A Small Selection from Stock:

1st May 1998



1. Ackroyd, Peter.  Dickens. Sinclair Stevenson. 1990. 24x16cm. xvi, 1195 numerous b/w illustrations. 1st edition. V.G. in protected d/w.  
A$40

2. Adam, Leonard.  Primitive Art. Penguin. Melbourne.1954. 17x11cm. 247pp. 50 Figures. 40 plates. signed and dedicated copy. Corners slightly bumped o/w good.   A survey of world primitive art.
A$20

3. A.E. (= GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL)  Song and its Fountains. Macmillan 1932. 20x13cm. 133pp. 1st ed. VG in sl. soiled d/w.   "I have tried to track song back to its secret fountains...Those who cannot follow my reasoning may be amused or interested by the fantasy a poet built about his life and poetry."
A$65

4. A.E. (= George William Russell)  Voices of the Stones. Macmillan 1925. 20x13cm. 61pp. 1st. ed. Edges foxed. VG in torn/defective d/w.  
A$60

5. Aiken, Joan.  Trouble With Product X. Victor Gollancz. London. 1966. 20x13cm. 190pp. 1st UK ed. VG in slightly worn d/w.   Aiken's second crime thriller published after the success of the Silence of Herondale.
A$15

6. Aldington, Richard.  Introduction to Mistral. Heinemann. 1956. 22x14cm. viii. 209pp. 1st edition. VG in worn d/w.   Introduction to the life and work of the Nobel Prize winning Provencal poet.
A$25.

7. Alexander, Alison  Billabong's Author The Life of Mary Grant Bruce. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1979. 22x14cm. 149pp. b/w ills. VG in partly sunned d/w.  
A$40

8. Alsop, Joseph.  From the Silent Earth. The Greek Bronze Age. Secker & Warburg 1965. 1st ed. 21 x 15cm. xviii. 295pp. 98 ills. Good in worn and faded d/w, closed tear to front of d/w.   The rise and fall of the Bronze Age civilization and its rediscovery this century.
A$20

9. Ambler, Eric  A Kind of Anger Bodley Head 1964. 20x14cm. 250pp. 1st ed. Fore-edge foxed o/w VG in price-clipped, chipped and worn d/w.   Spy/detective thriller set in the South of France.
A$25

10. Amory, Cleveland  The Cat and the Curmudgeon Bantam, 1990 22x14cm. 255pp; 8 b/w ills. First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$10

11. Anderson, M.D.  Misericords. Medieval Life in English Woodcarving. Penguin Books, 1954. 1st ed. 18 x 12cm. 30pp + 48 b/w plates. VG in d/w.   One of the King Penguin series. The humorous, fanciful and sometimes scurrilous craftsmanship of the master woodcarvers.
A$20

12. Anon.  Charlie and Rosie A Book of Pictures and Stories for Children Ward Lock n.d. (1878?) 19x16cm. 168pp + 18pp ads. Num. b/w engravings. Pict.upper board. Boards rubbed/worn at edges and corners, spine rubbed and soiled, o/w generally G to VG.   A typical Victorian gift book, from a prolific English publisher of children's books. The 16pp of ads.is their Catalogue of Juvenile Books and Illustrated Volumes for Rewards and Presents (an interesting bibliographic resource in itself). This volume is a pot-pourri of stories, riddles, songs (with music) and pictures.
A$45

13. Armstrong, Alison.  The Joyce of Cooking. Food and Drink from James Joyce's Dublin. Station Hill Press. 1986. 1st ed. 23x15cm. xvi. 252pp. v.g. in same d/w.   A Celtic cookbook inspired by Joyce's Ulysses.
A$25

14. Atkinson, Rev. J C  Forty Years in a Moorland Parish Macmillan, 1891 21x14cm. xvi,471pp; 16 b/w illustrations & 2 maps, (one which folds out).Inscription on title page, missing flyleaf, inner back hinge cracked o/w VG.  
A$90

15. Attenborough, David.  Life on Earth. Collins 1979. Reprint. 25 x 17cm. 319pp. Numerous colour ills. Slightly worn in good d/w.   The book version of the popular BBC television series.
A$20

16. Attenborough, David.  The Living Planet. Collins 1984. Reprint. 25 x 17cm. 320pp. Numerous colour ills. VG in d/w.   The book of the popular BBC television series.
A$20

17. Auel,Jean  The Mammoth Hunters Hodder & Stoughton 1985 23x14cm. 639pp. 1st U.K. ed. Signed by the author. Pages turning brownish o/w VG in d/w.   Third novel in the Earth's Children series.
A$50

18. Augustine, Saint (Bishop of Hippo)  The Confessions. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1876. New translation by J.G. Pilkington, edited by Marcus Dods. xxxv, 415pp + 8pp advertisements. Vol.XIV in the Works of St. Augustine series. With the stamps of the Welsh Church, La Trobe Street, Melbourne on a few pages. Covers worn, spine frayed at head and tail, inside hinges starting o/w a very presentable copy of an attractive edition.   All thirteen books of the "Confessions" in a solid Victorian translation, from Scottish publishers.
A$40

19. Bach, John (ed).  The Bligh Notebook. 'Rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor' 28 April to 14 June 1789'. Allen & Unwin 1987. 1st ed.24 x 16cm. xii. 336pp. Numerous plates, maps and ills. VG in same d/w.  
A$30

20. Bagot, Alec.  Coppin the Great. M.U.P.1965. 1st ed. 25 x 16cm. ix. 356pp. 18 ills. V.G. in slightly worn and soiled d/w.   A biography of the father of the Australian theatre.
A$35

21. Baigent, Michael Leigh, Richard Lincoln, Henry.  The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. Jonathan Cape. London. 1984. 24x15cm. xvi.445pp. 36 plates. 10 Maps. 5 Genealogies. 4 Figures. 1st edition.Corners bumped, o/w good in d/w.   The authors argue that Jesus Christ fathered a son, which knowledge was carefully guarded over the centuries by secret societies and orders such as the Rosicrucians, the Knights Templar etc.
A$25

22. Bassett, Marnie.  Behind The Picture. H.M.S. Rattlesnake's Australia New Guinea Cruise. 1846 to 1850. O.U.P. 1966. 22x14cm. xii. 20 plates.2 maps. 112pp. Autographed presentation copy. ist edition.   An account of the Rattlesnakes cruise off the coasts of Australia and New Guinea between 1846 and 1850.
A$50.

23. Bassett,Marnie.  The Hentys. An Australian Colonial Tapestry. O.U.P. 1954. 1st.ed. 22x14cm. xvi. 578pp. 53 ills. 3 maps. Good in slightly worn and discoloured d/w.   Biography of the large and influential wool-growing family who left England to settle in Australia in 1829.
A$60

24. Bates, H.E.  Autobiography (3 volumes) The Vanished World; The Blossoming World; The World in Ripeness Michael Joseph 1969, 1971,1972. 1st editions; 25x16cm. 189pp, 182pp, 152pp with b/w ills. by John Ward. VG copies in price-clipped, slightly frayed d/ws.   Attractive set of the autobiography of one of this century's most accomplished short-story writers and - inter alia - creator of Pop Larkin and his "perfick" Kentish life-style.
A$90 the set

25. Beaumont, Antony  Busoni the Composer. Faber 1985. 1st ed. 25 x 16cm. 408pp. 43 b/w ills., catalogue of works and transcriptions.VG in slightly abraded d/w.   Study of Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), pianist and composer, who wrote the opera "Doktor Faust" and whose pupils included Percy Grainger, Hindemith and Kurt Weill.
A$35

26. Beckett, Richard  Axemen, Stand By Your Logs! Lansdowne,Syd.1983. 29x21cm. 165pp. Col. & b/w ills. 1st ed. VG in d/j.   A survey of competitive wood-chopping in Australia and N.Z.
A$30

27. Beeton, Isabella (Mrs.)  The Book of Household Management Ward Lock, London,n.d. (1880) 19x12cm. xlvii, 1296pp + ads. 12 col. plates and 10 full-page wood engravings."An entirely new edition, revised and corrected, with new coloured illustrations. And an appendix containing several hundreds of new recipes." This copy hasbeen skilfully re-cased in green boards, with original magenta/gilt backstrip and paste-downs laid on. New free endpps supplied. Title-page and final page frayed at foot o/w a VG bright clean restored copy.   No serious cookbook collection should be without an old edition of Mrs. Beeton, particularly an edition with these handsome chromolithoographic plates.
A$280

28. Behan, Brendan.  Brendan Behan's Island. An Irish Sketch-book. Hutchinson 1962. 1st ed. 24 x 16cm. 192pp. Numerous sketches. Sketches by Paul Hogarth. Good in slightly worn and discoloured d/w.   Behan's tour of his native country.
A$40

29. Bell, Quentin.  The Brandon Papers. Chatto & Windus. 1985. 22x15cm. x. 214pp. 1st edition. V.G. in protected d/w.   Drawing on previously unpublished material Maurice Evans reveals a hitherto unknown Lady Brandon.
A$25

30. Belloc, Hilaire  Advice Hilaire Belloc's Advice on wine, food and other matters. Harvill Press 1960. 1st ed. 27 x 18cm. 38pp. b/w ills. by the author. Rubric in side margins. Preface by Evelyn Waugh. VG in frayed and price-clipped d/w.   A slim elegant volume, with letter-press in two colors, published after Belloc's death, to do him honor. A lovely production, which does.
A$60

31. Belloc, Hilaire  Characters of the Reformation. Sheed & Ward 1936. 1st. ed. 20 x 13cm. 342pp. Corners bumped, fore-edge foxed o/w good copy.   Biographical portraits of the central figures of the Reformation.
A$40

32. Belloc, Hilaire  The Crisis of our Civilisation. Cassell 1937. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 249pp. Corners bumped, covers slightly faded o/w VG.   Belloc's thesis: the decline in the power of the Catholic Church has entailed a decline in European civilisation.
A$35

33. Berthoff, Warner  The Example of Melville Princeton University Press, 1962. 22x14cm. 218pp. 1st ed. VG in d/w.   "An overall survey of Melville as a literary craftsman." This copy bears the name of a previous owner: "F.W. BRINE" which strikes me (whimsically) as a pleasant association.
A$30

34. Bickel, Lennard  Rise Up To Life A Biography of Howard Walter Florey who made penicillin and gave it to the world. Angus and Robertson, 1972 22x14cm. 314pp; 16 b/w plates; First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$25

35. Bickel, Lennard  This Accursed Land Macmillan, 1977 22x14cm. 210pp; Maps on endpapers & 12 b/w plates; First Edition.VG in slightly frayed d/w.  
A$25

36. Bickel, Lennard.  Triumph over Darkness. The life of Louis Braille. A&U. 1988. 1st ed. 23x14cm. vii.167pp. 15 ill's. V.G. in slightly worn d/w.   Biography of Louis Braille and his development of the Braille reading and writing system.
A$20

37. Bickel,Lennard.  Triumph over Darkness. The life of Louis Braille. A&U. 1988. 1st ed. 23x14cm. vii.167pp. 15 ill's. V.G. in slightly worn d/w.   Biography of Louis Braille and his development of the Braille reading and writing system.
A$15

38. Blackburn, John.  Devil Daddy. Jonathan Cape. London. 1972. 18x12cm. 191pp.1st Edition. V.G.in d/w.   Everything from black magic to bacteriology in this spine-chiller from the bookseller/writer.
A$25

