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| *a3427 Bracken, CP |
| Antiquities Acquired: The Spoliation of Greece |
| (Newton Abbot: David and Charles: Copyright 1975) (First American Edition) Bds pp. 210. Illust. Glossary. Biographical and Bibliographical Index. General Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3428 Vrettos, Theodore |
| A Shadow of Magnitude: The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles |
| (NY: GP Putnam's Sons: 1974) First Edition Cl. pp. 250. Illust. Bibliography Notes. Index. Gift inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3430 Joy, Edward |
| Furniture |
| (London: The Connoisseur: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 226. Illust. Select Bibliography Index. The Connoisseur Illustrated Guides series. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3431 Seppings, Katherine |
| Fireplaces for a Beautiful Home |
| (London: Premier Books: 1993) Reprint. Pict. bds pp. 160 (224 x 207 mm) Handsome production well illustrated in colour. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3432 Powell, Anne Elizabeth |
| The New England Colonial |
| (NY: Bantam Books: October 1988) First Edition Cl. pp. 248 (266 x 258 mm). Richly illustrated in colour (photographs by Joe Viesti). American Design (series). Colonial Architecture in New England. Source List. Bibliography Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a3375 Rowlandson, Thomas |
| The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson |
| (London: Copyright 1983 Bibliophile Books/Printed and bound in London) Bds pp. 41 plus 50 colour plates each with plate number on otherwise blank page opposite (310 x 242 mm) Introdution by William G. Smith Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3376 Pring, Adele |
| Aboriginal Artists in South Australia |
| (Adelaide: Department of Education, Training and Employment, South Australia: 1998) First Edition Pict. wrs (spiral spine) pp. 116 (240 x 350 mm) Illustrated in colour from photographs by Mark Trinne. Glossary. Index. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a3377 Reid, Forrest |
| Illustrators of the Eighteen Sixties: An Illustrated Survey of the World of 58 British Artists |
| (NY: Dover Publications: 1975) First Dover edition: an unabridged republication of the work originally published under the title 'Illustrators of the Sixties' by Faber and Gwyer Limited, London, in 1928. Pict. wrs pp. xvi, 295 (233 x 164 mm) Illustrated with 91 Full-Page Plates. Appendix: A List of First Editions of Books Illustrated by Artists of the Sixties. Index. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3429 Lawrence, AW |
| Greek and Roman Sculpture |
| (NY: Harper and Row: Copyright 1972) First US Edition. Icon Editions. Cl. pp. 372 (240 x 162 mm) Illustrated plus 96 plates on art paper at end of text, additional to pagination. Select Bibliography References. Index. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3506 Turner, Godfrey Wordsworth |
| Homely Scenes from Great Painters |
| (London: Cassell Petter and Galpin: n.d.) Fourth Edition. Gilt dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. 126 and 4 p.a. plus the pictures (283 x 225 mm) Illustrated by Twenty-four Full-Page Photographs by the Woodbury Process (each laid down on its own leaf). Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; front inner hinge cracked and the rear one starting; a little wear to margins of three of the photographs; o/w overall a v.g. copy (all edges gilt). |
| $200 |
| *a3511 McMahon, Susan (Edited by) |
| Typography 2 |
| (NY: Watson-Guptill: 1981) First Edition Cl. pp. 216 (286 x 216 mm) Profusely illustrated. The Second Annual of The Type Directors Club. 'Advertising - Informational - Promotional - Editorial - Social'. About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3516 Anderson, IG, FRSA, FIAA (Lond) |
| Port Arthur Through the Artist's Eyes |
| (Hobart: Printed at the Mercury Press: 1948) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 24 (246 x 187 mm) A Collection of Twenty Photo-Lithographic Etchings of Port Arthur, Tasmania, by IG Anderson. Presented and Annotated by Coultman Smith. Leaves dog-eared at top right hand corner of book o/w good to v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a3517 Donaldson, Ian and Donaldson, Tamsin (Edited by) |
| Seeing the First Australians |
| (Sydney: Allen and Unwin: 1985) First Edition (the paperback issue). Pict. wrs pp. 216 (225 x 178 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Inscribed presentation copy from the Editors to 'Robin and Tim' (ie the late Robin Eaden and Tim Mares). V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3548 Detmold, EJ (Illustrated by) |
| The Arabian Nights: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights |
| (London: The Folio Society: 2000) Second printing. Pict. bds pp. viii, 239 (252 x a87 x about 45 mm thick). Fine in slipcase. |
| $50 |
| *a3549 Rackham, Arthur (Illustrated by) |
| The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm |
| (London: The Folio Society: 1999) Fourth printing of Folio Society Edition. Gilt pict. cl. pp. xvi, 325 (250 x 190 x about 52 mm thick). Fine in slipcase. |
| $50 |
| *a3403 no author |
| The Housewife: Official Organ of the Housewives' Association (SA Division) |
| (Adelaide: Hunkin, Ellis and King print) Thirty-two numbers from Volume I No 1 (January 1930) to Volume V No 12 (December 1934) and including Vol I Nos 1-8, 10-12 vol II Nos 1,3,4,5 Vol III No 8 Vol IV Nos 1, 3-7, 9-11 Vol V Nos 1, 4-6, 10-12. Issued monthly. All in original pictorial wrappers with pages varying between 32 and 44 except for Vol I No 1 which is of pp. 20. All 280 x 215 mm or thereabouts. Period advertisements, some illustrated, mainly referring to domestic life. A rich repository of material on various aspects of social history in South Australia during these Deperession years. Includes regular columns on cookery, knitting, gardening etc. Editorial policy was to take up the cudgels on behalf of local business and manufacturies, but its content is even wider than that: eg Australian women poets, treatment of aboriginals, while the feminist cause is promoted to a degree. Related is a publicity magazine comprising 'A Message from the President and Extracts from the July Issue' (1930) of pict. wrs plus pp. 20 appealing for support for the Association and its aims (printed by Vardon and Sons, Adelaide) Altogether 33 items in generally v.g. to fine condition. |
| $200 |
| *a3414 Hill, Ernestine |
| The Territory |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 454. Illust. Map. Glossary. Index. Lower edge uncut. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a3457 Eakin, Robin |
| Aunts Up the Cross |
| (London: Anthony Blond: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 103. Illust. by Dinah Dryhurst. Classic account of Kings Cross, Sydney, life. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3478 Holden, Colin |
| From Tories at Prayer to Socialists at Mass: St Peter's, Eastern Hill, Melbourne 1846-1990 |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1996) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 332. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3479 Holden, Colin |
