[Bibliothèque de Travail] E.-C. KELK et E.-J. BOISSELLivre Rare Book
CollectifLivre Rare Book
Australie
2002Best.-Nr. 500133076Hachette 2002 12 6x2 6x21 8cm. 2002. Relié.
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1951Best.-Nr. LFA-126724560Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1951, bon état
2010Best.-Nr. LFA-126740226N° 132 (Septembre 2010): 120 pages, format 175 x 255 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, bon état
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj with one small tear top edge, clean purple cloth with white titles on spine, boards rubbed under bottom edges, a bright clean copy with pencil numerals front free endpaper, no other marks) octavo 196pp. First edition. Autobiography providing rare insights into the private and public life of a vice regal household, written by wife of Governor of Victoria during the late summer of the British Empire. 8pp b/w plates.
1999Fine/fine (book and dj both no fault) octavo 292pp. The story of the man who strung the telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs. The author follows her great great grandfathr's steps to track the telegraph and her ancestors. With 4 maps and 39 b/w photographs.
Vg (no dj, dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine, a little faint spotting endpapers and small neat annotation front free endpaper, contents clean tight and bright without fault) 12mo 112pp. First UK edition. Written as Australia was calling out for new settlers, telling of some of the peculiarities of the continent. Birds, insects, flowers, fishes, flowers and trees; wool and gold; features of the landscape; and the aborigines and their customs and art. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
VG (clean coarse blue/white textured cloth with blue cloth backstrip and white titles on spine, one tiny white spot on spine and very lightly rubbed base of spine, internally very clean bright and crisp in fine condition, name in pencil title page) octavo 63pp. First edition. Collection of b/w Sydney Harbour sketches, with informative text on its history.
2002Best.-Nr. 500133076Hachette 2002 12 6x2 6x21 8cm. 2002. Relié.
Vg/VG (lightly tarnished dj, bookshop stamp front free endpaper else contents no fault) octavo 97pp. The land and its people through English eyes, the way one British family reated to Australia and Australians.
G (no dj, blue pictorial cloth lightly rubbed at edgesd and one corner bumped, raised titles on brown panel on spine and illustration in blue/yellow/black of man and boy on log crossing ravine, front cover with black titles and black/yellow/green/blue illustration of man holding boy by the collar, neat signature front free endpaper, light browning endpapers and uniform browning all page edges, cracked central hinge else a good firm copy with no other marks) 12mo 416pp. Reprint. No date of publication. Inscription dated 1932. New edition. B/w frontispiece and 8pp b/w plates. Adventure story.
VG/VG. dj is fully covered in plastic sleeve which has been taped to boards previously - but now free and leaving brown marks from tape. not price-clipped. no inscriptions, but there is a "lancashire education committee" stamp to ffep - but no other sign of ex-libris history. foxing to edges of textblock. internally a lovely clean copy. First Edition. Accounts of the explorers of Australia: Blaxland, Giles, Kennedy, Eyre, Sturt, Stuart, Grey from original sources. faint musty smell from poor prior storage - now resolving.
1967Vg/Vg (light wear to dj at top of spine,gift inscription front free endpaper else contents no fault) octavo 217pp. Dame Mabel Brookes' memories,combined with those of her grandmother who was an early settler, encompass nearly the whole of 'European' Australian history. A flavour of Australian life through the ages, and a personal knowledge of many of the exciting events of Australian history. Illustrated with 75 two-colour illustrations.
VG/VG (dj slightly part-faded and very slight isolated edgewear, gift inscription on pre-title) Octavo. 64pp showing 29 landmark buildings and structures
1972Fine/VG (one tiny chip to dj else book and dj both no fault) octavo 213pp. The story of the first 35 years of Australia's colonial existence, and the trials and tribulations of the settlement from the first landing in 1788 to the departure of Governor Macquarie in 1822. Illustrations in b/w.
1989Best.-Nr. LFA-126746826Une revue de 98 pages, format 215 x 285 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1918Best.-Nr. 42821Couverture souple. Broché. 21 x 31 cm. 4 pages. 1 carte. Papier bruni.
197132 pages, illustrated, endpaper maps, previous owner name and address on prelims. eng
1963During WWII, Peter Marshall's crew becomes one of the most successful bombing teams on their Oxfordshire airbase. When Peter falls in love with a young WAAF officer, his concentration begins to suffer and it looks as though his perfect run of missions -and his life -may be threatened.Vintage COPYed. Book
1974No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to booklet. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 14pp.
2005Best.-Nr. LFA-126747006N° 424 (Juillet-août 2005) : revue de 98 pages, format 215 x 285 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1981Best.-Nr. LFA-126740968Revue de 20 pages, format 225 x 300 mm, brochée couverture couleurs, illustrée, Editions Atlas, bon état
1981Best.-Nr. LFA-126740960Revue de 20 pages, format 225 x 300 mm, brochée couverture couleurs, illustrée, Editions Atlas, bon état
1963Best.-Nr. LFA-126728721Revue mensuelle de 72 pages, format 140 x 210 mm, illustrée, brochée, Impr. de Sceaux, bon état
1979VG/VG some creasing to ends of dj over spine, which is a touch sunned. Foreword by Gerald Durrell. In this book the author recalls her adventures with creatures wild and not so wild, from the years when her suburban backyard housed a menagerie of zoo proportions, to the joyous days when her dream of established a wildlife sanctuary was fulfilled
Vg/Vg (dj creased at upper edges, neat gift inscription front free endpaper else contents no fault) quarto 160pp. With distribution map and descriptive text, and hundreds of colour photographs.
Best.-Nr. 500352691Presses de la Cité Sans date. Sara Dane raconte l'histoire d'une femme exceptionnelle qui partie du bas de l'échelle sociale avec un lourd passé et une condamnation injuste parvient grâce à un courage immense à remonter la pente et atteindre le plus haut niveau de la société