39. BLIXEN, Karen  Out of Africa Putnam n.d. (?1939) 2nd impression (?); 23x15cm. ix, 416 pp. Edges and prelims foxed; fly-leaf abraded/stained. Covers flecked o/w a good copy in the attractive d/w, ragged and slightly defective with some silverfish damage.   An edition/impression which appears to have followed hard on the heels of the scarce first U.K. edition of 1937. The d/w of this undated copy carries critical reviews from the English press and the (blank) "half-title" an inscription: "From Ruby, Xmas 1939."
A$80

40. Boardman, John.  Archaic Greek Gems. Schools and Artists in the Sixth and Early Fifth Centuries BC. Thames and Hudson. 1968. 1st ed. 25 x 19cm. 236pp. 15 colour and 372 black and white ills. V. G. in slightly worn d/w.   The first comprehensive volume of Greek gems of the sixth and early fifth centuries BC.
A$60

41. Boland, T.P.  James Duhig. Uni. of Queensland Press, St.Lucia Qld. 1986 1st ed. 25 x18cm. xv, 435pp, b/w ills. VG in d/w.   Archbishop Duhig (1871-1965), along with Daniel Mannix, was a significant figure in the history of the Catholic Church in Australia.
A$40

42. Bowness, Edward.  The Four Masted Barque. Percival Marshall. 1955. ist ed. 23x15cm. 128pp. 44 illusrations. Small holes in back cover, slightly worn d/w, o/w good.   A description of how to make a model of the four-masted barque.
A$50

43. Bowness, Edward.  The Four Masted Barque. Percival Marshall. 1955. 1st ed. 23x15cm. 128pp. 44 illusrations. Small holes in back cover, slightly worn d/w, o/w good.   A description of how to make a model of the four-masted barque.
A$50

44. Brady, James C.  Succession Law in Ireland Butterworth (Ireland) 1989. 1st ed. 24 x 16cm. xxxv, 316pp. VG copy.   Scholarly treatise on the making of wills in Ireland by a distinguished academic lawyer.
A$35

45. Brandon, Peter.  The South Saxons. Phillimore. 1978. 25x19cm. 18 figures. 6 plates. 260pp. VG in d/w.   A selection of articles on the Saxon Age in England, especially in the county of Sussex.
A$40

46. Braudel, Fernand  The Structure of Everyday Life The Limits of the Possible. Harper & Row 1981. Revised edition (translated & revised by Sian Reynolds) & 1st US ed. thus.623pp, 29 maps/graphs, many b/w ills. Pages browning at edges o/w VG in d/w.   Volume 1 in Braudel's monumental work subtitled "Civilisation & Capitalism 15th to 18th Century": a social and economic history of the world.
A$40

47. Brazenor. C.W.  The Mammals of Victoria And the Dental Characteristics of Monotremes and Australian Marsupials. Brown, Prior Anderson. Melbourne 1950.  1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 125pp. Col. frontis. and num. b/w ills. VG in d/w.   Handbook Number 1 published by the National Museum of Victoria.
A$40

48. Brewster, A.B.  The Hill Tribes of Fiji. A Record of forty years' intimate connection with the tribes of the mountainous interior of Fiji with a description of their habits in war & peace, methods of living, characteristics mental & physical, from the days of cannibalism to the present time. Seeley, Service & Co. 1922. 1st ed. 22 x 15cm. 308pp. 24 b/w plates. 1 folding map. Ex-library copy with a few neat stamps, residue of label on spine; spine frayed/torn at head, frayed at tail, covers generally rather worn; internally VG.   Brewster served as Governor's Commissioner and Deputy Commandant ofthe Armed Native Constabulary of Fiji.
A$75

49. Briggs, F.S. & HARRIS, S.H.  Joysticks and Fiddlesticks. The Unofficial History of a Flying Kangaroo OR The Flying Kangaroo. Hutchinson n.d. (?1930s)  2nd imp. 22 x 14cm. 202pp., b/w ills. Ex-RAAF Education Services Library copy with its stamps on a few pages, but with no external marks. Edges foxed, lacking fly leaf o/w VG copy.   Pioneering air transport and civil aviation in Australia.
A$70

50. Briggs, Raymond  Fungus the Bogeyman. Hamish Hamilton 1977. 1st ed. 30 x 23cm. 40pp. illustrated in color by the author. Ex-libris label on fly, partly removed with some damage to page below o/w VG.  
A$30

51. Briggs, Raymond  When the Wind Blows Hamish hamilton 1982. 1st ed. 30 x 23cm. unnumbered pp. illustrated in color by the author. Endpapers and covers a little rubbed o/w VG.   A chilling comic strip on the perils of nuclear fall-out. Which looks like a children's book, but isn't.
A$25

52. Bronte, Charlotte, Bronte, Anne & Bronte, Emily  Collected Novels. Folio Society 1991. Reissue of the 1964 edition with new illustrations. 7 volume set, each in silk-covered boards, 23 x 14cm.,together in silk-covered slip-case. Each volume illustrated with wood engravings by a different author. The novels are: Wuthering Heights (ilustrated by Peter Forster; Shirley (illustrated by Howard Phipps); Villette (illustrated by Peter Reddick); The Professor (illustrated by George Tute); Jane Eyre (illustrated by Simon Brett); Agnes Grey (illustrated by Harry Brockway); The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (illustrated by Ian Stephens). VG copies in slightly worn slipcase.   A very handsome set of the major fiction of the Bronte sisters.
A$245 the set of 7 volumes.

53. Brookner, Anita.  A Closed Eye. Jonathan Cape. 1991. 1st ed. 22x14cm. V.G. in protected d/w.  
A$25

54. Brophy, Kevin  The Hole Through the Centre of the World Simon & Schuster, Sydney. 1991 23x13cm. Signed and dedicated by the author. Illustrated wrappers. VG.  
A$20

55. Buchan, John  Mr. Standfast Hodder & Stoughton 1919. 23x14cm. 412pp.Inner hinges cracked, fore-edge foxed, lacks ffep, covers worn/soiled.   Richard Hannay's third adventure following "The 39 Steps" and "Greenmantle"
A$40

56. Buggy, Hugh & Bell, Harry  The Carlton Story A history of the Carlton Football Club White 1958 22x14cm 265pp. b/w plates. VG.  
A$90

57. Burgess, Anthony.  Any Old Iron. Random House 1989. 1st U.S. ed. 24 x 16cm. 360pp. VG in d/w.   The first major publication by Anthony Burgess since Earthly Powers in 1980.
A$20

58. Burgess, Anthony.  The Clockwork Testament Enderby's End. Alfred A knopf. 1974. 1st ed. 21 x 14cm. 161pp. VG in slightly worn d/w.   Burgess's enduring character Enderby is revisited for the last time.
A$20

59. Burgess, Anthony.  The Kingdom of the Wicked. Arbor House, 1985. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. 379pp.Good in slightly rubbed and worn d/w.  
A$20

60. Burgess,Anthony.  Earthly Powers. Hutchinson, 1980. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. 649pp. VG in d/w.  
A$40

61. Burley, W.J.  Death in Stanley Street. Gollancz 1974. 1st. ed. 20 x 13 cm. 190pp. A few small closed tears to top edge of pp 162-189due to binding fault o/w VG in price-clipped d/w.   A Superintendent Wycliffe mystery.
A$25

62. Byatt, A.S.  Still Life. Chatto & Windus. 1985. 22x14cm. 358pp. 1st edition. V.G. in protected d/w.   The second in the series of novels which began with "The Virgin in the Garden."
A$25.

63. Byatt, A.S.  Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time Thomas Nelson, 1970. 22x14cm. 288pp. b/w plates. 1st ed. Edges lightly foxed o/w VG in slightly discolored d/w.   Her fourth book.
A$150

64. Byron, Robert  Letters Home. Murray 1991. 1st ed. 24 x 16cm. 314pp. b/w drawings by Byron. Edited by Lucy Butler. VG in d/w.   Letters to his mother ("Mibble") by the distinguished travel writer "the Ulysses of travel-writing", edited by his sister.
A$40

65. Cabell, James Branch  The Silver Stallion. A Comedy of Redemption. John Lane the Bodley Head 1928. 1st ed. thus. 24 x 16cm. xxiii, 360pp. frontis. and 10 b/w plates by Frank C Pape (each with tissue guard). Map endpapers; dec. gilt boards. Small tear (0.5 cm.) to margin/fore-edge of first thirty pages (no loss); o/w VG copy in ragged d/w with price-hole in spine.   A lovely edition of this classic of fantasy/romance.
A$45

66. Cameron, E.P.  Goodbye Russia. Adventures of H.M. Transport. Rio Negro. Hodder & Stoughton. 1934. 22x14cm. xiii. 49 ill; 244pp. Signed copy. Ist edition.   An account of the Rio Negro's assistance of hundreds of refugees from the Russian Revolution.
A$25

67. Cameron, Ian.  Lost Paradise. The exploration of the Pacific. Salem House 1987. 1st ed. 26 x 19cm. 248pp. Numerous B & W and colour plates. Near fine in d/w.   A history of Pacific exploration and its effect on the native people of the area.
A$25

68. Cameron, Ian.  To the Farthest Ends of the Earth. 150 Years of World Exploration. Macdonald 1980. 1st ed. 26 x 19cm. 288pp. Num. col. & b/w ills. Forewords by David Attenborough and John Hunt. Appendices & index. VG in d/w.   The history of the Royal Geographical Society 1830-1980.
A$35

69. Campbell, Joseph.  The Masks of God. Oriental Mythology. Secker & Warburg. London. 1962. 22x13cm. 561pp. 23 illustrations. 1st British Edition. Creased at head and foot of spine, corner bumped.   Volume 2 of Campbell's comprehensive study of world mythology.
A$30.

70. Campbell, Joseph and Robinson, Morton Henry.  A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. Faber & Faber. 1957. 1st.U.K. edition. 22x14cm. 297pp. Spine slightly faded, foxing to end-papers,closed tear at head of spine, small holes at edges,some foxing to covers,some water-damage to inside back panel, o/w good.   A guide to some of the many allusions and to the difficult plot structure of Finnegans Wake.
A$50.

71. Cannon, Michael  An Australian Camera 1851-1914. David & CHarles/Nelson (Melb.) 1973. 1st ed. 24 x 19cm. 112pp.Many b/w ills. Signed by the author.VG in d/w.   Social history pre-World War I seen in contemporary photographs.
A$35

72. Cantlie, Neil, & Seaver, George.  Sir James Cantlie. A Romance in Medicine. John Murray.London.1939. 22x14cm. xxviii. 279pp. 10 illustrations. 1st edition. Foxing to prelims and edges o/w good.  
A$15.

