Faint scuff to front cover, no other defects. Bright gilt titles to front cover and spine, lacking the dust jacket. Beautiful tipped in full-color illustrations of art objects from the area, many b/w drawings and authoritative text as well. . Art of the World Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 250 pages. H3 View More...
Half bound in original black leather with original endpapers and all page ends marbled. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR on second endpaper: "Charles H. (? ) Rigg, from the author." (Middle initial is not legible. ) Pages printed on coated paper. The only defect in the book is the rubbed and slightly worn edges of the covers and spine. Binding is tight, hinges are solid, no foxing or other marks to the pages. . Written by an early settler of Queensland and much reprinted. Forty-five illustrations and two maps. A gorgeous copy of the first edition, inscribed by the author. . 8vo 8... View More...
Spine is slightly faded, top page ends darkened. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . An early history of the nation of Australia. This is the 1911 third edition. A solid, handsome copy. . 12mo 7" - 7" tall. 299 pages. F1 View More...
No defects. Glossy paper covers and pages, wrappers. . This book concerns the Dokdo (or Takeshima) Island, disputed between Korea and Japan. . Korean Cultural Assets 1 Series. Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 135+110 pages. K5 View More...
No defects. Book is inscribed: Best Wishes from The Friendship Force of Hobart, November '94." . Profusely illustrated in full color, this is essentially a history and travel guide to Tasmania, a large island off the southern coast of Australia, of which it is part. I want to go! . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 190 pages. H0 View More...
Jacket is rubbed at extremities, small owner stamp on bottom page ends of book. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . About half of the full-blood Aboriginal people of Australia lived in such settlements, according to the 1961 census, as stated in a jacket blurb. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 225 pages. C6 View More...
Glossy card covers are a little rubbed, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . An exhibition catalog, with text and superb b/w and color photographs throughout. Printed on coated paper. A handsome copy. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 112 pages. K2 View More...
No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Lee Boo was one of the first of the 'noble savages' brought to London in the 18th century from a Pacific island. A beautiful copy, As New. . South Sea Books Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 259 pages. H5 View More...
Fine book in VG- dust jacket. Jacket has shallow chipping to corners, also head and foot of spine, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has been read but no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on second endpaper. Description of Australia and Australians, as seen by a traveler in the mid-1950s. Includes 24 plates. Nice copy of a signed first edition (stated). . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 400 pages. Signed by Author. F6 View More...
No defects, book is As New. This is an early printing of an exhibition catalog describing an exhibition arranged by the Australian National Committee for UNESCO. Printed on coated paper, side-stapled, pages are b/w. . Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 47 pages. F5 View More...
No defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Includes 19 plates and 1 map. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 352 pages. I2 View More...
