Search Results: Titles starting with W from Antique Bookshop

Kingsgrove. W. C. Penfold & CO., 1980.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 128pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. The printing & stationery business fomred in 1830 by emancipist William Moffit & taken over by William Clark Penfold & his brother Frederick Edwin Penfold in the 1880s in Sydney.

Lond. Religion Tract Soc., 1909.. Or.dec.cl. xxvi,388pp. b/w plates. Corners sl.rubbed else a a good bright copy. 1st ed. Scarce. An interesting account of Lawes' 40 years as a missionary in Papua New Guinea.

Canterbury (Vic) Mullaya Pubs., 1974.. Ill.wrapps. 112pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Signed by the author.

South Melb. Peter Robinson., 2003.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 336pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the compiler. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force played a significant role in the outcome of WWII. Very little has been heard about the thousands of British girls who directed tasks from directing bombers to cooking.

Lond. Dover Publications, Inc., 1964.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 168pp. Some wear to corners. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Good copy. American cartoonist & printmaker, John Held Jr. takes a satirical look at American life & society during its Victorian era. Held was one 15of the best known magazine illustrators of the 1920s.

Lond. John Calder Publishers Ltd., 1962.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 192pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Wagner is one of three great opera composers whose admirers tend to be more fanatical & more knowledgeable about the musical & poetic content of his operas than the admirers of any other composer.

Waitara. Ian A. Ramage., 1991.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 376pp. Fine. 1st ed. WITH WE STILL CALL WAHROONGA OUR HOME. Waitara. The Author. 2003. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 20pp. b/w photographic ills. Fine. 1st ed. A guide to the Wahroonga area & its adjoining suburbs of Warrawee & Waitara. Ian Ramage takes you on a tour of the streets, churches, schools, & the inhabitants past & present of his home suburb. The pair

Lond. Faber & Faber., 2000.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 305pp. (sl foxing) Some tanning to pages. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. A new biography of the forger Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land.

Lond. Faber & Faber., 2000.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 305pp. b/w ills. Pages lightly tanned else a very good copy. 1st ed. A new biography of the forger Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land.

Dorset. Blandford Press., 1984.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 296pp. Light rubbing to corners. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. This book pays tribute to a unique group of fans, The Apple Scruffs, who were a group of young women who dedicated their lives to following the Beatles. They produced a monthly magazine with updates.

Cardiff. Wales Tourist Board., 1990.. Roy.8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 136pp. Many Col.ills. 13 colour maps. Fine. 1st ed.

Walgett. The Author., 1978.. Foolscap folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 191,4,17pp. b/w ills. Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. A particularly scarce local history.

Milsons Point. Random House Ltd., 2003.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 309pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Nicknamed 'The Smiling Funnelweb', Chester Porter successfully defended Roger Rogerson on a bribery charge, & assisted in the Royal Commission into the convictions of Lindy & Michael Chamberlain.

2002.. Reprint.

N.Y. Abbeville Press., 1992.. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 272pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in colour. Fine. 1st ed. Lavishly illustrated, the book examines how major artists over the last five centuries have approached wallpaper design. Demonstrates the complexity inherent in the art of pattern and form that constitutes wallpaper design.

Lond. A.Zwemmer Ltd., 1981.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 130pp. 599 colour illustrations and some b/w ills. Fine. 1st Eng. ed. A source book of French wallpapers from the great period of theri manufacture.

Lond. Octopus., 1986.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 180pp. (some foxing) to top edges. Many Col.ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. A detailed guide to Disney memorabilia featuring Mickey Mouse.

Melb. Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd., 1966.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 136pp. DJ with wear to top corners with portions missing at top of spine. Bookplate on ffe. Stickers covering up inscription on half title page. b/w plates. Fair copy. 1st ed. The Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda, originated in 1898 when Banjo Patterson wrote the verse & his niece, Christina Macpherson, set it to music.

Lond. Chapman & Hall., 1875.. Rebound in cloth. viii,283pp. Coloured lithograph frontispiece and a folding map. An fair ex-library copy with a few stamps. Some foxing and adhesion ofpaper to the title, adjacent to the spine. A totally imaginary account of wanderings. Nevertheless it is scarce. A previous owner has annotated in pencil on the title by adding "from the truth" after the word "Wanderings" on the title page.

Milton (Qld) Jacaranda Press., 1968.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 112pp. Many colour illustrations by Roderick Shaw. Fine. 1st ed.