| Ritualist on a Tricycle: Frederick Goldsmith: Church, Nationalism and Society in Western Australia 1880-1920 |
| (University of Western Australia Press: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 412. Illust. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3483 Willett, Graham |
| Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia |
| (St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 2000) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xii, 307. Illust. Sources. Notes. Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3495 Hughes, Rev. H. Estcourt |
| Our First Hundred Years: The Baptist Church of South Australia |
| (Adelaide: SA Baptist Union: 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. 349. Illust. Index. Lacks free front endpaper o/w fine in fair to good dust-jacket. (Jacket is rarely seen in any condition). |
| $40 |
| *a3503 Holden, Robert |
| Orphans of History: The Forgotten Children of the First Fleet |
| (Melbourne: Text Publishing: 2000) (First Edition) Pict. wrs pp. x, 220 and 2 p.a. Illust. Notes. A Biographical Index of Children of the First Fleet. Checklist of Children. Select Bibliography About fine |
| $30 |
| *a3416 Montgomery, Rutherford |
| Tom Pittman, USAF |
| (NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1957) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 152. Pilot who qualified also as nagivator, bombardier, and radar man thus becoming one of the few 'four-headed monsters' in the United States Air Force. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3437 no author |
| An Exhibition of German Aeronautical Developments: Catalogue |
| (54389.1 ... 3/46 PRP.) Pict. wrs pp. i (Foreword), ii and 70 (200 x 163 mm) Contributed and Arranged by the Ministry of Aircraft Production at the Science Museum by kind permission of the Ministry of Education. Text roneoed. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a3488 Coster, Graham |
| Corsairville: The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat |
| (London: Viking: 2000) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 276. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Sources. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3339 Weigall, Arthur |
| Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times |
| (London: Thornton Butterworth: 1937) First impression in the Keystone Library. Dec. cl. pp. 319. Illustrated including maps. Index. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a3340 Syme, Ronald |
| Isles of the Frigate Bird |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 235. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Syme travels to experience the Cook Islands and ends up marrying a Polynesian woman and living in Rarotonga for many years; among other things, this book tells 'of a way of life which (was) already vanishing'. About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3344 Mellersh, HEL |
| Fitzroy of the Beagle |
| (Mason and Lipscomb Publishers/Printed in the USA/Copyright 1968 by the Author) Cl. pp. 308. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Biography of the captain of the ship on which Charles Darwin made his voyages of research, later Governor of New Zealand, etc. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3358 Crow, Carl |
| He Opened the Door of Japan: Townsend Harris and the Story of His Amazing Adventures in Establishing American Relations with the Far East |
| (NY: Harper and Brothers: 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 275. Illust. Bibliography Fore edge uncut. Fine |
| $50 |
| *a3451 Strauss, Frances |
| My Rhodesia |
| (Boston: Gambit: 1969) First Printing. Cl. backed bds pp. viii, 206. Glossary. A few annotations in the early pages o/w near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3467 Walter, James |
| The Leader: A Political Biography of Gough Whitlam |
| (University of Queensland Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 295. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3477 Cracknell, Ruth |
| Ruth Cracknell: A Biased Memoir |
| (Ringwood, Victoria: Viking: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 307. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3486 Hocking, Jenny |
| Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography |
| (Cambridge University Press: 2000) First Paperback Edition. Pict. wrs pp. xx, 382. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. 'Featuring a New Epilogue reassessing Murphy's legacy'. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3487 Bailey, Paul |
| Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 2001) First Edition Bds pp. x, 242. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3497 Stone, Irving |
| Sailor on Horseback: The Biography of Jack London |
| (London: Collins) Copyright 1938. (First British Edition) Cl. pp. 328. Illust. Lower edge uncut. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *a3498 Hall, VC |
| Namatjira of the Aranda |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. 80 (236 x 182 mm) Illust. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a3509 Chevalier, Maurice |
| The Man in the Straw Hat: My Story |
| (London: Odhams Press: n.d.) Cl. pp. 192. Illust. Index. Some scuffing at head of spine and to fore edge of front cover o/w v.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3526 Tischler, Nancy M |
| Dorothy L Sayers: A Pilgrim Soul |
| (Atlanta: John Knox Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. x, 167. Notes. Index. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3560 Wallace, Edgar |
| People: A Short Autobiography |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 253. Some flecking to covers, mainly to front; some foxing, mainly to half-title page; o/w v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a3371 Eaton, Allen H (Author of Immigrant Gifts to American Life, Department of Surveys, Russell Sage Foundation) |
| Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation. |
| (NY: Russell Sage Foundation: May 1939) Reprint. Dec. cl. pp. 370. Containing 58 Illustrations from Photographs Taken for the Work by Doris Ulmann. Selected Bibliography Index. A Gift inscription About fine |
| $40 |
| *a3372 no author |
| American Walnut: The Cabinet-wood of the Ages |
| (Chicago: American Walnut Manufacturers' Association) Copyright 1925. Fifth Edition. Pict. wrs pp. 45 (224 x 170 mm) Illust. Index. 'Use of Walnut through the ages - Period Furniture - Advantages of walnut today. How to identify American Walnut. Proper classifiction of walnut furniture - What everyone should know about furniture and woodwork'. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3373 Wells Percy A (Head of Cabinet Department, LCC Shoreditch Technical Institute) |
| Furniture for Small Houses: A Book of Designs for Inexpensive Furniture with New Methods of Construction and Decoration |
| (London: Batsford: n.d.) About 1910? About 1920? Cl. pp. x, 35 (265 x 190 mm) Illustrated, including frontispiece plus 57 plates additional to pagination. A little external wear; internally fine or thereabouts. |
