Search Results: Authors starting with C from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers

Canterbury: The Cadenza Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Canterbury, The Cadenza Press, October 1983. Octavo, [32] pages plus the loosely inserted errata slip annotated in ink by the author. Gilt-decorated blue cloth; author's armorial stamp to the title page; a fine copy. Dated 'Christmas 1983' and signed in ink 'Humph'. Number 52 of 'about 200 copies privately printed at the Cadenza Press of G.A. Beale [and] bound by Robert Paling'.

Sydney: The Authors, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, The Authors, 1972. Octavo; cloth; two corners very slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and torn with trifling loss. One of 500 copies signed by the authors. Also inscribed and signed by Johnson to Australian historian [Professor] Alex Castles.

Geneva: Skira, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Geneva, Skira, 1972 (new edition)/ 1960. Quarto; cloth a trifle rubbed; a fine copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed and very slightly torn and worn; foldovers slightly toned; with the slipcase unevenly sunned and slightly marked and rubbed. One of the Treasures of Asia series.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1982 (first edition). Quarto, 304 pages with over 210 illustrations (many in colour). Cloth; top edge slightly foxed and marked; endpapers slightly marked; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper (albeit with a trifling closed tear to the head of the spine).

Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2000. Quarto, 80 pages with dozens of colour illustrations (many full-page) from photographs by Hugues Dubois. Colour pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed and creased at the top corner; an excellent copy. Exhibition catalogue.

Portland: Timber Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Portland, Timber Press, 2000. Octavo; papered boards; an excellent copy with the very slightly creased dustwrapper.

Adelaide: Lothian (for Robert Hale, London), 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide, Lothian (for Robert Hale, London), 1945 (first Australian edition)/ 1943. Octavo; cloth; paper uniformly browned, short crack to the front inner hinge, else a fine copy in the slightly torn and chipped dustwrapper reinforced on the underside with paper.

Douglas: The Company, 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Douglas, The Company, 1930. Small quarto; overlapping colour decorated wrappers; covers rubbed; extremities a little creased with a few tiny closed tears; a very good copy. With the Manager's compliments slip tipped-in to the front flyleaf. Not least, the colour folding diagram showing the relative sizes of the company's steamers.

[Melbourne: The Author, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Melbourne, The Author, 1935]. Octavo; decorated limp cloth-covered card with central window displaying a colour plate; covers slightly rubbed and marked; verso of the front cover slightly creased and with a small surface tear; an excellent copy. Tasmanian composer. This copy bears a family ownership stamp.

London: Fisher Unwin, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Fisher Unwin, 1906. Quarto, 416 pages with numerous drawings by Joseph Pennell and Edward M. Synge. Gilt-decorated cloth; top edges gilt, others uncut; spine a little darkened; covers slightly rubbed, marked and flecked; front inner hinge slightly split but sound; some leaves unopened; a very good copy. With the bookplate of Sir Richard Baker (1841-1911). 'Barrister, pastoralist and politician ... [Baker was] the first South Australian-born member of the colonial legislature ... [and] one of the founding fathers of Federation' (ADBonline).

Ottawa: Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ottawa, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, 1968. Octavo, two volumes, xiv, 660 pages with 191 illustrations (including some colour plates) and 568 distribution maps, and x, 149 pages with 5 figures. Cloth; small ownership signature in the first volume; a near-fine set in the near-fine dustwrappers. Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture Monograph Number 4, Parts 1 and 2. A third volume dealt with the systematics and phytogeography of the non-vascular plants of the islands. [2 items].

Adelaide: Sullivan's Cove, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1979. Folio, x, 180 pages plus 5 sketches by Thomas Bock and endpaper maps. Cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Number 376 of 750 copies initialled by the publisher.

Pretoria: South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Relations, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Pretoria, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Relations, 1964. Small quarto, xii, 126 pages with 6 tables and 38 diagrams. Cloth very slightly rubbed; a near-fine copy. 'In each lecture emphasis was laid on the family group which, of course, will differ in its composition and the responsibilities of the various members of the family when viewed in terms of different regions and countries. The lectures cannot but be biased by what the author has seen achieved in Southern Africa, and in South Africa in particular. The great benefit of such experience is that when working in developing countries one is forced to realize the important part played by traditional beliefs and patterns of living when they come face to face with the new technological developments. These factors require a great deal of understanding and demand a humble approach by the housing expert' (from the author's… Read More

London: Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, [July 1946] (date of preface). Octavo, x (last blank), 154 pages with 32 line illustrations. Cloth a little marked, rubbed and flecked; mild signs of use and age; ownership details on the front pastedown; a very good copy.

A colour-pictorial poster on paper (756 × 508 mm), unmounted as issued. One strong crease across the centre, with some lighter creases where rolled; a few marginal pinholes; minimal signs of handling; overall, in excellent condition. John Cale, a foundation member of The Velvet Underground (1964-68), was on his first tour of Australia. Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor of Bank Street Records, Adelaide (1985-1994).

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1956. Octavo, [viii], 486 pages with 287 illustrations plus 3 colour plates and a map with a printed overlay. Cloth a little used; endpapers offset; gift inscription to Charles R.S. Saunders; a very good copy.

Norwich: Geo Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Norwich, Geo Books, 1986. Quarto, xx, 433 pages with numerous illustrations, tables and maps. Colour-pictorial papered boards a little unevenly sunned; spine slightly bumped with a tiny tear; initial leaves a little cockled; title page lightly stained; overall a very good copy. With the colour pictorial bookplate and ownership label (crossed out in ink) of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). La Cotte De St. Brelade is 'the largest and most productive cave or rock-shelter site in the British Isles [and] was originally made famous by the discovery of a rich Mousterian industry, fauna, and eventually fossil traces of Neanderthal man at the turn of the century' (Cambridge University Press website).

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. Oblong quarto; cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper.

London: A.& C. Black, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. London, A.& C. Black, 1933 (new edition)/ 1910. Quarto, xii, 240, (4, catalogue) pages plus 32 colour plates. Decorated cloth a little rubbed and sunned; light scattered foxing throughout; ownership signature; a very good copy.

London: A.& C. Black, Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. London, A.& C. Black, Ltd., 1933 (new edition)/ 1910. Quarto, xii, 240, (4, catalogue) pages plus 32 full-page colour plates. Two-colour decorated blind-stamped cloth a little rubbed; spine a little tanned; edges a little foxed and marked; scattered light foxing; a very good copy. The 32 colour plates are new to this edition.