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| *a2879 Eyles, AG and Cameron, DG (Editor: JB Hacker) |
| Pasture Research in Northern Australia - its history, achievements and future emphasis |
| (Published by CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, 1959-1984. Brisbane: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 222 (257 x 184 mm). Illust. Maps. References. Research Report No 4: CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2763 Meadows, Kenny (Drawn by) |
| Heads of the People or Portraits of the English |
| (London: Routledge and Sons: 1878) Royal Library (series). In Two Volumes ie First and Second Series. Both in brown cl., bevelled boards blocked in black and in gilt pp. x, 400 and viii, 385 (245 x 170 mm) The numerous plates additional to pagination. Text in the form of Original Essays by Douglas Jerrold, WM Thackeray, Leigh Hunt, Wm. Howitt, etc etc All edges uncut. Spines both rubbed at head and foot; some rubbing to extremities of boards; o/w rated v.g. copy |
| $200 |
| *a2790 Johnson, Robert |
| New Zealand: Land for the Artist - Paintings by Robert Johnson |
| (Sydney: Printed by Waite and Bull/Published for Aotearoa by Legend Press: 1953) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 31 (248 x 190 mm) Sixteen colour reproductions. Book printed on art paper. Introduction by RC Goudie. A painter's impressions and biographical notes by Olaf Ruhen. About fine in fair dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a2894 Gill, Michael |
| Image of the Body: Aspects of the Nude |
| (NY: Doubleday: 1989) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xii, 479 (253 x 184 mm) Illust. Notes. bib Index. From neo-lithic to Picasso, from cave painting to film. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a2902 Amadio, Nadine and Kimber, Richard |
| Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from the Central deserts of Australia |
| (Melbourne: Greenhouse: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 144 (285 x 215 mm) Richly illustrated. Photography by Barry Skipsey. Map. Select Bibliographies. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $75 |
| *a2913 Bell, Robert (Edited by) |
| Art and Song |
| 'A Series of original highly finished Steel Engravings from masterpieces of modern English art accompanied by a selection of the choicest poems in the English language'. (London: JS Virtue: n.d.) New Edition Prize label inscription dated 18/12/(18)94. Quarter leather, bevelled boards pp. 255 (250 x 195 mm) Thirty Steel Engravings after such artists as JMW Turner, T. Stothard, J. Martin, H. Corbould, etc., with each engraver also named. Each engraving on its own leaf of heavy paper and with its tissue guard. All edges gilt. (Moderate) dampstaining to upper margins but it rarely impinges on the text or on the images; some flecking to covers; o/w v.g. and the engravings mostly pristine apart from the upper marginal dampstaining referred to. |
| $225 |
| *a2789 Gregory, JW, DSc, FRS, Professor of Geology in the University of Melbourne |
| The Austral Geography for Class VI |
| (Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs: n.d.) OI dated (19)07. Dec. limp cl. pp. 144. Illust. Maps, including folding map at rear. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *a2791 Hill, Ernestine |
| The Territory |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 454. Illust. by Elizabeth Durack. Map. Glossary of Territory Phrases. Index. An owner's name. Lower edge uncut. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a2792 Kelly, JH |
| Beef in Northern Australia |
| (Canberra: Australian National University Press: 1971) First Edition Dec. bds pp. xx, 231. Illust. Maps. Selected bib. Index. Foreword by JG (Sir John) Crawford. Maps on endpapers. About fine in good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2821 Bateson, Charles |
| Gold Fleet for California: Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1963) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 172. Illust. References. Index. Fold-out pictorial free endpapers. Fore edge uncut. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2825 Cook, Thomas |
| Days of God's Right Hand: Our Mission Tour In Australasia and Ceylon |
| (London: Charles H. Kelly: 1896) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 327. Illust. Ferguson 8619. An OI on free front endpaper. V.g. |
| $100 |
| *a2832 Stamp, L. Dudley, FRGS and Price, A Grenfell, FRGS |
| The World: A General Geography - Australasian Edition |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1928) First thus, with its special Australasian emphasis. Dec. cl. pp. xii, 708. Illust. Maps, including 10 coloured maps. The cover sub-title is 'A General Geography for Australasian Schools'. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2842 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch |
| Proceedings |
| for the season 1964-65 (Vol 66, Dec 1965); for the season 1965-66 (Vol 67, Dec 1966); for the season 1966-67 (Vol 68, Dec 1967); for the season 1967-68 (Volume 69, Dec 1968); Vol 70 (1969); Volume 71 (1970); Vol 72 (1971); Vol 73 (1972); Vol 74 (1973); Vol 75 (1974). Ten volumes in all. All in original wrappers and containing substantial articles, many of enduring value. All in fine or about fine order |
| $100 |
| *a2878 Hill, Ernestine |
| The Territory |
| (Sydney: AR: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 454. Illust. by Elizabeth Durack. Glossary of Territory Phrases. Index. Lower edge uncut. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a2880 Selby, Jonathan (Edited by) |
| South Australia's Mining Heritage |
| (Adelaide: Department of Mines and Energy South Australia jointly with the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: 1987) First Edition Special Publication No. 7. Pict. wrs pp. 203 (250 x 177 mm) Richly illustrated. Maps. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2881 Marshall-Stoneking, Billy |
| Lasseter - The Making of a Legend |
| (Sydney: Allen and Unwin Australia: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. 200 (250 x 190 mm) Illust. Maps. Notes. V.g. cancelled ex-library copy in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2882 Madigan, CT, FGS, etc |
| Central Australia |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1944) New Revised Edition. Cl. pp. xiv, 316. Illust. Folding maps at rear. Index. An owner's name. Lacks free front endpaper o/w good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2883 Davidson, BR |
| The Northern Myth: A Study of the Physical and Economic Limits to Agricultural and Pastoral Development in Tropical Australia |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1965) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 283. Maps. Maps on endpapers. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2884 Hasluck, Alexandra |
| Remembered with Affection: A New Edition of Lady Broome's 'Letters to Guy' with Notes and a Short life by Alexandra Hasluck. |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1963) First Edition (letters were first published 1885). Dec. bds pp. vi, 137. Illust. by Alison Forbes. Frontispiece from an old photo. Fine in dust-jacket whose spine is sunned by is o/w about fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2897 Dalton, Lawrence |
