Blue Mountains Books
Member of Guest Exhibitor
Blue Mountain Books has been trading as Blue Dragon Books for 16 years at our retail premises in Glenbrook, NSW. We stock a large variety of books across all genres and categories. We have built up a range of rare and collectible books, of which we will be bringing along a selection to the Sydney Rare Book Fair. Our focus will be on Natural, Australian & Military History, Art, Children’s books and collectible fiction.
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Highlights
Alexander Wilson & Charles Lucien Bonaparte, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with The Illustrative Notes and Life of Wilson by William Jardine, in Three Volumes, Cassell Petter & Galpin, London (c.1877)
$1750
Three volumes, Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in black morocco and red cloth boards with gilt spine titles and decorations and black endpapers; top edges gilt, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, 104 chromolithographic plates and some other monochrome engraved illustrations. Mild wear, somewhat rolled; boards a bit rubbed with some minor insect damage to the cloth; spines mildly sunned, extremities a little worn and the head of Volume III pulled slightly; text block edges lightly toned; lower hinge of Volume I cracked (but still strong); light scattered foxing throughout. Very good
William Yarrell, A History of British Birds in three volumes, together with the two Supplements bound as one additional volume
$400
Four volumes, published by Jan van Voorst, London, 1843 and 1845. octavo; hardcover, full green calf, boards ruled in gold, gilt spine titles on brown labels between five raised bands, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles and an olive ribbon, all edges marbled, with decorated title pages and many engraved illustrations. Mild wear; boards rubbed and edgeworn with scuffing to the hinges and spine extremities; spine labels to the first three volumes missing; text block top edges dusted; previous owner’s contemporary bookplates to the front pastedown of each volume. No dustwrappers. Very good.
Godfrey Charles Mundy, Our Antipodes: Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies; With a Glimpse of the Gold Fields; in Three Volumes, Second Edition, Revised
$600
Revised reprint: three volumes, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1852. Octavo; full cloth decorated in blind, with gilt spine titles and upper board decorations; 1,246pp. with three engraved monochrome frontispieces, and 12 plates likewise. Rebound, using the original cloth; all volumes rolled and crushed with bumped corners and softened spine extremities; shelf wear and light rubbing to the boards and edges; spines sunned; text block and page edges mildly toned; endpapers replaced; some light offset to the preliminaries; some small repaired tears to a few early page edges. Very good.
William J.D. MIRA, From Cowrie to Kina: The Coinages, Currencies, Badges, Medals, Awards and Decorations of PAPUA NEW GUINEA (signed by the author), Spink & Son (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1986.
$300
Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 332pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Dustwrapper. Moderate wear; a little cocked; author’s inked inscription to the half-title page. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Boxed Set: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Chamber of Secrets & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury Publishing
$500
Three volumes: octavo; hardcover, with illustrated boards; 791pp. [223pp.+251pp.+317pp.] (+10pp. of adverts). Minor wear. Dustwrappers. Near fine in a specially printed slipcase.
“Silver John”, Target Tank (The history of the 2/3rd Australian Anti-Tank Regiment, 9th Division, A.I.F.), Cumberland Newspapers Limited, Parramatta NSW, nd. (1957).
$500
First edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles and blind-ruling to the boards; 354pp., with a colour frontispiece, 31pp. of monochrome plates and many maps. Mild wear; shaken and rolled; spine extremities softened; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; light scattered foxing to the preliminaries; some minor internal marks. Dustwrapper is well-rubbed and edgeworn with some light insect damage; some scraping to the hinges; now professionally protected by no -adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.
Murray Waldren, The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa – signed, limited edition, HarperCollins Publishers (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Pymble NSW, 2009.
$600
Two slipcased volumes, quarto; hardcover and paperback; with illustrated boards and wrappers and decorative endpapers; 476pp. [432pp. + 44pp.], with many colour illustrations. Number 96 of 1,200 copies: minor wear; signed and numbered by the artist in ink to the flyleaf. Dustwrapper, with folding poster on the verso. Near fine in a specially printed slipcase, with the additional catalogue material.
[The Unit History Editorial Committee], “White over Green” – The 2/4th Battalion and reference to the 4th Battalion, Angus and Robertson/the 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion Association, Sydney NSW, 1963.
$500
Octavo; hardcover; full cloth with upper board titles and decorations; 364pp., with 41pp. of monochrome plates, 5 colour maps, and many other monochrome maps and illustrations. Moderate wear; shaken and rolled; spine extremities softened and a large chip from the lower hinge; moisture damage to the boards; text block edges lightly toned; light offset to the endpapers; some internal marks. Dustwrapper is now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Good.
A rare and comprehensive reference work.