Valadon Publishing, 1983. Oblong, wraps, b&w illus, pp 120. Small previous owner's name stamp, toning edge of rear wrap. Very good condition. Scarce. Accompanied an exhibition in Sydney in 1982, documenting the tent embassy in Canberra and associated Aboriginal activities and activism. 'After the Tent Embassy is a unique photographic.....
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1999. Octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, colour plates, b&w illus, pp vi, 116. Presentation inscription by the author (Dennis King). Near-fine condition. The second edition of the first comprehensive book to be published on goannas, incoroprating new research, including new information on taxonomy, diet.....
Crawley: University of Western Australia Press, 2007. 1st ed., Royal octavo, pictorial wraps, colour illus, maps, pp ix, 302, incl Index. Previous owner's signature inside front cover. Near-fine condition in protective wrap. Rare. Practical field guide to the herpetology of Southwestern Australia containing species' scientific and common names with colour.....
Sydney: Collins, 1989. Illustrations & photographs by Murray Fagg. Quarto, boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w illus, pp 584. Some fading to dustjacket. Near-fine condition in very good d.j. Comprehensive guide to the history, propagation, and cultivation of protaceae, profusely illustrated.
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press with State Library Victoria, 2017. Quarto, stiff pictorial wraps with French flps, colour illus, pp xiv, 249. Fine condition. A celbration of books, drawing on the collection of the State Library of Victoria. Lavishly illustrated.
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1988. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp xvii, 159. Fine condition in like d.j. The history of Belgian settlers in Australia.
London: Folio Society, 2013. Introd. Salman Rushdie. Quarter leather binding with Modigliana paper sides designed by Neil Gower, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, colour plates, maps, pp lviii, 540. Fine condition in like slipcase. The memoirs of Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur (1483 - 1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire.....
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2003. 1st ed., quarto, wraps, b&w illus, maps, pp 174. Near fine condition. Detailed information about the history of the names of towns and suburbs in WA, with illustrations and maps.
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2004. Octavo, wraps, pp 250. Near fine condition. 'Greg Craven shows [the Constitution] not as a dry and dusty relic of the 19th century, but a vibrant artefact of Australian culture, its history full of personalities, idiosyncrasies and even humour; one of the.....
London: Folio Society, 2004. Illus. Paul Cox. Octavo, illustrated boards, b&w illus, pp xiii, 258. Fine condition in near-fine original slipcase. Anthology of Wodehousian humour.
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Leicester: Galley Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 404, 242, blue ribbon marker, two small blemishes fore-edge otherwise near-fine condition in like dustjacket. Two classic Gothic novels published together in one volume.
London: Folio Society, 2011. Illus.. Eric Fraser. Octavo, cloth boards decorated in gilt and with dragon pictorial vignette, woodcut illustrations, endpaper maps, pp 245. Near fine condition in like slipcase. The classic adventure of Bilbo Baggins.
London: Folio Society, 2001. Introd. Antonia Frasr; illus. Paul Hogarth. Octavo, illusterated cloth boards, b&w illus, pp xiv, 254. Near-fine condition in slightly larger slipcase. Classic crime novel, loosely based on a real, historical case.
London: Folio Society, 2013. Introd. Paul Muldoon; Foreword C. Day Lewis; illus. Jonathan Gibbs. Octavo, original quarter-cloth illustrated boards, woodcut illus, pp xxix, 272. Near fine condition in near fine original slipcase.
London: Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade, 1926. Octavo, original wraps with cut-out b&w portrait, gilt lettering yapp edges, b&w plates, folding map, pp 150, x. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition. The author, formerly a Flying Officer with the RAF, was a missionary in the Amazon.
Wembley (W.A.): Government Printer, 1990. Quarto, original green leather boards with gilt titles stamped spine and upper board, pp (x) 381. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Near-fine condition. Report of the Australian Goverrnment's legal investigation into Rothwells, the merchant bank owned by Laurie Connell, which went bankrupt. The collapse of.....
London: Frederick Warne, 1916. Volumes I and III (of 3), quarto, original cloth boards decorated in gilt, colour plates, b&w illus pp xiv, 472; xi, 457, index in each volume. N.d. (1916). Edges and corners rubbed, Some light marking upper board vol I. Volume III hinge loosening between title page.....
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1966. Translated by Raef Payne; commentary by Wilfrid Blunt. Limited ed., octavo, original vellum-like boards with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers, b&w illus, facsimile pages, pp xi, 92. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Light marking to boards, top corner chipped (missing). Good condition. Gardening literature, written in.....
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1970. Quarto, original boards with silver-gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine, colour illus, b&w illus, illus endpapers, pp 238, xvi, some markings at head of spine otherwise in near-fine condition. Catalogue from exhibition at the Hunt Botanical Library of the Swiss artist Lotte Günthart.....
Secaucus (N.J.): Wellfleet Press, 1986. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards with gilt, colour plates, pp 228. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. This edition reproduces the entire 468 watercolours known to survive from "Les Liliacees", this conveting to.....
Massachusetts: The Figures, 1990. Original side stapled wraps, unpag. One of 500 copies. Worn to inner edge. Very good condition. Poetry.
London: Folio Society, 2010. Illus, Becca Thorne. Original quarter-leather binding with Celtic decoration stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, text illus, pp xxviii, 218, in original slipcase. Previous owner's signature halftitle page, otherwise near fine condition in like slipcase. Seamus Heaney's acclaimed translation of the epic Old English poem, with.....
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2008. Trans. Samuel Butler; introd. Michael Dirda. Large octavo, leather binding with pictorial and gilt decoration, all edges gilt, endpaper maps, pp xvi, 732. Near fine condition.
USA: Trident Press, 1999. Large octavo, leatherre boards decorated in gilt with pictorial onlay, all edges gilt, b&w plates, b&w text illus, pp x, 492, ii. Facsimile edition of the 1879 American edition of Robinson Crusoe.
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1982. Octavo, boards decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, illus title page and illus between books, pp 462. Near fine condition. Famous collection of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans written by the Ancient Greek philosopher and translated by Dryden, with illustrations prepaped for the English edition.....