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| *a3112 no author |
| British Africa |
| (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner: 1901) Second Edition. Pict. cl. (crossed flags, gilt) pp. xiv, 415. Four folding maps at rear. Volume II in The British Empire Series. All edges uncut. An owner's bookplate on fixed front endpaper. Spine lightly sunned. Near or about fine copy |
| $100 |
| *a3159 Wells, Carveth |
| In Coldest Africa |
| (NY: McBride: 1931) Copyright 1929 by Doubleday, Doran. Cl. pp. xiv, 255. While not directly about hunting there is some reference to shooting of big game and to various famous people eg Osa and Martin Johnson and Samaki, and one hunt is given in some detail (pp. 163-166). The text ends with a plea from a chief to Europeans to 'come and kill the elephants or we shall starve' (p. 229). Appendix of Popular Pronunciation of Names. Swahili Vocabulary. Index. Illustrations on front endpapers; map on rear endpapers. Some external wear; a clean tear to one leaf neatly repaired; fore and lower edges uncut. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *a3173 Callaghan, Angus and Robertson (Director of Agriculture, South Australia) and Millington: AJ (Reader in Agronomy, University of Western Australia) |
| The Wheat Industry in Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1956) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 486. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. An owner's name. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3208 Frazer, JG, DCL, LLD, LittD, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Liverpool |
| Psyche's Task: A Discourse concerning the Influence of Superstition on the Growth of Institutions. |
| (London: Macmillan: 1909) First Edition Cl. pp. ii, 94. All edges uncut.. Rubbing and a nick to head of spine; a few (mild) stains to covers; mainly to front; a light marginal dampstain to a couple of leaves; external hinges starting to crack; internally generally v.g. |
| $50 |
| *a3250 Sealey, Antony |
| Bridges and Aqueducts |
| (London: Hugh Evelyn: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 192 (247 x 230 mm) Richly illustrated. Some Works of Famous Men. Glossary. Bibliography Index. Detailed Classification of Structural Systems. Excursions into Architecture series. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3050 John, Augustus |
| Chiaroscuro. Fragments of Autobiography: First Series. |
| (London: Cape: 1952) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 285 (235 x 155 mm) Illust. Index. Top edge tinted, lower edge uncut. Fine or thereabouts. |
| $35 |
| *a3053 Addams, Chas |
| Nightcrawlers |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton 1957) FBE (the majority of the cartoons first appeared in 'The New Yorker'). Bds pp. 96 (285 x 215 mm) Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3054 Laszlo, Gyula |
| The Art of the Migration Period |
| (London: Allen Lane: 1974) FBE Pict. cl. pp. 136 (main text, illustrated), xx (Appendixes), ii and 144 (black and white plates at rear) (255 x 225 mm) Doublespread map showing Important Sites Mentioned in the Text: Prehistoric, Germanic, Hunnish Period, Avar Period, Ninth century and Hungarian Conquest Period. Fine |
| $80 |
| *a3056 no author |
| The Contemporary Scene: A Symposium March 28-30, 1952. |
| (NY, NY: the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1954) First Edition Dec. wrs (spiral spine) pp. iv, 79 plus plates (283 x 220 mm) Articles by Sidney Hook, Paul J Tillich, Lloyd Goodrich and others. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3257 no author |
| Pictorial New Zealand: Photographic Studies |
| (Printed and Produced in New Zealand by Whitcombe and Tombs: n.d.) (Suggest early 1940s). Pict. wrs plus pp. 60 (241 x 245 mm) Some text and numerous reproductions of black and white photographs with captions etc (each with the name of the photographer responsible). Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3155 Blake, LJ |
| Gold Escort |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. viii, and iv, 228. Illust. Maps. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography Index. An owner's name, and a bookseller's mark to lower edge. Near fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3156 Fitzpatrick, David |
| Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1995) First Australian Edition. Cl. pp. xiv, 649. Illust. Sources. Thematic Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3158 Wilde, WH and Inglis Moore, T (Selected and Edited by) |
| Letters of Mary Gilmore |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1980) First Edition Cl. pp. xxx, 427. Illust. A Biographical Note. Appendix of People, Publications, Places and Events mentioned in the Letters. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3171 Sommerlad, Ernest C (Chairman and Managing Director Country Press Limited) |
| Mightier than the Sword: A Handbook on Journalism, Broadcasting, Propaganda, Public Relations and Advertising |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 240. Index. About fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3186 Menzies, Sir Robert |
| Central Power in the Australian Commonwealth: An Examination of the Growth of Commonwealth Power in the Australian Federation |
| (London: Cassell: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. x 198. Index. An owner's name and a date. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3189 Cato, Jack, FRPS |
| I Can Take It: The Autobiography of a Photographer |
| (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 324. Illust. (from photographs by Cato). Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3190 Graham, BD |
| The Formation of the Australian Country Parties |
| (Canberra: Australian National University Press: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 320. Frontispiece. Seven Maps. Select Bibliography Index. An owner's name and a date. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3192 Rivett, Kenneth (Edited by, for the Immigration Reform Group) |
| Australia and the Non-White Migrant |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1975) Cl. pp. xii, 327. Notes. Index. An owner's name and a date. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3194 Clune, Frank |
| Land of Australia: 'Roaming in a Holden' |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1953) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. vi, 265. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Includes a detour to Alice Springs to meet Albert Namatjira Gift Inscription About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3197 Isaacs, Jennifer |
| Bush Food: Aboriginal Food and Herbal Medicine |
| (McMahons Point, NSW: Weldons: 1987) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 256 (304 x 215 mm) Illust. Concludes with Table of Plant Foods; Table of Herbal Medicines; Endnotes; Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3198 Blainey, Geoffrey |
| A Land Half Won |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 388. Illust. Sources. Index. An owner's name. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3200 Australian Institute of Political Science |
