Search Results: Titles starting with F from Muir Books

Albany. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 39. Very good condn. The Albany branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. Wraps.

Carlisle: Hesperian Press. 2023. 1st ed., quarto, stiff illustrated wraps, b&w illus, pp 124. Fine condition. Detailed biographical study of Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper (1869-1901), politician and journalist. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in the seat of North-East Coolgardie as an independent in 1897. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps.

Melbourne: Cheshire. 1968. 8vo., pp 309 incl Index, or. cl. bds., edges rubbed, v.g in sl. torn, v.g d.j.

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. 1985. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp xii, 319. Near fine in like d.j. Boards.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. 1958. 4to, pp. 64, Index, b/w ills., authors presentation copy, original cloth boards, extremities slightly rubbed, bottom cnrs a little bumped, good, in d.j. spine sunned, top edge frayed, few minor tears edges. SIGNED with inscription by author. Legend of the famous quarter horse, champion sprinter, and foundation sire of the popular American breed. Cloth Boards.

London: Hutchinson & Co.. 1971. 1st UK ed., 8vo, pp. xxiv, 199, Index, b/w plates, offsetting endpapers, few marks fore-edge, top edge dusty, original cloth bds., edges slightly rubbed otherwise good, in d.j.top edge creased with few minor closed tears. Account of Geraimov's development of anthropological facial reconstructive techniques, includes his work on the appearance of early Man. 1st UK Edition. Cloth Boards.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1949. 8vo, pp. 239, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates and ills., original cloth boards, spine and top edge sunned, light speckled white marks rear top board, minor fishing bottom rear cnr. Internally clean and in very good condition. Covers surface features, meteorite craters, lunar atmosphere and the circular maria. With full-page black and white photographic plates. Published twenty years before the moon landing. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

London: John Murray. 1961. 8vo, pp. xii, 194, Index, b/w plates, maps, top cnr front free endpaper clipped, orig cl bds., good, in d.j. edges frayed and chipped, small tearshead and tail spine. The author's experiences as Dutch Counsul responsible for the welfare of Indonesian pilgrims to the Middle East. Cloth Boards.

Nedlands: Centrre for Migration and Development Studies, University of Western Australia. 1997. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, b&w illus, maps, pp xv, 262. Presentation inscription by the author. Near-fine condition. The stories of 18 women who wre in colonial Malaya at some time during the period 1919 to 1945. A book about resourcefulness and courage. 1st Edition. Wraps.

London: Leo Cooper. 1995. pp 208, b/w photos, orig boards, fine in like d.j. Boards.

West Leederville: Western Australian Primary Principals' Association. 2006. 4to, pictorial wraps, b&w text illus, endpaper maps, pp xii, 305. Fine condition, A history of primary education and primary principals in WA. Profusely illustrated. Paper Wraps.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1910. Octavo, original cloth boards illustrated and decorated in gilt, colour frontis plate with tissue guard, plus 2 colour plates(one of which is loose), pp viii, 279. Previous owner's inscription front free endpaper. Light offsetting two pages from a loosely inserted pressed leaf. Some scattered light foxing throughout. Very good condition. Novel by well-loved Australian children's writer. 1st Edition.

London: Walker Books. 2000. Quarto, boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp 224. Gift inscription front free endpaper. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Classic fairy tales retold by Berlie Doherty, lavishly illustrated. Includes Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, The Wild Swans and many others. Boards in d.j..

Odense: Flensted. (1956). Octavo, original red leather boards with gilt decoration, all edges gilt, colour fontis plate of Andersen, b&w illus, marbled endpapers, pp 394, (i). Inscription in Danish blank prelim page. Near-fine condition. Hans Andersen's fairy tales, published in his home town of Odense, with illustrations reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum at Odense. Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff. Leather.

London: J.M. Dent. 1964. Octavo, decorated cloth-backed boards, colour plates, b&w text illus, pp vii, 243. Gift inscription first blank endpaper. Very good condition. Classic fairy tales, beautifully illustrated by Watkins-Pitchford Boards.

Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions. 1982. Folio, cloth boards, dusrtjacket, colour plates, text, illus, distribution maps, bibliography, glossary, pp 203. Fine in like d.j., protected. [heavy book, please inquire regarding postage] Lavishly illustrated study of Australian fairy-wrens, russet-wrens, emu-wrens, grasswrens, and tree-wrens, with comprehensive information abour each species. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

London: Longmans, Green and Co.. 1902. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w illus, frontis with tissue guard, folding map, pp 308. Silver Library edition, reissue of the 1898 edition, with Silver Library gilt stamped to spine. With armorial bookplate. Corners lightly bumped, spine canted, title page foxed, very good condition. Sailing the Baltic in the 1880s. Boards.

London: Orbis. 1980. Royal 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp 143. Previous owner's stamp front free endpaper, inner flap of d.j. price-clipped, otherwise in very good condition. 1st edition. Boards.

London: Souvenir Press. 1981. 1st UK ed., 8vo, pp. 258, b/w plates, original cloth bds., slightly rubbed head and tail of spine otherwise good, in like d.j. WWII American air raid on German industry at Schweinfurt. 1st UK Edition. Cloth Boards.

London: Michael Joseph. 1960. 4to., pp. (8) 215, b/w plates, or. brds., v.g. in d.j sl chipped head spine The story of the Fall of Singapore told by the men and women present 2nd impression. Boards.