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Adelaide: The Hassell Press, 1944. Pp. [ii]+26; demy 8vo; printed stiff white paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, stapled (slightly rusted), the wrappers lightly soiled; The Hassell Press, Adelaide, 1944. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 1982) on the title page. Born in England, Ian Sabey (1906-1985) arrived in Australia in 1924 and became a journalist for the South Australian newspaper The Advertiser. These poems were written while he was a prisoner-of war in Germany, during the Second World War. From 1946 he was publicity for the airline T.A.A. and in 1979 he wrote the company history, Challenge in the Skies: The Founding of T.A.A..

Mansfield Centre, CT.: Martino Publishing, 1998. In two volumes, comprising over 2000 pages. Oblong 4to; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c.1998]. Edition limited to 200 copies. *The standard reference work on this subject. Originally issued in 29 volumes, this is a facsimile of the reduced text-size edition issued by the Mini-Print Company, New York, with each page containing 8 reduced-format pages.

London: Williams Collins, 2014. Pp. xx+364, 16 plates (9 coloured in part or whole), double page family tree, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pale brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, Williams Collins, London, 2014. First edition..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. Orchestral Score by Benjamin Britten. With six illustrations to the text by Henry Moore. Pp. 96, 6 plates (4 coloured); demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the lower board flecked and lightly bruised at top fore-corner, spine slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges chipped and split, with small piece torn from bottom edge of front panel near fore-corner; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Secker & Warburg, London, 1945. First edition, limited to 850 numbered copies, printed on handmade paper. *'This is the first occasion on which the designs of Mr. Henry Moore have appeared as direct illustrations to a text' [wrapper blurb] The Rescue was broadcast over two evenings from Thursday 25th November 1943. Both the text and the dramatic illustrations resonated with contemporary events in Europe. Read More

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929. Pp. 42(last colophon); small cr. 8vo; blue papered boards, spine and upper board lettered in black, with varying degrees of fading to brown, (heaviest on spine), edges lightly worn; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, a little pale foxing; published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1929. First edition. Hogarth Living Poets [First Series], No. 11. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.19(a); Woolmer 207. *Lacking the orange wrap-around band stating 'By the Author of The Land, which was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. This is her latest book of poems since The Land.' All but four of the nineteen poems were previously unpublished.

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1928. An account of a journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia. Pp. 144(last advertisement for Passenger to Teheran), 32 photographic plates, appendix, bibliography; demy 8vo; brown & black marbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, edges slightly rubbed and fore-corners lightly bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown, scattered light foxing; published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1928. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.17(a); Woolmer 176. *Lacking the dust wrapper, as often (Ravenscroft-Hulme states dust wrapper 'not seen'). The appendix, Notes on Distances, Camping-grounds, etc., was contributed by the civil servant (and later politician) Gladwyn Jebb, who met Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West when he served with the British Diplomatic Service in Tehran.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1942. A novel. Pp. [x]+304; demy 8vo; cream cloth, spine lettered in brown & blue, slightly soiled and foxed, fore-corners a trifle worn; top edges red, others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown, commercial bookplate on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., New York, 1942. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.39(a). *Described by the author as a cautionary tale 'based on the assumption that Germany, by the use of an unspecified secret weapon, defeats Great Britain in the present war, offers peace terms on the basis of the status quo of 1939, and appeals to the United States to mediate in the name of humanity to prevent a prolongation of the Second World War. Having defeated the Japanese, the United States, in its desire for peace, is deluded into making this intervention as "the nation which, in its hour of victory, brought peace to the… Read More

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. A romantic novel. Pp. 306, cr. 8vo; grey textured cloth, lettered and decorated in black, with publisher's device in blind on lower board, the boards a trifle canted and slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with 2 tiny splits at head of spine; bottom edges uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, closed tear to fore-edge of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers lightly offset, bookseller's sticker at foot of lower pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed, occasional slight soiling; William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1923. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.10(a). *Lacking the dust wrapper.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1929. Pp. 64, bibliography; post 8vo; rebound in later red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, bottom fore-corner faintly bruised; later endpapers; the text block trimmed, with bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, light [glue?] mark on verso of title page, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1929. One of 75 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper, signed by the author. The Poets on the Poets - No. 1. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.18(b).

