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Melbourne: Hoyts Theatres Ltd . A broken run of 120 various issues of this film magazine from Volume 5, No. 3 (January 5, 1951) to Volume 16, No. 9 (April 27, 1962). In 1951, New Screen News was published weekly by the Australian chain Hoyts Theatres. At that time it was edited by Ken Brumley and boasted a weekly circulation of 50,000 copies. It became fortnightly from about July 1951. Many of the magazines in this fascinating collection are in fine condition. Overall the condition is good, with some of the older magazines having creases, small tears and wear. Profusely illustrated with b/w, sepia and coloured photos. A full-page advertisement on the back cover of each issue. A wealth of information for film buffs with many articles on the Hollywood films and stars of the day. 24cm x 18cm stapled pictorial paper wraps. Pagination varies from 24 to 32 pages. This rare and beautiful collection comprises 26 issues from 1951, 17 from 1952, 1953 (19 issues), 1954 (8), 1955 (9), 1956 (3), 1957 (8),… Leer más

London: Heinemann, 1956. 191 pages. Pictorial endpapers and many b/w text illustrations. Neat name of a previous owner on flyleaf. Original blue boards with silver titling on the spine. Very slight mark on bottom edge. The price-clipped dustwrapper is very slightly worn and has a brown mark on the lower rear panel. Bright, beautiful and scarce!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. The Writings (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 654): xviii, 364 pages+ vii, 397 pages + vii, 430 pages. The Life (published 1927; limited edition of 1480 copies, this being No. 864): xv, 397 pages. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece and many b/w plates. Notes at the end of each volume. The Life has appendices, notes and index. Original vellum-backed marbled papered boards. Gilt titling on the spines. All edges uncut. Partially unopened. Very slight spotting. Some offsetting on endpapers. *A very beautiful set.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Slight tanning on endpapers. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. The dustwrapper is worn, chipped and marked; the dustwrapper spine is sunned as usual. Rare. Signed and inscribed by Mockridge's widow, Irene Mockridge, and dated August 2, 1961. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

London: Virtue and Co. Set of 5 volumes. Quarto. Not dated (about 1930). 1,864 pages. Many b/w illusts, diagrams and text illusts. Several coloured fold-out models. Index. Original deep brown cloth with gilt titling on spines and gilt decoration on lower right-hand corner of upper boards. A beautiful set. *Heaps of information on English, European and American motor vehicles presented in alphabetical order. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. The book itself is bright, crisp and flawless. The price-clipped dustwrapper, which is lightly worn and chipped at extremities, is without the usual sunning of the red spine. Rare. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831. Set of two volumes. xxiv, 566 and viii, 568 pages. Fourteen b/w engraved plates, including the frontispieces. About half the plates have varying degrees of tanning with offsetting on the facing page. Pale foxing on the title page and frontispiece of Volume One. Rebound at some time in three-quarter calf with raised bands, gilt titling and rules on the spine. Original marbled boards (slightly rubbed). New endpapers. A lovely old set.. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co, 1826. Volume I: Voyage to Loo-Choo and Other Places in the Eastern Seas, in the Year 1816. Including an Account of Captain Maxwell's Attack on the Batteries at Canton; and Notes of an Interview with Buonaparte at St Helena, in August 1817. iv, ii, 322 pages. Volume II and III: Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. xii, 313 and x, 311 pages. Each volume is 14.6cm x 9.7cm. Engraved half-title pages. Blind-stamped original three-quarter calf with gitl titling and rules on the spine. Marbled boards. Corners a little bumped. A lovely old set. Scarce.. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good.

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Tape marks on front and rear endpapers. The dustwrapper is lightly worn. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records in marathons such as Freemantle-Sydney, Kalgoorlie-Perth, Adelaide-Sydney, Sydney-Brisbane and, in Europe, his wins in the Paris-Brest-Paris road race, the classic 24-hour Bol dÓr and setting a new Land's End-John O'Groats record. He broke and/or established 101 State, Australian and world records in an incredible 24 hours of non-stop cycling at the old Sydney Velodrome. Oppy went on to become a long-time Cabinet Minister in the Australian Parliament and its overseas' representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a heart attack… Leer más