| $50 |
| *a3522 Chase, James Hadley |
| Safer Dead |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 240. About fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3523 Chase, James Hadley |
| Tiger by the Tail |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 255. Ownerhip inscription About fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3524 Haining, Peter (Edited by) |
| Great Irish Detective Stories |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. 368. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3528 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Door to Doom and Other Detections |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1981) First British Edition Bds pp. 352. Edited and with an Introduction by Douglas G. Greene. Stories of Crime and Detection; Radio Plays; Stories of the Supernatural; Sherlockian Parodies; Essays. A Bibliography of the Works of John Dickson Carr. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3530 Shallit, Joseph |
| Lady, Don't Die on my Doorstep |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1952) First British Edition Bds pp. 224. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. which has a small scuff on its front panel. |
| $30 |
| *a3531 Symons, Julian |
| Death's Darkest Face |
| (London: Macmillan: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. 272. An owner's name. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3532 Cuppy, Will (Edited, with an Introduction by) |
| World's Great Detective Stories: American and English Masterpieces |
| (Cleveland and NY: The World Publishing Company: November 1946) Fourth Printing of Tower Books Edition. Bds pp. 320. A wonderful collection by such authors as Dorothy L. Sayers, Dashiell Hammett, A. Conan Doyle, Mignon G. Eberhart, HC Bailey etc but (in our view) topped by Octavus Roy Cohen's 'The Mystery of the Missing Wash' which is a masterpiece of humour as well as of detection (or of failure to detect). V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3534 Simenon, Georges |
| Maigret Victorious |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 281. A Sixth Omnibus comprising: Maigret's Memoirs, Maigret and the Headless Corpse, Maigret and the Saturday Caller. An owner's name. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3535 Francis, Dick |
| In the Frame |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 252. Doublepsread map of Australia where the story is set. Some flecking to fore edge o/w about fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3536 Gardner, John |
| Amber Nine |
| (London: Muller: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 222 V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3538 McGirr, Edmund |
| Death Pays the Wages |
| (London: Gollancz: 1970) First British Edition Bds pp. 188. The sixth thriller featuring the American private eye Piron. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3540 Godey, John |
| The Fifth House |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1960) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. American Bloodhound Mystery No. 304. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3544 Stout, Rex |
| If Death Ever Slept |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1958) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. Small ownership stamp on front cover, title-page and to top and lower edges; a cancellation on the rear fixed endpaper; o/w v.g. in like dust-jacket. which has a few stains to its rear panel, one of them rather large, and the stamp (lightly) on its front panel. |
| $30 |
| *a3545 Simenon, Georges |
| Aunt Jeanne |
| (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul: 1953) First British Edition Translated from the French 'Tante Jeanne' by George Sainsbury. Cl. pp. iv, 186. Daily Mail Book of the Month. Head of spine sunned o/w about fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. which has a chip at head of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a3561 Wallace, Edgar |
| A Debt Discharged |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1916) First Edition Cl. blocked in blind on front pp. 304 and 16 p.a. Frontispiece. Lacks free front endpaper o/w v.g. (blocked 'For Sale Abroad' on back cover). |
| $100 |
| *a3562 Chesterton, GK |
| The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale |
| (London: Cassell: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 282. Cancelled ex-Institute copy, with label on fixed front endpaper; the covers show some wear most noticeably the spine which is well worn and has a large 'C' in white; internally clean and v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3564 Christie, Agatha |
| Partners in Crime |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club; n.d.) Bds pp. 188 (185 x 109 mm) Stories featuring husband and wife team, Tommy and Tuppence. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. (jacket has green background to front panel and spine, and white background to back panel). |
| $25 |
| *a3566 Le Queux, William |
| The Mystery of the Green Ray |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: 1915) Second Edition. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 244. An Ownerhip inscription on fixed front endpaper. Corner of one leaf torn away but without affecting the text. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3596 Maclellan, Alec |
| The Lost World of Agharti: The Mystery of Vril Power |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. 231. Illust. Bibliography Maps on endpapers. Lost Race book. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3409 Flower, Cedric |
| Duck and Cabbage Tree: A Pictorial History of Clothes in Australia 1788-1914 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 157 (280 x 225 mm) Lavishly illustrated. Index. An owner's name. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3379 Thomson, Winifred Hope |
| Someone to Dinner: Chef Cooking for Little Kitchens |
| (London: Cobden-Sanderson: 1935) First Edition Cl. pp. 208. Index. Claimed to be recipes of the highest class which can be made in small domestic premises with a minimum of ingredients and utensils; it is further stated that 'the recipes are mostly those of private French chefs'. V.g. in fair chipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3384 Young, Alan |
| Australian Wines and Wineries |
| Castle Books. Published 1983/Distributed by Horwitz Grahame Books, Cammeray and Gordon and Gotch, Melbourne) First Edition Bds pp. 200 (263 x 188 mm) Illust. Glossary. Bibliography Index. Bookplate on free front endpaper. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3385 Burden, Rosemary |
| Wines and Wineries of the Southern Vales |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 171 (248 x 188 mm) Illust. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography Index. The Soutern Vales of South Australia (Reynella, McLaren Vale, etc Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3386 Norrie, Dr. Philip |
| Vineyards of Sydney |
