Search Results: Titles starting with B from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1950. Quarto, x (last blank), 47, [1] (colophon) pages plus 32 pages of 'Facsimile Reproductions from books produced by B.H.N. at the Shakespeare Head Press', and a two-colour replacement title-label tipped-in at the rear. Quarter cloth and papered boards; two-colour title-label mounted on the front cover; edges uncut; covers lightly sunned and rubbed; corners slightly bumped; rear flyleaf discoloured; a very good copy with the original glassine dustwrapper creased, chipped and torn. Loosely inserted is a copy of the 4-page prospectus (a little marked and tanned) and an order form (both folded twice). [3 items].

Adelaide: B.O.B.S., 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide, B.O.B.S., 1930. Small quarto; [8 pages including covers]; red ribbon-bound card covers lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. The Programme/ Menu is signed on the rear cover by some 35 local business identities.

Adelaide: The Authors, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide, The Authors, 2001. Octavo, vi, 7-60 pages with a plate plus 7 colour plates. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Title page inscribed and signed by co-author Jenny Booth.

Botley: Osprey, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Botley, Osprey, 2003. Small quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Osprey Combat Aircraft Number 39.

Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. Quarto; colour pictorial card covers slightly marked and rubbed; an excellent copy. Some 21 papers, with numerous illustrations, maps, formulae and tables (many in colour).

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, in collaboration with the British Museum, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London, Thames & Hudson Ltd, in collaboration with the British Museum, 2016. Large square quarto, 272 pages with 272 colour illustrations from photographs. Colour-pictorial card covers with wide French flaps; an excellent copy. The publication accompanied the exhibition of the same name, held at the British Museum from 19 May to 27 November 2016.

Brussels: BRUNEAF, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brussels, BRUNEAF, 2015. Small quarto, 154 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Pictorial papered boards; extremities slightly bumped and rubbed; an excellent copy. Exhibition handbook. With the advertising flyer (with a colour map of the fair on the verso) loosely inserted. Text in French, English and Dutch.

[Paris]: Librairie Hachette, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. [Paris], Librairie Hachette, 1966, 1966 and 1970. Oblong duodecimo, three volumes, [24], [16] and [16] pages with numerous colour illustrations. Colour pictorial card covers a little rubbed and marked; in very good condition. Numbers 178, 210 and 218 in the Hachette Mini-Livres series. Text in French.

Parkville: University of Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Parkville, University of Melbourne, 1995. Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers a little unevenly sunned; one corner slightly rubbed and creased; a very good copy. One of 1000 copies.

London: Heinemann, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Heinemann, 1958 (first UK edition)/ 1950. Octavo, [vi], 254 pages. Papered boards; head of the spine slightly bumped; edges and rear free endpaper slightly foxed; free endpapers lightly tanned; a very good copy with the price-clipped dustwrapper a little foxed, chipped and torn. The fourteenth Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte detective novel.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1962. Octavo, [x], 294 pages. Papered boards; leading edge slightly marked; an excellent copy with the unclipped dustwrapper sunned on the spine and slightly marked.

[Adelaide, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. [Adelaide, 1955]. Octavo, 32 pages with numerous illustrations. Saddle-stapled plain card covers; an excellent copy with the slightly marked dustwrapper. The dustwrapper also contains the text 'A small town with a big future ... Ardrossan, 1873 to 1955'.

[Perth]: The Author, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. [Perth], The Author, 1998. Quarto, [xiv], 106 pages (rectos only) with 3 maps, 4 illustrations and 23 tables. Cloth-backed card covers; covers slightly rubbed, marked and creased (with slight associated creasing to the corner-tips of a few adjacent leaves); an excellent copy. Submitted in partial requirement for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree, Centre for Archaeology, University of Western Australia, 1998. Provenance: pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022), with his colour-pictorial bookplate on the verso of the title page, and his extensive critical annotations.

Melbourne: E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Melbourne, E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1913]. Octavo, 200 pages. Red- and black-pictorial blue cloth heavily bumped on the corners and a little marked, with the spine rubbed and darkened; bottom corners of the boards lightly cracked; top edge (possibly) originally dyed blue, other edges foxed and marked; free endpapers tanned; scattered foxing; minor signs of age and use; overall, a decent copy. The author's first published book. The front cover illustration is by David Low; the last six pages are a glossary 'for the use of the thoroughly genteel'. McLaren 243. The Institute of Australian Culture contains on its website some interesting information about this book, contributed by Neil Glover (who made much more sense of McLaren's notes than this cataloguer). The book was issued in wrappers, in cloth (as here), and in leather (a deluxe boxed edition). Glover writes: 'McLaren speculates that 5000 copies in total were printed by E.W.… Read More

Eudunda: Back-to-Eudunda Celebrations Committee, 1935. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Eudunda, Back-to-Eudunda Celebrations Committee, 1935. Oblong octavo, 64 pages with 36 illustrations (from photographs). Overlapping title-wrappers a little creased along the leading edges; later gift inscription on the front cover; neatly sealed tear to one leaf; an excellent copy.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. Large octavo, xii, 320 pages with 34 figures and diagrams, 85 tables and numerous chemical formulae. Cloth a little sunned, marked and rubbed; a very good copy. With the ink ownership signature of Chief Brewer of the SA Brewing Co (1944-1980) Lance Walters to the front pastedown, a pencilled checkmark against three books in this "Monographs on Biochemistry" series, and a couple of inoffensive ownership stamps of The South Australian Brewing Co. Ltd.

Lexington: Dog Fighting Investigation Publications LLC, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Lexington, Dog Fighting Investigation Publications LLC, 2009. Small quarto, vi (last blank), 167 pages with several illustrations. Colour pictorial card covers; top corners a little bumped; a very good copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Hutchinson, 1989. Small quarto; papered boards; an excellent copy with the slightly creased and torn dustwrapper.

[France: The Author, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [France, The Author, 1989]. Quarto, 64 pages with numerous pages of colour plates. Laminated colour pictorial cloth covers; one corner very slightly bumped; front pastedown with a very small surface tear; an excellent copy. Loosely inserted are three pages of handwritten notes relevant to the subject.

Madang: Kristen Press, 1978. Fine. Madang, Kristen Press, 1978/ 1972 (revised)/ 1964. Octavo, 304 pages with illustrations. Illustrated plastic boards crinkled and with light glue stains to the pastedowns (production flaws); a fine copy. Text in New Guinea Pidgin.