foot of spine rubbed; top edge dusty; internally v.g.; overall rated a fair to good copy. |
| $60 |
| *a2649 Cooper, J. Fenimore |
| The Deerslayer. A Tale |
| (London: Warne: n.d.) Dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. viii, 423. Warne's Crown Library No. 8. An Ownership inscription dated 1893, and a small name stamp, on free front endpaper. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2650 Gurr, Andrew |
| Rebuilding Shakespeare's Globe |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 197. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2660 Rossetti, William Michael |
| The Pre-Raphaelites and Their World: A Personal View |
| From 'Some Reminiscences' and other writings of William Michael Rossetti. Introduction and Epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. (London: The Folio Society: 1995) First thus. Richly dec. bds pp. xx, 234 (262 x 190 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in fine slipcase. |
| $60 |
| *a2647 Reid, Lieutenant-Colonel H Murray, MC and Barr, AMICE, MNZIS |
| The Turning Point: With the New Zealand Engineers at El Alamein |
| (Auckland: Collins: n.d.) Cl. pp. 213. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Gift inscription V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2651 Inglis, KS |
| The Rehearsal: Australians at war in the Sudan 1885 |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1985) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 176 (280 x 205 mm) Illust. Map. Documentation. Index. Review copy with the publisher's notice pasted on half-title page. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2661 Smith, D. Howard |
| Chinese Religions |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 222. Notes. Select Bibliography Glossary of Chinese Terms. List of Quotations from Chinese Classical Works. Index. The Weidenfeld and Nicolson History of Religion series. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2715 Osborne, Stafford and Holmquest, Harold J |
| Technic of Electrotherapy and its Physical and Physiological Basis |
| (Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas: 1944) First Printing of First Edition. Cl. pp. xx, 780 and 1 p.a. Illust. Index. About fine |
| $60 |
| *a2719 Richardson, Benjamin Ward, MD, FRS |
| Household Health. |
| A Sequel to 'The Guild of Good Life'. (London: SPCK: 1886) The People's Library series. Dec. cl. pp. 192 and 4 p.a. Some ink crosses marking certain passages o/w v.g. |
| $45 |
| *a2732 de Quervain, F, Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Berne |
| Goitre: A Contribution to the study of the pathology and treatment of the diseases of the Thyroid Gland. |
| Translated from the French by J. Snowman, MD, MRCP (London: John Bale: 1924) First British Edition Cl. pp. xii, 247. Illust. Bibliographical Appendix. Index. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a2734 Pearn, John and O'Carrigan, Catherine (Editors) |
| Australia's Quest for Colonial Health: Some influences on early health and medicine in Australia |
| (Brisbane: Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital: April 1983) First Edition (English). Pict. wrs pp. xii, 304. Illust. Index. Notes on Contributors. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by John Pearn. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a2737 Parkes, EA, MD, FRS (Professor of Military Hygiene in the Army Medical School, Netley) |
| On Personal Care of Health |
| (London: SPCK: n.d.) Twentieth Thousand. Suggest about 1890 (?) Dec. cl. pp. iv, 123 and 5 p.a. Manuals of Health series. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2738 Michaelis, LS, MD |
| First Aid Through Photographs |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1941) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 64 (121 x 184 mm) Photographs by Vera Elkan. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a2740 Orton, J. Louis |
| The Cure of Stammering, Stuttering and Other Functional Speech Disorders |
| With a Special Contribution by the late Lord Baden-Powell of Gillwell. (London: Thorsons: 1951) Ninth Edition. 'The Authorised English Edition'. In fact it is a Revised and Enlarged Edition. Dec. wrs pp. 112. Index. Tape stains to wrappers and to first and final leaves o/w v.g. in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2557 Arnold, Richard |
| The Shooter's Handbook |
| (London: Macdonald and Evans: 1955) First Edition Cl. p. xvi, 271. Illust. Index. Spine and strip at head of front cover both sunned; o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2561 Arnold, Richard |
| Pigeon Shooting |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1956) First Edition Cl. pp. 162. Illust. Index. Faber Sporting Handbooks series. Both free endpapers foxed; o/w v.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2572 Campbell-Martin, Monica |
| Out in the Midday Sun |
| (London: Cassell: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 196. Glossary. The author went to India at age twenty with her husband and made a home in the jungle outposts of the United Provinces and Bihar, eventually becoming a crack shot who 'helped to protect villages from the ravages of predatory beasts'. V.g. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a2636 Jacobs, Helen Hull |
| Gallery of Champions |
| (London: Alvin Redman: 1951) First (British) Edition. Bds pp. xiv, 224. Illust. Tennis players. Gift inscription on rear free endpaper. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2637 Riggs, Bobby |
| Tennis is my Racket |
| (London: Stanley Paul: n.d.) (First British Edition) Bds pp. 144. With 22 illustrations. V.g. in fair price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a2556 'Thormanby' |
| Sporting Stories |
| (London: Mills and Boon: n.d.) Stamped 'Colonial Library' at foot of title-page. Cl. pp. 384. Illust. Index. Much on thoroughbred horses and horse racing; hunting; gun and dog stories; 'A Gossip on Golf'; etc etc Some flecking at fore edge of front cover; a couple of white spots to spine. Fore and lower edges uncut. About fine |
| $60 |
| *a2635 no author |
| The Way of the Cross: A Pictorial Pilgrimage from Bethlehem to Calvary |
| (London: George Newnes Ltd: n.d.) Suggest 1890s. Quarter leather bound (by F. Binns and Co, Adelaide) pp. 240 (205 x 255 mm) Black and white photographic views in Palestine each with paragraph of text at foot. Index (of places). Some rubbing and scuffing to leather and to extremities of boards o/w about fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2655 Thomson, Rev. John H (Eaglesham) |
| The Martyr Graves of Scotland: being the Travels of a Country Minister in His Own Country |
| (Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter: 1875) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xii, 312 and 16 p.a. Illust. Record of his travel to 22 of the gravestones of 'men and women who suffered death under the tyranny of Charles II and James II' Lacks free front endpaper o/w good copy. |
| $45 |
| *a2659 Fea, Allan |
| Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages |
| (London: Eveleigh Nash: 1913) First Edition Pict. cl. (gilt) pp. 292 and 1 p.a. (228 x 150 mm) Illust. Index. Edges (moderately) foxed. Name plate of important SA Colonist Henry Dutton on fixed front endpaper. Fore and lower edges uncut. A little flecking to cloth. V.g. |
| $40 |
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