Search Results: Authors starting with A from Antique Bookshop

Syd. AGNSW., 2007.. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 368pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. Aboriginal art from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the Holmes a Court Collection Heytesbury and the ASrt Gallery of New South Wales.

Ontario. Hanover Square Press., 2021.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 400pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Very good copy. 1st Canadian ed. No crime in history had more eyewitnesses than the assassination of President Kennedy on November the 24th 1963. ABC News journalist, Dan Abrams examines the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby & its aftermath.

Lond. Penguin Classics., 2010.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 316pp. (sl foxing) Very good copy. 1st ed. Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur made the legend of King Arthur immortal. Peter Ackroyd's new retelling transforms this medieval epic into a dramatic modern tale bringing life to a world of bravery

Syd. Collins., 1986.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 194pp. Many col & b/w ills. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author, Brian Adams. Loosely inserted is a first day cover to celebrate the XIII International Botanical Congress held in Sydney in 1981. The envelope has a portrait of Joseph Banks surrounded by botanical decorations.

Kareela. Hippo Books., 2000.. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 310pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce.

Singapore. A&A Book Publishing., 2011.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 385pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Michael Adams presents a gentle, witty & incisive introduction to Vietnam, its customs, history & people.

Lond. Harper Collins Publishers., 2015.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 239pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. American graphic designer, Tom Adams, created covers for all of Agatha Christie's novels between 1962 & 1979 for Fontana books in the UK, & Pocket Books in the US. 150 covers in all were produced.

Lond. Herbert Jenkins., 1959.. (3rd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 96pp. b/w ills. Some foxing, else a Good copy. A guide to catching trout.

Lond. Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., n.d. (c1882). Or.pictorial.cloth. 398pp. (some foxing) Spine lightly cocked. Name on ffe. b/w ills. Good copy. Max Adeler is a pseudonym used by Charles Heber Clark. an American novelist & humorist. Also features the first appearance of American illustrator Arthur Frost, best known for his Brer Rabbit ills.

N.Y. Abbeville Press., 1984.. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 216pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Kensington. NSW University Press., 1977.. Col.ill.bds. 148pp. Name stamp on verso of half-title page. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Australian Trees is the tree-lover's first aid book. It explains how to maintain the good health of trees, how to diagnose thier illnesses, & in extreme cases how to perform tree surgery.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1984.. Or.pictorial.cloth. 184pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Folio Soceity ed. In the slip-case. The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tradegies, Agamemnon, The Liberation Bearers, & The Eumenides, written in the 5th century BC by Greek playwright Aeschylus. Greek Gods interactions do not end well.

Lond. Castell Brothers., n.d. (1905). Oblong 8vo. Red tasselled silk cord bound. Colour illustrated stiff card wrappers. unpag. (28pp.) 14 full-page chromolithographic colour plates with facing cursive text. Pictorial endpapers printed in sepia, the pages sl.tanned around the edges, the corners sl.rubbed & insc on verso of ffe else a very good copy. Scarce. Printed in Bavaria. The plates show Dutch dolls playing a series of parlour games.

Lond. HMSO., 1944.. Or.cl. (worn) 308pp. (some foxing) Many ills including fold-out charts. Fair copy. Related ephemera inserted.

Dept. of Education. PNG., 1981.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 264pp. Wrapps covered in plastic. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Wrapps sl.rubbed else a very good copy. This book was written by members of the Aiyura Valley Bird Society to provide students of the Aiyura Valley of the Eastern Highlands of PNG with a guide to the birds of the region.

Lond. Nelson., 1891.. Or.dec.cl. (sl.rubbed) 446pp. b/w frontis. & decorated initials. Some foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. A novel.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1966.. Or.decorated.cloth. 251pp. (sl foxing) to foredge. Light discolouration to cloth at spine. Bookplate affixed to front pastedown. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. In the slip-case. Little Women is a coming of age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. Originally published in 1868, it follows the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy into adulthood.

Lond. Hamish Hamilton., 1966.. Or.bds. Dustjacket (price-clipped) 309pp. Fine. 1st Eng. ed.

Lond. Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, 2000.. Sm.Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 164pp. Fine. 1st ed. Stegman lost the use of his arms through Polio and having taught himself to paint using mouth-held brushes, became a professional artist. He was imprisoned in Germany in the thirties for his political views, but though banned, continued painting after his release and formed a co-operative of disabled artists.

Lond. Faber & Faber., 2002.. Thick 8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 800pp. Pages sl.browned else a very good copy. 1st ed. Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration brings vividly to life what it feels like to walk off the edge of the known world, into the unknown. From Amundsen to Scott of the Antarctic.