Titles beginning with F from exPB (472 items)

(Lyndoch, S.A.: The Pump Press: 1985) Pump Press pamphlet no. 19 limited to 85 copies. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 8 (255 x 165 mm). Illustrated. A near fine copy.

(London: Walter Scott: no date) Preface dated December, 1889. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 234 and 14 publisher’s advertisements. Index. An owner’s name and date 1891 at head of front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards lightly rubbed; a very good copy.

(The only imprint is 'ML 82 3214' at foot of back: n.d.) Prefatory 'An Explanation' is dated December 1972. A collection of pieces from all sources, 'some published and unpublished, some from overseas; some interstate, and others local'(p. 4). WORDS ONLY. Pictorial wrappers pp. 182 (195 x 127 mm) Index of First Lines. Of particular interest as we suspect that little as durable as this was produced by the upsurge of Christian Charismatics in the 1960s or 1970s. The compilers point out that F.B.C. 'can also stand for the Fire of, the Baptism with and the Charisma of the Holy Spirit' (p. 4). About fine

(Glebe, NSW: Printed and Published by Protestant Publications: 1952) A [somewhat belated] Australian edition of a work first issued in 1885. Decorated wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 496. Very good copy.

(London: Faber and Faber: 1956) First British Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 336. Introduction by Auden. Index of Authors. Index of First Lines. Fine in fine price-clipped dust-jacket.

(London: Chatto and Windus: 1955) First British Edition Cl. pp. 392. Novel. Fine in like dust-jacket which retains the original wrap-around band stating 'Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature/Book Society Recommendation'.

(London: Oxford University Press: 1972) First Edition. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 40, 111 (311 x 237 mm). Illustrated by John Piper. Loosely included is the re-pressed 7 inch disc of the original recording of 1929. An about fine copy WITHOUT the slipcase.

(London: C. Arthur Pearson: 1920) [Presumably First Edition]. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 2 (advertisements on the front free endpaper) and 74. Illustrated. First Edition. External hinges rubbed; a very good copy.

(Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co.: 1967) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 164. Frontispiece. Viola player and member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 1936, Helen Bainton is a daughter of Edgar Bainton, musician/composer who became Director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, She is well-qualified to have written this first frank look at the makings and achievements of the orchestra and the musicians who moulded it. Appendix of First Australian Concert Performances of the Orchestra. A near fine copy in a good dust-jacket which is a little frayed and creased at its edges.

(Adelaide: Gillingham Printers Pty. Ltd. for The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc.: 1991) Decorated wrappers (that is, flexible covers) pp. iv, 68. Illustrated. Maps including large folding map. A near fine copy.

Bureau maintained by the Manufacturers of Condor, Crompton, Ediswan, Mazda, Osram, Philips and Siemens brands of Filament Lamps and Osira, Mercra, Escura, Sieray, Philora, Crompta and Metrovick brands of Discharge Lamps. (Printed in Great Britain. November, 1938) Wrappers plus pp. 40 (228 x 152 mm) Illustrated. Spine sunned. Near fine copy.

(Melbourne: Geo. Robertson: 1896) Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xii, 250, 6 publisher's advertisements. Illustrated by Will Dyson. An ownership inscription on half-title page. Cloth flecked; spine heavily sunned; a little light colouring-in to the frontispiece; a very good copy.

(Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney: A.E. Petherick: no date) Printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide. Muir 4840 (records a copy inscribed 1891). Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 98. Lower edge uncut. A great rarity, a colonial attempt to to settle fantasy within the Australian bush and to make it a new home for the little people. Spine worn, sunned and dampstained with the titling piece barely legible; some gatherings loose and in need of restitching; a few marks internally; otherwise very good.

With a Foreword by H.J. Gough, F.R.S. (Melbourne University Press: 1947) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xvi, 505. Illustrated. First Edition. A very good copy withdrawn from a company library.

(London: Ward, Lock: no date) Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 279. A splendid example of an edition which appeared early world war two, unillustrated, but with the uniform ‘kangaroo and wattle’ jacket. An about fine copy in dust-jacket the head and foot of whose spine are bruised, which has a small chip at the foot of its spine, and moderate wear elsewhere, but which is still rated very good.

(Oaklands Park, SA: Pioneer Books: November 1998) First Edition. ISBN 0 908065 45 0. Decorated wrappers pp. xvi, 127. First Edition. Fine

(London: Warne: 1949) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 94 (216 x 170 mm) Illust. by the Author. First Edition. A near fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket.

(London: Boosey and Co./Melbourne: W.H. Glen and Co.: no date) Decorated wrappers pp. 10. Price 4/-. An ownership inscription at the head of the front wrapper. Fore edge of front wrapper chipped; rear wrapper frayed at its edges; cloth reinforcement to spine; otherwise a very good copy.

(London: Gerald G. Swan Ltd: 1957) Cl. backed pict. bds pp. 95 (245 x 188 mm) Illust. Front cover legend 'Stories for Young Folk'. Very good.

(London: Gerald G. Swan Ltd: 1953) Cl. backed pict. bds pp. ii, 94 (245 x 190 mm) Illust. Front cover by Bob Wilkin. An owner's name. Very good