Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2009. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's red boards lettered in black; xxxv,[1],620pp. Moderate wear from use, light fingersoil to textblock margins, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the International Library of Essays on Rights, this volume with special emphasis on Australian aboriginal rights. More
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1945. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cream cloth, black spine titling; 221pp. Cloth rather foxed, spine toned, internally clean and sound. Overall a Very Good copy, albeit lacking jacket. Forms part of the Australian author's crime series featuring Detective..... More
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade, [1957]. First Edition. Signed by the author opposite title page with inscription "Martha - with much love from Betty, December 1957." Additional holiday card laid in featuring Casey's poem "Christmas" with handwritten note from "Betty, with all my love. Thought you might like to see this..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1944]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); viii,491pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine and rear panels toned, boards rather soiled, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy of this uncommon novel by the..... More
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1948]. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.75); [8],394pp. Jacket rather worn at margins with closed tear at top margin of upper panel not quite touching text, spine panel and flap folds faded, rear panel dust-soiled..... More
London: John Murray, 1907. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's green gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt; v,[1],62pp. Spine very slightly cocked, else a Near Fine copy. The Australian author's scarce first book, a poetic oral meditation spoken through the medium of the Visigothic queen consort Brunhild (543-613). Provenance: Ownership..... More
Sydney: George Robertson, 1879. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; [4],317,[1],2,[12]pp.; text printed in double columns throughout, pictorial ads bound in rear. Boards quite worn and rather soiled, spine cloth toned, textblock foxed throughout; a Good example only, though uncommon in the original cloth... More
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London: Fanfrolico Press, 1927 [but 1928]. First Edition, Limited to 375 copies of which this is no. 227. Large, slim quarto; publisher's parchment over green pictorial boards, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; 110pp.; full-page illus. and sheet music throughout. Parchment rather discolored from dust-soil, brief..... More
Melbourne: Reeder Fine Art, [2006]. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 441. Slim octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; viii,64pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper extremities, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page to photography historian Larry..... More
Sydney, Australia: Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Tall quarto; publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 200pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Light wear from handling, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Generously-illustrated and annotated catalog to accompany the exhibition of the same title held June 24 - July..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1939. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in black decorative dust jacket retaining original price (8/6); 651pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed with a few small chips and closed tears, red and green titling to jacket spine panel a bit sunned, cloth corners bumped, textblock edges a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1951. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 243 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.00 price present; bound in maroon boards with beige cloth spine and red lettering. Dust jacket rubbed with a couple shallow chips and closed tears along edges. Boards bumped at corners..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Ellen Raskin retaining original price ($4.95); [6],339pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, small patch of fading at jacket spine foot, brief soil to front flap and top textblock edge, else a...... More