Aboriginal Art: Auction in New York 13 December 2019 Sale N10145
New York: Sotheby's, (2019). Paperback. frontis, illustrations (many color), 107p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm. Auction catalog. 33 items. More
Australia
Advance Australia! Official Catalogue of the Natural and Industrial Products of New South Wales, Forwarded to the International Exhibition of 1876 at Philadelphia
Sydney: Printed for the Commissioners by Thomas Richrds, Government Printer, 1876. Paperback. 104p. Softcover in original wrappers. 24 cm. Some light dampstaining, mostly on upper edge of pages. Other modest wear. "... le comte d'outremont" in light pencil along top edge of front cover. More
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games Melbourne: A Guide to the Exhibitions with Introductory Commentaries on the Arts in Australia
(Melbourne): Olympic Civic Committee of the Melbourne City Council (for the The Olympic Organising Committee), 1956. Hardcover. color frontis, photos (black and white), 196p. Original Blue cloth. dj. 24p. Jacket somewhat soiled and chipped along right edge of front panel. Some browning on endpapers. An uncommon Olympic item. More
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games Melbourne: A Guide to the Exhibitions with Introductory Commentaries on the Arts in Australia
(Melbourne): Olympic Civic Committee of the Melbourne City Council (for the The Olympic Organising Committee), 1956. Hardcover. color frontis, photos (black and white), 196p. Original Blue cloth. dj. 24 cm. Jacket has modest chipping at corners and and around ends of backstrip. Some browning on endpapers. An uncommon Olympic item..... More
Australian Album 1857
Stydney: J. R. Clarke, Music Publisher, n.d. [1857]. Hardcover. 10 lithographic prints (including frontis and the illustrative title-page). Preface by Frank Fowler dated December 20th, 1856, followed by Contents leaf and 8 pieces of sheet music. Original (or at least contemporary) blue cloth with the front cover titled ("Australian Album")..... More
The Australian Artist, Volume 1, Part 1. Part One: Drawing
Melbourne: Victorian Artists Society, (n.d.). Paperback. 57p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Announced as a quarterly published by the Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne. Three parts appear to have been published, all in 1948. More
Australian Photography Conference
Richmond, Victoria: Working Papers on Photography, (1980). Paperback. photos, 135p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm. Small sticker residue on front cover. White plastic slide binder along left side holds this item together. Conference held by the Department of Adult Education, University of New South Wales. More
Catalogue of the Australian Exhibition February 1---26, 1938 Held on The Lower Ground Floor of the Commonwealth Bank Martin Place Sydney February 1-26, 1938.. Open from 10:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Sydney: 1938. Paperback. 4 photos (on 2 leaves), 63p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Some cover fading and spotting. At head of title: Austrailia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Exhibition catalog. 679 items are listed, including numerous painting and other works of art.Broadside sheet laid in which lists short lecturettes which..... More
Film 34 issues. January, 1947-January, 1950 (lacks Feb. 1947 & August 1949).