| Those Elegant Rolls-Royce |
| (London: Dalton Watson: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 319 (252 x 188 mm) Richly illustrated. Index. An owner's namestamp. Fine or thereabouts in dust-jacket which has a dampstain to area around foot of its spine, visible only on the blind side, but is o/w v.g. |
| $100 |
| *a2898 Bird, Anthony and Hallows, Ian |
| The Rolls-Royce Motor-Car |
| (London: Batsford: 1966) Second Edition. Cl. pp. 320 (250 x 190 mm) Well illustrated. Index. An owner's namestamp. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a2919 Thomas, Gordon and Morgan-Witts, Max |
| Ruin from the Air: The Atomic Mission to Hiroshima |
| (London: HH: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 386. Illust. Maps. Chapter Notes. bib. Index. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2920 Blair, Clay |
| Beyond Courage |
| (London: Jarrolds: 1956) First British Edition Copyright 1955 by the Author. Cl. pp. 216. Illust. Account of captured American pilots in the Korean War exercising their duty to escape (see Foreword by General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, p. 5). Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a2922 Gee, Jack |
| Mirage: Warplane for the World |
| (London: Macdonald: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. x, 198. Illust. bib. An owner's name. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2923 Gribble, Leonard R |
| Epics of the Fighting RAF |
| (London: Harrap: 1943) First Edition Cl. pp. 192. Illust. An owner's namestamp a couple of times. Good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2926 Holmes, Squadron/Leader JDV, RAFVR |
| Fighter Controller |
| (London: Bernards: n.d.) Cover price 2/-. Pict. wrs plus pp. iv, 72. Fiction, but the incidents claimed to be 'based upon fact'. Illust. with sketches by JCC Taylor. Bernards' Fiction Series no. 27. An owner's name. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a2927 Taylor, Leonard (Editor of 'The Air Training Corps Gazette') |
| Ground Gen for Airmen (and Airwomen): A Brief Guide for airmen and airwomen of all trades and grades to the interior economy of life in the Royal Air Force |
| (London: Pitman: n.d.) Cover price 6d. Pict. wrs plus pp. 40. Illust. Pitman's Simply Explained Series. Cover says: 'How to settle down in the RAF, what you can do and what you can't, with tips on trades, pay, promotion, leave, and other matters that make RAF Life interesting.' About fine |
| $30 |
| *a2794 Malcomson, RM |
| Daisy Ashford: Her Life |
| (London: The Hogarth Press: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. 111 (241 x 170 mm) Illust. Family Tree. The first biography of the celebrated child author of 'The Young Visiters'. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2801 Frederics, Diana |
| Diana: A Strange Autobiography |
| (Allahabad: Kitabistan: n.d.) Cl. pp. 320. Account of a woman's discovery of her lesbianism and its development in her life. An owner's bookplate and name on free front endpaper. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2830 Farjeon, Annabel |
| Morning Has Broken: A Biography of Eleanor Farjeon |
| (London: Julia MacRae Books: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 315. Illust. Family Tree. Eleanor Farjeon Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a2831 Prideaux, Tom |
| Love or Nothing: The Life and Times of Ellen Terry |
| (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 288. Illust. A Note on Books and Benefactors. Index. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2835 Hudson, Roger, (Compiled by) |
| The Jubilee Years 1887-1897 |
| (London: The Folio Sociey: 1996) First Edition Cl. backed pict. bds pp. 240 (261 x 190 mm) Illust. Sources. Index. Fine in the gilt decorated slipcase. |
| $40 |
| *a2837 Masters, John |
| Casanova |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. ii, 302 (259 x 195 mm) Illust. bib. Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2914 The Marquis of Lorne, KT, Now His Grace The Duke of Argyll |
| VRI: Her Life and Empire |
| (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, His Majesty's Printers/Published by Harmsworth Bros Ltd: n.d.) Edwardian publication, concluding with Queen Victoria's funeral. Pict. cl. with VRI and image of Victoria's head in gilt on front, bevelled boards, pp. xii, 396 (325 x 250 mm) Printed on superior paper. Well illustrated including colour plates of Victoria aged 4 years and in 1899, both Eyre and Spottiswoode, Litho. Rubbing to head and foot of backstrip and to corners of boards; both internal hinges inclined to crack (from the weight of the contents); scattered signs of use as e.g. a few small clean tears; overall rated a v.g. copy. |
| $70 |
| *a2990 Porges, Irwin |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan |
| (NY: Ballantine Books: September 1976) First Ballantine Books Edition. In Two Volumes. Pict. wrs pp. 1310. Illustrated (Hulbert Burroughs, pictorial editor). Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Index. Fine in the original pictorial slipcase which is somewhat rubbed but overall in good order. |
| $60 |
| *a2995 Stewart, JIM |
| Myself and Nichael Innes: A Memoir |
| (NY: WW Norton: 1988) First American Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. iv, 206. Illust. Index. An owner's name. Near fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2767 Hacker, IH |
| Kerela: The Land of Palms |
| (London: London Missionary Society: 1912) First Edition Pict. cl. with pictorial pastedown on front (Parasu Rama, with his Battle Axe) pp. 140 and 3 p.a. With four coloured plates and sixty-three illustrations. Includes 'Through the Eyes of the Island Children by Basil Mathews, MA') pp. 125-139). Maps on endpapers. Spine a little sunned; flecking to covers (mostly to back cover). Overall v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *a2776 Dickens, Charles |
| The Life of our Lord |
| Written Expressly for His Children by Charles Dickens. (Sydney: Gornall Instructional Publications: n.d.) First Australian Edition. Dec. wrs pp. 63. Decorated. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2783 Macgowan, John (Of Amoy, South China) |
| Beside the Bamboo |
| (London: London Missionary Society: 1914) First Edition Cl. with pictorial pastedown on front ('Young Cheerful') pp. 191 and 1 advert. With 36 pages of illustrations. Map on front endpapers. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2853 Chesney, Weatherby |
| The Branded Prince |
| (London: Methuen: 1905) New and Cheaper Issue (first edition was July, 1902). Methuen's Shilling Novels series. Cl. pp. viii, 308 and 40 being publisher's Catalogue dated March 1905. Fore and lower edges uncut. Good to v.g. copy |
| $250 |
| *a2855 Paretsky, Sara |
| Burn Marks |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1990) First British Edition Bds pp. xii, 340. Features VI Warshawski, 'the alternative private eye'. V.g. in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a2856 Cleary, Jon |
| Dragons at the Party |