73. Carr, H.R.C. and Lister, G.A. (eds.)  The Mountains of Snowdonia. In History, the Sciences, Literature and Sport. Crosby Lockwood 1948. 22x14cm. xiii, 312pp. 2nd ed. Col. frontis. & 26 b/w plates/maps; 15 ills. in text and 6 maps in appendix. A few pages creased/spotted, map edges ragged; covers a bit worn/faded/marked. Generally a good tight copy of a scarce book.  
A$50

74. Carroll, Lewis.  The Hunting of the Snark Carroll Foundation, Melb. 1989 4to. 64pp. b/w drawings by Frank Hinder Copy no.76 (of 100) signed by the Artist Fine  
A$100

75. Castro, Brian  Birds of Passage Allen and Unwin 1983. 23x15cm. 1st ed. VG in d/w.   Castro's first novel which won him the Australian/Vogel Award (jointly) in 1982.
A$60

76. Celine, Louis-Ferdinand  Guignol's Band Vision Press,1954. 23x15cm. 1st U.K. ed. Trans. by B. Frechtman & Jack T. Nile. 256pp. Mild spotting to spine and covers o/w VG.  
A$25

77. CHAKRABONGSE, Chula  The Twain Have Met. Or an Eastern Prince Came West. G.T.Foulis n.d. (1956?) 1st.ed. (?) 22 x 15cm. 299pp. 34 b/w ills. Decorative cloth, faded in parts; new fly-leaf pasted in, o/w VG in faded/ragged d/w.   Autobiography of the Thai Prince who was a distinguished racing driver.
A$50

78. Channon, Henry (Sir)  Chips. The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967. 2nd imp. 496pp. many b/w ills. Good copy in frayed (and repaired) d/w.   A young American arrives in England in 1918, marries an heiress and makes good in politics and society. An insider's account covering the years 1918 t0 1958.
A$30

79. Chatto, Beth.  Plant Portraits. Dent 1985. 1st ed. 27 x 22cm. 109pp. 53 colour paintings and 51 drawings.   The authors selection of a hundred favorite plants with tips on their cultivation.
A$25

80. Chatwin, Bruce  In Patagonia. Jonathan Cape, 1978. 2nd imp. 22 x 14cm. 204pp. map, b/w ills. VG copy in partly soiled d/w.   Second impression of the first edition of a masterpiece of travel writing.
A$50

81. Cheever, John  The Letters of John Cheever. Simon & Schuster, N.Y. 1988. 25x15cm. Edited by Benjamin Cheever. 397 pp. b/w ills. VG in d/w.  
A$25

82. Chesterton, G.K.  The Common Man. Sheed & Ward 1950. 1st. ed. 20 x 13cm. 279pp. Tail of spine faded o/w good copy in d/w.   Previously unpublished essays.
A$25

83. Chesterton, G.K.  The Man Who Was Orthodox. A selection from the uncollected writings. Dobson 1963. 1st.ed. 21 x 14cm. 191pp. Corners, head and tail of spine bumped, o/w good copy.   Selection of GKC's journalism.
A$25

84. Chidell, Fleetwood  Australia - White or Yellow? Heinemann 1926. 1st ed. xx, 235pp. Ex-lending library copy (Boots?) with residue of label on rear paste-down, traces of label on upper board. Edges foxed, covers generally soiled/marked, spine crinkled. Despite all this, not a bad copy of a scarce book.   A reasoned call to the governments of the U.K and Australia to address the threat of Japanese domination of Australia.
A$45

85. Child, Julia and Beck, Simone.  Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Volume 11. Michael Joseph. 1970. 1st.ed. 23x15cm. 762pp. 7 ill,s. Good in slightly worn and soiled d/w.  
A$30.

86. Childs, Wendy.  Anglo-Castillian Trade in the Middle Ages. M.U.P. 1978. 22x14cm.viii. 25 tables. 6 maps. 264pp. V.G.   An account of Anglo-Castilian Trade in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries.
A$20

87. Chomsky, Noam  Reflections on Language. Temple Smith 1976. 1st UK ed. 22 x 14cm. vi, 266pp. VG in d/w.  
A$25

88. Christie, Agatha  Murder in Mesopotamia. Collins 1936. 23x15cm. 284pp + 8pp ads. 1st edition. Ex-State Library of Victoria copy, with its stamp on verso of title-page, and "withdrawn" stamp; these the only marks of library provenance. A few pages creased, covers showing a few signs of wear but generally a bright tight copy.  
A$150

89. Christophe, Robert.  Napoleon On Elba. Macdonald. London. 1964. 21x13cm.vi. 206pp. 18 plates. 1st British edtion; covers stained, some pages creased, o/w good copy in d/w.   Christophe deals extensively with Napoleon's enforced exile on the island of Elba,documenting the way in which he transformed the island into a mini- empire.
A$20

90. Clarke, Peter.  Hell and Paradise. The Norfolk Bounty. Pitcairn Saga. Viking. 1986. 1st ed. 26 x 24cm. 189pp. Numerous prints and photographs. Fine in slightly worn d/w.   A photographic and textual history of Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands.
A$30.

91. Clune, Frank  Ben Hall the Bushranger. Angus and Robertson 1947. 2nd imp. 22 x 14cm. viii, 241pp; signed and dedicated by the author. Covers slightly marked o/w VG in torn/heavily repaired d/w.   Clune's first novel, based on historically accurate research.
A$45

92. Clune, Frank.  The Fortune Hunters. An Atomic Odyssey in Australia's Wild West, and things Seen and heard by the Way in a Jeep Jaunt. A & R. 1957. 1st. ed. 22x14cm. xiv. 250pp. 39 ills. Signed and dedicated copy. v.g.   An account of Frank Clune's travels from Sydney to the Northern Territory to join in the uranium rush of the 1950's.
A$50

93. Clune, Frank  Roaming Round the Darling Angus and Robertson, 1952 22x14cm. 212pp; Maps on Endpapers & 15 b/w plates. Signed and dedicated by the author. VG in slightly frayed d/w.  
A$40

94. Clune,Frank.  Journey To Canberra. By road from Sydney in search of history, geography and curiosa... A & R. 1960. 1st. ed. 22x13cm. xiv. 264pp. 49 ills. Good in slightly worn & soiled d/w; 5cm tear at head of spine, repaired. Signed by the author.   Frank Clune's travels down the Canberra highway.
A$30

95. Clune,Frank.  Murders on Maunga-Tapu. A History of the crimes committed on the lonely slopes of Maunga-tapu ("the Sacred Mountain") in New Zealand in the year 1866. A & R. 1959. 1st.ed. 22x13cm. xv. 181pp. Signed and dedicated by the author. V.G. in slightly worn d/w.   An account of the robbery and murder of five gold prospectors at Maungatapu on the New Zealand Goldfields in 1866.
A$50.

96. Cobb,Belton.  The First Detectives. Faber & Faber. London. 1952. 20x13cm. 214pp. Some discolouring and soiling o/w good in protected d/w.   A detailed discussion of the establishment of the metropolitan Police in Britain in 1842.
A$25

97. Cohen, Morton N.  Lewis Carroll A Biography Macmillan, 1995 24x16cm. xi,577pp; b/w plates & illustrations. First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$25

98. Collins, Larry & Lapierre, Dominique  Freedom at Midnight How Britain Gave Away an Empire Collins 1975 22X14cm 500pp; b/w plates; 3 maps; map endpapers.First U.K.edition. Fine copy in d/w.  
A$25

99. Conner, Patrick W.  Anglo-Saxon Exeter A Tenth-Century Cultural History. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. 1993. 24x15cm. xii, 279pp. 20 b/w plates, 10 tables, 3 figs. 1st ed. One corner a little bumped o/w VG.   Studies in Anglo-Saxon History IV. Professor Conner's study of monastic culture in Exeter, with his suggestion that 5 mportant MSS in addition to the "Exeter Book" may have been written therein the 10th Century.
A$50

100. COOLEY, Thomas C.T.  Railroading in Tasmania 1830-1962 The author, Hobart Tasmania n.d.(1960s) 26x17cm. xvi, 158pp plus 202 b/w pls. 1st ed. VG in sl. torn/repaired d/w.  
A$80

101. Cox, Kenneth  Angus McMillan Pathfinder Olinda, Victoria 1973. 1st ed. 24 x 16cm. 183pp. b/w ills. map endpapers. Covers little marked but generally VG in soiled/frayed d/w.   Biography of the man who explored deepest Gippsland in E. Victoria.
A$50

102. Cox, L., Lawson, R.S., and Lowe, T.E., (editors).  The Collected Papers of Hugh Trumble. M.U.P.1957. 22x14cm. xxi. 302pp. 1st edition. VG in worn d/w.   The collected papers of the famous surgeon of the Alfred and Austin Hospitals.
A$25.

103. Craig, Clifford  Old Tasmanian Prints Launceston 1964 xii, 349pp; 7 col. & 73 b/w plates Copy No. 711 (of 1000) signed by author. Covers rubbed/worn else VG  
A$200

104. Crick, Frances  Life Itself Its origin and nature Macdonald UK 1982 22x14cm 192pp. 1st UK edition. VG in d/w.   Crick was winner of the Nobel prize for 1962 for his work on DNA which he describes here.
A$40

105. Crispin, Edmund.  The Moving Toyshop. A Detective Story. Victor Gollancz. London. 1979.  20x13cm. 224pp.2nd impression. VG in d/w.   Originally published in 1946, The Moving Toyshop is generally regarded as Crispins most successful detective story.
A$15

106. Crossing, William  The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor With a Description of their Surroundingds. Commin, Exeter/Elkin Mathews, London.  23x14cm. xiv, 132pp + 4pp ads. 1 map , frontis. and 9 b/w plates. Author's presentation copy. Name cut out of top right corner of half-title; spine scuffed at head and tail; inside hinges cracking; corners bumped; few marks on upper board. With these faults noted a generally attractive VG copy.  
A$80

107. Cuffley, Peter  Cottage Gardens in Australia. Five Mile Press, Melbourne 1984. 26x24cm. 248pp. Col. & b/w ills. Revised edition, with corrections. VG in d/j.   A useful and informative book, mixing historical perspectives and practical suggestions.
A$40

108. Cumming, Duncan (Sir)  The Gentleman Savage. The Life of Mansfield Parkyns 1823 - 1894. Hutchinson 1987. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. xi, 176pp. b/w ills. bibliography, index. VG in d/w.   An English traveller/adventurer in Abyssinia, Egypt and the Sudan.
A$25

109. Cumpston, J.H.L.  Thomas Mitchell. Surveyor General & Explorer. O.U.P. London. 1955. 21x14cm. xiv. 270pp.16 plates. 12maps. VG in slightly worm d/w.   The first full length biography to be published of Thomas Mitchell.
A$50.

110. Dahl, Roald  Revolting Rhymes Jonathan Cape 1982. 1st ed. 28 x 22cm. Unnumbered pp. Col. illustrations by Quentin Blake. VG copy in pictorial laminated boards.   Subversive versions of traditional fairy tales.
A$45

111. Davidson. J.W.  Samoa mo Samoa. The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa. O.U.P. 1967. 22x14cm. xii. 467pp. 1st edition. VG in chipped d/w.   Examines the political evolution of Western Samoa to the recognition of its sovereinty by the community of nations.
A$35.

