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Art & Applied

128373
BATTARBEE, REX.: Modern Australian Aboriginal Art.
Second Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (x), 95, (40) unpaginated; frontispiece, 12 f/p. b/w. plates, 20 colour plates; bound in original maroon cloth with gilt title on spine and front cloth, dustjacket chipped and damaged, good copy in fair dustjacket. Together with an associated catalogue of "Centralian Art" from Battarbee Galleries.
Sydney; Angus And Robertson; 1958. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128398
BLACKBURN, LEIGH; ECCLESTON, GREGORY C.: Stokes: A Proud Heritage, 140 Years in Australian Manufacturing Industry, Seal Engraver, Letter Cutter, Stamper, Button Check and Token Maker.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xvi, 323; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with numerous photographic illustrations many in colour, bibliography, glossary, index, bound in original slick illustrated boards, signed by Eccleston on the title page, very good copy.
Malvern, Vic.; Evandale Publishing; 2021. Click here to Order

AUD$100

128665
BROWN, JENNY HUNTER.: Alleycat.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 60; illustrated endpaper, illustrated title page, text with several illustrations by Michael Leunig, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Potts Point, NSW; Jenny Hunter Brown; 1987. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128583
BURKE, JANINE.: The Heart Garden. Sunday Reed and Heide.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (viii), 552; illustrated with 16 pages of coloured and b/w. photographic plates, endnotes, select bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Milsons Point; Knopf; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128607
DIMMACK, MAX.: Noel Counihan.
First Edition; Oblong Demy 4to; pp.128; illustrated with 49 pages of plates many in colour, numerous b/w. text illustrations, list of exhibitions, collections and awards, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in black on spine, black stamped decoration on upper board, dustjacket a little rubbed and worn, good copy.
Carlton, Vic.; Melbourne University Press; 1974. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128567
DURACK, MARY; DURACK, ELIZABETH.: The Way Of The Whirlwind.
Revised Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 78; illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, 12 full page colour plates, numerous b/w. text drawings, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket a little chipped and damaged on edges, good copy.
London; Angus and Robertson; 1979. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128587
ELLIS, RENNIE; TURNER, IAN.: Australian Graffiti Revisited.
Revised Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (112) unpaginated; b/w illustrations throughout, original illustrated stiff wrapper, good copy.
Melbourne; Sun Books; 1980.
This edition includes all the material from earlier editions, plus fifteen pages of new graffiti from all over Australia; Click here to Order

AUD$30

128367
FREE, RENEE.: Lloyd Rees.
Revised Edition; Lge. 4to; pp. 107, (18; advertisements); numerous b/w illustrations, some colour illustrations, notes, exhibitions, bibliography; original cloth, dustjacket, edges a little bumped, good copy.
Melbourne; Lansdowne; 1979. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128530
GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY.: The Hidden Heart of Baja.
First UK Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 256; illustrated frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. illustrations, 1 full page map, bound in original tan cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged, cloth a little worn, good copy.
London; Jarrolds Publishers Ltd.; 1964. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128627
GOULD, JOHN.: A Synopsis Of The Birds Of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands.
Limited Facsimile Edition; Roy. 8vo; un-paginated; 73 full-page coloured plates each with page of descriptive text, original half green morocco binding, raised bands on spine, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration on spine and front and back boards, housed in original slip case, original mylar dustjacket; a fine copy.
Melbourne; Queensberry Hill Press; 1979.
Edition limited to 387 numbered copies this being number 179. This facsimile was one of the finest works ever produced by the Queensberry Hill Press. Click here to Order

AUD$450

128698
HEYSEN, HANS.: Heysen's Gum Trees.
First Edition; Square Cr. 8vo; pp. [10] printed one side only unpaginated; 10 full page captioned coloured plates, original illustrated wrappers, tied with original silk, wrapper a little browned, name on front of wrapper, good copy. Scarce.
Sydney; Sydney Morning Herald Publication; 1937. Click here to Order

AUD$75

128614
HOFF, URSULA.: Charles Condor. The Australian Years.
First Edition; Oblong Cr. 4to; pp. 47; 6 colour plates, 16 b/w plates; stiff illustrated wrapper, wrapper with cloth tape spine, previous owner's name on title page, good copy.
Melbourne; The National Gallery Society of Victoria; 1960. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128643
LINDSAY, LIONEL.: Twenty One Woodcuts, Drawn Engraved & Printed by Lionel Lindsay.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (52), unpaginated; tipped-in frontispiece, 21 other woodcuts, original cloth backed papered boards with paper label, minor spotting and wear to front board, in well preserved original card box with paper label, a very good copy.
Sydney, Meryon Press, 1924.
The first book of the Meryon Press, hand-printed by Lindsay, in an edition of 95 numbered and signed copies with the plates on Japanese vellum. This copy being No. 91. Click here to Order

AUD$2950

128378
LINDSAY, NORMAN.: Micomicana. Chronicled by Jumbilicus Crabstick Chief Literary Exposer to the Duke of Fanfrolico now done into English by Norman Lindsay.
First Limited Edition; folio; pp. [x], 294; illustrated endpapers, illustrated with over 200 pen drawings, bound in full calf by the Dove Bindery, with an elaborate image of a scribe blocked in in gilt on front board, spine decorated in gilt with an on laid leather label and six raised bands, in publisher's velvet-lined solander box with one small mark on back of box, limited edition of 527 numbered copies signed by Jane Lindsay, this copy numbered 443, a fine copy together with its original mailing box.
Melbourne University Press, 1979.
Written between 1920 and 1950, these bawdy stories had not previously been published. Also includes, a loose, 6 page publisher's information on book. The lavishly produced book was published on 22 February 1979 the publication retail price was $500, making its current price amazing value for a major piece of Norman Lindsay's work. Click here to Order

