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	ABRAMSON, HOWARD S. National Geographic: Behind America's Lens on the World New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1987, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0-517-56109-3) 1/4 Cloth and Boards, Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Institutional Biography, 280 pages, last blank, introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. 1/4 black cloth spine with gilt writing and 3/4 blue coloured boards. A few dust marks to the top paper edge and a little shelfwear to the lower book edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a globe of the world against a black background with white and blue writing on the front panel and white on the spine. The dustwrapper is somewhat rubbed and faded and there is rubbing to both the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little crinkling into the top dustwrapper edge. A biography of one of the most powerful yet mysterious American institutions -- The National Geographic Society. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good for Age/Average. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.77 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1185] Book number: 0103926 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	ABRAMSON, HOWARD S. National Geographic: Behind America's Lens on the World New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1987, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0-517-56109-3) 1/4 Cloth and Boards, Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Institutional Biography, 280 pages, last blank, introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. 1/4 black cloth spine with gilt writing and 3/4 blue coloured boards. A few dust marks to the top paper edge and a little shelfwear to the lower book edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a globe of the world against a black background with white and blue writing on the front panel and white on the spine. The dustwrapper is somewhat rubbed and faded and there is rubbing to both the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little crinkling into the top dustwrapper edge. A biography of one of the most powerful yet mysterious American institutions -- The National Geographic Society. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good for Age/Average. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.77 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1185] Book number: 0103926 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	BOWMAN, JOHN S. -- GENERAL EDITOR The American West: Year by Year New York, New York, U.S.A. Crescent Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0517121867) Hardcover, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Ill.: Various. American West, 1.3 kg; 176 pages, indexed. Illustrated throughout with colour, and black-and-white photography, and reproductions in colour and black-and-white of art works and documents etc. Double page colour illustrated title page. Pages 20 7, 28 and 29 have a mark at the top outside corner. Otherwise in good order. This book details year by year from the third of August 1492 through to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the major events and noteworthy facts relating to the American West. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0215489 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	BOWMAN, JOHN S. -- GENERAL EDITOR The American West: Year by Year New York, New York, U.S.A. Crescent Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0517121867) Hardcover, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Ill.: Various. American West, 1.3 kg; 176 pages, indexed. Illustrated throughout with colour, and black-and-white photography, and reproductions in colour and black-and-white of art works and documents etc. Double page colour illustrated title page. Pages 20 7, 28 and 29 have a mark at the top outside corner. Otherwise in good order. This book details year by year from the third of August 1492 through to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the major events and noteworthy facts relating to the American West. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0215489 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Grey Cloth, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine, and to the top rear book corner. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Some foxing to the endpapers along with some handling marks. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Small black printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Some foxing to the verso of the wrapper. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Reasonable/Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0104415 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Hardcover, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Very Good/Very Good -- Faded Spine. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226367 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Grey Cloth, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine, and to the top rear book corner. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Some foxing to the endpapers along with some handling marks. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Small black printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Some foxing to the verso of the wrapper. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Reasonable/Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0104415 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Hardcover, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Very Good/Very Good -- Faded Spine. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226367 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GILL, TOM Firebrand London, Collins. 1939, First Edition. Yellow Cloth, 12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo. Adventure, 320 g.; VI, 256 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. This is a book from an ex-lending library and shows all the faults of same. Heavy bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the book corners. Heavy staining and handling marks to the cloth of the boards. The spine is cocked. Darkening of the backstrip and the letter 'F' has been placed to the lower edge of the backstrip, in white marker pen. Heavy browning and foxing to the text of edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text which also shows handling marks. A previous owner has placed their name, the date Nov. 45 and the number 82 to the top edge of the front paste-down. There are also two dates stamped from being taken out of the library on the front paste-down. There is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front and paper and the date 1939 to the middle portion of the same page. There is a stamp to the verso of the last page of the book and the number 671 to the top left-hand corner of the rear paste-down. A book set in the pine forests of America and what it means to be a ranger within those great forests and of what all ranges fear -- forest fire. