GOTCHA BY THE BOOKS
Catalogue No 1, Summer 2013-‐14
Fine Australian Art Books
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TATE ADAMS
1. Littoral Springer, Elizabeth; Robertson, Margaret; Adams, Tate; McBurnie, Ron; Silver, Anneke; Smith, Bronwyn; Kinlyside, Sheree; Langtree, Christine (ed) Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 2000 Signed limited edition. Paperback, tall 12mo, b&w linocuts, unpaginated. Very Good. No. 18 of an edition of 200 copies, designed by Tate Adams and Ron McBurnie at Lyre Bird Press, Townsville; being 5 poems by Elizabeth Springer, accompanied by lino Cuts by Margaret Robertson, Tate Adams, Ron McBurnie, Anneke Silver, Bronwyn Smith, and Sheree Kinlyside; signed to reverse of half-‐title page by the poet and all the artists; very occasional light foxing, covers very lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good. $110.00
DAVIDA ALLEN
2. What is a Portrait the images of Vicki Myers Allen, Davida Sydney New Endeavour Press 1991 Signed 1st edition. Colour plates, hardbound, landscape 8vo, no dustwrapper. Unpaginated. Being the visual companion to Davida Allen's novel 'The Autobiography of Vicki Myers: Close to the Bone'; here we see Vicki's picture-‐book, depicting her ongoing development as a woman and an artist; numerous colour plates with Vicki's comments on facing page; flat-‐signed by Davida Allen to title page; it appears this is a signed copy of the first paperback, bound into black buckram boards with no titling; very occasional light foxing, minor spotting to boards, o.w. Very Good.
$50.00
3. Davida Allen survey exhibition 24th October -‐ 5th December 1987 Hughes, Annette Brisbane Museum of Contemporary Art 1987 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated, paperback, 4to, 74pp. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue for the major Davida Allen survey at Brisbane's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1987; the exhibition documented the development of Allen's work from her very first show, and up to work not yet shown at the time; catalogue essay by Atherton Nye, edited by Annette Hughes; includes b&w photos from the artist's life, plus dozens of colour plates of her paintings; Very Good and clean throughout, covers lightly rubbed, with one or two minor scuff marks.
$45.00 RICK AMOR
4. The Solitary Watcher Rick Amor and his Art Catalano, Gary Melbourne Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press 2001 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, profusely illustrated, dustwrapper, 199pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Full-‐length study of the work of Rick Amor, limited to 1500 copies; 32 colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations; being number thirty-‐eight in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes.
$70.00
HOWARD ARKLEY
5. Spray the Work of Howard Arkley updated and revised edition Crawford, Ashley; Edgar, Ray Sydney Craftsman House 2001 Hardbound, 4to, profusely illustrated, dustwrapper, 152pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Updated and revised edition of this definitive study of the work of Howard Arkley, first published in 1997, here revised after the artist's death in 1999; colour and b&w illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers; includes an Arkley Curriculum Vitae, including solo exhibitions, select group exhibitions, awards, select biliography, internet, and filmography.
$475.00
6. Howard Arkley The Home Show Australian Pavilion 48th Venice Biennale of Art 1999 Hannaford, John (ed) Australia Council 1999 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 44pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the exhibition of Howard Arkley's work, representing Australia at the Venice Biennale 1999; text is bi-‐lingual (English/Italian); contributions by Ron Radford, Marco Livingstone, Tim Morrell; colour plates throughout; minor scuff marks to wraps, o.w. Very Good clean copy.
$30.00
7. Carnival in Suburbia the Art of Howard Arkley Gregory, John Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2006 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 214pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Study of the work of Howard Arkley, by John Gregory, art historian and brother-‐in-‐law of the artist; focusses on Arkley's vision of Australian suburbia, containing all of Arkley's major paintings and drawings, and with images from Arkley's notebooks and photographs; illustrated laminated boards, illustrated endpapers, colour and b&w illustrations throughout; original clear acrylic dustwrapper with yellow title band
$300.00
GEORGE BALDESSIN
8. George Baldessin Sculpture and Etchings a memorial exhibition Baldessin, George; Lindsay, Robert; Holloway, Memory Jockisch; Ryan, Judith(ed) Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria 1983 1st Edition. Paperback, profusely illustrated, 4to, 152pp. Very Good. Scarce catalogue for the George Baldessin memorial exhibition, NGV 1983; preface by Patrick McCaughey, texts by Robert Lindsay and Memory Jockisch Holloway, edited by Judith Ryan; includes detailed biographical notes with b&w photo illustrations from Baldessin's life, and 132 b&w images of Baldessin's etchings and sculpture; nice reflective silver wraps with Baldessin etching to front; covers lightly rubbed, Very Good and clean throughout.
$130.00
9. George Baldessin Six Etchings with text by Jenny Zimmer Zimmer, Jenny Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 2000. Numbered limited edition. Arche rag paper in clamshell box, folio (460 x 370mm), one colour and 5 b&w etchings, 24pp. Very Good and clean in Very Good clamshell box. Very scarce Lyre Bird Press publication, being No. 9 of only 25 copies (plus 6 hors commerce); 6 George Baldessin etchings including one double page in colour, printed from the artist's original plates, on arches velin cuve and BFK rives paper; text by Jenny Zimmer; a beautiful book, being in the form of 6 unbound folios enclosed in a white paper cover with artist's name and pear motif to front, all in a handsome black clamshell box with silkscreen figure on cover, handmade by master binder Fred Pohlmann; Very Good and clean throughout, with occasional very light foxing and occasional light offset from plates; clamshell box lightly rubbed, with one or two minor scratches, and with wear at corners.
$9,900.00
RICHARD BELL
10. Richard Bell UZ VS. Them Reilly, Maura; Mundine, Djon New York/London, American Federation of Arts in association with D Giles Limited London, 2011 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, landscape 8vo, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 80pp. Very good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. Catalogue for the travelling exhibition of works by Richard Bell, organized by the American Federation of Arts New York; over 40 colour illustrations; includes an interview with the artist by Maura Reilly, a manifesto by Bell, essay by Djon Mundine, timeline, and bibliography; signed/dated, and with short note "Hope you enjoy", by Richard Bell to front endpaper.
$50.00
GORDON BENNETT AND PETER ROBINSON
11. Three Colours Melbourne, Heide Museum of Modern Art 2004 1st Edition. Paperback, 2 volumes, 4to in slipcase, profusely illustrated, 63pp. Fine. Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson, Heide Museum of Modern Art, and touring 2004-‐2006; texts by various writers, colour illustrations throughout; 2 volumes 4to in opaque plastic slipcase with Heide Museum of Modern Art logo to front; edition of 1000 copies.
$50.00
GORDON BENNETT
12. Out of Print Gordon Bennett a survey of prints to printouts 1984 to 2004 Brisbane, Queensland College of Art, 2004. Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, large 8vo, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 80pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. Signed by Gordon Bennett; Very scarce signed (flat-‐signed to title page) catalogue for the Gordon Bennett exhibition at Griffith University Qld College of Art, curated (and text by) Simon Wright; colour and b&w illustrations of Bennett's work throughout; inlcudes loose-‐leaf promo material for the exhibition (one page text printed both sides, and one illustrated card invitation (recipient's name crossed out in black texta); VG+ tight and clean throughout; one very short closed tear top edge of front panel of dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good.
$145.00
13. The Art of Gordon Bennett McLean, Ian Sydney, G+B Arts/Craftsman House 1996. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 140pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the work of Gordon Bennett up to the mid-‐1990's, with essays by Ian McLean, and a text (The Manifest Toe) by Gordon Bennett; colour and b&w illustrations throughout.
$90.00
CHARLES BLACKMAN
14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Charles Blackman Carroll, Lewis; Blackman, Charles; edited by Nadine Amadio. Sydney, Reed 1982 1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 4to, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 128pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Charles Blackman; 35 colour and numerous b&w illustrations selected by Nadine Amadio, illustrated endpapers; believed to be the first full-‐colour illustrated edition of Alice by a major artist; orange cloth boards with white titling to spine, orange dustwrapper with two Blackman illustrations, one each to front and rear panel; this copy with foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.
$290.00
15. Apparition signed limited edition Alvarez, A.; Blackman, Charles Brisbane University of Queensland Press 1971 Signed Limited Edition 21/100. Hand-‐tipped colour plates, illustrated calf, 4to, slipcase, 52pp. Very Good and clean throughout in G-‐VG slipcase. Scarce signed limited edition of this collaboration between A. Alvarez and Charles Blackman, being No. 21 of 100 copies, signed by both Alvarez and Blackman; bound in full calf with gilt inlay Blackman drawing to front board and gilt titling to spine, orange endpapers, and with 7 full-‐page hand-‐tipped colour plates of Blackman's Gouaches illustrating the Alvarez poems, some of which are given in facsimile; brown cloth slipcase with illustrated orange paper sides and spine (front showing same illustration as gilt inlay to front board); colour separated, plates processed, printed and bound by Watson Ferguson & Co., Brisbane; Very Good and clean throughout, with only the most minor creasing to the inner edges of some colour plates; one or two very minor marks to leather, o.w. Very Good, with gilt inlay and titling clean and bright; slipcase a little rubbed, with some foxing and minor stains, and with some light scratch marks to rear.
$700.00
16. The Art of Charles Blackman Shapcott, Thomas London, Andre Deutsch, 1989 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 266pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Thomas Shapcott's study of the work of Charles Blackman, signed by Blackman to half-‐title page; includes 200 b&w and colour illustrations -‐ images selected and documented by Robin Burridge; includes select bibliography and selected exhibitions; blue cloth boards with gilt-‐titling to front board and spine; Very Good tight clean copy in like dustwrapper.
$175.00
17. Charles Blackman The Lost Domains Amadio, Nadine Sydney, Reed, 1980. Numbered limited edition. Leather, folio, colour and b&w illustrations, 144pp. Very Good. Deluxe edition of this selection of works by Blackman, being No. 54 of 150 copies, and including a loose bound Blackman etching (please note this copy NOT signed by Blackman, etching not signed); full blue leather with Blackman illustration in gilt to front board and facsimile Blackman autograph and titling; maroon title label and gilt titling to spine; top and lower edges gilt; text by Nadine Amadio; copiously illustrated with (mostly) colour and b&w reproductions of Blackman's works, with chapters on Schoolgirls, Alice in Wonderland, Girls and Flowers, Faces of Love, Children Playing, Gardens, The Sea, Nudes, NIghtmares, Identities; decorative endpapers; this copy with foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, minor worn spots to edges of boards, o.w. Very Good throughout.
$750.00
18. A Line Around a Dream Charles Blackman an exhibition of drawings Granek, Walter; Diggins, Lauraine (ed) Melbourne, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, 1994. 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, b&w and colour illustrations, 36pp. Very Good. Scarce catalogue for the exhibition of drawings by Charles Blackman, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art 23 March -‐ 27 April 1994, and touring to Ballarat and Shepparton; text by Walter Granek; mostly b&w, and with some colour illustrations; wraps lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good throughout. $45.00
19. Charles Blackman Alice in Wonderland National Gallery of Victoria 2006 Smith, Geoffrey; St John Moore, Felicity Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Ian Potter Centre, 2006. 1st paperback. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 142pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the Charles Blackman exhibition held at the Ian Potter Centre August -‐ October 2006, marking the fiftieth anniversary of Blackman's Alice in Wonderland series, with essays on the history and significance of the series by Geoffrey Smith and Felicity St John Moore, and including 46 full-‐page colour plates accompanied by descriptive text.
