New Acquisitions
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# 46231
CATO, Jack
The story of the camera in Australia
Melbourne : Institute of Australian Photography, 1977. Second edition. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (light edge wear), , pp. xv; 187, illustrated. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the title page.
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# 46230
BENJAMIN, Roger (curator and editor)
Orientalism : Delacroix to Klee (hardcover)
/ Roger Benjamin, curator and editor ; Mounira Khemir, guest curator and contributor photography ; Ursula Prunster, guest curator and contributor Australian art ; Lynne Thornton, contributor. Sydney : AGNSW, 1997. Large quarto (300 x 240 mm), boards in dustjacket, pp iv, 259, profusely illustrated in colour; light handling marks, a very good copy. Catalogue …
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# 46067
ESCHER, M. C.
Between two worlds : Escher x Nendo
Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2018. Quarto, boards in slipcase, a few light marks, pp. 325, illustrated. A very good second hand copy. Originally released at the retail price of $49.95, this book won the Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book Under $50, and Designers’ Choice Book of the Year awards from the Australian Book Designers …
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# 46048
PRESTON, Margaret et al.
Motif & meaning : Aboriginal influences in Australian art 1930 – 1970
Ballarat : Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (reproducing Margaret Preston), pp. 40, illustrated. Includes works by Carl Cooper, Gert Sellheim, Margaret Preston, Martin Boyd, Frances Burke, Olive Nock, Roma Thompson et al.
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# 45884
BROMER, Anne C.
XI LXIVMOS: Memoirs of a Bibliomidget
Boston & Vancouver : Bromer Booksellers & HM Editions, 2015. Miniature book, the standard edition, limited to 65 copies, from a total edition of 120 copies. “Winner of the 2016 Miniature Book Society Competition Distinguished Book Award. Designed and printed at Heavenly Monkey, this lovely miniature memoir and bibliography contains stories of pleasure, coincidence, and …
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# 44782
NAMATJIRA, Vincent
Vincent Namatjira
Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd, 2023. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 256, illustrated. New copy. Reframing Australian history through the eyes of a prolific Indigenous artist, this is the first major monograph on Vincent Namatjira. Welcome to the past, present and future. I stand side-by-side with my great-grandfather, who I never met – …
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# 42906
ZUCCHINI, Andrea (1745 - 1810)
Sulla coltura e usi dell’acacia, o robinia, Robinia Pseudo-Acacia…
Florence : Gaetano Cambiagi de l’imprimerie grand-ducale, 1800. Octavo, marbled paper wrappers, folding copperplate engraving, pp. 25, inscription to title page No. XII indicating it was extracted from a sammelband, a crisp and fine copy. First and only edition of this treatise on the Robinia pseudoacacia, a poisonous tree native to the Appalachian region of the …
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# 42539
POE, Edgar Alan
X-ing a paragrab
Dunedin [New Zealand] : Frayed Frisket, 2015. Octavo, lettered cards, pp. 15, letterpress. “This short story by Edgar Alan Poe was originally published in 1849 in the Flag of the nation”-Introduction. “The text retains the italics of the original. Hand set in 12 point Monotype Garamond 3 point leaded and printed on 100 gsm Conqueror …
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# 40884
FUKUDA
Mt. Fuji
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (some very light corner wear), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 2”, containing [5] (of 8) colour postcards of Mt. Fuji, all in mint condition.
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# 40883
FUKUDA
Great Tokyo Post Card
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (some very light corner wear), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 3”, containing [6] (of 8) colour postcards of Tokyo, all in mint condition.
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# 40885
FUKUDA
8 Post Cards Beautiful Island of Japan
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (some very light corner wear), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 1”, containing [5] (of 8) colour postcards of Japan, all in mint condition.
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# 40886
FUKUDA
Nara “Deer Park”
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (very fine), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 12”, containing [6] (of 8) colour postcards of Tokyo, all in mint condition.
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# 40888
FUKUDA
The Largest Trading Port Kobe 8 Post Cards
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (very good), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 9”, containing [4] (of 8) colour postcards of Kobe, all in mint condition.
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# 40887
FUKUDA
Japanese Girls
[Title from envelope]. [Yokohama] : Fukuda, [between 1955 and 1960]. Original illustrated envelope (some very light corner wear), 65 x 160 mm, verso with mailing address flap and publisher’s series “No. 5”, containing [8] (of 8) colour postcards of Japanese women in traditional costume, all in mint condition; complete, as issued, and scarce thus.
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# 39588
KING, Geoffrey
The traditional architecture of Saudi Arabia
London : I. B. Tauris, 1998. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 242, extensively illustrated. A fine copy. ‘Saudi Arabia encompasses a greater variety of architectural styles than any other country in the Arabian peninsula. The buildings of the coastal, mountain and plains regions are entirely distinctive and local in their character. By contrast, several …
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# 38957
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP COMPANY
Circus animals : puzzle pictures for boys and girls
California : California Fig Syrup Co., [ca. 1900]. Duodecimo, illustrated wrappers (featuring circus animals including a kangaroo), pp. 12, illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Ephemeral item promoting California Fig Syrup a laxative of children. Each of the nine animals, including the kangaroo is described and pictured. In order to win a free bottle of fig syrup …