Search Results: Titles starting with C from Muir Books

Antwerp: Plantiniana Balthasar Moretti. 1668. Folio, pp.(xii), 547, (xxxiv, Index). Bound with "Iusti Lipsi Dispunctio Notarum Mirandulani Codicis ad Corn. Tacitum. Antwerp, Officina Plantinian Balthasaris Moreti, 1667", pp.84, (xiii, Index etc), woodcut engraving to both title-pages, pages tanned, bound in half-leather with leather titled spine label, light cracking along centre of spine. Very good condition. 17th century edition of 'Tacitus', a Roman historian and politician. Edited by the Flemish humanist, philologist and philosopher, Justus Lipsius (Joest Lips). First published in Antwerp by Plantin-Moretus,1574. Half leather.

Crawley: University Of Western Australia Press. 2001. 3rd ed., octavo, b&w plates, pp xiv, 287, stiff wraps, presentation inscr signed by the author. Very good condn. The scarce limited edition, one of 330 copies. Biography of the legendary engineer, best remembered for the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme. 3rd edition. Stiff Wraps.

Crawley: University Of Western Australia Press. 2001. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, family tree endpapers, pp xiv, 287. Limited edition, signed and numbered by the author.Fine in like d.j. The scarce limited edition, one of 330 copies. Biography of the legendary engineer, best remembered for the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme. Limited Ed.. Boards.

Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press. 2001. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xiv, 287. Ex-UWA Press stamp, otherwise fine in like d.j. Boards.

London: A& C Black. 1911. 1st ed., 8vo., pp vii, 172 (iii advts), col. fronts., col. plates, fold. map, foxing to edges, prelims, missing f.f.ep., or. cl. bds., sunned spine, bumped corners, shaken, tear (1cm) to top of spine, sm stains, o/w v.g.

London: Henry G. Bohn. 1854. pp xiv 465 incl. index, uncut edges, foxing to e.ps., edges & prelims, or. bds., good. 1st Edition in English.

Perth: Artlook. Obl. 8vo., unpag (approx. 36) b/w ills., prev. owner's inscr., or. stiff wraps, v.g.

Virginia: Willmann-Bell Inc. 1991. 1st English language edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 321, Index, b/w plates and ills., original pictorial boards, nr fine. 1st English language edition. Boards.

London: Michael Joseph/Rainbird. 1983. 8vo, pp. 208, Index, b/w plates, previous owner's stamp, original boards, bottom edge rubbed otherwise good, in like d.j., small sticker mark front. Account of the American agency. 1st edition. Boards.

Melbourne: CSIRO. 1993. Quarto, pictorial boards, thumbnail size distrubution maps, pp xii, 330. Very good condition. Scientific and common names, economic uses, geographic distribution. life formation, Scientific Name Index, etc,. 7000 entries for native, endemic. or introduced species. 1st Edition. Boards.

Melbourne: Viking. 1990. 8vo, pp. (viii) 238, orig cl. bds., bottom edge rubbed otherwise v.g., in d.j. small tear rear top cnr. 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.

Melbourne: Edward A. Vidler. 1926. 1st ed., octavo, original quarter-cloth and marbled boards, pp 52. Ex-library, good condition. Uncommon. The author was the daughter of 19th century Melbourne author and literary figure George Gordon McCrae. 1st edition. Boards.

Culver City: Murray & Gee. 1948. 8vo., pp. 272, foxing to top edges, or. cl. bds., some stains to lower rear, v.g in frayed, chipped, worn d.j. with small pieces missing at spine and edges, protected. Boards.

London: Jonathan Cape/Book Society. 1945. 8vo, original cloth boards, pp 220. Corners bumped, previous owner's signature in pencil, o/w very good condn. A murder case in a village in India between the wars. Boards.

NSW: Simon and Schuster. 1995. Oblong, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, pp 176. Near-fine in good d.j. An illustrated guide to calligraphy techniques with eleven calligraphic alphabets

Perth: Hesperian Press. 1997. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp xvii. 69. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Near-fine condition. Limited Ed.. Wraps.

Perth: The Author. 1989. 1st ed., sm. 4to., pp.176, incl Index, col. & b/w plates, prev. owner's red ink inscr to ffep, dealer's ticket to fep, pres. inscr signed by author to the dealer, orig stiff wraps in contact, very good condition Today known as Australian Fine China, the company began in 1921 and underwent a number of name changes over the years including Calyx Porcelain and Paint Company, Bristile, Wembley Ware and Bristile Fine China. Established in Subiaco, by 1924 the site contained four kilns and produced more than 5,500 items per day. In 1934 the company was reported as making the best porcelain articles in Australia and serviced Commonwealth and State Governments, the defence forces and leading hotels throughout Australia. 1st edition. Wraps.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2004. Quarto, wraps, colour illus, pp xx, 511. Previous owner's stamp. Near-fine condition A comprehensive survey of the conditions. cultures, and concerns of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Includes case studies and indigenous viewpoints. (Includes Arrernte, Cape York peoples, Kimberley peoples, Ngarrindjeri, Pintupi, Tiwi, Torres Strait Islanders, Warlpiri, Yolngu.) 1st edition in paperback. Wraps.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1999. Quarto, cloth boards with gilt, dustjacket, colour illus, pp xx, 511. Faint previous owner's stamp front free endpaper. Near-fine condition in very good lightly creased d.j. A comprehensive survey of the conditions. cultures, and concerns of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Includes case studies and indigenous viewpoints. (Includes Arrernte, Cape York peoples, Kimberley peoples, Ngarrindjeri, Pintupi, Tiwi, Torres Strait Islanders, Warlpiri, Yolngu.) 1st Edition. Boards.

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1896. 8vo, pp. xii, 560, Index, (iv, adverts), b/w ills., ex-lib with stamps and borrowing slips, top edge gilt, some marks, orig cl bds., silverfished, cnrs bent, tape to spine Occurence, anatomy, taxonomy, and physiology of various worm species 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.