Search Results: Art from Rare Illustrated Books

Denmark: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1927. First edition. Hansen, Ernst. Bold and striking Danish language early reader abecedarium, an animal illustrating each letter of the alphabet, with K for Kangaroo. Decorated by noted Danish woodblock artist Ernst Hansen with verses by Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen. Quarto, 32pp, string tied in original colour illustrated wrappers; externally a little browned and worn at the extremities, otherwise fine.

London: Longmans, 1965. From "The Arts in Australia" series. Succinct description of Aboriginal art in all mediums, from body painting to sand drawings, bark paintings, painted wooden shields, engraved stones and dendroglyphs. Mountford was an esteemed anthropologist and scholar of Aboriginal religion. Staple bound octavo booklet, illustrated in black & white and colour; original illustrated wrappers, a near fine copy.

Sydney: Legend Press, 1948. Limited Edition. With a letter from Professor J.V. Duhig, biographical summary by Vida Lahey, and an explanation of technique by the artist himself. From the Australian Artist Editions series. Edition of 1100 copies, signed by the artist. Quarto, 48 pages, seventeen tipped colour plates, portrait photo plate of the artist; original yellow cloth with pictorial onlay, a near fine fresh copy in a similar dust-jacket.

Canberra: Macmillan in Association with the National Gallery of Australia, 1982. First Edition. Conveys a lengthy interview with the artist exploring the metaphysical motivations behind his paintings. Quarto, 144 pages, plates in colour and black & white; original red cloth; near-fine copy with the dust-jacket.

London: Joseph Cundall, 1844. First Edition. Berghem, Durer, Everdingen, Hondius, A. Karl du Jardin, Le Ducq, Paul Potter, Fraser Redgrave, Rembrandt, Stoop, Tempesta, Teniers, Vandervelde. First edition, uncommon. An attractive illustrated alphabet, with a charming image of a Kangaroo. Among the other plates are etchings after Rembrandt and Albrecht Durer. [Percy Muir, English Children's Books, p. 180.] Handsome chapter initials decorate the accompanying text which is enchantingly written. ‘Fox. Look at this cunning, cruel fellow, making ready to spring among the chickens... But he will be punished tomorrow I think, for I heard uncle Tom order his red coat to be ready for hunting...' The Kangaroo entry remains the highlight, ‘The Kangaroo is brought from New Holland: we have some in England in the Zoological Gardens. Their Nature is not at all savage.' Henry Cole, who published this and other children's books under the pseudonym F.S. (Felix Summerly), was a notable figure of… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1919. Of interest: watercolours by Hans Heysen, tipped colour plate; two tipped colour plates by Percy Leason; Australian Official War Artists, tipped plates by H.S. Power, Fred Leist, Charles Bryant, M. Napier Waller; article on Frances Hodgkins, colour plate; tipped colour plate by Constance L. Mackay 'Chrysanthemums'; Will Dyson's War Drawings by Charles Marriott, five pages text, 9 plates; Norman Lindsay's etchings by Ure Smith, three pages text, two full-page black & white plates 'The Grey Eyed Girl' and 'Who Comes!'; paintings of Hilda Rix Nichols; WW1 poem 'The Four Years' by L. Gellert; short articles on E. Spencer Mackay, Miss Cumbrae Stewart, each with colour plate; long article on Sir William Orpen, two colour plates. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; mild foxing, a fine copy.