| (Cammeray, NSW: Horwitz Grahame: 1990) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 222 (259 x 191 mm) Illust. Maps Bibliography Index. Chronology of Events in Viticulture in Sydney Region, 'Cradle of the Australia Wine Industry, from First Settlement to Today'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3387 Bannerman, Colin |
| A Friend in the Kitchen: Old Australian Cookery Books |
| (Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press: 1996) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 248. Illust. Notes. References. Index. Important reference work. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a3388 Belperroud, John and Pattavel, David Louis |
| The Vine; with Instructions for its cultivation, for a period of six years; The Treatment of the Soil, and How to make Wine from Victorian Grapes. |
| Being the Two Essays to which the Prizes offered by the Geelong and Western District Agricultural and Horticultural Society were awarded. (Facsimile Edition of 1000 copies published 1978 by Casuarina Press, Surrey Hills, Victoria/The original published by Heath and Cordell, Geelong, 1859) Pict. bds pp. vi, 97. Illust. Spine slightly sunned o/w fine. |
| $30 |
| *a3389 no author |
| National Modern Home Cookery: More than 600 Favourite Recipes for Soups, Fish, Meat, Vegetables, Sweets, Savouries, Cakes, etc |
| (London: The Syndicate Publishing Co, 1936) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 256. Illust. Index. Prize Label. Recipes for 'the thrify woman' (Depression period), the book being 'specially compiled to meet the ordinary needs of the housewife'. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3390 Marshall, AB |
| Mrs AB Marshall's Cookery Book |
| (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent/Marshall's School of Cookery: n.d.) Twentieth thousand. '1890' entered by hand at foot of title-page. Dec. cl. pp. 468 and 24 advertisements. With 70 Illustrations. Index. V.g. |
| $150 |
| *a3391 Neil, Marion Harris, MCA (Cookery Editor, The Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, etc) |
| Candies and Bonbons and How to Make Them |
| (PHiladelphia: David McKay: 1913) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 287 and 1 p.a. Illust. Index. About fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a3393 Jackson, George H, MA, MD |
| The Medicinal Value of French Brandy |
| (Montreal, Canada: Printed by Therien Freres: 1928) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 315. Illust. Some stains to the covers which also show some wear; overall good to v.g. |
| $45 |
| *a3394 Hooper, Mary (Revised and Enlarged by) |
| Nelson's Home Comforts |
| (London: G Nelson, Dale and Co: 1892) Thirteenth Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 124. Index. Some (mild) staining to covers and some patches of discoloration o/w v.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3395 Grieve, Mrs M, FRHS |
| A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses |
| (London: Cape: 1931) First Edition In Two Volumes. Cl. pp. xvi, 427 and iv, 429-888 (both 235 x 163 mm) With an Introduction by the Editor, Mrs Crime Fiction Leyel. Index of Country Names of Plates at rear of Volume Two. An ex-library copy, cancelled on each free front endpapers, but with scattered stamps (many on versos of plates), some of which have been whited out by some previous owner. Covers shabby; some internal soiling and damage to one leaf; a useful study of reference set. Grangerised. |
| $100 |
| *a3396 Heddle, Enid Moodie |
| Story of a Vineyard: Chateau Tahbilk |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1960) First Edition Centenary History 1860-1960. Gilt dec. cl. pp. viii, 56 plus the Foreword leaf which is gummed so that it can be added (240 x 183 mm) Illust. by Harold Freeman. Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, this one signed by Enid Moodie Heddle and also by Eric Purbrick, owner of the establishment, and duly numbered by hand. Spine sunned o/w fine |
| $60 |
| *a3513 Cotton, Elizabeth R |
| More About Our Coffee-Room |
| (London: James Nisbet: 1878) Third Thousand. Dec. cl. (bevelled bds) pp. xii, 248 and 16 p.a. Preface by The Earl of Shaftesbury. Teetotal publication attacks the evils of drink while holding up the coffee-cup as a preferred alternative. Covers somewhat heavily flecked especially on back o/w good copy (internally perhaps v.g.) |
| $60 |
| *a3398 Orni, Efraim, and Efrat, Elisha |
| Geography of Israel |
| (Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations: 1966) Second (Revised) Edition. ('Completely Revised and Reset'). Cl. pp. xii, 363 (244 x 174 mm). Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3316 Nash, Ogden |
| Collected Verse from 1929 On |
| (London: Dent: 1961) First British Edition. Cl. pp. xxxii, 508. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3317 Dodgson, Charles |
| The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll |
| (NY: The Modern Library: n.d.) First Modern Library Edition. Bds pp. xiv, 1293. Illust. by John Tenniel. Introduction by Aelxander Woollcott. Index of First Lines of Verse. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3318 Delderfield, RF |
| Give Us This Day |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 767. Family Tree of the Swanns of 'Tryst'. Maps on endpapers. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3341 Langley, Eve |
| The Pea Pickers |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1942) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 422. Novel of Australian women and Italian men. v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3365 Kenjiro Tokutomi |
| Nami-Ko: A Realistic Novel |
| (Tokyo: The Yurakusha: 1905) First publication of this English edition, Translated from the Japanese by Sakae Shioya and EF Edgett. The Japanese original, entitled 'Hototogisu', appeared in 1900. Dec. wrs pp. xvi, 314 and 8. V.g. if not near fine copy |
| $60 |
| *a3405 Forester, CS |
| Gold from Crete |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 194. Short Stories. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3407 no author |
| The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women Vol XXXII June to November 1910 |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1910) Pict. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. vi, 734 (238 x 170 x about 42 mm thick). Illust. Index. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3408 Campbell, RG and Courtier, SH |
| The Mudflat Million |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 192. Australian comic novel. Courtier is better known as a crime novelist. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3412 no author |
| The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women - Volume II July to December |
| (London: Ward, Lock and Bowden: 1895) Gilt pict. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. vi, 746 (245 x 170 mm) Illust. Index. All edges gilt. A little foxing. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a3459 Gaskin, Catherine |
| Sara Dane |
| (London: Collins: 1954) First Edition Cl. pp. 448. Novel of settlement in Sydney, opening 1792. An Ownerhip inscription V.g. in fair price-clipped dust-jacket. which has a couple of external stains from old tape repairs. |
