Hours in a Library
London, The Folio Society, 1991 (first thus). More
Books on Books
A is for Ox. A Short History of the Alphabet
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). More
The Law of Love. Being Fantasies of Science and Sentiment, inked into English to cheer up the Gloomsters
East Aurora, The Roycrofters [Roycroft Press], 1905. Number 40 of only 106 copies of the deluxe issue on Japan Vellum, numbered and signed in ink by Elbert Hubbard (publisher and leader of the Roycrofters). More
Concerning Books and Bookmen
London, James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 1912 (second impression). On the art of collecting and the reading of books. More
Bonzer. Australian Comics, 1900s-1990s... Checklist compiled by Mick Stone
Redhill South, Victoria, Elgua Media, 1998. More
Typographic Communications Today
Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1989. More
Livre d'Or du Bibliophile. Première Année, 1925
Paris, Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Livres d'Art et de Publications à Tirage Limité, 1926. Number 915 of 2000 copies of this lavish collaborative sample book, featuring illustrations and sample pages from 25 French fine press publishers (27 are listed as collaborators, but two did not supply their material in..... More
The Mitchell Library of NSW Sydney Ure Smith Memorial Exhibition 1950
Sydney, Mitchell Library, 1950. More
Australian Literature. A Bibliography to 1938 by E. Morris Miller. Extended to 1950. Edited with a Historical Outline and Descriptive Commentaries by Frederick T. Macartney
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1956 (revised and extended edition)/ 1940. More
Christie's Collectors Guides. Antique Maps
Oxford, Phaidon/ Christie's, 1986 (second edition)/ 1986. With the ink ownership signature of Australian historian Professor William Arthur Ridley ('Bill') Richardson. More
The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1981 (revised edition)/ 1978. The standard work, 'containing details of approximately 2500 artists of British books and periodicals' in historical context (dustwrapper). More
The Book of Kells ... With 24 Colour Reproductions from the Original Pages
London, The Studio Publications, 1955/ 1952 (fifth edition)/ 1914. More
British Bookplates. A Pictorial History
Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1979. More
The Business of Books. Booksellers and the English Book Trade, 1450-1850
New Haven, Yale University Press, 2007. 'A lively and original account of the English book trade and the printers, booksellers, and entrepreneurs who promoted its development ... Raven offers a new interpretation of the genesis of literature and literary commerce in England. He draws on extensive archival sources to reconstruct..... More
An Address to Members of the London Library
London, Printed for The London Library by the Queen Anne Press, 1952. 'On the occasion of his assuming the office of President of the Library. Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of Members in the Reading Room, 22 July 1952' [subtitle]. Only 500 copies printed. More
Six on the Black Art
London, Wynkyn de Worde Society, [1961]. Number 332 of 400 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
![Item #130625 Nonesuch Books for Christmas, 1925 [and] for the Spring, 1926. With a Hand-list of...](/pictures/thumb/130625_01.jpg?v=1665387790)
Nonesuch Books for Christmas, 1925 [and] for the Spring, 1926. With a Hand-list of Books Hitherto Published by the Press
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Loosely inserted is a slip reproducing a letter by the Press and published by the "Times Literary Supplement", October 1925, referring to 'the new edition of the Leslie-Birrell translation of Plato's "Symposium"', concluding that 'our consent was given for an edition which would be of..... More
Premier Victorian Pamphlet
Melbourne, Hawthorn House, 1937. One of only 230 copies (200 for sale). Loosely inserted is the 4-page prospecus (front cover a little discoloured). [2 items]. More
A Daily Prayer for Printers
Melbourne, Printing Industry Craftsmen of Australia, 1939. One of only 250 copies. More
The House of Longman. With a Record of their Bicentenary Celebrations
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 'Printed for private circulation', 1925. More
The Art of the Book. Some Record of Work carried out in Europe and the USA, 1939-1950
London, The Studio Publications, 1951. More
The Penguin Story. MCMXXXV-MCMLVI
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1956. The original mailing carton is addressed to Mr & Mrs H. Muir, Beck Book Co., Adelaide. If the connection to Harry Muir (prominent Adelaide bookseller and publisher) and Marcie Muir (significant children's book historian) were not enough, loosely inserted is a small slip, printed in red ink..... More
A bound volume of four catalogues relating to manuscript collections, compiled and annotated by mediaevalist and palaeographer Father Leonard Boyle, Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997
These catalogues would have been Father Boyle's working copies in the time before his appontment as Prefect of the Vatican Library, and contain extensive annotations in his hand. They are: (1) SKEAT, T.C.: 'British Museum. The Catalogues of the Mansucript Collections' (Trustees of the British Museum, 1951; an offprint from..... More
Private Presses and Australia. With a Checklist
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1972. One of only 450 copies. More
![Item #130312 Gumnut Classics. The Famous Gumnut Adventures. [Together with]: May Gibbs, Mother of...](/pictures/thumb/130312_01.jpg?v=1660273029)
Gumnut Classics. The Famous Gumnut Adventures. [Together with]: May Gibbs, Mother of the Gumnuts. Her Life and Work
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1985 [first thus]. More