Books & Bookplates
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# 47181
TWYMAN, Michael
Early lithographed books : a study of the design and production of improper books in the
age of the hand press : with a catalogue. London : Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, 1990. First edition. Small quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design to upper board, spine sunned, 374 pp, illustrated with black and white plates, includes a bibliography on books produced entirely by lithography in the first half …
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# 47180
DAVIDSON, Rodney
A book collector’s notes on items relating to the Discovery of Australia, the First Settlement, and the Early Coastal Exploration of the Continent =
Melbourne : Cassell Australia, 1970. Quarto, cloth boards with illustrated dustjacket, pp 138. A useful book collecting handbook on notable voyages and exploration rare publications.
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# 47174
PESCOTT, Edward Edgar.
James Bonwick : A writer of school books and histories with a bibliography of his writings.
Melbourne: H. A. Evans, 1939. Quarto, quarter cloth over lettered boards (edges rubbed), 43 pp., frontispiece portrait. Limited to 250 signed copies.
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![[NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene (the author's copy)](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2018/08/29121012/2018_DSFB_3465-300x300.jpg)
# 18980
ELKINGTON, J. S. C.
[NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene (the author’s copy)
Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, n.d. [c. 1908]. Octavo, lettered cloth (a little marked), 139 pp. with numerous illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Very scarce and early Lindsayana. The author’s copy, with his Norman Lindsay designed bookplate to front pastedown.
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# 47121
GRIFFIN, Richard
The artist & the book : a catalogue of important limited editions, private press books, art books, illustrated books, and graphics offered for sale by Gryphon Books Pty. Ltd.
Melbourne : Gryphon Books Pty. Ltd., circa 1980. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (lightly rubbed), approx. 50 pages, illustrated. Richard Griffin was a well known publisher, bookbinder and bookseller in the 1970s and 80s who specialised in Australian art.
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# 47141
NEVILLE, Richard (curator)
Lewin : wild art
Sydney : State Library of New South Wales, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly rubbed, pp. 12, catalogue of 159 works, no illustrations.
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# 47124
CRAMER, Patrick
Joan Miro. The illustrated books : catalogue raisonné.
Preface by Rosa Maria Malet. Geneva : Patrick Cramer, 1989. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, slipcase, pp. 676, extensively illustrated with over a thousand images. A fine copy. The invaluable catalogue raisonné of all of Miro’s illustrated books. An indispensable reference.
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# 46932
BARNETT, P. Neville
Woodcut book-plates coming out party souvenir
Sydney : very privately printed, ‘saxteenth Octember, thirty-four’. Quarto, printed wrappers, 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.
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# 46753
RETANA, W. E. (Wenceslao Emiliano)
Catálogo de la Biblioteca Filipina de W. E. Retana. (Limited edition, presentation copy inscribed by Retana for Hiersemann)
Edición de treinta ejemplares. Madrid : Imprenta de la viuda de M. Minuesa De Los Rios, 1893. Folio (350 x 250 mm), original leather-backed marbled papered boards (a trifle scuffed), spine with raised bands and red morocco title label lettered in gilt; original marbled endpapers; the limitation page records the names of institutional and private …
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# 46567
HOUFE, Simon
The dictionary of British book illustrators and caricaturists 1800 – 1914
London: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1978 (revised edition 1981). Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 520, illustrated. A comprehensive reference.
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# 46197
THE AUSTRALIAN BOOKPLATE CLUB.
News-letter of the Australian Bookplate Club. May 1944. Number 2.
Melbourne : The Australian Bookplate Club [printed at the Hawthorn Press], 1944. Octavo, printed wrappers, [8] pp, a very good copy. Includes notices regarding the publication of Checklist of the bookplates of Eirene Mort and the donation to the Club by P. Neville Barnett of a deluxe copy of his The Bookplate in Australia, plus a list …
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![[BOOKMARK] Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line ... one class to England.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2019/09/25101550/2019_DSFB_5057-300x300.jpg)
# 46276
ABERDEEN AND COMMONWEALTH LINE
[BOOKMARK] Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line … one class to England.
[Melbourne?] : Dalgety & Coy. Limited and Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, [between 1928 and 1933]. Bookmark, 132 x 57 mm, offset printed on thin card, recto with colour illustration of one the company’s “Bay” liners, verso with information about the service to London via Suez, inviting prospective travellers to contact the Dalgety & Co. or Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line …
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# 46143
Douglas Stewart Fine Books
DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS – Cotton canvas tote bag
Exclusive to Douglas Stewart Fine Books, this high quality canvas tote bag is the perfect accessory for any book lover. Custom designed for our bookshop with heavy, thick cotton, extra reinforced stitching and wide, comfortable canvas handles, the DSFB Tote is a quality product designed to be reused. Measurements : 39 x 35 cms, with …
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# 45899
BARNETT, P. Neville
Australian book-plates and book-plates of interest to Australia
Sydney : privately printed [Beacon Press], 1950. The standard edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the author. Quarto, papered boards in dust 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 Norman Lindsay, Adrian Feint, Alan Jordan, …
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# 45671
EMPRESS SHOTOKU-TENNO (718 - 770 CE)
Hyakumantō Dhāraṇī (百万塔陀羅尼) : an example of the earliest reliably datable printed text
Japan : Nara period [764 – 770 CE]. Three-tier turned wooden pagoda made of hinoki (Japanese Cypress), with original white gesso wash, separate turned katsura wood finial (small edge chips to the rings), overall height 220 mm; the cavity of the pagoda containing the original printed dhāraṇī (55 x 458 mm) with 31 lines of …
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# 45758
BARKER, Nicolas
Hortus Eystettensis. The Bishop’s Garden and Besler’s magnificent book.
London : The British Library, 1995 (reprint). Folio, boards in dustjacket, illustrated endpapers, pp. viii; 80; 80 plates, a fine copy. Documents Besler’s magnificent illustrated plate book documenting the plants found in the gardens of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstaff.