Search Results: Authors starting with C from Muir Books

Queensland: C.A.A.D.A. 1985. Folio (31 cm tall), stiff paper wraps, stapled. 51 pp in various paginations, b&w illus to rear. Wraps are darkened, some wear to corners, no marks or inscriptions, good condn. Wraps.

Calcutta: Firma KLM. 1977. Repr., original cloth boards, spine faded, pp xxxvi, 562. Loose protective plastic wrap. Calcutta bookshop stamp front free endpaper. Permission confirmation slip for travel on the Northern Railway (India) loosely inserted. Very good condition. Reprint of the 1920 edition: first published in 1905. The author, Charles Alfred Bell, was the British Political Officer for Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. He was known as "British India's ambassador to Tibet" before retiring and becoming a noted tibetologist. Reprint. Boards.

London: C. and R. Baldwin. 8vo, original leather boards, pp v, vi, 490 plus 127 pp index. With three folding maps and one folding plate. N.d., c. 1820. Both boards detached, lacks title page and preliminary pages, acceptable. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books on the Alexandrian wars, the African wars, and the Spanish wars. All text in Latin. Boards.

South Australia: The Author. 1998. 8vo, pp. (vi) 38, b/w ills., wraps, stapled spine, very good. Wraps.

London: William Heinemann. 1915. 8vo, pp. 127, b/w frontis portait, previous owner's inscriptions, pages browned, tear top edge pp. 115 but intact, original cloth boards, worn with few small stains, edges frayed in areas. Originally printed in 'The Daily Telegraph.' Cloth Boards.

London: Seeley Service & Co.. 1976. Large 8vo, quarter-leather, decorated cloth, in slipcase, b&w illus (some double-page), illus endpapers, pp v, 170. Near-fine in very good slipcase. Number 156 of a limited edition of 250 copies. From the manuscript by William Morgan. Boards.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation. 1973. 4to., pp. 142, Index, col and b/w plates, b/w text ills., prev owner's inscr., orig cl bds, v.g., in like d.j The fossil record and Darwinian theory of natural selection, extensively illustrated Cloth Boards.

London: Allen & Unwin. 1951. 2nd impression, 8vo, pp. 186, Index, ( vi adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, maps, ednaper map, minor foxing top edge, original cloth boards, edges rubbed, bottom front cnr bimped, in worn d.j., edges frayed with few chips, spine discoloured and scuffed. Calder's scientific tour through the Middle East and North Africa for UNESCO. 2nd impression. Cloth Boards.

London: Contact Publications. 1947. pp 216, foxing to e.ps., or. cl. bds., sl. Sunned in torn, sunned, rubbed & marked d.j. Good in poor d.j., protected. Travel diary, post-war Yugoslavia.

London: Heinemann. 1959. 8vo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 208. Very good condition, in dustjacket with some wear to edges, price-clipped, protected. Tragedy and violence in a small Southern town. Striking pulp-style dustjacket by M.B. Tompkins. Boards.

Perth: C.H. Pitman. 8vo, pictorial wraps, pp 156. N.d. Pages toned, wraps in poor condition, repaired. Scarce. Novel set in Perth. Wraps.

South Perth: The Tree Society. 1975. 8vo, spiral-bound wraps, b&w illus, pp 42. Some edgewear, very good condn. Wraps.

London: Dean & Son Ltd. 1901. 2nd edition, 4to, pp. xxviii, 260, (xvi adverts), b/w frontis portrait, b&w plates some folding and text ills., colour folded map, hinge starting at t.p., original red cloth boards, lightly marked and scuffed, cnrs bumped, chipped upper spine, very good condition. Profusely illustrated with scenes of Western Australian mainly goldfields and including the Swan River, Aborigines, and sketches of people and places 2nd Edition. Cloth Boards.

London: George Philip and Son. 1895-1896. 4to, Volume I (1895): pp. viii, 236, (ii Index), (xx adverts); Volume II (1896): pp. xiv, 386, (iv adverts); b/w frontis portrait (William Dampier) volume I, colour folded map both volumes, closed tear to map in vol. 2, b&w plates, endpapers darkened, light foxing to prelims, latter leaves and edges both volumes, top edge gilt, original buckram blue boards, white buckram gilt titled spines discoloured and marked, some foxing and mark to spine of second volume, boards scuffed with few small stains, cnrs bumped, wear to edges, contents clean, good condition. Ferguson 7821. Early exploration of the Australian continent often sourced from the original journals. Includes the explorations of Flinders, Captain Charles Sturt, Sir George Grey, and Edward John Eyre. 1st edition. Buckram.

Perth: Hesperian Press. 1989. Facsimile edition. Royal 8vo, pp. xxviii, 360, b/w photos and ills., orig bds. Near-fine condition. Originally published in 1897. Profusely illustrated with scenes of Western Australian mainly goldfields and including the Swan River, Aborigines, and sketches of people and places. Facsimile Edition. Boards.

Perth: Hesperian Press. 1989. Facs. ed., Royal 8vo, pp. xxviii, 360, b/w photos and ills., orig bds., nr fine. Profusely illustrated with scenes of Western Australian mainly goldfields and including the Swan River, Aborigines, and sketches of people and places Facsimile Edition. Boards.

London: Alexander Heylin. 1858. 1st ed., octavo, pp. (viii), 435, (i), coloured fronts. and b/w plates & ills., fold. map, front hinge split, light foxing, some water-staining to lower pages not affecting text, book-plate 'Canongate Christian Institute - Young Women's Association', presentation inscription by the author but unfortunately last half of signature missing (top 1cm of page) "James ... Presented by the Author, 1859" upper title page, or. cl., spine professionally restored, worn at extremities. First edition with a presentation inscription by the author, James Calvert, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary who with his wife conducted their ministry in Fiji between 1838 and 1855 1st edition. Boards.

London: Methuen. 1903. 8vo, original cloth boards, pp vii, 304. First edition, publisher's catalogue dated October 1902. Ex-library. Boards worn and rubbed, fraying to spine, library plate to front board and front endpaper, text clean, acceptable condn. Ada Cambridge (1844-1926) married a curate in England and emigrated to Australia in 1870. She became a well-known writer. The Australian Dictionary of Biography describes "Thirty Tears in Australia" as "engaging and valuable" and calls Cambridge "the first significant Australian woman poet ". 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Western Australian Museum. 2005. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, colour illus, maps, pp 157. Near fine condition. Australasian land snails. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 68 Wraps.

Carlisle: Hesperian Press. 2023. 1st ed., octavo, stiff illustrated French flaps, b&w illus, maps, index, pp xv, 276. Includes folding map in rear pocket. Fine condition. Before Gold is the mining history of Northampton. The first mining field in WA, it was a flourishing copper and lead producer. A very detailed study, with many early photographs. 1st Edition.