Search Results: Titles starting with H from Antique Bookshop

Syd. Allen & Unwin., 1984.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 350pp. b/w plates. Bookplate on ffe. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author on the ffe. Insterted autography letter from the author. One of Australia's most unusual "great men", a radical lawyer, a "father of federation" and pioneer of social justice. Winner of the Age Book of the Year Award, non-fiction, 1984.

Lond. Jonathan Cape., 1997.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 267pp. (sl foxing) Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Phillip Knightley began working for the Melbourne Herald, working for Murdoch Senionr & Junior. He moved to England to work for The Times & reported on the Hitler Diary fiasco & the Profumo scandal.

Milsons Point. Random House., 1993.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 330pp. (sl foxing) b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Australian novelist, playwright, poet & short story writer Harold Porter was prevented from serving in WWII due to a car accident & worked as a journalist, teacher & librarian before being published.

Syd. The Balmain Assoc., 1976.. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 148pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The history of Balmain.

Lond. Nick Hern Books., 2001.. Lettered wrapps. 260pp. b/w plates. Name on ffe else a very good copy. 1st ed. "Three different approaches to the reworking of Hamlet by influential guru-figures of the present-day theatre".

Lond. The Chancellor Press., 1994.. (rep) 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 239pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. A useful visual guide to the aircraft manufactured in Britain during WWII. From the fighters such as the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, Typhoon, to the Lancaster & Wellington bombers.

Lond. Barrie & Jenkins., 1972.. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 197pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Geoffrey Godden's handy reference guide to British Pottery makers parms that were produced between 1775 & 1900. An ideal pocket sized guide book for collectors & enthusiasts alike.

Lond. HMSO., 1977.. (2nd imp) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 404pp. col & b/w plates & ills. The clothe a little rubbed else a good copy.

Armidale., 1962.. Or.cl. 597pp. b/w ills. Name on front paste-down, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.

4to. Three handwritten pages. Discusses Batterbee, Arthur Murch and Tom Roberts. He mentions his book "The Story of Australian Art" which he says will be published "next March". "I was finished 3 years ago, in the worst years of the Depression, so I have had to wait for a more opportune time." He comments that he is up-dating it. Also there is further discussion on Tom Roberts.

Adel. AGSA., 2008.. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 143pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in colour. Fine. 1st ed.

N.Y. Fairfax Press., 1977.. Large folio. Or.cl. d.w. 836pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w ills. Very good copy. Reproduction. Harper's Magazine was noted for its outstanding coverage of the Civil War. This treasury from Harper's files is the work of Alfred H. Guernsey, the editor of Harper's from 1856 to 1869.

Lond. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, 1881 - 1882.. Or.marbled.boards. Bound in Qtr.leather. 960,970pp. (sl foxing) Bindings a little worn else very good copies. b/w ills. Harper's Magazine is the oldest coninuously published monthly magazine in America. First published by the Harper Brothers in New York in 1850, it featured serialised stories & news items & cartoons.

Surry Hills. The Wentworth Press., 1974.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 194pp. Ex-Library copy with dewey number on bottom edge of spine & back fbe. (sl foxing) to top edge. Dustjacket with some wear to corners & spine ends. b/w ills. Fair copy. 1st ed. The area of Burwood Municipality began life as a grant of land for two large farms in 1803, Rowley's Farm & Faithful's Farm, ideally situated halfway between Sydney & Parramatta.

Syd. Hale & Iremonger., 1983.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 200pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. With invitation card to the book launch attached to ffe. A collection of John Haskell's architeictural articles & reviews of Sydney's new & historical architecture that first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. With pen illustrations of each buidling.

Hawaii. Gay Corran., 1979.. 4to. Plastic spiral bound pages with colour illustrated cover. 39pp. Col.ills. First few pages loose else a very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author/artist Gay Corran was born in Cambridge, England & moved to Hawaii in 1958, where she discovered the exotic & exquisite native flowers of the Hawaiian islands & began illustrating them in watercolours.

Hawaii. Hawaiian Service Inc., 1983.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 56pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Artist Peter Jacka explores the unique plant species of the islands of Hawaii. From the humble pineapple to the flamboyant exotics of the Bird of Paradise, Hibiscus & Frangipani to the Bougainvillea.

Syd. A & R., 1984. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 472pp. Light wear to dj & boards at edges. Very good copy. The Hawke Ascendancy is the story of how the Labor Party returned to power in 1983 after its crushing defeat in 1975. It is the inside story of three men, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser & Bill Hayden.

Auckland. David Bateman Ltd., 1990.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 232pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Hawker was an aviator, designer and test pilot.

Windsor. Hawkesbury Family Hist Grp, 1994.. Plastic ring-bound foolscap with illustrated wrapps. 236pp. Name on title page. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Hawkesbury Pioneer Register was produced by a small band of dedicated members from copies of family research, photographs from local Hawkesbury families & the council's own records.