London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Pp. [vi]+66+[4](blank, colophon), the title, one decorative initial and publisher's device at colophon printed in red; tall cr. 4to; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; the fore and bottom edges uncut, partly unopened; dust wrapper, the backstrip browned, edges slightly chipped; The Dropmore Press, London, 1947. First edition limited to 550 numbered copies. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.45(a). *Fourth in the series of Dropmore Essays, being an essay on the history and meaning of nursery rhymes.

London: privately printed, 1915. By Victoria Sackville-West. Pp. 16(last colophon); tall demy 8vo; printed blue/grey stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, upper wrapper lettered in black, edges and backstrip slightly faded and rubbed, with short splits to head and foot of backstrip, fore-corners of wrappers faintly creased; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper (faintly offset onto title page), the text block slightly browned, a little light foxing; privately printed, The Complete Press, London, 1915. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.2. *Author's second book.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1941. Pp. 78; cr. 8vo; orange papered boards, spine lettered in pale green, the boards a trifle sprung, top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and browned, the backstrip heavily browned, fore-edge of back panel lightly damp stained, ; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and a bookseller's sticker (laid over an earlier sticker) on upper pastedown, the text block browned, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; The Hogarth Press, London, 1941. The New Hogarth Library Vol. IV. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.37(a); Woolmer 485.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Pp. xvi+192, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, chronology, list of Sackville-West's major works, appendices, references, bibliography, index; small med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in white, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1974. First U.S. edition. *Biography of the poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener - creator with her husband Harold Nicolson of one of England's most famous gardens, Sissinghurst.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. A poem. Pp. 56+[2](blank)+[6](advertisements, last blank); orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle bowed and with a couple of tiny edge bruises; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and creased, with two circular price clips (at centre of backstrip and just below centre of front panel), edges slightly chipped and split, light damp stain at foot of front panel near backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, scattered foxing; The Hogarth Press, London, 1938. First trade edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A34(a); Woolmer 438B.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1921. Pp. 102(last blank)+[2](advertisements); qr. natural linen with printed paper title label on spine, the label rubbed and browned, cloth slightly soiled and foxed; Michalet papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly worn; uncut; free endpapers heavily offset, a little light foxing; John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1921. First edition. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.6..

London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1932. A study in mutual esteem. With a Foreword by Hugh R. Dent. Pp. 56(last colophon); f'cap. 12mo; half light blue leather, lettered in gilt, marbled cloth boards, edges lightly rubbed, the boards slightly bowed, spine and fore-corners of upper board faded; t.e.g.; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, inked gift inscription (dated 1932) on half-title page, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1932. First edition. *The Second Dent Memorial Lecture: a series of annual public lectures about various aspects of the book world, each delivered by experts in their field.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951. In two volumes. Pp. xxxiv+400(last blank)+[viii]+196(last blank), 48 plates, indices; demy 4to; gilt lettered maroon cloth, a trifle rubbed, corners slightly bruised; t.e.g.; dust wrappers, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, tiny chip to upper hinge Volume II, occasional slight soiling; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1951. First edition, limited to 1,025 sets. *Standard reference work.

Cambridge, Mass: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1969. In two volumes. I: Pp. xxxiv+400(last blank), 32 plates, index of titles; II: Pp. [viii]+196(last blank), 16 plates, indices; demy 4to; brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt, title on blue ground; Maurizio Martino Publisher, Cambridge, Mass., 1969. *First published by Cambridge University Press in 1951.

Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1980. Pp. [ii]+vi+154, checklist, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, lettered in gilt; The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., 1980. First edition. The Great Bibliographers Series, No. 5. *Contains a biographical Introduction, selections from Sadleir's works, and a checklist of his writings.

Melbourne: Children's Safety Aids, 197-. Pp. [32](including wrappers and advertisements), printed in orange, green, brown & black, illustrated throughout; small cr. 8vo; pictorial self-wrappers, stapled; Children's Safety Aids, Melbourne, n.d.[1970s?]. Muir 6408.