Search Results: Titles starting with W from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997. Octavo; papered boards very slightly bumped at the head and foot of the spine; an excellent copy with the slightly bumped dustwrapper.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1874. Folio, [ii], 23 pages plus a plate and a large folding map (650 × 910 mm) in an endpocket. Synthetic cloth slightly marked; extremities very slightly bumped; an excellent copy. The account of the South Australian Government Surveyor's attempted crossing from the centre to the west coast; not least, he discovered and named Ayers Rock in July 1873. The first separate publication in book form; it was originally published as South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 48 of 1874. Peade A71: only 603 copies; the publisher's prospectus is loosely inserted. [2 items].

Adelaide: The Author, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, The Author, 1977. Octavo, xiv, 304 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; endpapers faintly tanned; essentially a fine copy with the dustwraper slightly rubbed, sunned and creased.

Adelaide: The Author, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, The Author, 1977. Octavo, xiv, 304 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the dustwraper slightly rubbed, sunned, marked, scratched and creased.

London: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Oxford University Press, 1937. Octavo, x, 386 pages plus 6 plates. Cloth slightly marked and bumped; edges lightly marked; contemporary gift inscription and ownership signature; an excellent copy. William Philip Schreiner (1857-1919) 'was [the first South African-born] prime minister of Cape Colony [1898-1900] at the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902); he was the younger brother of author and political activist Olive Schreiner. A moderate politician, he tried to prevent the war and later was a champion of African civil rights' ('Encyclopaedia Britannica' online). Loosely inserted is a vintage cabinet card photograph (image size 150 × 105 mm, on the printed mount of the photographer James Bruton, Cape Town) of Schreiner and his wife, Frances Hester, née Reitz. The ink inscription on the verso, 'Fan [sic] & Will, Jan 1884', would appear to be in Schreiner's hand. The mount has been unevenly trimmed along… Read More

Waikerie: [Waikerie Jubilee Committee], 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Waikerie, [Waikerie Jubilee Committee], 1944. Octavo, 47 pages with numerous illustrations. Colour pictorial card covers slightly rubbed; rear cover lightly stained, with associated minor marking to the last few leaves; a very good copy. Not least, the 13 pages of portrait snapshots of some 413 local men and women on active service during the Second World War.

Waikerie: Waikerie and District Council, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Waikerie, Waikerie and District Council, 1989. Small quarto; pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. A relevant newspaper clipping is taped to the verso of the flyleaf; loosely inserted is another relevant clipping. Loosely inserted are 2 photographs depicting the author.

Adelaide: The Book Collectors Society of South Australia, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide, The Book Collectors Society of South Australia, 1993. Octavo, [vi], 18 pages. Card covers; a fine copy. Number 54 of 250 copies (200 for sale) signed by Marcie Muir. This copy is additionally inscribed and signed by Muir to Flinders University librarian Noel Stockdale, and by Michael Treloar, who compiled the checklist of the eleven publications of Harry Muir's private press (pages 16-17). This is the second publication of the Book Collectors Society of South Australia.

Adelaide: Book Collectors Society of South Australia, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide, Book Collectors Society of South Australia, 1993. Octavo, 24 pages. Overlapping card covers; a fine copy. Number 157 of 250 copies (200 for sale) signed by Marcie Muir. The second publication of the Society, being a history of Harry Muir's private press and its eleven publications. Provenance: Juliana Bayfield (1938-2011), the influential librarian at the Children's Literature Research Centre at the State Library of South Australia from 1982 until her retirement in 2001. The half-title is inscribed 'To Juliana with Friendly greetings. Marcie. October 1993'.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1973. Octavo, xxiv, 236 pages with numerous diagrams and several illustrations (from photographs). Cloth; one tiny split at the head of the spine; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper slightly chipped, torn and marked. Nancy Munn's important first monograph, based on her fieldwork with the Warlpiri people of Central Australia. Part of the 'Symbol, Myth and Ritual' series.

[Hyde Park: The School], 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Hyde Park, The School], 1968. Quarto, 112 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-decorated papered boards lightly marked; endpapers offset; an excellent copy. A history of the first seventy-five years of this South Australian Anglican school for girls.

Norwood: Peacock Publications for Council of Governors of Walford Anglican School for Girls, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Norwood, Peacock Publications for Council of Governors of Walford Anglican School for Girls, 1994 (first edition). Quarto, viii, 336 pages with a vast number of plates plus 17 colour plates. Gilt-decorated full leather; rear cover with a very small dent to the rear cover; an excellent copy in the excellent matching slipcase. The history of a South Australian school: Walford Anglican School for Girls.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1938. Octavo, viii, 251 pages with 3 maps plus 31 pages of plates. Cloth very slightly bumped; edges a little foxed; decorative bookplate of E. Lynton Vicars on the front free endpaper; endpapers and adjacent leaves a little foxed; a very good copy with the dustwrapper foxed, torn and tape-stained, and lacking the top portion of the spine.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1938. Octavo, viii, 251 pages with 3 maps plus 31 pages of plates. Cloth slightly rubbed and sunned; leading edge very slightly foxed; front free endpaper creased; text block a little tanned; a very good copy with the dustwrapper foxed and sunned with slight wear and two short closed tears at the extremities.

Melbourne: Australian National Travel Association, 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Melbourne, Australian National Travel Association, 1936 and 1937. Large quarto, 14 issues (retaining the original pictorial wrappers), comprising over 700 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs. Binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the spine (lettering now a little dull); cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities and a little marked, with some small flecks of (possibly) white paint on the rear cover; contemporary ownership signature (Mavis E. Randell) on the front free endpaper, with her surname written neatly on some front wrappers; overall, in excellent condition. The cover title of 'Walkabout' changed several times, however these 14 issues represent the complete subset when it bore the title 'Walkabout Geographic Magazine. Australia and the South Seas'. There is much Indigenous Australian, North Australian and New Guinea content, and the photographic illustrations are of significance.

[Oxford]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. [Oxford], Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. Octavo, [xvi] pages with 7 full-page illustrations from photographs by Walker Evans. Pictorial wrappers lightly rubbed; front cover slightly stained; top edge slightly foxed; a very good copy. Exhibition catalogue of works from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Washington: Lunn Gallery/ Graphics International Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Washington, Lunn Gallery/ Graphics International Ltd., 1977. Octavo, [xx] pages (including the covers) with 15 full-page illustrations from photographs by Walker Evans. Card covers a little rubbed; top edge foxed; a very good copy. The prospectus for the first of three portfolios to be issued by the Walker Evans estate and distributed by the Lunn Gallery.

Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 1998. Octavo, xvi, 179 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; a fine copy with the dustwrapper slightly sunned on the spine. Number 30 of only 500 hardcover copies. This copy is dated (October 1998), signed and warmly inscribed in ink on the title page by the author.

Walkerville: The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Walkerville, The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, 1988. Quarto, 197 pages with several maps and numerous illustrations (2 in colour). Cloth; a fine copy with the dustwrapper very slightly sunned on the spine.

Walkerville: The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Walkerville, The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville, 1988. Quarto, 197 pages with several maps and numerous illustrations (2 in colour). Cloth; a fine copy with the dustwrapper very slightly sunned on the spine. Signed in ink on the title page by Kenneth 'Ken' Bonamy Price, Mayor of Walkerville (1977-1982), and with his pencilled contact details on the front free endpaper.