Search Results: Miscellany from Tapsell's Books and Music

Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1999. 276 pages. Appendix and index. . First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine.

New York: Promontory Press Not dated (1970s). xxxviii, 508 pages. Maps on endpapers. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf (dated 1976). *Originally published in London in 1775, this is a 1970s reprint of the 1930 American edition.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1968. Small quarto. xxviii, 147 pages. Maps on endpapers. Many b/w text illustrations, two tipped-in colour plates and one folding colour illustration. Appendices, bibliography and index. *This is the second printing (with minor corrections) of the 2nd edition. Only 1000 copies were printed.. 2nd Edition Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: The Richards Press, 1928. 260pp. Quarto. Six coloured plates (from paintings by the author) and 276 b/w illusts. Appendix and index. Top edge gilt. Original blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine and gilt titling and gilt steamship decoration on upper board. Spine very slightly sunned. Rare. *"In 1831 the Sophia Jane, 256 gross tonnage and 50h.p., created great excitement as the first steamship to enter Sydney Harbour. From this it is a far cry to the present epoch of great floating palaces, with wondrous engines, measuring their tonnage and horse-power by scores of thousands, and able, through the marvel of Wireless, to keep in touch with the world on the most distant courses" (from the foreword by Sir Granville Ryrie, High Commissioner for Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

The Author, 1969. 122 pages. B/w photo plates. Scarce. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Dubbo: Review Publications, 1971. 90 pages. B/w illustrationss. Pictorial card wrappers (staple-bound). *The last section of this booklet contains a complete reprint of one of the several editions of Chidley's "The Answer".. First Edition. Very Good.

Leipzig: Grethlein and Co, 1929. 402 pages. Colour frontispiece and 62 other plates, seven of which are hand-coloured. Original gilt decorated turquoise cloth in a worn and used dustwrapper. The text is in German. *This beautifully illustrated work is a history of feminine elegance, from the mid-eighteenth century to the end of the 1920s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

No Place: Birn Brothers Not dated (late 1930s). Small quarto. Not paginated. Colour frontispiece and many b/w drawings by Disney. Pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards (worn at edges) with cloth spine (slightly damaged). Several of the thick-paper pages have short closed tears. Generally very clean internally. Scarce. *Features Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Minnie.. Hard Cover. Good.

Melbourne: Chaucer Library, 1925. 249 pages. Preface by Trotsky. Several words underlined in ink on page 83. Original blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and upper board. Edges slightly spotted. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf. The bottom inch or so of the lower panel (back cover) of the dustwrapper is torn away. An eight-page "free advertisement" for the book is loosely inserted. . 1st Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

London: Jas Wade, 1883. 24.8cm x 16.5cm. lvi, 371 pages. Details (including notes) of all the games played by J.H. Zukertort, W. Steinitz, J.H. Blackburne, M. Tchigorin, B. Englisch. G. H. Mackenzie, J. Mason, S. Rosenthal, S. Winawer, H.E. Bird, J. Mortimer, Dr Noa, A. Sellman, and the Rev A.B. Skipworth. Also a selection of games played in the Vizayanagaram Tournament. Original crimson cloth decorated and titled in gilt on the upper board and spine. Black rules and decorations on upper board. The boards (especially the lower board) and the spine are waterstained. Three small holes in the cloth of the upper board. Very slight bleeding of the red cloth dye to bottom edge of prelims, else internally fine with no foxing at all. "F.G. Richardson, 3rd Prize, Victorian Chess Club" written in a contemporary hand on the title page. Rare.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.

Sydney: National Magazine Co 18.2 x 12.5cm booklet. Not dated (about 1950). 136 pages. Many b/w photos and text illustrations. Interesting advertisements. Index. Pictorial card wrappers (staplebound). Covers lightly worn. *Includes chapters on children's diet, clothes, nursery ailments, and physical and mental development.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Lipscomb County Historical Committee, 1976. 676 pages. Quarto. Maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Original pictorial cloth (showing the Lipscomb County flag) with titling on spine and front cover. *Chapters include General History, Ranch History, Cities of the County, Early Pioneers, and Early Settlers.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2001. xii, 242 pages. Many b/w illustrations. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: Peter Houston Not dated (1944). Illustrated by Carl Rose. viii, 102 pages. Pictorial card wrappers. Quarto. Slight foxing. * "A personal adventure story and a Hope's eye view of the war, told by America's Number One entertainer" (blurb on cover).. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: The Studio, 1930. Quarto. viii, 208 pages plus 4-page list or artists and photographers. 292 b/w photo illustrations. Original red cloth (lightly rubbed at extremities) with titling on the spine and upper board. Slightly water affected. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Rider and Son Not dated (about 1915). Adverts on endpapers. xix, 372pp. 119 b/w illusts. Fold-out table. Appendices (useful formulae, tables, memoranda, etc); index. 18 pages of interesting adverts at rear. Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt titling on spine. Near fine. Rare..

London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1951. xii, 477 pages. Index. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Tan cloth with red titling on upper board and spine. Edges a bit spotted. Scarce.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Guardian Assurance Company, 1921. 153 pages. Appendices and index. Frontispiece and many b/w plates (mostly fold-out). Top edge gilt; other edges uncut. Papered boards with gilt and decorated buckram spine. Errata slip laid in. Signed on the front free endpaper by 26 of the company's directors and dated 1922. Minor foxing on endpapers. Rare.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

St Lucia: UQP, 1982. xi, 300 pages. Many tables and figures. Index. *About the problems of transportation and urban planning. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1948. Quarto. 149 pages. Map and 64 plates (including 16 in colour). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.