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Ex Library/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0106871 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GILL, TOM Firebrand London, Collins. 1939, First Edition. Yellow Cloth, 12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo. Adventure, 320 g.; VI, 256 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. This is a book from an ex-lending library and shows all the faults of same. Heavy bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the book corners. Heavy staining and handling marks to the cloth of the boards. The spine is cocked. Darkening of the backstrip and the letter 'F' has been placed to the lower edge of the backstrip, in white marker pen. Heavy browning and foxing to the text of edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text which also shows handling marks. A previous owner has placed their name, the date Nov. 45 and the number 82 to the top edge of the front paste-down. There are also two dates stamped from being taken out of the library on the front paste-down. There is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front and paper and the date 1939 to the middle portion of the same page. There is a stamp to the verso of the last page of the book and the number 671 to the top left-hand corner of the rear paste-down. A book set in the pine forests of America and what it means to be a ranger within those great forests and of what all ranges fear -- forest fire. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Ex Library/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0106871 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	JUST, WARD Forgetfulness Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. 2006, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0618634630) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 445 g.; VI, 264 pages, last six pages blank. Pale gray coloured endpapers. 1/4 black spine with metallic red titles. 3/4 dark gray textured boards. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dustwrapper, with maroon, blue and black titles to the front panel and maroon and black to the back strip. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges. " . Forgetfulness is a haunting depiction of the corrosive effects of today's war on terror and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0105830 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	JUST, WARD Forgetfulness Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. 2006, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0618634630) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 445 g.; VI, 264 pages, last six pages blank. Pale gray coloured endpapers. 1/4 black spine with metallic red titles. 3/4 dark gray textured boards. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dustwrapper, with maroon, blue and black titles to the front panel and maroon and black to the back strip. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges. " . Forgetfulness is a haunting depiction of the corrosive effects of today's war on terror and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0105830 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LIEBER, JOEL The Circle Game London, W.H. Allen. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491003382) Hard Cover, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 550 g.; XII, 13-352 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Few marks to the panels. Light dust marks and browning to the top text block edge and light browning to the other text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, with black background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and yellowing and faint foxing to the rear dustwrapper panel. A novel set amongst a group of middle class people who surround a famous author, Harold Yates Erskine. Dragged into the circle of people is a associate professor of English at a prestigious American University, who with his very pregnant wife, has taken a summer retreat next to Erskine. Then the professor finds himself orbiting between a natural home birth but his wife is planning and the very surreal "encounter" scene surrounding the author Erskine. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0108358 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LIEBER, JOEL The Circle Game London, W.H. Allen. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491003382) Hard Cover, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 550 g.; XII, 13-352 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Few marks to the panels. Light dust marks and browning to the top text block edge and light browning to the other text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, with black background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and yellowing and faint foxing to the rear dustwrapper panel. A novel set amongst a group of middle class people who surround a famous author, Harold Yates Erskine. Dragged into the circle of people is a associate professor of English at a prestigious American University, who with his very pregnant wife, has taken a summer retreat next to Erskine. Then the professor finds himself orbiting between a natural home birth but his wife is planning and the very surreal "encounter" scene surrounding the author Erskine. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0108358 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LUCIE - SMITH, EDWARD American Art Now Oxford, Phaidon Press. 1985, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0 7148 2344 9) Blue Cloth, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Art -- America, 160 pages, introduction by author, biographical index of artists and index. Coloured illustrated frontispiece being a reproduction of James Croaks' work " Pegasus: Some Lovers Hurt More Than Others ". The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs of late 20th century American art work. Dark blue coloured boards with silver writing on the spine, along with printers' cartouche. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. A little rubbing to the book corners. Some handling marks to the endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of James Doolins' work " The Last Painter on Earth " and on the rear panel a reproduction of Malcolm Morleys' " Day Fishing in Heraklion ", with white writing on the front panel and back writing on the spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and there is creasing to the dustwrapper corners. Dustwrapper is priced clipped, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. From the fold over the blurb " .. the author is concerned primarily to describe and classify, in a way that, identify significant trends and provides a framework for analysis and interpretation, at the same time of ordering premature judgements. His wide range of topics include the " Old Masters ", abstraction, figuration, Expressionism, Pop Art, mock-architecture, murals, realism, trompe - l'oeil, the graffiti painters, feminism, Hispanic-American Art and photography. ". PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage will be more than quoted. Please press "ask bookselller a question" button, for correct postage amount. Reasonable/Reasonable -- Price Clipped. