Etude biographique et critique, avec le catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre du maitre. [Text in French]. Pp. [ii]+426; nineteenth century half calf, with gilt lettered dark green leather title label on spine, marbled papered boards, slightly marked and worn, the spine quite rubbed; speckled edges; upper hinge starting, occasional slight soiling;..... More
The People, the Places. The Story of the Collection of the City of South Perth. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour and black & white, catalogue of works; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; The May Gibbs Trust, Perth, 2000. First edition. *Before his daughter became famous..... More
[Artist's Book]. kerning30 A collection of drawings executed by Jennifer Gibney, using a Chinese brush and ink, during her 2010 Life Class sessions; Chinese paper, with double-sided illustrations, concertina style; 25 x 17 cm.; Chinese fabric covered boards, with small porcelain lozenge on upper cover; kerning0Mansfield, Victoria, 2010. More
The Celts believed that springs and wells were the entrances to the mysterious 'underworld' or 'Faeryland'. [Artist's Book]. A collection of Celtic tales and characters, lettered and illustrated with bamboo pen and brown ink on handmade deckle edge paper; 27 x 20 cm.; hand embroidered and painted cloth boards, velvet..... More
Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony. With an Introduction by Michel Saint-Denis. Pp. [12], frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates with captioned interleaves; cr. 4to; black cloth, spine and upper board lettered in silver, the cloth faintly scuffed; top edges silver; dust wrapper lightly soiled and foxed, edges chipped and split, with..... More
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
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
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
South Australia, 1841-1851: Paintings by S. T. Gill. Pp. 108, illustrated in colour and black & white (many full page), bibliography; oblong 4to; boards slightly sprung, bottom fore-corner of lower board bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, slightly foxed on reverse; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1975. First..... More
Pp. xiv+148, illustrated throughout, appendices, sources, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, backstrip faded; lower endpapers slightly creased;the author, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *Includes detailed collations of Gill's published collections. More
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
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
Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, selected bibliography; small cr. 4to; boards a trifle sprung, the upper board faintly marked, with tiny bruise to top edge; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971. Australian Painting..... More
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
With 140 illustrations. Pp. x+252, including 68 pages of plates, a few text illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, index; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges lightly worn, the laminate lifting slightly; corners of a couple of leaves lightly creased, occasional ink or pencil underlining and marginalia, a little light foxing..... More
The Art of Anne Marie Graham. Introduction by Jane Clark. Pp. 304, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (many full or double page), bibliography, list of works; wide post 4to; pictorial card wrappers with flap folds; The Watermark Press, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the..... More
Pp. 32, illustrated; pictorial paper wrappers; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. National Gallery Booklets. More
Pp. [ii]+192, illustrated in colour throughout (many double page), biographies; roy. 4to; Bay Books, Sydney, 1981. Deluxe edition, being one of 200 numbered copies, signed by author and artist. *This copy individually bound by Australian publisher, bibliophile and craft bookbinder Richard Griffin (Sydney, 1990), in full red leather over bevelled..... More
Essays on Art - Number One. Introduction by Sir William Dargie. Pp. xii+52(last blank), mounted frontispiece portrait; qr. brown art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, beige coverex boards; dust wrapper; Lowden Publishing Co., Kilmore, 1980. Limited edition, being one of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. More
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
Translated by Anthony Christie. Edited by Andre Malraux and Georges Salles. Pp. [viii]+464(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (2 folding), glossarial index; demy 4to; ribbon marker; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, back panel soiled; top edges of leaves a trifle marked, bookseller's sticker..... More
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
Masterpieces of early photography from the New York Public Library. Pp. 126, numerous illustrations, index; wide demy 4to; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Thames & Hudson, London, 1982. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. 96, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, selected bibliography, glossary; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
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