| (London: Collins: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. 285. Detective Inspector Scobie Malone ('the party' is the celebration of Australia's bicentenary). Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2857 McCutchan, Philip |
| Gibraltar Road |
| A Commander Shaw Novel. (London: Harrap: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 295. The first Commander Shaw novel. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a2858 Leys, John K |
| The House-Boat Mystery |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1905) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 318 and 2 p.a. Frontispiece by Oscar Wilson with tissue guard. Features both an amateur and a professional (police) detective. An owner's name. Edges stained or foxed. Good copy. |
| $75 |
| *a2859 Orczy, Baroness |
| The Old Man in the Corner |
| (London: Greening: 1909) Greening's Colonial Library series. Pict. cl. pp. 340. Illust. by HM Brock (eight plates). Free front endpaper has been excised; spine moderately faded; head and foot of spine lightly rubbed; upper external hinge starting to crack; overall v.g. |
| $1000 |
| *a2860 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Duke in the Suburbs |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1929) New Edition. Cl. pp. 253 and 3 p.a. Near fine |
| $50 |
| *a2862 Williams, Valentine |
| A Clubfoot Omnibus |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: Sept. 1936) First publication in this Omnibus Edition. Cl. pp. xviii, 1041. V.g. copy. |
| $40 |
| *a2863 Simenon, Georges |
| African Trio: Talatala, Tropic Moon, Aboard the Aquitaine |
| (London: HH: 1979) First Edition thus Bds pp. viii, 325. Near fine in like dust-jacket which has a small chip at head at head of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a2864 Ellroy, James |
| Brown's Requiem |
| (London: Allison and Busby: 1984) First British Edition Bds pp. 256. Ellroy's first crime novel. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $350 |
| *a2866 Le Queux, William |
| Blackmailed |
| (London: The Popular Library: n.d.) (First British Edition Copyright in USA 1926). Cl. pp. 281 and 1 advert. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2867 Le Queux, William |
| Stolen Souls |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1902) First Edition Illustrated ie frontispiece and one other plate. A collection of 14 stories. Some (light) stains at pp. 272/3; patches of (light) staining to front cover; some moderate staining and dustiness to edges. Overall v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2870 Cornish, Constance |
| Dead of Winter |
| (London: Cassell: 1961) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 186. A Cassell Crime Connoisseur Books. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2871 Lovesey, Peter |
| Abracadaver |
| (London: Macmillan: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 220. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $80 |
| *a2873 Coxe, George Harmon |
| Dangerous Legacy |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: n.d.) Printer's code '2.49'. Title Copyright 1949 by the Author. First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 195. Near fine v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2874 Heyer, Georgette |
| Why Shoot a Butler? |
| (London: Longmans, Green: September 1937) Reprinted by Novographic Process in the Longman Detective Novels series. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 312. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a2875 Allingham, Margery |
| Hide My Eyes |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 219. Inspector Luke and Mr Campion. An owner's name. Fine or thereabouts in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket which has a smallish chip at foot of its spine. |
| $50 |
| *a2876 Oppenheim, E. Phillips |
| The Mystery Road |
| (NY: AL Burt: May, 1923) Cl. pp. vi, 297. Frontispiece. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2937 Ferrars, Elizabeth |
| Murder Among Friends |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 191. An owner's name. Fine in dust-jacket which has eight old tape repairs or reinforcements to the blind side but is o/w near fine |
| $150 |
| *a2940 Lovesey, Peter |
| The Detective Wore Silk Drawers |
| (London: Macmillan: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 187. A novel of suspense. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a2942 Le Queux, William |
| The Voice from the Void: The Great Wireless Mystery |
| (London: Cassell: 1922) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 310. Lower edge uncut. An owner's name. Good to v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2943 Crofts, Freeman Wills |
| Silence for the Murderer |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: January 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. Small GI V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2944 Jenkins, Herbert |
| Malcolm Sage: Detective |
| (London: Jenkins: 1921) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 320. Short stories. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2945 Chandler, Raymond |
| Playback |
| (London: The Thriller Book Club: n.d.) Bds pp. 208. An owner's name at foot of front flap of jacket. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a2946 Ard, William |
| As Bad As I Am |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1960) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. American Mystery 293. GI V.g. in good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2947 Mitchell, James |
| A Magnum for Schneider |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 173. Featuring Callan. An owner's name. V.g. or perhpas near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a2953 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| Ellery Queen's 15th Mystery Annual: The Year's Best from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| (London: Gollancz: 1961) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 248. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2954 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual: The Year's Best from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| (London: Gollancz: 1962) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 245. 21 'tecs and thrillers plus a Dashiell Hammett bonus. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2955 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| To be Read Before Midnight being Ellery Queen's 17th Mystery Annual: 21 stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| (London: Gollancz: 1963) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 313. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2956 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| The Queen's Awards: Seventh Series. The winners of the Seventh Annual Detective Short-Story Contest Sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. |
