The Diary of Humfrey Wanley. Volume One, 1715-1723. Volume Two, 1723-1726
London, The Bibliographical Society, 1966. Edited by C.E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. More
London, The Bibliographical Society, 1966. Edited by C.E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. More
Sydney, Hordern House, 1987. With an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text; a mine of information and an essential reference book for any serious collector. Loosely inserted is a small group of promotional materials for the book, including a copy of the original..... More
London, Bibliographical Society, 1969. More
London, James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 1912 (second impression). On the art of collecting and the reading of books. More
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, 1995. 'From those wonderful folks who have given the world - the Guillotine, snails in garlic sauce and Club Med - we now have the ultimate in desert islands - Mururoa!': the prospectus is for a limited-edition broadside 'in the form of a nose-tweaking letter to..... More
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 379 of 400 copies (plus 50 copies in quarter leather and cloth). Articles include 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South Wales'; 'The Art and Craft of Oil and Watercolour Marbling'; 'Nature and Occurrence of Lithographic Limestone'; and 'Pioneers of Process Engraving in..... More
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, May 1995 to February 1996 (Numbers 1-4), and June 2000 to March 2001 (Numbers 5-8). The first number is co-authored; the next four are written by Mike Hudson; the last three are written by Jadwiga Jarvis. The series is complete with the separate introductory volumes (to..... More
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 20 of the deluxe edition of only 50 copies on Velin Cuves Rives paper; the standard edition consisted of 400 copies in wrappers. Thirteen articles of varying lengths on printing history, hand-printing, bookbinding and papermaking, including 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South..... More
Ellenton, Opuscula Press, 1995. With the pictorial bookplate of G.A.Stafford, designed by Katharine Stafford. More
New York, Lockwood Trade Journal, 1916. Some relevant ephemera is loosely inserted. More
Chicago, University of Chicago, 1971. More
Perth, Paterson Brokensha, 1954. More
Melbourne, OUP, 1994 (second edition, revised and expanded)/ 1985. An invaluable history. More
Monash University, Centre for the Book, Monash University, 2007. Warmly inscribed in ink to Alan Brissenden ('in gratitude for help in more than a few peregrinations'), dated (9 December 2007) and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. More
Sydney and Canberra, Pacific Publications and Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, ANU, 1968 and 1984. An index to the first 25 years of this publication (which ceased in 2000). The magazine 'was founded in Sydney by R.W. Robson, a New Zealand born journalist. His object was to provide a news exchange for..... More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1960. One of the Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks. More