| Trade Unions in Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. x, 190. Articles by Lloyd Ross, Lord Citrine, David J. McDonald, JH Wootten, D. Rawson, AE Monk. An owner's name. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3201 Palmer, Vance |
| The Legend of the Nineties |
| (South Yarra, Victoria: Currey O'Neil: n.d.) Illustrated Edition. Bds pp. viii, 156 (173 x 210 mm) Authorities. Sources of Illustrations. Index. Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3203 Parker, Mrs K Langloh |
| Australian Legendary Tales being the two collections Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales collected by Mrs K. Langloh Parker |
| (London: The Bodley Head: This edition first published 1978) Bds pp. 191 (253 x 158 mm) With introductions by Andrew Lang and Wandjuk Marika. Illust. by Rex Backhaus-Smith. Glossary. Specimen story in native text. Index of stories. Listed by Marcie Muir as a juvenile but this is a matter of argument. In 'The Bodley Head Source Books of Fairy Tales and Folklore' series. Fine in dust-jacket. whose spine is faded from being sunned but is itself otherwise fine. |
| $35 |
| *a3230 Withers, William Bramwell (Journalist) |
| The History of Ballarat, from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time |
| (Ballarat: Printed by FW Niven and Co: 1887) Second Edition: With Plans, Illustrations, and Original Documents. Richly gilt pict. green cloth (bevelled boards) pp. xx, 362. A fine copy the covers with their gilt particularly clean and bright; the folding plates have only tiny tears or incipient splitting at folds; front inner hinge cracking; a splendid copy. |
| $650 |
| *a3246 West, Raymond |
| Those were the Days: A Story of Shepparton, Victoria and (To Some Extent) Its District |
| (Shepparton, Victoria: Waterwheel Press: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 283. Illust. Map. Sources of Information. Index. V.g. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3253 Wilson, Trevor |
| The Luck of the Draw: A Centenary of Tattersall's Sweeps 1881-1981 |
| (South Yarra, Victoria: T Wilson Publishing: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 212 (255 x 182 mm) Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3068 Harding, Anthony (Edited by) |
| Car Facts and Feats: A Record of Everyday Motoring and Automotive Achievement |
| (Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Limited: 1971) First Edition Cl. pp. 256 (240 x 180 mm) Illust. Section 5 is 'Everyday Motoring 1919-1971' Compiled by Michael Sedgwick. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3069 no author |
| Instruction Book of Flying Standard Cards Including 1937-8-9 Models 'Nine' 'Ten' 'Twelve' 'Fourteen' 'Twenty' |
| (Coventry, Warwickshire: The Standard Motor Co: October 1937) Second Edition. Pict. wrs plus pp. 68 (254 x 157 mm) Illust. Some minor external signs of use; a little marginal dampstaining to top outer corner, otherwise fine |
| $30 |
| *a3234 Young, Eoin and Hunt, James (and Edited by David Hodges) |
| James Hunt Against All Odds |
| (NY: EP Dutton: 1978) First American Edition. Bds pp. 176 (244 xx 174 mm) Illust. James Hunt's Record (Four Seasons Formula 1). Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3298 Allen, Wing Commander HR, DFC |
| Who Won the Battle of Britain? |
| (London: Panther Books Ltd: 1976) First Panther Edition. Pict. wrs pp. 223. References. Other Sources. Index. 'A startling, controversial reappraisal by one of The Few'. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3037 Seth, Ronald |
| Russell Pasha |
| (London: Kimber: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 223. (238 x 160 mm) Frontispiece. Index. Russell's career in Egypt: he joined the Egyptian service in 1902 as a Sub-Inspector, rose to be Commandant and held this post from 1918 until retirement in 1946. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3095 Cecil, David |
| The Stricken Deer or The LIfe of Cowper |
| (London: Constable: 1930) Reprint (f.p. 1929) Cl. pp. xii, 303. Illust. Good rebound copy. |
| $25 |
| *a3109 Booker, Beryl Lee |
| Yesterday's Child 1890-1909 |
| (London: John Long: 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. 264 and 8 p.a. Illust. Far-ranging autobiography including 'Queen Victoria Dies', 'Fin de Siecle', 'Vienna, 1902', 'South Africa, 1907', etc. The white lettering on spine faded; a mark to lower edge; otherwise v.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3137 Greville, George |
| Memories of an Old Etonian: 1860-1912 |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Gift Inscription dated 1930. Cl. pp. x, 272. With 22 illustrations on art paper. Childhood; education at Eton; service under arms in India; theatre etc in England. Spine moderately sunned (faded); v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3144 Jefferies, Richard |
| The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1891) Third Edition. Cl. pp. xii, 208 and 4 and 24 p.a. Frontispiece (tissue guard lost). Silver lettering on spine bright but cloth a little dulled; stains to front and back covers which are also faded; internally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3145 Trestrail, Fred, FRGS, Late Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society |
| Reminiscences of College Life in Bristol during the Ministry of the Rev. Robert Hall, AM |
| (London: E. Marlborough: n.d.) Gift Inscription dated June 1880. Dec. cl., bevelled boards pp. viii, 188 and 32 p.a. Frontispiece and decorations. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3148 Putnam, George Palmer |
| Soaring Wings: A Biography of Amelia Earhart |
| (London: Harrap: 1940) First Edition Cl. pp. 271. Illust. Index. Fore and lower edges uncut. V.g. in price-clipped dust-jacket. which has a large chip at foot of its rear panel but is otherwise good to v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a3151 Secrest, Meryle |
| Being Bernard Berenson: A Biography |
| (NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1979) First Edition Cl. backed dec. bds pp. xxii, 473. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3179 Owen, William and Johnston, William |
| A New and General Biographical Dictionary; containing An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons In every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period; wherein Their remarkable Actions or Sufferings, their Virtues, parts, and Learning, are accurately displayed; with a Catalogue of their Literary Productions. |
| (London: Printed for T. Osborne, Etc: 1761-1762) In Eleven Volumes. [NB: we understand there is a 12th supplementary volume missing which appeared later than the others] All full leather bound (matching) and with matching spines all richly decorated and lettered in gilt; and the edges of the boards tooled in gilt. All with armorial bookplates apparently of a College on both the front and the rear fixed endpapers, the rear one referring in its legend to the donation of the set. Rubbing to some of the extremities of the boards; some wear and fading to spines which vary from v.g. to fair; external hinges tender or cracking and the upper board of Volume II detached. Internally about fine. |
| $1200 |
| *a3191 Symons, Christopher |
| John Bishop: A Life for Music |
