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# 48305
NACHBAUR, Albert; Wâng Ngen Joûng
民间之图像 / Min jian zhi tu xiang/ Les images populaires chinoises
Pékin : Nachbaur, 1926. First edition. Folio (530 mm tall), printed wrappers (the silk binding perished, light foxing and edge wear), 8 preliminary leaves (Preface); 8 printed leaves (titled Le Nouvel An); 34 colour woodblock prints printed on fragile rice paper (some folding, some with diecut decoration) which are either tipped-in or loosely inserted between …
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# 49028
ART IN AUSTRALIA
Australia Beautiful. The Home Pictorial Annual 1929
Sydney : Art in Australia, 1931. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, reproducing a painting by J. J. Hilder, pp. [xvi], 56, illustrated, light handling marks but a fine copy. Includes photographic illustrations of Australian tourism and reproductions of paintings by Hans Heysen, Elioth Gruner, David Davies, J. Kauffmann, H. Cazneaux, Lionel Lindsay et al.
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# 47367
M. F. (Mabel Fitzgerald) & J. (Jean) B. S. (BARR SMITH); SWEET, Samuel White (photographer)
An Australian birthday book / compiled by M.F. and J.B.S. Printed for private circulation only. (Presented by Mabel Fairfax Barr Smith and Jean Balfour St Clare Barr Smith to their younger sister, Joanna Fitzgerald Barr Smith)
Adelaide : George Robertson, 1883. Octavo (185 x 130 mm), original brown calf, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt (re-backed, boards scuffed and lightly marked); all edges gilt; original floral endpapers; title-page with presentation inscription by the compilers ‘With Mabel & Jean Barr Smith’s Kind regards / March 2nd 1884’; dedication with ownership signature …
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# 44783
MAURLES, Patrick
Chanel : The Karl Lagerfeld Campaigns
London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2018. Folio, lettered cloth in slipcase, pp. 560, illustrated. Fine copy. The definitive book on Karl Lagerfeld’s pioneering and irreverent campaigns for Chanel, as photographed by the designer himself. When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake …
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# 48129
HENDERSON, Alexander
Early pioneer families of Victoria and Riverina. A genealogical and biographical record
Melbourne: McCarron, Bird & Co., 1936. Quarto, full red morocco over bevelled boards, armorial design on front board, spine lettered in gilt, spine dry, rubbing to joints and cracking to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, 584 pp. extensively illustrated. A solid copy of a handsome book. Henderson’s hefty work on early …
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# 11851
VACUUM OIL CO. PTY. LTD.
How to take care of leather
Melbourne : G.W. Green & Sons, Printers [for Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd], [c.1925]. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, staple bound, 7 pp, illustrated, a fine copy. Scarce. Copies are recorded in two Australian collections (Monash University Library; National Library of Australia).
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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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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.