$80.00
20. Charles Blackman Schoolgirls and Angels a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings St. John Moore, Felicity Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1993. 1st Edition. Stiff card 4to, profusely illustrated, 142pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the Charles Blackman retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria 1993; foreword by Director James Mollison, text by Felicity St John Moore; colour plates and b&w illustrations accompanied by descriptive/analytical text and details of medium, dimensions, and collection; includes Blackman chronology, exhibitions and select reviews, and bibliography; stiff card wraps with french flaps, front cover showing a detail from 'The Anteroom'. $225.00
ARTHUR BOYD
21. Arthur Boyd c1940 -‐ 1960 Symbols of Transformation Sydney, BMG Fine Art, 1989. Numbered limited edition. Paperback, large 8vo, colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good (title page clipped lower rh corner). Scarce Arthur Boyd catalogue, BMG Fine Art Sydney May 4 -‐ May 27 1989, limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is no.183; being a series of 20 paintings (covering a period of roughly 20 years), the earliest of which was painted by Boyd at 22 years of age; the works had remained in the possession of the artist for some time, and had not been exhibited, until they finally came up for sale in 1989; introduction by Richard Haese, photography by Jill Crossley; 20 full-‐page colour plates of the paintings, and also including biographical notes and list of one-‐man exhibitions; lower corner of the title page is clipped, o.w. Very Good
$40.00
22. Nebuchadnezzar 34 paintings and 18 drawings by Arthur Boyd Boase, T.S.R. London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, colour plates/b&w illustrations. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Arthur Boyd's series of paintings, etchings, lithographs, and drawings on the Old Testament story of the fall of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, with text by TSR Boase; illustrated with 34 hand-‐tipped, full-‐page colour plates, plus b&w illustrations, illustrated endpapers and dustwrapper; Very Good clean copy in Very Good dustwrapper (price clipped).
$65.00
DAVID BOYD
23. David Boyd Survey Retrospective Exhibition (1957-‐1992) 27 May -‐ 10 June 1992 Boyd, David; Wagner, Shirley J. Melbourne, Andrew Ivanyi Galleries, 1992. 1st Edition. Paperback, large 8vo, profusely illustrated, 28pp. Very Good clean copy. Catalogue for the David Boyd retrospective presented by Andrew Ivanyi Galleries at Caulfield Arts Complex 27 May-‐10 June 1992; includes a number of short prose passages by various writers and art critics on aspects of Boyd's work, annotated biography of Boyd, selected bibliography, list of principle catalogues, periodicals and newspapers; 35 colour plates of Boyd's work; tiny crease to top rh corner of catalogue, o.w. VG+ clean and bright. $40.00
GUY BOYD
24. Guy Boyd Von Bertouch, Anne; Hutchings, Patrick Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1976 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, profusely illustrated, 136pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. Signed limited edition of this study of the sculpture of Guy Boyd, being No. 75 of 1000 copies, signed by Guy Boyd to hand-‐tipped edition plate; numerous b&w photo illustrations of Boyd's sculptures throughout; texts by Anne Von Bertouch (The Sculptor) and Patrick Hutchings (The Sculpture); brown cloth boards with large image of Boyd sculpture laid-‐in to front board, gilt titling to front board and spine; one page (127) with crease and edgewear, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; minor loss to original glassine dustwrapper, and rear flap folded; minor marks to spine of slipcase, o.w. Very Good.
$300.00
JOHN BRACK
25. John Brack Nudes fifteen original lithographs text by Margaret Plant introduction by Gordon Thomson Plant, Margaret; Thomson, Gordon Melbourne, Lyre Bird Press 1982. Signed limited edition. Leather/linen in clamshell box, full-‐page lithographs, large folio, unpaginated (40pp). Near Fine in Very Good clamshell box. Beautiful early publication from the Melbourne manifestation of Lyre Bird Press, being Copy No. 35, signed by John Brack to colophon ; 15 lithographs by John Brack, the illustrations being printed directly from zinc lithographic plates made by Brack in September 1981, thus every print in the edition is an artist's original print; plates hand-‐printed by John Robinson, Druckma Press, Melbourne, text printed under the supervision of Ern Scammell at Wm. Caulfield & Sons printers; large folio 465 x 340mm, half leather with linen sides, with Brack motif to front board, gilt titling to spine, hand bound by Ralf Engel in matching linen-‐lined clamshell box; printed on Arche Satine 100% rag paper made in France by Arjomari-‐Erioux; text by Margaret Plant, introduction by Gordon Thomson; frontispiece and 14 plates throughout, including 2 double-‐page; also includes the original loose folio, reproducing the frontispiece plate and title page, and with book specifications to rear page -‐ this folio states Ralf Engel as the binder, but N. Doslov is mentioned elsewhere as having bound some copies of this edition; the original edition was intended to be 200 copies (plus 50 hors commerce), but this was never fulfilled, approximately 50 copies being made in all; a scarce and superior publication in every respect; occasional light foxing, o.w. Near Fine copy; some scuff marks to clamshell box, o.w. Very Good. $10,000.00
26. The Art of John Brack Volume I Volume II Catalogue Raisonne Signed by John Brack Grishin, Sasha Melbourne, Oxford University Press Australia, 1990. Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 2 volumes, 4to in slipcase, profusely illustrated, 236;262pp. Both Volumes Very Good in Very Good slipcase. Very scarce Signed 1st edition of this two volume John Brack, with text by Sasha Grishin; volume I being Grishin's in-‐depth study of the life and work of Brack, with colour illustrations throughout of Brack's work; appendices include exhibitions and reviews, and chronological list of John Brack's published and unpublished statements on art; also inlcudes bibliography; volume ii being a Catalogue Raisonne, listing oil paintings, works on paper, and prints (each listing with details of medium, exhibitions, provenance, dimensions, etc), followed with hundreds of b&w illustrations; volume 1 Signed and with short gift-‐inscription (the recipient's name) by John Brack; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spines, in blue cloth slipcase with gilt titling (including facsimile Brack autograph) to spine; this edition was withdrawn by Oxford University Press due to concerns with the gilt titling, and so is exceedingly rare, signed copies being even more scarce; both volumes Very Good tight bright and clean throughout in Very Good slipcase; gilt titling to spines of both volumes very lightly rubbed and with very minor loss, but generally bright and not showing anywhere near the rubbing of most examples; gilt titling to slipcase is better, bright and clean with no loss.
$900.00
27. John Brack a Retrospective Exhibition Lindsay, Robert; Hoff, Ursula; McCaughey, Patrick Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1987 Signed 1st edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 144pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the John Brack Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria 1987, flat-‐signed by Brack to title page; text by Robert Lindsay, with essays by Ursula Hoff and Patrick McCaughey; numerous colour and b&w illustrations throughout; includes biographical and exhibition notes, and bibliography; Very Good and clean throughout.
$75.00
RUPERT BUNNY
28. The Art of Rupert Bunny Turnbull, Clive; Buesst, Tristan Sydney, Ure Smith, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, hand-‐tipped colour plates/b&w plates/text drawings, 75pp. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper. Limited to 1200 copies; 10 full-‐page hand-‐tipped colour plates, 32 b&w, 2 text drawings (one pen, one pencil); An Appreciation by Clive Turnbull, and Biographical Sketch by Tristan Buesst; also includes a list of Rupert Bunny's paintings in Australia and their owners as of 1948; ochre cloth boards with gilt 'RB' motif to front board and gilt-‐titling to spine; untrimmed pages; bookshop label to front pastedown, former owner's name to front endpaper, very minor spotting to endpapers, minor offset to rear pastedown, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed with 3cm loss to head of spine, 4x3 cm loss lower edge rear panel, worn spots to front panel.
$120.00
29. Rupert Bunny Artist in Paris Edwards, Deborah Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2009 1st Edition. Stiff card 4to, profusely illustrated, 224pp. Fine. Scarce catalogue for the Rupert Bunny exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales November 2009-‐February 2010; covering the 47 years that Bunny spent in France and Paris, during which time he produced all his major works; text by Deborah Edwards (with contributions by Denise Mimmocchi, Anne Gerard, and David Thomas); includes a note on the materials that Bunny used to produce his paintings by Simon Ives and Andrea Nottage; list of works, and select bibliography; illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. $70.00
IAN BURN
30. Ian Burn The Second Hand Milani, Josh (ed) Brisbane, Bellas Milani Gallery, 2006 1st Edition. Paperback, landscape 8vo, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good. Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Ian Burn, Bellas Milani Gallery Brisbane March 1-‐24 2006; the exhibition was curated by Ann Stephen to coincide with the release of her book On Looking at Looking The art and Politics of Ian Burn; some minor rubbing/scuffing to covers, o.w. Very Good throughout.
$30.00
CRESSIDA CAMPBELL
31. The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell signed by Cressida Campbell Crayford, Peter (ed). Sydney, Public Pictures Pty Ltd, 2008 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 360pp. Fine. Signed 1st Edition of this profusely illustrated, comprehensive survey of the woodblock painting of Cressida Campbell; foreword by Edmund Capon, introduction by John McDonald; colour illustrations throughout including some gate-‐fold; includes nearly 300 illustrations on fine paper; handsome cloth boards with facsimile autograph of Cressida Campbell embossed to front board, blue titling to spine. Included with this copy are two Philip Bacon Galleries catalogues for Cressida Campbell exhibitions of November 2005, and October 2008, an illustrated card gate-‐fold invitation for the exhibition of November 2000, price lists for all three exhibitions, two illustrated card invitations (for '05 and '08 shows), and original illustrated card promo for The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell (2008); a Fine copy of a scarce and desirable book.
$550.00
ROBERT DICKERSON
32. City People an exhibition by Robert Dickerson a collection of 42 charcoal drawings done in Sydney and Brisbane Brisbane, Neskerdick Nominess/Philip Bacon, no date (mid-‐1970's) 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, b&w illustrations, unpaginated.Very Good throughout in lightly rubbed covers. Catalogue for the exhibition of drawings by Robert Dickerson, Philip Bacon Galleries; no date given, but appears to be c1975; 27 full-‐page b&w plates, also includes biographical note, list of awards, bibliography. Very Good and clean throughout, covers lightly rubbed, minor crease lower rh corner front cover.
$38.00
33. Robert Dickerson The Complete Graphics Powell, Louisa Sydney, Queen Street Fine Art, 2002 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 132pp. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. Comprehensive overview of the graphic work of Robert Dickerson; 16 b&w and colour plates, and with b&w illustrations throughout; includes a catalogue with small image of each print, and providing information of medium, dimensions, edition, paper, publisher, printer, collection; VG tight and clean in like dustwrapper.
$100.00
IAN FAIRWEATHER
34. Fairweather a retrospective exhibition Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, 1965 1st Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, colour and b&w illustrations, unpaginated. Very Good (minor wear to front cover). Scarce catalogue for the Fairweather retrospective at the Queensland Art Gallery (and touring) in 1965-‐1966; foreword by Laurie Thomas, introduction by Robert Smith; 8 colour and b&w plates, 2 b&w photos of Fairweather; catalogue lists 88 works in all, including 24 from the collection of Mrs. Lina Bryans; includes Fairweather Chronology and selected references; cover illustration of the painting ‘Epiphany’; former owner's name to title page, o.w. Very Good throughout; covers very lightly rubbed, and with one or two small worn patches to front.
$85.00
35. Fairweather Queensland Art Gallery 1994 Bail, Murray (et al) Brisbane, Art and Australia Books/Queensland Art Gallery 1994 1st paperback. Paperback, Sm 4to, profusely illustrated, 144pp.Very Good tight clean copy. Catalogue for the Fairweather exhibition at Qld Art Gallery Oct -‐ Nov 1994 (and touring), with texts by Murray Bail, Pierre Ryckmans, Mary Eagle, Drusilla Modjeska, Martin Armiger, and Joanna Capon; 64 full-‐page colour plates, and some b&w illustrations; includes transcripts of two (very) short interviews between Fairweather and Hazel de Berg, select bibliography, and list of plates; illustrated card wraps with French flaps; VG+ clean tight copy.
