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Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers

Locality: Warrnambool, Victoria

Phone: +61 400 235 251

Address: Fletcher Jones Market 3280 Warrnambool, VIC, Australia

Website: http://simperbookbinders.com.au/

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18.05.2022 Here is a nice little book The Master's Cat: The Story of Charles Dickens as Told by His Cat by Eleanor Poe Barlow (A Descendant of Edgar Allen Poe) Published by Dickens House, 1998 limited to 1,000 copies, this being number 956... Signed by Cedric David Charles Dickens who wrote the Introduction and by the Author Eleanor Poe Barlow on the title page. Cedric David Charles Dickens (24 September 1916 - 11 February 2006) was an author and businessman, and the last surviving great-grandson of British author Charles Dickens and steward of his literary legacy. $35 + Postage at cost. See more

06.05.2022 Just in stock, THE SCHOOL PAPER Grades VII and VIII. Number 386 February 1933 to Number 396 December 1933. by Education Department Of Victoria Melbourne: Education Department of Victoria. 1933. First thus.. THE SCHOOL PAPER, Grades VII and VIII. Number 386 February 1933 to ... Number 396 December 1933. Complete year of 1933, 11 issues, 176 pages in total. Bound in the original brown FORDITE folder ; 270 x 180mm; 176 pages . Very Good+ condition. $110 + $13 postage Order via facebook or click on the link below that will take you to the listing on our Biblio store https://www.biblio.com/search.php See more

21.04.2022 More interesting new stock. Empires of the Ancient Near East, in 4 Volumes Alan Gardiner & O.R. Gurney & J.M. Cook & H.W.F. Saggs Published by Folio Society, London All volumes are 2001 fifth printings, all are fine copies with a fine slipcase. ... A very nice and attractive set, consisting of the following 4 volumes: 1. The Egyptians: An Introduction, by Sir Alan Gardiner. - xxiv, 479 pages 2. The Hittites, by O.R. Gurney. - xiv, 240 pages. 3. The Persians, by J.M. Cook. - xxii, 374 pages. 4. The Babylonians: A Survey of the Ancient Civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley, by H.W.F. Saggs. xxxvi, 444 pages. Each volume is illustrated with 24-32 color and b/w photographs and reproductions and each volume has endpaper maps. Each volume also contains an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and an index. $300 + postage. See more

01.04.2022 More interesting new stock. A History of the English Speaking Peoples in 4 Volumes Churchill, Winston S. Published by Folio Society, London All volumes are 2003 second printings, all are fine copies with a fine slipcase. ... Vol I: The Birth of Britain, xxxiv, 445pp, - Vol II: The New World, xvi, 366pp, - Vol III: The Age of Revolution, xviii, 352pp, - Vol iv: The Great Democracies, xvi, 347pp, all volumes with many maps and illustrions, and full colour plates. $300 + postage. See more

21.03.2022 An interesting book just in stock. VADIM SIDUR A Study in Modern Soviet Sculpture Published in Adelaide by School of Russian Language, 1972. Illustrated with Frontispiece and 37 Black-and-White Plates plus 4 Figures.... Dustjacket has some short edge tears and spine fading as seen in image but is now protected, red cloth cover boards with gold title are bright, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. $45 + postage This book Published in Adelaide helped to introduce Sidur to Western audiences as 'one of the most exciting artists to have emerged from the Soviet Union' Vadim Sidur was a Russian avant-garde artist known for his symbolic figurative sculptures made from metal or stone. Sometimes called the Soviet Henry Moore, his self-described style of Grob-Art (Coffin-Art), centered on the idea that artists are the prophets of future global catastrophes. One of his most compelling works is the sculpture Treblinka (1966), which he reproduced in 1979 as a public monument in Berlin, to remember the victims of the Treblinka concentration camp. Born on June 28, 1924 in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine to Jewish-Russian parents, Sidur served in the Red Army during World War II and was discharged after being shot in his jaw. He went on to study at the Stroganoff Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, and became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. The artist died on June 26, 1986 in Moscow, Russia. Today, much of his work is housed in the The Moscow State Vadim Sidur Museum which opened in 1989. (artnet.com) See more

25.01.2022 Here is a great set of books for the Military buff, THE THIRD REICH TRIOLOGY By Richard J. Evans... THE COMING OF THE THIRD REICH. This first volume in The Third Reich Triology describes the origins of the Nazi party, going back to the unification of Germany in 1871, and taking the timeline up to 1933, when Hitler and the Nazis completely seized power in Germany. With 31 illustrations, 18 maps and diagrams, index, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. THE THIRD REICH IN POWER. 1933 1939 This second volume in The Third Reich Triology describes Nazi Germany during the so-called "peacetime" period, picking up where the first volume left off, and going to the start of World War II in September 1939. With 41 illustrations, 22 maps, index, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. THE THIRD REICH AT WAR 1939 - 1945. How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster. This Third volume in The Third Reich Triology describes the entire wartime period of Nazi Germany, picking up from 1939, where the previous volume ended, and taking the timeline to 1945 and the end of the war. With 36 illustrations, 23 maps, index, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Each book is priced at $40 plus postage or postage free if all 3 books are ordered #oldbooks #hitler #militaryhistory You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool Pick up from The Fletcher Jones Market in Warrnambool is not available at the moment as the Market has closed temporarily because of the shut down of all non essential business due to the Coronavirus