| (London: Gollancz: 1954) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 263. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a2957 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| The Queen's Awards: Sixth Series. The Winners of the Sixth Annual Detective Short-Story Contest Sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| (London: Gollancz: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 256. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2958 Grierson, Edward |
| A Crime of One's Own |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 222. 'Donald, a young, romantic-minded bookseller and Bond addict, becomes gradually convinced that a spy ring is operating in his lending library...' Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a2959 Eberhart, MG |
| The Crime at Honotassa |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1962) First British Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2960 Keating, HRF |
| Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 223. An old tape mark to free front endpaper o/w fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a2961 Nichols, Beverley |
| The Rich Die Hard |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Foxing to endpapers and light foxing to edges. V.g. in good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a2963 Le Queux, William |
| The Wiles of the Wicked |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1919) Ward, Lock and Co's Popular Novels series. Dec. cl. pp. 256 (175 x 115 mm). Some light stains to covers. v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *a2965 Le Queux, William |
| The Woman in the Way |
| (London: T. Fisher Unwin: 1907) Title-page says 'Colonial Edition', foot of spine says 'Unwin's Library'. Pict. cl. pp. 335, 3, 16 and 2 p.a. Frontispiece (motor car scene) by Stephen Reid. Lacks free front endpaper o/w fine |
| $150 |
| *a2968 Level, Maurice |
| The Grip of Fear |
| (London: Grant Richards: 1909) First British Edition Cl. pp. 287. Lower edge uncut. An owner's name twice. Blank sheet pasted to fixed front endpaper. Good copy. |
| $60 |
| *a2969 Deighton, Len |
| Funeral in Berlin |
| (London: Cape: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 320. Secret File Number 3 (following 'The Ipcress File' and 'Horse Under Water'). V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a2970 Deighton, Len |
| An Expensive Place to Die |
| (London: Cape: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 254. Folder of documents ('Top Secret') present. Pictorial endpapers. Fine or thereabouts in good to v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket which has a clean tear. |
| $40 |
| *a2971 Deighton, Len |
| Billion-Dollar Brain |
| (London: Cape: 1966) First Edition Dec. bds pp. viii, 312. A (light) stain to lower edge; v.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2972 Christie, Agatha |
| Cat Among the Pigeons |
| (Sydney: William Collins Overseas: 1959) First Australian Edition (printed by New Century Press, Sydney). Bds pp. 255. An OI Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket which has a stain along the backstrip on the blind side. |
| $30 |
| *a2973 Christie, Agatha |
| Taken at the Flood |
| (Sydney: William Collins Overseas: 1949) First Australian Edition (printed by New Century Press, Sydney). Bds pp. 192. An owner's name. About fine in dust-jacket which is rubbed at head and foot of its spine and is neatly repaired on blind side but is o/w v.g. |
| $45 |
| *a2974 Godey, John |
| The Fifth House |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1960) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. American Bloodhound No. 304 (American Mystery 304 on spine of jacket) GI V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2975 Gault, William Campbell |
| Night Lady |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1960) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. American Bloodhound No. 307 (American Mystery 307 on spine of jacket). Foxing (mainly to endpapers and to blind side of jacket); v.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket neatly repaired on blind side. |
| $175 |
| *a2976 Chesterton, GK |
| The Paradoxes of Mr Pond |
| (London: Cassell: n.d.) Printer's Code F. 1236. Binder's cloth with front panel of jacket pasted on front pp. vi, 257. Cancelled label and stamps on fixed front endpaper and a few stamps internally, o/w good ex-Institute copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2977 Hill, Reginald |
| An Advancement of Learning |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 254. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket a little worn at head and foot of spine and edges, with one neat repair on blind side. |
| $125 |
| *a2979 Freeman, R. Austin |
| A Certain Dr. Thorndyke |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: This New Library Edition Printed March 1946) Cl. pp. 310. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a2980 Freeman, R. Austin |
| The Puzzle Lock |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 320. Frontispiece. Short stories Front panel of jacket pasted on free front endpaper. Some staining to front cover and a stain to spine; some stains to top edge; some of the edges of boards rubbed or worn; external hinges cracking and repaired with glue long since; internally generally v.g. and overall rated a good copy. |
| $80 |
| *a2981 Mercer, Ian |
| Epitaph for a Blonde |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1960) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. British Bloodhound No. 291 (British Mystery 291 on spine of jackets). Cancelled Institute label on fixed front endpaper. V.g. in fair or perhaps good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2982 Hitchens, Dolores |
| Sleep with Slander |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1961) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. American Bloodhound Mystery No. 345 (American Mystery 345 on spine of jacket). An owner's name. Near fine in price-clipped dust-jacket which has a large chip to foot of its spine. |
| $30 |
| *a2983 Leinster, Murray |
| Cattle Rustlers |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1952) First Edition (First British Edition) Bds pp. 128 V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2984 Haggard, H Rider |
| The Holy Flower |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1915) First Edition Gilt pict. cl. pp. 368 and 16 p.a. Illust. by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Printed 'For Sale Abroad' in blind on back cover. Most of the free front endpaper has been torn away; crease along middle of spine; overall v.g. copy. |
| $40 |
| *a2991 Hall, Adam |
| The Tango Briefing |
| (London: Collins: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a2992 Leonard, Elmore |
| City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit |
| (NY: Arbor House: 1980) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xii, 275. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2994 Highsmith, Patricia |
| The Glass Cell |
| (London: Heinemann: 1965) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 249. Scuffs to front endpapers; some foxing, mainly to edges; good copy in like dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a2997 Orczy, Baroness |
| The Case of Miss Elliott |
| (London: C. Arthur Pearson: January 1920) Third impression. Dec. bds pp. 224. Short stories. Spine sunned o/w fine |