$50.00
36. Ian Fairweather May 18 -‐ June 14 1984 Philip Bacon Galleries Bail, Murray; Daws, Lawrence Brisbane, Philip Bacon Galleries, 1984 Numbered Limited Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, colour plates/b&w illustrations, 36pp.Very Good clean copy. Catalogue for the Ian Fairweather exhibition, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane May 18 -‐ June 14 1984, held to mark the tenth anniversary of the artist's death; being NO. 838 of an edition of 1000 copies; foreword by Lawrence Daws, catalogue by Murray Bail; catalogue lists details of 80 works (medium/date/collection, etc), and including select bibliograpy; b&w frontispiece photo of Fairweather, numerous b&w illustrations, and 11 hand-‐tipped colour plates; this copy Very Good tight and clean throughout; covers very lightly rubbed; overall a very nice copy of this scarce Fairweather catalogue.
$68.00
FLUXUS
37. Fluxus and after Queensland Art Gallery 1993 Kirker, Anne; Grant, Kirsty; Henson, Barbara (ed) Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, 1993 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, self-‐wraps, profusely illustrated, 47pp. Very Good tight clean copy. Scarce, attractive catalogue for the exhibition of Fluxus works, Qld Art Gallery Dec 1993 -‐ Feb 1994; Alison Knowles, Robert MacPherson, Dick Higgins, Something Else Press, Henri Chopin, and more; illustrated throughout; paperback bound in black stiff card wrap-‐around with lime-‐green embossed tribal head with tongue sticking out, the tongue acting as a binding lock; Very Good clean tight copy.
$70.00
E PHILLIPS FOX 38. E. Phillips Fox His Life and Art Zubans, Ruth Melbourne, Miegunyah Press, 1995 Limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 243pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Full-‐scale study of the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox, limited to 1000 copies, published by Miegunyah Press (being number five in the second Miegunyah Press series); contains over 70 colour plates, and 250 monochrome illustrations, including selections from his previously unpublished sketchbooks; chronology, selected letters, exhibitions, bibliography, and 24 page catalogue; light toning to edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; very light edgewear to dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good.
$175.00
DALE FRANK
39. So Far the Art of Dale Frank 2005-‐1980 Signed by Dale Frank Melbourne, Schwartz Publishing, 2007 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, profusely illustrated, 425pp. Fine. Signed 1st Edition of this sumptuous monograph on the work of Dale Frank, covering a 25 year period, from 1980-‐2005; signed/dated (2008) in black texta by Dale Frank to half-‐title page; white boards with black titling to spine, yellow text block and endpapers; front board shows a multi-‐layered die-‐cut Frank motif with vivid yellow centre; over 200 colour illustrations throughout; housed in white slipcase with black titling and yellow lining; includes the original book launch invitation from the Queensland Art Gallery; signed copies of this publication are very scarce; a fine copy in fine slipcase (one or two minor marks to slipcase).
$425.00
GRAHAM FRANSELLA
40. Graham Fransella Figures and Landscapes paintings and prints 1984-‐2002 Zimmer, Jenny (ed) Melbourne, Macmillan, 2002 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 128pp. Very Good tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the art of Graham Fransella, signed by the artist to half-‐title page; introduction by Edmund Capon, texts by Peter Timms and Susan McCulloch Uehlin; colour plates and b&w illustrations throughout; very minor toning to edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper.
$95.00
DONALD FRIEND
41. An Alphabet of Owls et cetera with a text suitable for all children, grown-‐ups, non-‐readers, ornamental hermits, et alia Donald Friend Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1981 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, folio, b&w illustrations, unpaginated (32pp). Very Good. Signed limited edition of this illustrated alphabet with illustrations and text by Donald Friend, being No. 12 of 150 copies signed and numbered to colophon by the artist; black buckram with maroon leather title label with gilt illustration to front board, gilt titling to spine; printed on hand-‐made paper by Jim Walker at The Croft Press on a Furnival stop cylinder machine; occasional light foxing, o.w. Very Good.
$850.00
42. Birds from the Magic Mountain with text and illustrations by Donald Friend Donald Friend Bali P.T. BAP 1977 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, colour and b&w illustrations, 48pp. Very Good. Colour and b&w drawings throughout, and prose in facsimile of the artist's hand, being Donald Friend's celebration of the birds of Bali; Signed limited edition, No. 337 of 400 copies, signed to prelims by Donald Friend; published in Bali in 1977; illustrated cloth boards lightly rubbed, Very Good and clean throughout.
$600.00
43. Art in a Classless Society & vice versa a study of cultural eccentricities operating within the confines of Antipodean normalcy. Copiously illustrated with the masterpieces of avant gard, centre gard and derrier gard artists, along with a text that is not only astonishingly profound, but also surprisingly readable, from the hand of the celebrated author Donald Friend Donald Friend Deluxe Edition, Signed and numbered No. 33/50 and including a loose bound hand-‐coloured Donald Friend print Sydney, Richard Griffin, 1985 Signed limited edition. Leather, 4to, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, unpaginated. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Scarce deluxe edition of Donald Friend's 'Art in a Classless Society', being No. 33 of 50 signed copies and also including a loose-‐bound signed numbered print, each one individually hand-‐coloured by Friend so that no two are alike; bound in full maroon leather with gilt titling and Donald Friend motif to front board and gilt titling to spine; illustrated dustwrapper; light foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper (price clipped).
$900.00
44. Donald Friend in Bali Donald Friend London and Sydney, Collins, 1972 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, large 8vo, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 107pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Donald Friend's impressions of Bali in words and images, signed and dated (23/11/72) by Friend to half-‐title page; colour plates and b&w illustrations throughout; Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper clipped, o.w. Very Good.
$125.00
45. Remarks on Board His Majesty's ship Tamar in a voyage from England to Port Praia Cape of Good Hope New South Wales and from thence along the coast of Australia to Port Essington in the Cobourg Peninsula and thence to Bathurst and Melville Islands Apsley's Straits between 27th February and the 13th of November 1824 and continued in the ship Countess of Harcourt to the Isle of France to 7th February 1825 illustrated by Donald Friend No. 125 of 160 copies Ennis, Henry; Friend, Donald Melbourne, Richard Griffin, 1983 Limited edition. Leather/cloth, large 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 34pp. Fine. Designed and edited by Richard Griffin and with frontispiece and title page illustrations by Donald Friend, No. 125 of 160 copies of this edition of The Voyage of The Tamar; half leather with cloth sides with gilt titling to spine and Tamar motif to front board; printed on handmade paper by Gardner Printing Co., and handbound by Peter Marsh at The Dove Bindery; Fine copy in like dustwrapper.
$275.00
46. Sundry Notes & Papers; being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition collected and collated under the title BUMBOOZIANA wherein is set down the illfated Expedition's numerous adventures and the results of their investigations into the private habits of elephants, camels, zebras, leopards, etc and the equally strange customs of men, accurately and profusely illustrated, described and anatomised by an artist of world renown And including the Bumbooziana Portfolio in matching slipcase Donald Friend Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1979 Signed limited edition (this copy out of series). Half leather with cloth sides, elephant folio, slipcase, colour and b&w illustrations, 125pp. Very Good. First edition of Donald Friend's Bumbooziana, being a facsimile of the original manuscript; the edition was limited to 150 copies (plus twenty hors commerce) signed by Donald Friend to colophon -‐ this copy stated 'out of series'; Elephant Folio (570 x 420mm), half green leather with cloth sides, with gilt illustrations and titling, in matching cloth slipcase with green leather title label/gilt titling to spine; lavishly illustrated in full colour and including gold decorations with tissue guards; a superb publication, and one of the key works in the Donald Friend oeuvre; comes with the Bumbooziana Portfolio, containing 27 proofs from Bumbooziana in green paper folder all in matching slipcase with green leather title label/gilt titling to spine.
$6,000.00
47. Donald Friend "Day Book" Preliminary Notes and Sketches for Projected Illustrated Books by Donald Friend including 1. The Farce of Sodom 2. The Life and Curious Adventures of Blue-‐Eyed Patty (Croft Press 1979) 3. Sketches for 'Codex Bumbooziaticus." 4. Studies for Illustrations of "Coogan's Gully" (Gryphon Books 1979) 5. "The Story of Jonah" sketches for illustrations etc. 1978-‐79-‐80 Donald Friend
Original Donald Friend Sketchbook, profusely illustrated, 1981 Hardbound, 4to, clamshell box, 191pp. Unique item, being an original Donald Friend illustrated 'Day Book'; includes numerous plans and preliminary sketches for major works including Bumbooziana and The Farce of Sodom, The Life and Curious Adventures of Blue-‐Eyed Patty, Coogan's Gully, and The Story of Jonah; mostly holograph text with some sixty-‐one pencil, pen, ink or goauche original illustrations, including some full-‐page and double-‐page; full-‐page frontispiece self-‐portrait; some material or illustrations laid-‐in, including exhibition invitations and title page designs; bound in half maroon cloth with cream cloth sides, with title labels pasted onto front board and spine, all in black clamshell box with self-‐portrait to front. This item has been previously used for promotional purposes at the launch in Perth by Janet Holmes a Court of 'Songs of the Vagabond Scholars’ (Beagle Press) in 1982; exhibited at The Donald Friend Retrospective, Sydney -‐ Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1990; exhibited at Australian Galleries, Melbourne, to promote Donald Friend's works. Contains much material relating to some of Friend's best known books and works, and as such represents an indispensable resource for Donald Friend studies. Included with the Day Book are two ring-‐bound folders and one manila folder containing a variety of Donald Friend ephemera, including both photocopied and original drawings (a series of small drawings done in Bali), printed material relating to Bumbooziana and The Farce of Sodom (including a Bumbooziana prospectus), two copies of The Bumbooziana Portfolio (a string-‐bound 4to paperback containing notes and anecdotes by Richard Griffin on the publication of Bumbooziana -‐ one being No. 34, the other a reference proof -‐ both signed by Richard Griffin and Donald Friend), newspaper clippings, various authentications of material related to the Donald Friend Collection of Asian Art, 1993 Crohill Gallery price list of works by Friend, a three page handwritten review by Friend of the recent acquisition of a Chinese wooden figure of the Soong dynasty by the Melbourne Art Gallery (c1940's) and a typed version of the same review. Ring binders and manila folder all signed by Friend.
P.O.A.
48. The Farce of Sodom by The Right Honourable Earl of Rochester written for the Royall Company of Whoremasters and printed a-‐new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author in the thirty-‐third year of his life with sets and costumes suitable for theatrical performances designed by Donald Friend No. 39 of 250 signed numbered copies Friend, Donald; John Wilmot Earl of Rochester Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980 Signed limited edition. Half leather with cloth sides, folio, slipcase, hand-‐tipped colour plates, 67pp. Fine in Very Good slipcase. Donald Friend's illustrated edition of the Restoration closet drama The Farce of Sodom, attributed to John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester, being No. 39 of 250 signed and numbered copies (of which 240 were for sale); three-‐quarter black calf with purple velvet sides, two raised bands and gilt titling to spine, in black cloth slipcase; hand-‐tipped colour plates and b&w text drawings throughout, illustrated endpapers; Fine tight clean copy; slipcase with one or two very minor marks, o.w. Very Good.
