New Acquisitions

  • Foreign forests (copy number 1)

    # 50473

    PORTER Dorothy (1954 - 2018); COLVIN, Robert (1942 - )

    Foreign forests (copy number 1)

    [Euroa, Vic.] : Robert Colvin, 2018. Folio, lettered buckram, screen printed endpapers, pp. [48], poems by Dorothy Porter illustrated with original screen prints by Robert Colvin, a fine copy. Limited to 8 copies plus 4 artist’s proofs, this is copy number 1, signed by Robert Colvin and Andrea Goldsmith, the partner of Dorothy Porter who …

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island;

    # 50377

    PHILLIP, Arthur

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island;

    Compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments. To which are added, the Journals of Lieutenants Shortland, Watts, Ball and Captain Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries. The views &c. &c. drawn on the spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. Dublin : Printed for …

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  • A book about Australian women

    # 50431

    JERREMS, Carol (1949 - 1980); FRASER, Virginia (1947 - 2021)

    A book about Australian women

    Photographs by Carol Jerrems. Text edited by Virginia Fraser. Melbourne : Outback Press, 1974. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (a few light creases and lightly marked), pp. 141; [3], illustrated in black and white, light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary small gift inscription dated 1974, a very good copy. Design and layout of the photographic pages by Carol …

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  • Portrait of Sappho of Lesbos

    # 50454

    THEVET, André (1516-1590):

    Portrait of Sappho of Lesbos

    “Sapho Lesbienne Poetrice” (caption). Copperplate engraving measuring 170 x 140 mm (image); 370 x 230 mm (sheet), letterpress in French surrounding the image, extracted from André Thevet’s Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens (Paris, 1584). A fine example of Thevet’s iconic representation of the classical Greek poet Sappho ( …

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  • Seeing Singapore.

    # 50390

    AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., LTD.

    Seeing Singapore.

    [Cover title]. Singapore : Printers Ltd., [c.1935]. Octavo leaflet in the form of a single folding sheet (185 x 125 mm), [4] pp, illustrated; with information about the American Express Travel Service, excursions on Singapore Island and Johore, and a Suggested Tour in Malaya; very good condition.

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  • Three signed etchings from 'The alignments' series

    # 50470

    LETI, Bruno (1941 - )

    Three signed etchings from ‘The alignments’ series

    Three two-plate etchings, each 215 x 150 mm, signed and dated 1999 lower right, titled lower left, artists proofs, mounted. Three striking and detailed original etchings by Bruno Leti created for his artist’s book ‘The Alignments’ published in 2000. Provenance: the artist, acquired 2025

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  • Descriptive Catalogue. Exhibition of enlargements. Official War Photographs. Sepia and natural colour.

    # 49876

    AUSTRALIAN WAR MUSEUM (COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA).

    Descriptive Catalogue. Exhibition of enlargements. Official War Photographs. Sepia and natural colour.

    The Official Collection which the Commonwealth Government is preserving to hand down to future generations. The photographs depict the work of the A.I.F. on Gallipoli, and in France, Belgium and Palestine. Sydney Town Hall Basement, March 4th to April 15th, 1922. Arranged by the Australian War Museum (Commonwealth Government). All proceeds to War Memorials Fund. …

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  • Latest information with regard to Australia Felix, the finest province of the great territory of New South Wales;

    # 50666

    ARDEN, George

    Latest information with regard to Australia Felix, the finest province of the great territory of New South Wales;

    including the history, geography, natural resources, government, commerce, and finances of Port Phillip; sketches of the aboriginal population, and advice to immigrants; by the editor of the Port Philip Gazette, Melbourne. [Melbourne] : Arden and Strode, 1840 / Queensberry Hill Press, 1977. Facsimile edition. Octavo, half calf over cloth, spine in compartments with raised bands, …

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  • Study for 'Mrs. Fraser' c. 1966

    # 50491

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1922)

    Study for ‘Mrs. Fraser’ c. 1966

    Coloured crayons on card, 27 x 25.5 cm (image), 33 x 25 cm (sheet), signed in pencil centre right. A study, or abstracted variation for the major the 1947 painting of Mrs Fraser, a theme Nolan would return to in the 1960s and 70s. ‘A female figure representing a certain Mrs Fraser … has the …

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  • Study for 'Inferno' c. 1966

    # 50490

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1922)

    Study for ‘Inferno’ c. 1966

    Coloured crayons on card, 20 x 20 cm (image), 33 x 25 cm (sheet), signed in pencil lower right. A study for the major nine panel work ‘Inferno’ currently on long term loan from the The Estate of Lady Nolan to the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery. ‘Nolan immersed himself in the myths of the …

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  • Pastures new. An account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip.

    # 50611

    BILLIS, R.V. & KENYON, A.S.

    Pastures new. An account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip.

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 1930. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth in dustjacket (slightly edge worn), endpapers lightly offset, pp. xiv; 272, edges foxed, a fine copy, scarce in the dustjacket.

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  • The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)

    # 50601

    MITCHEL, John (1815 - 1875)

    The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)

    Author’s edition. Glasgow : Cameron & Ferguson, circa 1900. Octavo, half calf over green cloth (rubbed and scuffed), spine with gilt bands, gilt-lettered red morocco title label, marbled endpapers with bookseller’s ticket of A. H. Spencer, Melbourne, pp. vi; 220, internally clean. A later printing of Mitchel’s 1861 treatise criticising British policy during the Great …

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  • Eugene von Guerard. Nature revealed

    # 50717

    PULLIN, Ruth

    Eugene von Guerard. Nature revealed

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2011. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, spine sunned and creased, pp. 302, extensively illustrated, a good copy.

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  • David Collins. General Orders. Issued at Sullivan Bay Port Phillip. October 16 1803 - January 27 1804. With an Account of the First Printing Press in Victoria.

    # 50603

    CURREY, John (editor)

    David Collins. General Orders. Issued at Sullivan Bay Port Phillip. October 16 1803 – January 27 1804. With an Account of the First Printing Press in Victoria.

    Melbourne : The Banks Society, 2025. Foolscap folio, quarter leather over marbled boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, contrasting title label lettered in gilt, pp. 142; colophon (with corrections slip); illustrations, folding plates, three facsimile orders (suitable for framing) loosely inserted in endpocket. Edition limited to 16 numbered copies. Includes facsimiles of all the …

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  • Sotheby's. The John McCaffrey Collection of Kimberley Art. Sydney, 28 July 2003

    # 50681

    KLINGENDER, Tim

    Sotheby’s. The John McCaffrey Collection of Kimberley Art. Sydney, 28 July 2003

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s, 2003. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), illustrated card covers (spine rubbed), pp 104, auction catalogue with 71 lots, most illustrated in colour; including works on paper by Indigenous artists from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, decorated coolamons, boomerangs and spearthrowers, and boab nuts carved by Jack Wherra.

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  • The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore

    # 50672

    GIBSON, Eric

    The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore

    New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1994. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, 44 colour plates, 60 black and white illustrations of works from 1956 to 1993. The major monograph on the artist. Clement Meadmore is one of the most highly respected artists of his generation, for both the quality of his work and the …

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