Search Results: Authors starting with E from Muir Books

Melbourne: Cassell & Company. 1943. 8vo, orig red cl bds, b&w plates, pp. (xiv) 258. Some small marks to boards, previous owner's name on ffep, front endpapers foxed, o/w good condn. 1st Australian. Boards.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1986. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xiii, 269. Very good condition in like d.j. Boards.

Sydney: Macmillan. 1994. Royal 8vo, pp. (x) 294, Index, colour plates, b/w ills., previous owner's inscription, wraps, very good. History of Australian Art based on the extensive corporate collection of ICI. Wraps.

Canberra: Australian National Gallery. 1991. 4to, original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour and b&w illus, pp xii, 257. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Fine in near-fine dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated catalogue, with accompanying essays. Boards.

Canberra: Curriculum Development Centre. 1982. sml 4to, pp 269, Index,b/w photos, orig wraps, near fine. Stiff Wraps.

Surry Hills: Wentworth Books. 1971. 8vo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 55. Limited edition. Very good in like d.j. 1st edition. Boards.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1966. Royal octavo, pp. xiv, 194 incl. Index, col fronts., col and b/w plates, maps, bookplate. Original cloth boards, dustjacket. Previous owner's inscription, tape marks to endpapers. Very good condition in very good d.j. Easy to use field guide of Australian parrots 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.

Perth: University Of Western Australia Press. 1971. Royal 8vo, pp. xvi, 215, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour and b/w plates, map, endpaper maps. Near-fine condition in very good dustjacket. History of the district. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Sydney: Trustees of Public Library of NSW/Angus and Robertson. 1965. 1st ed., 4to, pp. x, 182, b/w frontis, few small marks latter blank leaves, minor foxing edges, original cloth boards, bottom edge slightly discoloured and rubbed, in d.j. edges and spine yellowed, chipped with minor loss, edges rubbed, good condn. Account of life in the new colony of Australia. Easty was a private mariner, uneducated but capturing some of the day-to-day experiences of the newly founded colony, both the trivial and the tragic. 1st edition. cloth boards in d.j..

Sydney: Trustees of Public Library of NSW/Angus and Robertson. 1965. 1st ed., 4to, pp. x, 182, b/w frontis, few small marks latter blank leaves, minor foxing edges, original cloth boards, botom edge slightly discoloured and rubbed, in d.j. edges and spine yellowed, head spine chipped with minor loss, edges rubbed. Account of life in the new colony of Australia. Easty was a private mariner, uneducated but capturing some of the day-to-day experiences of the newly founded colony, both the trivial and the tragic. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Queensland. 1977. Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt title upper board and spine (thesis binding), map, diagrams, bibliography, pp xiv. 417. Near-fine condition. (Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) Thesis presented for PhD, University of Queensland, 1977. ("Rural Town" has been identified as Mitchell, Queensland.) 1st Edition. Boards.

London: William Tweedie. 1866. 4th ed., 8vo, pp. xii, 204, prev owner's inscr., eps marked, fore-edge dusty, scattered marks throughout, origblind stamped cloth bds., edges rubbed, covers marked Manufacturing techniques of iron and steel 4th Edition. Cloth Boards.

Boston: Little, Brown And Co.. 1989. 8vo., pp x 418, Index, b/w plates, or. bds., nr fine in d.j. 1st Edition. Boards.

Sydney: HarperCollins. 1999. 8vo, cl bds, dustjacket,, b&w plates, pp. 390. Previous owner's signature on ffep, very good in like d.j. 390 The life of the famous Australian including her rife with Robert Holmes a Court and her reshaping of Heytesbury Holdings, 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Old Haleians' Association. 1994. Roy 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp x, 262. Very good condn. Wraps.

London: Baldwin and Cradock. 1837. Three volumes (complete). Third edition, revised and corrected. Quarter leather with gilt to spine, marbled sides, pp xv, 319; ii, 329, ii; 343, iv. Spines very worn, tops of spines starting to fray, corners rubbed, occasional foxing. Binding firm. Good condition. Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children's stories and for her novels of Irish life. She is considered one of the most influential authors of children's books, "bridging the gap between the supposedly dry, didactic children's literature of the eighteenth century and the livelier, more naturalistic books of the nineteenth" (Hockliffe Project, Hockliffe Collection of Children's Books, De Montfort University.) 3rd edition.

London: Baldwin and Cradock. 1832. Two volumes (complete in themselves, issued as part of colected works of eighteen volumes), Octavo, original cloth boards, engraved frontispiece plate and title page vignette both volumes, pp vii, 333, ii; i, i, 332. Frontis plates and title pages foxed, previous owner's signature title pages, losed tear second page of preface, boards worn, mark upper corner vol. I. Good condition. Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children's stories and for her novels of Irish life. She is considered one of the most influential authors of children's books, "bridging the gap between the supposedly dry, didactic children's literature of the eighteenth century and the livelier, more naturalistic books of the nineteenth" (Hockliffe Project, Hockliffe Collection of Children's Books, De Montfort University.)

London: Baldwin and Cradock, R. Hunter, et al. 1831. Three volumes (complete). 'New' edition. Octavo, original quarter-leather boards with marbled sides, pp xii, 266; iii, 279; i, 314, 316. Each volume has both a frontispiece and a title page vignette, with engravings after paintings by W. Harvey. The stories are: Lady Lawrence, tarlton, The False Key, The Birthday Present, Simple Susan, The Bracelets, The Little Merchants, Old Poz, The Mimic, Mademoiselle Panache, The Basket-Woman, The Orphans, Waste Not Want Not, Forgive and Forget, Barring Out, Eton Montem. Spines worn, boards and corners rubbed, pencilled ownership signature vol. III, frontispieces and title pages, foxed, scattered foxing. Good condition. Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children's stories and for her novels of Irish life. She is considered one of the most influential authors of children's books, "bridging the gap between the supposedly dry, didactic children's… Read More

London: J. Johnson. 1799. Revised & enlarged edition, full leather boards, decorative rule to edges with gilt, later leather spine with raised bands and small paper title label, new endpapers, pp (v), 240. Light scraping to the leather at edges of boards. Internally clean and in very good condition. Scarce. The second edition (first published 1795), revised and expanded: "corrected and much enlarged" as stated on the title page, which refers to her authorship of "Practical Education" (1798). Edgeworth was an important and much admired writer. "Letters to Literary Ladies" is a witty defence of female education. Revised & Enlarged Edition.

London: Baldwin and Cradock. 1837. Three volumes (complete). Octavo, original quarter-leather boards with marbled sides, gilt title and decoration to spines, pp xxii, 319;i, 296, iv; i, 340. Pencilled ownership signature fep vols. II and III. Spines lightly worn, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, occasional light foxing. Very good condition. Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children's stories and for her novels of Irish life. She is considered one of the most influential authors of children's books, "bridging the gap between the supposedly dry, didactic children's literature of the eighteenth century and the livelier, more naturalistic books of the nineteenth" (Hockliffe Project, Hockliffe Collection of Children's Books, De Montfort University.) 4th Edition.