28345 THE BRITISH ANNUAL OF LITERATURE:
Volume One. (All published?)
London: British Authors' Press, 1938. With 17 half-tone plates, (viii,114+3pp adverts) Hard cover 4to. Or.cream cloth with gilt titling to cover and spine, both contents and cover have scattered foxing, grey dust jacket has some loss at ...Has articles on 'The Australian Novel' and 'The Work of Grey Owl' with 3 photo plates of him in, and outside, his cabin, courtesy Canadian National Parks. $27.00 AUD
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Studied and Revealed by Pont with an Introduction by E.M. Delafield.
London: Collins, 1951. New Edition. Num drawings by Pont, (120pp) 8vo. Or.red cloth, chipped dust jacket.This cartoon series began in Punch in 1936 by one of the most observant humorous artists of the time - Pont- who died at the early age of 32 $20.00 AUD
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By John Richardson.
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1959. Illust with color & b/w plates, (32+32pp plates) 8vo. Or.pict wrapps, dust jacket.The Penguin Modern Painters Series. A Nice Copy $20.00 AUD
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Introduced and retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
London: 1990 (1980). With illusts in text after wood engravings by Jane Lydbury, (xlx,290pp) Hard cover 8vo. Quarter maroon leather, spine with silver titling, grey pattern papered boards in original matching pattern sli... $33.00 AUD
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University of Chicago Press, 1961. 2nd Imp. With 16 half-tone plates & map, ([x],478pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.black cloth. chipped & rubbed dust jacket, now protected.Biography of Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist Dictator $25.00 AUD
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London: Collins, N.D. c1950? Color frontis, b/w pict title-page, 10 color plates and b/w outline illusts throughout, (128pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.color pict papered boards show artist Puppy at his easel, color pict endpapers of ch...'The Circus Alphabet' section and the 'Zoo Visit' includes Kangaroos and Koalas; 'Toyland' section has Gollys; Also has 'Fairy Tales'; 'Farmland' and "Favourite Nursery Rhymes' sections $26.00 AUD
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London: Dent, 1986. (x,460pp) Paperback, Thick 8vo. Or.color pict wrapps, front corners very slightly creased, paper a trifle embrowned.'Classic Thrillers' stylish collection of NINE 'Sexton Blake' stories written by a variety of authors. Includes the opium smoking Monsieur Zenith the Albino and the infamous crooked surgeon Dr Huxton... $20.00 AUD
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A Directory.
London: Howard Baker, 1976. First edition. With text b/w illusts, (160pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or. green cl. gilt titling to spine, blue/orange color pict dust jacket.A complete list of every Greyfriars story published in The Magnet from 1908 to its closure in 1940, plus biographical information on editors, contributors, artists and, of course, Frank Richards! $32.00 AUD
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London: Harper Collins, 1995. With full-page and text watercolor paintings and pencil sketches throughout, (128pp) Hard cover Oblong 8vo. Or.cream cloth, gilt titling to spine, color pict dust jacket.A member of the British Watercolour Society, Bellamy explains how he tackled a variety of challenging locations in Britain, Ireland, Europe, Africa and the USA $48.00 AUD
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The War Story of Qantas Empire Airways Limited.
Sydney: A&R, 1944. 1st Edition. With 36 half-tone plates & blue endpaper maps, (194pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.navy vinyl covered boards, hand-written inscription to half title 'J.C. Bendrodt with kind regards Hudson Fysh'.Fully signed and dated by Author on title-page $75.00 AUD
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Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1992. Has num color illusts with map & Key to the Genera, (216pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.pink papered boards, gilt titling to spine, color pict dust jacket.Deals with the Banksias, Grevilleas, Hakeas and other plants of the family in the Sydney region covering ninety-four species in total $40.00 AUD
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Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963. 1st Edition. With b/w illusts by Burgess Sharrocks, (120pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.blue patterned boards, b/w pict endpapers & color dust jacket protected.The Fifteenth Adventure $22.00 AUD
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London: BCA, 1976. Has 87 color illust and 13 maps & diagrams with tables & pict end papers, (240pp) Hard cover Sm.4to. Or.blue cloth, neat inscription to title, color pict dust jacket.A chronicle of the first ascent of the south west face of Everest $27.00 AUD
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A Story of Adventure in Alaska.
London: C.Arthur Pearson, 1921. Frontis & 7 other mono plates by R.D.Farwig, (192pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.red cloth, black/yellow titling to dramatic pict cover and lightly sunned spine. $18.00 AUD
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Wartime Chronicle edited by Alan Bishop & Y. Aleksandra Bennett.
London: Gollancz, 1989. 1st Edition. (352pp) Hard cover lge.8vo. Or.green cloth, green pict dust jacket. $28.00 AUD
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London: Ward, Lock & Co Limited, N.D. inscribed 1938. Mono frontis and 7 other full-page plates signed J. Macfarlane, (256pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.pale olive-green cloth, front and spine titled, dec blindstamped and printed in black. Note: latest title l...First published in 1913, this is the Third book in the Billabong series. A Very Nice copy $30.00 AUD
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Sydney: A&R, 1966 (1952) Port frontis & 8 b/w plates, (xx,342pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.pale blue cloth, blue dust jacket with beige spine.Biography of Sir Joseph Banks (1744-1820), the wealthy patron who accompanied Cook as scientist on his first voyage of exploration and was later to become president of the prestigious Royal Society, ... $27.00 AUD
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A history of The Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital & The Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital North Sydney 1906-1991.
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1991. Frontis & num b/w illusts with pict endpapers, (136pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.black papered boards, blue pict dust jacket. $22.00 AUD
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Mildura: Pub.by the Compiler, 1988. With half-tone illusts after photos by Les Chandler, ([x],192pp) 8vo. Stiff white pict wrapps.The letters, compiled by his daughter, were written by Les Chandler (1888-1980) during the First World War where he served in Egypt and France. In civvy street he was a prolific writer and photograph... $27.00 AUD
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Volume 6 - Scotland.
Edinburgh: H.M.S.O. 1956. 2nd Edition with amendments. With 24 half-tone plates & folding map in pocket at back, (130pp) Hard cover 12mo. Or.green cloth with gilt titling on upper cover, spine tips faded, chipped dust jacket with some loss at spine, now... $18.00 AUD
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