$1,500.00
49. The Farce of Sodom by The Right Honourable Earl of Rochester written for the Royall Company of Whoremasters and printed a-‐new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author in the thirty-‐third year of his life with sets and costumes suitable for theatrical performances designed by Donald Friend Being copy Number ONE of only ten artist's copies, signed by Donald Friend. Friend, Donald; John Wilmot Earl of Rochester Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980 Signed limited edition. Full leather, folio, hand-‐tipped colour plates, 67pp. Fine. Very scarce, being Copy Number ONE of only ten artist's copies of Donald Friend's illustrated edition of The Farce of Sodom, reserved from the limited edition of 250 signed/numbered copies, of which 240 were for sale; 19 full-‐page hand-‐tipped colour plates, and b&w text drawings throughout, endpapers illustrated in full colour; a unique custom binding in full green morocco with decorative gilt borders to front and rear, five raised bands to spine with six compartments with gilt borders and devices, gilt titling, a.e.g., a distinctive front board shows an oval cut-‐out with perspex window through which is seen the bust of The Learned Flux, Physician to the King, from colour plate 17; Richard Griffin of Gryphon Books was known to produce one-‐off elaborate custom bindings, and it is likely (although there is no provenance) that this is such an example; a Fine tight clean copy; The Farce of Sodom is a Restoration closet drama, attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester -‐ an outrageous comic/erotic drama, it serves as prime material for a treatment by Donald Friend.
$7,500.00
50. Songs of the Vagabond Scholars lyrics by anonymous wanderers who sheltered in courts and monasteries at the time of the Black Death with literal translations by Randolph Stow and an introduction by John A. Scott containing 14 original lithographs by Donald Friend Friend, Donald; Stow, Randolph Sydney, The Beagle Press, 1982 Signed limited edition. Leather bound, tall folio, b&w lithographs, 60pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. Beautiful book produced by Beagle Press, being No. 36 of 100 copies, signed to colophon by Donald Friend; bi-‐lingual text in Latin and English translation, of anonymous (apart from the Confessio by the poet known as the Archpoet) lyrics composed by wandering scholars during the time of the Black Death, here translated by Randolph Stow, and with an introduction by John A. Scott; 465 x 340mm, bound in mottled light-‐green leather by J.A. Martyn-‐Reeve, with gilt titling to front and spine, set in Bodoni Book by Smith and Miles, and printed on 250gsm Arches Velin Blanc by Frank Daniels Pty Ltd; 14 full-‐page original lithographs by Donald Friend with (unbound) tissue-‐guards, lithographs hand-‐printed by Fred Genis; book devised and edited by Lou Klepac and designed by Neil Sellick; dark-‐green cloth slipcase; some very minor foxed spots to boards, Very Good clean and bright throughout in Very Good slipcase.
$6,000.00
51. The Surprising Adventures of Blue-‐Eyed Patty the valiant female soldier reprinted from the pamphlet originally published by J. Hately of Wolverhapton circa 1805 and further embellished with illustrations by Donald Friend hand-‐printed at the Croft Press Melbourne MCMLXXIX. Hately, J. Melbourne, The Croft Press, 1979 Signed limited edition. Paperback, 8vo, self-‐wraps, b&w illustrations, unpaginated. Very Good. No. 183 of 250 copies, signed to colophon by Donald friend; being an illustrated edition of the chapbook first published in 1805 describing the (fictional) adventures of the cross-‐dressing female soldier Patty Freelove, from England to Rio to Port Jackson, and eventually back to England; unpaginated (20pp), stiff card, with illustrated self-‐wraps, b&w Donald Friend illustrations throughout; hand-‐set and printed by Jim Walker at The Croft Press, bound by Richard Griffin; minor creases to some pages, o.w. Very Good throughout.
$190.00
52. Tides of Sensuality working drawings and studies for a major work to be titled Bumbooziana Friend, Donald Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1978 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 4to, no dustwrapper, b&w drawings, 2 hand-‐tipped colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good clean tight copy. No. 148 of 350 copies, signed by Donald Friend to colophon, being a series of working drawings, studies, and preliminary sketches for 'Bumbooziana', Friend's lavishly illustrated erotic parody of 19th-‐Century travelogues; foreword by Elizabeth Summons; 2 full-‐page hand-‐tipped colour plates, full-‐page b&w illustrations throughout; red cloth boards with Friend illustration in gilt to front board and gilt titling to spine, illustrated endpapers.
$275.00
SAM FULLBROOK
53. A Tribute to Sam Fullbrook Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, 1976 1st Edition. Paperback, landscape 8vo, unpaginated. Very Good. Catalogue for the Sam Fullbrook exhibition Queensland Art Gallery August 1976; stapled wraps, with no illustrations but for a Fullbrook painting (Old Man and Possum) in colour to front cover; foreword by Sir William Dargie, anonymous essay; includes bibliography, exhibitions, major art prizes, and list of 86 Fullbrook works giving dimensions and medium; Very Good throughout; covers rubbed, with one or two vertical creases.
$30.00
54. Sam Fullbrook Racing Colours St. John Moore, Felicity Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1995 Signed 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 74pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the major exhibition of works by Sam Fullbrook, National Gallery of Victoria 1995; foreword by Timothy Potts, text by Felicity St. John Moore; includes list of exhibitions and select reviews, and Fullbrook chronology; 63 colour plates of the painter's work, plus b&w photos to text; this copy signed with inscription "Lots of Luck from S.F."
$175.00
ROSALIE GASCOIGNE
55. From the Studio of Rosalie Gascoigne Eagle, Mary Canberra, The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, 2000 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 63pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the Rosalie Gascoigne exhibition, Drill Hall Gallery 5 September -‐ 8 October 2000, curated by Mary Eagle; texts by Eagle, and SCB Gascoigne, and including conversation with Peter Vandermark and Marie Hegarty, and extracts from Gascoigne's letters to Martin Gascoigne 1971-‐1980; colour and b&w illustrations throughout of Gascoigne's life and work.
$50.00
56. Rosalie Gascoigne Macdonald, Vici Sydney, Regaro, 1998 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 115pp. Very Good (pencil annotations to bibliography). Scarce illustrated overview of the work of Rosalie Gascoigne, with text by Vici Macdonald, and with an introduction by John McDonald; edited by Steve Bush; profusely illustrated with images of Gascoigne's life and work; one pencil annotation to bibliography, and one annotation partially erased, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout.
$100.00
57. Rosalie Gascoigne Colin McCahon Sense of Place Gascoigne, Rosalie Sydney and Melbourne, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, 1990 1st Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, b&w and colour illustrations, 63pp. Very Good tight clean copy. Scarce catalogue for the joint exhibition of works by Rosalie Gascoigne and Colin McCahon, Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney, Ian Potter Gallery Melbourne 1990; forewords by Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Palmer (then PM of New Zealand), Professor L. Michael Birt, and Gerry Rowe; exhibition curator Louise Pether; texts by Anne Kirker, Ian Wedde, Ewen McDonald, and with biographical notes on both artists; VG+ clean tight copy.
$40.00
58. Rosalie Gascoigne Plain Air O'Brien, Gregory (ed) Wellington City Gallery/Victoria University Press 2004 1st Edition. Paperback, large 8vo, profusely illustrated, 88pp. Very Good+ tight clean copy. Catalogue for the Rosalie Gascoigne exhibition, City Gallery Wellington February -‐ May 2004; edited by Gregory O'Brien, contributions by Paula Savage, Daniel Thomas, Barbara Anderson; colour plates and b&w illustrations throughout; includes Gascoigne Chronology compiled by Courtney Johnston.
$45.00
59. Rosalie Gascoigne National Gallery of Victoria 19 December 2008 -‐ 15 March 2009 Gellatly, Kelly; Clark, Deborah; Gascoigne, Martin Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 2008 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 136pp. Very Good+ tight clean copy. Catalogue for the Rosalie Gascoigne exhibition National Gallery of Victoria 19 December 2008 -‐ 15 March 2009; text by Kelly Gellatly, and with contributions by Deborah Clark and Martin Gascoigne; colour plates of Gascoigne's work throughout; also includes chronology and exhibition history; white card wraps with french flaps, with 'Rosalie Gascoigne' die-‐cut to front cover and with illustrated flap folding in behind the titling.
$45.00
S.T. GILL
60. The Australian Sketch-‐Book Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1974 Numbered limited edition. Hardbound, landscape 4to, slipcase, colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. No. 78 of a limited edition of 1000 copies; full-‐page colour lithograph plates of the work of ST Gill, reproduced from the first edition (Hamel & Ferguson 1864); 25 colour plates in all; half ochre cloth with black cloth sides, gilt titling to front board, green endpapers, black cloth slipcase; some plates show some foxing to lower portion of pages (one or two pages quite prominent, although not marking the illustration), o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed, and with some minor spotting; slipcase lightly rubbed.
$70.00
JAMES GLEESON
61. James Gleeson beyond the screen of sight Klepac, Lou Sydney, The Beagle Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 216pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Published on the occasion of the exhibition James Gleeson: Beyond the Screen of Sight, National Gallery of Victoria October 2004-‐February 2005 and National Gallery of Australia March-‐June 2005; introduction by Lou Klepac, and with contributions by Geoffrey Smith, Ken Wach, Renee Free and Bruce James, foreword by Gerard Vaughan; also includes some of Gleeson's own writings; 91 colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations; catalogue by Geoffrey Smith; includes exhibitions, and select bibliography; minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good tight and clean in like dustwrapper.
$175.00
62. James Gleeson Landscape out of Nature Klepac, Lou Sydney, The Beagle Press, 1987 Signed limited edition. Leather bound in slipcase, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 112pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase (dustwrapper foxed). Special Collector's Edition, Signed to title page by both James Gleeson and Lou Klepac; being No. 49 of 100 copies, bound in green calf with plain dustwrapper, gilt titling to front board and spine, and in matching slipcase; includes a loose bound lithograph 'Comet I' (signed and numbered by Gleeson) -‐ being No. 49 of an edition of 50 (Comet II included with book Nos. 51-‐100); an illustrated study of the late work of James Gleeson, edited and with an introduction by Lou Klepac; full-‐page colour plates and also incuding b&w illustrations of charcoal studies for the paintings; prelims and title page foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout in Very Good slipcase; dustwrapper foxed.
$1,500.00
63. James Gleeson Landscape out of Nature Klepac, Lou Sydney, The Beagle Press, 1987 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 112pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the late work of James Gleeson, edited and with an introduction by Lou Klepac; full-‐page colour plates and also incuding b&w illustrations of charcoal studies for the paintings; former owner's name to front endpaper, light foxing to endpapers and prelims, light toning to edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.
$195.00
64. Peregian Codex James Gleeson Klepac, Lou Sydney, The Beagle Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardbound, landscape, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 96pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Collection of works produced by James Gleeson during a summer holiday in Peregian Beach between December 1982 -‐ January 1983, a pivotal moment for Gleeson as an artist as he had just given up his day job to devote himself totally to painting; introduction by Lou Klepac; includes short note and poem by the artist, an interview with Gleeson, selected exhibitions, selected bibliography; colour and b&w plates throughout; dustwrapper very lightly sunned to spine, o.w. VG+ tight clean copy.
$100.00
65. James Gleeson Images from the Shadows Free, Renee Sydney, G+B Arts/Craftsman House, 1993 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 175pp. Very Good in G-‐VG dustwrapper. Comprehensive study of the work of James Gleeson, including short essay 'Reflections on Surrealism' by Gleeson, and an interview with Gleeson and Renee Free; 48 colour plates, numerous b&w text figures; includes chronology, select bibliography, individual and group exhibitions; at the time of publication this was the first detailed study of Gleeson's work; light foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper has some light rippling to rear panel, o.w. G-‐VG.
$85.00
ELIOTH GRUNER
66. Elioth Gruner Twenty-‐four Reproductions in Colour from Original Oil Paintings Lindsay, Norman (foreword) Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947 Numbered limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, hand-‐tipped colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good in lightly rubbed boards. No. 1524 of a limited edition of 2000 copies; 24 hand-‐tipped colour plate reproductions of works by Elioth Gruner (including frontispiece) -‐ each plate with details of date, dimensions, and collection; foreword by Norman Lindsay; occasional light foxing, light offset from some plates, short closed-‐tears to edges of three pages, boards lightly rubbed.
