Search Results: Authors starting with F from Antique Bookshop

Lond. The Athlone Press., 1978.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 336pp. (sl foxing) Ex-library copy. b/w ills. Good copy. 1st ed. Leo Tolstoy was a prolific correspondent & his letters contain much material that is important to his literary life. One of the first english translations of the letters of this Russian author.

Syd. Consolidated Press Ltd., 1970.. Oblong 8vo. 64pp. (sl foxing) Dustjacket covered in plastic. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. This Daily Telegraph portfolio presents a brief history of Captain James Cook's three voyages between 1768 & 1779. It features many of the images captured during the voyages by Cook's artists.

Lond. Lund Humphries., Sm.4to. Col.. Ill.wrapps. 99pp. Many col & b/w plates. Wrapps sl.rubbed else a very good copy. 1st ed.

Rushcutters Bay. J.B. Fairfax Press, 1996.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 103pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. Friendship quilts provide an insight into the history & friendship quilting, the patterns & lives shared, the fabrics used, & the common threads that stitch togther the images created.

Suva. Uni of the Sth Pacific., 1985.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 442pp. b/w ills. Folding table. Fine. 1st ed. Economic structures & development of the Pacific Islands.

N.Y. Charles Scribner's Sons., 1948.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (sl.chipped) xiv,239pp. uncut. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Long inscription of half-title from the official photographer and navigator of the expedition, Edward P.Beckwith.

N.Y. Weatherhill., 1998.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 130pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. This concise & informative work presents natural food remedies & herbal treatments for common illnesses, derived from both traditional Chinese and Western practices.

St. Lucia. University of QLD Press., 1990.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 298pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. Like a body of water fed by many sources yet remaining whole & self-contained, Beverley Farmer's text draws on journal, notebook, story, poem, tribute & criticism to produce a montage of her work.

Syd. F.H.Johnston., 1948.. 4to. Or.qt.cl. 123pp. Col. & b/w ills. Fine copy in the slip-case. 1st ed. Illustrations by Roy Dalgarno.

Lond. Antique Collectors Club., 1983.. (rep) 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 224pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. Thomas Sheraton was one of the big three English furniture makers of the 18th century. Popular in his day for feminine refinement he brought to the late Georgian styles of furniture design.

Adelaide. SA College of Advanced Ed, 1986.. Tall 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 119pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Located in the Mount Lofty Ranges east of the city of Adelaide, The Adelaide Hills were first settled by European settlers in 1836. The German settlements of Hahndorf & Lobethal among the first.

N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf., 1981.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 240pp. (a little foxing) col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Masters of Caricature rescues many cartoonists from undeserved obscurity. Gillray, Cruickshank, Daumier, Gill, Nast, Hogarth, Beerbohm, Low, Levine & many more who for 300 years poked fun at society.

Lond. Arthur Barker Limited., 1961.. Or.bds. Dustjacket (price-clipped) 636pp. Fine. 1st Eng. ed.

Lond. S.W. Partridge., n.d.. New ed., c.1920s. Or.dec.cl. (sl.rubbed, corners bumped) 416pp. b/w plates. Pages sl.browned else a Good copy. A children's novel.

Syd. Little Hills Press., 1996.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. In 1927 the original NSW Waratahs embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom, Ireland, France & Canada. A tour that lasted almost nine months & set the pattern for future tours of Australian Rugby.

Canb. ANU Press., 1978.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 65pp. b/w ills. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Edition limited to 1000 signed & numbered copies. A nice production. Deals with some of the outstanding figures among booksellers, book publishers, authors and bibliophiles to show how the trade developed during its formative years.

Syd. Aust Documentary Facsimile Soc, 1963.. Folio. Or.cl. 14pp. With tipped in facsimile pages & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Henry Kendall was a bush poet who was widely published in the newspapers of the day. The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society presents the handwritten pages prepared for The Bulletin.

Brookvale. Child & Henry Pty Ltd., 1983.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 198pp. (sl foxing) to top edge & some pags. Oweners bookplate to verso of ffe. B/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Prior to 1880, the responsibility for education in NSW was mainly in the hands of the various Church Authorities. Set up in 1883, Sydney High School has grown over its first 100 years.

Canb., 1975-1977.. All Or.cl. d.w. Various pag. b/w ills. A Fine set. Ferguson's essential, monumental reference to pre-1901 Australiana.

Wisconsin. The author., 1981.. Or.dec.cl. 330pp. b/w ills. Col.coat of arms. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. A family history.