112. Davidson, Lionel  The Chelsea Murders Jonathan Cape, 1978 20x13cm. 236pp; First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$40

113. Davidson, Robyn.  Tracks. Jonathan Cape 1980. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 256pp 31 ills. V.G. in same d/w.   An account of Davidsons now famous trip across the desert.
A$25

114. Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter  The Mechanical Eye in Australia Photography 1841 - 1900 Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1985 29x23cm. xii, 270pp. b/w pls.1st ed. SIGNED by Peter Stanbury. VG in d/j.   Includes examples of work by Beaufoy Merlin, Charles Bayliss, the Freeman Brothers and Louisa How. Lists over 3,000 professional and amateur photographers operating in Australia in the 19th Century.
A$65

115. Day, David.  Menzies and Churchill at War. A Controversial New Account of the 1941 Struggle for Power. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1986. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. xii, 271pp. b/w ills. bibliography. VG in d/w.  
A$20

116. De Bremond D'ars, Yvonne  In the Heart of Paris The Fabulous Adventures of an Antique Dealer Gollancz, 1960 22x14cm. 224pp; VG in slightly frayed d/w.  
A$20

117. de Rougemont, Denis  Passion and Society Faber 1956 22x15cm. 336pp. Trans. by Montgomery Belgion. Revised and augmented (second) U.K.ed. VG in d/j.   "My central purpose was to describe the inescapable conflict in the West between passion and marriage." Which he does, via the Tristan myth, courtly love, troubadors and Cathars, the Arthurian Romance and so on.
A$40

118. De Segur, Count Phillippe-Paul.  Napoleon's Russian Campaign. Michael Joseph, London. 1959. 22x13cm. x. 284pp.1st British edition. VG in slightly creased/discolored d/w.   De Segur begins his history with the Grand Army on the banks of the Niemen just before the invasion of Russia.He documents the campaign, focusing on the battle of Borodino and the capture of Russia. He also documents Napoleon's own disintegration and provides interesting analysis of some of the other generals in the campaign.
A$25

119. Deighton, Len  Horse Under Water Cape 1963. 20x13cm. 255pp. 1st.ed. Motif on upper board. Previous owner's name in ink on verso of half-title, name and address on title-page (all neatly done). A few pages a little creased at corners; a few marks on top edge and rear endpapers o/w a VG copy in price-clipped, slightly rubbed and soiled d/w.   Secret File No.2, the sequel to "The Ipcress File."
A$90

120. Desmond, Ray.  Wonders of Creation. Natural History Drawings in the British Library. The British Library 1986. 1st ed. 28 x 21cm. 248pp. 67 B & W plates. 49 colour plates. VG in slightly worn and discoloured d/w, o/w a good copy.   A broad selection of the natural history drawings contined in the British Libray.
A$30

121. Devaney, James  Washdirt A novel of Old Bendigo. Georgian House, Melbourne 1946. 21x13cm. 229pp. 1st ed. Corner of fly leaf snipped, edges foxed; o/w VG in torn/defective d/w (protected).  
A$45

122. Dixon, Rt. Hon. Sir Owen  Jesting Pilate and Other Papers and Addresses. Law Book Co. Melbourne 1965. 24x16cm. 275pp. b/w frontis. Covers a little marked, fly-leaf nibbled o/w VG in grubby/frayed d/w.   Selected papers of the renowned judicial lawyer here collected by His Honour Judge Woinarski.
A$90

123. Dodge, Ernest S.  Beyond the Capes. Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger. (1776-1877). Victor Gollancz. 1971. 23x15cm. xv. 59 illustrations. 4 maps. 429pp. 1st edition. VG in chipped d/w.   Dodge chronicles the exploration of the Pacific since Cook ; Captain Bligh, Flinders and others. He details their achievements and their encounters with the people of the Pacific; a major contribution to the history of the region.
A$40.

124. Doody, Margaret  Aristotle Detective Bodley Head, 1978 20x13cm. 288pp; First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$30

125. Doorly, Captain Gerald S.  In The Wake. Robertson & Mullens.  18x11cm. 6 illustrations. 311pp. Spine faded, covers soiled/worn.  
A$25

126. Doyle, Edward (ed.)  Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIOlympiad Melbourne 1956. Govt. Printer Melbourne 1958. 1st ed. 29 x 22 cm. 760pp. Many b/w ills. Early pages thumbed, spine a little faded, covers slightly worn, o/w a good copy.  
A$250

127. Drake-Brockman,H. (with translations of the journals of Francisco Pelsaert by E.D. Brock.  Voyage To Disaster. The Batavia Mutiny. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1963.  21x14cm. xi. 318pp. 23 illustrations. VG copy in torn/repaired d/w.   A biography of Francisco Pelsaert and a presentation and translation of his journal.Research for this book led to the discovery of the wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia.
A$90.

128. Drewe, Robert  The Savage Crows. Collins, (Sydney) 1976. 23x13cm. 264pp. 1st ed. VG in slightly marked d/w.   Drewe's first novel.
A$50

129. Dunbar, Michael  Antique Woodworking Tools A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for To-day's Shop. Stobart, London 1979 23x16cm. 192pp b/w photos. Tape stains to endpps o/w VG in d/w.   A practical book by a professional American wood-worker.
A$35

130. Dutton, Geoffrey.  Founder of a City.. The life of Colonel William Light . First Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia: founder of Adelaide. 1786-1839. F.W.Cheshire. 1960. 1st.ed. 22x14cm. xvi. 323pp.17 ills. Good in slightly worn d/w.   A life of the first surveyor general of South Australia and founder of the city of Adelaide.
A$60.

131. Dutton, Geoffrey.  In Search of Edward John Eyre. Macmillan. 1982. 1st ed. 26 x 19cm. viii. 152pp. 46 plates. Fine in VG d/w.   Biography of the famous explorer and administrator.
A$20

132. Dutton, Geoffrey and Harris, Max.  The Vital Decade. Ten Years of Australian Art and Letters. Sun Books, Melbourne 1968. 1st ed. 24 x 18cm. 252pp. Num. col. and b/w ills. by eminent Australian artists. VG in d/w.   The decade is 1957-67 and this book anthologizes the best work to appear in the magazine "Australian Letters."
A$30

133. Ebbels, R.N.  The Australian Labor Movement 1850-1907. Australasian Book Society. 1960. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. xiii.255pp. V.G. in slighly faded d/w.   A documentary history of the Australian Labor Movement.
A$25

134. Edmonds,C.J.  Kurds, Turks and Arabs Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925 Oxford University Press 1957. 22x15cm. xiii,457pp, 16 b/w plates, 2 figs. 3 maps and map epps. Cloth sunned o/w VG.  
A$80

135. Edwards, P.G. (ed.)  Australia through American eyes 1935 - 1945 Observations by American diplomats. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia 1979. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 104pp. VG in d/w.   American attitudes revealed from official despatches and private letters.
A$20

136. Edwards, Philip (ed).  Cavendish, Hudson, Ralegh. Last Voyages. The Original Narratives. Clarendon Press 1988. 1st ed. 22x13cm. x. 268pp. 5 Maps. 5 Figures. V.G.in d/w.   Three contemporary accounts of the narratives of voyages during the Elizabethan and early Jacobean era.
A$40

137. Ellis, Havelock  Studies in the Psychology of Sex. F.A.Davis & Co. Philadelphia 1925. Complete in 7 volumes. Each 22x15cm. 3rd ed. revised and enlarged. An attractive set, with a little foxing to some fore-edges o/w in VG condition.   Vol. 1 Modesty, Sexual Periodicity, Auto-Erotism (352pp) Vol.2 Sexual Perversion (391pp) Vol.3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse, Love and Pain (353pp) Vol.4Sexual Selection in Man (270pp) Vol.5 Erotic Symbolism (285pp) Vol.6 Sex in Relation to Society (656pp) Vol.7 Eonism and Other Studies (539pp). "The only edition in English authorized by the author."
A$250

138. Emanuel, Cedric  Portrait of Adelaide. Rigby, Adel. 1975. 1st ed. 26 x 22cm. 84pp (approx.) B/w drawings by the author.  
A$20

139. Emanuel, Cedric  Portrait of Sydney Rigby, Adel. 1978. New ed. 26 x 22cm. 84pp. (approx.) B/w drawings by the author. VG in d/w.  
A$20

140. Ericksen, Ray.  Ernest Giles. Hesperian Press. 1977. Reprint. Paperback. 23x14cm. xi. 7 maps. 307pp. Mint condition (new).   The definitive study of Giles by Ray Ericksen.
A$30.

141. Evans, G.W.  Description of Van Diemen's Land. Heinemann. 1967. 22x14cm. ix. 1 Map. 132pp. Reprint. V.G. in protected d/w.   Facsimile edition. Evans was a surveyor and explorer and wrote his description in 1820.
A$40.

142. Eyre, Elizabeth.  Bravo For The Bride. An Italian Renaissance Whodunnit. St Martin's Press. New York. 1995. 21x14cm. 308pp. 1st edition. VG in d/w.   Elizabeth Eyre is the nom de plume for Jill Staynes and Margaret Story. Their fourth Italian Renaissance Mystery.
A$20

143. Fairley, Alan  The Observer's Book of National Parks of Australia Methuen, Sydney 1981 14x9cm 168pp col. and b/w ills. 1st Aust. ed. Laminated boards. VG.  
A$10

144. Fairley, Alan  The Observer's Book of Wildflowers of Australia Methuen, Sydney 1981 14x9cm. 128pp col. & b/w pls.1st Aust.ed.Laminated boards. VG.   No. A8 in the Australian Observer's series
A$10

145. Fallows, David.  Dufay. J.M.Dent. 1982. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. viii. 321pp. 19 ills. 4 maps. V.G. in slightly worn d/w.   A scholarly biography of the Medieval French composer.
A$25

146. Feifer, Maxine  Going Places. The ways of the Tourist from Imperial Rome to the Present Day. Macmillan 1985. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 286pp. b/w ills. by Jo Lynch. VG in d/w.   Pilgrims, Grand Tourists, package tourists and gawkers through history: where, how and why they went.
A$20

147. Ferrars, Elizabeth.  The Small World Of Murder. William Collins.London.1973. 20x12cm. 192pp.1st edition. VG in chipped d/w..  
A$15

148. Finch, Alan & Valerie.  Lord Howe Island. Rigby. 1967.  1st ed. 22x14cm. 160pp. 11 ills. v.g.   The story of Sir Francis Chichester's sea-plane flight from New Zealand to Australia in 1931, in which he crash landed on Lord Howe Island and repaired his aircraft with the help of the islanders.
A$20

149. Fisk, Dorothy.  Doctor Jenner of Berkeley. Heinemann. London. 1959. 21x14cm. 288pp. 10 illustrations. 1st edition. VG.   Biography of Jenner which focuses not only on his discovery of vaccination and his work to promote its use but also on his other interests and achievments.
A$25.

150. Fitzpatrick, Brian  The Australian People 1788 -1945 1st ed. MUP, Melbourne 1946. 22 x 14cm. viii, 279pp, map endpapers, folding chart. VG in faded d/w.  
A$25

151. Fleming, Ian  Chitty Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Magical Car. Adventure No.3 Cape 1965. 25x15cm. 48pp. Col. ills. by John Burningham. 1st. ed. VG in slightly marked d/w.   A scarce Ian Fleming children's book, in surprisingly good order.
A$80

152. Flexner, Simon & Flexner, James Thomas.  William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine. The Viking Press. New York. 1941. 24x16cm. 539pp. 25 illustrations. 1st edition. VG in raggedd/w.   A comprehensive biography of William. H. Welch. who over a period of 50 years during the late 19th and early 20th centuries established the first pathological laboratory in the U.S.was one of four doctors who opened the John Hopkins Medical School and edited Americas first scientific journal. He was the first president of the scientific board of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and was an active member of many other medical boards and commitees.
A$40

153. Forshufvud, Sten.  Who Killed Napoleon? Hutchinson & Co. London. 1962. 21x14cm. 256pp. 14 illustrations. 1st British Edition. Some wear to covers, generally good in soiled d/w.   Forshufvud analyzes the evidence for Napoleon's murder by arsenic poisoning refuting the usual explanation that he died of stomach cancer.
A$30

154. Fox, Michael V.  The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs. University of Wisconsin Press 1985. 2nd imp. 23 x 15cm. pp xxvii, 454pp, appendices, bibliography.   Translations, commentary and critical analysis by a professor of Hebrew and Semitic Studies. Includes an Appendix of Hieroglyphic Transcription.
A$45

155. FRASER, Antonia  Oxford Blood Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1985. 22x15cm. 224pp. 1st ed. VG in d/w.   The fifth Jemima Shore mystery.
A$20

156. Fraser, Antonia  Quiet As A Nun A Thriller. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1977. 22x15cm. 176pp. 2nd. imp. Label and crease to fly-leaf o/w VG in d/w.   The first Jemima Shore mystery-thriller.
A$15

