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128644
BARCLAY, WILLIAM.

The Schools and Schoolmasters of Banffshire.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xv, 308; original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, flecking to first few pages and edges, corners and edges of spine bumped, a good copy.
Banff; Banffshire Journal; 1925.
With a foreword by Principal Sir George Adam Smith. Click here to Order
AUD$110

128540
CARSON, RACHEL.

Silent Spring. Introduction by Lord Shackleton. Preface by Sir Julian Huxley.
First UK Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 304; list of principal sources, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, page edges a little foxed, first and last few pages foxed, dustjacket faded on spine, good copy.
London; Hamish Hamilton; 1963.
The book influenced the environmental movement like almost no other book. An important book in its time and remains a reminder to this day of the dangers of environmental complacency. Many of the insecticides, organochlorins and organophosphates at the heart of her story are now banned or highly restricted in their use. Click here to Order
AUD$80

128587
ELLIS, RENNIE; TURNER, IAN.

Australian Graffiti Revisited.
Revised Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (112) unpaginated; b/w illustrations throughout, original illustrated stiff wrapper, good copy.
Melbourne; Sun Books; 1980.
This edition includes all the material from earlier editions, plus fifteen pages of new graffiti from all over Australia; Click here to Order
AUD$30

128615
ROBERTSON, E. GRAEME; ROBERTSON, JOAN.

Cast Iron Decoration. A World Survey.
Special Limited Edition; 4to; pp. x, 336; 150 b/w plates; glossary, bibliography, index; special presentation leather binding by Queensberry Hills Press, signed by binder, minor flecking to top page edges, a fine copy.
Melbourne, Thames and Hudson Australia, (1977).
Signed by binder Peter Marsh. Click here to Order
AUD$290