Search Results: Titles starting with F from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

Melbourne: Gaston Renard, 1965. Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. viii+196(last colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; bound in dark brown half leather, blue cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed; top and bottom edges red; the original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in, and folding prices realised sheet tipped-in at end; small ownership label on upper pastedown, fore-edges slightly damp marked; Gaston Renard, Melbourne, 1965. *Inscribed and signed by the compiler on upper free endpaper. Printed by The Hawthorn Press.

Melbourne: Gaston Renard, 1965. Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. [ii]+viii+194+[4](last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index, med. 8vo; printed card wrappers, corners of lower wrapper a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Gaston Renard, Melbourne, 1965. *Leonard Joel auction catalogue, with the folding Prices Realised sheet loosely inserted.

Pittsburg, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987. Pp. xx+482(last advertisement, blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and facsimiles, appendices, index; med. 8vo; University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1987. Revised edition. Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography.

London: Leon Amiel, 1988. The Buckmaster Networks. Pp. xii+228, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, scuffed, a little soiled and foxed; endpapers and edges of leaves foxed, upper free endpaper lightly marked; Leo Cooper, London, 1988. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. An ex-French resistance member writes about the SOE's French Section.

London: Faber and Faber, 1996. Pp. xxvi+598, index; thick med. 8vo; dark grey cloth, spine lettered in cream; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Faber and Faber, London, 1996. Third impression..

Los Angeles: Dawson, 1964. Monograph by Frances J. Brewer. With a leaf from the Memorial Edition of the Fables Choisies, illustrated by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and printed in Paris by Charles-Antoine Jombert 1755-59. Pp. [viii]+10(last colophon), the title page printed in red & black; post folio; stiff grey paper wrappers with printed paper title label on backstrip, the wrappers very faintly damp marked near the backstrip and a trifle foxed; uncut; within marbled papered slipcase, lightly worn at edges, with a portion missing from both fore-corners; endpapers faintly foxed; Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1964. Edition limited to 125 copies, printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press, each containing an original leaf from the Memorial Edition of La Fontaine's Fables, 1755-59. Hamel 130. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label on upper pastedown. Loosely inserted within a bound-in folded sheet at the front of this copy is a text leaf (pp. 19/20, Fable VI) and a plate… Read More

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973. Printed from the Veronese edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin verses and the Italian version by Accio Zucco, with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum. Epilogue [in English] by Giovanni Mardersteig]. Volume I: Pp. 278+[2](blank, colophon), 68 pochoir woodcuts attributed to Liberale da Verona, recut by Anna Bramanti; Volume II: THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON'S AESOP containing the fables illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX. Pp. 120+[2](blank, colophon); med. 8vo; green morocco spines, lettered and decorated in gilt, 'cloudy' vellum boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spines uniformly faded; top edges gilt, others uncut; together within a brown card slipcase, edges slightly worn; bookseller's small stamp at top edge of upper pastedowns; Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1973. One of 130 sets thus [total edition 160]. Barr 91. *Printed on handmade paper watermarked with a goose, like that of the original edition, this… Read More

Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1997. Illustrated by Robert Dickins. Pp. 32, text illustrations (some full page); wide cr. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Macmillan Education Australia, Melbourne, 1997. First edition thus. Crackers series. White (Volume 3) 3202 *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (dated May '97) on the half-title page. The story was originally published as Hey Wimpydrawers! in Puffinalia, November 1987.

Sydney: N, 1992. Image, Reality and the Portrait. pp. 84, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, bibliography, catalogue details, index of subjects and artists; narrow demy 4to; dust wrapper; State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1992. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page.

Toronto: Basilike, 1974. With drawings by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [72], 16 illustrations; qr. brown buckram, printed title label on spine, marbled papered boards, the buckram slightly foxed; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Basilike, Toronto, 1974. Edition limited to 350 copies. Arnold Checklist 141.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Pp. 256; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960. First edition. *From the library of Australian journalist and critic Neil Jillett, with his bookplate, by Spooner, on the upper pastedown. A novel set 'in the not very distant future, after the Third World War'.

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Berg Publishers, 1984. German Society 1914-1918. Translated from the German by Barbara Weinberger. Pp. [viii]+278, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; white cloth, spine lettered in red, the boards quite foxed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges slightly worn, foxed on reverse, publisher's promotional roundel (slightly chipped) on front panel; some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; Berg Publishers, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 1984. First edition in English. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: William L. Clements Library, 1950. A Guide to a Timely Exhibition in the William L. Clements Library. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Pp. [ii]+26, title page vignette; post 8vo; green textured paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, stapled (staples a trifle rusted), the upper wrapper a trifle soiled, corners slightly creased; William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1950. Bulletin LIX of the William L Clements Library (revised and enlarged from Bulletin XX). *First published in 1934, this is a catalogue of an exhibition of forgeries, inspired by Carter & Pollard's Enquiry, 'the clever exposure of the cleverest forgeries of the late nineteenth century' [Introduction]. Most of the items on display were American, but three Wise items were included 'with a bow to Messrs. Carter and Pollard' [p. 12].

Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1977. or, Notes of progress, statistical and general. Pp. [xiv]+56+[4]+24+[2](last blank), mounted frontispiece portrait, tailpiece decoration; med. 4to; two tone cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown; original glassine wrapper; within plain card case, with is slightly soiled and browned; Queensberry Hill Press, Melbourne, 1977. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. *With publisher's small information sheet loosely inserted. Facts and Figures was registered as a newspaper in May l857 and eleven issues appeared before its demise in l857. It contains much material relative to early Victoria and its settlement.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. With an Afterword by Laura Rozen. Pp. 416(last blank), 8 coloured plates, appendix; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007. First edition. *Autobiography of a former CIA covert operations officer. 'My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House' [wrapper blurb].

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2007. Pp. xvi+224(last blank), text illustrations, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/British Library, New Castle, 2007. First edition. Publishing Pathways series. *From the Frankfurt book fairs in the sixteenth century to the Farringdon Road barrows in the twentieth, fairs and markets have played a crucial role in the circulation of books. Travelling pedlars, hawkers and chapmen have also acted as intermediaries in distributing printed material beyond the reach of conventional bookshops, while itinerant printers caused problems of control for the authorities' [wrapper blurb].

N: N, 1998. Twenty-five of the world's greatest golfers and the fathers who inspired them. Foreword by Billy Casper. Pp. xvi+144, printed in light brown & black, numerous sepia illustrations; small square 4to; corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and creased, edges lightly rubbed and split; Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998. First edition.

New York: N, 1962. Evening's glow of yesteryear. With an introduction by Marjorie M. Smith. Pp. 170+[10](footnotes), 20 plates, index; qr. grey cloth, blue patterned papered boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Fountainhead Publishers, New York, 1962. First edition.

Edinburgh: The Durham Light Infantry, 1963. Pp. xx+574, coloured frontispiece, 54 maps (mostly full page), index; roy. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver, the boards with spotted fading; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers lightly offset, some scattered foxing, mainly to title page and edges of leaves; The Durham Light Infantry/Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, n.d.[1963]. First edition. White p. 116; Sutcliffe 1/p. 365.

N: N, 1985. Pp. 60, illustrated; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked; [Falcons Netball Club, Bendigo, Victoria, 1985].