Rare Books
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# 50629
MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (light sunning to spine), 171 pp. extensively illustrated. The definitive reference on Outhwaite, one of Australia’s and Britain’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators. A very good copy of the first edition.
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# 50605
WALSH, Grahame L. (1944 - 2007)
Bradshaw’s ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia
Geneva : Edition Limitee for The Bradshaw Foundation, 1994. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. xviii; 284, 99 colour plates, maps. A fine copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Housed in the original publisher’s mailing carton, with the original prospectus, order form, and related clippings. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph …
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# 50604
[Max Harris; Sidney Nolan; James McGuire; Harry Roskolenko]
Angry Penguins Broadsheet : a complete set of ten issues
Editors: Max Harris, nos. 1-10; James McGuire, nos. 1-9; Sidney Nolan, nos. 2-9; Harry Roskolenko, no. 10. [Melbourne : Reed & Harris, 1946]. Ten issues, no. 1 (Jan. 1946) – no. 10 (Dec. 1946), large octavo, staple-bound, pictorial wrappers, illustrated; a couple of minor stains, a very good complete set. The Angry Penguins Broadsheet was …
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# 50603
CURREY, John (editor)
David Collins. General Orders. Issued at Sullivan Bay Port Phillip. October 16 1803 – January 27 1804. With an Account of the First Printing Press in Victoria.
Melbourne : The Banks Society, 2025. Foolscap folio, quarter leather over marbled boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, contrasting title label lettered in gilt, pp. 142; colophon (with corrections slip); illustrations, folding plates, three facsimile orders (suitable for framing) loosely inserted in endpocket. Edition limited to 16 numbered copies. Includes facsimiles of all the …
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# 48742
BARNETT, P. Neville (1881-1953)
Woodcut book-plates (deluxe edition)
Foreword by Lionel Lindsay. Sydney : Privately printed [The Beacon Press], 1934. Small quarto, original marbled paper boards, vellum spine with black lettering, illustrated dustjacket (lightly foxed, a couple of short chips with loss to foot of spine), marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, pp. 240, illustrated throughout with examples of woodcut bookplates, for the most …
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# 48734
BARNETT, P. Neville
Armorial book-plates (deluxe edition)
Their romantic origin and artistic development. Sydney: privately printed at the Beacon Press, 1932. Deluxe edition, limited to 120 numbered and signed copies (this is copy no. 58). Small quarto, patterned cloth with gilt-lettered title label to upper board (title label with a small chip at bottom edge, lower board slightly cockled at top corner); …
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# 48733
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (Deluxe edition)
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Quarto, presentation binding (most likely by Wal Taylor) of half crushed morocco over silk, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt lettering, silk endpapers, book label of Gregory Cumming ti front pastedown, 144pp., light foxing to preliminaries, with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney …
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# 50079
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (Deluxe edition)
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Quarto, publisher’s cloth (edges rubbed), hinges cracked, previous owner’s name to front pastedown, 144pp., with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney Long (signed etching), Sydney Ure Smith, Adrian Feint, John Godson, Gayfield Shaw, Tom Roberts, Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Perrotet, etc. The deluxe edition, printed …
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# 48728
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (in a presentation binding by Wal Taylor)
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Octavo, presentation binding by Wal Taylor of full crushed morocco, ruled in gilt, spine slightly faded, lettered in gilt with presentation name J. F. T. Mitchell at foot, silk endpapers, 144pp., with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney Long (original etching), Sydney Ure Smith, Adrian …
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# 50230
BARNETT, P. Neville
Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia (Special edition)
Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The Special edition, limited to 85 copies signed by the author (a standard issue of 200 copies was also published), this is copy 77. Quarto, papered boards in quarter imitation parchment (slightly worn), printed dustjacket (edges worn, light foxing), acetate jacket, a couple of chips, 280 pp, extensively …
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# 48736
BARNETT, P. Neville, 1881-1953
Fun with book-plates.
A souvenir of ‘Australian book-plates’ issued to the author’s guests on the occasion of its first public appearance, May, 1951. Sydney : privately printed [at The Beacon Press], 1951. Quarto, printed wrappers, stringbound, original bookplate for P. Neville Barnett frontispiece (offsetting from glue), pp. 32, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 100 signed and numbered …
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# 48737
BARNETT, P. Neville
Woodcut book-plates coming out party souvenir (presentation copy)
Sydney : very privately printed, ‘saxteenth Octember, thirty-four’. Quarto, printed wrappers (a little marked), stringbound, pp. [32], illustrations of bookplates by Phyllis Shillito, Freda Robertshaw, George Hay and many others. limited to 150 copies signed by the author. A humorous and amusing printed souvenir for Barnett’s larger work on Woodcut Book Plates. This copy with …
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# 48723
BARNETT, P. Nevile
Souvenir of Armorial book-plates (presentation copy)
Sydney : Beacon Press, 1932. Limited edition of 150 copies; no. 29, signed by the author (this copy was actually number 15, but Barnett has corrected this and installed the correction). Octavo, original textured and decorated stiff wrappers, glassine wrapper, tipped-in bookplate of P. Neville Barnett by Eric Thake, presentation inscription from Barnett to endpaper. …
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# 48735
[BARNETT, P. Neville]
P. Neville Barnett and his books (presentation copy)
Sydney : the author, 1952. Quarto, lettered wrappers, string bound, bookplate for P. Neville Barnett inside upper wrapper, presentation inscription from P. Neville Barnett to first blank, a loose sheet of notepaper inscribed ‘with grateful thanks’ and ‘with best wishes Xmas ’51’ signed by P. Neville Barnett loosely enclosed, pp. [24], illustrated. Unnumbered edition, there …
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# 48747
BARNETT, P. Neville
Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia (standard edition)
Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The standard edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the author, this is copy 141. Quarto, papered boards in dust jacket, acetate jacket, 280 pp, extensively illustrated with bookplates, some of which are original graphics tipped-in; a fine copy of this magnificent showcase of Australian bookplates. Artists include …
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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 …