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Hordern House 1987. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Sydney; Horden House; 1987.. First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 468; endpaper maps, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, appendix, general index, index of Artists and Engravers, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, wear to top edge of dustjacket, minor spotting on edges, very good copy. The Definitive work on collecting Australian rare books, book includes an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text.

Sydney: Hordern House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0958847827 . (Sydney): Hordern House, (1987). First Edition. 10 x 7 in. x,468pp, Index. Illustrations include a tipped-in color frontispiece. Cloth. Fine condition in fine dj. Important companion to collecting Australian books. ISBN 0958847827; Illustrated; 10 x 7 inches; 468 pages .

Sydney: Hordern House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. The standard reference on collecting Australian rare books. 8vo, 468pp, plates, charts, in text illustrations, maps at end papers. Gray gilt cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Immaculate.

Horden House, Sydney, 1987.. First Edition; 4to; pp. xii, 468; endpaper maps, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, appendix, general index, index of Artists and Engravers; original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket with faded spine, spine bumped, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by the author. The Definitive work on collecting Australian rare books, book includes an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text.

Sydney: Hordern House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Hordern House, 1987. Quarto, xii, 468 pages with numerous illustrations plus a tipped-in colour frontispiece and endpaper maps. Cloth; a fine copy with the excellent very slightly sunned dustwrapper. With an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text; a mine of information and an essential reference book for any serious collector. Loosely inserted is a small group of promotional materials for the book, including a copy of the original prospectus.

(Sydney), Hordern House, (1987).. First Edition; 4to; pp. xii, 468; endpaper maps, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, appendixes, general index, index of Artists and Engravers; original grey cloth, minor creasing to dustjacket; spine of dustjacket faded, cloth bumped; otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by the author to Sir John Galvin, with a few marginal notes in Sir John's hand.

Sydney, Potts Point: Hordern House, 1987. Hardback large thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, tipped-in frontispiece, black & white drawings (some full-page, some showing a title page), minor edgewear jacket (spine little faded as common), light foxing fore-edge, minor edgewear, jacket design differs from stock photo (which wrongly shows the limited edition with slipcase). Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 468 pp. A classic text by Jonathan Wantrup (a noted Australian bookseller) that promotes book collecting by examining its nature and methods, and explaining the essential technical aspects. He provides a broad-ranging survey of the major Australian rare books that look at Australia's past, relating each to the historical context in which it was produced. Includes an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text, as well as… Leer más

(Sydney); Hordern House; (1987).. First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 468; endpaper maps, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, appendixes, general index, index of Artists and Engravers; original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, nice association copy inscribed by the author to John Chapman (noted Australian book collector), with Chapman's bookplate on front endpaper, fine copy. Together with the original prospectus and some other related material.

Sydney-New York, Hordern House-Kegan Paul Int. 1987. Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 8vo: illustrated endpapers, coloured frontispiece tipped-in, x, [ij], 468pp., ca. 60 plates & illustrations, introductory chapters, checklist of 265 titles discussed [with notes & references], glossary, general index, index of artists and engravers. Very fine copy.,

Hordern House, Sydney, New South Wales, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Acknowledgements, preface by author, to appendices, general index and index of artists and engravers. Map illustrated end pages showing an early map of Australia and the world. Colour illustrated frontispiece – which has been tipped in. The text is illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of title pages of various books, black-and-white photography, and reproductions of illustrations in black and white. Grey coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... Jonathan Wantrup has written what will undoubtedly prove to be for many years to come the definitive work on collecting Australian rare books." Softening of the back strip edges a little sunning also present stop rubbing of the book… Leer más

Sydney: Hordern House, 1987. Pp. xii+468, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, endpaper map, appendices, indices; wide roy. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards lightly foxed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hordern House, Sydney, 1987. First trade edition. *Definitive work, which includes a bibliographical checklist of more than 260 major books.

Sydney, Hordern House, [1987], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean, unmarked, as new condition. . 8vo [25.5 x 18 cm]; x, 468 pp, mounted colored frontis plate, numerous illustrations from early sources including many title-pages reprinted, endpaper maps, index, special index of artists and engravers. . The standard reference book, includes an extensive bibliographic checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text together with a glossary of terms used in book collecting. Excellent chapters from the Founding Fathers to later explorations with an impressive chapter on the Wild Scenery of Australia: Fine Early Plate Books. The checklist includes a collation of each book with plate and map counts, plus good descriptive material. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Melbourne : Australian Book Auctions, 2023. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Two volumes, 255 x 180 mm, bound in dark green buckram, lettered in gilt, with colour pictorial dustwrappers, pp. 1400, 148 illustrations (43 in colour), glossary of book collecting terms, historical price estimates, indices of persons and titles. Printed and bound in Australia on 100gsm Sovereign Offset. New copy, printed in a small edition of 400 copies. The long-awaited revised edition of Jonathan Wantrup's definitive reference Australian Rare Books 1788 - 1900. 'The 1987 first edition of Wantrup’s Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 quickly became the internationally recognised definitive work on collecting rare Australian books of the Colonial Period. Offering a distinctive approach to Australian history and a unique perspective on the development of Australian society, in his eminently readable book Wantrup demonstrates a rare facility for making complicated things seem simple. This revised and enlarged second… Leer más

Kegan Paul, 1987. Hardcover. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 by Jonathan Wantrup. Published by Kegan Paul in 1987. Hardcover ISBN:9780710302588. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Sydney : Hordern House, 1987. Two volumes, octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, slipcase, vol. 1 pp. x; 168; vol. 2 pp. 32; a fine set. The deluxe edition, each volume limited to 125 copies signed by the author. The deluxe edition is specially bound in slipcase, and includes the additional volume 'First news from Botany Bay : the 'London Chronicle' account of the foundation of Australia in 1788'.

Sydney: Horden House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Very slight dust-dulling on page corners. . Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x,468 pages : illustrations(some color), maps,facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes: Maps on lining papers. Bibliography : p343-428 . - Includes index. Subjects: 18th-19th centuries. Early printed books Australia Bibliography. Rare books Australia Bibliography. Book collecting Australia. Rare books Collectors and collecting AustraliaRare Books. Book collecting. Early printed books. Rare books. Australia Imprints ; Bibliography. Australia Bibliography. Australia Imprints. Australia. Books with Australian imprints 1788-1900 Bibliographies. Books with Australian imprints 1788-1900. Bibliography Australia 1788.