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# 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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# 46860
EDWARDS, Ralph
The shorter dictionary of English Furniture. From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian period
London : Country Life, 1977. Sixth impression. Folio, gilt-lettered buckram in dustjacket (spine sunned, general handling wear), top edges gilt, pp. 684, extensively illustrated in black and white. An encyclopaedic alphabetically listed guide to English antique furniture. A very useful book.
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# 46591
WICKEN, Mrs. H. (1847 - 1937)
Fish Dainties
Melbourne : Mutual Provedoring Co. Ltd, 1892.Octavo, lettered papered boards with decorative design (worn and chipped), blue paper spine, offsetting to endpapers, pp. 56, light scattered foxing, a good copy. Born in Lambeth, cookery writer Harriet Frances Wicken emigrated from England to Australia in 1886. Having studied at the National Training School for Cookery in …
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# 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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# 46691
LANE, Terence; SEARLE, Jessie
Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1990. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (spine sunned), pp. 449, extensively illustrated. A very good copy. “This study of Australian home interiors surveys the decoration, arrangement, and use of domestic interiors from the time the Europeans settled at Sydney Cove in the eighteenth century until 1914. Richly illustrated with over 500 …
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# 46826
CANNING, Criss
Criss Canning : Instagram moments (from the library of Criss Canning)
Unpublished : the artist, 2020. Oblong quarto, illustrated boards, approximately 160 pages, illustrated with photographs taken from the artist’s Instagram account, documenting her painting, home, garden and travels. Printed in an edition of 10 copies for family. A self-published book of reminiscences and inspiration created by Criss Canning during the COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia in …
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# 46850
BOTHAM, Helen
La Trobe’s Jolimont : a walk around my garden.
Melbourne : C.J. La Trobe Society and Australian Garden History Society, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 36, illustrated. A study of one of the first planted gardens in colonial Melbourne.
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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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# 46562
PARRY, Linda
William Morris textiles
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling wear, pp. 192, illustrated.
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# 46564
MENZ, Christopher
Morris & Company. Pre-raphaelites and the Arts & Crafts movement in South Australia
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 1994. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated.
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# 46498
McCORMICK, Alice; RHODES, Sarah
The artist’s lunch : at home with Australia’s most celebrated artists
Text : Alice McCormick; photography : Sarah Rhodes. Foreword by Margaret Olley. Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2008. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (lightly marked), pp. 231, illustrated. A fine copy. “Join photographer Sarah Rhodes and writer Alice McCormick as they meet up for lunch with 18 of Australias most lauded artists. From beans on toast with …
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# 46313
[WARNER, Chris and McCARTHY, Maureen]
[FEMINISM] Working Up : a film about women at work in Australia
[Melbourne : Schools Commission and the Women’s Film Fund, 1979]. Broadsheet, 210 x 470 mm, folding to 210 x 80 mm, printed on both sides, illustrated; very good condition; [TOGETHER WITH] Working Up. Transcript. Northcote, Vic. : Chris Warner and Maureen McCarthy, [1979]. Foolscap folio, 16 pp, roneo-printed. Promotional flyer for Working Up (1979), an Australian …
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# 46311
A.T.O.M.
[FEMINISM] For Love or Money : a study guide
Australian Feature Films in the classroom. [Cover title]. Carlton South, Vic. : ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), 1983. Quarto (290 X 210 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers (marked and dog-eared), 30 pp., illustrated; occasional creasing. For love or money : a history of women and work in Australia (1983) is a 16mm feature-length documentary film by Megan …
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# 46271
STANFORD & CO. (MELBOURNE)
Illustrated price list of the Singer Manufacturing Company’s lock-stitch sewing machines.
Melbourne : Stanford & Co., Colonial Agents for the Singer Manufacturing Company, Corner of Bourke and Russell Streets, 1877. Octavo leaflet (215 x 140 mm), [4] pp, lithograph printed in blue on mauve paper, front with vignette illustration of Stanford & Co.’s head agency in Melbourne; one corner stained, else a good example.
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# 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. …