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0103766 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LUCIE - SMITH, EDWARD American Art Now Oxford, Phaidon Press. 1985, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0 7148 2344 9) Blue Cloth, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Art -- America, 160 pages, introduction by author, biographical index of artists and index. Coloured illustrated frontispiece being a reproduction of James Croaks' work " Pegasus: Some Lovers Hurt More Than Others ". The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs of late 20th century American art work. Dark blue coloured boards with silver writing on the spine, along with printers' cartouche. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. A little rubbing to the book corners. Some handling marks to the endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of James Doolins' work " The Last Painter on Earth " and on the rear panel a reproduction of Malcolm Morleys' " Day Fishing in Heraklion ", with white writing on the front panel and back writing on the spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and there is creasing to the dustwrapper corners. Dustwrapper is priced clipped, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. From the fold over the blurb " .. the author is concerned primarily to describe and classify, in a way that, identify significant trends and provides a framework for analysis and interpretation, at the same time of ordering premature judgements. His wide range of topics include the " Old Masters ", abstraction, figuration, Expressionism, Pop Art, mock-architecture, murals, realism, trompe - l'oeil, the graffiti painters, feminism, Hispanic-American Art and photography. ". PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage will be more than quoted. Please press "ask bookselller a question" button, for correct postage amount. Reasonable/Reasonable -- Price Clipped. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0103766 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SHAW, IRWIN Mixed Company; Collected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw London, Jonathan Cape. 1952, First British Edition. Red Cloth, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Short Stories, 425 grammes; 416 pages, last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with silver writing on the spine and silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Red coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Some shelfwear to the lower book edges and browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Light browning to the endpapers and there is the occasional foxing spot the internal pages are also very slightly aged toned. Previous owners Ex Libris stamp to the front and to the rear endpapers. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwapper, showing some pigeons in a fountain, against a mustard coloured background with blue and white writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwapper corners. There is rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper panels. The head and the heel of the spine have become rubbed and chipped and both edges have numerous tears. The dustwapper has become a little dull and faded and the spine quite dark. Clipping of the dustwapper, all corners. Browning and the occasional foxing spot to the verso of the dustwapper. 37 short stories by the author of " The Young Lions ". Digital image available upon request. Reasonable for Age/Reasonable -- Priced Clipped. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0104502 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SHAW, IRWIN Mixed Company; Collected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw London, Jonathan Cape. 1952, First British Edition. Red Cloth, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Short Stories, 425 grammes; 416 pages, last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with silver writing on the spine and silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Red coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Some shelfwear to the lower book edges and browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Light browning to the endpapers and there is the occasional foxing spot the internal pages are also very slightly aged toned. Previous owners Ex Libris stamp to the front and to the rear endpapers. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwapper, showing some pigeons in a fountain, against a mustard coloured background with blue and white writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwapper corners. There is rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper panels. The head and the heel of the spine have become rubbed and chipped and both edges have numerous tears. The dustwapper has become a little dull and faded and the spine quite dark. Clipping of the dustwapper, all corners. Browning and the occasional foxing spot to the verso of the dustwapper. 37 short stories by the author of " The Young Lions ". Digital image available upon request. Reasonable for Age/Reasonable -- Priced Clipped. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0104502 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SIEFRING, THOMAS A United States Marines New South Wales, A. P. Publishing Pty Ltd. 1979, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 0868270326) Green Papered Boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Militaria, 190 pages, includes maps, tables, and illustrated by some 300 photographs most of which are black-and-white. Index. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Spotting of the top edges of the pages, slight fading of the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question". Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0208909 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SIEFRING, THOMAS A United States Marines New South Wales, A. P. Publishing Pty Ltd. 1979, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 0868270326) Green Papered Boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Militaria, 190 pages, includes maps, tables, and illustrated by some 300 photographs most of which are black-and-white. Index. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Spotting of the top edges of the pages, slight fading of the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question". Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0208909 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SMITH, GENE & SMITH, JAYNE BARRY -- EDITORS The Police Gazette New York, Simon and Schuster. 