157. Freeman, John  Herman Melville Macmillan 1926. 19x14cm. viii, 200pp + ads. 1st ed. VG.   In the "English Men of Letters" series. (Which is curious since Melville wasn't). The first book about Melville to be published in England.
A$25

158. Freudenberg, Graham  A Certain Grandeur Gough Whitlam in Politics Macmillan 1977 1st ed. 22x14.5cm. xiii,429pp. Name on flyleaf o/w VG in slightly frayed d/w.  
A$20

159. Fry, Colleen & Gavin.  Donald Friend Australian War Artist 1945. Currey O'Neil, Melbourne 1982. 1st ed. 33 x 23cm. 80pp. Num. col. & b/w plates. Spine and corners little bumped o/w VG in d/w.  
A$60

160. Galbraith, J.K.  Money Whence it came, where it went. Deutsch, 1978. 2nd.imp. (U.K.) 23 x15cm. 323pp. VG in d/w.   The celebrated Harvard professor deduces important lessons from the history of money.
A$20

161. Gane, Douglas  Tristan da Cunha An Empire Outpost and Its Keepers with Glimpses of its Past and Consideration of the Future. Geo. Allen & Unwin, 1932. 20x14cm. 173pp + ads. b/w ills. 1st ed. Edges and some pp. foxed; fly-leaf missing top strip (2.5 cm.) and heavily annotated in pencil and ink; o/w VG.   An argument for the retention and development of the island colony within the British Empire by a friend and authority of long standing.
A$20

162. Gann, Thomas  Mystery Cities. Exploration and adventure in Lubaantun. Duckworth 1925. 1st ed. 23 x 16cm. 252pp. many b/w plates. Fore-edge foxed, o/w VG copy in ragged/torn d/w, partly repaired.   Archaeological and anthropological researches in Central America, mostly in Guatemala and British Honduras (Belize).
A$90

163. Garcia, L. Pericot.  The Balearic Islands. Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st ed. 2o x 15cm. 184pp. 73 photographs, 39 line drawings, 7 maps. Good in slightly worn d/w.   A study of the Megalithic monuments of Balearic prehistory.
A$20

164. Garden, Edward  Balakirev. A Critical Study of his life and music. Faber 1967. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 352pp. 16 b/w ills. bibliography, catalogue of works etc. VG in d/w.   First full-length study of the Russian composer, leader of the St. Petersburg group "The Mighty Handful".
A$35

165. Gardner Robert, and Heider Karl.  Gardens of War. Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age. Random House 1968. 1st ed. 28 x 22cm. xvi. 184pp. 337 photographs. VG in d/w. With an introduction by Margaret Mead.   The first comprehensive study of the Dugum Dani tribe of New Guinea.
A$35

166. Garner, Helen.  Cosmo Cosmolino. Mcphee Gribble, 1992. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. 221pp. Signed copy. Near fine in VG d/w.   Helen Garner's sixth novel.
A$40

167. Geeves, Philip  Philip Geeves' Sydney. Angus & Robertson Sydney 1984. 4th imp. 26 x 20 cm. 158pp. Line drawings by Cedric Emanuel. VG in d/w.  
A$25

168. Geiringer, Karl  Brahms. His Life and Work. Allen & Unwin 1963. 2nd imp. 2nd ed., revised and enlarged edition. xv, 383pp. 14 b/w plates, bibliography, index. Small ink stain pp256-7, minor foxing to fore-edge o/w VG copy in soiled/repaired d/w.   "The finest study of the composer ever published in any language."
A$30

169. George, Henry  The Science of Political Economy. Kegan Paul Tench Trubner 1898. 2nd ed. xxvii, 545pp, b/w frontis. A presentation copy from the members of The Free Trade and Land Values League (with their signatures) to Miss Eva McLoskey on 31st March 1913. A few pages carelessly opened, covers a little worn & marked o/w a generally good copy.   A nice association copy. George began this book in 1891 "after returning from a lecturing tour through Australia," where his ideas obviously bore some fruit. Author of the famous "Progress and Poverty" he advocated a single tax valued on the value of land exclusive of improvements, and the abolition of all taxes which fall on industry and savings.
A$60

170. Ghazali  Book of Counsel for Kings Oxford U.P. 1964 22x15cm.lxxiv,196pp Fore-edge lightly foxed o/w VG in d/j.   First translation of this 11th century Persian masterpiece into English.Translated by F.R.C.Bagley from the Persian text edited by Jalal Huma'i and the Bodleian Arabic text edited by H.D.Isaacs. With introduction, Notes and Biographical index.
A$80

171. Gide, Andre  If It Die.... Secker & Warburg 1950. 24x17cm. 300pp. Translated by Dorothy Bussy. Copy No. 1413 of a limited ed. of 1500. Fore-edge heavily foxed o/w VG in ragged/torn/embrowned d/w/   Gide's early years, translated from the true first edition (1920) of "Si Le Grain ne Meurt".
A$50

172. Gilbert, Michael  The Empty House Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. 20 x 13cm. 222pp. 1st edition. Label tipped-in on fly-leaf, signed by author. Ink ticks on verso of half-title o/w VG in price-clipped sl.torn d/w.  
A$25

173. Gillison, Joan.  Colonial Doctor and his Town. Cypress Books. Melbourne. 1974. 21x14cm. 292pp. 20 illustrations. 1st edition. VG in worn d/w.   Joan Gillison's biography of her grandfather,Dr Samuel Reynolds the first man to practise medicine in the Victorian town of Mansfield.
A$30

174. Glenne, Michael  Great Australasian Mysteries. Stanley Paul 1938. 1st ed. (?) 23 x 16cm. 288pp. 18 b/w plates. Spine split/frayed at head and tail, covers marked and very worn, externally poor; internally VG.   The mysteries are anthropological, mostly, and sometimes just curiosities. The book is divided in three parts, Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand, with a wealth of material on indigenous peoples.
A$25

175. Goff, Clarissa  Florence and Some Tuscan Cities Painted by Colonel R.C.Goff. A.& C.Black n.d. (1905?) 23x17cm. xii, 262pp + ads. 75 col plates with captioned guards, by R.C.Goff. Decorative cloth spine and upper board.Top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of "Lewis J. Balfour" on front paste-down. Fore-edge foxed, corners and head of spine a little rubbed/worn, o/w VG.   One of the 20/- series. The date of this copy is unclear; no date is given on the title-page or verso, but Black's catalogue for Spring 1905 is bound in at the back. It is possibly the first edition. Inman says of the reprints in 1911 and 1912: "All copies bear the 1905 date." Inman 27.
A$90

176. Golding, William  Close Quarters Faber and Faber, 1987 22x14cm. 281pp; First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$20

177. Goldscheider, Ludwig  Michelangelo Paintings, Sculptures, Architecture. Phaidon, 1963. 30x23cm. 262pp. 400 ills.inc. tipped-in/folding col. pls. VG copy in d/j.   All the works, except for the drawings, are illustrated in this complete edition.
A$50

178. Goudge, Elizabeth  The Heart of the Family Hodder & Stoughton 1954. 21x14cm. 317pp. Signed by the author. 3rd impression. Small stain on fore-edge o/w VG in repaired d/w.   One of the Eliots of Damerosehay series.
A$30

179. Gower, David  Gower, The Autobiography. Harper Collins 1992. 1st ed. 24 x 15cm. 256pp. B & W and colour photographs. VG in same d/w.   David Gower answers his critics in his autobiography.
A$20

180. Goytisolo, Juan.  Vol 1. Forbidden Territory. Vol 11. Realms of Strife. The Memoirs of Juan Goytisolo. Vol 1. 1931-1956. Vol 11.1957-1982. North Point Press. 1985. 1st ed. Vol.1. 23 x 15cm. 235pp. Near fine in slightly rubbed d/w. Vol.11. 23 X 15cm. 261pp. Near fine in slightly rubbed d/w.   The memoirs of the Spanish novelist.
A$40

181. Grant, Ian  Jacka, VC Australia's Finest Fighting Soldier Macmillan, 1989 22x14cm. v,196pp; 8 b/w plates; First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$25

182. Graves, Robert  The White Goddess Faber & Faber, 1948 22x14cm. 430pp; First Edition. Top corner of flyleaf snipped o/w VG in slightly ragged and marked d/w.  
A$150

183. Gray, Richard. and Birmingham, David. (eds).  Pre-Colonial African Trade. Essays on Trade in Central and Eastern Africa before 1900. O.U.P. 1970. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 308pp. 16 maps. Slightly worn o/w VG.  
A$30

184. Greene, Graham  Collected Essays Bodley Head 1969. 1st ed. 20 x 13cm. 463pp. VG copy in partly soiled/stained d/w.  
A$90

185. Greer,Germaine.  Daddy We Hardly Knew You Hamish Hamilton 1989. 1st ed. 24 x 14cm. 311pp. VG in slightly worn d/w.   An account of Germaine Greer's quest to learn more about her father.
A$20

186. Grimwade, Andrew.  Involvement. The Portraits of Clifton Pugh and Mark Strizic. Sun Books, Melbourne 1968. 1st (limited) edition. 38 x 28cm. 134pp. 45 full-page plates (41 in color); 45 other plates and 41 photographic portraits. Signed copy. Bound in full merino, with incised and colored motifs; edges and corners chafed. Fore-edge a little foxed o/w VG copy in soiled/frayed d/w (protected).   Copy No.82 (of 1200) fully signed by Grimwade, Pugh and Strizic. A really beautiful book designed by Les Gray and made at the Griffin Press, Adelaide.
A$350

187. GSELL, F.X.  The Bishop with 150 Wives. Fifty Years as a Missionary. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1956. 20x14cm. 175pp. 14 b/w plates. 1st ed. Signed & dedicated by the author.   Story of (French) Bishop of Darwin's missionary work with aborigines in the Northern territory.
A$50

188. Gunn, John  Challenging Horizons. Qantas 1939 - 1954. Uni. of Queensland Press, St. Lucia 1987. 1st ed. 25 x 18cm. xiv, 434pp, many b/w ills. VG in d/w.   Second volume of the history of Qantas.
A$45

189. Gunn, John  High Corridors. Qantas 1954 - 1970. Uni. of Queensland Press, St. Lucia 1988. 1st ed. 25 x 18cm. xvi, 468pp, many b/w ills. VG in d/w.   Third volume of the hisory of Qantas.
A$45

190. Hagan, Dorothy Veinus  Felicien David 1810 - 1876. A Composer and a Cause. Syracuse U.P. New York 1985. 1st ed. 23 x 16cm. xiii, 239pp. b/w ills. VG in d/w with a small closed (and repaired) tear.   Study of the French composer of lyric operas, whose cause was to champion the Utopian ideals of Saint-Simon.
A$20

191. Haggard, H. Rider & Lang, Andrew.  The World's Desire. Longmans, Green & Co. 1890. 19x13cm. viii, 318pp + 24pp ads. First ed. Some heavy foxing to some pages, all pages affected at head by a strip of damp-staining (1cm. max.). This copy re-cased, with new endpapers and original lettered cloth from upper board (and blank lower board) laid down. A not unattractive copy, withal.  
A$50

192. Hamilton, Nigel  Master of the Battlefield. Monty's War Years 1942-1944. McGraw-Hill N.Y. n.d. (1983). 24x16cm. xxi, 863pp. 190 b/w plates, 26 maps. 1st U.S. ed. VG in d/w.   Second volume in the definitive biography.
A$50

193. Hamilton, Nigel  Monty Final Years of the Field-Marshal,1944-1976. McGraw-Hill, N.Y. n.d. (1987). 24x16cm. xxvii, 996pp. 187 b/w plates, 11 maps. 1st U.S. ed. VG in d/w.   Third and final volume of the definitive biography.
A$50