| $40 |
| *a2999 Gardner, Erle Stanley |
| The Case of the Deadly Toy |
| (London: Heinemann: 1964) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 236. A Perry Mason Story. Fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3000 Oppenheim, E. Phillips |
| Mr Mirakel |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: July 1944) Reprint. Bds pp. 224. GI Near fine in good dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3002 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Little Sister |
| (London: HH: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. Very light foxing to edges; moderate dampstain to cloth on each side of foot of spine has 'bled' a corresponding reddish stain to the blind side of the jacket; o/w fine in dust-jacket which has a large chip at head of its spine and a smaller one at its foot, as well as rubbing and a clean tear to fold of front flap and neat repairs to blind side. |
| $500 |
| *a3003 Barnett, Reginald |
| The Devil's Whisper |
| (London: Walter Scott: n.d.) Dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. 250 With Greenwood, James: The Policeman's Lantern: Strange Stories of London Life (London: Walter Scott: 1888) pp. 293. Some generally moderate stains to the covers o/w v.g. |
| $400 |
| *a3005 Donovan, Dick |
| In the Grip of the Law |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1892) (Presumably First Edition) Dec. cl. pp. iv, 314, 2 and 32 p.a., the latter being the publisher's List dated December, 1891. Short Stories. Covers somewhat faded; both external hinges cracked or cracking and repaired with glue long since; o/w good copy (text clean). |
| $60 |
| *a3006 Donovan, Dick |
| From Clue to Capture: A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 320. With numerous illustrations by Paul Hardy and others. Lacks free front endpaper; fixed front endpaper covered with a large cutting about The Deeming Murders in England ('A True Detective Story'). An owner's name and some scattered neat impressed stamps. Head of spine nicked and a little worn, neat repair to pp. 107/8; o/w v.g. |
| $250 |
| *a3015 Boothby, Guy |
| A Prince of Swindlers |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Cl. pp. 292 and 12 p.a. Illust. by Edward Read. An owner's name erased twice from fixed front endpaper. Spine lightly sunned; generally good copy |
| $100 |
| *a3021 Simenon, Georges |
| Lettre a Mon Juge |
| (Paris: Les Presses de la Cite: 1947) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 255. Fore and lower edges uncut. Moderate bump to foot of spine; v.g. if not near fine copy |
| $60 |
| *a3023 Simenon, Georges |
| Le Passager Clandestin |
| (Paris: La Jeune Parque: Acheve d'imprimer le 5 Decembre 1947) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 223. All edges uncut. Spine moderately sunned. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a3024 Simenon, Georges |
| L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet |
| (Paris: Presses de la Cite: 1952) Paperback edition of 1950 work. Dec. wrs pp. 223. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a3025 Simenon, Georges |
| Un Crime en Hollande |
| (Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard: 1946) Paperback edition of 1931 work. Maigret novel. Wrs pp. 253. Edges uncut. Near fine in good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3026 Simenon, Georges |
| Maigret se Fache |
| (Paris: Presses de la Cite: 1948) Paperback edition of 1947 work. Wrs pp. 253. Curiously, the front wrapper title is 'La Pipe de Maigret suivie de Maigret se Fache', while the jacket title is simply 'La Pipe de Maigret', but, in fact, the volume contains 'Maigret Se Fache' (ends p. 179) followed by (suivie de) 'La Pipe de Maigret' which is the slighter work. Fine in dust-jacket which lacks a piece from its rear panel but is o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3027 Simenon, Georges |
| L'Homme de la Tour Eiffel (la tete d'un homme) |
| Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard: 1959) Paperback edition of 1931 work. Pict. wrs pp. 254. Maigret novel. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a3028 Simenon, Georges |
| Le Clan des Ostendais |
| (France: Gallimard: 1947) First Edition Wrs pp. 233. Edges uncut. v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3029 Simenon, Georges |
| Les Fantomes du Chapelier |
| (Paris: Les Presses de la Cite: 1949) First Edition Wrs pp. 256. Edges uncut. An owner's name. Small chip to head of spine. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3030 Simenon, Georges |
| La Jument Perdue |
| (Paris: Les Presses de la Cite: 1948) First Edition Wrs pp. 221. Edges uncut. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a3031 Simenon, Georges |
| Maigret et Son Mort |
| (Paris: Les Presses de la Cite: 1948) First Edition 'Numero d'Impression: 25'. Wrs pp. 251. Edges uncut. An owner's name. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3032 Simenon, Georges |
| Maigret Chez le Ministre |
| (Paris: Presses de la Cite: 1955) Copyright Simenon 1954. First (Trade) Edition (?) Pict. wrs pp. 220 and 4 p.a. V.g. |
| $35 |
| *a3036 Boucher, Anthony (Edited and with an Introdution by) |
| Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: n.d.) First British Edition US Copyright 1950. Bds pp. x, 406. Short Stories plus Biographies of Fictional Detectives - amateur and professional, public and private - created by members of Mystery Writers of America. A Cloak and Dagger Choice (see spine). Spine faded; generally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2815 Gold, |
| Four-in-Hand: A History of W and A Gilbey Ltd 1857-1957 |
| (L: W and A Gilbey: 1957) FE Dec. bds pp. 83 (232 x 183 mm) Illust. Family Tree. A Centenary History V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2912 Lamshed, Max |
| The People's Garden: A Centenary History of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 1855-1955 |
| (Adelaide: The Board of Governors: n.d.) First Edition Wrs pp. 413 (247 x 157 mm) Illust. History, Guides and Catalogue of Plants. The Errata leaf (which is often missing) is present. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a2829 Milligan, Spike |
| The Good Cartoons |
| (London: Joseph in assoc. with Hobbs: 1982) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 96 (255 x 190 mm) Illust. by Pete Clarke (the stories told in panel form). An owner's name on title-page. Fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2824 Rigby |
| The New Illustrated Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language |
| With an Appendix of Abbrevations and Foreign Words and Phrases. (Adelaide: WC Rigby, Bookseller and Stationer: n.d.) Suggest published about 1910. Cl. pp. 288 (173 x 115 mm) Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings. Printed double-column. An OI The title-leaf is a cancel (as the book is an English one presented by Rigby to the Australian market). V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2752 Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley |
| The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. |
