Search Results: Titles starting with H from Gotcha By The Books

Sydney: The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1980. numbered limited edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 8vo. b&w illustrations Tells the story of the Grimsby-Class Sloop HMAS Yarra, which saw service in the Anglo-Iraq war, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, and which was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942 whilst attempting to protect ships withdrawing to Australia; being No.854 of 1000 copies; the author served on the Yarra from 1940, leaving only a fortnight before her final battle; b&w photo illustrations, and diagrams to reverse sides of covers front and rear; one or two stains in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and with minor creases

Brisbane: A.J. Ross & Co. for the author, 1896. 2nd Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard Very scarce signed copy of John H. Nicholson's 'Halek', being an allegorical novel set in an imaginary world with religious/moral subtext, in the tradition of The Pilgrim's Progress; 2nd Edition; inscribed to prelims 'The Rev. J. Wilson Henry A slight token of the esteem in which he is held by the author John H. Nicholson 15-9-96'; Nicholson was the son of English scholar John Nicholson, he came to Australia at 16 where he worked as a teacher; prone to visions and eccentricities he wrote poetry and allegorical prose works, of which the best known are Halek and Almoni - the author intended to write a third novel 'Lirusan' to complete a trilogy, but incorporated this latter into Almoni; preliminary to the text appear reviews of the first edition of Halek, author's preface, and 'Key' to some of the occult terms within; b&w frontispiece block of Nicholson with… Read More

Sydney: Mosman Art Gallery, 2017. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . sm square 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the 2017 exhibition held at Mosman Art Gallery, marking the 70th anniversary of independence and diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Australia; featuring the work of JD Reforma and Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan; colour illustrations throughout; exhibition curated by Katrina Cashman; printed brown card wraps with 'halo' die-cut; VG tight clean copy.

Milan: Charta, 2005. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. landscape 4to. profusely illustrated Published for the Hamish Fulton exhibition, February 18 - May 8 2005 Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano, sub-titled '8 One Day Walks and a Guided Climb to the Summit of the Marmolada at 3343 Metres The Dolomites Italy 24 September - 2 October 2004'; texts by Reinhold Messner, Andreas Hapkemeyer, and Angela Vettese; colour photo illustrations throughout, with numerous examples of Fulton's trademark photos with text, plus exhibition shots; Very Good throughout; wraps a little curled at edges.

Sydney: The Australasian Medical Publishing Company for The Australian English Association, 1930. 1st Edition. paperback. Good (lacking staples). 16mo . The text of two lectures on Hamlet, delivered by Sir Mungo MacCallum for the Australian English Association 1930; privately printed for members of the Association by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company; MacCallum served as Professor Emeritus of Modern Literature at University of Sydney, a Shakespeare specialist, with continuing focus on Hamlet; one in a line of MacCallums all named Mungo, including his great-grandson, the Australian political journalist Mungo (Wentworth) MacCallum; textured wraps, text block untrimmed; former owner's name to title page; lacks the original staples (rust stains in their absence), text block thumbed, scattered foxing, o.w. Good; wraps heavily rubbed/foxed, with loss lower rh front.

New York: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1926. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st edition of this collection of Masonic fiction; introduction by J. Hugo Tatsch; small bookshop label to front pastedown, text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed, gilt titling a little dulled to spine.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. 1st thus. hardbound. Good in rubbed/scuffed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Part 2 of the Handbook of American Indian Languages, produced under the editorial supervision of Franz Boas, containing The Takelma Language of SW Oregon by Edward Sapir, Coos and Siuslawan by Leo Frachtenberg, and Chukchee by Waldemar Bogoras; being Bulletin 40 part 2 of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology; this copy from the library of anthropologist and linguist Harry Hoijer (with some of Hoijer's marginalia in ink and pencil), who worked primarily on Athabaskan languages and culture, and was a student of Sapir; Hoijer's bookplate to front pastedown, and signature to front endpaper; former owner's name-stamp to front endpaper (offset to pastedown), generally good throughout (if a bit tired), with some sections with med-heavy tanning, net-binding visible at hinges of boards front and rear; boards rubbed and spotted, and with insect-damage along spine.

Melbourne: Abalone Press, 1987. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Good-Very Good. 8vo. Signed 1st Edition of Mal Morgan's third collection of poems; signed/dated and with short gift-inscription by Morgan to title page; mild foxing to endpapers and prelims, heavier to reverse sides of covers front and rear, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed, mild wear along spine, small label-ghost lower front.

