Sydney: Hordern House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 26cm x 18cm. x + 468 pages. Book is in Very Good Minus condition, by which we mean it has some marks of age and/or wear from light handling, but is still a desirable copy. Some foxing to boards and edges. Dust... More about Australian Rare Books, 1788-1900
Bergamo: Banca Popolare di Bergamo, 1961. Hardcover (Full Leather). The Bible of Borso d'Este is a two volume manuscript of illuminated miniatures executed between 1455 and 1461 by a team of artists directed by Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi. In 1923, the businessman Giovanni Treccani acquired in Paris, for... More about La Bibbia di Borso d'Este
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover (Full Leather). Bayntun-Riviere full leather binding, bindery stamp on front free endpaper, 'Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England'. Gold finishing to spine, ruled borders to board edges, gold tooling to inside edges, full gilt edges. Size: 18cm x 13cm. 631 pages. Book... More about The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological...
Brisbane: Queensland Grocer's Association, 1936. Hardcover. Incorporating The Queensland Grocer. Devoted to the Interests of Queensland Retail Storekeepers. 14 issues are here bound into one volume, 12 issues of volume XIV, 1936 and the first 2 issues of volume XV, 1937. Size: 28cm x 21cm. Item Type: Magazine/Periodical. Book is... More about The Queensland Retailer (Volume XIV & XV, 14 issues
Brisbane: Queensland Grocer's Association, 1935. Hardcover. Incorporating The Queensland Grocer. Devoted to the Interests of Queensland Retail Storekeepers. Published monthly in the year 1935, 12 issues are here bound into one volume. Size: 28cm x 21cm. Item Type: Magazine/Periodical. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has... More about The Queensland Retailer (Volume XIII, 12 issues
Brisbane: Queensland Grocer's Association, 1932. Hardcover. Published monthly in the year 1932, 12 issues are here bound into one volume. Size: 27cm x 22cm. Item Type: Magazine/Periodical. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has moderate to heavy marks of age and is well worn from handling... More about The Queensland Grocer (Volume 10, 12 issues
Brisbane: Queensland Grocer's Association, 1929. Hardcover. Published monthly in the year 1929, 12 issues are here bound into one volume. Size: 27cm x 22cm. Item Type: Magazine/Periodical. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has moderate to heavy marks of age and is well worn from handling... More about The Queensland Grocer (Volume 7, 12 issues
Brisbane: Queensland Grocers & Retail Traders' Association, 1927. Hardcover. 6 volumes of the earlier years are handwritten with additional typed pages laid, tipped, or glued in, 7 volumes of the later years are typed with original signatures. 13 volumes in total. Details from 1927-1933 are limited to minutes, more reports... More about Manuscript record books containing minutes, reports, etc., 1927-1953 of the Queensland Grocers...
London: MacMillan, 1926. Thomas MacKenzie. Hardcover (Full Leather). Bayntun-Riviere full leather binding, bindery stamp on front free endpaper, 'Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England'. Gold finishing to spine, gold finished illustrated leprechaun and pot of gold to front board, ruled borders to board edges, full gold tooling to inside edges... More about The Crock of Gold
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1926. P. Tillyard. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Rebound in half leather and cloth with gilt finishing to spine and decorative blind rule to edges and corners. Size: 25cm x 17cm. 560 pages + 8 colour plates. Binding is in As New Condition, Text Block is... More about The Insects of Australia and New Zealand
London: Macmillan, 1908. Hardcover (Full Leather). Mix of First Thus. and Reprints of Macmillan's Pocket Kipling Series published from 1908-1932. Lot contains: Rewards and Fairies (1910, first), Letters of Travel (1920, first), Limits and Renewals (1932, first), Stalky & Co. (1909, reprint), Soldiers Three (1907, first), Kim (1908, first), Many... More about Macmillan's Pocket Kipling Series (19 Volumes
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Sweven is the pseudonym of John Macmillan Brown (1845-1935) who was Chancellor of the University of New Zealand from 1923 until his death. First reviews of this groundbreaking work of science fiction noted that its philosophical content surpasses Plato, that... More about Limanora: The Island of Progress
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked with original cloth spine and boards. Size: 22cm x 15cm. 324 pages. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Dampstaining... More about In an Unknown Prison Land: An Account of Convicts and Colonists in New Caledonia with Jottings...
