Search Results: Titles starting with S from Muir Books

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. 1832. 1st ed., octavo, original full leather boards, decorative border in gilt, gilt, decoration and raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp xvi, 520, i. Loss of half of spine title label, scape to upper board, some fraying top edge of spine. School presentation inscription verso of ffep. Very good condition. Sharon Turner (1768 - 1847) was an English historian. "The Sacred History of the World" was issued in three volumes in 1832: this is the first volume. "The work owed its popularity largely to the author's homiletic manner and devoutly orthodox attitude." (DNB). 1st Edition. Full leather.

London: Fine Art Society and Chatto & Windus. Limited edition of 500 copies, c. 1915, bound in half vellum, cloth boards, signed by author W.K. Haselden. Spine very worn, title handwritten on spine, binding intact, endpapers lightly foxed, text clean. Satirical cartoons depicting the leaders of WWI. 1st edition. Boards.

Lond.: Faber & Faber. 1991. 8vo., pp. Xviii 194, Index, b/w plates, b/w map, ex-lib with one stamp to rear title pg. & markings on f.f.e.p., tape to e.p hinges, or. bds., some sl. marks, no d.j. 1st Edition. Boards.

New York: Gallery Books. 1990. 4to, pp. 197, good cond. in d.j. with tear at rear, colour plates, previous owner's inscription opp. half-title 1st edition. Boards.

Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest. 1992. 4to, pp. 164, index, v.g. cond in d.j., previous owner's inscription on ffep, full pg. colour plates 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Artlook. 1985. 8vo, wraps, pp 23. Near-fine condn. The colourful history of the Paddington gold mine, near Broad Arrow in the WA goldfields. One of the promoterss, Whitaker Wright, was a swindler who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in London in 1904 immediately following his conviction for fraud. Wraps.

Westvaco Corp.. 1969. Octavo, original pictorial paper over cloth boards, illus, map, pp 264. Stated limited edition, place of publication not stated. In original pictorial slipcase, darkened. Previous owner's bookplate. Very good condition in good slipcase. The author was the first man to sail single-handed around the world. His account of the voyage became an instant classic. Limited Ed.. Boards.

Washington: Hydrographic Office. 1952. 3rd edition, pp xii, 372, Index, map in envelope at rear, several notes tipped in, some comments in pen, mail order form clipped out, in large ring binder, rubbed edges, remnants of sticker to bottom spine. Detailed instructions of passages and anchorages. 3rd Edition. Boards.

Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens. 1945. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp. 253, b/w frontis., b/w plates, b/w ills and map, dec eps. Front panel of dustjacket tiped in to blank endpaper. Presentation copy, signed by the author with inscribed message. 6th Edition. Cloth Boards.

Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens. 1945. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp. 253, b/w frontis., b/w plates, b/w ills and map, dec eps. Small newspaper clipping photo of the author tipped in. Previous owner's inscription (Pelsaert Island). Mark to front board. Good condition. 6th Edition. Cloth Boards.

London: Cassell & Company. 1926. 8vo, original quarter white vellum with blue cloth boards, pp 136. Signed by the author, with a presentation inscription to Lady Victor Seymour, Christmas 1926. Ink stamp front free end paper, some rubbing to edges, very good condition. Boards.

Tokyo: Sekai Bunka Publishing. 2005. 1st ed., quarto, unpag., profusely illustrated by Toshitaka Morita, orig bds., decorated eps. Near fine in d.j. An illustrated book of Japanese cherry trees by the freelance photographer Toshitaka Morita. 1st edition, first issue.

London: Faber & Faber. 1936. Octavo, original patterned silver cloth boards with silver-gilt illustration to the spine,, b&w illus, folding map, pp 353. Previous owner's bookplate. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition. Life in North Greenland, with over eighty illustrations by the author. 1st UK Edition. Boards.

G.P. Putnam's Sons / the Knickerbocker Press. Original cloth boards with stamped lettering and decoration, frontis 'portrait' plate, b&w plates, endpaper maps. Good condition. Satirical 'autobiography'of growing up sailing in the South Seas. 'June Triplett' was a pseudonym for Corey Ford. The book is dedicated to Ford, "who encouraged me by writing this autobiography for me". Corey Ford was an American humourist and member of the Algonquin Round Table. 1st Edition.

London: Isaac Pitman. 1905. Octavo, original blue cloth pictorial boards with gilt design, b&w illus, pp x, 277. Lacks front free endpaper, hinges weakening, fraying to edge of spine. Fair condition. Sea fishing in England, Sweden, Australia, Morocco, Portugal. 1st edition. Boards.

South Perth: Department of Agriculture. 1995. Quarto, wraps, colour illus, pp iii, 112. Fine condition. An initiative of the National Program for Productive Use and Rehabilitation of Saline Land. Wraps.

South Perth: Department of Agriculture. 1995. Quarto, wraps, colour illus, pp iii, 112. Fine condition. An initiative of the National Program for Productive Use and Rehabilitation of Saline Land. Bulletin 4312. Wraps.

Sydney: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre in association with Jennifer Isaacs Publishing. 1999. Quarto, stiff pictorial wraps with French flaps. colour illus, pp 112. Fine condition. Bark paintings which relate to the sacred knowledge of the sea country in north-east Arnhem Land. The 'Saltwater' collection was acquired by the Australian National Maritime Museum. This copiously illustrated catalogue accompanied the June 1999 - January 2001 touring exhibition. 1st Edition.

Sydney: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre in association with Jennifer Isaacs Publishing. 2003. Quarto, pictorial wraps with French flaps. colour illus, pp 112. Fine condition. Bark paintings which relate to the sacred knowledge of the sea country in north-east Arnhem Land. The 'Saltwater' collection was acquired by the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press. 1978. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp xx, 302. Signed by the translator/editor. Receipt from New Norcia loosely enclosed. Very good condn. Wraps.