| (Melbourne: Hyland House: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 336. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3196 Tennant, Kylie |
| The MIssing Heir: The Autobiography of Kylie Tennant |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 190. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3199 McLaren, Jack |
| My Odyssey |
| (London: Cape: 1923) First Edition. Cl. pp. 256. Illust. An owner's name twice. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a3236 Walder, David |
| Nelson |
| (London: Hodder and Houghton 1978) First Edition Cl. pp. xxii, 538. Illust. Sources and Bibliography Index. About fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3258 Hoyt, Edwin P |
| Sir Charlie |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 206. Illust. Bibliography Index. 'This book is more than a biography of a film personality, it is a social study of America'. Charlie Chaplin. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a3057 Symons, Julian |
| The Progress of a Crime |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 256. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3059 Starnes, Richard |
| Another Mug for the Bier |
| A Mystery Story. (London: Muller: n.d.) Ownership Inscription dated Nov. 1956. Bds pp. 159. A Midnight Thriller (series). About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3060 Goodchild, George |
| Forever McLean |
| (London: Jarrolds: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 208. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3061 Ronald, James |
| Murder in the Family |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: First Published in this form, July, 1949) Cl. pp. 224. Yellow Jackets series. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3063 Jenkins, Cecil |
| Message from Sirius |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. 288. Joint winner of the Crime Club's Competition for the best crime novel to be written by a University Don. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3064 Holt, Henry |
| The Sinister Shadow: A Case for Inspector Silver, CID New Scotland Yard |
| (NY, NY: Caxton House: 1939) (First US edition). Dec. cl. pp. x, 321. Marginal damage pp. 7/8. Gift Inscription Near fine in dust-jacket. the lower part of whose spine is faded and which has extensive publisher's adverts on the blind side and is generally good to v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3065 Procter, Maurice |
| The Devil was Handsome |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. 208. Sergeant Devery is allotted 'an unusually beautiful policewoman' as his assistant. Fine in about fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3254 Ruthrof, Horst |
| Pandora and Occam: On the Limits of Language and Literature |
| (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press: 1992) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 251. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3082 Landais, Napoleon |
| Grammaire Generale ou resume De Toutes Les Grammaires Francaises, presentant la solution Analytique, Raisonee et Logique de toutes les questions grammaticales anciennes et modernes |
| (Paris: Didier: 1841) Troisieme Edition, Revue et Corrigee. Quarter leather bound pp. 636 (285 x 185 mm) Printed double-column throughout. Concludes with 'De La Ponctuation' (pp. 592-596 incl.); 'Precis de Versification Francaise' (pp. 597-610 incl.)' 'Sommaires des Matieres' (pp. 611-614 incl); and 'Table Alphabetique des Matieres' (pp. 615-636 inclusive, and printed quaduple-column). Rubbing and some wear to all extremities of the spine and boards, internally near fine |
| $100 |
| *a3074 Hardy, Thomas |
| The Personal Notebooks of Thomas Hardy: with an appendix including the unpublished passages in the original typescripts of The Life of Thomas Hardy. |
| Edited, with Introductions and Notes, by Richard H. Taylor. (London: Macmillan: 1978) First Edition Cl. pp. xxxii, 301. An owner's initials. About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3075 Weimann, Robert (and Edited by Robert Schwartz |
| Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and Function |
| (Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. xxiv, 328. Notes. Bibliography Index. An owner's initials. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3076 Habicht, Werner; Palmer, DJ and Pringle, Roger (Edited by) |
| Images of Shakespeare: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the International Shakespeare Association, 1986 |
| (University of Delaware Press: 1988) First Edition Cl. pp. 357. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3077 Stone, PWK |
| The Texual History of King Lear |
| (London: Scolar Press: 1980) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 280 (247 x 172 mm) Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3078 Graetz, Joyce |
| An Open Book: The Story of the Distribution and Production of Christian Literature by Lutherans in Australia |
| (Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House: May 1988) First printing. Pict. wrs pp. 335 (240 x 180 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. fine |
| $40 |
| *a3079 Kennedy, Judith M and Reither, James A (Edited by) |
| A Theatre for Spenserians. Papers of the International Spenser Colloquium, Fredericton, New Brunswick, October 1969. |
| (Manchester University Press) British Edition. Copyright University of Toronto Press 1973. Cl. backed bds pp. x, 146. Frontispiece. An owner's initials and date. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3080 Dukore, Bernard F |
| Bernard Shaw, Playwright: Aspects of Shavian Drama |
| (Columbia: University of Missouri Press: 1973) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 311. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3084 Wetherill, PM |
| The Literary Text: An Examination of Critical Methods |
| (Oxford: Basil Blackwell: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 331. Bibliography Index. Language and Style Series. An owner's initials and date. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3086 Bliss, Lee |
| The World's Perspective: John Webster and the Jacobean Drama |
| (Brighton, Sussex: The Harvester Press 1983) FBE Cl. pp. x, 246. Notes. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3087 Smith, Irwin |
| Shakespeare's Blackfriars Playhouse: Its History and Its Design |
| (London: Peter Owen: 1966) First British Commonwealth edition. Cl. pp.xx 577 (258 x 180 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. An owner's initials and date. V.g. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $80 |
| *a3088 Eccles, Mark (Edited by) |
| The Macro Plays: The Castle of Perseverance - Wisdom - Mankind |
| (London: Published for The Early English Text Society by OUP: 1969) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. lii, 280 and 8. Bibliography Notes. Glossary. (Index of) Proper Names. Two owners' names and dates. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3090 Robinson, Roland |
| Deep Well |
| (Sydney: Edwards and Shaw: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. 80. Index to Titles. Decorated. Inscribed and signed ('To Walter Henderson, Poet, with best wishes Roland Robinson') on half-title page. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a3093 Toynbee, Philip |
