Art Books

  • Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    # 47045

    Sydney Ure Smith.

    Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1937. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers with Margaret Preston design, 88pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, very clean internally, a fine copy. Features articles on Arthur Streeton’s recent works, the Archibald Competition, Mary Edwards. Also includes colour and black and …

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  • Art in Australia (complete set)

    # 47043

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia (complete set)

    Art in Australia. Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916 – 1942). Completes set. Series 1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2 (2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (80 issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large quarto). Illustrated wrappers, occasional chipping and flecking, extensively illustrated, tipped-in plates, a very good set. The most …

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  • Ffarington's folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    # 46996

    DUFOUR, Gary

    Ffarington’s folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    Perth, W.A. : Art Gallery of Western Australia, c1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 38, illustrated. Colonial paintings including indigenous subjects.

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  • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    # 47040

    MADDISON, Ruth

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a key survey of her social documentary practice from 1976 to the current day. Covering key periods within Maddison’s extensive …

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  • Stars in the river : the prints of Jessie Traill

    # 47038

    TRAILL, Jessie

    Stars in the river : the prints of Jessie Traill

    edited by Roger Butler ; with essays by Tim Bonyhady, Rebecca Edwards, Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax and Macushla Robinson. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Gallery of Australia, 2013. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. Includes a reproduction of Traill’s bookplate. This eagerly awaited publication celebrates the artistic career of one of Australia’s most important printmakers of the …

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  • The Hunter sketchbook : birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90

    # 46913

    CALABY, John (editor)

    The Hunter sketchbook : birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90

    By Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet ; general editor John Calaby. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1988. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. [viii], 251, illustrated with exquisite paintings recording the fauna and flora around Sydney and on Norfolk Island.

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  • Une Australienne. Hilda Rix Nicholas : in Paris, Tangier & Sydney

    # 46914

    HOORN, Jeanette et al.

    Une Australienne. Hilda Rix Nicholas : in Paris, Tangier & Sydney

    Mosman : Mosman Art Gallery, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. Scarce. ‘Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian painter of great ambition who established her career in the early decades of the 20th century both internationally and in Australia. Classically trained in the studios of Paris she became part of the artist colony in …

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  • [KNGWARREYE]. Utopia : Women, country and batik

    # 47031

    GREEN, Jenny

    [KNGWARREYE]. Utopia : Women, country and batik

    Written and illustrated by Jenny Green. [Utopia, N.T.] : Utopia Womens’ Batik Group, [1981]. Quarto, screenprinted wrappers (light edge wear and handling marks), pp. [25], illustrated with portraits of the artists and the landscape. ‘This publication was produced for an exhibition of batik from Utopia initially presented at the Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery in October, …

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  • Lux et nox (first edition)

    # 47022

    HENSON, Bill (b. 1955)

    Lux et nox (first edition)

    Zurich : Scalo, 2002. First edition. Extended oblong folio (430mm wide), cloth in illustrated dust jacket, light handling marks, 175 pp. of Henson’s ethereal photography. This is the first edition, printed in Germany. It was then reprinted in Melbourne in 2008. Invitation card and ephemera enclosed.

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  • Lloyd Rees Drawings

    # 47021

    [REES]. KLEPAC, Lou.

    Lloyd Rees Drawings

    Sydney : Australian Artist Editions, 1978. Oblong quarto, cloth in dustjacket, spine sunned, 128 pp. illustrated throughout, lightly foxed to edges and preliminaries. Housed in a buckram slipcase.

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  • Lloyd Rees etchings and lithographs

    # 47019

    [REES]. KOLENBERG, Hendrik

    Lloyd Rees etchings and lithographs

    A catalogue raisonne by Hendrik Kolenberg with an introduction by Lou Klepac. Sydney: The Beagle Press, 1986. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp. 112, scholarly text on Lloyd Rees’ life and work written by Hendrik Kolenberg, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. A fine copy.

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  • New Australian Printmaking

    # 47017

    SPRAGUE, Quentin et al.

    New Australian Printmaking

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2022. Quarto, boards, pp. 208, illustrated. New copy. New Australian Printmaking, a project by the NGV and Australian Print Workshop, features new work by artists Megan Cope, Shaun Gladwell, Tim Maguire and Patricia Piccinini, each a recipient of an Australian Print Workshop Artist Fellowship. With varied experiences in printmaking, these …

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  • [POETRY] Along the fault line. Late slippages and abrasions (signed copy)

    # 47016

    GLEESON, James.

    [POETRY] Along the fault line. Late slippages and abrasions (signed copy)

    Sydney: The Northwood Press (a division of The Beagle Press), 2005. Octavo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, 50 pp of James Gleeson’s poems. Limited to 350 copies, this is one of the first 100 copies which have been signed by the poet/artist.  Produced for private distribution. A rare literary work by the artist.

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  • William Yang : Stories of Love and Death

    # 47015

    GREHAN, Helena and SCHEER, Edward

    William Yang : Stories of Love and Death

    Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2016. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 190, illustrated. New copy. Acclaimed photographer William Yang has captured the zeitgeist like no-one else, providing a very personal insight into the evolution of Mardi Gras, the spectre of AIDS, Sydney’s theatrical and social scenes, and changing notions of ‘belonging’ in multicultural Australia. In this ground …

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  • A book about Australian women

    # 47014

    JERREMS, Carol (1949 - 1980); FRASER, Virginia (1947 - 2021)

    A book about Australian women

    Photographs by Carol Jerrems. Text edited by Virginia Fraser. Melbourne : Outback Press, 1974. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (a few light creases and lightly marked), pp. 141; [3], illustrated in black and white, light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary small gift inscription dated 1974, a very good copy. Design and layout of the photographic pages by Carol …

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  • The Artist and the River (deluxe edition)

    # 47011

    [BOYD, Arthur]. McGRATH, Sandra.

    The Artist and the River (deluxe edition)

    Sydney: Bay Books, 1982. Folio, gilt-decorated silk-bound boards in matching silk slipcase, 314 pp. fully illustrated. The de luxe edition, limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Arthur Boyd. A fine, clean copy.

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