Books Containing Artworks
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# 50831
ASHTON, Dore
David Rankin : the New York years (deluxe edition, with original signed etching)
Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Quarto, linen bound boards in matching slipcase, ribbon drawer, pp. 288, illustrated. The deluxe edition printed in an edition of 40 copies, specially bound, accompanied by an original signed etching presented loose, the etching numbered AP 2/10. Fine copy. This book provides illuminating insights into the development of the numerous themes …
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# 50810
HAZELWOOD, Art
Postcards From Asia
[San Francisco : the artist, circa 2000]. Quarto, concertina style bound artist’s book, papered boards, containing 14 original woodcuts, each signed and numbered by the artist in an edition of 25. Created in a small edition with prints made for Hazelwood’s Walking up and down in Asia series (2000), with different prints included in each …
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# 50807
OLSEN, John (1928 - 2023)
John Olsen. My complete graphics 1957 – 1979 (deluxe edition with original signed etching)
Introduction by Lou Klepac. Melbourne: Australian Galleries and Gryphon Books, 1980. Folio, gilt-decorated full calf in illustrated dustjacket, 248pp., illustrated throughout, with an original signed John Olsen etching ‘Owl & train’ tipped in at rear. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies signed by Olsen with an original etching. This is copy number 41. My …
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# 50799
PEARCE, Barry.
Michael Johnson (signed and inscribed with a small sketch)
Foreword Edmund Capon. Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2004. Quarto, boards in illustrated dust jacket, light edge wear, 204pp. illustrated. A major monograph on the abstractionist. This copy with a large, full page inscription by the artist which encompasses the entire title page, with a small ink sketch.
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# 50750
SHEAD, Garry (1942- )
Ern Malley : The Darkening Ecliptic
Darwin : Basil Hall Editions, 2003. Nine etchings, each 150 x 220 mm, hand-printed by Natasha Rowell. Edition of 50; housed in a purpose-built ceramic box (290 x 215 x 60 mm); the etchings join up in the fashion of a puzzle to complete Shead’s image, Petit Testament; each of the nine etchings is signed verso, …
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# 50738
OLSEN, John (1928 - )
John Olsen “The Kiss”
Townsville and Melbourne : Lyre Bird Press & Zimmer Editions, 2009. Folio, quarter-calf over linen, gilt-lettered on spine, unpaginated, original signed Olsen etching bound in as frontispiece, titled ‘The Kiss’ and editioned out of 30 copies, an original Olsen pen sketch of a lyre bird facing title page with the edition number written by the …
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# 50463
MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy
World Pictures (deluxe edition, with original signed watercolour)
London : Adam & Charles Black, 1902. Quarto, gilt-lettered decorated cloth over bevelled boards (spine ruled, light wear), top edge gilt, others uncut, pp. x; 332, illustrated with 100 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, a very good copy. The edition de luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper. This is copy …
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![[JEFFREY SMART] Evening. Lino Cut by Jeff Smart.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_4246-300x300.jpg)
# 50668
SMART, Jeffrey (1921-2013)
[JEFFREY SMART] Evening. Lino Cut by Jeff Smart.
Full-page offset printed illustration, page 19 in: The Torch : Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers’ College. Vol. XXI, December, 1941. Adelaide : Printed at The Hassell Press, 1941. Small quarto, original textured paper wrappers with yapp edges (some light marks and edge wear), upper wrapper with design in blue and black (silverfished, light stains, light warping …
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# 50473
PORTER Dorothy (1954 - 2018); COLVIN, Robert (1942 - )
Foreign forests (copy number 1)
[Euroa, Vic.] : Robert Colvin, 2018. Folio, lettered buckram, screen printed endpapers, pp. [48], poems by Dorothy Porter illustrated with original screen prints by Robert Colvin, a fine copy. Limited to 8 copies plus 4 artist’s proofs, this is copy number 1, signed by Robert Colvin and Andrea Goldsmith, the partner of Dorothy Porter who …
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# 48733
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (Deluxe edition)
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Quarto, presentation binding (most likely by Wal Taylor) of half crushed morocco over silk, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt lettering, silk endpapers, book label of Gregory Cumming ti front pastedown, 144pp., light foxing to preliminaries, with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney …
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# 48728
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (in a presentation binding by Wal Taylor)
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Octavo, presentation binding by Wal Taylor of full crushed morocco, ruled in gilt, spine slightly faded, lettered in gilt with presentation name J. F. T. Mitchell at foot, silk endpapers, 144pp., with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney Long (original etching), Sydney Ure Smith, Adrian …
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# 50230
BARNETT, P. Neville
Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia (Special edition)
Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The Special edition, limited to 85 copies signed by the author (a standard issue of 200 copies was also published), this is copy 77. Quarto, papered boards in quarter imitation parchment (slightly worn), printed dustjacket (edges worn, light foxing), acetate jacket, a couple of chips, 280 pp, extensively …
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# 48736
BARNETT, P. Neville, 1881-1953
Fun with book-plates.
A souvenir of ‘Australian book-plates’ issued to the author’s guests on the occasion of its first public appearance, May, 1951. Sydney : privately printed [at The Beacon Press], 1951. Quarto, printed wrappers, stringbound, original bookplate for P. Neville Barnett frontispiece (offsetting from glue), pp. 32, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 100 signed and numbered …
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# 48747
BARNETT, P. Neville
Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia (standard edition)
Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The standard edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the author, this is copy 141. Quarto, papered boards in dust jacket, acetate jacket, 280 pp, extensively illustrated with bookplates, some of which are original graphics tipped-in; a fine copy of this magnificent showcase of Australian bookplates. Artists include …
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# 50417
[LETI]. GRISHIN, Sasha
Bruno Leti (deluxe edition)
Six Memos on the art of Bruno Leti. Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2002. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in matching slipcase, 184pp. illustrated with images of Leti’s contemporary graphics and artists’ books. This the de luxe edition of 50 copies, signed by the artist, with an original graphic Lines and Planes (I) signed by the artist loosely …
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# 50328
KIRTLEY, John T.; GOODE, Cyril E.
The flame of flesh. A sonnet sequence by Cyril E. Goode. Illustrations by Charles Crampton
Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John Kirtley, [1952] . Folio, maroon leather (lightly marked, scuffed at head and foot of spine), gilt lettering, light offsetting to endpapers, decorated title page, pp. [20]; with linocut illustrations by Charles Crampton, light scattered foxing. One of only fourteen hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author, this copy is …