Decade 1970-1980. (Inscribed by Ellis for Skyhooks guitarist Bob “Bongo” Starkie)

Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books and the State Library of Victoria, 2013. Quarto (295 x 260 mm), diecut boards (slightly rubbed), pp. 255, illustrated; inscribed on half-title page by Rennie Ellis for legendary Skyhooks guitarist Bob “Bongo” Starkie (1952-2025): ‘To Bob, with Love’, and with the signatures of Susan van Wyk (Senior Curator of Photography, NGV) and Paul Cox (award-winning filmmaker and photographer) below; a significant association copy, in fine condition.

Winner, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book Over $50, Designers’ Choice Book of the Year, Australian Book Designers Association 2014.

‘His photographs explore the cultures and subcultures of the decade, as well as the emerging decadence and hedonism that would come to characterise society in the 1980s.’ – the publisher.