International Artists
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# 48726
BARNETT, P. Neville
Hiroshige
Sydney : privately printed at the Beacon Press, 1938. Limited to 200 copies signed and numbered by the author, this is copy 156. Small quarto, quarter-vellum over gilt-lettered boards, illustrated endpapers, pp 45, [1] colophon, illustrated with 20 chuban woodcut prints after Hiroshige, tipped in (some ghosting from the glue as usual); a near fine …
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# 48725
BARNETT, P. Neville
Souvenir of Japanese colour-prints (presentation copy)
Sydney : privately printed for the author, 1936. Quarto, lettered textured cards, string bound, colour print to upper wrapper, pp. [12], tipped-in colour prints, some offsetting from the glue, a very good copy. Limited to 65 copies for presentation, signed and numbered by Barnett, this copy is number 37 and a presentation copy for S. …
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# 48717
BARNETT, P. Neville
Figure prints of Japan (Special De-Luxe edition)
Sydney : Beacon Press, 1948. Large quarto (450 mm tall), white vellum over floral decorated silk covered boards, decorated endpapers, 54pp. printed on hand-made paper with numerous tipped-in Japanese woodcuts, offsetting from glue as usual, Adrian Feint signed bookplate for W. R. Griffiths to preliminary blank. Limited to 100 copies, this one of the 47 …
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# 48669
BARNETT, P. Neville
Japanese colour-prints
Sydney : Privately printed [by The Beacon Press], 1936. Standard de luxe edition limited to 185 numbered and signed copies, with the author’s seal (this is copy no. 118). Large quarto, quarter vellum over cloth boards (lightly foxed), upper board with gilt lettering and device in red, spine lettered in gilt with gilt rule, decorated …
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# 48731
BARNETT, P. Neville
Souvenir of glimpses at Ukiyo-ye and Nishiki-ye : brocade prints of Japan (first printing)
Sydney : Privately published, 1942. Edition limited to 50 numbered and signed copies with author’s seal (this is copy no. 29). Quarto, original stiff wrappers with black lettering to front, original blue silk ties, 16 pp, with tipped-in colour illustrations and 2 tipped-in black and white photographs advertising the de-luxe editions of Glimpses at Ukiyo-ye …
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# 48718
BARNETT, P. Neville (1881-1953)
Colour-prints of Hiroshige
Sydney : privately printed at the Beacon press, 1937. Folio, quarter-vellum over gilt-lettered silk (a few marks, a little discoloured along upper and lower edge from glue in the binding, as often found), patterned endpapers, Adrian Feint signed bookplate for W. R. Griffiths to front pastedown, 83 pp. illustrated with 64 original woodblocks after Hiroshige, …
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# 50553
BEST, Elsdon
The stone implements of the Maori.
Wellington, NZ : John Mackay, Government Printer, 1912. Series: Dominion Museum. Bulletin No. 4. First edition. Quarto (285 x 225 mm), recent half calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with gilt-lettered black leather title label; title-leaf, pp. 410; with 50 b/w photographic plates and one folding line-drawn plate, plus other illustrations in the …
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# 50552
BUNBURY, Alisa et al.
From Paris with love : the graphic arts in France 1880s-1950s
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2004. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrated. ‘Paris’s extraordinarily creative milieu is shown by the many movements that emerged in and around the city, including Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism. Presented here is an array of prints, posters, drawings, and artists’ books from the period 1880s to 1950s …
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# 50545
MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy
Brittany
London : Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Quarto, gilt-lettered decorated cloth over bevelled boards (lightly marked, spine slightly dulled), top edge gilt, others uncut, endpapers lightly foxed, pp. x; 254, illustrated with 75 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, occasional scattered foxing, a very good copy. The edition de luxe, limited to 350 numbered copies …
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# 50532
ORANGE, James
The Chater collection. Pictures relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655 – 1860
With historical and descriptive letterpress. London : Thornton Butterworth, 1924. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (lightly marked), top edge gilt, pp. 528, numerous colour and black and white plates, tissue guards; a very good copy. Limited to 750 numbered copies. “The book was compiled by James Orange in 1924 and is one of the most significant historical …
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# 50276
STERNE, Laurence
Voyage sentimental en France et en Italie.
Traduction de Emile Blemont. Illustrations de Maurice Leloir. Paris : Librairie Artistique, 1884. Folio, finely bound in full crushed blue morocco by Canape R.D., filed in gilt with ornamental gilt corner pieces, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, ruled gilt dentelles with ornamental detail, marbled endpapers, …
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# 50356
VOLTAIRE
Contes en vers et Premiers Contes en Vers.
Préface d’Eugène Marsan. Édition illustrée de six Eaux-Fortes originates à l’aquatinte par d’Henri Lafarge. Paris : Éditions Léo Delteil, 1925. Quarto, finely bound by Riviere in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt ornamentation and contrasting morocco title labels, some silver fishing and retouching to …
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# 34554
LEE, Sydney Williams (1841-1917)
Manuscript letter from architect Sydney Williams Lee to artist John Seymour Lucas, March 1879, with an offer to purchase “The Gordon Riots”, the painting which was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1881.
Manuscript in ink on wove writing paper, octavo bifolium (179 x 112 mm), [4] pp, written on the first side only; headed ‘4 Burston Road, Putney. March 5th 1879’; signed at the foot ‘Sydney W. Lee’; the note is addressed ‘My dear Lucas’ (John Seymour Lucas, English historical genre painter, 1849-1923); Lee offers to buy …
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# 50332
RACKHAM, Bernard
A book of porcelain. Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum
Painted by William Gibb. London : Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Quarto, gilt-lettered green cloth, pp. xvi; 96, scattered foxing, tipped-in colour plates, an attractive work.
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# 50297
BRAY, Glenn (1948 - )
The blighted eye. Original comic art from the Glenn Bray collection (signed and inscribed copy)
Seattle : Fantagraphic Books, 2014. Quarto, illustrated cloth in dustjacket, pp. 410, extensively illustrated. Signed and inscribed by Glenn Bray to the title page in gold marker. ‘The Blighted Eye showcases Glenn Bray’s extensive collection of original comic art by cartoonists such as R. Crumb, Matt Groening, Charles Addams, Charles Schulz, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware …
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# 50357
HOBSON, R. L.
Worcester Porcelain.
A description of the ware from the Wall Period to the present day. Illustrated by ninety-two collotypes and seventeen chromolithographs. London : Bernard Quaritch, 1910. Folio, gilt-lettered blue cloth (bright and fresh), pp. xii; 208, numerous colour and black and white plates, lower endpaper creased, else a fine copy.