THE CURATED HOME: a fresh take on tradition.
Pp. 208, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white; post 4to; pictorial papered boards; Gibbs Smith, Layton, Utah, 2018. First edition. *Interior design. More
Architecture & Art
ALFRED GILBERT.
Pp. xiv+236, photogravure frontispiece, tissue guard, 39 plates, index; post 4to; cream cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, upper board a trifle marked; t.e.g., others uncut; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, foxed and lightly worn, lower panel slightly soiled, edges lightly split and chipped; a little light foxing; A...... More
DRAWINGS FROM LIFE.
Pp. vi+xvi(Introduction, last blank)+36 line drawings from the nude, printed on rectos only; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, the backstrip browned, edges slightly rubbed and split; the free endpapers lightly offset, scattered light foxing; Hague & Gill, London, 1940..... More
ERIC GILL FOR FATHER DESMOND.
Pp. 52(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations (2 full page, being portraits of Eric Gill and Desmond Chute), notes and references; tall demy 8vo; qr. black leather, spine lettered in gilt, tan cloth boards with pictorial label at centre of upper board; with a matching qr. leather and cloth..... More
ERIC GILL.
With a critical monograph by Charles Marriott. Pp. viii+28(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 39 plates; small med. 4to; gilt lettered black cloth, the bottom fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and slightly torn, with a couple of small external tape marks and a larger internal..... More
SAMUEL THOMAS GILL, ARTIST.
Pp. xiv+148, illustrated throughout, appendices, sources, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, fore-edge of front panel slightly grazed, the backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on upper free endpaper, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed;the author, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *Gives detailed..... More
S. T. GILL'S AUSTRALIA.
Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, bibliography, index; med. 4to; yellow papered boards, lettered and decorated in black, corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel slightly scuffed; name in ink on half-title page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More
AN UNHURRIED VIEW OF EROTICA.
With an Introduction by Dr. Theodor Reik and Preface by George Jean Nathan. Pp. 128, bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, browned; leaves browned; Secker & Warburg, London, 1959. Proof copy of first U.K. edition. *A light-hearted work on Erotica. The bibliography lists 100 titles of English erotica. More
COLONIAL PAINTERS, 1788-1880.
Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, selected bibliography; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971. Australian Painting Studio series. More
THE ART OF THE OLD WEST.
Designed by Gerard Nook. Pp. 48, illustrated throughout (some tinted); square 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, spine lettered in black, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed, with tiny chip to top edge of back panel; The Macmillan Company, New York, 1971..... More
EARLY AUSTRALIAN PAINTINGS.
Pp. 32, illustrated; pictorial paper wrappers; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. National Gallery Booklets. More
THE LITERARY PARASITES OF ART.
Essays on Art - Number One. Introduction by Sir William Dargie. Pp. xii+52(last blank), mounted frontispiece portrait; brown art. leather; dust wrapper; Lowden Publishing Co., Kilmore, 1980. First trade edition. More
THE ART OF THE JAPANESE SCREEN.
Pp. xii+276, pictorial double title page printed in blue & black, 48 hand-tipped coloured plates (mostly full page), numerous black & white text illustrations, gilt endpapers, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. folio; patterned green, orange and purple brocade lettered in gilt, a trifle rubbed, edges lightly faded; the first couple..... More
CHAIM GROSS.
Pp. 238(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, selected bibliography; large square 4to; dust wrapper; Harry N. Abrams , New York, 1974. More
THE ARTS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
Translated by Anthony Christie. Edited by Andre Malraux and Georges Salles. Pp. [viii]+464(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white (2 folding), glossarial index; demy 4to; red cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt at centre of upper board; ribbon marker; price-clipped dust..... More
DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS, 1660-1851.
New revised edition. Pp. 516 (last colophon, verso blank), printed in double column, 32 plates, index; cr. 4to; orange/red cloth, a trifle soiled and rubbed, the gilt lettered spine faded; all edges red; name & date in ink on upper free endpaper, remains of dust wrapper taped to lower pastedown;..... More
THE CONVICT ARTISTS.
Pp. 96, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, selected bibliography, glossary; oblong 4to; edges of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1978. Second impression. More
PERMANENT REVOLUTION: Mike Brown and the Australian Avant-Garde 1953-1997.
Pp.[vi]+298(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, the title page printed in blue & black, text printed in brown & black, notes, bibliography, index; post 4to; yellow papered boards, spine lettered in white, bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle..... More
HALS.
Biographical and critical study. Translated from the French by James Emmons. Pp. 148, 42 mounted coloured plates (9 double page), chronological survey, select bibliography, index; small square 4to; cream textured cloth, lettered and decorated in red; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded and soiled; Skira..... More
GREAT BRITISH WATERCOLORS: From the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art.
With an introduction by Scott Wilcox. Pp. viii+224, illustrated in colour and occasional black & white (several full or double page), notes, index; wide demy 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown..... More
WILLIAM STANLEY HASELTINE.
Sea and Landscape Painter (1835-1900). Notes and recollections from his life, collected by his daughter. Pp. 210, illustrated with 31 plates in photogravure, indices; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; pages lightly browned; Muller, London, 1947. First edition. More
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON.
Historical Painter 1786-1846. With additions by Dorothy George. Pp. xiv+402(last colophon), frontispiece portrait plus 19 plates, appendices, index; spine a trifle rubbed at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with closed tear from bottom edge into back flap; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967. Second edition. *First published..... More
BUNDOORA HOMESTEAD: The Smith family era 1899-1920.
Pp. iv+84, illustrated in colour and black & white, the title page printed in red & black, house plans; med. 4to; maroon boards, lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and creased, with a couple of tiny splits; Bundoora Homestead Art Centre..... More
100 MASTERWORKS FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
Introduction by William H. Peck. Pp. 238(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; square 4to; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1985. First edition. *Published in celebration of the centenary of one of American's great museums..... More
LUX ET NOX.
Edited by Martin Jaeggi and Walter Keller. Pp. 176, comprising 130 full page coloured photographic images, the title page printed in red & black; large oblong 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in blind; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Scalo, Zurich, 2002. First edition. *Signed by the photographer on the half-title page..... More