| Tea with Mrs Goodman |
| (London: Horizon: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 119. Amibitious novel. Near or about fine in good or perhaps v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3104 Curle, Richard |
| Joseph Conrad: A Study |
| (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner: 1914) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 246 and 1 p.a. Frontispiece (with Copyright acknowledgement tipped in). List of Conrad's Published Books. Index. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3105 West, Anthony |
| On a Dark Night |
| (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 324. First novel of author already known for his critical and miscellaneous writing. Near fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3106 Douglas, Norman |
| Three of Them |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1930) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 240 and 4 p.a. Contains 'One Day' (1929); 'Nerinda' (1901) and 'On the Herpetology of the Grand Duchy of Baden' (1891). Lower edge uncut. V.g. or perhaps near fine copy |
| $50 |
| *a3111 Cecil, Algernon |
| A House in Bryanston Square |
| (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. 360. Frontispiece. 'The author reviews for us the memories and sentiments of the latest inhabitants of a house now destroyed by enemy action'. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3114 Gibbs, AM (Edited by) |
| Masks of time: Drama and Its Contexts |
| (Canberra: Australian Academy of the Humanities: 1994) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xiv, 218 (250 x 175 mm) Illust. Notes on Contributors. Occasional Paper 16: Papers from the Australian Academy of the Humanities Symposium 1993. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3116 Kopit, Arthur |
| Indians |
| A Play. (NY: Hill and Wang: October 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 94. Illust. A Spotlight Dramabook. An owner's initials and date. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3118 Brown, John Russell and Harris, Bernard (Editors) |
| Hamlet |
| (London: Edward Arnold: 1963) First Edition Cl. pp. 212. Index. Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies 5. An owner's initials. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which is a little browned on its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a3119 Bartholomeusz, Dennis (Lecturer in English, Monash University, Victoria, Australia) |
| Macbeth and the Players |
| (Cambridge at the University Press: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 302. Illust. Bibliography Index. An owner's initials. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3120 Holmes, Martin |
| The Guns of Elsinore |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. 188. Illust. Index. A New Approach to 'Hamlet'. An owner's initials and date. Near fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3121 Stirling, Brents |
| The Shakespeare Sonnet Order: Poems and Groups |
| (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press: 1968) First Edition Cl. backed dec. bds pp. x, 317. Notes. General Index. Index of First Lines. An owner's initials and a date. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. whose spine is somewhat browned. |
| $40 |
| *a3122 Foakes, RA and Rickert, RT (Edited by, with Supplementary Material, Introduction and Notes) |
| Henslowe's Diary |
| (Cambridge at the University Press: 1961) First Edition Cl. pp. lx, 368. Index of Plays. General index and glossary. Index of year-dates. An owner's initials and date. Fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $150 |
| *a3124 Arnott, James and Robinson, John William |
| English Theatrical Literature 1559-1900: A Bibliography incorporating Robert W. Lowe's 'A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature' published in 1888 |
| (London: The Society for Theatre Research: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. xxii, 486 (253 x 200 mm). Author Index; Short Title Index; Index of Places of Publication (Indexes by Cathrine D. Aird). An owner's initials and date. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $80 |
| *a3125 Kerr, Heather; Eaden, Robin and Mitton, Madge (Edited by) |
| Shakspeare: World Views |
| (Newark: University of Delaware Press/London: Associated University Presses: 1996) First Edition Cl. pp. 258. Fifteen essays on approaches to Shakespeare derived from the Second Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association. Notes on Contributors. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3127 Judges, AV (The Text prepared by, with Notes and an Introdution) |
| The Elizabethan Underworld: A collection of Tudor and early Stuart tracts and ballads telling of the lives and misdoings of vagabonds, thieves, rogues and cozeners, and giving some account of the operation of the criminal law |
| (London: Routledge: May 1965) Reprint of the February 1965 reprint (with new preface), the previous edition having been the first of 1930. Cl. pp. lxiv, 543 (253 x 190 mm) Illust. Notes to the Text. Glossary. Index. An owner's initials and date. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| *a3129 Odell, George CD, Professor of English at Columbia University |
| Shakespeare - From Betterton to Irving. Volume II |
| (London: Constable: 1963) Reprint. Cl. pp. viii, 498. Illust. Index. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3131 Kishi, Tetsuo; Pringle, Roger and Wells, Stanley (Edited by) |
| Shakespeare and Cultural Traditions |
| The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress, Tokyo, 1991. (Newark: University of Delaware Press/London and Toronto: Associated University Presses: 1994) First Edition Cl. pp. 379. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a3132 Clemen, Wolfgang |
| English Tragedy Before Shakespeare: The Development of Dramatic Speech. |
| Translated by TS Dorsch. (London: Methuen: 1961) FBE Cl. pp. 301. Select Bibliography Index of Authors and Subjects. Index of Plays. An owner's initials and date. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3134 Lane, Edward William (Translated by) |
| The Thousand and One Nights: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. |
| Edited by Stanley Lane-Poole, MA, DLitt. (London: George Bell and Sons: 1906) Bohn's Standard Library series. In Four Volumes. Vols I, III and IV in maroon cloth, Volume II in red cloth, all with matching gilt lettering and decoration on spines, and all 185 x 120 mm; pp. xviii, 414 including Notes on Text and ii, 32 publisher's adverts; viii, 386 including Notes on Text and 2 p.a.; viii, 388 including Notes on Text and 4, 24 and 8 p.a.; vi, 452 including Index and Glossary to the set, and 4 p.a. An owner's name in each volume. Fine |
| $100 |
| *a3136 Hinton, CH, BA |
| Scientific Romances: What is the Fourth Dimension - The Persian King - A Plane World - A Picture of Our Universe - Casting Out the Self. First Series. |
| (London: Swan Sonnenschein: 1880) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 229. Speculative fiction. The title-page is a cancel. V.g. |
| $1000 |
