Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 by Jonathan Wantrup - 1987

Sydney: Hordern House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0958847827 . (Sydney): Hordern House, (1987). First Edition. 10 x 7 in. x,468pp, Index. Illustrations include a tipped-in color frontispiece. Cloth. Fine condition in fine dj. Important companion to collecting Australian books. ISBN 0958847827; Illustrated; 10 x 7 inches; 468 pages .

Hordern House, Sydney, first edition, 1987. Cloth, large 8vo, 26 cm,. x, 468 pp. plates, ills., tipped-in frontispiece. From the blurb: "Jonathan Wantrup has written what will undoubtedly prove to be for many years to come the definitive work on collecting Australian rare books. He introduces the subject with an examination of the nature and methods of book collecting and an explanation of the essential technical aspects. In the six succeeding chapters he provides a wide-ranging survey of the major Australian books that chronicle our past, relating each to the historical context in which it was produced. The rarity and market value of each of these milestones is fully examined. The long awaited standard reference work on the subject, Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 also offers a unique perspective on Australian history. Every chapter of Jonathan Wantrup's very readable volume testifies to the depth of his research and the breadth of his scholarship. The book includes an extensive… Read More

Sydney, Potts Point: Hordern House, 1987. Hardback large thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, tipped-in frontispiece, black & white drawings (some full-page, some showing a title page), minor edgewear jacket (spine little faded as common), light foxing fore-edge, minor edgewear, jacket design differs from stock photo (which wrongly shows the limited edition with slipcase). Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 468 pp. A classic text by Jonathan Wantrup (a noted Australian bookseller) that promotes book collecting by examining its nature and methods, and explaining the essential technical aspects. He provides a broad-ranging survey of the major Australian rare books that look at Australia's past, relating each to the historical context in which it was produced. Includes an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text, as well as… Read More

Hordern House, Sydney, New South Wales, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Acknowledgements, preface by author, to appendices, general index and index of artists and engravers. Map illustrated end pages showing an early map of Australia and the world. Colour illustrated frontispiece – which has been tipped in. The text is illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of title pages of various books, black-and-white photography, and reproductions of illustrations in black and white. Grey coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... Jonathan Wantrup has written what will undoubtedly prove to be for many years to come the definitive work on collecting Australian rare books." Softening of the back strip edges a little sunning also present stop rubbing of the book… Read More

Sydney: Horden House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Very slight dust-dulling on page corners. . Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x,468 pages : illustrations(some color), maps,facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes: Maps on lining papers. Bibliography : p343-428 . - Includes index. Subjects: 18th-19th centuries. Early printed books Australia Bibliography. Rare books Australia Bibliography. Book collecting Australia. Rare books Collectors and collecting AustraliaRare Books. Book collecting. Early printed books. Rare books. Australia Imprints ; Bibliography. Australia Bibliography. Australia Imprints. Australia. Books with Australian imprints 1788-1900 Bibliographies. Books with Australian imprints 1788-1900. Bibliography Australia 1788.