$75.00
FIONA HALL
67. Fiona Hall Ewington, Julie Sydney, Piper Press, 2005 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 192pp. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. The first major monograph on the work of Fiona Hall, exploring the artist's key works and ideas, lavishly illustrated with 230 colour images, illustrated endpapers; includes biography and bibliography.
$95.00 BILL HENSON
68. Lux et Nox Melbourne, Thames and Hudson Australia, 2008 2nd Edition. Hardbound, landscape 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 175pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. 2nd Edition of Bill Henson's classic collection of photographs; austere format, with only one page of text coming after the photographs, otherwise just Henson's images with no commentary.
$150.00
69. Mnemosyne Sydney/Zurich, Art Gallery of New South Wales/Scalo, 2005 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 501pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. 1st Edition of this collection of Bill Henson's photographs, published to accompany the exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Jan-‐April 2005 and National Gallery of Victoria April-‐July 2005, curated by Judy Annear; photos from 1974-‐2004; texts by Edmund Capon, Judy Annear, David Malouf, Michael Heyward, Isobel Crombie, and others, and including an interview with Henson by Sebastian Smee; includes list of lenders, select exhibition history, collections; minor foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.
$450.00
HERMANNSBURG POTTERS
70. Hermannsburg Potters Aranda Artists of Central Australia Isaacs, Jennifer Sydney, Craftsman House/G+B Arts International, 2000 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 140pp. Very Good + tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the ceramic art produced by Aranda potters at Hermannsburg, tracing the early history of Hermannsburg mission, the importance of communal women's work, the influence of Namatjira; thirteen potters provide accounts of their work, their family histories, themes and influences; 132 colour plates; Aranda interpretations by Clara Ngala Inkamala.
$150.00
JOY HESTER
71. Leave no Space for Yearning The Art of Joy Hester Melbourne, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2001 1st Edition. Paperback, sm 4to, profusely illustrated, 64pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the Joy Hester exhibition, Heide Museum of Modern Art 25 August -‐ 11 November 2001; catalogue limited to 2000 copies; foreword by Warwick Reeder, text and curator Kelly Gellatly; numerous colour plates of Hester's work throughout; includes an illustrated list of Hester's work held in the collection of Heide.
$40.00
FRANK HINDER
72. Lithographs with an original lithograph by Frank Hinder and an Introduction by John Henshaw comments on the lithographs and an illustrated catalogue and notes researched and edited by Lin Bloomfield No. 84 of 155 copies signed by Frank Hinder Henshaw, John; Bloomfield, Lin (ed) Sydney, Odana Editions, 1978 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, profusely illustrated, 156pp. Very Good in G-‐VG slipcase. Signed limited edition. No. 84 of 155 numbered copies, and including a hand-‐tipped frontispiece illustration, being an original signed, numbered lithograph 'Aerial'; 37 full-‐page b&w plates, 9 full-‐page colour plates, plus numerous working drawings, and an illustrated catalogue; researched and edited by Lin Bloomfield, introduction by John Henshaw; includes chronology; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine in matching slipcase; Very Good tight bright and clean throughout; boards lightly sunned to spine; slipcase a little rubbed and shelfworn.
$125.00
ROBERT HUNTER
73. Robert Hunter Paintings 1966-‐1988 Monash University Gallery 1989 Duncan, Jenepher and Gates, Merryn (eds) Melbourne, Monash University Gallery, 1989 1st Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, profusely illustrated, 60pp. Very Good. Scarce catalogue for the Robert Hunter exhibition, Monash University Gallery 1989, curated by Jenepher Duncan; includes short Hunter biography, text 'Robert Hunter and Minimal Art' by Alan Dodge, list of individual and group exhibitions, publications, selected newspaper articles; b&w illustrations of Hunter and his work throughout.
$30.00
ROBERT JACKS
74. Robert Jacks past unfolded McGregor, Ken Sydney, Fine Art Publishing Craftsman House, 2001 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 168pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Signed/dated (2003) to title page by Robert Jacks, the inscription also includes a motif which appears to say "Be Be" with the Be's back to back as though reflected in a mirror; the first major survey of the life and work of Robert Jacks, featuring over 100 colour plates, artist biography, select bibliography; foreword by David Thomas; included is a single 8vo card folio for the Robert Jacks show at Philip Bacon Galleries September -‐ October 2003, with price list.
$85.00
LOUIS KAHAN
75. Louis Kahan Klepac, Lou
Sydney, The Beagle Press, 1990 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 128pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the work of Louis Kahan; text by Lou Klepac, and also including exhibitions, bibliography, quotations from the artist; 109 colour plates, b&w text figures; edges of pages lightly toned, o.w. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper.
$135.00
ROBERT KLIPPEL
76. Robert Klippel Gleeson, James
Sydney and London, Bay Books, 1983 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 491pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper. Very scarce signed 1st edition (signed by both Gleeson and Klippel) of James Gleeson's in-‐depth study of the sculpture and drawing of Robert Klippel, covering a period from the late 1940's to the early 1980's; copiously illustrated in colour and b&w; flat signed by Robert Klippel and James Gleeson to half-‐title page; Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.
$500.00
77. Six Robert Klippel catalogues and one gatefold card invitation Robert Klippel
Klippel catalogues from the 1990's -‐ 2000's, from Watters Gallery, Heide, Niagara, and National Gallery of Australia All with colour and/or b&w illustrations, and including one gatefold card invitation (Philip Bacon Galleries 2004 including price list), all illustrated. All catalogues Very Good.
$50.00
78. Robert Klippel Art Gallery of New South Wales 9 August to 13 October 2002 Edwards, Deborah
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 267pp. Very Good+ clean and tight in like dustwrapper. Comprehensive, profusely illustrated overview of the life and work of Robert Klippel, published to accompany the exhibition Robert Klippel Art Gallery of New South Wales 9 August to 13 October 2002; foreword by Edmund Capon; features over 380 illustrations in colour and b&w, photography by Jenni Carter; includes exhibitions -‐ solo and selected group, bibliography; also includes CD-‐ROM containing a Klippel Catalogue Raissone of sculpture, with images and details of over 1200 sculptures.
$150.00
79. Klippel/Klippel Opus 2008 Lindsay, Frances; Edwards, Deborah; Wagstaff, Todd Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter Centre, 2008 1st paperback. Stiff card, tall 8vo, profusely illustrated, 113pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Robert Klippel, Ian Potter Centre NGV 7 August -‐ 2 November 2008; reflective silver stiff card wraps with subtly embossed titling and with grey band embossed with Klippel motifs; colour plates throughout; texts by Frances Lindsay, Deborah Edwards, Todd Wagstaff; includes select bibliography; silver wraps a little rubbed and with some minor scratches and creases, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout. $50.00
BRUNO LETI
80. Bruno Leti Six Memos on the Art of Bruno Leti Grishin, Sasha
Sydney, The Beagle Press, 2002 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 184pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Study of the work of Bruno Leti, being the first major monograph on this artist's work; the sub-‐title is adapted from Italo Calvino, and represents the six themes with which the author approached Leti's work: Lightness, Quickness, Exactitude, Visibility, Multiplicity, and Consistency; foreword by Chris Wallace-‐Crabbe; colour plate illustrations throughout; includes selected exhibitions, collections, catalogues, select bibliography, and list of Leti's artists books giving dates, dimensions, media, edition, etc.
$145.00
NORMAN LINDSAY
81. Billy Bluegum or Back to the Bush Dyson, Edward; Lindsay, Norman
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947 1st Edition. Hardbound, large 8vo, dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 66pp. Very Good bright and clean in G-‐Vg dustwrapper. 1st edition in book form of this Australian classic, illustrated by Norman Lindsay, including 69 line drawings, illustrated boards front and rear, and illustrated dustwrapper; former owner's name to front pastedown, and some offset to endpapers, o.w. VG tight bright and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to front, spine and rear, minor edgewear at head and foot of spine, and with one short closed tear to spine, o.w. G-‐VG.
$175.00
82. Watercolours nineteen reproductions in colour from original watercolours with an appreciation of the medium by Norman Lindsay and a survey of the artist's life and work by Godfrey Blunden Norman Lindsay
Sydney, Ure Smith, 1969 Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, colour plates, 35pp, 19 colour plates. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. 19 hand-‐tipped colour plates of Norman Lindsay watercolours, with text by Godfrey Blunden, and short text by Lindsay on the medium of watercolour; foxing to endpapers and prelims, offset from plate 2, o.w. Very Good throughout; foxing to reverse side of dustwrapper, price clipped, o.w. Very Good.
$100.00 COLIN MCCAHON
83. Colin McCahon a Question of Faith Bloem, Marja; Browne, Martin Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Craig Potton Publishing, 2002 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 271pp. Very Good. Published to accompany the Colin McCahon exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 2002, and travelling to New Zealand and Australia 2002-‐2004; the exhbition was the largest McCahon retrospective held to date, and was mounted due to the conviction that McCahon was an artist of international importance, but at the time was still not widely known outside the Antipodes; includes chronology, bibliography, solo exhibitions and selected group exhibitions. $75.00
84. I Will Need Words Colin McCahon's word and number paintings Curnow, Wystan (text and curator) Wellington, National Art Gallery New Zealand, 1984 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Catalogue for the Colin McCahon exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of New Zealand for the 1984 Sydney Biennale; essay by curator Wystan Curnow; preface by Leon Paroissien; b&w and colour plates of McCahon's work; former owner's name to half-‐title page, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout. $45.00
ROBERT MACPHERSON
85. Mayfair: (Swamp Rats) Ninety-‐seven signs for C.P., J.P., B.W., G.W. & R.W. Robert MacPherson Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, no date. Signed limited edition. Brown card box, 17.5 x 12.5 x 6cm. Fine (one minor worn patch to box). Robert MacPherson artist's multiple, being No. 134 of an edition of 150, signed and numbered by the artist; a series of 98 cards replicating MacPherson's Mayfair Swamp Rats work in the Qld Art Gallery, each card representing one of the 97 panels in the work, plus one card showing the work in total; the panels show various stylized versions of vernacular signage; this set is in Fine condition, with one small worn patch to front of box. $100.00
KENNETH MACQUEEN
86. Making It Modern the watercolours of Kenneth Macqueen Littley, Samantha Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, 2007 1st Edition. Stiff card 4to, french flaps, profusely illustrated, 160pp. Very Good clean copy. Rare catalogue for the exhibition of works by Kenneth Macqueen, Qld Art Gallery Nov 2007-‐May 2008; essays by Samantha Littley, Tim Bonyhady, Peter Spearritt, Anne McDonald, Stephen Rainbird, Francis Parker, Gleen Cooke, Susy Macqueen, and including a note on technique by Kenneth Macqueen; over 140 illustrations throughout, incuding numerous full-‐page colour plates, and including catalogue of works, exhibitions list, select bibliography; worn patch to half-‐title page, very minor closed tear (strip archival tape-‐repair) to foot of spine, o.w. Very Good+ clean and tight throughout.
