Search Results: Titles starting with G from Muir Books

Limerick: Peggy Bawn Press. 2011. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour frontis plate, colour and b&w illus, pp 495. Previous owner's bookplate and pencilled annotations front endpaper, otherwise fine condition in fine d.j. Scarce. Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage. Biography of the peerless Scottish yacht designer, George Lenox Watson (1851-1904). Watson designed, among many others, His Majesty's Yacht Britannia and four America's Cup challengers. The book is lavishly illustrated, with over 300 illustrations and photographs. 1st edition. Boards.

Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey. Three articles with plates, bound in contemporary cloth, published in 1890 and 1899, pp 45 (with folding map of Gabbro Area), 241 (with plates (some in colour) and text illus.), 131 plus plates (some plates in colour). Title to spine: Some American Greenstones Etc. Cloth flecked, previous owner's inscription fep, annotation one page, good condn. Boards.

London: Hurst & Blackett. 1931. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp. 296, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates, school award plate front pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Small scattered marks front board. Good condition. Collection naval histories generally taken from first-hand sources. Includes the sinking of the 'Nurnberg' at the Falklands, and an account of the escape of the 'Goeben' and 'Breslau.' Cloth Boards.

Canberra: Military Historical Society of Australia. 1974. 1st ed., Limited Edition of 1,000 copies, this No.126, octavo, pp.(ii), ii, 154, b&w plates, closed tear at p.141, presentation inscr on ffep from the Military Historical Society of Australia, two page typed letter (of rejection), dated 18 September 1974, rusty staple and edges frayed, marked 'In Confidence' signed "R.A. Grey (Colonel)", (Australian Army Representative, London), orig bds, contact to d.j. and adhered to bds., good condn. Rare. This particular copy of the book was initially sent to London with the intention of it being presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. The book here returned together with the present letter of rejection enclosed. 1st edition. Boards.

London: Michael Joseph. 1956. pp 345, Index, b/w plates, off-setting to eps, loth boards, small rubbed patch to front board, otherwise good. Cloth Boards.

Perth: St George Books. 1984. 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp, 196. Gift inscription ffep, o/w near-fine in near-fine d.j. Items from the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1st edition. Boards.

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1927. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, 4 woodcut illustrations, pp 283. Limited edition: number 257 of 350 copies. Signed by the author. In original slipcase. Paper title label rubbed. Gift inscription. A later signature by a Charles Tomlinson on front front free endpaper. Top edges unopened. Slipcase lacking half of the rear panel. Very good condition in poor slipcase. Murder mystery, initially set in London. Limited Ed.. Boards.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial. 1952. 2nd ed., octavo, pp. xviii, 406, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates and ills., maps, original cloth boards. Some very minor rippling to the cloth mainly to rear. Very good condition. Describes a return to Gallipoli by war correspondent Charles Bean and others to trace the original WWI campaign. 2nd Edition. Cloth Boards.

NSW: Exisle/Australian War Memorial. 2013. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 336. Near fine condn. Collection of articles on Gallipoli by leading historians. 1st edition. Boards.

Huntingdale: The Authors. 2011. 1st ed., large octavo, pp viii, 640, b&w illus, maps, Embarkation Roll, Honour Roll, casualty list, nominal index, orig cloth bds, d.j. with colour patch 'Browning & Gill' lower spine indicating first edition. 750 copies printed. Near fine condition in near fine d.j. Rare 1st edition. A definitive regimental history, profusely illustrated with images including the soldiers of the 10th Light Horse. First edition. 1st edition. Boards.

Victoria Park: Hesperian Press. 2012. 2nd ed., Roy. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, maps, Embarkation Roll, Honour Roll, casualty list, nominal index, pp viii, 640. 750 copies printed. Fine/fine, mint condn. A definitive regimental history, profusely illustrated. 2nd Edition. Boards in d.j..

Perth: University Of Western Australia Press. 2006. 1st ed., quarto, cloth-covered boards, dustjacket, b&w photographs, maps, bibliography, index, pp xx, 396. Remnant of label to front free endpaper and library stamp to upper copyright page, light scratches d.j., very good condition. The personal accounts of Western Australian soldiers during World War I including Ben Bailey, Douglas Barrett-Lennard, John Simpson and the author Albert Facey from initial conscription, treacherous landing and withdrawal eight months later 1st edition. Boards.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. 2001. Large octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, maps, bibliography, pp. 600. D.j. lightly creased to top of spine. Very good ocondition in like d.j. 600 The history of the struggle for the Gallipoli Peninsula in WWI. Boards.

London: Angus and Robertson. 1981. 8vo, pp. (vi) 280, orig bds., edges rubbed. Novel based on the screenplay by David Williamson from a story by Peter Weir. 1st Edition. Boards.