194. Hamilton, Nigel  Monty The Making of a General 1887-1942 Hamish Hamilton 1981. 24x16cm. xix, 871pp. 85 b/w plates, 13 maps. 1st U.K. ed. VG in d/w (creased on spine).   First volume in the definitive three-volume biography.
A$50

195. Hamilton-Paterson, James  The View From Mount Dog. Stories. Macmillan 1980. 1st ed. 22 x 15cm. 202pp. VG in d/w.   First book of stories by the English poet.
A$30

196. Hansmann, Liselotte  Calvaires Schloendorn, Munich 1962. 29 x 23cm. 246pp. b/w photos by Claus Hansmann. Text in German, French and German. VG copy in d/w.   A glorious photographic celebration of the stone and sculpted Calvaries and Crucifixes of Britanny, France.
A$50

197. Happe, Peter  Medieval English Drama. A Casebook. Macmillan 1984. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 222pp. VG in d/w.   Critical appraisals of mediaeval drama, particularly in regard to structure and technique. In Macmillan's Casebook series.
A$25

198. Harris, Rosemary   Legends from East to West Faber & Faber, 1974 24x15cm. 268pp; col. ills. by Errol Le Cain. Signed by illustrator. First Edition. VG in d/w.  
A$25

199. Hasluck, Alexandra  Thomas Peel of Swan River O.U.P. Melbourne. 1965. 22x14cm. xiv, 273pp.18 b/w plates, 12 drawings in text. 1st ed. VG in repaired d/w.   First biography of the pioneer of free emigration and land settlement in Western Australia.
A$40

200. Hawdon, Joseph  The Journey from New South Wales to Adelaide. Performed in 1838 by Joseph Hawdon. Georgian House, Melbourne 1952. 1st ed. 24 x 15cm. ix, 65pp. b/w frontis. & 6 ills.; folding map. VG in slightly ragged d/w.   The first overlanding of cattle from the Murrumbidgee River to Adelaide, via Melbourne, with Hawdon's descriptions of the topography and meetings with aborigines en route.
A$65

201. Hawking, Stephen.  A Brief History Of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Press. 1988. 24x15cm. x. 198pp. 1st edition. V.G. in protected d/w.   Hawking's first book aimed at a general readership examines the possibilities of a grand unified theory.
A$40

202. Hawley, Janet.  Encounters with Australian Artists. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia 1993. 1st ed. 26 x 18cm. 192pp. with col. and b/w ills. VG copy in d/w. Together with a 1-page typed letter signed by the author, expressing her reservations about the book's design, especially the cover: "I think it looks like a book of knitting patterns." (She was right: it was remaindered last year, and not because of the contents).   Profiles of the leading Australian artists including last meetings with LLoyd Rees, Brett Whiteley, Donald Friend and Sidney Nolan.
A$50

203. Hay, John.  Castillian Days. Heinemann,1903. 21x15cm. 111 illustrations by Joseph Pennell. 275pp. 1st edition. Corners bumped, wear to head and foot of spine, covers marked, but generally good.   Cultural and artistic meditation on Spanish Life.
A$30.

204. Heller, Joseph.  Closing Time. Simon and Schuster. 1994. 1st ed. 24 x 15cm. 464pp. The sequel to Catch-22. VG in slightly worn d/w.   The sequel to Catch-22 follows the lives of many of the characters in the previous novel since the end of WW11.
A$20

205. Heller, Joseph.  Good as Gold. Jonathan Cape. 1979. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 447pp. Good in d/w.   Joseph Heller's third published novel.
A$20

206. Heller, Joseph.  Picture This. G. P. Putman. 1988. 1st ed. 22 x 15cm. 352pp. VG in slightly worn d/w.   Joseph Heller's sixth published novel.
A$20

207. Henderson, Lieut.-Col. G. F. R.  Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War. (2 Vols) Longmans Green, & Co. 1906. 20x14cm. 1st UK ed. Vol.1: xxiii. 447pp. 2 portraits. 15 maps. Corners bumped, covers a little soiled, fore-edge foxed, lacking title page. Vol.2: 528pp 18 maps. Corners bumped,creased at head and foot of spine, fore-edge foxed, punch hole in top right hand corner. Despite all this, not an unattractive set.  
A$80 the set

208. Herman, Morton.  Georgian Architecture in Australia. UreSmith, Sydney 1963. 2nd imp. 28 x 24cm. 148pp. 100 b/w plates by Max Dupain. VG copy in d/w.   This reprint includes a bibliography and index.
A$90

209. Heyerdahl, Thor.  Early Man and the Ocean. The beginning of navigation and seaborn civilizations. Allen & Unwin. 1978. 1st.ed. 24x15cm. 392pp. 21 ill,s. Signed by the author. v.g. in d/w.  
A$50

210. Himmelfarb, D.  The Technology of Cordage Fibres and Rope. Leonard Hill. London. 1957. 22x14cm. xv. 59 figures. 91 tables. 370pp. Some wear to covers, generally VG in chipped d/w.  
A$30

211. HINTON, David A.  Alfred's Kingdom. Wessex and the South 800 - 1500. BCA/Dent 1977. Book Club reprint. 24 x 15cm. xii, 228pp. 29 b/w plates, 40 b/w figs. VG in slfaded d/w.  
A$20

212. Hislop, Alexander.  The Two Babylons. The Papal Worship proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and his Wife. S. W. Partridge. 1952. Reprint. 22 x 14cm. xxii. 330pp. 61 woodcut ills. Fore-edge and title page slightly foxed,in slightly worn d/w, o/w good.  
A$25

213. Hodgkin, Thomas  Italy and Her Invaders. Oxford University Press 1892. 8 volumes (in 9) complete. Each vol. 23x15cm. Many illustrations, figures, maps and diagrams. 2nd ed.(Vols 1-4), 1st ed. (Vols 5-8), probably as issued. Covers a little scuffed and soiled, some foxing to text and plates, but a generally bright and attractive set in VG condition.   Vol.1 Pt.1 & Pt.2 The Visigothic Invasion (934pp) Vol.2 The Hunnish and Vandal Invasions (673pp) Vol.3 The Ostrogothic Invasion (648pp) Vol.4 The Imperial Restoration (708pp) Vol.5 The Lombard Invasion (484pp) Vol.6 The Lombard Kingdom (634pp) Vol.7 The Frankish Invasions (397pp) Vol.8 The Frankish Empire (326pp). The monumental work covering the period c.400 A.D. to 814 A.D. documentingthe passing of the Roman Empire in Italy and the foundation of the mediaeval Italian states.
A$800 the set.

214. Hogstrand, Olle.  On The Prime Minister's Account. Victor Gollancz. London. 1972. 20x13cm. 217pp. 1st British edition. Good in d/w.   Hogstrand's first thriller, translated from the Swedish.
A$15

215. Hollis, Christopher.  The Mind of Chesterton. Hollis & Carter 1970. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 303pp. Spine worn at head and tail o/w VG.   Critical study of GKC.
A$20?

216. Holroyd, John.  George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898. Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher. Robertson & Mullens. 1968. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 64pp. 17 ills. VG in slightly worn and faded d/w.   A biography of the pionneering Melbourne bookseller and publisher.
A$30

217. HOPE, A.D.  Antechinus Poems 1975-80. Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1981.  22x14cm. 110pp. 1st.ed. Card covers (rubbed)o/w VG. Signed and dedicated: "For Nina, with love and gratitude from Alec. A.D.Hope 1982."  
A$40

218. Horgan, Paul.  Encounters with Stravinsky. A Personal Record. The Bodley Head. 1972. 1st. ed. 22 x 14cm. 224pp. 14 ills. V.G. in d/w.   A personal memoir of Stavinsky.
A$20

219. Hough, Richard  Captain Bligh and Mister Christian The men and the Mutiny. Cassell 1979. Revised edition. 24 x 16cm. 320pp. 16 b/w plates, 10 b/w ills. in the text. VG copy in d/w.   Re-issue of a classic book, winner of the Whitbread Literary Award and basis for the film directed by David Lean, with author's foreword and additions.
A$35

220. Howe, K.R.  Where The Waves Fall. A New South Sea Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule. Allen & Unwin. 1984. 1st ed. 23 x 18cm. xix. 403pp. 11 maps, 33 plates. Near fine in slightly worn d/w.   A history of the Pacific Islands which analyzes the influence of European exploraation on the indigenous people of the area.
A$40

221. Howitt, William  Land, Labour and Gold or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. Sydney University Press 1972. Facsimile edition, edited and with an introduction by Professor S.J Butlin. Volumes 1 & 2 combined. 21 x 13cm. 14pp, xvi, 413pp; xii, 397pp, 8pp. Endpaper maps. Some ink annotations on verso of flyleaf o/w VG copy in slightly torn d/w.   Reprint, in the Australian Historical Reprint series, of the classic account of life in gold-rush Victoria, by the Quaker journalist.
A$65

222. Hudson, W.J. & SHARP, M.P.  Australian Independence. Colony to Reluctant Kingdom. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 1988. 1st ed. 153pp. VG in d/w.   Detailed examination of if, how and when Australia became an independent sovereign state.
A$20

223. Huetson, T. L.  Lace and Bobbins A History and Collector's Guide. David & Charles, U.K. 1983 22x14cm. 188pp 20 b/w ills. and 2 figs.VG in d/j.  
A$30

224. Hughes, Mary Kent.  Pioneer Doctor. A Biography of John Singleton. O.U.P. 1950. 22x14cm. 8 illustrations. 1st edition. VG in rather ragged d/w.   Biography of John Singleton, one of the first doctors to practise in Victoria.
A$20

225. Hughes, Robert  The Fatal Shore A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787 - 1868. Collins Harvill 1987. 3rd imp. 24 x 16cm. xvi, 688pp. maps & many b/w ills. Signed by the author. VG in d/w.  
A$60

226. Huizinga, J.  Homo Ludens A Study of the Play Element in Culture. Temple Smith, London 1970. 23x15cm. 251pp.New edition. VG in d/w.  
A$25

227. Humphries, Barry.  More Please An Autobiography. Viking 1992. 25x16cm. xii, 336pp. b/w ills. Signed by the author. 1st. ed. Fore-edge a little spotted o/w VG in d/w.  
A$30

228. Innes, Michael  Appleby's Other Story Gollancz, London 1975. 20x13cm. 192pp. 2nd imp. VG in d/w.   "A conducted tour of a splendid mansion; a beautifully articulated plot; and Sir John in playfully relaxed mood."
A$15

229. Irving, John  The Cider House Rules. Jonathan Cape 1985 1st UK ed. 22 x 15cm. 560pp. VG in d/w.  
A$25

230. Irwin, Eric.  Gentleman George King of Melodrama. Q.U.P. 1980. 1st ed. 22 x 13cm. xvi. 234pp. 43 ills. V.G. in slightly rubbed d/w.   Biography of the 19th century Australian theatre actor.
A$25

231. Ismay, Lord  The Memoirs of General the Lord Ismay. Heinemann 1960. 22x14cm. x, 486pp. b/w frontis. + 7 maps/diagrams. 1st ed. VG in sl.frayed d/w..   Memoirs of the English Major-General who was Churchill's staff officer and personal representative on the Chiefs of Staff committee during World War Two. After the war, Ismay as Mountbatten's advisor helped implement the (disastrous) Partition of India.
A$20

232. James, Clive  Falling Towards England Unreliable Memoirs II Jonathan Cape 1985. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 192pp. VG in price-clipped d/w.  
A$25