24.01.2022 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. By Lewis Carroll This edition published in Melbourne (Flemington) in 1990 and illustrated by Gavin O’Keefe. This edition was part of an Alice exhibition which toured nationally during 1990-1 in connection with the 125th anniversary of the original Macmillan publication. ... A nice addition for the collector of Alice books. $50 + $10 post or pick up at The Fletcher Jones Market You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket #aliceinwonderland See more

21.01.2022 HENDERSON'S AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES. A Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume I. By Alexander Henderson, 1941 1st edition. A very hard to find book, a great resource for Genealogists.... This copy is from the library of "The Herald" newspaper, Melbourne, rebound by the Library circa 1945, in plain maroon cloth with title and call number in gold on spine, spine ends starting to fray, with 5 library stamps noted, overall a good copy. xxiv, 408 pages. $600 + postage can be viewed at The Fletcher Jones Market in Warrnambool or on my website www.simperbookbinders.com.au See more

18.01.2022 Here is a very interesting book; Petra, its History and Monuments. By Sir Alexander B. W. Kennedy, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. Published in London: Country Life, 1925... With xiv, 88 pages plus 211 sepia photographs, four full page plates, and four maps, including two folded surveys. Green cloth, spine slightly faded, corners lightly bumped, gilt top edges, light foxing to foredges, one library stamp to front free endpaper. This book studies and visually depicts the remarkable remains of the rock-carved city of Petra in Jordan. The photos show the grand scope of this archaeological monument: An ancient city carved into the slope of a mountain. This is a very nice copy Book size is 320 x 265mm $320 + postage You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool and type in the author and title. The book is also available at The Fletcher Jones Market in Warrnambool.

18.01.2022 Here are three of my latest listings on offer; Taylor, Assheton F. ONE WAY FLIGHT TO MUNICH Memoirs of a 460 Squadron (RAAF) Navigator Australian Military Publications, Loftus, 2000. First thus. Fine Paperback With illustrations, previous owners name stamp on verso of title page otherwise a fine copy; 295 x 210mm; iv, 274 pages... $35 + postage - click on the link to order https://www.booksandcollectibles.com.au//search/more_detai Stott, Geoffrey TALES OF THE GLENELG RIVER WOODS The First Fifty Years 1925-1975, Philprint Warrnambool 1979 1st Edition Fine Paper Back With illustrations by Ross Gray. Signed by the author. First published September 1979, Includes guide to fishing hotspots, baits & river map; 230 x 185mm; 92 pages; Signed by Author $25 + postage - click on the link to order https://www.booksandcollectibles.com.au//search/more_detai Crossley-Holland, Kevin FOLK-TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES Folio Society London 2006 7th Printing Fine Hardcover Chosen and with an Introduction by Kevin Crossley-Holland; Wood-engravings by Hannah Firmin. A fine copy in fine slipcase. ; 230 x 150mm; xiv, 393 pages $30 + Postage - click on the link to order https://www.booksandcollectibles.com.au//search/more_detai If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket

13.01.2022 Some Recent Acquisitions included a very nice copy of Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai By Romulus Hillsborough...Continue reading

13.01.2022 Some Recent Acquisitions included a very nice copy of THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA, With Notes on the Modes of Occurrence of Gold and Other Metals and Minerals. By R. Brough Smyth... Publisher: Queensberry Hill Press, Melbourne Publication Date: 1980 Originally printed in 1869 this book is a reprint of the first facsimile edition of 1979. With a frontispiece, 84 b/w illustrations, 4 folding geological maps, large fold out map of," Victoria, showing the auriferous alluvial workings and quartz reefs" at the rear, appendices, glossary & index. Book size 280 x 205mm; vi, 644 pages. A near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. $250 post free. You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool and type in the author and title. The book is also available at The Fletcher Jones Market in Warrnambool.

