Rare Books

  • Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    # 47045

    Sydney Ure Smith.

    Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1937. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers with Margaret Preston design, 88pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, very clean internally, a fine copy. Features articles on Arthur Streeton’s recent works, the Archibald Competition, Mary Edwards. Also includes colour and black and …

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  • Ffarington's folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    # 46996

    DUFOUR, Gary

    Ffarington’s folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    Perth, W.A. : Art Gallery of Western Australia, c1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 38, illustrated. Colonial paintings including indigenous subjects.

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  • Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph ("Elizabeth R"), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    # 47037

    [ADAMS, Marcus]

    Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph (“Elizabeth R”), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 200 x 150 mm, on its original plain card mount signed in fountain pen in the bottom margin by both Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth R) and Prince Philip (Philip) with the date 1955 in between the two signatures; the photograph is in fine condition; the royal signatures are both strong and …

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  • The Hunter sketchbook : birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90

    # 46913

    CALABY, John (editor)

    The Hunter sketchbook : birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90

    By Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet ; general editor John Calaby. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1988. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. [viii], 251, illustrated with exquisite paintings recording the fauna and flora around Sydney and on Norfolk Island.

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  • [KNGWARREYE]. Utopia : Women, country and batik

    # 47031

    GREEN, Jenny

    [KNGWARREYE]. Utopia : Women, country and batik

    Written and illustrated by Jenny Green. [Utopia, N.T.] : Utopia Womens’ Batik Group, [1981]. Quarto, screenprinted wrappers (light edge wear and handling marks), pp. [25], illustrated with portraits of the artists and the landscape. ‘This publication was produced for an exhibition of batik from Utopia initially presented at the Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery in October, …

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  • Wanderings in wild Australia

    # 47028

    SPENCER, Baldwin

    Wanderings in wild Australia

    London : Macmillan and Co., 1928. First edition. Two volumes, octavo, original green cloth boards (lightly rubbed and marked), spines lettered in gilt, gilt lettered spines, top edges gilt, light water stain to upper margin of second volume, volume I pp xxviii, 456; volume II pp xiv, 457-930, ii advertisements, illustrated with black and white …

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  • Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia

    # 47023

    SPENCER, Baldwin

    Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia

    London : Macmillan, 1914. First edition. Octavo, original gilt decorated green cloth (very well preserved), top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge uncut, xx, 516 [2] pp, illustrated with 128 plates (8 in colour), folding map, light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary owner’s name to endpaper, bookseller’s label to pastedown, a very good copy.

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  • William Yang : Stories of Love and Death

    # 47015

    GREHAN, Helena and SCHEER, Edward

    William Yang : Stories of Love and Death

    Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2016. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 190, illustrated. New copy. Acclaimed photographer William Yang has captured the zeitgeist like no-one else, providing a very personal insight into the evolution of Mardi Gras, the spectre of AIDS, Sydney’s theatrical and social scenes, and changing notions of ‘belonging’ in multicultural Australia. In this ground …

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  • A book about Australian women

    # 47014

    JERREMS, Carol (1949 - 1980); FRASER, Virginia (1947 - 2021)

    A book about Australian women

    Photographs by Carol Jerrems. Text edited by Virginia Fraser. Melbourne : Outback Press, 1974. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (a few light creases and lightly marked), pp. 141; [3], illustrated in black and white, light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary small gift inscription dated 1974, a very good copy. Design and layout of the photographic pages by Carol …

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  • Le mémorial : un chef-d'oeuvre d'art arborigène / The Memorial : a masterpiece of Aboriginal art. (Inscribed and signed copy)

    # 47007

    QUAILL, Avril; CARUANA, Wally; JENKINS, Susan; MUNDINE, Djon

    Le mémorial : un chef-d’oeuvre d’art arborigène / The Memorial : a masterpiece of Aboriginal art. (Inscribed and signed copy)

    Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 1999. Large quarto (300 x 240 mm), pictorial card with French flaps, pp. 144, colour illustrated; parallel text in French and English; a fine copy, the front free-endpaper inscribed and signed by the curators ‘Dear Sarah, this could not have happened without you. Best wishes, Wally [Caruana] / Cariños siempre, Gloria [Morales] …

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  • The Art of Science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800-1804

    # 47000

    FORNASIERO, Jean et al.

    The Art of Science : Nicolas Baudin’s voyagers 1800-1804

    Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2016 (2017 reprint). Quarto, 265 x 218 mm, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew …

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  • Sydney views 1788-1888 from the Beat Knoblauch collection

    # 46997

    HUNT, Susan and DAVISON, Graeme

    Sydney views 1788-1888 from the Beat Knoblauch collection

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2007. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated. A fine copy.

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  • James Northfield. The art of selling Australia

    # 46987

    HETHERINGTON, Michelle

    James Northfield. The art of selling Australia

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.96, illustrated. Striking modernist poster designs promoting Australian tourism.

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  • The native born : objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land (softcover)

    # 46986

    MUNDINE, Djon

    The native born : objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land (softcover)

    Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art in association with Bula’bula Arts, Ramingining, [2000]. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 242, extensively illustrated, a little edge wear, a good copy. Focuses upon the character and background of the Ramingining Collection, formed by Djon Mundine — who also provides the major essay for this book. ‘This exhibition of …

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  • The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery (complete set)

    # 46978

    COOK, Captain James

    The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery (complete set)

    Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1968-1969. Five volumes octavo, gilt-decorated cloth in dustjackets (lightly marked), plus the folio of maps and charts. Light scattered foxing, more prominent to the gutters and in the folds of the panels of the portfolio of charts. A good set.

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  • Yiwarra kuju : the Canning Stock Route

    # 46977

    PICKERING, Michael et al.

    Yiwarra kuju : the Canning Stock Route

    Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2010. Quarto, cards in dustjacket, pp. [xx]; 230, illustrated. The Aboriginal people of Australias Western Desert lived in their homelands for thousands of years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the expansion of the Western Australian mining and pastoral industries led to the surveying of a track …

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