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). With two hundred and thirteen illustrations. Henry G. Greenish was Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Size: 24cm x 17cm. xxi + 511 + 14. Rebound in green half leather with gold... More about An Introduction to the Study of Materia Medica: Being a Short Account of the More Important Crude...
London: B. T. Batsford, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Text Books of Ornamental Design. Green cloth boards with beveled edges and gold finish to spine and front. Gilt top edge. Size: 19cm x 14cm. 247 pages + 123 plates. Light wear and markings to boards. Light foxing to outside edges of... More about Nature In Ornament
London: The Times, 1889. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Size: 31cm x 24cm. 10-volume set (complete). Set is in Good condition, by which we mean it has moderate to heavy marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Moderate to heavy rubbing and... More about The Century Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Atlas (10 Volumes
Brisbane: Brisbane Grocers Association, 1887. Hardcover. Begins with: Minutes of the meeting of Grocers held at Synod Hall, June 29th 1887 at 8pm to propose the formation of a Grocers' Association to be called the Brisbane Grocers' Association, chaired by Robert Woods Thurlow, and subsequent meetings of the committee to... More about Manuscript record book containing the minutes, etc., of the formation and subsequent committee...
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1885. Second Edition. Hardcover. With letterpress description by James Pagan and James H. Stoddart. Numbered edition of 300. This is number 128. Inscribed in ink on the title page 'To The Queensland Historical Society from Henry Monteith'. 30 plates. Moderate foxing throughout including to plates... More about Relics of Ancient Architecture and other Picturesque Scenes In Glasgow, Thirty Drawings by Thomas...
London: James Speirs, 1878. Hardcover. Set includes: The Christmas Party (Volume 1), The Whitsuntide Visit (Volume 2), The Bridegroom and the Bride (Volume 3). Volumes 2 & 3 published in 1879. Size: 18cm x 13cm. 157 + 188 + 158 pages. 3-volume set (complete). Set is in Good condition, by... More about Amid The Corn (3 Volumes
London: James Clarke, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Has been rebacked with the original spine. No map. Size: 20cm x 13cm. 264 pages. Mottling to cloth. Minor bubbling to cloth on rear board. Moderate soiling to edges and occassionally throughout. Minor foxing. Minor biopredation to edges. The number 64 written in... More about Afghanistan and the Central Asian Question
London: Sauders, Otley, and Co., 1868. Hardcover (Full Leather). The Morea was the name given to the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece during the Middle Ages, and in that time it was a haphazardly governed region. The author of this book, S. Soteropoulous, owned a property on the western coast of... More about The Brigands of the Morea: A Narrative of the Captivity of Mr. S. Soteropoulous
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Hardcover (Half Leather). 41 Books bound in 15 Volumes (Not numbered, dated from 1852-1856). Uniform Half Leather. Gold tooling to spine. Raised bands. Blind ruled corners and edges. Marbled boards, full edges, and endpapers. Longman's Traveller's Library offered many reprints of Travel books... More about The Traveller's Library (41 Books in 15 Volumes
London: J. Angerstein Carfrae, 1847. Hardcover (Half Leather). Rebound in half leather with marbled boards and leather label. Extra leafs have been inserted into the binding at every second page and at the front and rear, some of which are filled with the handwritten notes and formulas of EJ Merrifield... More about A Conspectus of the Pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, and the United States
London: Robert Triphook, 1823. Hardcover (Full Leather). More rare and excellent for the Method and Varietie than ever yet hath been done in English. Begun by The Noble and Learned Gent. Sir Philip Sidney, KNT. and finished by The Right Honorable The Countess of Pembroke, his sister. Now first printed... More about The Psalmes of David Translated Into Divers and Sundry Kindes of Verse
Manchester: W. D. Varey, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Translated from the Original Greek, and illustrated by extracts from the Theological Writings of that eminent servant of the Lord, The Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg. Together with notes and observations of the Translator annexed to each chapter by the Rev. J.... More about The Gospel According to Luke