| $25 |
| *a3460 Lister, Stephen |
| The Sky is Blue |
| (London: Peter Davies: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. 254. Novel. An Ownerhip inscription V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3461 Bradbury, Malcolm |
| Unsent Letters |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 218. 'A marvellously funny collection of eighteen letters he might have sent but never did'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3462 Walker, David |
| Mallabec |
| (London: Collins: 1965) First Edition Cl. pp. 223. Novel by the author of 'Geordie'. Set in Canada. About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3463 Lahr, John |
| Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilisation: Backstage with Barry Humphries |
| (London: Bloomsbury: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 242. Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3464 Humphries, Barry |
| Les Patterson's Australia |
| (Melbourne: Sun Books: 1978) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. viii, 72 (237 x 178 mm) Illust. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a3465 Henrey, Mrs Robert |
| Milou's Daughter |
| (London: Dent: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 239. Autobiography. An owner's name and date. Near fine in fair or perhaps good dust-jacket. which has an old tape repair at foot of front panel and a scuff at head of same panel, and is price-clipped. |
| $30 |
| *a3466 Spring, Marion Howard |
| Howard |
| (London: Collins: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. 192. Illust. Foreword by AL Rowse. Biography of Howard Spring by his widow. fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3472 Moorhouse, Frank |
| Room Service: Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse |
| (Ringwood, Victoria: Viking: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 174 (217 x 171 mm) Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3474 Wilde, Oscar |
| The Annotated Oscar Wilde |
| (London: Orbis: 1982) First Edition Gilt dec. bds pp. 488 (285 x 220 mm). Edited, with Introductions and Annotations by H. Montgomery Hyde. Illust. Further Reading. Index to Introductions and Annotations Near fine. |
| $60 |
| *a3475 Seymour-Smith, Martin (Editor) |
| Novels and Novelists: A Guide to the World of Fiction |
| (London: Windward: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 288 (285 x 220 mm) Illust. Index. Includes 'Science Fiction: A History' by Brian W. Aldiss; 'The Novel and the cinema' by David Pirie; 'Crime Fiction: A History' by HRF Keating; etc. An Owner's namestamp. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3480 Oakley, Barry |
| The Craziplane |
| (Sydney: Hodder and Stougton: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 141. Novel with theatre life setting. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3481 Malouf, David |
| The Conversations at Curlow Creek |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1996) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 217. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3489 Niall, Brenda and Thompson, John (with Pamela Williams) (Edited by) |
| The Oxford Book of Australian Letters |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1999) First Paperback Edition. Pict. wrs pp. xxii, 321. Sources. Index of Writers. Index of Recipients. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3496 Hendricks, King and Shepard, Irving (Edited by) |
| Letters from Jack London: Containing an Unpublished Correspondence Between London and Sinclair Lewis |
| (London: Macgibbon and Kee: 1966) First British Edition Bds pp. x, 502. Index. Contains nearly 400 letters, many published for the first time, including those to Sinclair Lewis. Good copy in fair dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3501 Desai, Anita |
| Baumgartner's Bombay |
| (London: Heinemann: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 231. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3504 Greene, Graham |
| The Captain and the Enemy |
| (London: Reinhardt Books in assoc. with Viking: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 189. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3505 Jackson, Mick |
| The Underground Man |
| (London: Picador: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 268. Some dustiness to top and fore edges. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3510 Sonnett, Sherry |
| Restraint |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton/A Sceptre book) Copyright 1994. First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 282. 'A novel of erotic obsession'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3512 Highsmith, Patricia |
| A Dog's Ransom |
| (NY: Knopf: 1972) First American Edition Cl. pp. viii, 277. Novel. Top edge tinted, others uncut. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3550 Hudson, Roger (Selected and introduced by) |
| The Folio Book of Days |
| (London: The Folio Sociey: 2002) First Edition Gilt pict. cl. pp. 336 (261 x 190 x about 30 mm thick). Illust. Fine in slipcase. |
| $40 |
| *a3558 Read, Miss |
| Village Affairs |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1977) First Edition bds pp. 239. Illust. by JS Goodall. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3563 Keating, HRF |
| The Underside |
| (London: Macmillan: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. 281. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3569 Rinehart, Mary Roberts |
| When a Man Marries |
| (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill: 1909) First Edition Cl. backed in blind on front and on spine pp. x, 354. With illustrations by Harrison Fisher (handsome coloured frontispiece with tissue guard still present) and Mayo Bunker. Good to v.g. copy |
| $25 |
| *a3343 Evans, Wilson P |
| Deeds Not Words |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. x, 200. Illust. Brief Chronology of Naval Affairs. Bibliography Index. History of the colony of Victoria's naval forces which (after Federation) 'provided the keel on which the Commonwealth, and ultimately the Royal Australian Navies were built'. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a3305 Chichester, Francis |
| Gipsy Moth Circles the World |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: December 1967) Reprint. Cl. pp. xvi, 269. Illustrated including Photographs, Line Drawings and Maps. Signed by Chichester on the title-page. Good to v.g. copy |
| $25 |
| *a3306 Fenwick, Kenneth (Edited and Introduced by) |
| Southey's Life of Nelson |
| (London: The Folio Society: 1956) First thus. Gilt dec. cl. pp. 304. Illust. Maps. Maps on endpapers. Scattered foxing o/w about fine |
| $30 |
| *a3307 Innes, Hammond |
| Sea and Islands |
| (London: Collins: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 288. Illust. Maps. Travels in his ocean-going yacht 'Mary Deare'. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3309 Behenna, John |
| Westcountry Shipwrecks: A Pictorial Record 1866-1973 |
