A Case of Samples. Poems 1946-1956
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993 (first paperback edition)/ 1993. More
London, B.A. Seaby, 1992. More
London, Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1912. 'Mary Ansell (1868-1950) published three books in her lifetime: "The Happy Garden" and "Happy Houses", both in 1912; and "Dogs and Men" in 1924. The former two were written three years after she had left her writer-husband, J.M. Barrie, for Gilbert Cannan, an up-and-coming..... More
London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1912. 'Mary Ansell (1868-1950) published three books in her lifetime: "The Happy Garden" and "Happy Houses", both in 1912; and "Dogs and Men" in 1924. The former two were written three years after she had left her writer-husband, J.M. Barrie, for Gilbert Cannan, an up-and-coming..... More
[London, no imprint details], 1937. The entire programme looks to be the product of a well-meaning amateur. The text is obviously hand-set and hand-printed, and it is written in an engaging chatty style, commencing thus: 'Six war-blinded Australian ex-Servicemen will be in the contingent of Australians and New Zealanders who..... More
Poole, Blandford Press, 1972 [first revised edition]/ 1968. More
London, Blandford Press, 1972 [revised edition]/ 1968. Illustrated by Ray Woodward. More
London, Cassell and Company, 1939. More
London, Humphrey Milford, and Oxford, Oxford University Press, [circa 1923]. A large 1936 Kilvington Girls' Grammar School, Ormond, prize plate is mounted on the half-title. The book was awarded to Betty Paterson; the plate is signed by Florence Muriel Fysh, the principal from 1934 to 1943. More
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Sudyka's illustrations are unique to this edition. From the manuscript Cotton Nero A.x., in the Cotton Collection in the British Museum. 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, The Folio Press, 1983 (first thus). Selected and arranged by Bridget Boland; foreword by Hugh Trevor-Roper. More
No pertinent details - when, where and why the photograph was taken, and by whom - are known, and the later pencilling on the verso (a price and what seems to be a name) adds nothing. From first principles, we suggest the 1860s, 'somewhere in England', a training exercise, and..... More
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. This would appear to be all twelve unnumbered and undated issues of the cumulative edition of Volume 1 of the magazine. The editor's 'Farewell Address' (see pages 359-363) indicates there will be no more: 'as regards the success of my project, it is..... More
Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1932 (first thus). A superb example of private press printing. This is one of 328 copies on Batchelor handmade paper, with a further 25 copies printed on vellum. The colophon reads in full: 'Printed by C.H. St J. Hornby at the Ashendene Press, Shelley House, Chelsea, with..... More
London, Charles Knight & Co., 1845, 1846 and 1847 (New Edition). The 219 hand-coloured engraved maps, city plans and star charts that comprise this fine atlas were issued in parts by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge between 1829 and 1844, under various imprints (including Chapman and Hall..... More
London, Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller Extraordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1809. An attractive Georgian atlas 'on a Scale sufficiently large for the Purposes of general Reading, and yet not too inconvenient for the Study, or the Table' (advertisement at the foot of the contents page)..... More
London, Thames and Hudson, [1970s] (facsimile edition)/ 1645 and 1654. Number 26 of only 500 copies; with an introduction by R.V. Tooley. More
London, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1977. With a small clutch of ephemera (including the invitation to the Special Viewing, and the Estimates guide). 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, Conran Octopus, 1996 (new edition)/ 1993. More
Wendover, 'Photo by Panora Ltd., 60 Doughty St. W.C.', March 1918. The Australian War Memorial has the following caption on an example of this impressive group photograph in its collection: 'Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, 1918-03-11. Large group portrait of officers, cadets, NCOs and men of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), together..... More
Three oblique views are captioned in the negative, recording the location and date (7 August, 8 August and 17 December 1918); all have reference numbers starting with '7.T.S.A.A.'. The fourth photograph, possibly a composite of several vertical images, includes a printed caption ('Leighterton Aerodrome. Scale ... 20-11-18 - 5000 ft')..... More