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127856
ALDINGTON, RICHARD.: A Wreath For San Gemignano. Lithographs by Gerald Woods.
Limited Edition; Elephant 8vo; pp. (32) un-paginated; 3 two-page coloured lithographs, original quarter pressed black morocco with paper covered boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, fine copy.
(Hove) Snake River Press; 1980.
Edition limited to 24 numbered copies this being copy number 16. This work was first published by William Heinemann in 1946, this edition printed by permission of the author's literary executor. Click here to Order

AUD$175

127689
BRADDON, RUSSELL.: Thomas Baines. And the North Australian Expedition.
First Edition; Oblong 4to; pp. 160; illustrated endpapers, coloured frontispiece, 24 f/p. colour illustrations, 69 colour illustrations, 16 b/w. illustrations, index, bound in original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Sydney; Collins; 1986.
'The North Australian Expedition of 1855-56, led by Augustus Gregory, though not lacking courage and endurance, was remarkable above all for the magnificent sketches, water-colours and oil paintings which Thomas Baines executed and brought back as a permanent record.' This book includes many of these illustrations including some beautiful images of Australian fauna. Click here to Order

AUD$26

127885
COHN, OLA.: Castles In The Air.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 48; illustrated frontispiece, text with five full page photographic illustrations, bound in original grey boards, title lettered in black on spine and upper board, photographic illustration laid down on upper board, very good copy.
East Melbourne; Ola Cohn; 1936.
Ola Cohn (1892-1964) noted Australian sculptor and childrens author, this title being her third fairy book, it is the story of Blossom adventures in the bush and creating her castle in the air. Click here to Order

AUD$165

127913
EVANS, JANE; Curator.: Charles Summers. 1825-1878. Catalogue of an exhibition in Woodspring Museum Weston-super-Mare 1978.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (12) un-paginated; references; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper; minor flecking to wrapper and pages, otherwise a very good copy.
England; Woodspring Museum; 1978.
Summers migrated to Melbourne in 1854, he took up a gold claim at Tarnagulla, a week after he sold his claim it yielded £20,000 to the buyers. Later he directed the sculpture work in the Victorian Legislative Council and modelled the ceiling figures. Summers became a central figure in local artistic circles, he arranged annual art exhibitions and was founder of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. Click here to Order

AUD$30

127680
FARRELLY, EILEEN.: Dadirri - The Spring Within: The Spiritual Art of the Aboriginal People from Australia's Daly River Region.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. x, 53; text with numerous coloured illustrations, 1 page map, short biographies of the artists, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, inscribed and signed by the author on title page, very good copy.
Darwin, NT; Terry Knight and Associates; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$50

127681
FINDLAY, ELISABETH.: Arcadian Quest: William Westall's Australian Sketches.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xvi, 68; illustrated endpapers, 45 pages colour and b/w illustrations, endnotes, select bibliography, index, bound in original illustrated slick boards, very good copy.
Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$35

127700
FULLERTON, PATRICIA.: Hugh Ramsay His Life and Work.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xii, 227; 24 pages of coloured plates, numerous b/w. text illustrations and drawings, reference notes, chronology, list of works in public collections, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Hawthorn, Vic.; Hudson Publishing; 1988. Click here to Order

AUD$70

127686
GLOAG, JOHN.: Georgian Grace: A Social History of Design from 1660 to 1830.
Thick Cr. 4to; pp. xx, 426; coloured frontispiece, 48 b/w. plates, numerous text illustrations, list books referred to in text, appendices, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket with minor wear on edges, very good copy.
London; Spring Books; 1967. Click here to Order

AUD$40

127882
JONES, DAVID.: The Book of Jonah. Taken From The Authorised Version Of King James I With Engravings by David Jones.
Limited Edition; Impl. 8vo; pp. [ii], 19; illustrated with 13 engravings, quarter cloth spine, decorated paper boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, fine copy.
London; Clover Hill Editions/ Douglas Cleverdon; 1979.
This is the eleventh of the Clover Hill Editions, comprising 10 copies on vellum, lettered A to J, with a portfolio containing sets of the engravings on vellum, japon and hand-made paper, 100 copies on Barcham Green's RWS hand-made paper, numbered I to C, with and extra set of the engravings on japon, 300 copies on J. Green mould-made paper, numbered 1 to 300. This copy being number 136. The thirteen engravings by David Jones were first printed in 1926 at the Golden Cockerel press, Waltham-Saint-Lawrence. They are here printed from the original wood-blocks by kind permission of the Trustees of the David Jones Estate. Click here to Order

AUD$500

127619
McCOURT, TOM.: Aboriginal Artefacts.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (x), 154; profuse colour illustrations throughout, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Adelaide; Rigby Limited; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$75

127616
MEEK, JAMES B.: The Art Of Engraving: A Book of Instructions.
Sixteenth Printing; Demy 4to; pp. xii, 196; illustrated title page, text with numerous illustrations and line drawings, bibliography, suppliers, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, name on front endpaper, good copy.
Montezuma, Iowa; F. Brownell & Son, Publishers; 1986. Click here to Order

AUD$60

127640
MORRIS, RICHARD.: Merchants Medicine and Trafalgar: The History of the Harvey Family.
First Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. xii, 235; coloured portrait frontispiece, text with 17 pages of plates many in colour, pedigree charts, notes and references, bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Loughton; The Alderton Press; 2007. Click here to Order

AUD$60

127605
NIALL, BRENDA.: The Boyds. A Family Biography.
Second Printing; Med. 8vo; pp. xxiv, 437, (1); family tree, 36 b/w pages of plates, 24 pages of colour plates, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in red on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$30

127651
ROLLS, ERIC.: Visions of Australia. Impressions of the Landscape. 1642-1910.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 312; profusely illustrated in b/w and colour throughout, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
South Melbourne; Lothian Books; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$26

127650
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS QUEENSLAND CHAPTER.: Buildings of Queensland. This book is published as a record of Architecture in Queensland by the State Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Patron... Her Majesty the Queen.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. [vi], 94, xxxvi; text with numerous b/w. photographic illustrations, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Brisbane; Jacaranda; 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$35

127695
STELL, CHRISTOPHER.: An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xviii, 263; coloured frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. photographs, building plans, drawings, bibliographical sources, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, gilt stamped decoration on upper board, dustjacket, very good copy.
London; HMSO; 1991. Click here to Order

AUD$75

127694
STELL, CHRISTOPHER.: An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in the Central England.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xviii, 276; coloured frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. photographs, building plans, drawings, bibliographical sources, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, gilt stamped decoration on upper board, dustjacket, very good copy.
London; HMSO; 1986. Click here to Order

AUD$75

127693
STELL, CHRISTOPHER.: An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in the North of England.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xxii, 348; coloured frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. photographs, building plans, drawings, bibliographical sources, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, gilt stamped decoration on upper board, dustjacket, one small institution stamp on the verso of the title page otherwise a very good copy.
London; HMSO; 1994. Click here to Order

AUD$75