$220.00
87. Adventure in Watercolour an artist's story Duhig, J.V.; Lahey, Vida Written and illustrated by Kenneth Macqueen with a letter from Professor J.V. Duhig Biographical Summary by Vida Lahey also an explanation of technique by the artist himself being No. 922 of 1100 signed numbered copies. Sydney, The Legend Press The Australian Artist Editions, no date (1948) Numbered limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper. hand-‐tipped colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper. No. 922 of 1100 signed numbered copies; 17 hand-‐tipped colour plates of watercolours by Kenneth Macqueen, accompanied by the artist's prose describing his thoughts on life and painting; also includes a hand-‐tipped b&w photographic portrait of the artist; short text by Professor J.V. Duhig, biographical summary by Vida Lahey, and an explanation of technique by Macqueen; title page vignette of a farmer ploughing the fields is repeated to front board, and is based on a bookplate designed by Adrian Feint; the type used is Pastonchi and Egmont, printed on Georgian paper supplied by BJ Ball; pages untrimmed; occasional light offset from plates, mild shelfwear to boards, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, and with some scuff marks, short closed tears, minor loss to head of spine; included is a Philip Bacon
Galleries Kenneth Macqueen catalogue from 1983 (paperback 8vo 8pp -‐ b&w illustrations). $185.00
ROY DE MAISTRE
88. Roy De Maistre the Australian Years 1894-‐1930 Johnson, Heather
Sydney, Craftsman House, 1988 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, profusely illustrated, 138pp. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good slipcase. Numbered limited edition, being No. 58 of 75 copies, signed by Heather Johnson to edition plate to half-‐title page; study of the work of Roy De Maistre between the years 1894-‐1930, before the artist moved permanently to England; 31 b&w text illustrations, 52 colour plates; includes chronology, list of exhibitions, and bibliography; maroon cloth boards with silver titling to spine; gray cloth slipcase with silver titling and De Maistre illustration laid in to front. $300.00
89. Roy De Maistre the English Years 1930-‐1968 Johnson, Heather
Sydney, Craftsman House, 1995 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 264pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. 1st trade edition of this illustrated study of Roy De Maistre between the years 1930-‐1968, when the artist moved to England where he felt his modernist style would be more appreciated; chapters on Francis Bacon, Mitrinovic and Bloch, Colour/Music, Religious Artist, Stations of the Cross, and more; numerous b&w text illustrations and colour plates; includes chronology, list of exhibitions, and bibliography; this copy has some small stains to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper. $130.00
DAPHNE MAYO
90. Daphne Mayo Sculptor University Art Museum University of Queensland 24 April -‐ 24 May 1981. McKay, Judith Brisbane, University of Queensland Art Museum, 1981. 1st Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, b&w illustrations, 39pp. Very Good in lightly rubbed covers. Scarce catalogue for the Daphne Mayo exhibition, 24 April -‐ 24 May 1981 University Art Museum University of Queensland; foreword by Nancy Underhill, Daphne Mayo tribute by Lloyd Rees, essay by curator Judith McKay, biographical notes, exhibitions list, public collections, public commissions, bibliography; 11 b&w illustrations of Mayo's sculptures. $55.00
GODFREY MILLER
91. 40 Drawings by Godfrey Miller Henshaw, John Sydney, Edwards & Shaw, 1962 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, unpaginated. Very Good. 40 full-‐page b&w plates of drawings by Godfrey Miller, with a foreword by John Henshaw; the drawings are presented in three sections, early drawings, middle period, and late drawings (in which the main body of the drawings are found); occasional light foxing, boards lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
$275.00
92. Godfrey Miller 1893 – 1964 Edwards, Deborah Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 128pp. Very Good. Catalogue for the major Godfrey Miller retrospective exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW 15 March -‐ 5 May 1996; foreword by Edmund Capon; texts by Deborah Edwards (Godfrey Miller The Works), John Henshaw (Godfrey Miller A Life), and Ann Wookey (Godfrey Miller and Mathematics); colour and b&w illustrations throughout; includes chronology, select bibliography.
$70.00
93. Godfrey Miller Henshaw, John (ed) Sydney, Darlinghurst Galleries, 1965 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good in G-‐VG dustwrapper. Selection of works by Godfrey Miller, published shortly after Miller's death in 1964; contains 16 colour plates and 110 illustrations in monochrome; foreword by Peter Bellew; includes an abridged chronology and an article and writings by the artist; gift-‐inscription to front endpaper, very occasional light foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed and with some wear along spine, o.w. G-‐VG.
$35.00
JOHN MOLVIG
94. Jon Molvig Expressionist Newcastle Region Art Gallery Touring Exhibition Rumley, Katrina (curator) Newcastle, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 2002 1st Edition. Paperback, tall 12mo, profusely illustrated, 30pp. Very Good. Scarce catalogue for the exhibition of Jon Molvig's figurative expressionist works (1953-‐66), Newcastle Region Art Gallery August -‐ September 2002 and touring Brisbane, Canberra, and Melbourne; text by curator Katrina Rumley; foreword by Nick Mitzevich; colour and b&w illustrations throughout of Molvig's paintings and drawings; the dimensions are rather extreme -‐ 42cm tall x 15cm wide.
$35.00 DANIEL MOYNIHAN
95. Men of Ireland Etchings and colour lithographs by Daniel Moynihan with An Immodest Description by Peter Mathers Calligraphy by Olive Bull Copy No. 3 of 35 signed numbered copies Moynihan, Daniel; Mathers, Peter; Bull, Olive Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 2001 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, elephant folio, unpaginated, full-‐page colour and b&w etchings (36pp). Very Good. Superb Lyre Bird Press production, being No. 3 of 35 numbered and signed copies (plus 5 hors commerce), signed by Daniel Moynihan to colophon; 13 full-‐page etchings (including frontispiece) with 6 including lithographic colour by Lancaster Press Melbourne, illustrated endpapers; the book was designed by Daniel Moynihan, who also printed the etchings in his Melbourne studio on 270gsm BFK Rives paper, and produced by Ron McBurnie and Tate Adams in the workshop of the Lyre Bird Press; handbound by master binder Friedhelm Pohlmann; text by Peter Mathers, calligraphy by Olive Bull; 555 x 410mm, clay cloth boards with black titling (D M in large letters) to front board; untrimmed pages; Daniel Moynihan describes the book as tracing 'the journey of a visual image from its beginning as oral history from my Great Grandmother (Therese) to her Grandson (Charles) my father. The etchings explore the metamorphosis of being Celtic"; tiny knock to rh edge of front board (with very minor wear to cloth), minor foxing to prelims, o.w. Very Good bright and clean throughout.
$6,500.00
ANNE NOBLE
96. Anne Noble States of Grace Paton, Justin (ed); Kennedy, Anne; Wevers, Lydia Dunedin/Wellington, Dunedin Public Art Gallery/Victoria University Press, 2001 1st Edition. Hardbound, landscape 4to, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 128pp. Very Good. Published to accompany the exhibition of Anne Noble's photographs at Dunedin Public Art Gallery; edited by Justin Paton, and with contributions by Anne Kennedy and Lydia Wevers; colour and b&w photos throughout.
$90.00
SIDNEY NOLAN
97. Art and Australia Nolan Issue Volume 5 Number 2 September 1967 Horton, Mervyn (ed) Sydney, Ure Smith, 1967. 1st Edition. Paperback, large 8vo, profusely illustrated, 77pp. Good-‐Very Good. Art and Australia Volume 5 Number 2, being the special Nolan Issue devoted to the work of Sidney Nolan, with contributions by John Russell, Maie Casey, Cynthia Nolan, John Sinclair, Max Harris, John Reed, Barrie Reed, James Gleeson, Geoffrey Dutton, Hal Missingham, George Johnston, and RW Upton; b&w and colour reproductions of Nolan's work throughout; light-‐medium toning the edges of pages, minor knock top rh corner of text block, wraps very lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good throughout.
$30.00
98. Children's Crusade Kinderkreuzzug Op. 82 a ballad for children's voices and orchestra music by Benjamin Britten, words by Bertolt Brecht, illustrations by Sidney Nolan, a limited facsimile edition of the composer's manuscript Britten, Benjamin; Brecht, Bertolt; Nolan, Sidney London, Faber and Faber, 1973 Limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, colour plates, unpaginated. Very Good. Facsimile of Britten's Children's Crusade, illustrated with full-‐page colour plates by Sidney Nolan; the manuscript reproduced represents the stage where the music was complete in substance and outline and written out in the form of a condensed score, the work being written for the members of Wandsworth School Boys' Choir to perform on the 50th Anniversary of The Save the Children Fund; 12 Nolan paintings; edition limited to 1000 copies -‐ this copy unsigned (300 were signed) ; half cream buckram with brown paper sides, gilt titling; includes original plastic dustwrapper (somewhat rubbed); endpapers foxed, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout.
$90.00
99. The Darkening Ecliptic poems by Ern Malley Paintings by Sidney Nolan preface by Robert Melville introduction by Elwyn Lynn Malley, Ern London, R. Alistair McAlpine, 1974 Limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, 56pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Nice edition of The Darkening Ecliptic, limited to 1000 copies, with colour illustrations by Sidney Nolan, being both full-‐page and text illustrations, and with front and rear pastedowns showing Nolan's portrait of Ern Malley; illustrated boards and dustwrapper; preface by Robert Melville, and with an introduction by Elwyn Lynn; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
$145.00
JUSTIN O’BRIEN
100. Justin O'Brien Image and Icon Signed Limited Edition No. 68 of 75 copies France, Christine Sydney, Craftsman House, 1987 Numbered limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, colour plates/b&w illustrations, 129pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase (spine lightly sunned). Deluxe edition of Christine France's illustrated study of the life and work of Justin O'Brien, being No. 68 of 75 copies, signed by Justin O'Brien and Christine France on edition label to half-‐title page; 32 full-‐page colour plates, 21 b&w figures; includes bibliography, selected exhibitions, chronology; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, in cloth slipcase with red titling and inlaid colour plate; spine lightly sunned, o.w. Very Good clean and tight in Very Good slipcase.
$500.00
101. The Art of Justin O'Brien Bradley, Anthony
Sydney, The Craftsman's Press, 1982 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, full-‐page colour plates, b&w frontispiece, b&w illustrations, 108pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. Illustrated study of the work of Justin O'Brien, being No. 223 of 250 numbered signed copies, signed by Justin O'Brien and Anthony Bradley; b&w frontispiece from a photo of the artist beside Edward M. Smith's 'St. Francis in a Landscape', 30 full page colour plates, 30 b&w figures, red decorative endpapers; text by Anthony Bradley; handsome black cloth boards with gilt titling to front board and spine; presented in red cloth slipcase with title blind-‐embossed to one side; very scarce.
$700.00
MARGARET OLLEY
102. Margaret Olley France, Christine Sydney , Craftsman House, 1990 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 180pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Flat-‐signed by Margaret Olley to title page; illustrated study of the work of Margaret Olley, from the late 1940's-‐1980's; 36 full page colour plates, 34 full page b&w illustrations, numerous b&w text illustrations; includes chronology, exhibitions, bibliography; light foxing, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
$300.00
103. Margaret Olley France, Christine Sydney, Fine Art Publishing/Craftsman House, 2002 Updated/revised edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 157pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Updated and revised edition of Christine France's comprehensive survey of the life and art of Margaret Olley, covering her student years, her first solo exhibition in 1948, and the general development of her painting over the decades; 78 colour plates; includes lists of prizes and awards, selected solo and group exhibitions, collections, bibliography, and Clive James's poem To Margaret Olley; small worn patch to front endpaper, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in like dustwrapper.
$200.00
JOHN OLSEN
104. John Olsen Journeys into the 'You Beaut Country Zimmer, Jenny; McGregor, Ken Melbourne, Macmillan, 2007 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 320pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Overview of the life and work of John Olsen, the works being presented in a combination of chronological and thematic order; text by Jenny Zimmer and Ken McGregor, and also including Olsen's own writings throughout.
$120.00
105. John Olsen My Complete Graphics 1957-‐1979 Klepac, Lou Melbourne, Australian Galleries/Gryphon Books, 1980 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 248pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Signed limited edition, being No. 566 of 1000 copies, of Olsen's graphics between the years 1957-‐1979; mostly b&w plates throughout, with Olsen's commentary on the images on facing page; 8 full-‐page colour plates, illustrated colour endpapers; maroon cloth boards with gilt Olsen image to front board and gilt titling to spine, includes index of prints; introduction by Lou Klepac; Signed and dated by Olsen to edition page; minor foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.
