Books Containing Artworks

# 39818

ALLEN, Jim; KING, Graeme

An Australian bird watcher’s pocket book

With drawings by Graeme King, verses by Jim Allen. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2001. Small square octavo, lettered cloth in plan dustjacket, unpaginated, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 25 copies with an original lithograph by Graeme King housed in an accompanying folder. A witty and charming tribute to bird watching.

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# 39585

KING, Inge (1915 - 2016)

Inge King. A book of cut-outs

With passages from Raymond Carver’s ‘What we talk about when we talk about love’. Melbourne : Jenny Zimmer, 2000. Folio, clamshell box, housing the folio, printed in folding sections, title page and colophon, ten folded paper ‘cut-outs’ created by Inge King, screenprinted by Larry Rawling and then cut-out by the artist, each initialed by the …

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# 39082

GRISHIN, Sasha

John Wolseley Land Marks (deluxe edition)

Sydney : Craftsman House, 1998. Quarto, cloth in gilt-lettered slipcase with insert illustration, pp. 176, illustrated. First edition, a fine copy of the deluxe edition, limited to only 70 copies signed and numbered by the artist, with an original signed etching Dipterocarp descending loosely enclosed. Another example is held in the National Gallery of Australia.

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# 39119

O'BRIEN, Gregory

Euan Macleod. The painter in the painting (deluxe edition)

Sydney : Piper Press, 2010. Quarto, cloth bound boards with pictorial onlay in matching slipcase (a little marked), illustrated endpapers, 204 pp, illustrated throughout. The deluxe edition, limited to 120 copies, accompanied by an original signed etching ‘The Trek’ limited to 40 copies (two other etchings accompanied the remaining edition). Signed by the artist on …

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# 39164

COBLE, Saville

Summer time (deluxe edition)

[Melbourne : Saville Cable], 2023. Oblong quarto, gilt-lettered buckram, unpaginated, full page black and white photography of the beaches and coastline around Melbourne. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 signed copies, of which this is one of 50 special copies with a signed photograph included. Invitation card enclosed. ‘This is a vision of summertime, but …

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# 39132

TAYLOR, David K. and RANSON, Ron

Solving the mystery of watercolour (deluxe edition with watercolour)

Verdi, Nevada [U.S.A.] : International Artist Publishing, 2002. Oblong folio, boards in dustjacket, pp. 128, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this is copy number 2 with an original signed watercolour loosely enclosed. David K. Taylor is a Melbourne based artist whose traditional watercolours have won …

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# 39114

[HINDER]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin.

Frank Hinder : Lithographs (deluxe edition, with an original lithograph by Frank Hinder)

and an introduction by John Henshaw. Researched and edited by Lin Bloomfield. Sydney: Odana Editions, 1978. Folio, original maroon cloth (spine a little faded) in matching slipcase (rubbed), 156 pp, fully illustrated with Hinder lithographs. Limited to 155 copies of which 140 are for sale, signed and numbered by the artist (this is copy no. …

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# 39106

[DUNLOP]. WHITE, Paul William.

The art of Brian Dunlop

Sydney: The Craftsman’s Press, 1984. Oblong folio, lettered scarlet cloth in matching slipcase with pictorial inlay, 144pp. superbly illustrated throughout. Limited to 200 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed figurative etching loosely enclosed. Ex Richard King collection, his wetstamp to pastedown.

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# 22452

GELLERT, Leon (1892-1977); LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

The Isle of San

A phantasy by Leon Gellert with five original etchings by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1919. Folio, quarter vellum over green cloth, pp 139, with initials printed in red, frontispiece portrait after an etching by Lindsay, five original large etchings with lettered tissue-guards by Norman Lindsay, each etching signed in full in pencil; …

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# 38866

McGREGOR, Ken; JACKS, Robert

Robert Jacks. Past unfolded (presentation copy with two original drawings)

Sydney: Craftsman House 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, spine sunned, 168 pp. profusely illustrated. Signed by the artist, with a presentation inscription from Robert Jacks with two small pen drawings. The first major monograph on Jacks.

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# 38436

BARNETT, P. Neville (1881-1953)

Woodcut book-plates (standard edition)

Foreword by Lionel Lindsay. Sydney : Privately printed [The Beacon Press], 1934. Small quarto, original marbled paper boards (light scattered foxing), vellum spine with black lettering, marbled endpapers, pp. 240 (pale foxing to edges), illustrated throughout with examples of woodcut bookplates, for the most part tipped-in, the frontispiece being the tipped-in signed Adrian Feint bookplate …

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# 16703

BEUYS, Joseph (1921-1986)

Aus Berlin : neues vom Kojoten. (Signed by the artist)

New York : Feldman Gallery, in cooperation with René Block, Berlin, 1979. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, signed in full in pencil by Joseph Beuys on front free-endpaper; pp. 141, all-illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates; a near fine copy.. This book documents the major works of German experimental artist Joseph Beuys, made in collaboration …

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# 38585

[BLACKMAN]. AMADIO, Nadine

The lost domains (deluxe edition)

Sydney : Reed, 1980. Deluxe edition. Large folio, leather-bound boards (lightly scuffed) with gilt lettering and illustration to cover and inlaid contrasting leather with gilt title on spine, pp. 144, limited to 150 copies with loosely inserted limited edition lithograph by Charles Blackman. Magnificently illustrated with Blackman’s paintings of his most famous series, including Alice …

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# 38541

HENSON, Bill

Paris Opera (deluxe edition)

London : Stanley/Barker, 2022. Quarto, 310 x 310 mm, gilt-lettered papered boards in illustrated dustjacket, all edges gilt, pp. 52, illustrated with Henson’s exquisite photographs from his 1992 series staged at the opera houses of Paris. New copy, acquired directly from the publisher, of this rare edition which sold out within days of publication. The …

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# 37024

SIBLEY, Irena (1943-2009)

William the wizard who wasn’t

Albert Park, Vic. : Lilly Pilly Books, 1986. ‘The first edition … is limited to six copies only (and two Artist proofs). This edition is hand written on hand made paper and hand bound. The book is illustrated with forty-three original Lino prints, that are hand-coloured by the artist. This book is copy No. 5’. …

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# 37275

SENBERGS, Jan (1939 - )

Max Beckman and Paris [and Jan Senbergs in Melbourne] – original drawing

Max Beckman and Paris. Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Leger, Roualt. Edited by Tobia Bezzola and Cornelia Homburg. Cologne : Taschen, 1998. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 240, illustrated. This copy with a presentation inscription dated 1999 from the Melbourne artist Jan Senbergs (1939 – ) with a magnificent and intricate full page pen and ink drawing …

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