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  • Norman Lindsay : drawn to women. The complete published etchings

    # 50568

    HAPLEY, Melissa

    Norman Lindsay : drawn to women. The complete published etchings

    Perth, W.A. : Art Gallery of Western Australia, [2006]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (rubbed, light handling marks) , pp. 46, illustrated. Catalogue of exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 15 October 2006 to 14 January 2007.

  • Carte de l'île de la Réunion, par Bory de S.t Vincent, officier d'État-Major, pour servir à son Voyage dans quatre îles des mers d'Afrique;

    # 50497

    BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste (1778-1846)

    Carte de l’île de la Réunion, par Bory de S.t Vincent, officier d’État-Major, pour servir à son Voyage dans quatre îles des mers d’Afrique;

    Dédiée à son Excellence le Maréchal Berthier, Ministre de la Guerre. [Paris, Dépôt de la Guerre, 1804]. Engraved map, dissected into eighteen panels and laid on linen,  645 x 860 mm., some light stains and wear along the folds, title label with manuscript Carte de Bourbon, a very good example. The very rare separately issued version …

  • Nature's investigator : the diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805

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    VALLANCE, T. G. et al.

    Nature’s investigator : the diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805

    Compiled by T.G. Vallance, D.T. Moore & E.W. Groves. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study (Flora), [2001]. Octavo, laminated pictorial boards, maps to endpapers, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, pp. xii; 666, illustrations, a fine copy. Scarce. The diary of Robert Brown, naturalist on the ‘Investigator’ voyage of Matthew Flinders, with much …

  • From Paris with love : the graphic arts in France 1880s-1950s

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    BUNBURY, Alisa et al.

    From Paris with love : the graphic arts in France 1880s-1950s

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2004. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrated. ‘Paris’s extraordinarily creative milieu is shown by the many movements that emerged in and around the city, including Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism. Presented here is an array of prints, posters, drawings, and artists’ books from the period 1880s to 1950s …

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    # 50554

    Java the wonderland. Illustrated. Guide and tourist’s handbook.

    Weltevreden (Batavia) : Official Tourist Bureau, c. 1900. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, cloth spine, pp. 106, extensively illustrated in black and white, folding colour map at rear, the title page neatly excised and a photocopy supplied, else a very good copy.

  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    # 50562

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 1998. Quarto, illustrated cards in paper dustwrapper, 154pp. illustrated throughout. An important monograph, a very good copy, scarce.

  • Peter Booth. Human nature

    # 50561

    BOOTH, Peter; SMITH, Jason

    Peter Booth. Human nature

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 152, illustrated. ‘The first major survey of work from 1970 – 2003 by one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists’.  

  • First views of Australia 1788-1825 : an early history of Sydney

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    McCORMICK, Tim

    First views of Australia 1788-1825 : an early history of Sydney

    Sydney : Longueville Publications, 1987. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Large quarto, publisher’s navy cloth boards lettered in gilt, in illustrated dust jacket, light handling marks and small tear, small stain to fore edge, 340 pp, illustrated throughout (mostly colour plates), introduction by Robert Irving, with biographical notes on the artists, index; a very good …

  • Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings

    # 50549

    NORST, Marlene J.

    Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings

    Melbourne : Lothian, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, some light edge wear, pp. 120, illustrated.

  • Albert Tucker : masterpieces from the Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation

    # 50548

    SMITH, Geoffrey

    Albert Tucker : masterpieces from the Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation

    Melbourne : Smith & Singer, 2020. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, dustjacket, pp. 56, illustrated. Scarce.

  • Albert Tucker : images of modern evil

    # 50547

    SMITH, Geoffrey

    Albert Tucker : images of modern evil

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s Australia, 2019. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, dustjacket, pp. 56, illustrated. Price list enclosed. Scarce.

  • Brittany

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    MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy

    Brittany

    London : Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Quarto, gilt-lettered decorated cloth over bevelled boards (lightly marked, spine slightly dulled), top edge gilt, others uncut, endpapers lightly foxed, pp. x; 254, illustrated with 75 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, occasional scattered foxing, a very good copy. The edition de luxe, limited to 350 numbered copies …

  • The George Bell School. Students, Friends, Influences (with a slipcase).

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    EAGLE, Mary and MINCHIN, Jan

    The George Bell School. Students, Friends, Influences (with a slipcase).

    Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art and Sydney : Resolution Press, 1981. Quarto, blindstamped cloth in dustjacket (lightly foxed verso), 272 pages fully illustrated. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, featuring artists Eric Thake, Alan Sumner, Yvonne Atkinson, Geoff Jones, Jack Courier, Justin Gill, Sali Herman, Ian Armstrong, Fred Williams, Harry Rosengrave, Len French, Constance Stokes, Russell …

  • Godfrey Miller 1893 - 1964

    # 50529

    EDWARDS, Deborah

    Godfrey Miller 1893 – 1964

    With contributions by John Henshaw and Ann Wookey. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 128, illustrated. A fine copy. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15th March – 5th May, 1996 and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15th …

  • Arthur Streeton 1867 - 1943

    # 50508

    SMITH, Geoffrey

    Arthur Streeton 1867 – 1943

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, light handling marks, edges slightly foxed, pp. 200 with extensive curatorial research and colour reproductions. A very good example of the scholarly catalogue which accompanied Streeton’s major touring retrospective.

  • Brett Whiteley

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    MCGRATH, Sandra

    Brett Whiteley

    Sydney : Bay Books, 1992 (reprint). Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (some light edge wear), pp. 232, illustrated throughout.