Bonn: The Green Box, 2012. 2nd Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. landscape 8vo. colour illustrations Hannah Hoch's Picture Book (Bilderbuch), consisting of Hoch's collages and poems, with colour illustration and poem on facing pages; short essay by Gunda Luyken - poems and essay translated by Brian Currid.

Munich/London: Whitechapel Gallery/Prestel, 2014. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Published on the occasion of the Hannah Hoch exhibition, 14 January - 23 March 2014 Whitechapel Gallery London; texts by Daniel F. Herrmann, Hannah Hoch (On Collage, On Embroidery, A Few Words on Photomontage), Dawn Ades, and others; illustrated throughout in colour and b&w, full-page and text; includes bibliography, biography, list of exhibitions; Very Good tight clean copy.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2008. reprint. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Originally published to accompany the 2004/2005 exhibition 'Into the Light the watercolours of Hans Heysen', this being the Wakefield Press reprint; includes essays by John Neyon, and Jane Hylton ('Hans Heysen's Watercolour Technique'), and also a brief biography of Heysen by Hylton; numerous full-page colour plates of Heysen's work.

Basel: kunsthalle Basel, 1980. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in lightly rubbed wraps. sm 4to. b&w illustrations Catalogue for the performance of Hans Otte's sound work 'On Earth / Klangraum', 30 August - 21 September 1980 Kunsthalle Basel; includes b&w photo illustrations of the performances, and the texts which accompanied the soundscape; other texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann (all texts in German with no English translation); Very Good throughout, wraps lightly rubbed.

Trumbull: Weatherhill, 2000. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Classic work documenting the traditions, philosophy and techniques of Hapkido, with over 9000 photo illustrations for over 2000 kicks, strikes, blocks, throws, falls, chokes, ground fighting, weapons, etc, plus backround of martial arts history, meditation, anatomy; a definitive work on the subject; 1st Edition 1st Printing (5 4 3 2 1); includes the original red silk bookmark; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, and with minor edgewear, closed tear across spine.

London: Ralph Tuck & Sons Ltd, no date (1950's). presumed 1st Edition. hardbound. Good /no dustwrapper. 8vo. colour illustrations Scarce childrens book from Ralph Tuck & Sons, being a series of die-cut colour scenes of children at play, accompanied by the poems of Margaret Milnes; front cover shows a die-cut window with a group of children, the pages thereafter die-cut such that the illustrations layer and overlap; covers front and rear with medium-heavy foxing, closed tear to left side of window; generally good throughout with some foxing and mild rubbing to illustrations; all die-cuts clean and sharp; no publication date, but publisher's statement (as per worldcat) states 'not before 1953'.

London/Australia: Bloomsbury (printed McPherson's Group), 2003. 1st Australian Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Fifth novel in the Harry Potter series; stated 'First Edition', no print run, and 'Printed in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group', so presumed 1st Australian Edition; former owner's name to front pastedown, mild stain lower front near spine, very minor stain to spine of dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 6th and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series; stated First Edition and with complete print run (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2); text block heavily tanned, tanning and foxing to edges of pages throughout, o.w. G-VG; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2001. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Selections from the correspondence between Charles Hartshorne and Edgar Sheffield Brightman, two of America's great 20th-Century philosophers, covering a period of over twenty years from 1922-1945; edited by Randall E. Auxier and Mark Y.A. Davies; 1st Edition, 1st printing (54321); Very Good and clean throughout in like dustwrapper.

Sydney: Hatmaker Publishing Co, no date (1947). paperback. Good-Very Good. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Scarce early issue (no 4) of The Hatmaker, a short-running Australian millinery quarterly, no publishing date (Trove dates issue No 3 at 1947); includes 8 patterns, and special bridal suggestions; b&w photo illustrations and technical drawings throughout; bookshop stamp to front cover, wraps lightly edgeworn and rubbed, minor knock to foot of spine, occasional minor foxing, original staples a little rusted (but holding firm), o.w. G-VG throughout.

Melbourne : Pearson Education/Longman, 2003. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collection of poems and prose by Bruce Dawe, from between the years 1997-2002; Signed by Dawe and with short gift-inscription to title page.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1930. new enlarged. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w frontispiece plate New enlarged edition of this classic collection of poems by Will Ogilvie; poems include 'Starry Camp', 'A White Man', 'The Mulga Mail', 'Mulga Maxims', etc; b&w frontispiece photo illustration of the poet; heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Good.