| (Newton Abbot: David Charles: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. 112 (245 x 188 mm) Illust. Index of Wreck Illustrations. Suggestions for Further Reading. Covers 19th and 20th century Shipwrecks. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3426 Guttridge, Leonard and Smith, JD |
| The Commodores: The Drama of a Navy under Sail |
| (London: Peter Davies: 1970) First British Edition Cl. pp. x, 340. Illust. Sources. Index. History of the American navy from about 1800 into the 1860s. Maps on endpapers. V.g. copy in dust-jacket. which is complete but has a crease to the front panel and a long clean tear down the rear panel running across the spine near its foot. |
| $25 |
| *a3444 Green, Lawrence G |
| Eight Bells at Salamander: The unwritten story of ships and men in South African waters, and some of the forgotten adventures and mysteries of the wide oceans that wash the shores of Africa and break on the lonely isles |
| (Timmins Publishers: Reprinted 1984) Bds pp. viii, 271. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3456 Roberts, Glenys |
| Richard Knight's Treasure!: The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd's Cache |
| (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books - Viking: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. x, 198. Illust. Map. An owner's name. V.g. if not near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3499 Peterson, Mendel |
| The Funnel of Gold |
| (Boston-Toronto: Little, Brown: 1975) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xii, 481. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Maps on endpapers. 'The trials of the Spanish Treasure Fleets as they carried home the wealth of the New World in the face of Privateers, Pirates and the Perils of the Sea'. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3415 Boulton, David |
| Objection Overruled |
| (London: Macgibbon and Kee: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 319. Illust. Sources. Index. Account of conscientious objectors in World War One and their treatment. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3417 Wells, Ingeborg |
| Enough, No More |
| (London: Herbert Joseph: September 1948) First Edition Translated by Lord Sudley. Cl. pp. 294. Autobiography of German actress married to an Englishman of Hungarian parentage who finds herself (and husband) unable to escape from Hitler's Germany; this book tells of her experiences during the fall of the Reich, the Russian invasion, and of the rejuventaion of theatrical life after the war (and during the occupation). Spine mildly sunned o/w v.g. if not near fine. |
| $40 |
| *a3418 Fredborg, Arvid |
| Behind the Steel Wall |
| (Sydney: Australasian Publishing Co by arr. with Harrap: 1944) First Australian Edition. Cl. pp. 286. The author was a foreign correspondent in Berlin until his departure in the Spring of 1943, and this book is an account of his experiences and the position of foreign journalists during the war. An owner's name. About fine. |
| $25 |
| *a3420 Pitt, Roxanne |
| The Courage of Fear |
| (London: Jarrolds: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 242. Frontispiece. Account of her experiences by 'one of the principal woman agents of World War II' (in occupied France and in the Italian war theatre prior to the allied landings). Near fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3433 Field, LM |
| The Forgotten War: Australian Involvement in the South African Conflict of 1899-1902 |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1979) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 236. Illust. Map. Notes. Bibliography Index. Appendixes include Details of Colonial Contingents; Selected Casualties; Australian Decorations. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3399 Edwards, Ron |
| The Big Book of Australian Folk Song |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 507 (292 x 215 x about 53 mm thick). Illust. by the Author. Index of Titles. Index of First Lines. Supplementary Bibliography Music and Words for 308 Australian folk songs, plus tune sources and complete index of every published folk song. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3422 Young, Percy M |
| Vaughan Williams |
| (London: Dennis Dobson: 1953) First Edition Cl. pp. 240. Illust. Index. Contemporary Composers series. Gift inscription V.g. or perhaps near fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3423 Foss, Hubert |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Study |
| (London: Harrap: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. 219. Frontispiece. Index. An owner's name and impressed stamp on free front endpaper. V.g. in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3470 Bromfield, Louis |
| Animals and Other People |
| (London: Cassell: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 272. Drawings by Paul Laune. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3331 Fleay, David |
| Paradoxical Platypus: Hobnobbing with Duckbills |
| (Milton, Qld: The Jacaranda Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 150 (292 x 220 mm) Illust. including colour plates extra to pagination. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3356 Cox, EHM |
| Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches |
| (London: Collins: 1945) First Edition Cl. pp. 230. Illust. Maps. Index. A generally good ex-Institute copy with cancelled label on fixed front endpaper and stamp and library numbers on free front endpaper; front panel of jacket pasted on front cover; internally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3455 Bustard, Robert |
| Sea Turtles: Natural History and Conservation |
| (London: Collins: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 220. Illust. Maps on endpapers. References. Index. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3353 Taylor, Mrs Howard (His Sister) |
| Guinness of Honan |
| (London: The China Inland Mission: 1930) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. xii, 322 and 2 p.a. Illust. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3354 Duk-Whang Kim, PhD |
| A History of Religions in Korea |
| (Seoul: Sung-Duck Kwon by arrangement with Daeji Moonhwa-sa: Registered Date November 1, 1950/First Books Publication July 30, 1988) Bds pp. 489. Illust. Concludes with The Chronology of a History of Religions in Korea. Presenation copy inscribed and signed by the Author. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3357 Taylor, Mrs Howard |
| Margaret King's Vision |
| (Philadelphia: China Inland Mission: 1934) First Printing. Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 165. Illust. Missionary work in China. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3490 Parris, Matthew |
| The Great Unfrocked: Two Thousand Years of Church Scandal |
| (London: Robson Books: 1998) First Edition Bds pp. xxii, 266. Illust. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3572 Boreham, FW, DD |
| Mountains in the Mist |
| (London: Charles H Kelly: 1914) First Edition Cl. pp. 288 Frontispiece. Gift inscription Fore and lower edges uncut. Some mild signs of age and use: v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *a3574 Boreham, FW, DD |
| A Bunch of Everlastings or Texts That Made History |
