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  • The light fades but the gods remain. (Signed deluxe limited edition)

    # 47057

    HENSON, Bill (1955 -)

    The light fades but the gods remain. (Signed deluxe limited edition)

    Melbourne : Thames & Hudson in association with the Monash Gallery of Art, 2019. Quarto, lettered cloth, illustrated dustjacket, pp. 166, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, signed by Bill Henson on the half-title, housed in a lettered cloth slipcase. While not stated in the book, personal correspondence with the publisher indicates a print run of …

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  • [SWAN RIVER COLONY] Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes of Edwards's Botanical Register :

    # 46768

    LINDLEY, John (1799-1865)

    [SWAN RIVER COLONY] Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes of Edwards’s Botanical Register :

    consisting of a complete alphabetical and systematical index of names, synonymes, and matter, adjusted to the present state of systematical botany; together with A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. With nine coloured plates, containing eighteen coloured figures of plants, and with four wood-cuts. London : James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1839. First edition, …

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  • The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    # 47056

    HINDS, John (1950 - )

    The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    Melbourne : the artist, 2012. Elephant folio (580 mm tall), lettered cloth, title page, preface, 14 leaves of designs stencilled in colour, which reference traditional English patterns and iconography, but have been re-designed to reflect a contemporary theme or topic, ostensibly as prototypes for wallpapers for distribution in the Antipodes. A printed sheet of notes …

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  • Papunya Tula : genesis and genius (hardcover edition)

    # 47055

    PERKINS, Hetti and FINK, Hannah (editors).

    Papunya Tula : genesis and genius (hardcover edition)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. Quarto, boards in  illustrated dustjacket, pp. 319 extensively illustrated, light foxing to edges, else a very good copy. Quickly out of print and now scarce, this landmark exhibition catalogue surveys the Papunya Tula movement which founded the contemporary Australian Aboriginal art market. The scarce and sought …

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  • Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    # 46886

    HAMER, Heather (1885 - 1962)

    Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    Collected and illustrated by Heather Hamer. With a Foreword by Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, K.C.M.G. Ceylon : The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd., 1935. Quarto, gilt-lettered diced road, lightly scuffed and worn, pp. [36], illustrated with twelve full page black and white illustrations by Hamer, with tissue guards, illustrating in modernist style the nursery rhymes. Heather …

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  • David Larwill (signed copy)

    # 47052

    McGREGOR, Ken.

    David Larwill (signed copy)

    With Elizabeth Thomson. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1997. Quarto, hardcover in dustjacket, 204 pp. illustrated throughout. The major monograph on Larwill. This copy signed and inscribed by the artist and the author. A fine copy.

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  • Modernism and Feminism : Australian women artists 1900-1940

    # 47051

    TOPLISS, Helen

    Modernism and Feminism : Australian women artists 1900-1940

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1996. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 232, illustrated. A fine copy. “This book answers the question posed by a number of male art historians and critics: ‘Why were there so many influential women artists in the inter-war period?’ The book establishes a female context for women’s art in Australia and demonstrates …

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  • The art of Charles Blackman

    # 47050

    [BLACKMAN]. SHAPCOTT, Thomas.

    The art of Charles Blackman

    London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. Folio, cloth in dustjacket (light wave), a touch of offsetting to endpapers, 266 pages profusely illustrated in colour. The major monograph on the artist. A very good copy.

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  • Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    # 47049

    HICKS, Petrina; CROMBIE, Isobel; QUIRK, Maria

    Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. Fine copy. Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic is the first in-depth study of the work of Australian artist Petrina Hicks. Since 2003, Hicks has developed a highly distinctive body of work that combines her background as a commercial photographer with her interest …

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  • Light sensitive : contemporary Australian photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund

    # 47048

    SMORGON, Loti & Victor

    Light sensitive : contemporary Australian photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (illustrated with a photograph by Petrina Hicks), pp. 112, illustrated with works by Brook Andrew, Darren Sylvester, Patricia Piccinini, Matthew Sleethe, Scott Redford, Pat Brassington, Deborah Paauwe and others.

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  • Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    # 47045

    Sydney Ure Smith.

    Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1937. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers with Margaret Preston design, 88pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, very clean internally, a fine copy. Features articles on Arthur Streeton’s recent works, the Archibald Competition, Mary Edwards. Also includes colour and black and …

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  • Art in Australia (complete set)

    # 47043

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia (complete set)

    Art in Australia. Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916 – 1942). Completes set. Series 1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2 (2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (80 issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large quarto). Illustrated wrappers, occasional chipping and flecking, extensively illustrated, tipped-in plates, a very good set. The most …

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  • Ffarington's folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    # 46996

    DUFOUR, Gary

    Ffarington’s folio : South West Australia, 1843-1847

    Perth, W.A. : Art Gallery of Western Australia, c1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 38, illustrated. Colonial paintings including indigenous subjects.

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  • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    # 47040

    MADDISON, Ruth

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a key survey of her social documentary practice from 1976 to the current day. Covering key periods within Maddison’s extensive …

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  • Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph ("Elizabeth R"), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    # 47037

    [ADAMS, Marcus]

    Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph (“Elizabeth R”), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 200 x 150 mm, on its original plain card mount signed in fountain pen in the bottom margin by both Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth R) and Prince Philip (Philip) with the date 1955 in between the two signatures; the photograph is in fine condition; the royal signatures are both strong and …

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  • Stars in the river : the prints of Jessie Traill

    # 47038

    TRAILL, Jessie

    Stars in the river : the prints of Jessie Traill

    edited by Roger Butler ; with essays by Tim Bonyhady, Rebecca Edwards, Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax and Macushla Robinson. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Gallery of Australia, 2013. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. Includes a reproduction of Traill’s bookplate. This eagerly awaited publication celebrates the artistic career of one of Australia’s most important printmakers of the …

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