1972, Stated First Printing. (ISBN: 067121327 X) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Various. Compilation -- Journalistic, 1.0 kg; 208 pages illustrated with reproductions of newspaper illustrations taken from the National Police Gazette the leading illustrated sporting journal in America. Illustrated with many lurid decorations featuring buxom wenches, outrageous behaviours, dastardly niggers, crimes aplenty, red brutes etc. The binding of the book is sound except for some insect damage to the top edge of the front board and the dust jacket on the rear panel has 8 to inch tear with associated creasing at the bottom right-hand corner and a 3 inch tear at the top right with a 1.5 inch tear at the top left and associated creasing. A digital image can be provided to assess condition. "The world of the police Gazette was not merely a world of vulgarity and excitement but as illicit vulgarity and excitement -- and not merely illicit, either, but illicit in a particular way. It was always the lowlife that existed just slightly below the veneer of Victoria spectabilis the -- beyond the pale, but not too far beyond, often illegal, but just a few hundred yards down the primrose path, in a smoky purple haze.." -- from the introduction by Tom Wolfe. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia. Very Good/Damaged. AUD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.87 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 0225191 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SMITH, GENE & SMITH, JAYNE BARRY -- EDITORS The Police Gazette New York, Simon and Schuster. 1972, Stated First Printing. (ISBN: 067121327 X) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Various. Compilation -- Journalistic, 1.0 kg; 208 pages illustrated with reproductions of newspaper illustrations taken from the National Police Gazette the leading illustrated sporting journal in America. Illustrated with many lurid decorations featuring buxom wenches, outrageous behaviours, dastardly niggers, crimes aplenty, red brutes etc. The binding of the book is sound except for some insect damage to the top edge of the front board and the dust jacket on the rear panel has 8 to inch tear with associated creasing at the bottom right-hand corner and a 3 inch tear at the top right with a 1.5 inch tear at the top left and associated creasing. A digital image can be provided to assess condition. "The world of the police Gazette was not merely a world of vulgarity and excitement but as illicit vulgarity and excitement -- and not merely illicit, either, but illicit in a particular way. It was always the lowlife that existed just slightly below the veneer of Victoria spectabilis the -- beyond the pale, but not too far beyond, often illegal, but just a few hundred yards down the primrose path, in a smoky purple haze.." -- from the introduction by Tom Wolfe. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia. Very Good/Damaged. AUD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.87 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 0225191 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	TAYLOR, COLIN F.; STURTEVANT, WILLIAM C. The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America London, Salamander Books. 1991, 2nd Impression. (ISBN: 0861015231) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. Ill.: Various. cultural study -- North Americ, 1.9 kg; 256 pages, indexed, illustrated with monotone photographs, colour photographs, maps etc along with art work and some documents replicated. In original hardcover binding, with colour illustrated dustjacket. Slight ruffling of top and bottom edges of the dustjacket, and 25th birthday greetings on the verso of the illustrated front free end page. This book is an examination of the lives and experiences of the Native Americans -- of the south-east, the south-west, the plains, Plateau and basin, California, the North West Coast, the subarctic, the Arctic, and the Northeast -- uniquely complemented by 30 and superb artefact spreads and many archive and colour illustrations -- rear panel blurb. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.38 \| £UK 17.75 \| JP¥ 2528] Book number: 0228400 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	TAYLOR, COLIN F.; STURTEVANT, WILLIAM C. The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America London, Salamander Books. 1991, 2nd Impression. (ISBN: 0861015231) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. Ill.: Various. cultural study -- North Americ, 1.9 kg; 256 pages, indexed, illustrated with monotone photographs, colour photographs, maps etc along with art work and some documents replicated. In original hardcover binding, with colour illustrated dustjacket. Slight ruffling of top and bottom edges of the dustjacket, and 25th birthday greetings on the verso of the illustrated front free end page. This book is an examination of the lives and experiences of the Native Americans -- of the south-east, the south-west, the plains, Plateau and basin, California, the North West Coast, the subarctic, the Arctic, and the Northeast -- uniquely complemented by 30 and superb artefact spreads and many archive and colour illustrations -- rear panel blurb. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.38 \| £UK 17.75 \| JP¥ 2528] Book number: 0228400 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	WALSH, BRANDON & FONSKY, A. Little Annie Rooney; Les Malheurs d'Annie New York/Paris, King Features Syndicate/Opera Mundi. Not Stated. illustrated Card, Quarto - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Brandon Walsh & A Fonsky. Comic, 36pp. A book of black-and-white cartoons featuring "Little Annie Rooney". The book is broken into two sections one in French the other in English. Black-and-white illustration on the front cover showing Little Annie Rooney and the dog Zero and she is saying "Gee, Zero I gotta hurry and get fixed up as nice as I kin 'cause you an'me have gotta look good to-day" with white background with black writing on the front panel. Book corners are bumped and scuffed as are the head and the heel of the spine. There is a 2 " split on the bottom spine edge. There is creasing, sun damage and grubby marks to the book panels. On the top right-hand corner of the front panel the remains of stickers can be seen. This book of cartoons is split into two sections. From page 1 through to page 23, the cartoons are in French and from page 25 through to page 30 the cartoons are in English. At the rear of the book there is another small section "Les Adventures de JoJo. Titre Original Ming Foo. The authors/illustrators of this book are Brandon Walsh and A. Fonsky. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0102311 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.

