Six Lectures on the Development of Architecture from Charlemagne to Henry VIII. Given at the Lowell Institute, Boston in November and December, 1916. Pp. xxii+200+[2](advertisement, verso blank), frontispiece with tissue guard; post 8vo; olive green cloth, lettered in gilt, head of spine and fore-corners of boards lightly bruised, 2 small..... More
Pp. 32, text illustrations (some full and one double page); oblong post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle browned; the author, Melbourne, 1991. First edition. More
'A Swallow at Christmas' (Rara avis in terris). Hand coloured etching, depicting a long line-up of anthropomorphised foodstuffs marching towards the wide open mouth of a glutton, flanked by bottles and tankards of alcoholic drinks. Assorted fruits and desserts are waving labelled flags (blancmange, trifle, jelley, tipsey cake, etc.) and..... More
An illustrated Check List. Updated by Colin Simkin. Pp. xx+300, frontispiece, text illustrations; dust wrapper, edges slightly split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Crown Publishers, New York, 1970. Revised edition. *First published in 1949. More
Pp. xx+42, 192 plates (32 coloured, the others tinted), black & white decorative initials; med. 4to; beige buckram, spine blocked in black and lettered & ruled in gilt (quite rubbed), upper board with wide decorative border in blue surrounding a large coloured pictorial onlay, the boards slightly soiled and browned..... More
Pp. viii+168, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliographical note; post 8vo; orange boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2000. First U.K. edition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Lives series. More
A story for children about a family's holiday spent on an Australian sheep station. With illustrations by leading Australian artists . . .. Foreword by Sir Robert Menzies. Pp. [48], illustrated in colour and black & white (several full page), artist biographies; square 4to; pictorial boards, slightly soiled, corners a...... More
Essays in a pluralistic art world. Pp. xxx+450, index; qr. black paper, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2000. First edition. More
His Life in Africa. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorative initials printed in red & blue; wide post 4to; bottom fore-corner of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, the laminate lifting at a coupler of points, short closed tear from top edge into back panel; Chatto & Windus, London, 1959..... More
His Life in China. His Life in China. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorations printed in yellow & blue; wide post 4to; corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, backstrip slightly faded; small tear near top fore-corner of..... More
Pp. [48], black & white photographic illustrations by the author, the title and several text decorations printed in blue; wide demy 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, spine slightly faded and foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; AndrewDakers, London, n.d.[1950s]. First edition? More
Pp. viii+262(last blank), 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, text maps, references; small square 4to; dust wrapper; Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1993. First Australian edition. More
Pp. 64, printed in red & black, 25 hand-tipped plates, notes, errata slip tipped-in at end; med. 8vo; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered in black, cream papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; the back panel faintly creased; name in ink on upper free endpaper and small pictorial onlay above..... More
![Item #140652 THE BROONS. [1982 Annual]. Peter Davidson](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140652.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701074488)
Pp. [96], comic strip format, illustrated throughout, the pictorial title page printed in red & black; tall cr. 4to; tape backed pictorial glazed paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed; hinges tender, a little faint foxing and soiling; D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, 1981. *Originally drawn by cartoonist Dudley..... More
With an original wood engraving by L. Roy Davies, an Introduction by Ron Radford, and a Foreword by Conal Coad. Together with an Illustrated Catalogue. Edited by Lin Bloomfield. Pp. 124, hand-tipped frontispiece (original wood engraving, signed in pencil by the artist), numerous illustrations, index; demy 4to; maroon cloth, spine..... More
A survey of the new movement seen in studios and factories and at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie moderne, Paris 1937. Preface by A. A. Longden. Pp. xvi+240(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, 64 black & white plates, text illustrations, type specimen sheet for 'Peignot', by..... More
The James A. De Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. Pp. 608, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (the coloured plates hand-tipped), indices; med. 4to; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine blocked in ochre; t.e.g.; dust wrapper; within navy card slipcase, slightly rubbed; book label of David..... More
Pp. viii+208, illustrated title page, coloured and black & white text illustrations. author's note, index; med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Fairfax Library, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More
Introduction by Hal Missingham. Pp. [24], 14 plates (2 coloured), 2 text illustrations, chronology, catalogue, lists of prizes and exhibitions, bibliography, index of lenders; post 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; text block slightly browned, a few leaves faintly creased, some minor pencilled annotations to..... More
Pp. 128(last blank), 32 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations and pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; grey papered boards, lettered in white, slightly foxed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and a trifle foxed, a couple of tiny splits at head of backstrip; edges of leaves slightly..... More
Pp. [52](including outer blanks), being various coloured papers illustrated with original linocuts and stencil prints, mostly tipped-in or mounted, stencilled text (sometimes mounted), patterned endpapers; oblong 4to; purple cloth, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; [the artists, Sydney, c. 1970]. Edition limited to 30 numbered..... More
Monday, 3rd to Friday 14th December, 1973. Joseph Brown Gallery. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [4], illustrated; post 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Joseph Brown, Melbourne, 1974. More
Pp. 384(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page printed in yellow & black, biographical outline, select bibliography, index; roy. 4to; dust wrapper, back panel slightly faded, lightly foxed on reverse; Bay Books, Sydney, 1983. First edition. More
[Cover title]. Pp. [vi]+15 plates; small oblong 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers, spiral bound, slightly soiled and a trifle worn; n.p., 1979. *Celebration of a 1979 New York exhibition of 15 paintings by Durack - one for each decade of Western Australian history, each painting named for a different discoverer..... More
Poems by Geoffrey Dutton. Illustrations by John Perceval. Pp. [vi]+42, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page); demy 4to; boards a trifle sprung, edges slightly creased and rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; title page slightly soiled; Cheshire , Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
