Search Results: Authors starting with W from Antique Bookshop

Lond. Faber & Faber Ltd., 2020.. Or.pictorial.boards. With half-dustjacket wrap-around. 422pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Francesca Wade's spellbinding group biography explores the radical fringes of Mecklenburgh Square, where 5 trailblazing women of the interwar Bloomsbury group worked to push the boundaries of literature

Lond. Macdonald., 1961.. Or.cl. 431pp. Profusely illustrated in with black & white illustrations. Insc.on ffe else a very good copy. 1st UK ed.

Crows Nest. Allen & Unwin., 2021.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 344pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. When most people think of Nellie Melba they picture a squarish middle-aged woman dressed in furs & large hats, but to succeed she had to overcome misogyny, scandal, a bad marriage & social expectation.

Syd. ABC Books., 2005.. Dec.wrapps. 328pp. Very good copy. 1st ed.

c.1995.. With PRINTED MENU FOR TETSUYA'S, KENT STREET SYDNEY C.2001. The latter inscribed by Tetsuya. His restaurants in Sydney were famous and it was hard to get a booking, particularly for the smaller Rozelle restaurant. His Singapore restaurant has two Michelin stars. The collection

Lond. Faber and Faber Limited., 1993.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 30pp. Very good copy. The Saint Lucian poet, Derek Walcott, presented a Nobel Lecture in 1993 on his hometown villiage of Felicity in Trinidad.

Cambridge (Mass) Harvard Uni Press., 2015.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 413pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce.

Melb. Miegunyah Press., 2008.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. (plastic-covered, some ex-libris stickers attached underneath, sl. creased) 237pp. Profusely ill. in col. Ex-libris stamps to ffe and contents page, else Near Fine. 1st ed. A large collection of Australian beach culture, including artefacts, memorabilia, ephemera, and photographs.

Sussex. S.B.Publications., 1999.. Oblong 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. Inserted 24pp. booklet 'The Stranger's Guide to Horsham' from 1896, here reprinted in 1976. Horsham is a market town located on the upper reaches of the River Avon on the fringes of the Weald in West Sussex. The first illustrated history of Horsham was written in 1839 by Howard Dudley.

Lond. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1963.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 320pp. Some foxing to top edge. Very good copy. 1st ed. In this volume Arthur Waley has brought together a large number of articles, broadcasts & translations, including long extracts from a 13th century saga to discover the secret history of the Mongols.

Syd. Hachette., 2015.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 342pp. Light wear to corners. b/w plates. Very good copy. The Australian & New Zealand Commandos of WWII were elite secret warriors who paddled canoes to attack Japanese naval vesels, conducted lightning raids On Rommel's foreces in the deserts of North Africa

N.Y. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1950.. (rep) 4to. Or.cl. 423pp. Cloth soiled and with wear to corners, spine edges & ends. Bumps to corners. Name on half-title page. Some pencil marks internally. b/w ills. Good copy. Fairfax Proudfit Walkup created the costumes for the Pasadena Playhouse for many productions. She brings her theatrical costume experience to this history of theatrical costuem.

Crows Nest. Allen & Unwin., 2004.. Or.bds. 266pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 2003 the National Library of Australia opened the Bradman letters in the Rivett Papers to the public. Rohan Rivett was the editor of the Adelaide News & Bradman wrote to him between 1953 & 1977.

Melb. Viking., 2003.. (rep) 33Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 150pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. The classic book on gardening by the acclaimed Australian landscape garden designer.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1951.. Or.cl. 283pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. Hortio Walpole, the 4th Earl of Orford, was better known as Horace Walpol & was a Whig politician & Member for King's Lynn. His letters are of significant social & political interest.

Canberra. Pandanus Books., 2005.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 191pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. Very good copy. 1st ed. Born of the Sun records the lives of seven young Australians who achieved widespread fame in their fields of endeavour - rowing, rugby, swimming, boxing, cricket, medical research & the battlefield.

Chatswood. Reed Books., 1995.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 176pp. (sl foxing) to top & foredge. Light wear to corners. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. Droughts & water restrictions have put water conservation on the agenda of many gardeners. Kevin Walsh provides six principles that can be applied to existing gardens to reduce water consumption.

Seaforth. The Crafsman's Press., 1987.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 136pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 1916 Roland Wakelin was working for a commercial art firm along side Lloyd Rees. After a trip to London & Paris he began painting works that were influenced by Cezanne & had a spirit of modernism.

N.Y. HBI., 1995.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white with typographic examples. Fine. 1st Eng.ed. A balanced cross-section of outstanding work in four main categories; type as composition: designing with words, the alliance of type and imagery, type as text and recent highlights in type design.

Pymble. 2/6th Field Regiment Assoc., 1995.. Or.bds. with gilt emblem on fron board. Dustjacket. 574pp. many b/w ills. & maps. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. An anecdotal history. The author was an original member of the Regiment.