Photobooks
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# 39254
BIANCHI, Tom
Bianchi : Outpost
New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Duodecimo, boards with cloth spine in illustrated dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. 64, photographically illustrated with male nude photography set at the outdoor pool.
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# 39169
TWEEDIE, Penny
Aboriginal Australians : spirit of Arnhem Land. (Inscribed by Pat Corrigan for Colin Laverty)
Melbourne : New Holland Publishers, 2001. Large quarto (300 x 270 mm), pictorial card covers, 168 pp, colour photographic plates throughout, map; an excellent copy, the title page inscribed by Pat Corrigan for Dr. Colin Laverty – associating this copy with two of the most important collectors of Australian Indigenous art.
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# 38926
BROWN, Jane and Marla HAMBURG KENNEDY
Both sides of sunset : photographing Los Angeles. (Signed by Ed Ruscha + many other photographers featured in the book)
/ Edited by Jane Brown and Marla Hamburg Kennedy. Foreword by Ed Ruscha. Introduction by David L. Ulin. New York, NY : Metropolis Books, 2015. First edition. Large oblong quarto (270 x 330 mm), publisher’s pictorial papered boards and dust jacket, pp. 275, [1]; full-page illustrations throughout (most colour); index listing 128 photographers; fine condition; one …
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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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# 18929
LEWITT, Sol (1928 - 2007)
Brick Wall (signed presentation copy)
New York : Tanglewood Press, 1977. Quarto, lettered card wrappers, pp. [30], photographic illustrations of a brick wall at different times of day in different light. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed on the title page in pencil ‘For William, Sol Lewitt’. A fine copy. ‘As a co-founder of Printed Matter in the 1970s, Lewitt was …
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# 38575
[HENSON, Bill]
Lux et nox (signed copy)
Melbourne : Thames and Hudson, 2008. Oblong folio, boards in illustrated dust jacket, unpaginated, 173 colour plates, first Australian edition, first published by Scalo, Zurich in 2002, new copy. A large format survey of Henson’s famous lyrical photographs. Fine condition. Out of print. Signed by Bill Henson on a Thames and Hudson bookplate, issued by …
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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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# 38479
SORRENTI, Davide (1976 - 1997)
Davide Sorrenti Polaroids
London : IDEA Books, 2020. Octavo, buckram spine, paperd flushcut boards, photograph insert, pp. 160, photobook. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Designed and edited by Francesca Sorrenti. ‘Davide Sorrenti Polaroids. A book of instantly unforgettable Polaroid photographs taken by Davide Sorrenti between the years of 1994–1997. …
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# 38446
Josef Lebovic Gallery
Masterpieces of Australian photography
Edited by Josef Lebovic and Joanne Cahill with the assistance of Suzette Cooke. Sydney : Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling wear, pp. 200, illustrated. A scholarly catalogue of historical Australian photography c. 1850s – 1980s.
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# 38441
HENSON, Bill
Paris Opera
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. In the early 1990’s Bill Henson was commissioned by the Paris Opera to produce a series of …
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# 37837
KAPOOR, Anish (1954 - )
Anish Kapoor : Uluru & Kata Tjuta
Göttingen : Steidl, 2020. Two volumes, octavo, 15.9 x 22.5 cm, cloth in illustrated slipcase, pp. 752, illustrated. New copy. The powerful religious sites of Uluru and Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory of Australia have been of deep interest to the artist Anish Kapoor since he first visited them in the 1980s. At Uluru …
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# 37436
PARR, Martin
ToiletMartin PaperParr
Bologna : Damiani Editore, 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 192, illustrated. ToiletMartin PaperParr Book is a high-impact visual volume revealing the most iconic images from the prolific archives of internationally celebrated artist Martin Parr and the duo who created Toiletpaper, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. Martin Parr’s ironic, full color images combine perfectly with the …
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# 37854
REILLY, Dianne & Jennifer CAREW
Sun Pictures of Victoria : The Fauchery-Daintree Collection 1858
Melbourne : Library Council of Victoria, 1983. First edition. Quarto (295 x 260 mm), publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth over boards, in pictorial dust jacket (lightly rubbed), pp 143, with 53 full-page photographic plates, introductory essay, notes and references; a very good copy. The French photographer and writer Antoine Fauchery (1823-1861) arrived in Australia in 1852 and …
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# 37734
YANG, William et al.
William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Reprinted 2022. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. New. Queensland-born, Sydney-based photographer William Yang’s significant contribution to Australian photography spans five decades. Known for his reflective and joyous depictions of Australia’s LGBTQI scene in the late 70s and 80s through to …
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# 37503
THOMPSON, Douglas (1932-2021)
Photographs by Douglas Thompson as exhibited at Thorburn Galleries Sydney, June 4th-23rd 1974. (Signed by the photographer and publisher)
Cammeray, N.S.W. : House of Darrington, 1974. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), publisher’s stiff pictorial wrappers, signed on the title page by both the photographer and the publisher, 101 pp, all b/w photographs of female nudes; a very good copy. Institutional holdings: AGNSW; NLA; SLNSW; SLSA
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# 37433
AVEDON, Laura et al.
Avedon Advertising
New York : ABRAMS, 2019. Folio, 36.1 cm tall, illustrated boards, pp. 352, illustrated. New copy. Richard Avedon was one of the most sought-after and influential advertising photographers in America from the 1940s to the beginning of the 21st century, creating work that exemplified Madison Avenue at the height of its influence in world culture. …