| (London: The Epworth Press: July 1940) New Pocket Edition. Cl. pp. 227. Fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. whose spine is browned. |
| $30 |
| *a3575 Boreham, FW, DD |
| Faces in the Fire and Other Fancies |
| (London: Charles H kelly: 1916) First Edition Cl. pp. 272. Frontispiece. A couple of groups of comments, in pencil, by a reader (perhaps the original owner) who found the book inspirational. A newspaper cutting (still present) at pp. 232-233 has made typical stain; o/w about fine |
| $50 |
| *a3578 Boreham, FW, DD |
| Mushrooms on the Moor |
| (London: The Epworth Press: November 1928) First Pocket Edition. Cl. pp. 280. An owner's name and another blocked out on free front endpaper on which has been pasted a photographic study of FW Boreham apparently clipped out of a magazine. Generally v.g. copy. |
| $25 |
| *a3579 Boreham, FW, DD |
| The Three Half-Moons and other Essays |
| (London: The Epworth Press: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. 272. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a3580 Boreham, FW, DD |
| A Bunch of Everlastings or Texts That Made History: A Volume of Sermons |
| (London: The Epworth Press: August 1929) Eighth Edition. Cl. pp. 252. An Ownerhip inscription V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3581 Boreham, FW, DD |
| Mountains in the Mist: Some Australian Reveries |
| (London: Charles H Kelly: n.d.) Author's 'By Way of Introduction' dated Hobart, Tasmania, 1914. Cl. pp. 288. Frontispiece. Fore and lower edges uncut. Two owners' names on free front endpaper with one repeated on recto of frontispiece; half-title page and colophon page at rear browned presumably from former presence of cuttings; o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3583 Boreham, FW, DD |
| Rubble and Roseleaves and Things of That Kind |
| (London: The Epworth Press:July 1923) First Edition Cl. pp. 268. Fore and lower edges uncut. An owner's name. Lacks free front endpaper o/w about fine in chipped dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a3591 Malcolm, Charles W, Principal of Wesley Intermediate School. Auckland, NZ |
| Twelve Hours in the Day: The Life and Work of Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher, DD |
| (London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott: 1956) First Edition Cl. pp. 240. Illust. Index. Foreword by Rev. Dr. FW Boreham. Lacks one plate (congregation at Cardiff) o/w v.g. copy in like dust-jacket. which has a repair to the rear panel. |
| $30 |
| *a3592 Smalley, Stephen S, MA, BD, Canon Residentiary and Precentor of Coventry Cathedral |
| John: Evangelist and Interpreter |
| (Exeter: The Paternoster Press: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 285. Bibliography Indexes: Main Johannine Passages; Modern Authors; Subjects. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3593 Cullmann, Oscar |
| Christ and Time: The Primitive Christian Conception of Time and History |
| (London: SCM Press: February 1952) Reprint of this English translation from the German by Floyd V. Filson (German title 'Chrisus und die Zeit'). cl. pp. 253. Index of Scripture References. Index of Authors. Biro mark to fore edge o/w fine in dust-jacket. whose spine is a little browned but is itself o/w fine. |
| $40 |
| *a3595 Dodd, CH, MA, DD, Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge |
| The Johannine Epistles |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: Reprinted May 1947) First Edition was June 1946. Cl. pp. lxxii, 170. Index. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3597 Lightfoot, JB, DD, DCL, LLD, Lord Bishop of Durham |
| The Apostolic Fathers |
| (London: Macmillan: 1898) Reprint. Gilt pict. cl. pp. xii, 570 and 2 p.a. Revised Texts (in Greek) with Short Introductions and English Translations by Lightfoot, Edited and Completed by JR Harmer, MA Index of Scriptural Passages. Map to illustrate the Epistles of S. Ignatius. All edges uncut. Spine moderately sunned. V.g. copy. |
| $60 |
| *a3598 Russell, Alexander, BD, Late Dean of Adelaide |
| The Light that Lighteth Every Man: Sermons |
| (London: Macmillan: 1889) First Edition Gilt dec. cl. pp. xxxvi, 331. Posthumously published, with an extensive Introduction (including a memoir of Russell) by Very Rev. EH Plumptre, Dean of Wells, etc. During his years of service to the Church of England in Adelaide Russell had published much verse. Good copy |
| $30 |
| *a3599 An Ex-Nun |
| The Killing of a Vocation |
| (London: Hurst and Blackett: n.d.) Cl. pp. 216 and 16 being the publisher's list for Autumn 1922 (dated August 1922). An owner's name label on verso of free front endpaper. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a3397 Gee, George E, Goldsmith and Silversmith, author of 'The Silversmith's Handbook' |
| The Goldsmith's Handbook containing Full Instructions for the Alloying and Working of Gold including the art of alloying, melting, reducing, colouring, collecting and refining; the processes of maniuplation, recovery of waste; chemical and physical properties of gold; with a new system of mixing its alloys; solders, enamels, and other useful rules and recipes |
| (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son: 1892) Fourth Edition. Dec. cl. blocked in blind and with printed paper titling piece on spine pp. xxii, 259 and 1, 16, 48 p.a. Index. Titling piece has some chips and a scuff o/w good to v.g. |
| $80 |
| *a3402 Giddings, WJP (Edited by) |
| Faulding's Medical Journal Vol IV No 43 |
| (Adelaide: FH Faulding and Co: January 20, 1903) Dec. wrs plus pp. 671-702 (310 x 250 mm) Illust. 'Devoted to Medicine, Diet and Sanitary Science'. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3425 Twidale, CR; Tyler, MJ and Davies, M (Editors) |
| Ideas and Endeavours - The Natural Sciences in South Australia |
| (Adelaide: Royal Society of SA: December 1986) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. x, 277 (249 x 175 mm) Illust. References. Occasional Publications of the Royal Society of SA No. 5. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3493 Tymeson, Mildred McClary |
| The Norton Story |
| (Worcester, Massachusetts: Norton Company: September, 1953) Second Edition. Gilt dec. cl. pp. xii, 316. Illust. Index. Account of the 68-years of American company which specialised in grinding (emery wheels etc) and in abrasives. This edition concludes with 'In Time of Crisis: Postscript for Second Edition'. This copy presented to AC Wilkinson by the Norton Co., so inscribed on title-page and with Ownerhip inscription at head of another page. Old price erasure on free front endpaper has left mild scuff (and the outline of the price!); o/w fine |
| $40 |
| *a3520 Blish, James |
| Earthman, Come Home |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1965) Second impression. Cl. pp. 256. A Science Fiction Novel. A couple of tape marks to each free endpaper (with corresponding marks on the flaps of the jacket) o/w about fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3359 Mackerras, Colin (with the assistance of Robert Chan) |