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Not signed by the author (this title is almost always signed and inscribed by Opperman!). Very slight pale foxing on endpapers and on dustwrapper. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records in marathons such as Freemantle-Sydney, Kalgoorlie-Perth, Adelaide-Sydney, Sydney-Brisbane and, in Europe, his wins in the Paris-Brest-Paris road race, the classic 24-hour Bol dÓr and setting a new Land's End-John O'Groats record. He broke and/or established 101 State, Australian and world records in an incredible 24 hours of non-stop cycling at the old Sydney Velodrome. Oppy went on to become a long-time Cabinet Minister in the Australian Parliament and its overseas' representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a… Leer más

London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Original red boards with rules, titling and publisher's device on the spine. Very slight foxing on rear free endpaper. Gift inscription in ink on flyleaf. The dustwrapper, which is worn and chipped at extremities, is without the usual sunning of the red spine. The verso of the dustwrapper has light foxing and a small tape repair. Rare. NOTE: The entire lower panel (rear cover) of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book, not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Juvenile Productions Not dated (about 1938). 125 pages. Pictorial endpapers and pictorial title page. Four colour plates, including frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with a full-page illustration (printed in red and black) facing each page of text. The ownership details written in ink on the This Book Belongs To page are dated August, 1938. Original pictorial boards (lightly rubbed and with lightly bumped corners). Rare.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Films in London Publications Quarto magazine. Pictorial card wrappers. Profusely illustrated. An excellent run of 122 issues of this magazine from No. 1 to No. 124. Missing two issues only (No. 3, September 1971, and No 4, October, 1971). *A comprehensive record of the films of the era. Note: this is a very heavy set (about 15kgs), so shipping outside Australia would be expensive.. Original Wraps. Very Good.

London: Macmillan, 1884. Duodecimo. x, 124 pages. Black endpapers. 3 maps printed in black and red. Original fawn cloth ruled in red and black on spine and upper and lower boards; titled in black on spine and upper board. A very good (very slight wear), crisp copy of this extremely scarce title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: T. Fischer Unwin, 1920. 320 pages. Two-page advertisement for The First Novel Library. Slight spotting and offsetting on half-title page. Top edge red. Original red cloth with white titling, rules and decoration. Corners bumped. Small stain on spine. Lightly worn at extremities. Rear hinge repaired. Front hinge cracked, but holding. No dustwrapper. Rare. *Hilton's first novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Methuen, 1899. xii, 312 pages. B/w frontispiece and 50 other b/w photos. Half leather with gilt titling and decorations on the spine; raised bands. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Some pale foxing, but not on the b/w plates. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf. Rare. *A beautifully bound book. The photos are exceptionally clear, detailed and interesting.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good.

Boston: The Wheelman Company, 1884. 25.3cm x 18cm. viii, 480 pages. Many b/w text illustrations and full-page steel engravings. Includes feature articles on cycling, tricycling and the League of American Wheelmen, as well as on fishing, canoeing, archery, yachting, etc. Original blind-stamped green cloth (lightly worn and marked) with decorated gilt titling on the upper board and spine. Rare.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

San Bernadino: The Phantom III Technical Society, 1994. Quarto. 290 pages. Colour frontispiece. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Three pages of additions and corrections loosely inserted. Original cloth (slightly spotted) with silver titling and insignia on the spine and upper board. Rare.. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Bungendore: Odana Editions, 2001. Quarto. x, 380 pages. Line drawings; many illustrations and photos in colour and b/w. Bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards. *Comprises Rose Lindsay's memoirs "Ma and Pa: My Childhood Memories" and "Model Wife: My Life with Norman Lindsay" published together for the first time. It includes many of the artistic and literary figures of the day, such as Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova, Fritz Kreisler, Julian Ashton, Elioth Gruner, Hans Heysen, Miles Franklin, H.G. Wells, Fanny Hurst, Edna Ferber and Frank Lloyd Wright.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Melbourne: Georgian House, 1950. 183 pages. Many b/w photos. Original green cloth with gilt titling on the spine. Endpapers lightly tanned. The dustwrapper is chipped and lightly worn. Scarce. *"It is not only a grand story of amazing cycling exploits, but an absorbing tale of pioneer farming in Victoria's wheat country, a young man's account of his experiences in the South African War, and a family man's story of his war experiences in 1914-18 in Egypt, Gallipoli and France" (dustwrapper blurb).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.