Rare books from Lansdowne Books

Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Front board with light blue lettering and linear design.The first edition of Lady Elizabeth Thompson Butler's travel accounts of Ireland, Egypt, the Cape, and Italy, illustrated profusely throughout with colour plates. 28 illustrations from watercolors and 21 smaller sketchesLocale: Egypt; Ireland; Italy; South Africa. (Travel, Travel and Adventure)The first edition of this work. A travel work looking at the turn of the century in Ireland, Egypt, the Cape, and Italy. With a colour frontispiece, twenty-seven colour plates, and numerous in-text monochrome engravings. Written and illustrated by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler. Thompson was a famed painter of history paintings, one of the only female painters of her time who found fame with her scenic paintings, such as battle scenes. With six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. Condition: In the original publisher's cloth binding. A little bumping to the tail of the spine and extremities.… Read More

In 2 volumes, frontispiece with titles to each volume (including tissue-guarded to first volume), illustrations in text throughout.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded is in the people's edition cover with original uncancelled title page First Edition, Reprint
Slight rubbing and marking to covers and to endpapers; with bumping to corners, some foxing and marking to first and last few leaves of second volume, both volumes in good condition , green cloth, red and black illustration to upper boards with red borders and black decorative titles, black decorative titles with red detail to lower boards and spines.

Sheba's Daughters. being a record of travel in Southern Arabia.
Original green cloth, title gilt to spine together with Athena's owl.
Boards slightly mottled with slight damage to top and bottom of spine. Please see photos for condition.
Protected in Mylar.
Frontispiece and 46 other plates, folding map at the rear.
First edition with index and an appendix on the rock inscriptions by A. F. L. Beeston.

Part of a Two volumes set. See Volume Two. Numerous B/W pictures, drawings, maps in separate folders. Introduction by Robin Bidwell.

Folding maps, v, xi, 414p. dj. 24cm. Facsimile of the rare 1857 edition with a New Introduction (2 1/2p.) by Robin Bidwell.

An invaluable illustrated catalogue of all the etched works of Norman Lindsay, whose output in this medium was remarkable. The various essays, appendices and notes make this reference book an essential resource on the subject. Bungendore: Odana editions and Sydney : Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999. First edition. Quarto, illustrated boards. Beautifully illustrated. Out of print. The contents cover: the etchings: notes on the unpublished etchings catalogue raisonne; notes on the published etchings catalogue raisonne; selected exhibitions in chronological order; public collections; glossary of etching terms; selected bibliography; index of published etchings in alphabetical order; index of etchings in chronological order.

pp. xxxix, (i), 279, (i). Frontispiece and 15 fabulous colour plates from H M Brock accompany these wonderful stories, head- and tail-pieces and end-papers all by Brock. Uncut pages slightly foxed and now in protective jacket.

London & Toronto, J. M. Dent; New York, E- P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First English language edition.Very well Illustrated throughout with 600 black-and-white illustrations, drawings and photographs. Dark Blue cloth covers with Gilt Peacock and Fountain Designs to fronts and spines. Top page edges Dark Green. Vol 1, 459 Pages and Vol 2, 486. 11" Tall. No inscriptions.The Fascinating History of Garden Design. Volume 1 starts with Ancient Egypt, includes Ancient Greece & Rome and goes up to the Renaissance Period. Volume 2 continues with the Renaissance, includes Louis XIV and the Masterpiece of Versailles, China and Japan, then the English Landscape Garden with Capability Brown, Kent etc, next the 19th C. and finally America and Canada. For larger or multi-volume items additional shipping charges may be necessary.

The James Flood Charity Trust, Footscray, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Fine Condition/Slipcased. In original numbered packing. Illustrator: photographic. Limited edition, this volume is number 3795 of a limited edition of 5000, and it and the slipcase are in excellent order. The fifth (and last) of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia.
A comprehensive record of vintage, veteran and classic motorcycles in Australia from 1899 to 1980. In addition to the many splendid photographs, the text in the book deals variously with Motorcycle advertising literature describing the old machines. Reproduction pages of motorcycle handbooks. Extracts from the "Australian Motor Cycle" Police motorcycling Motorcycles in the Australian military forces Motorcycle speedway racing Motor sport Motorcycle builders and modifiers throughout Australia over the years Please refer to accompanying picture (s).
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First edition. With a photogravure frontispiece and 12 lovely tissue-guarded plates by E. C. Peixotto. Publisher's original dark green cloth beautifully decorated on the upper cover and spine after designs by Margaret Armstrong. The lettering on both the cover and spine is in gilt. A handsome and bright copy of this lovely book, internally very fresh and clean. The pages are uncut pages to side and bottom and gilded to top.The Armstrong binding is fresh, vivid and clean with minor evidence of age damage to the top and bottom of spine. A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN TRAVEL BOOK by a Pulitzer Prize winning author. Though the less famous then her collaboration with Maxfield Parrish this collection of nine essays is none-the-less appealing. Mr. Peixotto's art was far more familiar then his name, he had been a extremely successful illustrator of magazines and periodicals. Scribner's sent the young artist to Italy with Mrs. Wharton and then kept him at various points of the Mediterranean for over a year.

Near Fine books with Near Fine dust jackets in protected mylar sleeve. Tight bindings with pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs and maps in colour and black and white. All three books are signed by their respective authors. Volume I offers a comprehensive and accessible account of the Victorian migration experience over 50,000 years. Volume II looks at the Aborigines' relationship with the land; the Europeans' ambitions and search for wealth; 20th century urbanisation and industrialisation. Volume III analyses the changing look of Victoria: Melbourne, its suburbs, country towns, roads, railways, reservoirs, farms, etc. This item is heavy and may require additional shipping costs. For larger or multi-volume items additional shipping charges may be necessary.

A rare copy of this title offered for sale. Beautiful production of high quality photographs celebrating the "Divine Child" and representations of the Infant Jesus. This title comes with related exhibition brochure and 6 postcards from the exhibition hosted in Gardone Riviera. A delightful Christmas Gift.

First Edition. With 28 fine plates, including 16 in colour and 12 in monochrome, and with 34 line drawings within the text, many of which are quite large, decorated title-page printed in black and red. Publisher's original olive cloth-covered boards backed in buckram and ruled and lettered on the spine in dark green titling to spine. Top edge of pages green with front and bottom edges untrimmed. Sound and firm with no staining or foxing to contents. A very clean and tight copy, the text clean and fresh, the plates all very fine, the binding solid.Maxwell, an official artist sent by the Imperial War Museum, was a most original writer, artist and traveler.

A very clean, tight and rare copy in original brown cloth in very good condition. Very slight bumps to spine and covers. Title in gilt lettering on spine and upper boards, incl. gilt tooled hieroglyphs between a gilt border also on upper cover. Red marbled endpapers and marbled edges. (xxi), 955pp. 2 full-page maps as a double frontisp., many plates, of which plans of temples, text-figs. and ills, diagrammes, full-page coloured maps and plans, index, list of contents, and important notice on Bakshish, list of Egyptological words.This work represents far more information to the tourist than the usual tourist-guide. Originally drawn up in 1886 in accordance to the suggestions of his [Wallis Budge's] friend Mr. J.M. Cook with vast information on ancient monumental Egypt.

Hardcover. Stated Collector's First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound with gilt lettering. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges for this milled edition. The endpapers of moire fabric with silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines with pages clean and tight. A fine collector's copy. This title may be collected from Port Fairy, Victoria.