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	ABRAMSON, HOWARD S. National Geographic: Behind America's Lens on the World New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1987, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0-517-56109-3) 1/4 Cloth and Boards, Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Institutional Biography, 280 pages, last blank, introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. 1/4 black cloth spine with gilt writing and 3/4 blue coloured boards. A few dust marks to the top paper edge and a little shelfwear to the lower book edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a globe of the world against a black background with white and blue writing on the front panel and white on the spine. The dustwrapper is somewhat rubbed and faded and there is rubbing to both the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little crinkling into the top dustwrapper edge. A biography of one of the most powerful yet mysterious American institutions -- The National Geographic Society. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good for Age/Average. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.77 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1185] Book number: 0103926 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	ABRAMSON, HOWARD S. National Geographic: Behind America's Lens on the World New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1987, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0-517-56109-3) 1/4 Cloth and Boards, Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Institutional Biography, 280 pages, last blank, introduction by author, acknowledgements, notes, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. 1/4 black cloth spine with gilt writing and 3/4 blue coloured boards. A few dust marks to the top paper edge and a little shelfwear to the lower book edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a globe of the world against a black background with white and blue writing on the front panel and white on the spine. The dustwrapper is somewhat rubbed and faded and there is rubbing to both the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little crinkling into the top dustwrapper edge. A biography of one of the most powerful yet mysterious American institutions -- The National Geographic Society. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good for Age/Average. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.77 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1185] Book number: 0103926 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	BOWMAN, JOHN S. -- GENERAL EDITOR The American West: Year by Year New York, New York, U.S.A. Crescent Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0517121867) Hardcover, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Ill.: Various. American West, 1.3 kg; 176 pages, indexed. Illustrated throughout with colour, and black-and-white photography, and reproductions in colour and black-and-white of art works and documents etc. Double page colour illustrated title page. Pages 20 7, 28 and 29 have a mark at the top outside corner. Otherwise in good order. This book details year by year from the third of August 1492 through to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the major events and noteworthy facts relating to the American West. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0215489 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	BOWMAN, JOHN S. -- GENERAL EDITOR The American West: Year by Year New York, New York, U.S.A. Crescent Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0517121867) Hardcover, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Ill.: Various. American West, 1.3 kg; 176 pages, indexed. Illustrated throughout with colour, and black-and-white photography, and reproductions in colour and black-and-white of art works and documents etc. Double page colour illustrated title page. Pages 20 7, 28 and 29 have a mark at the top outside corner. Otherwise in good order. This book details year by year from the third of August 1492 through to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the major events and noteworthy facts relating to the American West. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0215489 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Grey Cloth, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine, and to the top rear book corner. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Some foxing to the endpapers along with some handling marks. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Small black printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Some foxing to the verso of the wrapper. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Reasonable/Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0104415 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Hardcover, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Very Good/Very Good -- Faded Spine. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226367 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Grey Cloth, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine, and to the top rear book corner. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Some foxing to the endpapers along with some handling marks. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Small black printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Some foxing to the verso of the wrapper. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Reasonable/Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0104415 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GASSON, ROY [ EDITOR ] The Illustrated Mark Twain Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions Ltd. Reprint. (ISBN: 1-85079-003-5) Hardcover, 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Various. Short Stories, 700 grammes; XXIV, 238 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, filmography and bibliography. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations -- both contemporary and modern, and black-and-white film stills. Grey coloured boards. The major fault with the book is the cheap paper used in production, which has caused significant browning to the paper edges and to the internal pages as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a paddle steamer, against a dull green background and black writing on the front panel and spine. Very light creasing of the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. This book is a chronologically arranged selection of Mark Twain's writing, showing how misanthropy and disillusionment becomes less and less concealed in his writings as he grew older. Digital image avaiable upon request. Very Good/Very Good -- Faded Spine. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226367 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GILL, TOM Firebrand London, Collins. 1939, First Edition. Yellow Cloth, 12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo. Adventure, 320 g.; VI, 256 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. This is a book from an ex-lending library and shows all the faults of same. Heavy bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the book corners. Heavy staining and handling marks to the cloth of the boards. The spine is cocked. Darkening of the backstrip and the letter 'F' has been placed to the lower edge of the backstrip, in white marker pen. Heavy browning and foxing to the text of edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text which also shows handling marks. A previous owner has placed their name, the date Nov. 45 and the number 82 to the top edge of the front paste-down. There are also two dates stamped from being taken out of the library on the front paste-down. There is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front and paper and the date 1939 to the middle portion of the same page. There is a stamp to the verso of the last page of the book and the number 671 to the top left-hand corner of the rear paste-down. A book set in the pine forests of America and what it means to be a ranger within those great forests and of what all ranges fear -- forest fire. