Artist Books

  • Bruno Leti

    # 43196

    LETI, Bruno; LONEY, Alan

    Bruno Leti

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Duodecimo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 142, illustrated. Macmillan mini art-series no. 17.

  • Wolf Journal

    # 29511

    WEEKES, Trevor

    Wolf Journal

    [Sydney: the artist], 1989. Quarto, unique artist’s binding of embossed stained calf with wolf design, contrasting labels on spine with five raised bands, containing twenty-one original coloured drawings by Weekes of the Wolf, title label ‘Wolves / Trevor Weekes / 1989’. The colophon reads ‘The Wolf Journal, Trevor Weekes, 1989. Hand coloured, hand drawn in …

  • The Book of Slab

    # 42894

    HOPKINS, Ted (1945 - 2023)

    The Book of Slab

    Devised and produced by Ted Hopkins in association with the publisher, Champion Books. Melbourne : Champion Books, 1983. Quarto, lettered English buckram with diecut shape of Australia, illustrated endpapers, pp. [228], illustrations, ephemera tipped-in, vinyl disk. Printed in an edition of 250 copies (from the prospectus, which is not included). A fascinating Australian artist’s book …

  • A book of beetles

    # 42708

    MARTIN, Sue

    A book of beetles

    Artist’s book, card portfolio 23 x 18 cms, hand stamped linen bound boards, stringbound, 11 leaves of hand painted leaves with hand stamps of beetles, glassine sheets of text. Signed by the artist on the inner boards. A charming and shimmering artist’s book by the contemporary printmaker. Exhibited : Firestation Print Studio Artists Book Prize …

  • Magpie Book

    # 42707

    NEAL, Karen (1956 - )

    Magpie Book

    Artist’s book, card portfolio 280 x 200 x 15 mm, with a linocut on the cover, signed by the artist, titled and numbered 1 / 5, containing a 10 panel concertina panorama, each panel with a linocut illustration of a magpie. A simple and striking artist’s book by the Melbourne based contemporary printmaker. Exhibited : …

  • Teeming with Life. John Olsen: His complete graphics 1957 – 2005 (deluxe edition)

    # 42424

    [OLSEN, John]. MCGRECOR, Ken

    Teeming with Life. John Olsen: His complete graphics 1957 – 2005 (deluxe edition)

    By Ken McGregor in consultation with John Olsen and Jeffrey Makin. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2005. Quarto, two volumes, black decorated umber cloth in matching slipcase, pp 256, 8 [247 – 264], illustrated throughout. First edition, second printing of the definitive catalogue raisonné of Olsen’s graphics. This is the deluxe edition, limited to 70 copies, specially …

  • The Three Stamps Box Sets 1976 - 77

    # 41421

    Robert Jacks (1943 - 2014)

    The Three Stamps Box Sets 1976 – 77

    A rare group of collaborative stamp sets published by Robert Jacks with contributors from the Upper Stamp movement. These early sets, featuring original rubber stamps,  were produced in very low numbers. ‘In addition to being included in exhibitions, publications and other editions coordinated by others, Jacks also coordinated and produced a number of collections of …

  • Tree Song

    # 42047

    OPPEN, Monica

    Tree Song

    [Sydney] : Ant Press, 1991. Folding broadside with a designer binding of cloth bound boards with embossed design, 405 x 120 mm., letterpress with an original woodblock. Limited to 55 copies signed by the author-artist.

  • The enclosed garden

    # 25002

    LETI, Bruno

    The enclosed garden

    Thirty mixed media drawings 1985 – 1990. Melbourne : the artist, 1998. Octavo, quarter-cloth with papered boards, introduction by Bob Garlick, colour photographs of Leti’s paintings. Limited to 15 copies signed and numbered by the artist. An intimate series of landscape paintings aligned with Leti’s other work ‘Studio emblems’. Held in three Australian collections : …

  • Intersections. Photographs from the series the cross and the matrix

    # 13695

    LETI, Bruno; STEELE, Professor Peter

    Intersections. Photographs from the series the cross and the matrix

    Melbourne : the artist, 2006. Small quarto, card wrappers with blind etched covers, unpaginated, essay by Peter Steele, eight original c-type photograph by the artist tipped-in. Limited to 15 signed copies. 

  • Into Iraq

    # 23436

    HAZELWOOD, Art

    Into Iraq

    [San Francisco : Art Hazelwood], 2010. Handmade artist’s book, boards with paper cover illustrated with a linocut, linocut title page, signed and editioned by the artist, 32 linocut illustrations (two are double page), a fine copy. Limited to 30 copies signed by the artist. ‘At the beginning of the Iraq war it seemed like a …

  • The sky is the limit. Bruno Leti paintings and photographs.

    # 23994

    LETI, Bruno (1941 - )

    The sky is the limit. Bruno Leti paintings and photographs.

    Melbourne : the artist, 2017. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 102, fully illustrated. An artist’s book by Leti on the theme of the sky and clouds, all photographs and paintings by the artist. Limited to 75 signed and numbered copies.

  • Big Words (Not Mine) – Read the words 'public space'...

    # 26927

    NOLAN, Rose (1959 - )

    Big Words (Not Mine) – Read the words ‘public space’…

    Melbourne : Negative Press, 2017. Quarto, self-wrappers with exposed stitching, pp. [576]; illustrated, housed in a silver-lettered card slipcase. The deluxe edition, limited to 40 copies signed and numbered by the artist (a standard edition of 200 copies also published). “This monumental artists’ book returns Vito Acconci’s text, that inspired Nolan’s large scale installation of …

  • Pessoa : a dedication by Bruno Leti

    # 30563

    LETI Bruno (1941 - ); PESSOA, Fernando (1888 - 1935)

    Pessoa : a dedication by Bruno Leti

    Melbourne : the artist, circa 2018. Octavo, printed gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, text from the great Portuguese modernist poet Pessoa, illustrated by Bruno Leti. Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. ‘This dedication to Fernando Pessoa is an expression of my wonder and delight at his poetry and prose, which has nourished me over many years …

  • An epistle from Oberea (signed twice by Ray Crooke)

    # 41271

    CROOKE, Ray

    An epistle from Oberea (signed twice by Ray Crooke)

    With decorations by Ray Crooke. Ferntree Gully, Vic. : The Rams Skull Press, 1955. Quarto, hessian bound boards with traditional Polynesian tapa design, signed ‘Ray Crooke 21 October 65’ on the endpaper, 24 pp, illustrated with seven original silk screens by Ray Crooke. Limited to 250 copies signed by the artist; the cover was also …

  • The Raven. With six woodcuts by Rick Amor

    # 40651

    POE, Edgar Allen

    The Raven. With six woodcuts by Rick Amor

    Cobargo : The Croft Press, 1990. Tall folio, black cloth with pictorial printed label, 16pp plus six original full-page woodcuts by Rick Amor. Printed by Jim and Ruth Walker and co-published by Richard Griffin. Limited to 100 copies, of which ten were bound in leather, this is one of the 90 standard versions. Includes an …