Search Results: Xmas List 2002 from M & A Simper Bookbinders

Aust: Angus & Robertson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. 236pp; numerous colour illusts.; 295 x 220mm .

London: Caxton Publishing Company, Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. Decorative Cloth. Edition not stated, 3 Volumes, Vol 1. dated 1914 and Vols 2 & 3 are dated 1915, - Vol 1.viii, 254pgs, - Vol 2. viii, 235pgs, - Vol 3. viii, 259pgs, each volume has a model of an electrical motor pasted to the front paste down end paper, the model consists of flaps of paper that lift up to expose the inner workings of the motor, the front free endpaper has an explanation of the models workings printed on it, the explanation endpaper in Vol 1. is silverfished along foredge, each Vol as 7 other plates and title page on each Vol. states, "with over 600 Diagrams & Illustrations and a series of Models. Original dark green cloth with black printed and gilt design on front cover & spine, A nice set.; 250 x 180mm .

London: Martin Secker. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1930. First English Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the German by J. J. Saville Garner. Yellow cloth, some foxing to foredges, pictorial d/w has silverfish damage but is now protected, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. ; 210 x 140mm; 214 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 418pp; b/w photographic illusts. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper.; 240 x 160mm .

London: Burns and Oates. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. no date (inscription on title page dated 1894), 241pp plus 16 page catalogue at rear. Orig decorative red cloth has 1cm split to rear spine, corners rubbed, decorative title page, small split to hinge front endpaper, otherwise good.; 170 x 110mm .

London: Chatto & Windus. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. 254 pages, dust jacket price clipped. Youngman Carter illustrated dust jacket.; 200 x 130mm .

University of Pittsburgh Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First American Edition. Hard Cover. x, 579 pgs, this book has never been borrowed from the library and is a very clean copy except for the small stamps on all edges and title page.; Ex-Library; 220 x 140mm .

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. 223pp; e/p maps, inscription to ffep, ; 220 x 140mm .

London: Heinemann. Very Good. Hard Cover. xii, 423pp; b/w illusts, green boards, corners lightly bumped, inscription to ffep, moderate foxing to foredges.; 220 x 145mm .

London: Andre Deutsch. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. With a map & 5 illustrations. A very good copy in good dustajacket. Postage will be reduced for this book. When the Fenian Rising was suppressed in 1865, seven of the thousands of Irish patriots who were arrested had their death sentences commuted to transportation & a life time of hard labour in Australia, one escaped and ten years later an organised attempt was made to rescue the remaining prisoners from Western Australia. ; 215 x 140mm; 240 pages .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Very Good. 1877. First Edition. Quarter Leather. xi,459pg +25pg adverts at rear; ads on endpapers, 12 colour plates plus other illust; rebound in quarter dark green leather/cloth sides, raised bands, gilt rule and title piece on spine, all edges gilt.; 210x140 .

London: Philip Allan. Very Good. 1927. Cloth. xii, 253pp, ads, b/w illus frontis. Green cloth, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's inscription to front free e/paper, light foxing, mainly to foredges.; 220 x 140mm .

Aust: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hard Cover. viii, 124pp; beautifully illust by author, previous owner's inscription to half title pg.; 280 x 200mm .

Aust: Nelson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiv, 329pp; illust, top edge of upper board chipped, d/w chipped along top. ; 235 x 155mm .

London: Thomas and William Boone. Very Good. 1856. New & Revised Edition. Cloth. vol 1; xxiv, 522pp, 10 plates: vol 11; xiii, 500pp, 12 plates: vol 111; xi, 427pp; 9 plates: vol 1V; xiv, 478pp, 11 plates: vol V; x, 444pp, 11 plates: vol V1; vii, 463pp, 2 plates. All volumes have uncut page edges all round, therefore the top edges are folded. Original burgendy cloth with decorative gilt spines (lightly faded), front & back boards blind stamped, very minor chipping on top & bottom of spines. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON REQUEST.; 200 x 130mm .

Naval Records Society. Good. 1897. xlviii, 219pp; colour frontis, 3 b/w illust. Quarter buckram, black spine, new title label, cream sides a tad dirty & flecked, device in gilt. Ex-library copy with book plate to front e/p, corners bumped, contents very good. Vol. X.; 235 x 160mm .

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. 2nd Impression. Hard Cover. viii, 431pgs, frontis; portrait & 5 other plates, 4 folding maps & 2 full pg maps, top corner of leaf 285-286 is torn away, with no loss to text, presumably as it was being slit open as it is an untrimmed copy, although all pages appear to be opened, orig. maroon cloth faded, gilt on front & spine, previous owners signature on front free endpaper & a stamp from a library, previous ownerssmall stamp on half title, evidence of small library sticker being on spine at some time, no foxing, a very clean copy internally. ; 230 X 150mm .

Ohio: Barnum. Good. 1920. Cloth. xxxviii, 1406pp; numerous illusts, 2 fold out maps (small tears to both), maroon cloth a tad soiled & flecked, new e/ps. INCLUDING THE BREEDING,CARE, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP AND POULTRY WITH A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT ON DAIRYING BEING ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. Special Edition Volumes 1, 11, 111, 1V, V, V1, AND V11 COMBINED.; 245 x 165mm .

London: Victor Gollancz. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. 324 pages, maps on endpapers.; 220 x 140mm .

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Thus. Hard Cover. Australiana facsimile editions No. 203, This title was originally published in 1897, [xii], 504 pp, frontis; & 2 other illust:, ex-lib stamp on all edges, front free endpaper, half title page and back e/p has date due sticker. Original tan vinyl covered boards.; Ex-Library; 190 x 120mm .