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# 34674
Picton Hopkins & Son Pty Ltd
General catalogue of decorative plaster designs
Melbourne : Picton Hopkins & Son Pty. Ltd., 1920s. Oblong quarto, pressed boards (small chip to spine), pp. xxvi; [2]; 159; [4], illustrated throughout, light creasing to preliminaries, half of pp. 11-12 neatly excised as well as a small sections of pp. 21-22, 25-26, 29-30, where sample images have been neatly removed. A good reference …
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# 34201
ANDERSON'S PTY. LTD.
The home makers furnishing guide. Andersons, Clarendon St. South Melb.
[Cover title]. South Melbourne, Vic : Anderson’s Pty. Ltd., [between 1915 and 1920]. Large quarto (305 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers with circular cut-out to front (wrappers with a few light marks, short tears to paper along spine and to edge of cut-out, but overall in good condition), staple bound, 136 pp, illustrated throughout; …
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# 33734
ART IN AUSTRALIA
Australia Beautiful. The Home Easter Pictorial 1931
Sydney : Art in Australia, 1931. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (edge wear), reproducing a painting by James R. Jackson, pp. [viii], 52, illustrated, light handling marks and some light foxing. Includes photographic illustrations of Australian tourism and reproductions of paintings by Hans Heysen and others. Attractive advertisements.
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# 33644
[HABBERTON, John] ; STEAD, W. T. (editor)
Helen’s babies! With some account of their ways: innocent, crafty, angelic, impish, witching and repulsive.
Also a partial record of their actions during ten days of their existence. By their latest victim. (Abridged). Cover title: Helen’s Babies. By their latest victim. Melbourne : “Review of Reviews” Office, [c.1900]. Series: The Masterpiece Library. Popular 2d. Novels Series, vol. viii, no. 31. “Australasian edition”. Octavo (190 x 130 mm), original pictorial wrappers, pp 60, …
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# 32113
HOGAN, Lou Rand
The Gay Cookbook (facsimile edition)
By Chef Lou Rand Hogan. Campy cartoons by David Costain. New York : Bell Publishing Company in association with Sherbourne Press, 1965 (but Australia? 2020). Facsimile edition of the first edition, second impression. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. viii; 280, line illustrations. New copy. Printed in Australia. The first cookbook aimed exclusively at a gay audience. ‘On Wednesday, …
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# 32079
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
Afghans to knit and crochet
Cover: Plus fashion designs using Afghan motifs. Sydney : [Australian Consolidated Press], 2 August, 1972. Small quarto (260 x 185 mm), pictorial wrappers, 16 pp (including wrappers), illustrated in colour and b/w; some pale marginal stains at bottom edges, but a good copy. Afghan cameleers were first brought to South Australia in 1838; in the …
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# 31088
GELLERT, Leon (editor)
The Home. Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1, 1941
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1941. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 64, spine defective, tape repair This issue includes an illustrated essay by Bernard Hesling, articles on Chinese doorways, Australian architecture, interior decoration, gardening, fashion, administering first aid, Jerusalem, donating Blood, etc. Striking advertisements for David Jones, Rosella, Journey Cosmetics, Penfolds, Cyclax, Bovril Qantas, Joyce, etc. ‘Sydney …
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# 31535
E. A. MACHIN & CO. LTD. (MELBOURNE)
E. A. Machin & Co. Ltd. 529-541 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, C.1. Branches: Bendigo and Warrnambool … Automotive, engineering, industrial and domestic supplies and equipment. September 16, 1963.
Melbourne : E. A. Machin & Co. Ltd., 1963. Quarto (278 x 220 mm), pictorial wrappers (very lightly marked), staple bound, pp 24 (including wrappers); photo-mechanical process illustrations throughout; a very good copy. Melbourne trade catalogue for refrigerators, camping equipment (including luggage racks, picnic kits, “ice boxes”, portable BBQs, torches, and air beds), spray-painting equipment, …
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# 31700
[FREDERICK, W. H., Headmaster].
Wesley College Melbourne : abridged prospectus
[Melbourne : Wesley College, circa 1950. Oblong quarto, self-wrappers (adhesion mark upper panel), pp. 8 plus order form. A detailed prospectus of the school, including curriculum, clothing requirements, boarding, fees etc. W. H. Frederick was headmaster of Wesley College from 1947 to 1956.
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# 31706
LAWSON, James R.
Catalogue of the A. J. Swan collection of oriental and European art treasures, including rare Chinese porcelains of the Sung, Ming, K’ang Hsi, Ch’ien Lung and modern periods
… valuable oriental and European ivories … to be sold by auction … on Wednesday and Thursday, 27th and 28th April, 1949, under instructions from and as directed by Mrs. A. J. Swan. Sydney : James R. Lawson, 1949. Quarto, lettered wrappers (marked, small hole upper panel), pp. 51.
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# 31099
MENZ, Christopher
Morris & Co.
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2002. Quarto, illustrated laminated pictorial boards, pp. 188, illustrated throughout, including numerous folding plates, a fine copy, as new. Includes a chapter on the publications of the Kelmscott Press, including the Kelmscott Chaucer. This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition Morris & Co., held at the Art …
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# 13741
VUITTON, Louis; LEHOT, G. de
Le confort et l’élégance de l’automobile
Paris : Louis Vuitton, 1925. Quarto, printed grey card portfolio (very lightly foxed, spine sunned), containing loose 6-page illustrated extract from Horizons de France, July 1925, specially printed for Louis Vuitton, as issued; occasional toning spots, else fine. A brief, poetic essay on motoring which extols the virtues of Louis Vuitton’s designer luggage – both …
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# 29938
YIEWA & CO.
Report of Fashion for Gentlemen : Autumn – Winter 1937 – 1938
Kyoto : Yiewa & Co., [1937]. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. [12], pale foxing, illustrated in black and white, a very good copy. Fashion catalogue for the firm of Yiewa with nine illustrations of fashionable men in western style dress, including formal wear, suits, overcoats and leisure wear, as well as two pages illustrating wool samples. …
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# 29192
NYE, Edward (Headmaster)
The history of Wesley College 1865 – 1919
Melbourne : McCarron, Bird & Co., 1921. Octavo, gilt-lettered full purple cloth (spine sunned, small tear to head of spine), pp. [viii]; 245, previous owner’s name to title page (Ronald A. Hill 1936 – 43), photographically illustrated. Scarce. History of the private school in Melbourne founded in 1865.
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# 28207
Anon.
Fashions in leather vinyl-patent & latex
[Chicago? : s.n., circa 1965]. Octavo, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. 14, illustrated in black and white, light central crease. A rare early American vinyl and latex catalogue with a variety of products designed for fetishist sexplay. Includes latex bikinis, bloomers, custom made ladies dress suits, exercise suits, panties, gloves, aprons, raincapes, slacks, bras, boots, and other latexwear. …
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# 27814
LEMON, Andrew (1949 - )
A great Australian school. Wesley College examined.
Sydney : Helicon Press, 2004. Thick octavo, boards in illustrated dustjacket (lightly handled), pp. 623, extensively illustrated. The author charts Wesley’s evolution from foundation in 1866 as a Methodist boys’ school to its present status, as a Uniting Church multi-campus coeducational enterprise. It also makes a broader contribution to educational debate by exploring the role …