| *a3141 Meynell, Francis (Editor: advised by Sylvia Mulvey and Gerald Barry) |
| The Week-End Book |
| (London: The Nonesuch Press/New York: Random House: this edition first published 1955) Richly decorated cloth pp. x, 580. A new edition: the former features revised and amplified and six new sections; all freshly embellished. Index of Poems (First Lines). Index of Poets (Alphabetical). Index of Rounds and Songs. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3143 Hood, Thomas |
| The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With Memoir, Explanatory Notes, etc. |
| (London: Warne: n.d.) Blue cloth, bevelled boards, decorated and lettered in gilt and in black; pp. xxiv, 606. Portrait and Original Illustrations. The Lansdowne Poets series. A faint Ownership Inscription dated 1897 on free front endpaper. All edges gilt and gilt bright. Minimal rubbing to corners of boards. An attractive copy of a handsome prodution. |
| $60 |
| *a3147 Jerrold, Douglas |
| Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures: Mrs Bib's Baby |
| With Memoir by Blanchard Jerrold. (London: Bradbury, Agnew: 1873) Pict. cl. (gilt) pp. lxxii (the Memoir and Introduction), 192. Illust. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *a3152 Haggard, H. Rider |
| Colonel Quaritch, VC: A Tale of Country Life |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1889) One volume edition (we believe the first such). Cl. (bevelled boards) lettered in gilt pp. iv, 342. If there was a half-title or frontispiece neither is present now. Some creasing to spine. Good and textually v.g. copy |
| $60 |
| *a3153 Haggard, H. Rider |
| Cleopatra being An Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, as set forth by His Own Hand |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1889) First Edition Cl (bevelled boards) lettered in gilt pp. xvi, 336 and 16 publisher's General List of Works dated August 1889. Illust. (with acknowledgement of Caton Woodville's illustrations tipped in). Old tape repair and slight damage to p. 137 otherwise good to v.g. |
| $100 |
| *a3164 Thomson, JAK |
| The Classical Background of English Literature |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. 272. Index. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3167 Middleton, Thomas |
| A Game at Chesse |
| Edited by RC Bald. (Cambridge at the University Press: 1929) First Edition thus. Cl. pp. xiv, 175. Illust. Historical Background; Stage History. Textual Notes. Notes. Fore and lower edges uncut. Much of the cloth faded presumably through being sunned otherwise fine |
| $40 |
| *a3169 Leech, Clifford |
| John Webster: a Critical Study |
| (London: The Hogarth Press: 1951) First Edition Dec. bds (gilt on spine) pp. vi, 122. Index. The Hogarth Lectures on Literature No. 16. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3174 Prichard, Katharine Susannah |
| The Roaring Nineties: A Story of the Goldfields of Western Australia |
| (London: Cape: 1946) First Australian Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 412. Novel. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a3177 Rollin, Mr R, Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres |
| The History of the Arts and Sciences of the Antients, Under the following Heads: In Three Volumes. Vol I. Agriculture, Commerce, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music, the Art Military. Vol. II. Art Military, Grammar, Philology, Rhetoric, Poetry. Vol. III. Poetry, History, Eloquence, Philosophy, Civil Law, Metaphysics and Physics, Physic, Botany, Chymistry, Anatomy, Mathematics, Geometry, Astronomy, Arithmetic, Geography and Navigation. |
| Translated from the French. (London: Printed for J and F Rivington; Etc: 1768) The Second Edition. Illustrated with Fifty-two Copper Plates (folding). Matching full leather bound, lettered and lightly decorated in gilt on spines and edges of boards tooled in gilt. External hinges tender; some rubbing to extremities; some wear to spines, most notably loss of the leather piece with the volume number '2' from the spine of Volume II; internally fine, including the illustrations. |
| $600 |
| *a3178 Shakespeare, William |
| The Plays of William Shakespeare |
| In Ten Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. (London: Printed for C. Bathurst, etc: 1778) The Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Illust. Full leather bound. Rubbing to the extremities of the boards whose external hinges are tender or cracking; the spines are somewhat faded and worn, and the gilt lettered leather titling pieces are missing except for a couple of small remnants and Volume X where most is still present; internally fine. |
| $4000 |
| *a3204 Saintsbury, HA, and Palmer, Cecil (Edited by) |
| We Saw Him Act: A Symposium on the Art of Sir Henry Irving Litt. D. Cambridge and Dublin; LLD, Glasgow |
| A Series of Essays, Articles and Anecdotes, Personal Reminiscences and Dramtic Criticisms written by his Contemporaries, Collected and Collated by HA Saintsbury. (London: Hurst and Blackett: 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. ii and ii, 424 and ii. Illust. Index. Slip about the contribution of Lady Dickens tipped on to Contents page. Twenty Index references to Bram Stoker. Good copy in library buckram with replacement endpapers and preserving the pictorial front and rear free endpapers. |
| $45 |
| *a3205 Irving, Laurence (Henry Irving's grandson) |
| Henry Irving: The Actor and His World |
| (London: FF: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. 734. Illust. Includes Complete List of Parts Played by Henry Irving. Index. Fifty-four Index references to Bram Stoker. Cuttings pasted on blank leaves at front and rear. Spine lightly sunned. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *a3207 Mackenzie, Henry |
| The Man of Feeling |
| Edited with an Introduction by Brian Vickers. (London: OUP: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. xxx, 138. Note on the Text. Select Bibliography A Chronology of Henry Mackenzie. Notes. An owner's initials and a date. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3209 Eagleson, Robert D; White, Robert and Bentley, Christopher (Edited by) |
| Languages and Literatures in the formation of national and cultural communities. |
| Proceedings of the XIII Congress of the Federation Internationale des Langues et Litteratures Modernes and the XVII Congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association held at Sydney University, 25-29 August 1975. (Australian Universities Language and Literature Association/Printed by the Griffin Press, Adelaide: 1976) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 274. List of Delegates. An owner's initials and a date. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3210 Clark, Axel |
| Henry Handel Richardson: Fiction in the Making |
| (Brookvale, NSW: Simon and Schuster Australia: 1990) First Edition. Bds pp. xii, 297. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3213 Brissenden, Alan |
| Shakespeare and the Dance |
| (London: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 145. Illust. Glossary of Dance Terms. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3215 Elliott, Brian |
