Britain Against Napoleon. The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815
London, Allen Lane, 2013. More
London, Allen Lane, 2013. More
London, Royal College of Physicians of London, 1995. Subtitle: 'An anthology of 'Notes from the Registrar' published in the College commentary during the period 1975-1992 when David Pyke CBE MD FRCP was Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians'. More
London, Harrap, 1969. More
London, Thames and Hudson. The three and a half page foreword is by P.G. Wodehouse. More
Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981. Provenance: the eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), with his inscribed and signed compliments slip indicating that he 'inadvertently bought two copies'. Also loosely inserted is printed letter referring to the book (annotated in ink). More
Cambridge, Polity Press, 1986 (first edition). 'A distinctive feature of the book is the way in which the author draws on diaries and memoirs to reconstruct images of how the war was experienced, both by soldiers who were fighting at the front and by civilians who were remote from actual..... More
Sydney, 'Printed ... by Radcliffe Press ... by Authority from Penleigh Boyd', 1923. All 581 items were for sale; the original price-list is attached to the recto of the rear cover with a small piece of tape. The foreword to the British section was written by 'the famous English critic'..... More
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919. Provenance: Will Ashton, with his Lionel Lindsay-designed bookplate on the front pastedown - a felicitous combination all round. English-born Sir John William (Will) Ashton (1881-1963) emigrated with his parents to Adelaide when he was a child; his father was the artist James Ashton..... More
Tunstall, Richards Tiles Ltd, [1930s]. More
London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1992. A catalogue raisonné of 452 prints by Hayter, with all published colour prints reproduced in colour. Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was 'perhaps the greatest and most influential printmaker of the twentieth century.... At the centre of the avant-garde in Paris and for a decade in..... More
London, The Pomegranate Press, [1916] (third edition)/ 1915. The foreword states that 'In presenting to the public a New Quarterly Magazine we are aware of the fact, that in these days half the world is at war'. This may account for the fact that the only other number to appear..... 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
London, H.C. Dickins, [January 1914]. This detailed list is dated January 1914 ('Previous list cancelled'). It contains approximately 140 etchings and engravings available for sale, with prices: 'In the case of editions nearly exhausted, the number of proofs remaining is given in parentheses'. The item numbers (a broken run from..... More
London, Chiswick Press [for H.C. Dickins], [circa 1914]. A chronological list of plates engraved by Stevenson from 1905 to 1913. Inscribed in ink on the 'Collector's Notes' page at the rear is a list of 'Plates issued since No. 37'. More
Waltham Saint Lawrence, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926 (first thus). Number 325 of only 325 copies. 'The text is taken from the Edition of 1598' (from the colophon). A bookplate (one of many) of Kaz Posney is mounted on the front pastedown; this one is Peake 4338. Chanticleer 46... More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1967 (facsimile)/ 1838. Peade A116: only 592 copies. Australiana Facsimile Editions number 116. More
London, Jarrolds Publishers, 1927. Number 16 of only 75 numbered copies and signed by James Agate. More
Sydney, The Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches, 1948. Essentially the itinerary for 'The Invincibles'. The name 'Mr Niehuus' is written lightly in pencil on the front cover; this is probably Richard Niehuus (1917-2005) who 'played in ten first-class matches for South Australia between 1946 and 1948' (cricinfo)..... More
London, Temple Press Limited, 1918. The introduction is by Major-General W.S. Brancker; there is a chapter on the medical aspects of aviation by H. Graem Anderson. Provenance: Sydney Dunstone (14 February 1936), with his ownership details on the front flyleaf. RAAF Wing Commander Sydney Morgan Lewis Dunstone (1917-1990) was a...... More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 to 1976/ 1934 to 1947. The titles are; 'The Big Six', 'Coot Club', 'Great Northern?', 'Secret Water' and 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea'. More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. More
London, A.& C. Black, Ltd., 1933 (new edition)/ 1910. The 32 colour plates are new to this edition. More
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (second impression)/ 1999. Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan. More
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1946 (first American edition)/ 1945. More
New York, Dover Publications, 1969 (first thus). With an new introduction by Joseph Aronson. More