The Sydney Film Society. Most issues 8p.each. 26 cm. Pages browned and rather brittle (some chipping. The Jan 1947 issues has a duplicate stamp from Library of N. S. W.; all or almost all of the other issues stamped "N. S. W. Documentary & Educational Films" along top of first..... More
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LIP [1980]: A Feminist Journal of Women in the Visual and Performing Arts
Parkville, Victoria (Australia): n.p., 1980. Paperback. black & white photos & illustrations of various sizes, 141p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. Fifth (of eight) annual(?) issues published between 1976 and 1984. More
A Memorial Volume to Howard Hinton Patron of Art
Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson, (c. 1951). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (some color), dj. 224p. Original cloth. 29 cm. Cover slighlty soiled. Jacket rather heavily chipped along top and bottom edges. More
Modern Ideas in Printing. Volume Five. Sessions 1924-5
Adelaide, South Australia: Printers Trade School, n.d. Paperback. illustrationg and photos (one folding), unnumbered pages (about 50 plus a few tissue guards). Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. Several reglued sections along rather worn backstrip. Contents sound and clean. More
Robinson's Australian & New Zealand atlas, including New Guinea and Pacific Islands
[Sydney]: H. E. C. Robinson, Ltd., n.d. [1930s]. Paperback. 15 maps and accompanying text on [40] unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. More
Specimens of our Type Faces and Decorative Materials
Adelaide, South Australia: Publishers Ltd, n.d. Hardcover. illustrations, 55p. Original paper-covered stiff boards backed in cloth. 28 cm. Modest cover soiling and wear. Contents sound and clean. No jacket (probabaly as published). More
Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme
Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Govt. Printer, (1932). Paperback. errate slipillustrations, 180p. Softcover in original wrappers. 28 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Some rippling of pages throughout, especially along spine. More
What Did You Do In the War Daddy? A Visual History of Propaganda Posters
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (many color), 128p. Original black hardcover. dj. 31 cm. A selection of posters from The Australian War Memorial. Introduction by Peter Stanley. More
Yosl Bergner: Paintings 1938-1980
Jerusalem: Keter Publishimg House, (c. 1981). 1st ed. Hardcover. 214p. Original cloth. dj. 29 cm. Remnant of price sticker on jacket. Israeli artist who grew up in Poland and lived in Australia for 11 years (1937-1948) before emigrating to Israel in 1950. More
Simpkinson de Wesselow: Landscape Painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848
Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1984. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (many color), 191p. Original blue cloth. dj. 31 cm. Copy No. 805 of an edition of 1025 copies, 1000 of which are in cloth like our copy and 25 copies in half leather. More
Women in the Arts: A Study by the Research Advisory Group of the Women and Arts Project, Sydney, December, 1982
North Sydney: Policy and Planning, Australian Council, (c. 1983). Paperback. illustrations, 115p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Most of the text is triple-columned. Some spotting and corner creasing on front cover. Internally sound and clean. More
An Exhibition of Camera Pictures by the Australian Salon of Photography
Sydney: Farmer & Company, Limited, 1926. Paperback. (16) unnumbered pages. Softcover original wrapper. 25 cm. Old corner creasing. Held at Farmer's Exhibition Hall, June 8-19, 1926. 214 photographs were exhibited, mostly by Australian photographers. More
Extracts from the Letters of James Backhouse, Now Engaged in a Religious Visit to Van Dieman's Land, and New South Wales. Accompanied by George Washington Walker. [Parts 1 & 3 only]
London: Harvey and Darton, 1838. Part One identified as 3rd ed.; Third Part probably a 1st ed. Paperback. These two parts only (out of 10). 94, 85p. Later plain wrappers. 21cm. Covers soiled with some staining and wear. Contents sound with stains or spotting on a few pages. More
Plants Reputed Poisonous and Injurious to Stock
Brisbane, Queensland (Australia): James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1887. Hardcover. black and white illustrations, 111p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. 22 cm. Joints rubbed with splitting at ends. Foxing, mostly on early leaves; contents otherwise sound and clean. Former owner's signature ("T. Macdonald Paterson, May 1887") on blank leaf..... More
A Plea for Color in Colonial Architecture: A Paper Read before the Institute of Architects of New South Wales on November 30th, 1892.
Sydney: The Australasian Builder, 1892. Paperback. 8p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 cm. Fragile cover heavily chipped around edges and split at fold. "With J. B. Barlow's Compts" in ink at top of front cover. Ex lib. (Essex Institute Salem, Mass. stamped on front cover and embossed on title-leaf). More
The Art of Rubery Bennett
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1954. Hardcover. [18] unnumbered pages of text plus 23 tipped in color plates mounted on one side on 23 leaves. White boards backed in reddish cloth. dj. 28 cm. Introduction by Dargie. Edition limited to 1000 unnumbered copies signed by Bennett. Australian landscape painter. More
Laurie Wilson
(Melbourne): National Gallery of Victoria, 1982. 1st ed. frontis, photos, 101 photos, unnumbered pages. Original cloth. dj. Square 30 cm. INSCRIBED by Boddington on the title-page. Mr. Wilson, 1920-1980, was an Australian photographer. More