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# 46708
FRY, GAVIN
Adrian Lawlor : a portrait
Melbourne : Heide Park and Art Gallery, 1983. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 82, some illustrations. Exhibition catalogue of 60 works, with essay by Gavin Fry. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.
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# 46707
SAYERS, Andrew (1957 - 2015)
Aboriginal artists of the nineteenth century (hardcover edition)
With a foreword by Lin Onus and a chapter by Carol Cooper. Melbourne : Oxford University Press in association with National Gallery of Australia, 1994. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, slight sunning to spine, pp. 162, illustrated. A very good copy. ‘Andrew Sayers examines a considerable body of drawings produced by Aboriginal artists …
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# 46706
EVANS, Susanna
Historic Sydney as seen by its early artists
Sydney : Doubleday, 1983. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, spine a little faded, pp. 160, illustrated in colour and black and white. The history of Australia’s first city told through its colonial artists.
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# 46669
DELOUCHE, Denise
Monet à Belle-Ile
Paris : Éditions Palantines, 2006. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 136, illustrated. Text in French. Includes several references to Australian impressionist John Peter Russell.
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# 46672
CLABBURN, Elise et al
Dunkeld & district : a short history
Dunkeld : Dunkeld and District Historical Museum, 1989 (revised edition, 1995). Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 82, maps and illustrations. A detailed history of the western district town.
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# 46675
THOMAS, Daniel
Quarterly July 1969. Tom Roberts Special Number
Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1969. Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1969. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 466 – 488, illustrated in black and white. Quarterly magazine from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this issue dedicated to the work of Tom Roberts.
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# 46705
WANTRUP, Jonathan
Australian rare books 1788 – 1900
Sydney : Hordern House, 1987. First edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, dust jacket (spine slightly sunned), pp. x; 468, illustrated. The standard reference on Australian rare books of the period.
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# 46704
NIALL, Brenda
The Boyds
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2002. Octavo, bound in cloth with lettering to spine, illustrated dustwrapper (spine sunned), pp. 437, red book marker ribbon attached to binding, illustrated with reproductions of photographs of members of the famous Australian art family, the Boyds. A family biography by Brenda Niall on the Boyds and their artistic contemporaries.
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# 46703
NOLAN, Cynthia (1908-1976); NOLAN, Sidney (1917-1992) (illustrator)
Outback
London : Methuen, 1962. Octavo, publisher’s red cloth boards in Sidney Nolan dust jacket (worn at head of spine), pp 222, with illustrations by Sidney Nolan and numerous photographic plates; a free handling marks, a good copy. Memoir of the Nolans’ journey through outback New South Wales, Central Australia, South Australia and Western Australia.
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# 46702
NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)
Nolan : the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan
Melbourne : Sotheby’s, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrations throughout. Auction catalogue for the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan on the date of September 16, 2001.
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# 46701
KERSHAW, Alister (1921 - 1995)
Hey days : memories and glimpses of Melbourne’s Bohemia 1937- 1947.
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1991. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 102, illustrated. Recollections of life within the Angry Penguins circle.
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# 46699
MACKAY, Elina
The Great Aussie Fashion. Australian fashion designers 1984 – 1985
Sydney : Kevin Weldon, 1984. Folio, illustrated wrappers (light edge wear, lightly creased), pp. 288, some fold-out illustrations, extensively illustrated with fashion photographs, else a very good copy. A super hot look at contemporary designers creating garments for a modern, stylish Australia still riding the wave of our American Cup win. Jenny Lee, Prue Acton, …
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# 46697
LINDSAY, Ray; ARNOLD, John
A letter from Sydney (signed and inscribed copy)
Being a long epistle from Ray Lindsay to his brother Jack relating mainly to their lives in Sydney in the nineteen-twenties. Edited by John Arnold. Melbourne: The Jester Press Pty Ltd, 1983. Large octavo, printed wrappers 56pp., photographic frontispiece. Limited to 1100 copies. With a signed presentation inscription from the editor and the publisher.
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# 46695
BAGLIONE, Gabrielle et al.
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Painter and naturalist : a forgotten treasure
[Paris] : MKF Editions, [2016]. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards, pp. 392, illustrated. New copy. Text by Gabrielle Baglione, Cédric Crémière ; translated from French into English by Jean Fornasiero & John West-Sooby. On 19 October 1800, Charles-Alexandre Lesueur set sail on a voyage of discovery to the Southern Lands led by Nicolas Baudin. He soon demonstrated …
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# 46694
MADIGAN, Col; SENBERGS, Jan and WATSON, Don
Armidale ‘42 Memory and imagination : a survivor’s account
A collaboration between survivor Col Madigan; artist Jan Senbergs; historian Don Watson. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2000. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 92; (4), illustrated. The ‘HMAS Armidale was sunk by aerial torpedoes on 1 December 1942. One hundred lives were lost. Survivors from the sea returned to Darwin 10 December, 1942’ – the publisher.
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# 46693
JONES, Luke
Australian Toys
Melbourne : Melbourne : Books, 2019. Quarto, laminated pictorial boards, pp. 358, illustrated. ‘Australian Toys is an illustrated history of Australian manufactured toys from 1900-1965, drawing on the author’s authoritative collection. The book documents the production of each toy with beautiful colour photographs accompanied by relevant text about the toy and manufacturer.’