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# 47364
[WALPOLE, Horace]
A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole
London : Smith and Robins, Printers, 1842. Quarto, lithographed card wrappers (marked and creased), cloth spine with tile added by hand, bookplate to front wrapper of Julius Brenchley of Maidstone, museum stamp and Withdrawn note from the Maidstone Museum (where Brenchley sent much of his collection), lithographed portrait of Walpole and title page, pp. xxiv; …
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# 47376
ESKSTEIN, G. F.
A practical treatise on chimneys ; with a few remarks on stoves, the consumption of smoke a coal, ventilation, &c.
London : John Weale, 1852. Octavo, gilt-lettered blind stamped cloth (a few small stains, small chips at head of spine), pp. xii; 153; [blank]; 9, internally fine, small loss to head of spine from careless opening of section, else a very good copy. The only edition of this treatise on proper ventilation and addressing smoky …
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# 47607
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Unpublished : the artist, 2020.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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# 47385
PAUL, William (1822 - 1905)
Catalogue of roses cultivated for sale by Wm. Paul & Son
‘For Autumn 1886 & Spring 1887’. Waltham Cross [U.K.] : William Paul & Son, 1886. Quarto, illustrated yellow wrappers, pp. iv (printed on pink paper), 48, black and white engraved illustrations of roses, a very good copy. William Paul (1822–1905) was a noted English horticulturalist and writer, perhaps best known for his book The Rose …
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# 47341
YOUNG-SANCHEZ, Margaret
Cartier : the exhibition
Margaret Young-Sánchez ; with essays by Martin Chapman, Michael Hall, Stefano Papi, Pierre Rainero, Janet Zapata. Canberra, ACT : National Gallery of Australia, 2018. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. 304, lavishly illustrated, a very good copy. Never before have so many incredible diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones been seen in Australia. …
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# 46416
"S. D. P."
The Ugly-girl Papers; or, Hints for the toilet. (With associated ephemera)
At head of title: Reprinted from “Harper’s Bazar.” New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1878. Second edition. Small octavo (165 x 112 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked green cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine (boards lightly marked, spine ends softened); first blank with the ownership inscriptions of the book’s first two …
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# 47126
BURKE, Keast
Gold and silver : an album of Hill End and Gulgong photographs from the Holterman Collection
Melbourne : Heinemann, 1973. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket (verso foxed), pp. xii; 265, illustrated.
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# 32662
HOGAN, Lou Rand
The Gay Cookbook
By Chef Lou Rand Hogan. Campy cartoons by David Costain. New York : Bell Publishing Company in association with Sherbourne Press, 1965. First edition, second impression. Octavo, lettered paper boards (slightly bumped at head and foot of spine) in illustrated dustjacket (price-clipped, a few light stains, short chips with loss), previous owner’s name stamp to endpaper and …
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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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# 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.