233. James, Clive  May Week Was in June Unreliable Memoirs III. Jonathan Cape 1990. 1st ed. 249pp. Small spot on fore-edge o/w VG in price-clipped d/w.  
A$25

234. James, P.D.  Original Sin Faber 1992. 24x16cm. 426pp. 1st ed. VG in d/w.   An Adam Dalgleish detective story set in the premises of a long-established London publishing house.
A$20

235. Jekyll, Gertrude  Classic English Gardens. Studio Editions, Smithmark N.Y. 1995. New ed. 30 x 26cm. 192pp. 50 col. illustrations by George S. Elgood. VG in d/w.   Re-issue of Miss Jekyll's classic of 1904, with beautiful watercolor illustrations.
A$45

236. Jessup Ronald.  Anglo-Saxon Jewellery Faber and Faber. London. 1950. 25x16cm.148pp.1st ed. Corners bumped and chipped ,edges creased and chipped, o/w VG in repaired d/w.   A wide discussion of Anglo-Saxon jewellery in both its domestic and social context.Also examines its relation to art in general during the Saxon period.
A$60

237. Johns, W.E.  Biggles' Second Case. Hodder 1948. 1st ed. 19 x 12cm. 191pp. Prelims a little creased & soiled; likewise the cover o/w generally a VG copy in slightly ragged/torn d/w.   The second great adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth CID (but not the second Biggles book to be published).
A$40

238. Johnson, Raynor C.  A Religious Outlook for Modern Man Hodder and Stoughton, 1972 22x14cm. 220pp; Signed by the author, VG in d/w.  
A$25

239. Jolley, Elizabeth.  Foxybaby. Q.U.P.1985. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 261pp. Signed copy. Fine in same d/w.  
A$40

240. Jones, Rod  Julia Paradise Jonathan Cape 1988, 1st UK ed. 22 x 14cm. 98pp. VG in d/w.  
A$50

241. Kanfer, Larry  Prairiescapes. Photographs by Larry Kanfer. University of Illinois Press, 1987. 26x30cm. 106pp. 101 photographs in color and b/w. Signed copy. VG in lightly sunned d/w.   Photographs which capture the quiet beauty of the prairie state.
A$50

242. Keane, Judge Ronan  Equity and the Law of Trusts in the republic of Ireland Butterworths, 1988. 25 x 16cm. liii, 387, cover slightly marked o/w VG.   First modern textbook on Irish equity law.
A$35

243. Keneally, Thomas  Confederates. A novel. Collins 1979. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. map endpapers. 427pp. Spine slightly bumped and canted o/w VG copy in d/w (spine little faded).   A scarce Keneally novel.
A$80

244. Kerr, Sir John.  Matters for Judgement. An Autobiography. Macmillan. 1979. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. xxi. 468pp. Numerous photographs. signed copy. Fine in same d/w.   John Kerr's autobiography covers his early life right upto his dramatic dismissal of the then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
A$40

245. King, Edward  ENGLAND 1175-1425 Routledge Kegan Paul 1979 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. vii, 214pp., b/w figures. Fly leaf partly adhering to front paste-down else VG in d/w.   In the series "The Development of English Society" edited by Dorothy Marshall.
A$25

246. Kingsford-Smith, C.E. & Ulm, C.T.P.  Story of "Southern Cross" Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 Penlington & Somerville, Sydney 1928 18x13cm. 228pp 72 b/w ills. pictorial epps.and upper board. 1st Aust.ed.Residual traces of erased scribble on title-page and a few plates; fore-edge and some pp foxed, spine worn at head and tail o/w VG.   One of the classics of aviation literature. A joint Australian-American venture which achieved the first flight across the Pacific, from San Francisco to Brisbane.
A$150

247. Kubly, Herbert  Stranger in Italy Gollancz, 1961 22x14cm. 381pp; VG in d/w.  
A$15

248. Kuhn, Thomas S.  The structure of Scientific Revolutions University of Chicago Press 1970 23x16cm. 210pp. Second edition, enlarged. VG in d/w.  
A$25

249. Lawrence, D.H. (translator)  Mastro Don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga Jonathan Cape 1925. 19x13cm. xi, 454pp. 1st. U.K. ed. All edges heavily foxed, light internal foxing to some pages. Upper board slightly silver-fish damaged. Despite these flaws an attractive copy.   Lawrence's translation of an Italian classic, the sequel to "I Malavoglia" bythe Sicilian writer best known to opera-lovers as the author of "Cavalleria Rusticana." An uncommon Lawrence item in any condition.
A$50

250. Leach, Bernard  A Potter's Book Faber 1971. 2nd ed. 12th imp. 22 x 14cm. 294pp. 4 col. & 77 b/w plates, + line drawings in the text. VG in d/w.   Classic handbook by the English potter who studied and worked in Japan.
A$30

251. Lever, Maurice.  Marquis de Sade. A Biography. Harper Collins, 1993. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. 626pp. V. G. in slightly worn d/w.  
A$35

252. Lewis, Brian.  Sunday at Kooyong Road. Hutchinson. 1976. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 183pp. V. G. in slightly worn d/w.   An account of Brian Lewis's childhood in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale in the early 1900's.
A$20

253. Lewis, C.S.  English Literature in the Sixteenth Century excluding Drama. The completion of the Clark Lectures Trinity College, Cambridge, 1944. O.U.P.1954.  1st.ed. 22x14cm. vi. 696pp. v.g.   A detailed study of the literature of the Sixteenth Century excluding drama with sections on Sidney, Spenser, Hooker, More and Tyndale.
A$90

254. Lewis, David.  From Maui to Cook. The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific. Doubleday. 1977. 23x17cm. ix. 212pp. Drawings by Walter Stackpool. 1st edition. Front cover creased at top edge o/w. good in protected d/w.   An account of Pacific exploration which includes European and non-European explorers.
A$25.

255. Lindsay, Jack.  A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence. Studio Books. 1962. 1st ed. 22 x 13cm. 439pp. 52 plates. Good in slightly worn and torn d/w.   A cultural history of the Old Stone Age to the Renascence.
A$30

256. Lowenstein, Wendy.  Weevils in the Flour. An Oral Record of the 1930's Depression in Australia. Hyland House. 1978. 1st ed. 23 x 15cm. xii. 464pp. V.G. in slightly worn d/w.   An oral history of the Great Depression in Australia in the 1930's.
A$40

257. Luffman Bogue, C.  Quiet Days in Spain. John Murray. 1910. 22x14cm. xvi. 318pp. 1st edition. Some foxing, wera to covers, generally good.   An account of the author's travels in Spain at the turn of the century.
A$30

258. Lyle, R.C.  Royal Newmarket. Putnam 1945. 1st ed. 28 x 22cm. xiv, 108pp. 10 col. & 38 b/w ills. by Lionel Edwards. Tiny hole on edge of spine, some minor wear o/w VG copy.   History of horse-racing at Newmarket in England, with beautiful illustrations by Lionel Edwards.
A$75

259. Macaulay, Rose. Photographs by Roloff Beny.  Pleasure of Ruins. Thames and Hudson. 1964. Reprint. 26 x 20cm. 240pp. 156 plates,16 in colour, and 26 maps and site plans. V. G. in slightly worn d/w.   Rose Macaulay's evocative analysis of the ruins of Angkor Wat,Tintern Abbey, Copan,Troy.....
A$25

260. McCarthy, J.K..  Patrol into Yesterday. My New Guinea Years. F.W. Cheshire. 1963. 1st ed. 24x15cm. 252pp. 45 ills.Good in slightly worn d/w.   A history of New Guinea by the Director of the Department of Native Affairs and member of the Papua-New Guinea Legislative Council during the 1920's.
A$50.

261. McCarthy,J.K..  Patrol into Yesterday. My New Guinea Years. F.W. Cheshire. 1963. 1st ed. 24x15cm. 252pp. 45 ills.Good in slightly worn d/w.   A history of New Guinea by the Director of the Department of Native Affairs and member of the Papua-New Guinea Legislative Council during the 1920's.
A$50.

262. McCorquodale, Charles  The History of Interior Decoration. Phaidon, Oxford 1983. 1st UK ed. 29 x 23cm. 224pp. 64 col. & 81 b/w ills. VG in d/w.  
A$35

263. McCubbin, Charles.  Australian Butterflies. Nelson, Melb. 1971. 32 x 24cm. xxxii, 206pp. Num. col. ills. of 330 species of Australian butterfly. VG copy in misprinted d/w (Lettering on the spine has been omitted).   A beautiful book combining scholarship and artistic brilliance.
A$120

264. McCULLOCH, Alan  Encyclopaedia of Australian Art. (2 Vols.) Hutchinson, Melbourne 1984. New ed. in 2 vols. 23 x 16cm. 668 & 660pp; total of 127 plates in col. 174 b/w plates. VG in d/ws.   Contains many artists who do not feature in the first and third editions.
A$80 the set.

265. Macdonald, Ross  The Underground Man Crime Club, Collins 1971. 20x13cm. 255pp 1st UK ed. VG in rubbed, price-clipped d/w.   A Lew Archer story.
A$20

266. McDonell, Captain. R.  Build A Fleet Lose A Fleet. Hawthorn Press. 1976. 22x14cm. 28 illustrations.242pp. 1st edition. Good copy in chipped d/w.   The History of the old Commonwealth line of Steamers,founded by Billy Hughes.
A$30

267. Macfarlane, Gwyn.  Alexander Fleming The Man and The Myth. Chatto & Windus. London. 1984. 23x15cm. xiv. 304pp. 8 plates. 1st edition. Bumped at head of spine o/w v.g.   Biography of the Scottish bacteriologist, and the discoverer in 1928 of penicillin.
A$25

268. Macfarlane,Gwyn.  Howard Florey. The Making of a Great Scientist. O.U.P. London. 1979. 22x14cm. xiii. 396pp. 8 plates. 1st edition. Slightly creased at head and footof spine o/w good.   A biography of the Nobel prize-winning scientist who more than any other was responsible for the introduction of penicillin therapy.
A$30

269. MacGeorge, Norman.  The Arts in Australia. Cheshire, Melb. 1948. 1dst ed. 26 x 22cm. 125pp. 8 col. plates & num. b/w ills. Covers soiled and frayed at extremities; generally good.   Essays by MacGeorge and others on the fine arts and the performing arts in post-war Australia.
A$40

270. McGuire, Paul  Murder by the Law. Skeffington, London n.d. (1930s?) 19x14cm. 256pp. 6th thousandth. Few ink stains to one margin, covers partly sunned, o/w VG in torn/heavily repaired d/w.   A novelist is found with his head bashed in on the sand-dunes of Bellchurch. In Skeffingtons' 2/6 popular novels series.
A$15

271. Mckie, Ron & Georgie.  Reflections of the Sepik. Crawford House 1993. 1st ed. 28 x 25cm. 146pp. Numerous colour photographs.Covers slightly marked o/w good in slightly worn d/w.   Pictorial coverage of the important tradional art region of New Guinea.
A$30

272. McKinlay, Brian  Carlton & Parkville Sketchbook. Rigby, Adelaide 1976. 1st ed. 22 x 14cm. 64pp. B/w drawings by Bill Beasley. Signed by the artist.VG in d/w.   One in the distinguished "Sketchbook" series.
A$20

273. Mailer, Norman.  The Presidential Papers. Andre Deutsch. 1964. 1st ed. 21 x 14cm. 310pp. Covers slightly worn fore-edge foxed, d/w creased with closed tear to bottom back cover.   A collection of essays addressed to the late President Kennedy on topics of interest to the author.
A$20

274. Mailer,Norman.  Ancient Evenings Macmillan 1983. 1st ed. 24 x 15cm. 709pp.VG in d/w.   Mailers novel set in Ancient Egypt of one thousand years before Christ.
A$25

275. Mailer,Norman.  The Executioner's Song. The story of Gary Gilmore. Hutchinson 1979. 1st U.K. ed. 24 x 15cm. 1056pp. VG in d/w.   Norman Mailer's account of the execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
A$25

276. Mailnowski, Bronislaw  Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Dutton, N.Y. 1922. 1st US ed. 25 x 17cm. xxxi, 527pp. 65 b/w plates, 5 maps, 3 tables, 2 figs. in text. Preface by J.G.Frazer. Ex-library copy, with some neat stamps, an owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Spine frayed at head and tail, corners bumped and rubbed, inner hinges starting o/w a tight bright copy.   Classic account of the Robert Mond Expedition to New Guinea 1914-18,with particular reference to the Trobriand Island and their inhabitants.
A$75

277. Mair, L.P.  Australia in New Guinea. Christophers. 1948. 22x14cm. xviii. 8 illustations. 1st edition. Corners slightly bumped o/w good.   An examination of the problems that the colonial administation of Australia confronted in New Guinea in the 1940's.
A$50.