| Edited by Robert Halsband. (Oxford at The Clarendon Press: 1967) Reprint (f.p. 1965). In Three Volumes. Withdrawn ex-library copy with a couple of neat stamps to early leaves and also (faintly on two) to top edges; library pocket etc. on rear free endpapers; text fine, covers fine, jackets near fine apart from library sticker near foot of each. |
| $120 |
| *a2768 Hunter, Sir William Wilson, KCSI, MA, LLD |
| The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta Graves |
| (London: Henry Frowde: 1897) First Edition Dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. 192 and 4 adverts for the author's other works (190 x 155 mm). Index. Top edge gilt, others uncut. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a2793 Allende, Isabel |
| Eva Luna |
| Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. (London: HH: 1989) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 272. Novel. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2795 Burton, TL and Jill (Edited by) |
| Lexicographical and Linguistic Studies: Essays in Honour of GW Turner |
| (Cambridge: DS Brewer: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 202. Frontispiece. Select bib. of GW Turner's Published Works, compiled by PR Eaden. Tabula Gratulatoria. Contributors include Dorothy Colmer, Ralph WV Elliott, GA Wilkes etc. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2804 'US' (pseud) |
| Sins of Society. For Men Only |
| (Sydney: Printed by The Peerless Press and Published by the London Book Co: n.d.) Wrs pp. 96. Three illustrated advertisements for other 'Men Only' style books from The London Book Co, Sydney, including one for 'The Amazing Book 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde', illustrated by Beardsley, the advert subscribed 'Posted in Plain Wrapper'. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *a2805 Vatsyayana |
| Kama Sutra: The Hindu Art of Love |
| 'The Complete and Unexpurgated Burton Translation'. (Banned Book Club of Australia: n.d.) Wrs pp. xxiv, 168. 'As translated by Sir Richard Burton and FF Arbuthnot. With Introduction and Illustrations. 'This book is available to members only'. Printed and Published by Censor Magazine, Kensington, Sydney. Not produced to a high standard. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a2806 Mishima, Yukio |
| Sun and Steel |
| Translated by John Bester. (London: Secker and Warburg: 1971) First British Edition Bds pp. 104. A little foxing o/w v.g. in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a2807 Kyle, Barry |
| Sylvia Plath: A Dramatic Portrait, conceived and adapted from her writing by Barry Kyle |
| (London: FF: 1976) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 70 V.g. or perhaps near fine. |
| $30 |
| *a2820 Hervey, JR |
| Selected Poems |
| (Christchurch: The Caxton Press: 1940) First Edition Wrs pp. 45. Two of the poems, 'Salute to Youth' and 'War Refugee', were placed first in the two poetry sections of the New Zealand Centennial Literary Competition. With signed presentation inscription from the author to notable Australian editor and poet, W. Flexmore Hudson. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a2826 Frynta, Emanuel |
| Hasek: The Creator of Schweik. |
| Translated by Jean Layton and George Theiner. (Prague: Artia: This English translation Copyright 1965) S 1835. Pict. bds pp. 148 (275 x 240 mm) plus fold-out of three leaves at rear being Commentary on the illustrations (Photographs by Z. Vozenilek and from the author's archives). About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a2827 Arkell, Reginald |
| Winter Sportings |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. 80 (213 x 185 mm) Illust. by Lewis Baumer (including full-page colour pictures). Amusing verses about ice-skating and skiing Picture from jacket pasted on fixed front endpaper. Spine very lightly sunned. V.g. if not near fine copy |
| $40 |
| *a2828 Pullar, Philippa |
| Gilded Butterflies: The Rise and Fall of the London Season |
| (London: HH: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 192 (234 x 170 mm) Illust. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2836 Raphael, Frederic |
| W. Somerset Maugham and his world |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1976) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 128 (238 x 185 mm) Illust. bib. Index. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2838 Woolf, Virginia |
| Bulletin of the New York Public Library: Virginia Woolf Issue |
| (Volume 80, Number 2 - Winter 1977) Pict. wrs pp. 135-306 and 4 adverts (235 x 181 mm) Illust. An owner's name. Spine sunned o/w fine. |
| $30 |
| *a2839 Masefield, John |
| South and East |
| (London: The Medici Society: 1929) Pict. cl. pp. viii, 26 (252 x 190 mm) Illust. by Jacynth Parsons including six fine colour plates laid down on tinted leaves and additional to pagination. 'The edition ... is limited to 2750 copies'. An OI Bumped at foot of spine o/w about fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a2840 Jonson, Ben |
| Ben Jonson's Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden |
| Edited with Introduction and Notes by RF Patterson, Charles Oldham Shakespeare Scholar, Cambridge University, etc. (London: Blackie and Son: 1923) First thus. Cl. with printed paper titling pieces on front and spine pp. xlii, 60 (232 x 163 mm). Illust. Index. Top and fore edges uncut. Stains (mostly light) to front cover and signs of age to titling pieces which remain, however, complete and readily readable; o/w fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2846 Stevenson, E (Selected and Edited by) |
| Early Reviews of Great Writers (1786-1832) |
| (London: Walter Scott: n.d.) The Scott Library series. OI dated April (19)04. Dec. cl. pp. xviii, 326 and 22 p.a. Contemporary reviews of eg 'Lyrical Ballads' in The Monthly Review; 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' in The Edinburgh Review; 'Emma' in The Quarterly Review; etc (17 reviews in all). top edge gilt, others uncut. V.g. |
| $35 |
| *a2847 Rolland, Romain |
| John Christopher |
| Translated by Gilbert Cannan. (London: Calder and Boyars: 1966) First publication in Jupiter Books series. In Four Volumes: Dawn and Morning; Storm and Stress; In Paris; Journey's End. The important novel in paperback. Fine set |
| $30 |
| *a2852 Wentworth, Patricia (Mrs GF Dillon) |
| The Devil's Wind |
| (London: Andrew Melrose: 1912) Second Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 352. Early novel by the famous crime novelist, this one being concerned with the siege and massacre at Cawnpore, India. Spine sunned; a patch of light scuffing or flecking to front cover; o/w v.g. |
| $150 |
| *a2903 Burgess, Anthony |
| A Vision of Battlements |
| (London: Sidgwick and Jackson: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 266. Illust. by Edward Pagram. Burgess's 'first extended piece of fiction', whose setting is Gibraltar, 'a place rarely visited by novelists' (blurb). An owner's name neatly at head of free front endpaper. Fine in dust-jacket. The lettering on which is somewhat faded but which is itself o/w fine but price-clipped |
| $60 |
| *a2904 Gardner, John |
| The Censor |
