Alexander III, King of Scots
Isle of Colonsay, House of Lochar, 1999. More
Isle of Colonsay, House of Lochar, 1999. More
London, The Bodley Head, 1949, 1957 and 1960 (all first editions). As 'much at ease with the elegance and bawdyness of a pre-Christian like Horace as with a writer like Baudelaire, nourished in the Christian European tradition' (dustwrapper blurb on the last volume). [3 items]. More
Toowoomba, The Author, 1998. Signed by the author on the title page. An anthology of traveller's tales from Africa and Australia to Russia, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. More
London, Oxford University Press, 1909. With the later (1954) ownership signature of (Professor) Brian Medlin. More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. More
Falmouth, The Barcliff Advertising and Publishing Co., Ltd., [1949]. More
London, Harrap, 1969. More
London, Chapman and Hall, [1910s]. With an interesting photograph of a drawing of Blanche Stanley, Countess of Airlie, laid down on the front pastedown, and with her signed gift inscription 'to her friend Ida Hankey', dated 26 September 1919. The Countess was a correspondent of Carlyle's. More
Norwich, Canterbury Press, 1991. Loosely inserted are some related newspaper clippings. More
Glasgow, Third Eye Centre, 1984. One of 2100 copies. Exhibition catalogue. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (fifteenth impression)/ 1962 (first thus). [2 items]. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1964. More
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887. One of the 'Clinical Manuals for Practitioners and Students of Medicine' series. More
London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More
London, Andrew Dakers Limited, [1950s] and 1955. More
London, Ian Allan, [1965], 1966, 1966 and 1966. The complete set. Titles are; Volume 1: Southern Railway; Volume 2: London & North Eastern Railway; Volume 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway; and Volume 4: Great Western Railway. More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. With the ink gift inscription (dated 1 February 1993, Oxford) from Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP, OC, scholar and palaeographer, and then Prefect of the Vatican Library (1984-1997). More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
London, A. and C. Black, Ltd., 1924. Provenance: [Sir] Edward Wheewall Holden (1885-1947), the influential motor-body builder whose business became a household name. His armorial bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown of each volume (along with the small paper label of the contemporary Adelaide bookseller F.W. Preece). [2 items]..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1990 (facsimile edition)/ 1920. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
London, Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1751 (second edition)/ 1749. Offered with a copy in similar condition of the first edition of a companion volume, 'The Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley ... containing his Epistles and Other Writings' (London, Luke Hinde, 1751). London-born..... More
London, John Stockdale, 1794 [new edition]/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
Colchester, John Drury, 1972 [facsimile]/ 1893. One of 500 copies. More
Atglen, Schiffer Military History, 2005. 'Royal Flying Corps, Field Infantry, MGC and Tank Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Infantry Weapons, Insignia' (sub-title). More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1949 [first British edition]. More