Search Results: Titles starting with T from Muir Books

London: Jonathan Cape. 1935. Reprint, 8vo, pp, 454, Index, (viii adverts), b/w frontis portrait, b/w plates, b/w maps some folded, award plate front pastedown, mall stains fore-edge and top edge, original cloth boards with school gilt stamped, scuffed, small scattered marks, cloth at head and tail spine worn with minor loss, two small holes centre spine, corners bumped. Biography of Lawrence. Reprint. Cloth Boards.

Sydney: Curraway. 1972. 1st ed., 8vo., pp 192, incl Glossary, or. cl. bds., v.g in frayed, stained, gd d.j.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1954. 8vo., pp vii 528 incl. index, b/w text ills., pgs 109 to 114 taped at hinge, stain to top edge, foxing to title page and fronts., paper note taped to title pg., or. cl. bds., bumped, sl. marked at rear, no d.j.

Perth, W.A.: Chinoiserie Publishing. 2023. Ltd Ed. of 300 copies, 2000 blank pages on Scritta Paper (53 gsm), 180mm (l) x 120mm (w) x 100mm (h), stitched and bound in black leatherette limp boards includes front and rear end-pockets and 1.5m red ribbon, all edges gilt, thumb indexed fore-edge. New. Designed as an en plein air sketchbook 1st Edition. leatherette.

London: Grant Richards. 1921. Octavo, original cloth boards decorated in gilt, b&w frontis plate, additional b&w plate, pp 260. A visit to Tahiti in 1906. The book was published posthumously; the author was killed at Gallipoli in 1915. 2nd impression. Boards.

Crawley: UWA Publishing. 2015. 1st ed., pp xiv, 279, orig stiff wraps, very good condition The history of the many schemes proposed for the foreshore of the Swan River. 1st edition. Stiff Wraps.

London: G. Harrap. 1913. 1st ed thus, quarto, original leather binding with blindstamped decoration upper board and decorative gilt lettering spine, eight tipped-in colour plates, numerous lithographs and line drawings in colour and b&w and illus endpapers all by Willy Pogany. Printed note on last page: "The entire book, including auto-lithographs, is printed by off-set lithography by Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons Ltd. London, the four-colour reproductions are the work of The Dux Engraving Co. Ltd. Glasgow." Some rubbing and scraping of leather to corners particularly lower corner, internally clean and in excellent condition. Very good condition. A re-telling of Wagner's Romantic opera, itself based on earlier sources. Lavishly illustrated throughout by the renowned Hungarian artist Willy Pogany. 1st edition thus. Leather.

West Perth: ACE Pty Ltd. 2011-2012. 1st edition thus, octavo, 3 volumes in slip-case. Vol.I: pp.96; Vol.II: pp.208; Vol.III: pp.181, col and b&w plates in each volume, pictorial folding boards, a fine set in cloth slip-case Transcribed from the original manuscripts held in the Kerry Stokes Collection. The first volume is Wilson and Bowers account of the 'Winter Journey' in the Antarctic from the original manuscript titled "Sledge Journey to Cape Crozier from Cape Evans June 27th 1911 to Aug. 1st 1911" being a report of the Cape Crozier Party, the journey made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as 'The Worst Journey in the World' and described by Captain Scott as one of the most gallant stories in Polar History. The second volume is Levick's account as surgeon and zoologist on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition illustrated with his own photographs and sketches. The final volume is another account of the Northern Party on the Terra Nova Expedition by… Read More

West Perth: ACE. 2011. 1st edition thus, pp.96, colour and b/w plates and maps, uncut, hardcover. Fine. A transcription from the original manuscript by Edward Adrian Wilson written in the Antarctic Winter of 1911 and titled "Sledge Journey to Cape Crozier from Cape Evans June 27th 1911 to Aug. 1st 1911". Edward Wilson's report of the Cape Crozier Party refers to the journey made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as The Worst Journey in the World and described by Captain Scott as one of the most gallant stories in Polar History..."It makes a tale for our generation which I hope may not be lost in the telling". 1st edition thus. Boards.

London: Oxford at the Shakespeare Head Press. 1939. 1st ed thus, octavo, pp.xl, 311, incl Index, half-title vignette, b&w fronts. port., and plates, ex-lib with remains of sticker and pocket to ffep and white ink number lower spine, otherwise clean, orig bds., rubbed, spine faded, uncut, good condn. With the reproduced frontispiece from the 1710 edition. A Tale of a Tub was the first major work by Jonathan Swift published anonymously in 1704. Included are 'Battle of the Books' and the 'Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit'. Swift also wrote: An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). 1st edition thus. Boards.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1958. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, endpaper maps, pp 208. A clean, bright copy. Near-fine condition. Travels in the South Pacific. 1st Edition. Boards.

London: Charles Bathurst. 1751. Octavo, engraved frontis plate plus seven engraved plates, pp xvi, (vi), 220. Bound by Cottage Bindery of Bath, full leather with gilt rules upper and lower boards, gilt decorated panels and raised bands spine, gilt title. Very good condition. Swift's satire of various branches of the Church, including their religious excess. Inherently political and often considered Swift's major work. An early printing, beautifully bound. Leather.

Syd.: Allen & Unwin. 1988. pp. viii, 231, Index, b/w plates, book-plate laid to front pastedown, or. bds., v.g. in marked d.j. ASIO and Australia's Security - an insider's View

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Quarto, cloth-backed illustrated boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp 128. 15 colour plates (including frontis) by A.E. Jackson. N.d., c. 1950s. 'Sunshine' series. Light rubbing to edges, dustjacket worn and lightly creased to edges, clean, very good condition. Re-tellings in prose of Shakespeare's plays, by brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb, first published in 1807 and very successful. Boards in d.j..

Crawley: UWA Publishing. 2014. Octavo, wraps, colour plates, pp x, 326. Previous owner's signature. Edgeworn. Good condition. Wraps.

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. 1891. 3rd ed., octavo, pp.viii, 557, (x, adverts), b&w fronts. port of E.A. Poe, prev owner's name to t.p., tape marks along inner hinge of fronts and across upper page (not affecting image), ink stain pp.514, orig bds., spotting to rear, recased retaining orig bds.. Good condn. From the Minerva Library of Famous books 3rd edition. Boards.

London: Richard Butterworth. c.1900. Early issue, octavo, original green cloth boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt title, cnrs bumped, fraying to upper spine, pp 256. N.d., c.1900. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Front free endpaper removed, pages browned, some staining to fore-edge, price and light marking boards. Good condition. Uncommon edition of classic collection. Early Issue. Boards.

London: Folio Society. 1990. Two volumes, in original slipcase. Originally published thus in 1954 and 1957, reissued together in 1990. Origina black cloth boards decorated in red with silver, publisher's red tint top edges. 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' illustrated with monotypes by Michael Ayrton, 'Tales of Suspense' with lithographs by Anne Scott. Fine condition. Classic tales of suspense and the macabre by two masters of the genre.

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1898. 8vo, pp. (x) 368, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, award plate, minor foxing eps., light offsetting of award plate f.f.ep., orig dec cl bds., spine sunned, small hole front joint, edges discoloured and rubbed. Includes a chapter on Federation of Australia, and the wreck of the Batavia. Cloth Boards.

London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1926. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with black rule and black titles, Collins colophon on spine, pp 280 plus 8 pp publisher's ads. Top edge of front free end paper has area cut out. Foxing, mainly to preliminary and last few pages. Corners rubbed. Page preceding title page is list of new books for 1926, A scarce early printing. Uncommon collection of HG Wells stories.