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Ex Library/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0106871 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	GILL, TOM Firebrand London, Collins. 1939, First Edition. Yellow Cloth, 12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo. Adventure, 320 g.; VI, 256 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. This is a book from an ex-lending library and shows all the faults of same. Heavy bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the book corners. Heavy staining and handling marks to the cloth of the boards. The spine is cocked. Darkening of the backstrip and the letter 'F' has been placed to the lower edge of the backstrip, in white marker pen. Heavy browning and foxing to the text of edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text which also shows handling marks. A previous owner has placed their name, the date Nov. 45 and the number 82 to the top edge of the front paste-down. There are also two dates stamped from being taken out of the library on the front paste-down. There is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front and paper and the date 1939 to the middle portion of the same page. There is a stamp to the verso of the last page of the book and the number 671 to the top left-hand corner of the rear paste-down. A book set in the pine forests of America and what it means to be a ranger within those great forests and of what all ranges fear -- forest fire. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Ex Library/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0106871 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	JUST, WARD Forgetfulness Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. 2006, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0618634630) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 445 g.; VI, 264 pages, last six pages blank. Pale gray coloured endpapers. 1/4 black spine with metallic red titles. 3/4 dark gray textured boards. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dustwrapper, with maroon, blue and black titles to the front panel and maroon and black to the back strip. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges. " . Forgetfulness is a haunting depiction of the corrosive effects of today's war on terror and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0105830 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	JUST, WARD Forgetfulness Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. 2006, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0618634630) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 445 g.; VI, 264 pages, last six pages blank. Pale gray coloured endpapers. 1/4 black spine with metallic red titles. 3/4 dark gray textured boards. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dustwrapper, with maroon, blue and black titles to the front panel and maroon and black to the back strip. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges. " . Forgetfulness is a haunting depiction of the corrosive effects of today's war on terror and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0105830 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LIEBER, JOEL The Circle Game London, W.H. Allen. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491003382) Hard Cover, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 550 g.; XII, 13-352 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Few marks to the panels. Light dust marks and browning to the top text block edge and light browning to the other text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, with black background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and yellowing and faint foxing to the rear dustwrapper panel. A novel set amongst a group of middle class people who surround a famous author, Harold Yates Erskine. Dragged into the circle of people is a associate professor of English at a prestigious American University, who with his very pregnant wife, has taken a summer retreat next to Erskine. Then the professor finds himself orbiting between a natural home birth but his wife is planning and the very surreal "encounter" scene surrounding the author Erskine. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0108358 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LIEBER, JOEL The Circle Game London, W.H. Allen. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491003382) Hard Cover, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Novel, 550 g.; XII, 13-352 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Few marks to the panels. Light dust marks and browning to the top text block edge and light browning to the other text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, with black background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and yellowing and faint foxing to the rear dustwrapper panel. A novel set amongst a group of middle class people who surround a famous author, Harold Yates Erskine. Dragged into the circle of people is a associate professor of English at a prestigious American University, who with his very pregnant wife, has taken a summer retreat next to Erskine. Then the professor finds himself orbiting between a natural home birth but his wife is planning and the very surreal "encounter" scene surrounding the author Erskine. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Good/Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0108358 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LUCIE - SMITH, EDWARD American Art Now Oxford, Phaidon Press. 1985, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0 7148 2344 9) Blue Cloth, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Art -- America, 160 pages, introduction by author, biographical index of artists and index. Coloured illustrated frontispiece being a reproduction of James Croaks' work " Pegasus: Some Lovers Hurt More Than Others ". The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs of late 20th century American art work. Dark blue coloured boards with silver writing on the spine, along with printers' cartouche. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. A little rubbing to the book corners. Some handling marks to the endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of James Doolins' work " The Last Painter on Earth " and on the rear panel a reproduction of Malcolm Morleys' " Day Fishing in Heraklion ", with white writing on the front panel and back writing on the spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and there is creasing to the dustwrapper corners. Dustwrapper is priced clipped, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. From the fold over the blurb " .. the author is concerned primarily to describe and classify, in a way that, identify significant trends and provides a framework for analysis and interpretation, at the same time of ordering premature judgements. His wide range of topics include the " Old Masters ", abstraction, figuration, Expressionism, Pop Art, mock-architecture, murals, realism, trompe - l'oeil, the graffiti painters, feminism, Hispanic-American Art and photography. ". PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage will be more than quoted. Please press "ask bookselller a question" button, for correct postage amount. Reasonable/Reasonable -- Price Clipped. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0103766 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LUCIE - SMITH, EDWARD American Art Now Oxford, Phaidon Press. 1985, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0 7148 2344 9) Blue Cloth, Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Art -- America, 160 pages, introduction by author, biographical index of artists and index. Coloured illustrated frontispiece being a reproduction of James Croaks' work " Pegasus: Some Lovers Hurt More Than Others ". The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs of late 20th century American art work. Dark blue coloured boards with silver writing on the spine, along with printers' cartouche. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. A little rubbing to the book corners. Some handling marks to the endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of James Doolins' work " The Last Painter on Earth " and on the rear panel a reproduction of Malcolm Morleys' " Day Fishing in Heraklion ", with white writing on the front panel and back writing on the spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and there is creasing to the dustwrapper corners. Dustwrapper is priced clipped, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. From the fold over the blurb " .. the author is concerned primarily to describe and classify, in a way that, identify significant trends and provides a framework for analysis and interpretation, at the same time of ordering premature judgements. His wide range of topics include the " Old Masters ", abstraction, figuration, Expressionism, Pop Art, mock-architecture, murals, realism, trompe - l'oeil, the graffiti painters, feminism, Hispanic-American Art and photography. ". PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage will be more than quoted. Please press "ask bookselller a question" button, for correct postage amount. Reasonable/Reasonable -- Price Clipped. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0103766 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SHAW, IRWIN Mixed Company; Collected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw London, Jonathan Cape. 1952, First British Edition. Red Cloth, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Short Stories, 425 grammes; 416 pages, last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with silver writing on the spine and silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Red coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Some shelfwear to the lower book edges and browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Light browning to the endpapers and there is the occasional foxing spot the internal pages are also very slightly aged toned. Previous owners Ex Libris stamp to the front and to the rear endpapers. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwapper, showing some pigeons in a fountain, against a mustard coloured background with blue and white writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwapper corners. There is rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper panels. The head and the heel of the spine have become rubbed and chipped and both edges have numerous tears. The dustwapper has become a little dull and faded and the spine quite dark. Clipping of the dustwapper, all corners. Browning and the occasional foxing spot to the verso of the dustwapper. 37 short stories by the author of " The Young Lions ". Digital image available upon request. Reasonable for Age/Reasonable -- Priced Clipped. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0104502 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SHAW, IRWIN Mixed Company; Collected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw London, Jonathan Cape. 1952, First British Edition. Red Cloth, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Short Stories, 425 grammes; 416 pages, last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with silver writing on the spine and silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Red coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Some shelfwear to the lower book edges and browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Light browning to the endpapers and there is the occasional foxing spot the internal pages are also very slightly aged toned. Previous owners Ex Libris stamp to the front and to the rear endpapers. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwapper, showing some pigeons in a fountain, against a mustard coloured background with blue and white writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwapper corners. There is rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper panels. The head and the heel of the spine have become rubbed and chipped and both edges have numerous tears. The dustwapper has become a little dull and faded and the spine quite dark. Clipping of the dustwapper, all corners. Browning and the occasional foxing spot to the verso of the dustwapper. 37 short stories by the author of " The Young Lions ". Digital image available upon request. Reasonable for Age/Reasonable -- Priced Clipped. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0104502 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SIEFRING, THOMAS A United States Marines New South Wales, A. P. Publishing Pty Ltd. 1979, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 0868270326) Green Papered Boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Militaria, 190 pages, includes maps, tables, and illustrated by some 300 photographs most of which are black-and-white. Index. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Spotting of the top edges of the pages, slight fading of the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question". Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0208909 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SIEFRING, THOMAS A United States Marines New South Wales, A. P. Publishing Pty Ltd. 1979, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 0868270326) Green Papered Boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Militaria, 190 pages, includes maps, tables, and illustrated by some 300 photographs most of which are black-and-white. Index. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Spotting of the top edges of the pages, slight fading of the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question". Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 US$ 22.95 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 1975] Book number: 0208909 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SMITH, GENE & SMITH, JAYNE BARRY -- EDITORS The Police Gazette New York, Simon and Schuster. 1972, Stated First Printing. (ISBN: 067121327 X) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Various. Compilation -- Journalistic, 1.0 kg; 208 pages illustrated with reproductions of newspaper illustrations taken from the National Police Gazette the leading illustrated sporting journal in America. Illustrated with many lurid decorations featuring buxom wenches, outrageous behaviours, dastardly niggers, crimes aplenty, red brutes etc. The binding of the book is sound except for some insect damage to the top edge of the front board and the dust jacket on the rear panel has 8 to inch tear with associated creasing at the bottom right-hand corner and a 3 inch tear at the top right with a 1.5 inch tear at the top left and associated creasing. A digital image can be provided to assess condition. "The world of the police Gazette was not merely a world of vulgarity and excitement but as illicit vulgarity and excitement -- and not merely illicit, either, but illicit in a particular way. It was always the lowlife that existed just slightly below the veneer of Victoria spectabilis the -- beyond the pale, but not too far beyond, often illegal, but just a few hundred yards down the primrose path, in a smoky purple haze.." -- from the introduction by Tom Wolfe. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia. Very Good/Damaged. AUD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.87 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 0225191 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SMITH, GENE & SMITH, JAYNE BARRY -- EDITORS The Police Gazette New York, Simon and Schuster. 1972, Stated First Printing. (ISBN: 067121327 X) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Various. Compilation -- Journalistic, 1.0 kg; 208 pages illustrated with reproductions of newspaper illustrations taken from the National Police Gazette the leading illustrated sporting journal in America. Illustrated with many lurid decorations featuring buxom wenches, outrageous behaviours, dastardly niggers, crimes aplenty, red brutes etc. The binding of the book is sound except for some insect damage to the top edge of the front board and the dust jacket on the rear panel has 8 to inch tear with associated creasing at the bottom right-hand corner and a 3 inch tear at the top right with a 1.5 inch tear at the top left and associated creasing. A digital image can be provided to assess condition. "The world of the police Gazette was not merely a world of vulgarity and excitement but as illicit vulgarity and excitement -- and not merely illicit, either, but illicit in a particular way. It was always the lowlife that existed just slightly below the veneer of Victoria spectabilis the -- beyond the pale, but not too far beyond, often illegal, but just a few hundred yards down the primrose path, in a smoky purple haze.." -- from the introduction by Tom Wolfe. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia. Very Good/Damaged. AUD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.87 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 0225191 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	TAYLOR, COLIN F.; STURTEVANT, WILLIAM C. The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America London, Salamander Books. 1991, 2nd Impression. (ISBN: 0861015231) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. Ill.: Various. cultural study -- North Americ, 1.9 kg; 256 pages, indexed, illustrated with monotone photographs, colour photographs, maps etc along with art work and some documents replicated. In original hardcover binding, with colour illustrated dustjacket. Slight ruffling of top and bottom edges of the dustjacket, and 25th birthday greetings on the verso of the illustrated front free end page. This book is an examination of the lives and experiences of the Native Americans -- of the south-east, the south-west, the plains, Plateau and basin, California, the North West Coast, the subarctic, the Arctic, and the Northeast -- uniquely complemented by 30 and superb artefact spreads and many archive and colour illustrations -- rear panel blurb. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.38 \| £UK 17.75 \| JP¥ 2528] Book number: 0228400 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	TAYLOR, COLIN F.; STURTEVANT, WILLIAM C. The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America London, Salamander Books. 1991, 2nd Impression. (ISBN: 0861015231) Hardcover, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. Ill.: Various. cultural study -- North Americ, 1.9 kg; 256 pages, indexed, illustrated with monotone photographs, colour photographs, maps etc along with art work and some documents replicated. In original hardcover binding, with colour illustrated dustjacket. Slight ruffling of top and bottom edges of the dustjacket, and 25th birthday greetings on the verso of the illustrated front free end page. This book is an examination of the lives and experiences of the Native Americans -- of the south-east, the south-west, the plains, Plateau and basin, California, the North West Coast, the subarctic, the Arctic, and the Northeast -- uniquely complemented by 30 and superb artefact spreads and many archive and colour illustrations -- rear panel blurb. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.38 \| £UK 17.75 \| JP¥ 2528] Book number: 0228400 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	WALSH, BRANDON & FONSKY, A. Little Annie Rooney; Les Malheurs d'Annie New York/Paris, King Features Syndicate/Opera Mundi. Not Stated. illustrated Card, Quarto - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Ill.: Brandon Walsh & A Fonsky. Comic, 36pp. A book of black-and-white cartoons featuring "Little Annie Rooney". The book is broken into two sections one in French the other in English. Black-and-white illustration on the front cover showing Little Annie Rooney and the dog Zero and she is saying "Gee, Zero I gotta hurry and get fixed up as nice as I kin 'cause you an'me have gotta look good to-day" with white background with black writing on the front panel. Book corners are bumped and scuffed as are the head and the heel of the spine. There is a 2 " split on the bottom spine edge. There is creasing, sun damage and grubby marks to the book panels. On the top right-hand corner of the front panel the remains of stickers can be seen. This book of cartoons is split into two sections. From page 1 through to page 23, the cartoons are in French and from page 25 through to page 30 the cartoons are in English. At the rear of the book there is another small section "Les Adventures de JoJo. Titre Original Ming Foo. The authors/illustrators of this book are Brandon Walsh and A. Fonsky. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0102311 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.