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  • Norman Lindsay war cartoons, 1914-1918

    # 47416

    LINDSAY, Norman; FULLERTON, Peter

    Norman Lindsay war cartoons, 1914-1918

    /​ edited and with a commentary by Peter Fullerton. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1983. Large quarto, brown cloth boards with pictorial dustjacket, 251 pp, illustrated in black and white, 4 colour plates. A fine copy. Lindsay’s World War One cartoons, originally published in the Bulletin.

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  • Charles Darwin : his life told in an autobiographical chapter, and in a selected series of his published letters

    # 47359

    DARWIN, Francis (1848 - 1925)

    Charles Darwin : his life told in an autobiographical chapter, and in a selected series of his published letters

    Edited by his son. London : John Murray, 1892. First edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered and ruled green cloth (lightly marked, corners slightly rubbed), previous owner’s name to endpaper, photogravure portrait frontispiece, pp. xii; 348, a few small pencil underlinings, facsimiles of Darwin letters, illustrations, light foxing to fore edge, hinges a little cracked, a very good …

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  • Luminous simplicity : the architecture and art of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta

    # 47409

    GIURGOLA, Romaldo

    Luminous simplicity : the architecture and art of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2006. Quarto, lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 192, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title. International multi-award winning architect, Romaldo Giurgoila (b. Rome, 1920) is best known in Australia as the principal architect of the New Parliament House in Canberra. His latest major work is St. Patrick’s …

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  • Darwin : the evolution of the man. From the collection of Garrett Herman

    # 47361

    [DARWIN, Charles]

    Darwin : the evolution of the man. From the collection of Garrett Herman

    New York : The Grolier Club, 2004. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth, pp. 38, illustrated. Catalogue of an exhibition of important Darwiniana.

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  • Crescent Moon : Islamic art and civilisation in Southeast Asia

    # 47373

    BENNETT, James

    Crescent Moon : Islamic art and civilisation in Southeast Asia

    Bulan sabit : seni dan peradaban Islam di Asia tenggara.. Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, and Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2006. Quarto, laminate boards with acetate dustjacket, pp. 303, extensively illustrated, as new copy. Crescent Moon: Islamic art and civilisation in Southeast Asia is a spectacular visual exploration of the Islamic …

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  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 47372

    MCGREGOR, Ken

    The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2021. Quarto (310 x 253 mm), laminated pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. Text by Ken McGregor, designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. New copy. Printed and produced entirely in Australia. Destined to be regarded as the most authoritative, thoroughly …

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  • P. Neville Barnett : Australian genius with books

    # 47352

    FERSON, Mark J. (editor)

    P. Neville Barnett : Australian genius with books

    A volume of essays issued on the 50th Anniversary of his death. Ryde, N.S.W. : Book Collectors’ Society of Australia, 2003. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (lightly foxed), pp. viii, 92, illustrated. Limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Includes bibliography. Studies in Australian Bibliophily Number 6.

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  • Cartier : the exhibition

    # 47341

    YOUNG-SANCHEZ, Margaret

    Cartier : the exhibition

    Margaret Young-Sánchez ; with essays by Martin Chapman, Michael Hall, Stefano Papi, Pierre Rainero, Janet Zapata. Canberra, ACT : National Gallery of Australia, 2018. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. 304, lavishly illustrated, a very good copy. Never before have so many incredible diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones been seen in Australia. …

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  • Crafts from Aurukun : design for a local environment

    # 47338

    ADAMS, Jeanie

    Crafts from Aurukun : design for a local environment

    Aurukun, Queensland : Aurukun Community Incorporated, 1986. Octavo (210 x 160 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers, 28 pp., line-drawn illustrations throughout; sticker mark to upper wrapper (not apparent on the image), else fine.

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  • The whispering gallery : art into poetry

    # 47335

    STEELE, Peter

    The whispering gallery : art into poetry

    By Peter Steele ; with a foreword by Gerard Vaughan. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2006.Quarto, silver lettered boards in dustjacket, pp. 128, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title. Contains 55 poems, inspired by art works in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, illustrated alongside. Inspiration is drawn from the works of …

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  • 五車韻府 A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, by the Rev. R. Morrison, D. D.

    # 46474

    MORRISON, Robert (1782–1834)

    五車韻府 A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, by the Rev. R. Morrison, D. D.

    Shanghae : London Mission Press; London : Trübner & Co., 1865. Second edition. Two volumes, octavo, contemporary half-russet roan over marbled papered boards, spines in compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt, shelf labels to foot of spines, light edge wear, shelf marks to front pastedowns and title pages, pp. ix; [blank]; 224, 224-239, 239 …

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  • Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    # 46589

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    Sydney : published for the author by Art in Australia, 1920. First edition. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, spine lettered in gilt (a fine example); inscribed by the artist in pen on the front pastedown ‘Yours sincerely, Norman Lindsay’, small tape marks to endpapers, upper hinge slightly split, original signed etching by Norman Lindsay …

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  • [TERRITORY OF MISSOURI] Letter of Administration, signed by William Clark as Governor and Commander in Chief of Missouri Territory, 29 March 1814.

    # 47053

    CLARK, William (1770-1838)

    [TERRITORY OF MISSOURI] Letter of Administration, signed by William Clark as Governor and Commander in Chief of Missouri Territory, 29 March 1814.

    Single leaf, 308 x 187 mm, laid paper without visible watermark; pro-forma document printed on the recto, headed TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA, with LOUISIANA struck through and amended to Missouri in manuscript; dated at Saint Louis, Missouri Territory on 29 March 1814, the document has manuscript entries which record the granting of power of authority over …

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  • Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States in the Years 1804, 1805 and 1806.

    # 47321

    LEWIS, Meriwether, & CLARK, William

    Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States in the Years 1804, 1805 and 1806.

    London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1817. Third English edition. Three volumes, octavo, finely bound by the London firm of Root & Son in half crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, spines in compartments with gilt-lettering, ruled in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (binder’s stamps verso), pp. xxvi; (2); large folding map …

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  • The fallen race

    # 46512

    GRANVILLE, Austyn (1854-1922)

    The fallen race

    / With an introduction by Opie Read. New York : F. T. Neely, 1892. Octavo, illustrated wrappers ( a few light stains and chips to head and foot of spine), pp. 352, illustrated with five plates, internally clean and overall a good copy. One of the earliest and rarest Australian science fiction novels, written by …

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  • Manuscript letter written by Abbé Huc, sent from Macau in November 1846, addressed to his parents in Toulouse and reporting on his just-completed epic journey through Tartary and Tibet.

    # 45888

    HUC, Évariste Régis, Abbé (1813-1860)

    Manuscript letter written by Abbé Huc, sent from Macau in November 1846, addressed to his parents in Toulouse and reporting on his just-completed epic journey through Tartary and Tibet.

    Macao, 1er. Novembre 1846. Entire letter, manuscript in ink on a single folio sheet of Chinese paper, folded to form 4 pages, written on 3½ pages; the panel on the outer side addressed to ‘Monsieur Huc, Rue Pargaminières 73, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne’, circular postal markings in black ‘Paris 8 Janv. 47’ and ‘Toulouse 11 Janv. 47’; …

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