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  • The art of H. Septimus Power

    # 46889

    [SEPTIMUS POWER, Harold]. MIDDLETON, Max

    The art of H. Septimus Power

    Adelaide : Rigby Limited, 1974. Quarto, cloth covered boards with illustrated dustjacket (spine sunned), pp. 121, occasional light foxing, owner’s label to title page, richly illustrated throughout with 46 colour plates and 8 black & white plates of the artist’s paintings. A good copy.

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  • Unsettled : Virginia Fraser, Dirk de Bruyn, Lorraine Austin. Kraznapolsky, 12/14 Grey Street, St. Kilda. Opening 24 May [2002] 6pm.

    # 46554

    [FRASER, Virginia]

    Unsettled : Virginia Fraser, Dirk de Bruyn, Lorraine Austin. Kraznapolsky, 12/14 Grey Street, St. Kilda. Opening 24 May [2002] 6pm.

    St. Kilda, Vic. : Kraznapolsky Gallery, [2002]. Exhibition flyer. 110 x 300 mm, printed recto only; very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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  • Sidney Nolan : landscapes and legends

    # 46846

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917-1992); CLARK, Jane

    Sidney Nolan : landscapes and legends

    A retrospective exhibition 1937 – 1987. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1987. Quarto,  illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, extensively illustrated. A major monograph on the paintings of Nolan. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.    

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  • Souvenir catalogue : Nolan

    # 46844

    [NOLAN]. MISSINGHAM, Hal

    Souvenir catalogue : Nolan

    Retrospective exhibition, paintings from 1937 to 1967 : Sidney Nolan. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1967. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 40, illustrated with colour and monochrome plates, catalogue list of 143 works, detailed biography; essay by Hal Missingham.  

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  • Arthur Boyd : the emerging artist

    # 46836

    [BOYD, Arthur]

    Arthur Boyd : the emerging artist

    Melbourne : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2001. Quarto, wrappers, illustrated front, pp. 48, illustrations throughout, most colour. Essays by Ridney James, Dr Ckem Christesen, Susan McCulloch-Uehlin and Barry Pearce. List of works by the artist.

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  • Ralph Balson : a retrospective

    # 46833

    ADAMS, Bruce

    Ralph Balson : a retrospective

    Melbourne : Heide, 1989. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, price sticker on lower wrapper, pp. 98, an excellent copy. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.  

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  • Rosemary Laing

    # 46827

    LAING, Rosemary; ANNEAR, Judy; LYNN, Victoria

    Rosemary Laing

    Healesville : Tarrawarra Museum of Art, 2017. Oblong folio, illustrated boards, pp. 92, illustrated. Essays by Victoria Lynn and Judy Annear. Catalogue of an exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 2 December 2017 – 11 February 2018. ‘Rosemary Laing is a renowned Australian artist who has worked with photography since the late 1980s. …

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  • 全 集 語 英 (Ying u Tsap Ts'un) or The Chinese and English Instructor

    # 45937

    T'ONG, Ting-kü (1832-1892)

    全 集 語 英 (Ying u Tsap Ts’un) or The Chinese and English Instructor

    Canton : 1862. Six volumes (complete), tall octavo (279 x 153mm), original stitched wrappers (the first volume lacking the lower wrapper), printed title labels (with remnants on a few volumes), some rubbing and light stains; text in English and Chinese; text blocks folded in fukurotoji style, housed in original wooden boards (one crack repaired) titled …

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  • Political railway map of China

    # 46762

    FAR EASTERN REVIEW

    Political railway map of China

    [Shanghai] : Far Eastern Review, circa 1914. Map, printed in colour, 520 x 425 mm (sheet), a couple of small chips and edges and small stains lower left, showing the railways of China which are operational, under construction, contracted for, and projected, under French, Belgian, Russian, British, German, Japanese, American and Chinese control. The train …

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  • 五車韻府 A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, by the Rev. R. Morrison, D. D.

    # 46474

    MORRISON, Robert (1782–1834)

    五車韻府 A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, by the Rev. R. Morrison, D. D.

    Shanghae : London Mission Press; London : Trübner & Co., 1865. Second edition. Two volumes, octavo, contemporary half-russet roan over marbled papered boards, spines in compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt, shelf labels to foot of spines, light edge wear, shelf marks to front pastedowns and title pages, pp. ix; [blank]; 224, 224-239, 239 …

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  • Manuscript letter written by Abbé Huc, sent from Macau in November 1846, addressed to his parents in Toulouse and reporting on his just-completed epic journey through Tartary and Tibet.

    # 45888

    HUC, Évariste Régis, Abbé (1813-1860)

    Manuscript letter written by Abbé Huc, sent from Macau in November 1846, addressed to his parents in Toulouse and reporting on his just-completed epic journey through Tartary and Tibet.

    Macao, 1er. Novembre 1846. Entire letter, manuscript in ink on a single folio sheet of Chinese paper, folded to form 4 pages, written on 3½ pages; the panel on the outer side addressed to ‘Monsieur Huc, Rue Pargaminières 73, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne’, circular postal markings in black ‘Paris 8 Janv. 47’ and ‘Toulouse 11 Janv. 47’; …

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  • The Gold Coast, Queensland

    # 46805

    QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT

    The Gold Coast, Queensland

    [Brisbane] : [Queensland Government Tourist Bureau] : circa 1985. Octavo, vibrant illustrated self-wrappers, pp. [16], illustrated. Distinctive Queensland tourist brochure from the Joh Bjelke-Petersen years, unashamedly spruiking the Gold Coast as ‘Australia’s favourite holiday playground’.

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  • Geoffrey Bartlett (signed copy)

    # 46803

    HURLSTON, David; WACH, Ken

    Geoffrey Bartlett (signed copy)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2007. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. 80, illustrated. With a signed presentation inscription from the artist on the publication page. This exhibition catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name. It traces the work of this Australian sculptor over the last 20 years following attendance at a major American university …

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  • The Grampians and district, Victoria, Australia.

    # 46799

    VICTORIAN RAILWAYS

    The Grampians and district, Victoria, Australia.

    [Melbourne] : Victorian Railways Commissioners, in conjunction with the Grampians District Tourist Association, 1949. First edition. Single sheet, 380 x 460 mm, folding to 220 x 110 mm, chiefly photographic illustrations, with accompanying text and map; tear along fold at one edge, otherwise a good example.  

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  • Claude Flight and his followers : the colour linocut movement between the wars

    # 46797

    COPPEL, Stephen

    Claude Flight and his followers : the colour linocut movement between the wars

    Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1992. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Includes artists such as Ethel Spowers, Eveline Syme, Sybil Andrews, Cyril E. Power, Lill Tschudi, Dorrit Black, Eileen Mayo, etc. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the title page.

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  • Catálogo de la Biblioteca Filipina de W. E. Retana. (Limited edition, presentation copy inscribed by Retana for Hiersemann)

    # 46753

    RETANA, W. E. (Wenceslao Emiliano)

    Catálogo de la Biblioteca Filipina de W. E. Retana. (Limited edition, presentation copy inscribed by Retana for Hiersemann)

    Edición de treinta ejemplares. Madrid : Imprenta de la viuda de M. Minuesa De Los Rios, 1893. Folio (350 x 250 mm), original leather-backed marbled papered boards (a trifle scuffed), spine with raised bands and red morocco title label lettered in gilt; original marbled endpapers; the limitation page records the names of institutional and private …

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