London: The Field Press, 1920. Large quarto, original blue cloth with gilt lettering and crest to the front board; unpaginated preliminary leaves comprise the colour ornamental title-page, a photogravure portrait of C. Alma Baker and a further decorated leaf, followed by single leaf listing contents and plates; then 148 continuously..... More

London: The Field Press, 1920. Large quarto, original pale Japon vellum with gilt lettering and crest to the front board; top-edge gilt and others uncut. The unpaginated preliminary leaves comprise a colour ornamental title-page, a photogravure portrait of C. Alma Baker and a further decorated leaf, followed by single leaf..... More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936. Large octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt lettering, xvi, 1036 pp., 475 illustrations and maps, four colour plates printed on both faces. Some modest foxing of the edges and endpapers, as usual, otherwise a bright and excellent copy in the original publisher's carton. With the..... More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1942. Large thick octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt lettering, lxxvi, 1100 pp., numerous maps and diagrams. Edges a little foxed, endpapers sympathetically renewed, a near-fine copy. 'The publication of this volume brings to an end the production of the Australian Official History of the War..... More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1950. Octavo, blue cloth, xiv, 258 pp., frontispiece and plates. Near-fine copy in chipped dust-jacket. An account of Church of England and denominational private schools by Charles Bean, official Australian war correspondent during the First World War. More

London: Cassell, 1917. Octavo, original green cloth, xii, 232 pp., folding map and eight plates (including frontispiece). A near-fine copy. Firsthand account of fighting in France by Charles Bean, the official war correspondent. In the preface, he writes 'they were written to depict the surroundings in which, and the spirit..... More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1945. Octavo, printed wrappers, 210 pp. Some browning, otherwise a good copy. From the Australian Pocket Library series. More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957. Octavo, hardcover, 234 pp., frontispiece and plates. Very good copy in dust-jacket. First edition, being a personal biographical account of the founders of the Australian Infantry Force, Major-General William Throsby Bridges and General Cyril Brudenell White, by the official War correspondent Charles Bean. More

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1941. Octavo, blue cloth, 56 pages including 32 double-sided plates for a total of 101 photographs in photogravure. Spine faded and slightly flecked, a little spotting on inner boards and preliminary pages, inscription by previous owner on front free-endpaper, otherwise a very nice copy. Depiction..... More

Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1983-85. Volume One: octavo, black hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, 163 pp. Volume Two: octavo, grey hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, 175 pp. Both volumes illustrated throughout with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs. A fine set. First editions. In these volumes, paired as a set, Charles..... More

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1938. Quarto, original navy cloth, xviii, 616 pp., numerous diagrams and a folding plate. The sleeve attached to the rear endpaper contains a further three loose folding charts: Tasmanian navigation, the English Channel, and a guide to signs and symbols for map-reading. The cloth is..... More

New York? circa 1930. Bookplate measuring 82 x 136 mm. Well preserved. A curious piece of Chalie Chaplin ephemera, depicting a silhouette man walking his dog against a big city skyline. The bookplate is from the personal collection of Australian Olympic swimmer Fred Lane (1880 - 1969). More

Paris: chez Raymond, 1819. Four volumes, octavo, attractive contemporary quarter calf with bicolour labels, purple pasteboards. Boards moderately rubbed and scuffed with some wear to the extremities, overall in very good condition. An attractive later French edition of Cook's third voyage. Published some 35 years after the first London quarto..... More