The Twinkling of an Eye. My Life as an Englishman
New York, St Martin's Press, 1999. Signed by the author on the title page, and the 'autographed copy' sticker on the front panel of the dustwrapper. More
New York, St Martin's Press, 1999. Signed by the author on the title page, and the 'autographed copy' sticker on the front panel of the dustwrapper. More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1971/ 1966. More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, January 1939 (fourth impression)/ March 1937 (second edition)/ 1936. Loosely inserted is a review of the book clipped from 'The New Statesman'. More
London, William Edwin Rudge for the Author, 1931. '...this Souvenir...' of the Poet Laureat, Robert Bridges, was presumably issued as a Christmas present to Jones' 'many friends'...250 copies were printed, this copy is un-numbered. More
Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1945 (first edition thus)/ 1945. More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1922. Number 40 of only 110 copies of the large-paper edition signed by both the poet and the artist (of which 100 were offered for sale). More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1927. More
Adelaide, J.L. Bonython and Co., 'Advertiser' Office, 1898. A collection of humorous verse (topical and localized) by a son of the South Australian novelist Maud Jean Franc (Mrs E. Evans). More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1879 [first edition]. With the uniquely-shaped bookplates of William E. Stuart, featuring a unicorn (possibly William Stuart (1825-93), see wiki) // Charles Lever (1806-1872) was a mercurial Irish novelist. More
London, Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld. [circa 1903]. Provenance: A. Henry Fullwood, with his signature ('London, 1903') in ink on the front pastedown. Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) was born in England, and emigrated to Australia in 1883. He 'worked as a black and white artist for the "Picturesque..... More
Melbourne, Charlwood and Son, Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers, [July 1867]. Trove has enabled us to established beyond doubt the date of publication - Saturday 20 July 1867 - according to the advertisements in the 'Argus' on that and the previous day. Ferguson 9927 (noting a curious variant, with the four..... More
[Gregynog], The Gregynog Press, 1935 (first thus). Number 180 of 300 copies. 'The Gregynog Press, Montgomeryshire, was one of many artistic activities due to the enlightened philanthropy of two sisters, Miss Gwendoline Davies, C.H., and Miss Margaret Davies, LL.D.. The standard of craftsmanship which was quickly achieved made it comparable..... More
Adelaide, Rigby Ltd., [1926]. The first edition in book form; written 'about the year 1854 under the title of The Islanders (it) appeared first in serial form in a journal called The Illustrated Adelaide Post' (established in 1867 by the author). A work of fiction but 'Probably the most grimly..... More
London, The Bibliographical Society, 1980. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1930s]/ [1912]. The book was first published in 1912, before his name began to become synonymous with illustrations of fantastic and humorous contraptions. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1967. With a signed inscription ("Thanks, Bob, for the loan of this copy") by the author to poet Robert Clark. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1987 (first thus)/ 1932. Initially serialised by the 'Perth Daily News' in 1932, this is the first publication in book form; not least, Aboriginal characters (bearing in mind that Upfield had only featured his detective Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte in two novels prior to this). More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1946. More
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1892. With the amorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide (and with his pencilled note on the flyleaf). More
London, The Folio Society, 1998 (first thus). More
London, Macmillan, 1962. More
London, Macmillan, 1988. '"Yeats Annual" is the established research-level publication for current thought and documentation upon the life and work of "the greatest poet in the English tongue of this century" ... The focus in this sixth number is on Yeats at work on various manuscripts, and on his tours..... More