| (London: New English Library: 1970) First British Edition Bds pp. 288. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a2905 Smith, Dodie |
| Bonnet over the Windmill. A Play in Three Acts. |
| (London: Heinemann: 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 152. OI on free front endpaper. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $65 |
| *a2907 Niland, D'Arcy |
| The Shiralee |
| (London: Angus and Robertson - but printed in Sydney by Halstead Press: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 224. About fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket with 2 small clean tears long since backed with tape on the blind side. |
| $25 |
| *a2908 Weldon, Fay |
| The President's Child |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. 220. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2910 Bennett, Arnold |
| Our Women: Chapters on the Sex-Discord |
| (London: Cassell: 1920) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 250. Scattered flecking to cloth (though not to spine); head of spine nicked; internally fine. |
| $25 |
| *a2911 Stewart, Douglas |
| A Man of Sydney: An Appreciation of Kenneth Slessor |
| (Melbourne: Nelson: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 191. Illust. Select bib. Index. An owner's name once on each front endpaper. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2936 Berdoe, Edward |
| The Browning Cyclopaedia: A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning with Copious Explanatory Notes and References on all Difficult Passages |
| (London: Swan Sonnenschein: 1906) Fifth Edition. Pict. cl. pp. xviii, 576. Fore and lower edges uncut. V.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *a2986 Haggard, H Rider |
| Queen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old Egypt |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Third Edition. Bds pp. 287. Inscription dated Feby 1927 on free front endpaper. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a2988 Haggard, H Rider |
| Finished |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dedication to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt dated May, 1917. Dec. cl. with front panel of jacket pasted on front cover pp. 320. Some discoloration to back cover and to lower half of spine. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *a3007 Boothby, Guy |
| The Beautiful White Devil |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. iv and iv, 290 and 6 p.a. Illust. by Stanley L. Wood. Clearly a reprint or re-issue. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3009 Boothby, Guy |
| Billy Binks - Hero and Other Stories |
| (London: Macmillan: 1898) Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 346. Frontispiece and extra pictorial title-page by WHC Groome. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 244 and 8 p.a. A patch of discoloration at foot of front cover; o/w v.g. cancelled ex-Institute copy |
| $100 |
| *a3011 Boothby, Guy |
| Doctor Nikola |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 322 and 4 p.a. Illust. by Stanley L. Wood. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a3012 Boothby, Guy |
| 'Farewell, Nikola' |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1901) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 316 and 4 p.a. Illust. by Harold Piffard Two of the plates are in facsimile, NB. An OI Good copy |
| $60 |
| *a3013 Boothby, Guy |
| The Fascination of the King |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1911) (f.p. 1897) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 287. Illust. by Stanley L. Wood Fine or thereabouts. |
| $60 |
| *a3014 Boothby, Guy |
| In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. viii, 300 and 12 p.a. Illust. by Stanley L. Wood. Prize label dated 1902. Dampstain and some flecking to back covers o/w generally good copy. |
| $40 |
| *a3016 Boothby, Guy |
| The Red Rat's Daughter |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1899) First Edition Gilt dec. cl. pp. 384. Illust. by Henry Austin A GI A little wear to covers plus an incipient crack to the back board; inner hinges cracked; overall rated a v.g. copy |
| $60 |
| *a3017 Boothby, Guy |
| A Two-Fold Inheritance |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1903) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 328. Illust. by Oscar Wilson. An owner's name. Spine moderately sunned. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a2797 Woodforde, The Reverend James |
| The Diary of a Country Parson: Vol II 1782-1787. |
| Edited by John Beresford. (London: OUP: 1926) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 392. Illust. Index. All edges uncut. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2814 Lubbock, Basil (Storied by) |
| Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships |
| (London: The Blue Peter Publishing Company: First Impression, 1,000 copies. July 1927) Pict. cl. (ship under sail blocked in gilt on front) pp. xii, 154 (314 x 268 mm) plus the numerous handsome colour plates on art paper additional to pagination, plus folding map of Trade Routes at rear. The Pictures by J. Spurling. The book edited by FA Hook, FRGS With an Introduction by C. Fox Smith. Fore edge uncut. Head and foot of spine rubbed as are the corners of the boards; inner hinges cracking or cracked; a little silverfishing to rear endpapers; clean tear to one plate; overall rated a good copy and internally near fine. |
| $250 |
| *a2888 Heaton, Peter |
| Yachting: A Pictorial History |
| (NY: The Viking Press: 1973) First American Edition. Cl. pp. 159 (316 x 238 mm) Richly illustrated including fold-out leaves. Index. A Studio Book Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2892 Jobe, Joseph( Edited by) |
| The Great Age of Sail |
| Translated by Michael Kelly. (Copyright 1967 by Edita SA Lausanne) Reduced, unabridged version of the first edition. Pict. bds pp. 276 (285 x 245 mm) Illust. Handsome production. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2895 Charlwood, DE |
| The Wreck of the Loch Ard: End of a Ship, End of an Era |
| (Sydney: AR: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. x, 122. Illust. Maps. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2764 Anstruther, Ian |
| The Knight and the Umbrella: An Account of The Eglinton Tournament 1839 |
| (London: Bles: 1963) First Edition Pict. bds pp. xviii, 270. Illust. bib. Map and publicity on endpapers. Select Index. Fine in fair dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2777 Burchett, WG |
| Bombs Over Burma |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. 260. Illust. Map on free front endpaper. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a2811 Hartley, Peter |
| Escape to captivity |
| (London: Dent: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 210. Frontispiece. Made POW of the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, when he was 21 years of age, Hartley seeks to explain the mental reactions etc of the prisoners as they struggled to survive. He made an impulsive escape from POW camp only to be captured in Sumatra (hence the title). Near fine in good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2817 Haweis, Rev. HR, MA |
| Music and Morals |
