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London: Macmillan & Co, 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition [Macmillan & Co, London, 1914]; xx, 516pp + 2 pgs publisher ads; green cloth with gold titling to spine, gold motif on front board, rubbed with some marking of block, ex-University Of London Library [withdrawn] with bookplate to front board, a couple non-obtrusive stamps & sleeve for library card affixed to rear board; an excellent copy. With 96 b&w photographs, 36 illustrative plates [8 coloured] + fold-out map of Northern Territory. Includes numerous plates and folding map of the Northern Territory. Dedicated to the memory of Spencer's friend and colleague, Frank Gillen.

London: B. Law; G.G. & J Robinson; and The Author, 1796. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Please see photo of title page for full title, which is more summary than title. Twelfth Edition [The Author, et al, London, 1796]; full leather boards, worn but firm, title plate to spine [Moore's Navigation] present but chipped & dull; viii, 309pp + tables + two pages relating to judicial proceedings where Moore was cleared of appropriating others' charts + four pages ads, tidemarks, general darkening of pages, hand-drawn ship & numerous calculations, ownership details, doodlings etc of previous owner. A good solid copy of 18th Century navigational textbook intended for officers of the Royal Navy & East India Company. Numerous copper plate engravings, diagrams, etc

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Replica copy of the First US Edition of the classic dystopian novel. Replica Edition [No publication details other than original Harcourt, Brace & Co, New York, 1949]; 314pp; tan cloth spine over plain boards, black titling to spine, fine copy; in the excellent facsimile dustjacket, spine a little faded, rubbed at extremities. We presume this to be either an anniversary edition [possibly 1999] by the now-defunct Harcourt Brace or a more recent illegitimate copy [Orwell's work came out of copyright in 2020].

London: Macmillan & Co, 1890. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Tenniel, John. Lewis Carroll's own adaptation of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland [Macmillan & Co, London, 1890] for a younger audience. Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements From Tenniel's Illustrations. First run of 10,000 copies were rejected by Carroll [1889] with 4000 sent to the US to be bound as the 1st American Edition. This copy, with price Four Shillings on title page, is the First Edition as approved by the author; illustrated boards, bumped and chipped around edges with 3cm sq loss bottom rhs, spine with some minor splits, inner front hinge starting [top half], presentation inscription ffep [1891], water-affected at base with tide mark evident on half-title to 4cm from bottom, marked throughout but illustrations unaffected and bright [coloured by E. Gertrude Thomson]; a good + copy of a hard-to-find title. Note illustration of Alice fully facing the Cheshire Cat [no profile] on page… Read More