Upton Sydney (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 288pp. c.21.5cm. Frontispiece & 22 black and white photographic illustrations. Index. Hard covers. Light foxing to the page edges. Light wear to the edges of the cloth. A fair to good copy. The text block clean. (extensive tour of Australia by a Civil Engineer, describes the 'potential' of Australia).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sydney Upton (illustrator). H/B folder containing 12 sketches and covering letter.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 288 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled. Light foxing to edges of text block. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.

1st ed. Collection of 12 engravings of the work of architects such as Christopher Wren and James Stuart in grey paperboard folder with blue half-cloth; ribbon ties a little frayed with some loss Used - Very Good. VG looseleaf in card folder Used - Very Good. VG looseleaf in card folder.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Photos (illustrator). 1st. None. 1st. 22cm By 14.5cm. At the time this British engineer visited Australia to research this book the country was in the grip of one of its periodic and long-lasting droughts, however, the clouds of a Pacific war were already gathering. His is a fascinating on-the-ground examination of this vast and then, and still, largely empty country. His findings on its 1930s handicaps and problems, rivers, deserts, rugged out-back individuals, water shortages, tropical north and a looming peril, provide a fascinating flash-back and recall some lessons unlearned. 288 pages including index, 17 chapters, 23 b/w photos (4.5cm tear top plate at p80). Green hard covers with gilt spine titles VG with tiny nick front top edge, light wear spine hinges and extremities, neatly inked name top FFEP, textblock otherwise VG+.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 10 plates in very good condition. Size: 8vo.

Condition: Sehr gut. First Edition. 21 x 14 cm. 288 pages with a frontispiece and other B&W photographs. Original cloth in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor browning/foxing to some pages. Dust jacket edge worn and dust dulled. Minor fraying to tail end of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(-). First Edition. Large octavo in pale green sepia photo illus jacket; 3 preliminary leaves, 9-288 pages frontispiece, plates, portrait 22 cm., bib. notes and index. Geography; travel & exploration. G?ographie physique -- Australie. Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping. Demography - Census data. Physical geography. Population. Travel. Geographic: Australia -- Description and travel. Australia -- Population. Australie -- Descriptions et voyages. Australie -- Population. Sydney (NSW SI56-05) Australia.??Pages 30-31: brief mention of Aboriginal statistics; p. 31 Aborigines as irrelevant and dying out; p. 163 mentioned only as irrelevant. About near fine (very tight and clean) in an about very good(-) price-clipped edge-rubbed jacket with small chip to spine heard & foot; in archival mylar.

288 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, top edge tinted, fine copy in green, cloth boards. First edition. With John Calaby book-plate.

First Edition. Good set of plates, loosely inserted in to a fine cloth bound folder. Plates remain well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 16 plates. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; English Domestic Architecture. English Architecture - 15th century to present day. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ condition. First Edition. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original hardcover binding is heavily worn, with discoloration, fading, chipping with loss, and staining; protected in archival mylar. The title page has a large piece torn off the bottom corner, taking with it part of the publisher's name. The remainder of the text has some soiling, foxing, scuffing, creasing, but remains intact. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. Lacks one of two front blank endpapers. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original green beveled cloth binding is rubbed at the extremities, lightly shelfworn, with minor flecking (tiny spots of diminished coloration); protected in archival mylar. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. The front endpaper is creased, the text has minor soiling to the page edges, and the previous owner's name in pencil on both endpapers. First edition.

First Edition. Good set of plates, loosely inserted in to a fine cloth bound folder. Plates remain well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 16 plates. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; English Domestic Architecture. English Architecture - 15th century to present day. 1 Kg.