| (London: WH Allen: 1893) Seventeenth Edition. Pict. cl. (gilt) pp. xiv, 556 and 4 p.a. Frontispiece, which is a study of the Author, of whom there is an actual photograph, in the same pose, laid down on the front fly leaf which also contains an unrelated GI dated 27-3-(18)97. The photograph is fine, and the book near fine. |
| $40 |
| *a2759 Hindwood, Keith (Text) |
| A Portfolio of Australian Birds |
| (Sydney: Reed: 1968) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 64 (361 x 286 mm) With 25 fine colour plates by William T. Cooper. GI Front cover slightly canted. Overall v.g. if not near fine copy and both flaps of jacket present though rest of jacket absent. |
| $40 |
| *a2760 Hancock, James and Kushlan, James |
| The Herons Handbook |
| (London and Sydney: Croom Helm: 1984) First UK Edition. Pict. bds pp. 288. Illust. Maps. Includes Classification; Courtship; Feeding; Identification of herons and egrets. Species Descriptions. bib. Index. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2781 Froggatt, Walter W, FRZS, President, Naturalists' Society, NSW |
| Australian Spiders and their Allies |
| (Sydney: The Royal Zoological Society of NSW: 1935) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 123. Illust. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a2929 Kammerer, Paul |
| Allgemeine Biologie |
| (Stuttgart und Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: 1915) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xii, 351. Illust. Four colour plates at rear additional to pagination. Bib. of Allgemeine Literatur. Index. In German throughout. Fine |
| $60 |
| *a2932 Dakin, The late William J, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of Sydney |
| The Great Barrier Reef and some Mention of Other Australian Coral Reefs |
| (Sydney; Ure Smith: 1963) Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by Isobel Bennett, MSc Dec. bds pp. 176. Illust. with 60 colour and monochrome plates. Maps and Diagrams. Maps on endpapers. Fine in fair dust-jacket which has a large chip at head of its rear panel. |
| $25 |
| *a2933 Crivelli, Marchese Michele Balsamo |
| Instruzione Popolare per Allevare I Bachi Da Seta Nostrali e del Giappone. Esposta in forma di Diagolo |
| (Milano: Per Gaetano Brigola Editore: 1869) Quarta Edizione, aumentata e accuratamente riveduta dall'autore. Pict. wrs pp. 216. Con Molte Incisioni Inserte nel Testo. Actual photograph of the author laid down as frontispiece and a plate in addition to the text illustrations. Biblioteca dell'Agricoltore - Vol. 5. Old tape reinforcement to spine; (modern) adhesive backing to front wrapper; some stains; overall in fair condition. |
| $30 |
| *a2808 Grob, Bernard (Instructor, RCA Institutes, Inc) |
| Basic Television: Principles and Servicing |
| (NY: McGraw-Hill: 1954) Second Edition. Pict. cl. pp. xiv, 660. Illustrated, including colour plates and folding schematic diagrams additional to pagination. Index. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a2810 Adams, Orville, (Consulting Diesel Engineer) |
| Elements of Diesel Engineering With Questions and Answers: Stationary, Marine, Automotive, Locomotive |
| (NY: The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co: 1937) Verso of title-page says Copyright 1936. (First Edition) Cl. pp. xviii, 478 and 16 (Henley's Catalogue No 29 of the Latest and Best Practical and Mechanical Books Including Aviation and Automobile Books). Illust. Index. About fine in dust-jacket which is chipped at head and foot of its spine but is o/w good. |
| $40 |
| *a2906 Bradbury, Ray |
| The Day it Rained Forever |
| (L; Hart-Davis: 1959) First UK Edition. Bds pp. 254. Has 16s. on dust-jacket. Fine in good dust-jacket which chipped at foot of its spine and a little worn at head of its spine, but whose front and rear panels are v.g. |
| $150 |
| *a2934 Drobny, Jaroslav (Wimbledon Champion 1954) |
| Champion in Exile: The Autobiography |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 249. Illust. V.g. in fair dust-jacket which has one large and other smaller chips and old tape repairs on its blind side. |
| $40 |
| *a2935 Soutar, DG (Amateur Champion of Australasia, 1903, etc) |
| The Australian Golfer |
| (Sydney: AR: 1906) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 260 (with frontispiece and Diagrams) plus section of Plates form Photographs (printed on art paper) at rear (76 Plates and 13 Diagrams). Top edge gilt. Good cancelled ex-Institute library copy; an ink stain to the lower edge; the transparent sheet at rear has been detached at the perforations as intended and is not present; text in v.g. order. |
| $500 |
| *a2766 Heughan, John K |
| By Canoe and Elephant: Adventures in the Burma-Siam Jungle |
| (Sydney: AR: 1942) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 194. A journey up the Salween, 'least-known of the great rivers of Asia'. The author lived among 'the primitive peoples who live in the jungle fastnesses', learnt their languages, etc. Corner snipped from free front endpaper; dampstain to lower edges of the leaves (does not impinge on text and is not unsightly) o/w v.g. in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a2769 Arthur, TC |
| Reminiscences of an Indian Police Official |
| (London: Sampson Low, Marston: 1894) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 286. Illust. All edges uncut. An owner's name. Upper inner hinge beginning to crack; a few stains to covers (mainly to back); o/w fine. |
| $100 |
| *a2775 Ministry of Transport |
| The Handbook of India |
| (Issued for the Ministry of Transport by The Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India: March 1951) Pict. wrs pp. 182. Illust. Folding map. Advertisements. Index to Advertisers. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a2778 no author |
| A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the English Lake District, with an Outline Guide for Pedestrians |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Seventeenth Edition, revised. A couple of advertisements dated '1917-1918 Series'. Dec. cl. pp. 8, 4 (adverts), 9-16, 4 (adverts), 17-188, 4 (adverts), 189-192 (including Index), and 68 (adverts, including Index to them). Map of District and Three Section Maps. Upwards of sixty Illustrations. Ward, Lock and Co's Illustrated Guide Books series. Spine lightly sunned. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a2779 Blackwood, Sir Robert |
| Beautiful Bali |
| (Melbourne: Hampden Hall: 1970) First Edition Pict. bds pp. x, 158. Illust. Folding map at rear. An owner's name. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a2780 Audric, John |
| Siam: Land of Temples |
| (London: Hale: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. 191. Illust. Index. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a2909 Sillitoe, Alan |
| Road to Volgograd |
| (London: WH Allen: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. 176. Frontispiece. Account of the month of April 1963 spent in the Soviet Union. An owner's namestamp on fixed front endpaper. Bumped on the upper side of head of spine (minor) o/w fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
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