| The Landscape of Australian Poetry |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1967) First Edition Dec. bds pp. xii, 346. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3217 Lawson, Louisa |
| Collected Poems with Selected Critical Commentaries |
| (Edited by Leonie Rutherford and Megan Roughley with Nigel Spence for University of New England Centre for Australian Language and Literature Studies: 1996) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xxiv, 343. Chronology. Selected Further Reading. Notes to the Poems. Index of First Lines. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a3219 Nicoll, Allardyce, MA, Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of London |
| Masks Mimes and Miracles: Studies in the Popular Theatre |
| (London: Harrap: 1931) First Edition Cl. pp. 408 (285 x 222 mm) With 226 illustrations. Index. Some patches of fading or discoloration to covers though the lightly sunned spine is not thus affected. An Ownership Inscription Internally about fine |
| $200 |
| *a3221 Shakespeare, William |
| The First Folio of Shakespeare. The Norton Facsimile. Prepared by Charlton Hinman. |
| (NY: WW Norton and Company: 1968) First publication of this Folio-sized Facsimile. Cl. (gilt on spine) pp. xxx, 928 (362 x 250 x about 58 mm thick). The Facsimile of course has reproduced the original portrait and decorations. Appendices: A - Some Variant States of the Folio Text and B - Folger Copies Used. An owner's initials and a date. About fine in damaged dust-jacket. No slipcase |
| $200 |
| *a3222 Bray, John |
| Seventy Seven |
| Adelaide: Wakefield Press: 1990) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. x, 70 Poems. Bibliography With signed inscription 'To Tim (ie the late FH Mares) Regards, affection and good wishes. John Bray 8/5/90'. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3224 Bray, John |
| Collected Poems 1962-1991 |
| (University of Queensland Press: 2000) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xxii, 298. Introduction by Brian Matthews. Loosely enclosed Invitation to launch of the book in State Library of SA. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3227 Bray, JJ (John) |
| Poems 1972-79 |
| (Canberra: Australian National University Press: 1979) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 48. From the library of the late FH ('Tim') Mares and inscribed 'To Tim Mares With regards, respect and affection John Bray 18/12/79'. Near fine in dust-jacket. whose spine is discoloured from sunning but is otherwise also near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3228 Bray, John |
| Satura: Selected Poetry and Prose |
| (Adelaide: The Wakefield Press: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 179 (246 x 173 mm) Inscribed 'To Tim (ie the late FH Mares) and Robin (ie the late Robin Eaden) Regards and recollections John Bray 8/9/88'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3233 Shelley, Percy Bysshe |
| Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments. |
| Edited by Mrs Shelley. (London: Edward Moxon: 1840) First Edition In Two Volumes. Red cloth boards blocked decoratively in blind on front and rear pp. xxxii, 320 and viii, 360. All edges uncut. An owner's name on each fixed front endpaper. In the essay 'Defence of Poetry' the previous owner, an academic then probably a student, has made marks in biro (ie pen) to facilitate his study, but they are generally thin and not garish. Otherwise textually in v.g. order but both volumes lack the backstrip and 3 boards are consequently detached. |
| $200 |
| *a3239 no author |
| The Family Friend Volume 5 |
| (London: Houlston and Stoneman: n.d.) Preface to this Fifth Volume dated Dec 15, 1851. Half leather bound pp. iv, 354, 23/24 (Appendix), v-viii (Index). The pagination, while a little curious, is as bound: It seems that the 2 pages of Appendix are a continuation from the previous 4 Vols. 182 x 125 mm(. Illust. Close printed. A magazine intended for the family circle including the creating in the young of 'a desire for useful knowlege'. V.g. |
| $70 |
| *a3273 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| The Mortal and the Marble |
| (London: Chapman and Hall: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. 358. Dutton's first novel. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3180 Bonnemains, Jacqueline; Forsyth, Elliott and Smith, Bernard (Edited by) |
| Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1800-1804. |
| With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C-A Lesueur and N-M Petit from the Lesuer Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France. (Melbourne: OUP in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities: 1988) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. xii, 347 (350 x 255 mm) Richly illustrated. Maps. Select Bibliography (Wallace Kirsop with assistance from Jacqueline Bonnemains). General Index. Scientific Index. Maps on endpapers. An owner's bookplate on verso of free front endpaper. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $200 |
| *a3195 Smith, Patsy Adam |
| There was a Ship |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 220. Illust. Six years as cook and radio operator aboad the 'Naracoopa' off the Tasmanian coast. Prize label. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3211 Oliver, Douglas |
| Return to Tahiti: Bligh's Second Breadfruit Voyage |
| (Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. xxii, 282 (250 x 190 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Edition of 1250 copies. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3268 Collingridge, George |
| The Discovery of Australia: A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the 'Endeavour,' in the year 1770 |
| (Facsimile Edition published by Golden Press, Gladesville, NSW, in 1983 from the 1895 original). Gilt pict. bds pp. xvi, 376 (320 x 255 mm) With Illustrations, Charts, Maps, Diagrams, etc. Copious Notes, References, Geographical Index and Index to Names. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3108 no author |
| The Souldiers Catechisme: Composed for The Parliaments Army: Consisting of two Parts: wherein are chiefly taught: 1 The Justification 2 The Qualification of our Souldiers. Written for the Incouragement and Instruction of all that have taken up Armes in this Cause of God and his People; especially the common Souldiers. |
| (London: The Cresset Press/Reprinted in Facsimile from the Edition of 1644: n.d.) Wrs with printed paper titling piece on front pp. ii, 28 (180 x 123 mm) Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3140 Northcliffe, Lord |
| At the War |
| (London: Published for the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society, and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by Hodder and Stoughton: 1916) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 288. Frontispiece. Index. Numerous insights into aspects of the First World War including 'The Women Are Splendid', 'Warplanes', 'Sir Douglas Haig', 'Before Verdun'; 'With the Italians'; etc. Some foxing. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3269 Mollo, John |
| Military Fashion: A comparative history of the uniforms of the great armies from the 17th century to the First World War |