Sydney: Angus & Roberston Ltd, 1921. First Edition. Of interest: an elusive watercolour by Richard Parkes Bonnington in the Mitchell Library; report by Blamire Young with a tipped colour late of the painting; 'The Japanese Outlook on Western Art' by A.L. Sadler, six pages; tipped colour plates by Hans Heysen and Sir John Longstaff; four full-page caricatures by George Finey with one page of text; Edith Fry on Fred. Leist, illustrated; open forum on tariffs on Australian artworks, contributors include Norman Lindsay and Datillo Rubbo; literary works by Hugh McRae and Lionel Lindsay. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; rear paper wrapper spearated along the rear edge of the spine, internally, aside from some foxing, this is a very good copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1931. Of interest: Article by Lionel Lindsay on George Lambert (4 pages, colour plate). Art of P.G. C.R.W. Nevinson, review article. Margaret Preston on the art gallery of Wanganui. Percy Leason on Colin Colahan. Sculpture of Harold Parker by William Moore. Biographical article on colonial Gippsland artist William Dexter and his wife Caroline. Royal Doulton ware designed by Frank Brangwyn. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, colour plates, full-page black & white images; rust marks from staples, a very good copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1925. First Edition. Of interest: 'La Poupee' (The Doll) full-page woodcut printed in scarlet by Thea Proctor; 'Hans Heysen's Flower Pieces' by Lionel Lindsay with tipped colour plate; 'The Ornithologist of Cobbitty', seven page story illustrated by the author, Hardy Wilson; 'Sidney Thompson' by Howard Ashton with colour plate; 'Will Ashton' by Lionel Lindsay with colour plate; two page article on Sydney bookbinder, Wal. Taylor, illustrated with two pages of plates; 'Daryl Lindsay' by George Bell; 'E. Phillips Fox' by Lionel Lindsay; with L. Bernard Hall writing on the philosophy of art for public taste. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a near fine copy.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1919. Of interest: "Hans Heysen's Later Watercolours" by Lionel Lindsay, tipped colour plate; two tipped colour plates by Percy Leason; the Official Australian War Artists, tipped plates by H.S. Power, Fred Leist, Charles Bryant, M. Napier Waller; article on Frances Hodgkins, colour plate; 'Chrysanthemums', tipped colour plate by Constance L. Mackay; "Will Dyson's War Drawings" by Charles Marriott, five pages text, nine plates; "Norman Lindsay's Etchings" by Ure Smith, three pages text, two full-page black & white plates, 'The Grey Eyed Girl' and 'Who Comes!'; paintings of Hilda Rix Nichols; WW1 poem 'The Four Years' by L. Gellert; short articles on E. Spencer Mackay, Miss Cumbrae Stewart, each with colour plate; long article on Sir William Orpen, two colour plates. 'It is the rhythm which he seizes so unerringly, because he has long sought for it - that harmoniousrelation of necessary parts whch is the foundation of all great work, and which makes of Heysen's art… Read More

