The Home
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# 45624
EDEN SOCIETY STUDIOS
Wedding cake. Sydney, 1890s.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 167 x 109 mm (mount); recto of mount with the embossed imprint of ‘Eden Society Studios’; the print is in excellent condition; the mount has some minor foxing. A studio “portrait” with an uncommon subject.
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# 45827
DAALDER, Truus
Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa
Adelaide : Ethnic Art Press ; South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 420, illustrated in colour. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap and in publisher’s carton. “A sumptuously produced book with an elaborate, informative text and 704 beautiful photographs of adornment from many parts of the world, ranging …
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# 45089
ANSON, Anne
How to ice a cake : let Anne Anson show you
Stourbridge, U.K. : Taylor, Law & Co., [1948]. “”Tala” icing book. Fifteenth edition.” Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, light marks and stains, 32 pp, illustrated.
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# 45119
McDONALD, Katherine
Gathered in their prime : home grown flowers for inside (from the library of Criss Canning)
[Hamilton : Crathie, c. 2020]. Oblong quarto, boards in dustjacket, unpaginated (approx. 100 pp. ) extensively illustrated. Documents the gardens of the historic house ‘Crathie’ in Hamilton, Victoria. No copies traced on Trove. Signed by Australian artist Criss Canning in ink on the half-title page. Provenance: Criss Canning, acquired in 2023
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# 44781
Female excellence; or, hint to daughters
Designed for their use from the time of leaving school till their settlement in life. By a mother. London : The Religious Tract Society, c. 1850. Duodecimo, lettered cloth (spine chipped and glued down), pp. viii; 224, light foxing. A guide to young women on how to serve their duties with excellence as a wife …
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# 44775
LEVOYER, Julie
Chanel : High Jewelry
London : Thames and Hudson, 2023. Quarto, illustrated boards in slipcase, 40.7 x 35.3 cms, pp. 528, over 500 illustrations, a new copy in publisher’s carton. A spectacular anniversary publication to celebrate ninety years since the launch of Chanel’s first fine jewelry collection in 1932. ‘I used my penchant for all that shines to try …
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# 44776
BOTT, Danièle
Chanel : Collections and Creations
London : Thames and Hudson Ltd. ,2007. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 208, illustrated. New copy. The House of Chanel opens its private archives to reveal a galaxy of brilliant designs created from 1920 onwards. Chanel’s combination of tradition, originality and style has always made it the most seductive of brands. Here the House of …
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# 44383
ANNAND, Douglas
The Home Annual 1940
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1940. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (short tears to spine), pp. 92, pale water stain upper right corner, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period. Articles include “Opals” by Frank Hurley, “Western Wild Flowers” by Susannah Prichard, “Dry Spell” by Marjorie Barnard, “Still …
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# 44385
ANNAND, Douglas
The Home Annual 1939
Sydney : Sydney Morngin Herlamd, October 16th, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (some creases and paper loss along spine), pp. 92, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period, and many stylish advertisements. Includes reproductions after Fred Leist and Sydney Long, articles illustrated by Douglas Annand, photography …
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# 44384
FEINT, Adrian
The Home Annual
Sydney : Art in Australia, 1st October, 1932. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Adrian Feint (staples rusted), pp. 66, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period. Includes reproductions after Margaret Preston, Hans Heysen and Kenneth Macqueen, photography by Cazneaux and Hoppe, and articles on architectural design, and Australian travel …
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# 44319
RAMSAY, Christine Wu
Days Gone By, volume 2: A meeting of East and West
Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2013. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 119, illustrated. New copy. In Days Gone By, Volume 2: A Meeting of East and West, Christine Wu Ramsay continues the personal story of her life in an ever-widening world – as East meets West. The story is told with warmth, insight and her …
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# 43796
BEAGLE, Peter
American denim : a new folk art
Presented by Richard M. Owens & Tony Lane. Text by Peter Beagle. Photographs by Baron Wolman and the Denim Artists. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1975. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, the laminate lifting slightly, pp. 156, illustrated. The American cultural practice of embroidering and personalising denim. A classic work.
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# 43440
A Meiji-era album of original kimono designs.
Japan (probably Kyoto) : circa 1900. Silk-bound folding album measuring 485 x 335 x 60 mm, containing 68 original watercolours on card of exquisite kimono designs; numbering in Japanese; housed in a modern Japanese box, plain manuscript label to spine Hinagata (=Designs). A stunning collection of original kimono designs in vivid colour and with fine …
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# 43572
DUNCAN, W[illiam]. A[ugustine]., Esq. (1811 - 1885)
Lecture on national education delivered in the School of Arts, Brisbane, on Thursday, the 20th June, 1850.
Brisbane : James Swan, 1850. Octavo, stab-sewn self-wrappers, pp. [24], uncut and unopened, a fine copy. The first book or pamphlet printed in Brisbane, written by the founding president of the School of Arts. At the time of printing, Brisbane had a European population of about 2000 persons. Rare. Ferguson 5340
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# 43548
D. & J. EVANS PTY. LTD. (MELBOURNE)
Dunlop Perdriau dependable garden hose
Hawthorn, Vic. : D. & J. Evans Pty. Ltd., [1947]. Single sheet, 140 x 270 mm, folding to 140 x 90 mm, printed in colour on both sides, illustrated; in very good condition. Trade brochure for Dunlop Perdriau hoses produced by agents D. & J. Evans, ironmongers and timber merchants, Camberwell Road, Hawthorn.
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# 43734
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 and creases), pp. 304, lavishly illustrated, a very good copy. Never before have so many incredible diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones been seen …