| (London: Barrie and Jenkins: 1972) First Edition Cl. pp. 240 (302 x 220 mm) Illustrated including colour plates. Bibliography Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3277 Kaledin, Colonel Victor K |
| K.14-O.M.66: Adventures of a Double Spy |
| (London: Hurst and Blackett: July 1937) The Paternoster Library Number XIII. Cl. pp. 252. Frontispiece. Appendix of Codes. Russian double-spy (also in the pay of Germany). An owner's name. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3278 Nobbs, H. Gilbert |
| Blinded but Unbeaten: A Record of Incidents connected with the Welfare, Training and Return to Active Life of the New South Wales Blinded Servicemen of the 1939 War. |
| (Melbourne: AH Pettifer print: 1950) First Edition Issued under the authority of The Repatriation Commission. Dec. wrs pp. xii, 92. Illust. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3280 Wynne, Barry |
| Count Five and Die |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 179. Illust. Told to Barry Wynne by Colonel William Eliscu, OBE, late of the OSS (Office of Stategic Services). Account of the D-day deception in trying to convince the German command that the attack would come through Holland ('Operation Stampede'). V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3282 Cormack, AJR (General Editor) |
| Famous Rifles and Machine Guns |
| (London: Barrie and Jenkins: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 160 (267 x 185 mm) Richly illustrated. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3283 Seaton, Albert |
| The Crimean War: A Russian Chronicle |
| (London: Batsford: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 232. Illust. Maps. Notes on Sources and Style. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3284 Harclerode, Peter |
| Para! Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment |
| (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1992) First Edition Bds pp. 415. Illust. Maps. Appendix 5 is Battle Honours of The Parachute Regiment. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a3285 Firkins, Peter |
| The Australians in Nine Wars: Waikato to Long Tan |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 459. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index of Military Formations. General Index. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3287 Asada, Teruhiko |
| The Night of a Thousand Suicides: The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1970) First publication of this translation from the Japanese by Ray Cowan. Bds pp. xii, 125. Illust. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3289 Freund, APH |
| Missionary Turns Spy |
| (Adelaide: Lutheran Homes Inc: August 1989) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 200. Illust. Maps. Pastor APH Freund's story of his service with the New Guinea Coast Watchers in the war against Japan, 1942-43. Signed by the author. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3290 Kaplan, Chaim, A |
| Scroll of Agony: The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan |
| Translated and Edited by Abraham I Katsh. (London: Hamish Hamilton 1966) FBE Bds pp. xvi, 329. Frontispiece. Maps on endpapers. Index. v.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3294 Griffiths, Owen |
| Dhidgerry Dhoo: A tale woven around fact |
| (Sydney: P & S Press: n.d.) (First Edition) Dec. wrs over plain boards pp. 60. Map. Decorations. World War Two service by Aboriginals of the Northern Territory. Fine |
| $35 |
| *a3251 Pierre, Bernard |
| A Mountain Called Nun Kun |
| Translated by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 189. Illust. Maps and Diagrams. Glossary of Mountaineering Terms. Sherpa Vocabulary. Preface by Brig. Sir John Hunt. The Himalaya. About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3172 Russell, Archer |
| Bush Ways: A Bush-lover's wanderings on plain and range in Central and Eastern Australia |
| (Sydney: Australasian Publishing Co: n.d.) Acknowledgements dated June 17, 1944. Cl. pp. 196. Illust. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3181 Miles, WJ, MRCVSL |
| Modern Practical Farriery: A Complete Guide to All that Relates to the Horse, Its History, Varieties and Uses - Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming - How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, etc, etc. forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London |
| (London: William Mackenzie: n.d.) Late 19th century (? Inscription dated 1904). Half leather bound (bevelled boards); preliminaries including coloured frontispiece and colour decorated extra title-page; pp. 1-96 (Diseases of Cattle, etc); plus pp. 3-536 plus pp. viii plus iv (Index). With Numerous Illustrations and a Series of Anatomical Plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq. To which is added an Essay on the Diseases and Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, by JI Lupton, MRCVS. There are colour plates (with tissue guards) and black and white plates (of great interset re horses and including portraits of Blue Gown, St. Blaise, Shotover etc as well as the anatomical studies). All edges gilt. Normal external wear with a few stains and the external hinges starting; some looseness of the stitching but generally good to v.g. internally. |
| $200 |
| *a3214 Bose, Sir Jagadis Chunder, FRS etc, Member of International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, League of Nations, Founder and Director Bose Institute, Calcutta |
| Plant Autographs and Their Relevations |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 232. Illust. Index. Frontispiece has its tissue guard. Label of the Hassell Book Club tipped on to free front endpaper. Spine and parts of covers mildly faded from being exposed to light. Incipient cracking to external hinges at head of spine. An owner's name and a date. V.g. copy and internally fine. |
| $40 |
| *a3271 Powell-Owen, W, FBSA |
| Selecting the Layers: Describing in detail the Internal Mechanism of the Laying Hen and the 'Powell-Owen score-card system of Hand-garding |
| London: Poultry Publications: 1923) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 327 plus advertisements. Illust. Index. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *a3175 Millot, The Abbe |
| Elements of General History |
| Translated from the French of the Abbe Millot. Part First - Ancient History Part Second - Modern History. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand: 1778 and 1779) In Five Volumes. All full leather bound, richly decorated and lettered in gilt on spines, and tooled in gilt on the edges of the boards. With the original owner's armorial bookplate on each fixed front endpaper and (volumes 3-5) a small old sticker on each spine. Volumes 1-2: external hinges tender; a very little external wear; internally fine. Volumes 3-5: a few of the boards cracking at outer hinges; minor external wear; internally fine. |
| $2000 |
| *a3162 Flesher, John |
| The Primitive Methodist Hymn Book |
