Search Results: Titles starting with B from Muir Books

1957. Quarto, original stiff wraps, b&w illus, pp 584. Wraps worn, loss (2cm x 1cm) top corner, hole punched through at inner corner, flecking to covers. Pencilled inscription front endpaper, stamp title page, otherwise clean. Good condition. Catalogue for B.G.E's wide range of electrical products. 5th Edition. Stiff Wraps.

London: PRC. 1996. 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus throughout, pp.320. D.j. protected. Previous owner's name stamp on fep and title page, o/w near-fine. Detailed studies of the B-17 and B-29 and their wartime activities. Many photographs. Reprint. Boards.

Sydney: CCH Australia. 1982. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pp vi, 147. Very worn to edges, no marks or inscriptions, very good condition. Uncommon. An early guide to programming in BASIC, a computer language designed for relative ease of use. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps.

NY: Random House. 1970. 1st ed., 8vo., pp (iv) 155, uncut edges, or. cloth backed bds., nr fine in sl. frayed, worn, v.g d.j.

Leeds: The 'Auto' Press. 1941. 1st ed., 8vo., pp xvi 159, b/w fronts. port., foxing to edges & prelims, prev. owner's stamp to e.ps, incl. letter from author signed, original boards, good in fair d.j.

Sydney: Alternative Publishing Co-Coperative Ltd. 1981. 1st ed., 8vo., pp xviii 248, ex-lib with usual marks, or. cl. bds., in d.j with sticker to spine.

Perth: Paterson Press. pp. 43, b/w & col. text ills. by Garnet Agnew, or. bds., tanned.

East Perth: Bible Society in WA. 2001. Wraps, b&w illustrations, pp 12. Previous owner's inscription to rear, good condition. The story of the Prodigal Son in Nyoongar language. Wraps.

England: Stanhope-Seta. 1996. 4to, orig cl bds, d.j., colour illus throughout, pp. 224. Light crease to edge of d.j., navy boards w/ gilt title v.g. small mark on fep, no other marks, text and illustrations in near-fine condition, binding tight, very good condn. A beautifully illustrated history of naphtha, bitumen and oil in the Middle East. 1st edition. Boards.

Sydney: Sid Madden. (1926). Roy 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 128. N.d. (1926). Some marks to front wrap, o/w very good condn. Local history, with many illustrations and advertisements. Not the abridged (96pp) reprint. 1st edition. Wraps.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1919. 1st ed., 2nd issue, 8vo., pp.x, (11)-150, (vi, publisher's adverts), col. fronts., foxing to title-page, additional coloured title-page with b/w vignette, A&R endpapers, orig cl bds, cnrs bumped, sl faded spine. The second issue with the corrected image reversed with the bullock driver on the left hand side of the animals. 1st Edition, second issue. Boards.

Tasmania: Blubber Head Press. 1981. Limited edition, number 124 of 300 copies, signed by the author. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp vii, 76. Near-fine in like d.j. Boards.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1983. 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 35. Near-fine in very good d.j., protected. Light verse originally published in Smith's Weekly 1928-1933. Boards.

London: Arms and Armour Press. 1982. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates. Unpag, approx 60 pp. Occasional underlining, o/w v.g. With 1982/83 price guide. 5th Edition. Boards.

London: John Murray. 1939. 8vo, cloth boards, b&w plates, b&w illus, map, pp xiv, 269. Good in poor d.j. (chipped and foxed to rear, covered in plastic). Related ephemera loosely inserted (numerous obituaries). Cheap Edition. Boards.

Perth: Bairds. 1939. Large octavo, original wraps, b&w illus, pp 256. Some wear to wraps, good condition. Bairds opened in Perth in 1903 and moved to Murray Street in 1919. The catalogue was known as the "Farmer's Bible". (Australian Dictionary of Biography). 1st edition. Wraps.

London: Philip Wilson. 1992. Quarto, original cloth boards, colour and b&w plates, pp 128. Believed to be the limited edition of 1500 copies: this copy lacks the rear free endpaper and limitation page, and consequently the inner hinge has detached from the spine internally. Otherwise a good clean copy. The panel paintings of The Sleeping Beauty, by Leon Bakst, were commissioned by James de Rothschild in 1913. The work was completed in 1923 and adorned the walls of 34 Park Street in London and subsequently, in 1930, of 23 St James's Place. The paintings are now at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Boards.

Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. 20181. 1st ed., quarto, original boards, dustjacket, colour plates (some folding), b&w plates, pp ix, 201, ribbon-marker. Near fine in like d.j. Explores the life and work of George Baldessin and Brett Whiteley. The two artists, born in the same year, had much in common. Both were highly innovative; both were largely figurative and expressionist in their art practices; and both were attracted to the avant-garde, pop culture and existentialism. Lavishly illustrated. 1st Edition.

Nedlands: University of Western Australia. 1983. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xviii, 325. Signed by the author. Ex-UWA Press stamp, otherwise very good condition in like d.j. Boards.

Nedlands: University of Western Australia (Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education). 1997. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pp 195. From the library of Robert Tonkinson with his stamp. Near-fine condition. The Aboriginal community at Balgo in the remote north-east desert of Western Australia has retained a high level of traditional life. Balgo's elders, singers and dreamers present their own perspectives, values and understandings of a rich musical culture. A comprehensive musical ethnography details the dynamics of song performance and ownership, learning techniques, performance aesthetics, and reveals the Kukatja's understanding of the structure of their songs. A companion volume to Richard Moyle's 'Songs of the Pintupi' and 'Alyawarra Music'. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps.