Search Results: Authors starting with W from Muir Books

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1970. 2 volumes 4to, original boards, dustjackets, colour frontis to both volumes and three colour plates vol I, numerous b&w plates, b&w text illus, pp 398 plus 140 b&w plates. Complete set. The volumes have been carefully covered in a protective plastic which does not adhere to the original dustjackets in any way and can be removed. Both volumes enclosed in original cardboard slipcase with title label. Closed tear to top edge of dustjacket vol I, slight damage to rear inner flap vol II, business card for antique edged weapons taped to protective cover at inner flap vol II, o/w very good in very good dustjacket, in slightly worn original slipcase. The definitive reference work on naval swords. Based on the sword collection (which includes dirks and cutlasses) in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Profusely illustrated. 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Plant Protection Society. 2002. Large octavo, wraps, pp xviii, 764. Near-fine condition. Numerous articles addressing weed management. Wraps.

Singapore: Editions Didier Millet. 2011. Quarto, original pictorial flexible boards, colour plates, b&w plates, pp 288. Corners very lightly bumped, otherwise near fine condition. When Indonesia was known as the Dutch East Indies, images on postcards were often the first views foreigners had of this fascinating land, the world's largest archipelago. The 500 postcards reproduced in this book are divided into seven regions. They are arranged broadly into town views, landscapes, architecture, portraits and aspects unique to that particular area. Attractive in themselves, the postcards are also a largely untapped resource for those interested in archaeology, architecture, textile design, and town planning. Stiff Wraps.

New Delhi: Heritage. 1974. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w fronts., illus (some folding), pp xix, 598. Previous owner's bookplate (D'Arcy Ryan), very good in good d.j. First published in 1895. Profusely illustrated.

Lakewood, Colarado: Centipede Press. 2015. First edition thus, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, colour illus double-page title page and preliminary page, b&w author portrait, illus endpapers, pp 435, v. A white label on rear endpaper (possibly security tag). Original price sticker rear of dustjacket otherwise near fine in like d.j. [other volumes also available from Muir Books] Collection of heroic fantasy stories about Kane the Swordsman. The first Centipede Press edition. 1st thus. Boards in d.j..

London: B. Motte and C. Bathurst. 1738. 1st ed., octavo, full leather binding, pp lxxxvi, 215, i. Restored and rebound by Cottage Bindery of Bath, original upper and lower boards with gilt rule, new leather spine with raised bands and gilt, gilt spine title label, new endpapers, light tanning to some pages otherwise very good condition. Written under a pseudonym by Jonathan Swift. A satirical commentary on the perceived banality of conversation among the upper classes, presented in the form of a guide for those lacking in conversational skills. One of Swift's last works 1st Edition. Leather.

Canberra: Army History Unit. 2006. Small 4to, wraps, b&w illus, colour illus, pp 96. Includes DVD (for PCs.) Fine condition. Wraps.

Wyndham: Author. 1990. 8vo, pp. 155, b/w photos, authors pres copy, ink stamp verso front cover, newspaper clipping adhered to verso of rear cover, wraps, v.g. 1st Edition. Wraps.

London: Rider & Co. n.d. (1939). 1st ed. octavo, pp.(viii), (9)-186, b&w fronts., plates and text illus., ex-lib with usual stamps, ink mark and stamp to t.p., bookseller's ticket (Franceska Bookshop, Perth WA) to front paste-down, tanning to half-title page, orig yellow bds., darkened spine with faded red title and library sticker lower spine, otherwise generally clean copy, very good condn Rare first edition of the biographical essays by A.E. Waite, Lewis Spence and W.P. Swainson. Uncommon publication by London publisher, Rider & Co. 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.

London: Philip Welby. 1907. 1st ed., pp.xvi, 220, (iv, adverts), book-plate, ink stain to lower page xiv, light foxing, uncut, top edge gilt, fishing to orig cloth bds, cnrs bumped, darkened spine, contents very good condn. Rare little-known work by the famous Occultist, A.E. Waite, an American-born British poet and scholarly mystic. This book in four parts: The Fashions of this World; Thresholds of many Sanctuaries; Shadows of Secret Light and Consolations of the Greater Law 1st edition.

Adelaide: Government Printer. 1929. 1st ed., octavo, original printed wraps, pp. 270, Index, b/w illus. Previous owner's signature title page and front cover, fishing to upper cover with small chip at top of backstrip, closed tears rear cover, good condition. An important early scientific study, with 192 illustrations (drawings and photographs). Edgar Ravenswood Waite, who died shortly before this was published, was a British / Australian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist and ornithologist, and was Director of the South Australian Museum. He was the first Australian ichthyologist to use detailed illustrations in his papers. "When speaking of reptiles, apparently one should not omit to use the word "loathsome" [...] Anything but slimy, a snake is perhaps one of the most highly polished of vertebrates, and there are few more attractive objects than one of our harmless, active, bright-eyed and beautifully coloured little lizards." (Author's Preface). 1st Edition. Wraps.

Kent: Newton Publishers. 1991. pp x, 203, b/w photos & ills, orig boards, fine in very good d.j. A WWII bomber pilot's account from day one of his training to operational missions and beyond. The author served with 76 squadron. Boards.

Sydney: HarperCollins. 2009. 1st ed., quarto, original illustrated boards, colour illus, pp 432. The dustjacket folds out into a Mombassa poster on the reverse side. Includes illustrated 24 month Mombassa calendar for 2011 and 2012. In original illustrated slipcase. Near fine condition in like slipcase. The musician and artist Christopher O'Doherty, aka Reg Mombassa, has infiltrated our culture for more than thirty years. An illuminated journey, written with help from Reg, his family, friends, and fellow musicians and artists. Illustrated with more than 300 artworks and packed with photographs, posters and band memorabilia, this book is a true collector's item. 1st Edition. Boards in slip-case.

London: George Allen & Unwin. 1958. 1st ed., octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, map, pp 257. Previous owner's inscription front free endpaper. Very good condition in like d.j. The Opium War of 1839-42 as seen from Chinese sources, primarily the diary of Commisioner Lin, with a more sympathetic view than was usual at the time among the English. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

London: Robert Hale. 1963. 8vo, pp. 176, b/w plates, maps, original cloth bds., very good, in d.j. few marks, edges frayed. The authors personal experience battling locusts in Saudi Arabia. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Portland, OR: Verse Chorus Press. 2017. Octavo, wraps, colour plates, b&w plates, pp 312. Previous owners' address label front wrap. Related newspaper clipping inserted. Good condition. Biography of Bon Scott and history of his band AC/DC. 2nd Edition.

Perth: Patersons. pp. 88, pages toned, original wraps, good. N.d., c. 1945. Scarce. Description of Navy life during WWII.

London: Crosby Lockwood and Co. 1885. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo, original cloth boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt lettering, embossed lettering upper board "Weale's Rudimentary Series 252", b&w illus, index, pp 120 plus 40 pp publisher's ads. Further publisher's ads on endpapers. Original paper title label restored and laid down over spine. Internal hinge starting, some fading to boards, some foxing. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1890. Good condition. Technical and practical guide to various types of brickwork, with 91 woodcut illustrations. Includes section on practical geometry. 2nd Edition. Boards.

Canberra: Society For Growing Aust.Plants. 1979. Octavo, wraps, pp vi, 145. Very good condition. Single volume index to the first eight volumes of the journal "Australian Plants". Wraps.

London: Longmans, Green and Co.. 1925. Large 8vo, orig cl bds, gilt title to spine, b&w illus, b&w diagrams throughout, pp. (xix) 648. Ex-library w/ stamp on prelims, faint number on spine, protected. Internally clean and bright, binding good. 648 Detailed reference work on dynamo-electric machines. 4th impression. Boards.