| Partly compiled from the Large and Small Hymn Books, prepared by the late Mr. Hugh Bourne, Partly from Hymns of Numerous Popular Authors, (Living and Deceased,) and from those of Unknown Authors, and Enriched with Original Hymns and Selected Ones, Altered or Re-made (London: Thomas King: 1855) Second Edition. Full leather bound, gilt lettered 'Hymns' on spine and decoratively blocked in blind on front and back pp. xii, 611. An Index to the Subjects of the Hymns and another to the First Lines of the Hymns. Gift Inscription All edges gilt. V.g. |
| $150 |
| *a3163 Richard of Devizes, Geoffrey de Vinsauf and De Joinville, Lord John |
| Chronicles of the Crusades, being contemporary Narratives of the Crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion by Richard of Devizes and Geoffrey de Vinsauf; and of the Crusade of Saint Louis by Lord John de Joinville |
| (London: Henry G. Bohn: 1848) Bohn's Antiquarian Library series. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 562. Coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard. With Illustrative Notes and an Index. Fore edge uncut. Backstip discoloured and chipped at head and foot as well as some cracking to the external hinges; cloth rather worn and faded; neat ownership stamp at head of title-page and scattered throughout; otherwise internally near fine. |
| $100 |
| *a3154 Robertson, T. Brailsford (Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia) |
| The Chemical Basis of Growth and Senescence |
| (Philadelphia and London: Lippincot: 1923) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 389. Illustrated with Figures. Literature. Index. Monographs on Experimental Biology (series). Fine |
| $50 |
| *a3160 Muskett, Philip E |
| The Attainment of Health; and the Treatment of the Different Diseases by Means of Diet (Including all the Dietaries necessary for the Various Maladies) |
| (Sydney: William Brooks: n.d.) Second Edition, Revised and Re-arranged. Cl. pp. xiv (adverts), lxviii, 378 (223 x 150 x about 70 mm thick). Lacks free front endpaper; scuffs to covers; backstrip silverfish-damaged; internally generally good copy. |
| $75 |
| *a3212 Jones, Ernest, MD |
| On the Nightmare |
| (London: The Hogarth Press Ltd and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis: 1949) Second impression (first published 1931). Cl. pp. 374. Frontispiece. Index of Authors. General Index. No. 20 in The International Psycho-analytical Library edited by Ernest Jones, MD Fine or thereabouts in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3231 Schuler, Frederic and Lilli |
| Glassforming: Glassmaking for the Craftsman |
| (Philadelphia: Chilton: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 153 (265 x 183 mm) Illust. References Bibliography Index. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a3242 Vezzani, AA (Professor of Industrial Education, School of Education, the University of Michigan) |
| Manual of Instruction for Die Design |
| (Detroit, Michigan: Royalle Publishing: 1964) Second Edition, revised and expanded (first edition was 1959). Cl. pp. xvi, 247 (285 x 220 mm) Illust. Index. Published under the auspices of American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers. Fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3243 Jones, Franklin D(Edited by) |
| Die Design and Diemaking Practice: A Treatise for Die Designers and Diemakers Containing Illustrated Descriptions of a Large Variety of Selected Dies for All Kinds of Power Press Operations, with Practical Information and Data on Approved Designing Practice and Die Construction. |
| (NY: The Industrial Press: 1941) Second Edition, First Printing. Cl. pp. iv, 956 (234 x 157 x about 68 mm thick). Illust. Index. Cancelled ownership stamps on free front and rear fixed endpapers; v.g. copy |
| $50 |
| *a3066 Noyes, Pierrepont B |
| The Pallid Giant: A Tale of Yesterday and To-morrow |
| (London: John Long: 1928) FBE Cl. pp. 287. Science fiction mystery novel ('Death Ray' etc). Spine lightly sunned; corners of boards a little rubbed'; an Ownership Inscription on fixed front endpaper; generally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3038 Elmendorf, Dwight L |
| A Camera Crusade Through the Holy Land |
| (London: John Murray: 1913) (First Ed? The title-page is a cancel but we are not cognisant of the reason for this). Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 56 (account of the journey, with full-page map of same p. 2) plus frontispiece (in colour) and 99 other full-page photographic views each with caption and list of relevant Biblical references on the page opposite (247 x 180 mm). Top edge gilt. Good. Cancelled ex-Institute copy. |
| $40 |
| *a3041 Fenn, G. Manville (Edited by) |
| The Khedive's Country: The Nile Valley and Its Products |
| (London: Cassell: 1904) First Edition pict. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. 180 and 4 p.a. (215 x 150 mm) Illust. Prize Label. Fine |
| $100 |
| *a3042 Aref El Aref |
| A Brief Guide to the Dome of the Rock and Al-Haram Al-Sharif. |
| This is a summary of the book of Aref El ARef, Ex-Mayor of Jerusalem, entitled 'The Dome of the rock'. (Jerusalem: Published by The Supreme Awqaf Council: 1955) Wrs pp. xii, 98 (167 x 120 mm) Illust. Printed by the Industrial Islamic Orphanage Press, Jerusalem. The (ticket) at corner of rear wrapper has been removed at the serrated edge. Fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a3043 Boulanger, Robert |
| Istanbul and Environs |
| Translated by Margaret Case. (Paris: Hachette: 1961) Pict. wrs pp. 159 (160 x 107 mm) Illust. Maps and Plans. Index. Hachette World Guides series. Ownership Inscription V.g. or perhaps near fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a3044 no author |
| Cairo and Environs: How best to see them in a brief or a longer stay |
| (Cairo: L and L Edition: n.d.) Suggest late 1930s? (? Farouk I is mentioned, while 1925 is 'not long ago' p. 25). Pict. wrs pp. iv, 62 (157 x 114 mm) Illust. Folding Tourist Map of the City at rear. An Ownership Inscription on verso of front wrapper has been erased; a few chips to the rear wrapper; otherwise v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3046 Clapham, JW (Jerusalem) |
| Palestine: The Land of My Adoption |
| (London: Pickering and Inglis: n.d.) 1940s - War Economy Standard Production. Cl. pp. 196. Four full-colour Illustrations and 20 Plates in phono brown. Maps on endpaper. General Index. Index to Texts. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3049 Chiang Yee (Written and Illustrated by) |
| The Silent Traveller in Dublin |
| (London: Methuen: 1953) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 146. Stain from old bookmark at pp. 50/51. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. whose spine is a little darkened. |
| $40 |
| *a3187 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| A Long Way South |
| (London: Chapman and Hall: 1953) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 287. Illust. A Journey by Car from London to Australia. Maps on endpapers. Tape marks on endpapers otherwise about fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3238 Reeves, Edward |
| Homeword Bound After Thirty Years: A Colonist's Impressions of New Zealand, Australia, Tangier, and Spain |
| (London: Swan Sonnenschein: 1892) Colonial Edition. Dec. bds pp. xii, 337. 'With Numerous Illustrations'. Backstrip heavily rubbed and other more moderate wear to the covers; internally v.g. |
| $250 |