$250.00
106. John Olsen Hart, Deborah Sydney, Craftsman House, 1991 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, 228pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Comprehensive study of the work of John Olsen, published to coincide with the Olsen Retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria; at the time of publication this was the first such major study of Olsen; 134 plates, 62 text figures; includes bibliography and select exhibitions; minor shelfwear to boards, and one minor mark to front board, light foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
$160.00
107. Salute to Five Bells John Olsen's Opera House Journal Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1973 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Facsimile of the illustrated journal that John Olsen kept whilst working on a mural for the newly-‐built Sydney Opera House; Olsen chose a wall seventy feet wide and ten feet high in the foyer of the main concert hall, and for his theme he chose Kenneth Slessor's poem Five Bells; includes a colour gatefold illustration showing the complete mural; foreword by Laurie Thomas, photograpy by Robert Walker, a note and a poem on Kenneth Slessor by Douglas Stewart, and including the text of Five Bells; minor marks to endpapers, minor spotting to boards, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
$85.00
BILL PEASCOD
108. Bill Peascod 1950-‐1980 Wollongong City Gallery Wollongong, Wollongong City Gallery 1980 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good. Catalogue for the retrospective exhibition of paintings by Bill Peascod, covering the years 1950-‐1980, Wollongong City Gallery 1980; introduction by Anthony Bond; b&w and colour illustrations throughout; includes list of exhibitions, awards and prizes, bibliography; Peascod was born in 1920 near the Lake District in England, and came to Australia in 1952; throughout his life mountaineering and painting were twin passions -‐ he died in 1985; scarce; edges of pages lightly toned, covers lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
$30.00
JOHN PERCEVAL
109. Fifty Years of Perceval Drawings McGregor, Ken (compiled by) Sydney and London, Bay Books, 1989 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 256pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Collection of over 230 of Perceval's best drawings, intended to represent the span of his entire career to date of publication; drawings compiled by Ken McGregor, introdution by Andrew Sayers; b&w and colour plates throughout; light foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.
$75.00
110. John Perceval signed limited edition Allen, Traudi Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 185pp. Very Good tight clean copy. No. 73 of 100 copies Signed and dated ('92) by John Perceval; being an illustrated overview of John Perceval's life and career up to the early 1990's, with chapters on childhood, Social Realism and the Night Paintings, Portraits, Religious and Irreverent, Landscapes, Ceramics; includes Catalogue Raisonne 1936-‐1981, principal exhibitions, bibliography; blue cloth boards with gilt titling and colour plate tipped in to front board, gilt titling to spine; Very Good tight and clean throughout; no dustwrapper as issued.
$195.00
111. John Perceval Allen, Traudi Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 185pp. Very Good tight clean copy. Illustrated overview of John Olsen's life and career up to the early 1990's, with chapters on childhood, Social Realism and the Night Paintings, Portraits, Religious and Irreverent, Landscapes, Ceramics; includes Catalogue Raisonne 1936-‐1981, principal exhibitions, bibliography; blue cloth boards with gilt titling and colour plate tipped in to front board, gilt titling to spine; Very Good tight and clean throughout.
$70.00
MARGARET PRESTON
112. The Prints of Margaret Preston a Catalogue Raisonne Butler, Roger Canberra, Australian National Gallery, 1987 1st paperback. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 337pp. Very Good in lightly rubbed covers. Catalogue Raisonne of Margaret Preston's prints, compiled by Roger Butler with assistance from Janie Gillespie, Judith Thorne and Margaret Vine; includes Preston biography, essays on Preston and Printmaking, Prints and a National Art, select bibliography; appendixes include Margaret Preston on Print Technique, mounting and framing Preston's prints, incorrect attributions, works exhibited by Margaret Preston; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; minor foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; covers lightly rubbed, with minor lifting of original celoglaze at edges.
$90.00
113. The Prints of Margaret Preston a Catalogue Raisonne revised and enlarged edition Butler, Roger Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 2005 Revised and enlarged edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 373pp. Very Good. Scarce revised and enlarged edition of Roger Butler's catalogue raisonne of the prints of Margaret Preston, being expanded from the 1987 edition, and referencing new Preston works that had come to light in the intervening years; hundreds of colour and b&w illustrations throughout; includes Preston biography, essays on Preston and Printmaking, Prints and a National Art, select bibliography; appendixes include Margaret Preston on Print Technique, mounting and framing Preston's prints, incorrect attributions, works exhibited by Margaret Preston; Very Good and clean throughout; included is an illustrated card gate-‐fold for the Preston Exhibition, Australian National Gallery (and touring) 1989-‐90.
$150.00
proppaNOW Collective
114. proppaNOW 2004-‐2008 Ah Kee, Vernon; Albert, Tony; Beetson, Bianca; Bell, Richard; Fisher, Andrea; Herd, Jennifer; Hookey, Gordon; Nilsen, Laurie; Petelin, George (et al) Signed by all the artists. Brisbane proppaNOW 2009 Signed 1st edition. 4to, profusely illustrated, wrappers, 80pp. Fine. Catalogue for the exhibition 'proppaNOW a social history of Queenslands leading Aboriginal art collective', signed to front and rear covers in black texta by all the proppaNOW artists Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Bianca Beetson, Richard Bell, Andrea Fisher, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey, and Laurie Nilsen; proppaNOW was set up in Brisbane in 2006 to give a voice to urban-‐based Aboriginal artists; texts by George Petelin, Tim Morrell, Pat Hoffie, and Ihor Holubizky; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; white card wraps with french flaps; includes a loose-‐leaf double sided card fold out with Vernon Ah Kee text work to one side and a Gordon Hookey work to the other. $125.00
WILLIAM ROBINSON
115. William Robinson paintings 1987-‐2000 selected and edited by Lou Klepac with notes and commentaries by William Robinson Klepac, Lou Sydney, Beagle Press, 2001 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 203pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Study of the work of William Robinson between the years 1987-‐2000, with focus on the landscapes and seascapes; signed and with short gift-‐inscription by Robinson to title page; text by Lou Klepac, with notes and commentaries by William Robinson, and including an interview with the artist; numerous full-‐page colour plates.
$200.00
116. William Robinson paintings 1987-‐2000 selected and edited by Lou Klepac with notes and commentaries by William Robinson Klepac, Lou Sydney, Beagle Press, 2001 Signed 1st edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 203pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Signed by William Robinson and Lou Klepac to title page; comprehensive illustrated study of the work of William Robinson, with focus on the landscapes and seascapes, covering the period in which Robinson emerged as a major Australian painter; paintings selected and edited by Lou Klepac, and with notes and commentaries by the painter; minor wear top edge of boards, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy.
$200.00
GARRY SHEAD
117. Garry Shead and the Erotic Muse Grishin, Sasha Sydney, Fine Art Publishing Craftsman House, 2001 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 203pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. The first detailed monograph study of the complete oeuvre of Garry Shead, tracing the erotic impulse that runs through Shead's work; referencing Shead's painting, experimental films, collages, drawings, prints and photographs; includes artist biography, exhibition history, bibliography.
$90.00
118. Garry Shead Encounters with Royalty Grishin, Sasha Sydney, Craftsman House, 1998 1st Edition. Hardbound, sm 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 108pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Garry Shead's 'Royal Suite' paintings, showing Queen Elizabeth in a variety of Australian scenes; the artist had attended the Royal Visit of 1954 when he was twelve years old, and the sight of the young Queen made a lasting impression on him; 36 full-‐page colour plates, illustrated introduction by Sasha Grishin; includes the original triangular red warning label to front of dustwrapper, which states '! Warning this book may offend monarchists'; gold boards with gilt titling to spine, gold illustrated dustwrapper.
$45.00
119. Garry Shead The Apotheosis of Ern Malley Grishin, Sasha Melbourne, Australian Galleries, 2008 Signed 2nd Edition. Hardbound, sm 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 144pp. Fine. Signed with short gift-‐inscription by Garry Shead; Shead's treatment of Ern Malley's poems from The Darkening Ecliptic, and more broadly the enduring figure of Ern Malley in Australian art and culture; text by Sasha Grishin, detailing the story of the creation of Ern Malley and elaborating on Shead's interpretations of the theme; paintings, drawings, ceramics; includes Shead chronology, select bibliography, selected exhibitions; gold boards with gilt titling to spine, illustrated gold dustwrapper; Fine tight clean copy.
$95.00
120. News Krausmann, Rudi; Shead, Garry Melbourne, Macmillan Art Publishing 2006 1st Edition. Hardbound, square 8vo, no dustwrapper, b&w illustrations, 121pp. Very Good+ clean tight copy. Poems by Austrian/Australian poet Rudi Krausmann with illustrations by Garry Shead; the poems are short lyrics in an A-‐Z format, being Krausmann's responses to poets, writers, and artists, both Australian and international; Shead's drawings are full-‐page b&w, mostly erotic in content, including a drawing laid-‐in to front board; gray cloth boards, black endpapers; book edited and designed by Jenny Zimmer; scarce title.
$75.00
JEFFREY SMART
121. Jeffrey Smart Pearce, Barry Sydney, Beagle Press, 2005 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 256pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Comprehensive, profusely illustrated monograph on the work of Jeffrey Smart, containing over 160 colour plates, numerous illustrations and photographs, detailed biographical notes, exhibition lists and bibliography.
$100.00
TIM STORRIER
122. Tim Storrier the Art of the Outsider Signed by Tim Storrier and including signed limited edition print Lumby, Catharine Sydney, Craftsman House/G+B Arts International, 2000 Signed limited edition. Hardbound, 4to, slipcase, colour and b&w illustrations, 216pp. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. Deluxe Edition of this illustrated study of the work of Tim Storrier, being No. 56 of 100 signed numbered copies, and with an unbound signed limited edition print (No. 56/100); signed/numbered to half-‐title page; brown cloth boards with gilt titling to spine in matching slipcase with hand-‐tipped reproduction of Storrier painting to front; text by Catharine Lumby, foreword by Edmund Capon, and with note on Storrier by John Olsen; 132 colour plates, and with numerous b&w text illustrations.
$1,200.00
123. Tim Storrier the Art of the Outsider Lumby, Catharine
Sydney, Craftsman House/G+B Arts International, 2000 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, colour and b&w illustrations, 216pp. Fine. 1st trade edition of this illustrated study of the work of Tim Storrier, text by Catharine Lumby, foreword by Edmund Capon, and with note on Storrier by John Olsen; 152 colour plates, 18 b&w text figures; Fine unread copy.
$120.00
ALBERT TUCKER
124. Albert Tucker 1914-‐1999 Fry, Gavin Sydney, Beagle Press, 2005 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 252pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Comprehensive illustrated study of the life and work of Albert Tucker; includes bibliography and selected exhibitions.
$95.00
TONY TUCKSON
125. Tony Tuckson Legge, Geoffrey; Free, Renee; Thomas, Daniel; Maloon, Terence Melbourne, Watters Gallery/Craftsman House, 2006 New revised edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 204pp. Very Good clean tight copy in Very Good dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated study of the work of Tony Tuckson, with texts by Geoffrey Legge, Renee Free, Daniel Thomas, Terence Maloon; 173 colour plates, 87 b&w text figures, chronology, exhibited paintings; boards illustrated to front and rear with image of Tuckson's painting 'Watery'; the lightest toning top edge of some pages, o.w. VG tight and clean in VG dustwrapper.
