Search Results: Titles starting with B from exPB

(Melbourne: Printed by J.T. Picken and Sons for The B.H.P. Recreation Club: Feb. 20, 1929 to October, 1929) Five issues. All pictorial wrappers and between 12 and 20 pages. Illustrated. A well-produced journal giving invaluable insight into the lives of B.H.P. employees and and the wider community. Includes a substantial series ‘Life Stories of B.H.P. Officials’ and contributions of general interest to Australians. Spines lightly rubbed; small scuffs to some wrappers; a few pencil annotations; very good copies.

with a Preface by Lord Somers, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C. (London: C. Arthur Pearson: 1955) Second Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 190. Illustrated. Index. An about fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket.

(England: Published by The Boy Scouts Association in conjunction with Evans Brothers: Copyright 1938) Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. vii, 84 (307 x 247 mm). Illustrated. Two ownership signatures in the space provided, but the preliminary leaves designed for personal entries unused. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; a few marks to cloth; front inner hinge split; internally a very good copy.

(Printed by C.G. Meehan, South Melbourne. Issued November, 1952) Quarter cloth pictorial wrappers plus pp. 200 (273 x 220 mm) Frontispiece. Quick Index. Errata Slip at front and other Errata slips tipped in at various points. Top of fore edge moderately grease stained (does not impinge on the leaves themselves) otherwise very good copy.

(New York: The Macmillan Company: May 1944) Reprint. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xii, 395. Endpaper maps. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Head of spine worn; spine sunned; otherwise a very good copy.

About fine.

(London: Muller: 1950) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 215. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. First Edition. Foxing to the edges; a few light pressed flower stains; otherwise a near fine copy in somewhat worn but good dust-jacket.

(London: Chatto and Windus: 1922) First Ed. Cl. pp. x, 306, 2 p.a. Illust. Index. Fore and lower edges uncut. First Edition. Near fine

(no date) Suggest 1919. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 24 inclusive of the wrappers (213 x 141 mm) Illustrated. Commences with June 28, 1914 (the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Serajevo, Bosnia) and ends with November 11, 1918 (Armistice: cessation of hostilities at 11 am). Centrespread is a pictorial record, in colour, of War Medals And Decorations. A legend at the foot of each page upholds the pre-eminence of Bovril (centrespread legend is ‘Bovril is British to the Backbone’) while the rear wrapper has a touching pictorial advertisement captioned ‘Give Her [new mother] Bovril’. Fine bright copy.

Introduction by Maurice Sendak. (London: Methuen Children's Books: 1982) First British Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 144 (310 x 233 mm). Illustrated by the Authors. Gift inscription at head of title-page. Rubbing to head and foot of spine and corners of boards; a near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is chipped at the head of its spine.

(London: Methuen and Co.: 1953) Sixth Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 (272 x 195 mm). Illustrated by the Author. An owner's name on front free endpaper. A few scattered marks; a very good copy.

Music specially composed by Anne M. Gibbon. (London: Pitman: no date) Cloth (library buckram?) with pictorial pastedown on front (that is, hard covers) pp. 64 (278 x 217 mm). Illustrated from photographs. A very good copy with cancelled and ownership stamps.

(London: Blackie: no date) Blackie’s Library For Boys and Girls. Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 190. Frontispiece. Prize label with inscription dated 1934. A near fine copy in very good dust-jacket.

(Melbourne: Pantheon Publications: no date) Suggest about 1950. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers), spiral spine pp. 36 (154 x 122 mm). In colour throughout. Head and foot of spine and corners of wrappers a little rubbed. A very good copy.

Verse. (Sydney: Art in Australia: 1924) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 88 (240 x 180 mm). Decorations by Hugh McCrae. This Edition is Limited to 600 Copies. An ownership stamp on rear free endpaper; an owner’s namestamp on lower edge. Spine and corners of boards worn; yapp edges a little frayed; otherwise a near fine copy.

(London: Religious Tract Society: Sept., 1925) Second Edition Rewritten Throughout and Enlarged. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xxii, 296. With 11 plates and 22 illustrations in the text. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; top edge dusty and a little marked; a very good copy and internally near fine.

(London: Warne: no date) Warne's Empire Toy Books No. 2. Suggest 1880s. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 12 inclusive of the wrappers (280 x 215 mm). Illustrated. An ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper. A small chip to the upper corner of the front wrapper and an old reinforcement to the lower; cloth reinforcement to the spine; a very good copy.

Novel. (London: Barrie and Jenkins: 1973) First Edition. ISBN 0 214 66889 4. Boards pp. 191. First Edition. Top edge a little foxed; otherwise an about fine copy in like dust-jacket.

Here's the 1940 Chorus Song Furore .... Sung - Played - Danced - Encored Everywhere. Featured by REX DAWE The famous Radio and Musical Comedy Star. (Adelaide: Cawthorne's Ltd.: n.d.) (1940) pp. 4, pictorial on front featuring central photo of Rex Dawe. Price 2/- nett. A rarely seen King-Fewster piece. Very good

(Adelaide: Printed by R.M. Osborne) Decorated wrappers plus pp. 32 (190 x 255 mm). Illustrated. An ownership signature on front wrapper. A neat repair to spine; a very good copy.