Rare Books
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# 46761
ADUARTE, Diego Francisco (1569-1636)
Tomo primero de la historia de la provincia del Santo Rosario de Filipinas, Iapon, y China, de la Sagrada Orden de Predicadores.
Zaragoça : Domingo Gascon, Infançon, Impressor del Santo Hospital Real, y General de Nuestra Señora de Gracia, 1693. Folio, contemporary limp vellum (lacking ties), spine with early ms. title and decoration in black ink; hinges cracked; pp [viii], 767, [53 index]; title page with engraved vignette coat of arms; woodcut initials and tail-pieces; last section of main …
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# 46811
WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Orient Missionary Exhibition, in the Central Hall, Academy Street, Cork, March 25th to 29th, 1912.
Cork [Ireland] : Eagle Printing Works, 1912. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), original pictorial wrappers (chipped at corner and spine ends, mild edge wear) pp. 28; with b/w photographic illustrations, advertisements; internally clean, a very good copy. The title is somewhat misleading, since as well as exhibits from China, India and Ceylon, the exhibition included …
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# 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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# 22102
Concepción, Juan de la, 1724-1787
Historia general de Philipinas (partial set)
Conquistas espirituales y temporales de estos españoles dominios, establecimientos progresos, y decadencias. Comprehende los imperios, reinos y provincias de islas, y continentes con quienes hà havido communicacion, y comercio por inmediatas coincidencias. Con noticias universales geograficas, hidrograficas de historia natural de politica de costumbres y de religiones, en lo que deba interesarse tan universal titulo. Manila …
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# 46716
TURNER, Henry Gyles
A history of the colony of Victoria, from its discovery to its absorption into the Commonwealth of Australia
Melbourne : Heritage Publications 1973 (first published 1904). Two volumes, octavo, boards in dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. xvi; 395; x; 389; folding map, a few small marks, a very good set. A history of the colony of Victoria from European arrivals in the late eighteenth century to Federation. Facsimile of the 1904 edition.
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# 46719
HANCOCK, Marguerite
Colonial consorts : the wives of Victoria’s Governors 1839 – 1900 (signed presentation copy)
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. xxii; 326, colour plates. From the library of noted art historian Ann Galbally, with a warm inscription to her from the author on the title page. ‘”Carrying out the duties of a governor’s wife was the pinnacle of public service for women in colonial …
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# 46720
GOTT, Ted et al.
Napoleon : revolution to empire
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. xv, 313, illustrated. Includes a chapter on the Baudin Expedition to Australia. ” This panoramic volume tells the story of French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s: the first French voyages of discovery to Australia, the stormy period of social …
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# 46732
BRADFIELD, J. J. C. (John Job Crew) (1867-1943) (attributed); PHILLIPS, Harry (publisher)
Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway
Willoughby, N.S.W. : H. Phillips, [1930]. Large oblong octavo (210 x 260 mm), pictorial grey wrappers printed in blue, stapled; [44] pp, with b/w photographic illustrations and line drawings throughout; a fine copy. Internal references and illustrations indicate this pamphlet was probably published in 1930. One of the illustrations is an artist’s impression of how …
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# 46726
SINGER, Peter (1946 - )
Animal liberation
A new ethics for our treatment of animals. London : Jonathan Cape, 1976. First English edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered boards in illustrated dustjacket (lightly marked and edge wear, fore edge foxed), pp. xvii; [1]; 301, illustrated. First British edition of Australian ethicist and philosopher Peter Singer’s landmark work on the treatment of animals.
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# 46718
BARRY, John Vincent
Alexander Maconochie of Norfolk Island (signed copy with letter)
A study of a pioneer in penal reform. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1958. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, signed by the author on the title page, pp. xxii;277, a fine copy. From the library of noted art historian Ann Galbally. Loosely enclosed, a letter from the author The Hon. Sir John Barry addressed to the …
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# 46711
Sydney Ure Smith
Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine
Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 92pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, edges rubbed and a crack to upper hinge, else good. Features essay by Gavin Long on the Heysen loan exhibition; essay on S. Woodward Smith and Kenneth MacQueen …
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# 46706
EVANS, Susanna
Historic Sydney as seen by its early artists
Sydney : Doubleday, 1983. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, spine a little faded, pp. 160, illustrated in colour and black and white. The history of Australia’s first city told through its colonial artists.
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# 46699
MACKAY, Elina
The Great Aussie Fashion. Australian fashion designers 1984 – 1985
Sydney : Kevin Weldon, 1984. Folio, illustrated wrappers (light edge wear, lightly creased), pp. 288, some fold-out illustrations, extensively illustrated with fashion photographs, else a very good copy. A super hot look at contemporary designers creating garments for a modern, stylish Australia still riding the wave of our American Cup win. Jenny Lee, Prue Acton, …
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# 46693
JONES, Luke
Australian Toys
Melbourne : Melbourne : Books, 2019. Quarto, laminated pictorial boards, pp. 358, illustrated. ‘Australian Toys is an illustrated history of Australian manufactured toys from 1900-1965, drawing on the author’s authoritative collection. The book documents the production of each toy with beautiful colour photographs accompanied by relevant text about the toy and manufacturer.’
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# 46355
M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)
Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.
I. M. Sternberg, publisher. Hongkong Star Ferry Wharf. II. M. Sternberg, publisher. View of Peak Buildings and Roads, Hongkong. III. M. Sternberg, publisher. Queen’s Road Central and Chinese New Year Decorations, Hongkong. IV. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. Hongkong. Resting Place of the highest spot of the Peak. V. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. The Peak of …
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# 46689
MANION, Margaret (1935 - 2024)
The Felton Illuminated Manuscripts in the National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, National Gallery Victoria / Macmillan, 2005. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 440, extensively illustrated. Fine copy of the hardback edition, as new. “This scholarly publication ‘The Felton illuminated manuscripts in the National Gallery of Victoria’ celebrates the Gallery’s small but distinguished collection of illuminated manuscripts and eloquently comments on the development of the handwritten …