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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Burwood, Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2009. Large octavo, 268 pages with several tables and illustrations plus a colour frontispiece. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'Script and Print' Special Issue, Volume 33, Numbers 1-4. Harold Love (1937-2007), 'Australian literary historian, critic, and editor, especially of the literature of Restoration England' (Oxford Reference website).

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 271pp. Colour frontispiece portrait and b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. "Ian Willison, whose professional life was spent in the British Museum Library, played a leading part in the development of book history studies in the English-peaking world.

4to (25.5x17.5cm), hardback, x + 273pp. Very good condition in good+ dustwrapper (light wear, a little bumped and creased at lower right front edge). Mild wear only. A selection of essays and studies by some of Willison's many friends, colleagues annd associates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany.

Pp. x+274(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, black & white text illustrations; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Centre for the Book, Monash University, Melbourne, 2007. First edition. *'Ian Willison, whose professional life was spent in the British Museum Library, later the British Library, has played a leading part in the development of book-history studies in the English-speaking world . The present volume brings together a selection of essays and studies by some of Willison's many friends, colleagues and associates . The topics covered - on book history, libraries, archives and scholarship - reflect the breadth of his interests and the scope of his curiosity' [wrapper blurb].

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 54 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Purina Poultry Chows inside front cover; Comment by E.T. Meredith; Our Vacation by the Gasoline Route - great photo-illustrated article about vacationing with car and tent; How I Built My Home in Spare Time - photo-illustrated article by Frank I. Hanson; How to Grow Asters Successfully; Perfect Privacy with Lattice Fences - photo-illustrated article; Have You Tried These Vegetables? - Cardoons, a variety of eggplant, a Japanese burdock, rocket salad, Chinese white cabbage, Shui-Tsai - with photos; Electricity in the Small Home; Radio is making the home the most interesting place to be; How We Finished Our Dream House - article with photos; Houses of Famous Americans - photo-illustrated article about "Hardscrabble" - the cabin home of Ulysses S. Grant; A Backyard Garden in June - with suggestiions for your city lot; The Society of Little Gardens - photo-illustrated article about an organization fostering the correct improvement of yards; Growing Sweet Corn Successfully; Nice one-page ad for Johnson's Polishing Wax; Tips to make your June work count; Nice one-page ad for Hupmobile cars; Great vintage one-page ad for Goodrich Silvertown Cord Tires; Successful Home Canning of Vegetables - article with photos; Half-page ad for The New Overland car; How to Adjust Your (Push) Lawn Mower - great illustrated article; How to build your own garage - illustrated article; Ads for oak flooring and the use of birch wood in homes; 2/3-page ad for The Davenport Bed; Has Music Led Us Astray?; The Novel of the Year - 'Trodden Gold'; Summer Care of Growing Stock (chickens); Nice half-page Coke ad; Two Compfortable Home Plans; Faust Coffee ad; Ad for the Iron Horse Cold Pack Canner; Illustrated embroidery article; Nice photo-illustrated one-page ad for Munsingwear underwear for ladies; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Dolly Gray of New York; Inside back cover is a fantastic two-color illustrated ad for Harris Brothers Co. of Chicago who sell many home building products; Nice back cover ad for the New Phaeton Reo car (partially covered by address label). Above-average wear. Coverfold mostly open. A worthy vintage copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Hinton (cover illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of children with wishbone; Color ad for Purina chicken chow inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Victrolas features illustrations of Geraldine Farrar, Gigli and Heifetz; Photo-illustrated article on the John and Prisciilla Alden House at Duxbury, MA, near Plymouth; How the Center-Soll Community has brought its neighborhood together - photo-illustrated article; Amaryllis - a Desirable House Plant; Two subscribers tell how they financed their own homes - article by Rebecca Du Pont and Charles A. Hartley; Good seed potatoes for the home garden; Shrub suggestions for southern gardens - article with photos; Screening the undesireable; "Edgevale" flat-roof house plan; Hot water heaters; Nice 'Say it with Flowers' one-page ad appears to be a predecessor to FTD ads; Books for use and decoration; An Old-Time Thanksgiving Dinner; 2/3-page ad encouraging people to buy land in Canada; How to Buy and Cook Meats; The What and How of Veal; Backyard fruit experiences; A chicken ranch in a loft; Music for every home - Music from the air; Embroideries suitable for gift or bazaar. Above-average wear and soiling. Covers present - almost detached. Openings to page 10. Center page loose but present. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, November 1924, Vol. 3, No. 3 - The John Alden Home children with wishbone; Color ad for Purina chicken chow inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Victrolas features illustrations of Geraldine Farrar, Gigli and Heifetz.