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1936. Of interest: Drawings of Grecian and Chinese Architecture by Hardy Wilson, nine full-page sepia plates; Professor Leslie Wilkinson on the functions of architecture; paintings executed abroad by Will Ashton; notes on Australian typography by Benjamin Fryer six page report with seven full-page plates of samples printed in black and red. An excellent source for the study of Australian graphic design and book arts during the 1930s. Colour plates of Australian cabinet timber veneers with one page of explanatory text. Nine pages of plates illustrating modern Australian furniture designs. Photographically illustrated architecture review, structures range in size from small residences to large city buildings. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; covers a little marked otherwise an unusually fine copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1927. Of interest: Adrian Lawlor on art critics and criticism. William Moore on new additions to the Sydney gallery. Article on Fred Leist portraits, four plates. Plates of sculptures by Rainer Hoff, George Lambert, Paul Montford and others. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a very good copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1926. First Edition. Special issue 'A New Vision of the Australian Landscape' combining short stories and poetic works with tipped colour plates by Elioth Gruner, George Lambert, John D. Moore, Norman Lloyd, Roi de Mestre, Blamire Young and C. Lloyd Jones. Several woodcut vignettes by Margaret Preston. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; gentle foxing, fore-edge a little wormed, a very good copy nonetheless.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1938. Special Issue - New Trends in Australian Art: tipped colour frontispiece still life by Russell Drysdale; Basil Burdett reports on modern art in Melbourne, twelve pages; Thea Proctor surveys the Sydney scene in seven pages; tipped colour plates reflecting modernist trends by Roger James, Isabel Hunter Tweedle, Grace Cossington-Smith, Enid Cambridge and Roland Wakelin; special architecture section on the new wave in Australian design. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a near-fine copy.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1935. Of interest: 'Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art' by Ursula H. McConnel, detailed eight page article with four plates in colour of shield patterns and eight plates of Aboriginal subjects in black & white: the Chinese porcelain collection of Dr. R.S. Godsall, illustrated; tipped frontispiece plate of a watercolour by Kenneth Macqueen; some recent paintings by Margaret Preston by Gavin Long (one colour and four black & white plates); obituary of Bernard Hall by Lionel Lindsay; Kenneth Wilkinson on Thea Proctor (one colour and three black & white plates); obituary of Blamire Young by Lionel Lindsay; seven portraits from the Archibald Prize. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a little external wear, near-fine copy.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1917. First Edition. Articles and images of interest include a short article with tipped plates on James Muir Auld; A. Radcliffe Brown on Norman Lindsay's watercolours (one page of text with two tipped plates), etchings of Victor Cobb; Julian Ashton on Blamire Young (two colour plates); John Shirlow reviews the marble sculptures of C. Web Gilbert; oil paintings by Max Meldrum; three page article on industrial art in Australia; book review including real tipped plates by Norman Lindsay from Leon Gellert's 'Songs of a Campaign' and another review of Hal Gye's illustrations for 'The Glugs of Gosh' by C.J. Denis. Advertisements include a photographic portrait of Arthur Streeton by May Moore and tipped plate in sepia by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite for Farmer's Barber Shop. Small quarto, original printed wrappers wrapped over blank boards, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; the mildest of discolouration to wrappers, spine chipped with a 5cm separation at base,… Read More

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1934. Of interest: J.R. MacGregor collection of Australian art, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by Arnesby Brown, Matthew Smith, Arthur Streeton, Hans Heysen, George Lambert and others; obituary of Sir John Sulman; report on the Imperial Russian Ballet tour of Australia; Sydney Art School exhibition; special architecture section illustrating commercial interiors of bars and restaurants; Australian theatrical poster designs by Albert Collins; Rembrant etchings in the Melbourne Art Gallery, 8 page article with 4 plates; shorter entry on Meryon etchings in the Melbourne Art Gallery; illustrated article on the architecture of Emil Sodersteen. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates with a cobweb embossed tissue guard, full-page black & white images; some foxing otherwise a very nice clean copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1926. Of interest: tipped colour plate 'Derelict' by Norman Lindsay and three black & white drypoint plates: 'Phyllida', 'The Eighties' and 'Panama', also includes a black & white plate of an aquatint titled 'Moonlight Piper'; celebration of Australian printmaking with plates by Sydney Long, Ure Smith, H. van Raalte, T. Friedensen, Eric Scott, Bruce Robertson, E. Warner, John Goodchild, Adrian Feint; two magnificent pencil portraits by Thea Proctor; J.S. Macdonald on Victorian landscape painters. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; wrappers a little browned, some gentle foxing throughout, an excellent copy nonetheless.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1936. Of interest: Long article by Adrian Lawlor on the dynamics of modern art. Illustrated article on Lionel Lindsay's watercolours. Detailed plates of Australian applied arts and crafts including fabric patterns, a wrought iron fire screen and lamp and ceramics. Tipped colour plate of wrought iron head of Mary Gilmore by Rayner Hoff. Maurice Lambert's relief panels for the Cunard line Queen Mary, illustrated. Lionel Lindsay on the Archibald Prize selections. Russian born Sydney artist Daniel Vassilief (3 plates). Photographically illustrated architectural section featuring a range of minimalist modern interiors. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; 1 cm circular stain on front cover, spine split, a very good copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1931. Hugh McRae Number: a collection of short literary pieces, illustrated by Adrian Feint. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, colour designs by Feint throughout; lower spine end is chipped, otherwise a very good copy.