13.01.2022 Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies By Edgar M. Queeny with Explanatory Sketches by Richard E. Bishop Published by Ducks Limited, 1962... Printed at the Private Press of C. F. Braun & Co. in a limited edition of 1000 copies for private distribution. Fawn cloth hardbound in clear glassine dust jacket (as issued), brown lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, full colour frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and drawings, a near fine copy. The author Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897 - 1968) was an American industrialist, chairman of the Monsanto corporation from 1928 until his retirement in 1960. He was also a noted conservationist. In this important work, Queeny documents the motions of ducks wintering over in the pin oak flats of Arkansas - in particular, 'Nature's most wondrous evolution - the wings of birds' illustrated with the photographs and sketches of Richard E. Bishop. 'Because of the mechanical and chemical limitations of lens and film, the means of presenting flight photographically is still unequal to the beauty of birds and the easy grace with which flight is performed. Nevertheless, photography is able to detect action that escapes the most intent eye; and by recording positions taken in the slightest instants, we are helped to understand flight and the gravity-defying instruments of flight.'. (from the Introduction) Xiv, 256 pages, measuring 285 x 215mm $150 + postage You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool or pick up at The Fletcher Jones Market If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket

13.01.2022 Here is a very interesting and very hard book to find. STONE-AGE CRAFTSMEN, Stone Tools and Camping Places of the Australian Aborigines by S. R. Mitchell Published by The Tait Book Co., Melbourne, 1949... 1st Edition illustrated with 16 photographic plates and 45 drawn figures of tools. Xii, 211 pages with a fold out map between pages 118 and 119. This is a presentation copy signed by the author and given to Miss Justine Kenyon. Miss Justine Kenyon is the daughter of noted author A. S. Kenyon and also an author herself, having written The Aboriginal Word Book published in 1930. The book dedication page is to A. S. Kenyon. A very good copy, the only defect is the small piece missing at the bottom of the dustjacket front panel. A very nice association copy of a rare book. $300 + post. You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool or pick up at The Fletcher Jones Market If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket

10.01.2022 VICTORIAN MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY Also Commonwealth and State Guide and Water Supply Record for 1956 Eighty-fourth year of publication, a very good copy. With 12 pages of adverts at the front of the book, a wealth of information for the genealogist - local history researcher. xxvii, 1049 pages. Book size 190 x 125mm Price $50 + postage... You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool or pick up at The Fletcher Jones Market If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket See more

08.01.2022 A TOPICAL SUBJECT THE BLACK DEATH By Philip Ziegler... Published by The Folio Society in 1997 ix, 280 pages, with full page colour illustrations. Book size is 240 x 160mm and comes with a slipcase This is a fine copy. $25 + postage If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket #deathanddisease

08.01.2022 Memorandum of the Transactions of a Voyage from England to Botany Bay, 1787-1793 A First Fleet Journal By John Easty Private Marine Published by Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales with Angus & Robertson Ltd., Sydney NSW,, 1965 ... x, 186 pages, book size 295 x 210mm $45 + $12 postage When the "officers and gentlemen" have had their say, then, from the damp and dirt and poverty of the new convict colony on Sydney Cove, is heard the uneven voice of one of the least of them, in John Easty's Memorandum of the Transactions of a Voyage from England to Botany Bay, 1787-1793, now published for the first time. (1965) John Easty is a private marine, with very little education. By no means a model soldier, but one who drinks and disobeys with the rest of them, and receives his share of floggings. With unpractised hand, he scrawls and splashes his way across the page, noting down the trivia and tragedy of day-to-day existence in the new settlement. Aborigines wound some convicts, and he is among those who flounder all night through bush and swamps in search of them, "a most teadious march as ever men went in the time". Six fellow marines are hanged for robbing the public store, and "there was hardley a marine present but what Shed tears offacers and men". Only on the way home, describing a Catholic procession in Rio de Janeiro, does he write at some length. This journal is published by the Public Library of New South Wales through the William Dixson Foundation. In accord with the terms of Sir William Dixson's bequest, the Printed text conforms as closely as possible to the original manuscript, preserving the author's peculiarities of spelling and punctuation, and the corrections and alterations which he made. (from the dustjacket description) You can order online here https://www.biblio.com//m-a-simper-bookbinders-warrnambool or pick up at The Fletcher Jones Market If in Warrnambool, call into The Fletcher Jones Market and check my Old and Interesting books on the upper level of the market #oldbooks #fletcherjonesmarket #firstfleet

06.01.2022 Dairy Farming, Being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying. by J. P. Sheldon No date stated, circa 1880, 1st. Edition. , xxii, 570pages, 25 colour chromolithographic plates, approx 220 drawings on wood, bound in 1/2 black morocco, blue cloth sides, marbled edges & endpapers, spine with raised bands, gilt rules, title labels, gilt devices & date at foot of spine , large quarto (280 x 220mm). Old newspaper clippings pasted to back of 1/2 title page. A Very nice copy of a scarce book. $650 Can be viewed at The Fletcher Jones Market in my stall on the upper level. also available from www.simperbookbinders.com.au