278. Malouf,David.  Fly Away Peter. Chatto & Windus. 1982. 1st ed. 20 x 13cm. 134pp. Near fine in d/w.   A modern classic in Australian literature.
A$60

279. Manson, Cecil & Celia.  Doctor Agnes Bennett. Michael Joseph. 1960. 22x14cm. xiii. 11 ill; 189pp. 1st edition. Fore-edge foxed,o/w VG in ragged d/w.   Biography of a pioneering woman doctor and champion of the rights of women.
A$20.

280. Marsh, Ngaio  Light Thickens Collins 1982. 21x14cm. 251pp. 1st ed. (Collins Crime Club). Book shop stamp on half-title o/w VG in d/w.   Her last book, featuring a murder during a production of "Macbeth".
A$20

281. Marvell, Andrew  The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1927. 2 volume set. 23 x 15cm. Vol.1: The Poems. xi, 347pp. Vol.2: The Letters.vii, 373pp. Edited by Prof. H.M. Margouliouth. Some foxing to endpapers, dustjackets a little nibbled/frayed o/w a very good set.   Critical text of the poems, alongside nearly 400 letters printed direct from Marvell's autograph. Includes much material about 17th Century Yorkshire and Yorkshiremen.
A$160 the set

282. Masson, Frederic.  Napoleon At St Helena. Pen in Hand. Oxford. 1949. 22x14cm. xix.283pp. 7 illustrations. 1 Map. 1st British Edition. Fore-edge foxed, o/w good in worn d/w.   The first translation into English by Louis Frewer. Highlights the debate between France and England as to the exact nature of the conditions at St Helena and the kind of restrictions to which Napoleon was subject.
A$40

283. May, Rollo  Power and Innocence A Search for the Sources of Violence Souvenir Press 1972 1st UK ed. 22x14cm. 283pp; inscription on flyleaf o/w VG in d/w.  
A$20

284. Mellart, James.  The Neolithic of the Near East. Thames and Hudson. 1975. 1st ed. 24 x 16cm. 300pp. 164pp. V. G. in slightly worn d/w.   An examination of the cultural development of the Neolithic peoples of Western Asia and Europe.
A$20

285. Mercer, F.A. (ed).  Gardens and Gardening. The Studio Gardening Annual. Studio Publications 1933. 1st ed. 29 x 20cm. 128pp. Numerous photographs. Covers showing slight wear o/w a good copy in torn/repaired d/w.   The second issue of the studio Garden Annual. An attractive period piece, very well illustrated.
A$45

286. Merton, Thomas  A Secular Journey. Hollis & Carter 1959. 1st UK ed. 132pp. 22 x 14cm. Stamp of church ownership on title and one other page; a little light foxing o/w VG copy in slightly worn/frayed d/w.   The journal covers the years 1939-1941, from Merton's reception into the Catholic Church to his entering the Abbey of Gethsemani.
A$35

287. Meyer, Felix. et,al.  The History of Wesley College. 1865-1919. McCarron Bird & Co. 1921. 21x14cm. 43 illustrations. 245pp. 1st edition. Corners bumped, spine frayed at head and foot, edges rubbed; o/w good.   A history of Wesley College with a record of scholastic and sporting achievements.
A$80

288. Middleton, Thomas  The History of Hyde and its Neighbourhood. Higham Press, Hyde 1932. 1st ed. 23 x17cm. xxxi, 579pp., b/w frontis. and num. b/w ills. Prelims foxed, corners worn, spine slightly marked o/w a good copy.   Comprehensive history of Hyde in the county of Cheshire, by a former mayor.
A$150

289. MILLER, F.W.  Gold in the River. Reed, Wellington, N.Z. 1974. 2nd imp., revised ed. 22 x 14cm 135pp, b/w ills. by John Husband. Signed by author. VG in d/w.   Gold prospecting in Central Otago.
A$25

290. Milligan, Spike  More Goon Show Scripts. Sphere 1974. 21x16cm. 1st paperback ed. 158pp. b/w ills. Signed and dedicated: "To Bill from Spike Milligan." Covers a little rubbed o/w VG.  
A$25

291. Millington, Barry  The Wagner Compendium A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music Thames & Hudson 1992 26x19cm. 432pp. 20 b/w pls. Select bibliography. 1st UK ed. Fine in d/j.  
A$40

292. Mitchell, Blanche  Blanche. An Australian Diary 1858-1861. John Ferguson. 1980. 1st ed. 24 x 18cm. 287pp. Numerous ills. With notes by Edna Hickson and illustrations by Jill Francis. VG.   The diary of Blanche Mitchell, daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell,set in the Sydney society of the 1880's.
A$30

293. Mollat, M. & Wolff, P.  The Popular Revolutions of the Late Middle Ages Allen & Unwin 1973. 1st U.K. ed. trans. A.L.Lytton-Sell. 22 x14cm. 323pp. 9 maps. VG in d/w.   No.6 in the publishers' "The Great Revolutions" series, this deals with revolutions in 13th and 14th Century Europe.
A$25

294. Money, Keith  Fonteyn: the making of a legend. Collins 1973. 31x26cm. 320pp. Numerous b/w plates. 1st ed. VG in d/w.   Full pictorial biography of the legendary prima ballerina.
A$40

295. Montgomery. L.M.  The Road to Yesterday. A&R.1975. 22x14cm. 251pp. VG in chipped d/w.   A posthumous collection of previously unpublished material.
A$30.

296. Moorehead, Alan  The Blue Nile Hamish Hamilton 1962 22x14cm. xii,308pp. b/w plates, 2 folding maps etc. First edition. VG in d/w.  
A$40

297. Morgan, Janet  Agatha Christie. A Biography. Collins 1984. 24x16cm. xvii, 393pp. b/w ills. 1st ed. A few pencilled marginalia (in a professorial hand) o/w VG in d/w.  
A$30

298. Morris, James  Heaven's Command An Imperial Progress Harcourt, Brace N.Y.1974 22x15cm. 554pp 32 b/w pls. First U.S. ed. VG in sunned d/j.   First volume, covering the British Empire 1837-1897, in the classic Pax Britannica trilogy.
A$40

299. Morton, J.B.  Hilaire Belloc A memoir. Hollis & Carter 1955. 1st.ed. 22 x 14cm. x,181pp. Few small tears at tail of spine o/w VG in repaired d/w.   Personal recollections of Belloc the man.
A$20

300. Mottram. R.H.  John Crome of Norwich. John Lane The Bodley Head London 1931. 22x14cm. 11 illustrations and a map.212pp. 1st ed. Corners bumped, a little discoloured at edges o/w good.   Biography of the English watercolour artist John Crome 1768-1821.
A$30

301. Mountford, Charles P.  The Dreamtime Book. Rigby, Adelaide 1973. 1st ed. 35 x 26 cm. 175pp. 77 col. plates, 77 b/w ills. by Ainslie Roberts VG copy in slightly marked d/w.  
A$50

302. Mountfort, Guy  Portrait of a Wilderness The Story of the ornithological expeditions to the Coto Donana. Hutchinson, 1958. 25x18cm. 240pp. 59 col. and b/w plates by Eric Hosking.Map epps. 1st ed. Fore-edge and prelims a little foxed o/w VG in frayed d/w.   Work and adventutes of three scientific expeditions (1952, 1956 and 1957) to Europe's most important nature reserve, Coto Donana in southern Spain.
A$30

303. Muggeridge, Malcolm  Chronicles of Wasted Time Collins 1972, 1973. 2 vols. 1st eds. 24 x 15cm. Vol.1: The Green Stick, 284pp. VG in price-clipped d/w. Vol.2:The Infernal Grove, 280pp. Top edge little foxed 0/w VG in d/w.   "One of the great autobiographies of our time" - Sunday Times.
A$45 the set

304. Mumford, Lewis  The City in History. Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. Secker & Warburg 1961. 1st UK ed. 24 x 16cm. xi, 657pp. 64 b/w illustrations. VG in price-clipped d/w.   The monumental and classic work by the authority on urban culture.
A$80

305. Munsey, Cecil  The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles. Hawthorn Books, N.Y. n.d. (?1975). 5th imp. 28 x 22cm. xii, 308pp. more than 1000 b/w ills. VG in frayed d/w.   The first book to examine all aspects of bottle-collecting (and insulator-collecting) by a renowned U.S. authority.
A$40

306. Munthe, Axel  The Story of San Michele. John Murray, 1931. 25th imp. 22 x 15cm. xx1v, 534pp. Gilt archangel upper board. Fore-edge uncut.Covers slightly worn, generally a VG copy.   A lovely edition of this classic tale.
A$30

307. Murphy, Dervla.  Full Tilt. Ireland to India with a Bicycle. John Murray.1971. Reprint. 22x14cm. xiv. 33 illustrations. 235pp. Good in protected d/w.   An account of Murphy's travels through Persia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
A$20

308. Murphy,Dervla.  Where the Indus is Young. John Murray. 1977. 22x14cm. 10 illustrations. 266pp. Corners bumped o/w v.g. in protected d/w.   Dervla Murphy's travels through Baltistan, the 'Little Tibet'.
A$25

309. Murray, Robert.  The Confident Years. Australia in the Twenties. Allen Lane 1978. 1st. ed. 21 x 13cm. 263pp. Fore-edge foxed o/w good in good d/w.   A analysis of the transitional 1920's in Australian history.
A$20

310. Newman, Stanley (ed.)  Shackleton's Lieutenant The Nimrod Diary of A.L.A.. Mackintosh British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 Polar Publications, Auckland N.Z.1990. 24x16cm.144pp b/w pls. 1st ed.VG in d/w.   Diary of Englishman Aeneas Mackintosh (1979-1916), co-expeditionary and friend of Shackleton, who died on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
A$40

311. North Ian.  Heysen. Macmillan 1979. 1st ed. 25 x 20cm.128pp. 109 plates. VG in slightly worn and rubbed d/w.   Collection and commentary of Heysen's art.
A$25

312. North, Marianne  A Vision of Eden The Life and work of Marianne North. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, N.Y. 1980 (in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 25x20cm. 240pp. Col. & b/w plates, many from original paintings by the artist.Map endpps.Foreword by Anthony Huxley. VG in slightly scuffed d/j.   Excerpts from the travel memoirs of the English botanical painter (1830-1890) with reproductions of her work done throughout the world inc. India, Ceylon, Borneo and Australasia. The originals are housed in the wonderful Marianne North Gallery in Kew Gardens, London.
A$40

313. O'May, Harry