| Modern China: A Chronology from 1842 to the present |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1982) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 703. The Chronology (pp. 22-637) is followed by Maps, Glossary of Titles and Technical Terms, General Index and Geographical Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3360 Mackerras, Colin (with the assistance of Robert Chan) |
| Modern China: A Chronology from 1842 to the present |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1982) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 703. The Chronology (pp. 22-637) is followed by Maps, Glossary of Titles and Technical Terms, General Index and Geographical Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3361 Rhee, Syngman, First President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Exile |
| Japan Inside Out: The Challenge of Today |
| (NY: Fleming H. Revell: 1941) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 202. Frontispiece. Gift inscription Fore edge uncut. Near fine |
| $45 |
| *a3368 no author |
| A Complete View of the Chinese Empire: Exhibited in a Geographical Description of that Country, A Dissertation on its Antiquity, and a Genuine and Copious Account of Earl Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China |
| (London: Published by JS Pratt: 1842) Cl. pp. 414 and 2 (catalogue) (130 x 80 x about 30 mm thick). Frontispiece (The Wall of China). Staining and fading to cloth; some scattered stains internally; internally generally v.g. |
| $350 |
| *a3363 Zaide, Gregorio F |
| The Pageant of Philippine History: Political, Economic, and Socio-Cultural |
| (Manila: Philippine Education Company: 1979) First Edition In Two Volumes: 'From Prehistory to the Eve of the British Invasion' and 'From the British Invasion to the Present Times'. Wrs pp. vi, 614 and iv, 613. Each volume has its own bib and Index. An owner's name. V.g. set. |
| $40 |
| *a3439 Tudor, Judy (Compiled by) |
| Papua New Guinea Handbook - Seventh Edition |
| (Sydney: Pacific Publications: 1974) Pict. wrs pp. 336. Includes District Directory, with maps. Large folding map at rear. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3324 Kelly, GM |
| Golf in New Zealand: A Centennial History |
| (Wellington, NZ: The NZ Golf Association: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 262. Illust. Index. Presentation copy to Graham Keane (one time Captain of Kooyonga Golf Club) from the NZ Golf Association, signed by the President). Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3325 Fiddian, Marc |
| Ponsford and Woodfull: A Premier Partnership |
| (Fitzroy, Victoria: The Five Mile Press: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 152. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3327 Stell, Marion K |
| Half the Race: A History of Australian Women in Sport |
| (North Ryde, NSW: Angus and Robertson: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 288 (246 x 174 mm) Illust. Endnotes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3328 Parks, Jim (Edited by) |
| The Commonwealth Book of Cricket |
| (London: Stanley Paul: 1963) Bds pp. 128 (247 x 185 mm) Illust. First in the series. V.g. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3471 Matthews, Stanley (Blackpool and England) |
| Feet First |
| (London: Ewen and Dale: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. 156. Illust. Index. Football (Soccer). About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3322 Slatter, Gordon |
| On the Ball: The Centennial Book of New Zealand Rubgy |
| (Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs: 1970) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 374. Illust. Index. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3337 Phillips, Wendell |
| Qataban and Sheba: Exploring Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia |
| (London: Gollancz: 1955) First Edition Bds pictorially gilt on spine pp. 335. Illust. Map and maps on endpapers. Expedition of exploration into Southern Arabia with important archaeological finds of relevance to ancient Arabian kingdoms. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3338 Smith, Anthony |
| A Persian Quarter Century |
| (London: Hodder and Stougton: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Index. Smith first visited Persia in 1950: he returns a quarter of a century later. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a3345 Davis, Hassoldt |
| Nepal, Land of Mystery: Adventures in Burma China India and the Kingdom of Nepal |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1942) First Edition Cl. pp. 345. Illust. An Ownerhip inscription Good to v.g. copy in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3348 Koestler, Arthur |
| The Lotus and the Robot |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 296. Part One: India. Part Two: Japan. Index. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a3349 Brodrick, Alan Houghton |
| Little China: The Annamese Lands |
| (London: OUP: 1942) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 332. Illust. Chronological Table. Tables. Short Bibliography Map. Index. Errata Slip present. Indo-China (those parts of predominantly Annamese speech). Gift label. Spine sunned o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a3351 Bate, H. Maclear |
| Report from Formosa |
| (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. 210. Maps. Chronological Outline. Index. 'After an account of the history, geography, economy and social life of the island, Bate examines the contemporary situation from all angles'. Gift inscription and an owner's name. V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a3355 Phelan, Nancy |
| Pillow of Grass |
| (London: Macmillan: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 288. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Index. Japan (off the beaten track, and after the Second World War). Fine or thereabouts in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a3369 Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways (Issued by) |
| Travellers' Map of Japan 1939 |
| (Kyodo Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo) Folded size about 211 x 108 mm and unfolds to 630 x 947 mm. Covers and pp. 22 of text, with maps on the other face. Near fine |
| $45 |
| *a3452 Clements, Frank |
| Kariba: The Struggle with the River God |
| (London: Methuen: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. 223. Illust. Maps. Index. The building of a dam to harness the Zambesi. V.g. cancelled ex-library copy with the usual stamps etc. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a3453 Howarth, David |
| The Shadow of the Dam |
| (NY: Macmillan: 1961) First (US) Printing. Cl. pp. xiv, 175. Illust. Maps on endpapers. The Kariba Dam on the River Zambesi: its conception and execution. Good copy in like dust-jacket. which has a couple of repairs. |
| $30 |
| *a3454 Lane, Margaret (The Countess of Huntingdon) |
| A Calabash of Diamonds |
| (NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce: Copyright 1961) First (US) Edition. Cl. pp. x, 212. Illust. Maps. 'This is the story of a secret treasure hunt in the Portuguese African territory of Mozambique'. V.g. or perhaps near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
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