Architecture

  • The Australian colonial house. Architecture and society in New South Wales 1788-1842

    # 46916

    BROADBENT, James

    The Australian colonial house. Architecture and society in New South Wales 1788-1842

    Sydney : Hordern House in association with the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, cloth covered boards, pictorial dust jacket, pp. 400, limited to 2000 copies, contains 24 colour plates and over 100 monochrome plates, contains in-depth academic text on the architecture of houses and buildings in New South Wales in the …

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  • View of Scott's Hotel, Collins Street West, Melbourne, c.1880.

    # 46586

    [Photographer unknown].

    View of Scott’s Hotel, Collins Street West, Melbourne, c.1880.

    Albumen print photograph, 155 x 205 mm, laid down recto of card mount (250 x 360 mm) removed from a nineteenth-century album, with a contemporary caption in ink below the image: ‘Melbourne. Scotts Hotel, Collins Street West’; no photographer’s imprint; a beautiful print with excellent tonal range, in fine condition; verso with a faded albumen …

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  • Early Toorak and district

    # 46713

    ROBB, E. M.

    Early Toorak and district

    Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens Limited, 1934. Oblong quarto (190 x 250 mm), lettered cloth (boards lightly stained and flecked); pp. 137, illustrated throughout with b/w photographic plates, gift inscription to front free endpaper, blind stamps to half-title and title pages, light foxing to preliminaries, a good copy. Scarce photographically-illustrated history of Toorak and the …

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  • [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    # 46585

    [Photographer unknown].

    [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 82 x 77 mm, on maroon mount 86 x 175 mm; no photographer’s imprint (verso blank); the prints and the mont are in excellent condition. An anonymous stereoview which shows the French Arch at the intersection of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, during the Commonwealth celebrations in January 1901. …

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  • Frank O. Gehry : since 1997

    # 46737

    CELANT, Germano

    Frank O. Gehry : since 1997

    Milan : Skira, 2009. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 318, extensively illustrated. A fine copy. ‘The only complete monograph on the past twelve years of the great architect’s career. Published in conjunction with the major exhibition curated by Germano Celant at the Milan Triennial, this volume brings together all the projects realized by Frank O. …

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  • Art nouveau architecture

    # 46566

    RUSSELL, Frank (editor)

    Art nouveau architecture

    London : Bibliophile Books, 1983. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 332, illustrated.

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  • The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    # 46202

    MORRIS, Alfred

    The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 72 mm (arch-top format), on pale yellow board mount 82 x 171 mm; verso with printed label worded ‘A. Morris & Co.’s Stereoscopic Views of Victoria. Oriental Bank [in ms.] Melbourne’, and with the firm’s address ’56 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne’ at lower right; both prints are …

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  • Desseins des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustenciles des Chinois

    # 45925

    CHAMBERS, Sir William (1726 - 1796)

    Desseins des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustenciles des Chinois

    Gravés sur les originaux dessinés à la Chine. Auxquels est ajoutée une description de leurs temples, de leurs maisons, de leurs jardins, etc. Londres, l’auteur, A. Millar & J. Nourse, 1757. First edition, published simultaneously in French and English editions the same year. Folio (535 mm tall), papered boards with title label to spine, pp. …

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  • View of Rundle Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45866

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of Rundle Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘Rundle Street’; both prints are in good condition; the mount has some light handling marks. This view …

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  • View of the Market Square, Geelong, Victoria late 1860s.

    # 45863

    [Photographer unknown].

    View of the Market Square, Geelong, Victoria late 1860s.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image approximately 82 x 82 mm (arch-top format), on original yellow card mount, 84 x 173 mm; the verso has a mounted label with the word ‘Geelong’ and a double border in gold (it is evident that this has been cut from a larger label); light surface marks to the …

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  • The "Gothic Bank" building, corner of Collins and Queen Streets, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    # 45851

    CATO, Jack (1889-1971)

    The “Gothic Bank” building, corner of Collins and Queen Streets, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    Large-format gelatin silver print photograph, 460 x 370 mm; on the original board mount, signed in full by the photographer beneath the image; a touch of silverfishing at the bottom edge of the print, else fine condition; in a later gazed timber frame. An evocative early post-war Melbourne street view by photographer and photographic historian …

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  • The Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    # 45852

    CATO, Jack (1889-1971)

    The Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    Large-format gelatin silver print photograph, 460 x 370 mm; on the original board mount, signed in full by the photographer beneath the image; a touch of silverfishing at the edges of the print, else fine condition; in a later gazed timber frame. An early post-war view of an iconic Melbourne building, by photographer and photographic …

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  • [MELBOURNE] The Wesley College.

    # 45857

    CAIRE, Nicholas John (1837-1918) (ANGLO-AUSTRALASIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY)

    [MELBOURNE] The Wesley College.

    [Late 1870s]. Albumen print photograph, 135 x 190 mm, on the photographer’s original card mount with printed caption below the image and descriptive text verso; titled ‘The Wesley College’, this is no. 27. from Caire’s portfolio series ‘The Public Buildings of Melbourne and Suburbs’; the print and the mount are both in fine condition.  

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  • A couple posing on the verandah of their double-fronted timber cottage. Melbourne, 1869-70.

    # 45814

    AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [LIND, James P.]

    A couple posing on the verandah of their double-fronted timber cottage. Melbourne, 1869-70.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 64 x 103 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘American and Australian Photographic Company. Melbourne Office, 73 Little Collins St. East’; both print and mount are in superb condition. The American & Australian Photographic Company was the Melbourne arm of the American & Australasian Photographic Company (note the …

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  • Department of Lands and Surveys, Western Australia. Handbook for surveyors and draftsmen

    # 45099

    BARTLETT, N. S. (compiler)

    Department of Lands and Surveys, Western Australia. Handbook for surveyors and draftsmen

    Perth : Fred W. Simpson, Government Printer, 1911. Octavo, gilt-lettered roan, light edge wear, hinges cracked, pp. [vi]; 110, diagrams, folding ‘Map of Western Australia shewing T.S. Plan System’, another folding plate, and contained within and endpocket, ‘Chart shewing nautical almanac stars’ and a diagram of the South Pole and collatitude circle printed on linen. …

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  • [WINE] Front view of a colonial cottage showing rows of neatly planted grape vines. Melbourne (or Beechworth?), 1869-70.

    # 44635

    AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [LIND, James P.]

    [WINE] Front view of a colonial cottage showing rows of neatly planted grape vines. Melbourne (or Beechworth?), 1869-70.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 64 x 103 mm (mount); recto of mount inscribed in ink at top edge: ‘William’s cottage’; verso with the imprint of ‘American and Australian Photographic Company. Melbourne Office, 73 Little Collins St. East’; both print and mount are in excellent condition. The American & Australian Photographic Company was …

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