$80.00
126. Four Tony Tuckson Catalogues from 2000-‐2004, from Watters Gallery and National Gallery of Australia Paperback, all catalogues Very Good. Four Tony Tuckson catalogues, Painting Forever Tony Tuckson (National Gallery of Australia 2000, 64pp colour illustrations throughout), and three Watters Gallery catalogues -‐ Tony Tuckson Breakthrough into Abstraction (2001 -‐ with original pricelist), Abstracts Gouache Colour (2004 -‐ with original pricelist), People -‐ Painting on Canvas; all catalogues Very Good and clean (Watters catalogues with lightly rubbed covers; People painting on canvas foxed to covers).
$50.00
127. Tony Tuckson Thomas, Daniel; Free, Renee; Legge, Geoffrey Sydney, Craftsman House, 1989 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 188pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. 1st Edition of this definitive study of the work of Tony Tuckson, with contributions by Geoffrey Legge, Renee Free, and Daniel Thomas; 160 colour plates, 84 b&w text figures, and including chronology, and list of exhibited paintings; light foxing to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
$125.00
CHRISTIAN WALLER
128. The Gates of Dawn a book made for the young Christian Waller Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1977 Limited edition, hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good. Limited edition of Christian Waller's illustrated fairy tale 'The Gates of Dawn', being a faithful reproduction of the 1932 original; Waller founded the Golden Arrow Press, the first publication of which was 'The Great Breath'; The Gates of Dawn was to have been the second publication, but only one complete copy was produced; beautifully written and illustrated by Waller, with text and drawings in red and black, illustrated endpapers and title page; bound in scarlet buckram with gilt titling and illustrations to front board and spine and with gilt motif to rear board; colophon signed by publisher Klytie Pate, herself a notable Australian potter, and the neice of Waller; limited to 1000 copies, of which nos. 1-‐15 were leather bound, and numbers B16-‐B200 in the buckram -‐ this copy being No. B99; lacks the original glassine wraps; Very Good and clean throughout, boards lightly rubbed, with minor loss to gilt decorations.
$150.00
129. The Great Breath a book of seven designs Christian Waller Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1978 Numbered/limited edition. Hardbound, narrow folio, b&w illustrations, unpaginated. Very Good++ tight bright clean copy. Nice copy of this reproduction of Christian Waller's first book (originally published in 1932 in an edition of 150 copies); being a faithful reproduction, with green cloth boards with screenprint of the original circular gold device to the front cover -‐ being No. 96 of 600 copies, signed by the publisher Klytie Pate, each copy bound by hand and tied with matching green cord; this copy with the very scarce original plastic cover; as well as the 7 b&w illustrations in the book there are two loose plates (The Spirit of Light, and The Golden Faun), and loose-‐leaf title page (of a plate not amongst the seven in the book); this copy Very Good++ tight bright and clean, with no marks or flaws.
$275.00
BRETT WHITELEY
130. Brett Whiteley McGrath, Sandra Sydney, Bay Books, 1979 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 232pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Classic study of the work of Brett Whiteley at mid-‐career; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; Very Good; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
$50.00
131. Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961-‐1992 Deutscher, Chris (ed) Sydney, Deutscher Fine Art, 1995 1st Edition. Paperback, 4to, profusely illustrated, 120pp. Very Good clean copy. Scarce catalogue for the exhibition of Brett Whiteley's prints from the years 1961-‐1992, Deutscher Fine Art 25 November -‐ 16 December 1995; catalogue and foreword by Chris Deutscher, notes on printmaking by Whiteley; the prints are presented in three sections: Editioned Prints, Non-‐Editioned Prints, and Posters; 152 illustrations, mostly in b&w but including some colour plates; bookshop label to reverse side of front cover; Very Good and clean throughout.
$150.00
132. Brett Whiteley a Sensual Line 1957-‐67 Sutherland, Kathie Melbourne, Macmillan, 2010 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 342pp. Very Good+ tight clean copy. A study of the early work of Brett Whiteley, with chapters on early abstraction, figuration, Rome and London, Sydney and London, and also including a Whiteley Catalogue Raisonne from 1958-‐1968; illustrated matt boards, with original black title band.
$80.00
FRED WILLIAMS
133. Fred Williams Etchings Brack, John; Mollison, James Sydney, Rudy Komon Gallery, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, 132pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated study of the etchings of Fred Williams, with 77 full-‐page plates (including duplicates of plates 1-‐4, which are repeated as preliminaries to the text) plus a catalogue raisonne by James Mollison containing 273 text illustrations and providing details of edition, proofs, format, dimensions, paper, etc; introduction by John Brack; Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn, o.w. Very Good.
$80.00
134. Fred Williams Music Hall Etchings 1954-‐1956 Humphries, Barry Townsville, Lyre Bird Press, 1997 Numbered limited edition. Hardbound in clamshell box, 4to unpaginated (45pp). Very Good in Very Good box. Fred Williams Music Hall Etchings, being No. 17 of 40 numbered copies (plus 10 hors commerce), produced by Tate Adams and Ron McBurnie at Lyre Bird Press; illustrated papered boards (with Williams etching reproduced to front board), bound and in clam-‐shell box by master binder Fred Pohlmann; 5 full-‐page original Fred Williams etchings with tissue-‐guards, plus catalogue giving a complete record of the 53 etchings of the music halls made by Williams in London between 1954-‐1956 (reproductions approximately half life-‐size); original etchings printed on Arches Velin 100% cotton rag paper by Rochelle Knarston; introduction by Barry Humphries, preface by Diana Davis; Fine unmarked copy; one or two very small marks to clamshell box, o.w. Very Good.
$4,000.00
AUSTRALIAN ART – GENERAL TITLES
135. Art in Australia Third Series Number Fifty-‐Eight February 1935 Ure Smith, Sydney; Gellert, Leon (eds) Sydney, John Fairfax and Sons, 1935. 1st Edition. Paperback, 8vo, self-‐wraps, colour plates/b&w illustrations, 90pp. Very Good in Very Good wraps. February 1935 edition of Art In Australia Journal, with articles on Stained Glass work in Sydney, Senator R.D. Elliot's Collection, CJ Brennan, Art in Perth, The Contemporary Loan Exhibition of British Art (by Lionel Lindsay), and more; illustrated with b&w plates, and including 6 hand-‐tipped colour plates mounted on card (with work by Augustus John, Blamire Young, Brangwyn, and Orpen), and some nice period advertising to front and rear; illustrated mottled wraps over card, adhered at spine; this copy has some foxing to endpapers and prelims, and some offset throughout from illustrations and colour plates, o.w. Very Good and tight copy.
$40.00
136. Avalon Art and Life of an Apartment Building Felipe, Ricardo (ed) Brisbane, Museum of Brisbane/Vanity Publishing 2005 Signed 1st Edition. Hardbound, 8vo, no dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 286pp. Very Good tight clean copy. Signed by Ricardo Felipe, Sean Phillips, Leonard Brown, Lincoln Austin, and Miles Hall; Documents the history of a Brisbane apartment building and the work produced by artists living there in the mid-‐1990's-‐2000's; 'Avalon' is a landmark apartment building in inner-‐city New Farm, which happened to house a number of artists at this time -‐ Ricardo Felipe (also a tenant) produced this record of a period in this building's history; documents the history of the building from 1929-‐2005, its architecture, the lives and experiences of those who have lived there over the years, and the art of its tenants; the artists are Leonard Brown, Lincoln Austin, Jun Chen, Jane O'Neill, Sandra Selig, Li Juan Chen, Sean Phillips, Troy-‐Anthony Baylis, Donna Confetti, Heather Winter, Miles Hall, Elmar Verwer, Melinda Jane, Luke Roberts, and Skye Raabe; numerous photographs of the building (including a sequence by Tom Burless), both inside and outside, prose contributions by Leonard Brown, Luke Roberts, Skye Raabe, Ross Gibson, Robert Riddel, Timothy Hill; printed straw-‐board sides over red wraps, no dustwrapper as issued; very scarce, this being a unique copy signed by the editor and four of the artists.
$95.00
137. Australian Printmaking in the 1990's Artist Printmakers 1990-‐1995 Grishin, Sasha Sydney, G+B Arts/Craftsman House, 1997 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 336pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Comprehensive illustrated survey of Australian printmaking from 1990-‐1995, referencing the work of 157 leading printmakers, providing an overview of each artist's work accompanied by reproductions of their prints; 177 plates in colour and b&w; minor foxing, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in like dustwrapper.
$120.00
138. Australian Sculptors Scarlett, Ken Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 730pp. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Full-‐scale comprehensive guide to Australian sculptors, including a reference to every artist who had been the subject of a one-‐person exhibition up to the date of publication; an A-‐Z format, copiously illustrated; remains a definitive volume on Australian Sculpture; some foxed patches to prelims, Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, and with some minor scratches to rear panel, o.w. Very Good.
$150.00
139. Contemporary Australian Printmaking an interpretative history Grishin, Sasha Sydney, Craftsman House, 1994 1st Edition. Hardbound, 4to, dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, 192pp. Very Good+ tight and clean in like dustwrapper. Fully illustrated account of Australian printmaking from the 1960's-‐1990's, referencing the work of Baldessin, Maddock, Hanrahan, Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, etc; foreword by Ursula Hoff, and including bibliography, technical glossary; 170 colour and b&w plates; dustwrapper shows Jan Senbergs's 'Fort'.
$95.00
140. Manuscripts a Miscellany of Art and Letters No. 5 Miller, H. Tatlock (ed) Geelong, The Book Shop, 1933 Stiff card, sm 4to, self-‐wraps, b&w illustrations, 71pp. Very Good in chipped/rubbed/stained wraps. No. 5 May 1933 issue of Australian literature and art periodical Manuscripts a miscellany of art and letters; this issue with contributions by W.A. Morrison, Hector Bolitho, Robert Dale, and including an essay on the bookplates of Eric Thake by H. B. Muir; illustrations by Lionel Lindsay, H. Neville Barker, Ellen Gray, Will Mahony; stiff card with illustrated blue self-‐wraps with yapp edges; scarce; light foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps edgeworn and rubbed, and with some stains to front, minor loss to head of spine.
$80.00
141. Minimal Art in Australia A Contemplative Art 5th September -‐ 21st October 1987 at MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Brisbane Pollard, Bruce Brisbane, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1987 1st Edition. Paperback, sm 4to, colour plates, 45pp. Very Good in lightly rubbed covers. Scarce catalogue for the exhibition of Australian minimal art, Museum of Contemporary Art Brisbane 5th September -‐ 21st October 1987; artists include Peter Booth, Dale Hickey, Robert Hunter, Michael Johnson, Tony McGillick, Paul Partos, John Peart, Trevor Vickers, and Dale Watkins; introduction by Bruce Pollard, and including Pollard's notes for the Minimalist Exhibition at Ewing Gallery Melbourne 1973, Jennifer Phipps's notes for Minimal Art Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria 1976, extracts from texts by Doris L. Bell and Hal Foster, short biographies of the artists, and Bibliography; limited to 1000 copies; minor stains to front cover, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout.
$60.00
142. Modern Australian Art a Melbourne Collection of Paintings and Drawings Publication No. 1 of the Museum of Modern Art of Australia Reid, Barrie (ed) Melbourne, Museum of Modern Art of Australia, 1958 1st Edition. Paperback, square 8vo, b&w illustrations, 72pp. Very Good in rubbed covers. The first publication of the Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Melbourne; being the catalogue for the exhibition of works gifted to the museum by Sunday and John Reed, shown at the Museum from 30th September -‐ 10 October 1958; works by Atyeo, Fairweather, Nolan, Tucker, Boyd, Perceval, Hester, Mary Boyd, Gleeson, Counihan, Vassilieff, Hope, Blackman, Dickerson, Molvig, Brack, Williams, Mora, and more; b&w illustrations throughout; two small worn patches to front endpaper, occasional light foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; former owner's name to front cover, covers rubbed and with some minor stains.
$50.00
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