AUD$525

128648
LINDSAY, NORMAN.: Two Hundred Etchings. Published in two volumes, with an Introduction by Daniel Thomas, Comments on Norman Lindsay's Etching Technique and a Catalogue and Notes. Edited by Douglas Stewart.
First Edition; Demy Folio; Vol. I. pp. [xxxiv], (100) plates printed one side only (2); Vol. II. pp. [x], (100) plates printed one side only, (18); introduction by Daniel Thomas, Comments on Norman Lindsay's Etching Technique and a catalogue and Notes, edited by Douglas Stewart, two hundred full page plates of etchings, uniformly bound in quarter brown morocco with brown cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spines and upper boards, housed in the original cloth and card case, signed by the artists daughter Jane Lindsay in volume two but both volumes unnumbered, fine copies. together with the original 4 page prospectus/sales document.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1973. Click here to Order

AUD$3900

128363
LONGUS.: Daphnis and Chloe.
1965 Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 84; tipped-in coloured illustrations by Stavros Papassavas on title page, text with 19 tipped-in illustrations mostly full page, 1 map, english translation by Philip Sherrard, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, dustjacket, very good copy.
Greece; Graphointer Publications; 1965. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128366
LONGUS.: The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis & Chloe. Done into English by George Moore.
First Folio Society Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 95; illustrated frontispiece and title page by Marcel Vertes, text illustrated with six full page etchings by Vertes, bound in white quarter vellum with blue cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, good copy.
London; Folio Society; 1954. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128528
NUCOLORVUE PRODUCTIONS.: Canberra The City Beautiful.
First Edition; Oblong Med. 8vo; (24) unpaginated; numerous colour illustrations, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, tape to spine, staining to wrapper, a good copy.
Mentone, Vic.; Nucolorvue Productions; n.d. (c-1948). Click here to Order

AUD$30

128598
OLSON, JOHN.: Salute to Five Bells John Olsen's Opera House Journal. Photographs by Robert Walker.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (63) un-paginated; portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout both in colour and black and white, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, inscribed and signed by John Olson on the front endpaper, dustjacket a little chipped and worn on edges, good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1973. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128365
POTTER, BEATRIX.: The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The 23 Original Peter Rabbit Books. With New Plates from the Original illustrations.
Demy 4to; pp. 384; text with numerous illustrations many in colour, bound in original slick illustrated boards, dustjacket, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper otherwise a very good copy.
London; Frederick Warne & Co.; 1994. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128569
PUGH, DAILAN; DUNKLE, MARGARET.: Secrets of the Rainforest.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (16) unpaginated; illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, text with 20 full page, coloured plates, key to pictures, bound in original slick illustrated boards, dustjacket, very good copy.
South Melbourne, Vic.; Hyland House Publishing Pty. Ltd.; 1994. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128414
RICHARDSON, MATTHEW.: The West & The Map Of The World : A Reappraisal of the Past.
First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. (viii), 278; decorated endpapers, illustrated coloured frontispiece and title page, text lavishly illustrated with more than 100 outstanding maps from the State Library of Victoria, sources, chronological index, general index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University; 2010. Click here to Order

AUD$60

128615
ROBERTSON, E. GRAEME; ROBERTSON, JOAN.: Cast Iron Decoration. A World Survey.
Special Limited Edition; 4to; pp. x, 336; 150 b/w plates; glossary, bibliography, index; special presentation leather binding by Queensberry Hills Press, signed by binder, minor flecking to top page edges, a fine copy.
Melbourne, Thames and Hudson Australia, (1977).
Signed by binder Peter Marsh. Click here to Order

AUD$290

128566
RUTHERFORD, FYSH; COZZOLONO, M; CURTIS, N; WARD, A. F; COOK, GEOFF; WILLIAMS, MEG.: The Kevin Pappas Tear Out Postcard Book.
First Edition; Oblong Demy 4to; pp. (20) unpaginated; text illustrated with two b/w. photographs, 32 postcards on perforated card, bound in original stiff stapled wrappers, wrappers a little worn, good copy.
Ringwood, Vic; Penguin; 1977.
Humourous postcards representing Australia in the 1970s. Click here to Order

AUD$60

128606
RYAN, JUDITH.: Mythscapes. Aboriginal Art Of The Desert. From The National Gallery Of Victoria.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 104; numerous colour plates, b/w illustrations, selected bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Melbourne; National Gallery of Victoria; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128588
RYAN, JUDITH: Spirit in Land. Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land in the National Gallery of Victoria.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 120; b/w maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations throughout, catalogue, notes bibliography; stiff illustrated wrapper; a good copy.
Melbourne; National Gallery of Victoria; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128502
TERRY, MARTIN.: Maritime Paintings of Early Australia. 1788-1900.
First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. xiv, 111; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with numerous colour illustrations, bibliography, bound in beige original cloth, title lettered in brown on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128554
YENCKEN, DAVID.: A Tale of Two Motels: The Times the Architecture and the Architects.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 62; text illustrated with numerous photographic illustrations mostly in b/w., endnotes, further reading, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Sydney, NSW.; Future Leaders; 2014. Click here to Order

AUD$30