Search Results: Authors starting with B from Muir Books

Melbourne: Thomas Nelson. 1976. Octavo, pp. xiv, 481, Index, b/w ills., map, pictorial endpapers, original cloth boards, dustjacket.Previous owner's bookplate. Small closed tear to the upper edge of d.j., now repaired. Near-fine condition in very good d.j. Maritime history of the island continent. Covers development of sea-borne trade, internal and overseas shipping, seaports, and intrastate shipping. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Sydney: Book Club Associates. 1976. 1st ed., octavo, pp.xiv, 481, incl. Index, b&w ills., map, pictorial endpapers, original cloth boards, cnrs & edges rubbed and worn, otherwise good condition in very good d.j. Includes a reply autograph letter dated 20 April 1993, signed 'John Bach' to one of his colleagues thanking him for his recent letter regarding Bach's OAM (awarded 1993) and reminiscing the time spent together at the Abrolhos Islands in Western Australia "... in the company of a great number of monitor lizards" Concise maritime history of the island continent. Covers development of sea-borne trade, internal and overseas shipping, seaports, and intrastate shipping. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin in association with the National Library of Australia. 1987. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour frontis, double-page colour plate, b&w plates (two folding), pp xiv, 336. With a signed greeting card from the editor loosely inserted. Previous owner's bookplate. Near-fine in like d.j. Transcription and facsimile of Bligh's notebook. 1st thus. Boards.

London: A.W. Bennett. 1862. Original half-leather boards (19th century calf, gilt lettered black leather title labels on spine), b&w engraved frontis portrait plate with facsimile signature inscription,, pp xii, 556, 12, damp staining frontis and title page, boards lightly worn and marked, inscription title page. From the library of the Parliament of Victoria with their shelf label and small gilt stamp on spine, gilt stamp upper board, some ink stamps (some from the Melbourne Public Library). Good condition. Quakers James Backhouse and George Washington Walker were sent to the Australian colonies by the London Society of Friends in the 1830s.They investigated the penal system and the treatment of Aborgines, promoting temperance and preaching to the settlers. The book deals mostly with Walker's time in Tasmania, with travels to New South Wales and to South Africa. Includes separately paginated "Friendly Counsel addressed to the Working Classes, more especially to Newly-Arrived… Read More

Perth: Patersons Printing Press. 1942. 8vo, pp. 427, authors pres copy, missing f.f.e.p., light foxing eps., edges dusty, orig cl bds., marked, spine sunned, small split rear joint, edges rubbed, cnrs bent. Signed by author. Cloth Boards.

Perth: C.H. Pitman. 1946. 1st ed., pp.88, 14 col plates and b&w text illus by Irene Carter, original bds, some restoration to remains of stained & taped d.j., contents very good condition. Signed by author and illustrator (6 August 1946) and inscribed by a member of the Blue Triangle Club of which both Irene Carter and Elizabeth Backhouse were members. Muir 391 Rare first and only edition of a children's fairytale by Western Australian novelist Elizabeth Backhouse. 1st edition. Boards in d.j..

Canberra: Australian National University Press. 1970. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, endpaper maps, colour frontis, colour plates, b&w illus, pp 143. Small previous owner's bookplate, remains of sticker to ffep, very good condition in very good d.j. 1st edition. Boards.

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1897. 12th revised edition, 8vo, pp. lxxiv, 438, Index, folded map frontis, colour and b/w maps and views some folded, rear endpaper maps, previous owner's inscription, marks scattered throughout, hinges started, edges marked, original cloth boards, stain front, head spine torn, small hole bottom spine, front bottom cnr creased. Revised Edition. Cloth Boards.

Melbourne: Five Mile Press. 2013. 1st ed., royal octavo, pp.(viii), 295, incl. Index, b&w illus, map, orig stiff pict wraps, ink numbers to upper first page otherwise near fine condition Illustrated with many early photographs of the Thylacine. In early 1967 Col Bailey chanced upon a Tasmanian tiger while canoeing along the Coorong in South Australia. Since then he has been determined to prove that this animal is not extinct. 1st edition. Paper Wraps.

Brisbane: James C. Beal. 1887. 1st ed., 8vo., pp.iv, 112, b&w lithograph plates (44) illus by Margaret Anderson Hope, foxing to earlier and latter pages and edges, prev owner's name in ink to t.p. and introduction page, heavy fishing to orig publisher's embossed bds., small loss (1cm x 2mm) to spine, dec. eps., plates clean, good condition. Ferguson 6514. Published in Queensland as identification for stock-owners 1st edition. Publisher's boards.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. 2007. 8vo, wraps, b&w plates, pp xv, 301. Previous owner's stamp inside front wraps, remants of original price sticker rear wrap, o/w v.g. Reprint. Wraps.

New York: Bonanza Books. 1956. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, folding frontis plate, b&w plates, pp xx, 518. Previous owner's bookplate, o/w near-fine in good d.j. 7th edition.

Sydney: Universal Books. 1964. Octavo, illustrated boards, dustjacket, colour illus, pp 128. Silverfished to edges of boards, o/w very good condition in like d.j. History of Australia aimed at schoolchildren, copiously illustrated. 1st Edition.

Perth: Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited. 1977. 4th ed., octavo, wraps, b&w illus, folding map, pp 131, small stain to lower spine, some creasing to wraps otherwise very good conditon Life story of Western Australian, Evan Bain, a farmer from Katanning who joined the 10th Light Horse AIF during WWI 4th Edition. Wraps.

London: Methuen. 1916. Octavo, original boards (quarter vellum), dustjacket, b&w frontis illus w/ tissue guard, pp 74. Good condition in like d.j. Purportedly "translated from the original manuscript". Hindu love story. 9th edition. Boards in d.j..

London: Methuen & Co.. 1912. Royal 8vo, pp. xx, 124, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, edges uncut, foxing eps and prelims., light foxing throughout, edges foxed, orig bds., spine yellowed, edges worn. According to the author, Francis William Bain, the story was translated from an original manuscript in Sanskrit. Story based upon Hindu Mythology 1st Edition. Boards.

Perth: Artlook. 1982. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 380. Gift inscription to the blank page facing the title page, o/w near fine in like d.j. A history of pearling in Broome and Torres Strait. 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Artlook. 1982. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 380. Very good condition in like d.j. A history of pearling in Broome and Torres Strait. 1st edition. Boards.

Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press. 1975. 1st ed., large octavo, pp xvi, 431, b&w plates, endpaper maps, d.j. chipped and frayed. Signed and inscribed by the author in year of publication. Very good condition in good d.j., protected. 1st edition. Boards.

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. 1936. Quarto, original green cloth with gilt-stamped bird and title, 33 colour plates, b&w text illus, pp xii, 201.Second edition, revised and enlarged. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition. Copiously illustrated study of Indian birds. 2nd Edition.