The Home
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# 39393
GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors); PRICHARD, Katharine Susannah
The Home. Vol. 20, No. 2. February 1, 1939
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Hera Roberts (small amount of wear to spine, loss to upper right corner), pp. 80, a quart page cut out of pp. 35-36, else a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc., articles on North …
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# 39391
URE SMITH, Sydney (editor)
The Home. Vol. 15, No. 11. November 1st, 1934
Sydney : Sydney Morning Herald, 1934. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (small wear to spine), pp. 92, a very goof copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. an article on Melbourne’s cafes, colour advertisements and photographs of Australian capital cities. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one …
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# 38607
BARRETT, Charles
The Sun puppy book
Melbourne : Lawrence Kay for Pictorial Newspapers, [1936?]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light edge wear, pp. 40, illustrated. A book full of photographs of puppies.
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# 38282
HAWKINS, J. B.
Nineteenth century Australian silver
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors Club, 1990. Two volumes, quarto, boards in dustjackets (light handling marks, small tear to head of spine to first volume) pp. 342; 376, extensively illustrated, housed in publisher’s slipcase (a little discoloured). A comprehensive study of Australian silver.
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# 37959
GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors)
The Home. Vol. 18, No. 10. October 1st, 1937
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1937. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 92, a fine copy. Australian Capital Cities Number. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. colour advertisements and photographs of Australian capital cities. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine …
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# 37957
GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors); PRESTON, Margaret
The Home. Vol. 20, No. 11. November 1, 1939
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Lee (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 68, a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. horse racing, road racing, military matters (with a double fold out illustration of an aircraft carrier), colour advertisements …
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# 37958
GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors)
The Home. Vol. 18, No. 3. March 1, 1937
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1937. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Lee (spine chipped with some paper loss, crease and tear to lower wrapper); pp. 92, illustrations throughout (some colour); large section of pages 75-76 excised, light water stain to last 20 pages. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc., …
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# 35611
SHELL (AUSTRALIA) LTD.
[AUTOMOBILES] The whys and wherefores of car lubrication.
[Sydney, NSW] : Shell Company of Australia Ltd., [1935?]. Oblong quarto (210 x 245 mm), original pictorial card covers (light creasing), pp 28, with numerous monochrome line-drawn illustrations and several superb colour fold-outs showing cross-sections of car engines, and an additional colour fold-out of a Lucas cut-out and voltage regulator at rear; title page with …
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# 36049
GRACE BROS. PTY. LTD. (SYDNEY)
1953 May-June clearance catalogue. Grace Bros. Pty. Ltd.
[Cover title]. Sydney, NSW : Grace Bros., 1953. Trade catalogue. Quarto (245 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers (a couple of light stains), 47 pp, monochrome illustrations throughout; bottom corners dog-eared, otherwise contents very good. An early post-war Grace Bros. catalogue. Great resource for researchers in or collectors of vintage Australian fashion.
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# 28452
Victoria and Riverina.
With which is incorporated Victoria 1930, Victoria and Riverina 1931 and Victoria and Riverina 1931 – 1932. A biographical record of some of the pioneer families of Victoria and the Riverina. Illustrated. Melbourne : McCarron, Bird & Co., 1933. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (very slightly rubbed), marbled endpapers, pp 454, illustrated throughout with numerous portraits of …
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# 35613
"VELMOL"
Inspirations in hair styles (“damp-set” with Velmol)
Sydney : Clinton-Williams, [between 1945 and 1950]. Illustrated paper folder (140 x 85 mm), with five tinted photographs of hair styles created using the Velmol product, captions verso. Wetstamps from a local pharmacy on wrappers. Scarce mid-century Australian trade publication illustrating some highly elaborate women’s hair styles to advertise a hair product.
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# 35416
CHAILLE, François
Sixième Sens par Cartier
Paris : Flammarion S.A, 2022. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. ‘Discover the exceptional new creations, destined for eminent clients and collectors, from one of the world’s most prestigious jewelers. The newest collection of high jewelry and precious objects from Cartier unveiled in this book solicits our senses, surpassing them even to the sixth …
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# 34957
THE UNION MANUFACTURING & AGENCY COMPANY
General Catalogue. The Union Manufacturing & Agency Company, 299 Elizabeth Street near G.P.O., Melbourne.
Melbourne : Alpha Printing Co., 71-73 Hardware St., [c.1930]. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), colour pictorial wrappers (upper wrapper with original owner’s name, chipped at fore-edge, corners bent; spine ends with short paper splits); pp 160; line-drawn illustrations throughout; ownership inscription in pencil to first page, corners dog-eared, but contents clean; order form loosely inserted. …
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# 35113
CONDRUP Ltd.
Handbook on poker work, chip carving, pewter modelling, Sir-Ver embossing … and … marquetry staining
London : Condrup Ltd., circa 1920. Octavo, lettered wrappers (foxed), pp. 24, illustrated. Illustrated catalogue with equipment for the lost art of poker working, carving and modelling etc., including poker working machines and sundries, portfolios of designs, chip carving tools, knives, and accessories, and equipment for ‘sir-ver’ embossing, or the art of embossing on silk …
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# 35012
J.H. ABBOTT & CO.
J.H. Abbott & Co. Tanners & Curriers … Pall Mall, Bendigo, High Street, Echuca
Bendigo : Bolton Bros, [1900-1910]. Quarto, printed on black ink on red paper, upper wrapper with various calligraphic typefaces, lower wrapper illustrated, staple bound, [8] pp, descriptions and prices of all types of footwear, includes illustrations of ladies’ shoes and boots; fine.
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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 …