Books Containing Artworks

# 45774

GRISHIN, Sasha

John Wolseley : Land Marks II (signed copy with original pen drawing)

Sydney : Craftsman House, 2006. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (light handling wear), pp. 206, illustrated. Scarce. This copy with a warm signed presentation inscription from the artist to the late Bill Riches, veterinary surgeon and art collector, referencing his painting of cassowaries, with a small pen and ink sketch of cassowaries.

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# 45466

NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

Paradise Garden. Paintings, drawings and poems (deluxe edition, with original drawing)

With an introduction by Robert Melville. London: R Alistair McAlpine, 1971. Quarto, 110pp. comprised of poems by Sidney Nolan accompanied by full page plates with colour crayon acetate overlays. The rarest deluxe edition, in a batik cloth binding, signed by the artist, with an original signed drawing bound in. A total of 3000 copies were …

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# 45521

GLEESON, James; KLIPPEL, Robert

Robert Klippel (Deluxe edition with original bronze sculpture)

Sydney and London : Bay Books, 1983. Thick quarto, hessian cloth over boards in illustrated dustjacket (lightly sunned), 492 pp, extensively illustrated; foxing to preliminaries, but a fine copy housed in a later custom made slipcase. The deluxe edition of the definitive monograph on the artist, limited to 100 copies signed and numbered by Klippel …

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# 45420

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Robert Jacks: his Bloomsday book (deluxe edition)

Melbourne: Macmillan Art Publishing, 2004. Folio (37 x 27 cm), embossed with an original collage design by the artist on front panel, housed in striking red and blue clamshell box; [20] pages, illustrated throughout and accompanied by poetry by James Joyce et al. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, in the superior binding, with …

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# 43550

[MacNAUGHTON FAMILY]

Album with original humorous and satirical drawings and sketches by members of a talented Scottish family, circa 1900.

Square octavo (180 x 145 mm), original grey cloth over boards (minor staining), the front board embroidered in blue thread ‘Album’; front pastedown with small ownership label of C. J. MacNaughton; containing approx. [30] pages with original drawings by three competent amateur artists, mainly in pen and ink but some in watercolour or pencil, which …

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# 45114

ROBINSON, Catharine

[MAP OF MATRIMONY; AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BIRDS] A late Georgian-era album amicorum belonging to a London lady, with original drawings and poetry dating from 1832 to 1860.

Quarto (245 x 200 mm), original luxurious binding of full leather elaborately embossed, both boards featuring a central cartouche with a depiction of the Roman goddess Luna in her chariot and holding torch, the spine with the word ‘ALBUM’ in gilt at the head; gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original endpapers; pictorial title leaf engraved …

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# 30168

BIGOT, Georges Ferdinand (1860-1927)

Croquis Japonais par G. Bigot. 1886. Tokio. [Bound with] Le Jour de l’an au Japon.

[Tokyo : The artist, 1886]. Two volumes in one, large folio (480 x 330 mm) (as issued), slightly later half burgundy crushed morocco over marbled papered boards ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, pastedown with bookplate of Grolier Club Library with its ‘WITHDRAWN’ stamp, marbled endpapers, original Japanese textured grey paper …

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# 44853

MADDISON, Ruth

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (deluxe edition)

Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 numbered copies with wraparound band, containing an original photograph signed by Ruth Maddison. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a …

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# 45252

QUARTERMAINE, Peter

Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

By Peter Quartermaine; foreword by Germaine Greer. On the half title: A man is illogical on horseback; but in a satellite, surreal. South Yarra : Gryphon Books, 1983. Quarto, gilt-titled quarter morocco over grey linen, black buckram slipcase, pp 131; the deluxe edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the artist on colophon at rear, …

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# 45121

[COBURN]. KLEPAC, Lou.

John Coburn. The spirit of colour (deluxe edition)

Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2003. Quarto, lettered yellow cloth in slipcase, 216pp. illustrated. The deluxe edition, specially bound in an edition of 100 copies, containing an original signed etching ‘Blue Night & Full Moon” limited to 50 copies (another etching completing the edition). Etching measures 225 x 238 mm (plate line); 275 x 290 …

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# 45254

BLACKMAN, Charles; AMADIO, Nadine

Paris Dreaming (deluxe edition with original etching)

A celebration of a city of imagination. The Paris Drawings of Charles Blackman. Sydney: Reed, 1982. Folio, gilt-decorated and lettered full crushed morocco, top edge gilt, 144pp. light foxing to preliminaries and etching, profusely illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 numbered copies (this is copy number 7) signed by Blackman and Amadio, specially bound …

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# 45122

PEARCE, Barry.

Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original lithograph)

Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2005. Quarto, gilt-lettered red cloth in slipcase, 256 pp, extensively illustrated. The de-luxe edition, limited to 35 copies only, signed limitation statement by Jeffrey Smart, with an original signed lithograph. The lithograph, titled ‘Come in, Spinner’, is limited to 35 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. The lithograph measures …

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# 45176

[SHIRLOW, John]. CROLL, R. H.

The Etched Work of John Shirlow (deluxe edition)

Selected reproductions in half-tone of John Shirlow’s handicraft. Biography by R. H. Croll. Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, n.d. [1920]. Quarto, quarter-calf over cloth, bookplate to front pastedown, 20 tipped-in plates reproducing Shirlow’s works. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, with an original etching by Shirlow tipped-in.

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# 45128

[GLEESON]. KLEPAC, Lou.

James Gleeson. Beyond the screen of sight (deluxe edition with original etching)

With contributions by Geoffrey Smith, Ken Wach, Renee Free and Bruce James. Sydney: The Beagle Press in association with the National Gallery of Victoria, 2004. Quarto, gilt-lettered blue cloth in matching slipcase, 216pp. illustrated throughout. The de luxe edition of 50 copies, specially bound and issued with an original signed Gleeson etching.

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# 45127

SHIRLOW, John (1869 - 1936)

Four etchings by John Shirlow (presentation copy)

Melbourne : Decoration Galleries, 1921. Quarto, quarter-vellum over papered boards with printed title label (foxed and marked), 12 pp, ‘An appreciation’ written by Hugh Grant Adam, four original signed etchings by John Shirlow tipped-in. The etchings are The Gothic Spire, The Distant City, Princes Bridge, and The Laneway. Limited to 57 copies of which 50 …

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# 45150

[OLSEN]. McGREGOR, Ken.

William Creek & Beyond (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

Australian artists explore the outback. Jason Benjamin, Hazel Dooney, Robert Jacks, David Larwill, Jeff Makin, John Olsen, Rodney Pople, Mark Schaller, Andrew Sibley, Tim Storrier. Sydney: Craftsman House, 2002. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in slipcase, 303 pp, illustrated throughout. The de luxe edition, limited to 100 copies, specially bound, and accompanied by an original John Olsen …

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