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Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art

by MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

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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.
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Albert Tucker

by MOLLISON, James & BONHAM, Nicholas

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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.
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Aussie Girls

by PATERSON, Esther

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Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Esther Paterson. Esther Paterson was born in 1892 in Carlton in Melbourne and was a student at the National Gallery of Victoria from 1907 -1912. Throughout her career, she contributed cartoons to The Bulletin Magazine, Punch, and The Argus and her portraits of civilian officers were exhibited at The Australian War Museum. Her first published collection, Aussie Girls presents a stylish and sultry line up of illustrations of attractive women interacting from on high with doll-size men in uniform. Paterson, niece of John Ford Paterson, was also well known as a landscape painter. In this work she combined her skill as an illustrator and her wit as a commercial artist to amuse post-war Australian society, now used to seeing women in more assertive and independent roles. In 1966, Paterson was awarded a silver medal in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the community when she became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).… Read More
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Australian Landscape Painters of To-day
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Australian Landscape Painters of To-day

by BURDETT, Basil & MACDONALD, James S.

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Sydney: Art in Australia, 1929. Near Fine. One of the fine early art books published by Art in Australia in the 1920s. Featuring work by Margaret Preston, Arthur Streeton and Lloyd Rees, among others. Edition limited to 750 copies. Quarto, tipped-in colour illustrations and black & white plates throughout; spine renewed, otherwise a near fine copy in original boards.
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Australia Beautiful; The Home  Pictorial Annual 1929
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Australia Beautiful; "The Home " Pictorial Annual 1929

by [No Editor Stated]

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Sydney: Art in Australia, 1929. Features the creative work of Elioth Gruner, Harold Herbert, Arthur Streeton, Sir John Longstaff, Blamire Young, Frederick McCubbin and numerous striking black & white photo-plates by Harold Cazneaux. Staple bound quarto in original colour illustrated wrappers, plates in colour and black & white throughout; some chipping of the spine, a few scattered stains affect the rear cover, a very good copy nonetheless.
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The Bookfellow; A Monthly Magazinelet for Book-Buyers and Book-Readers, The Second Number,...
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The Bookfellow; A Monthly Magazinelet for Book-Buyers and Book-Readers, The Second Number, February 18, 1899

by [BULLETIN]

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Sydney: Bulletin Newspaper Company, Limited, 1899. First Edition. Offering insight into the publishing scene in Australia at the turn of the nineteenth century, including reviews of new releases and broader thoughts on the ethics of criticism. Duodecimo, original light blue illustrated wrappers, 24 pages, a very good copy. Rare.
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Bound volume of coloured separately-issued prints, including the Australian kangaroo and emu
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Bound volume of coloured separately-issued prints, including the Australian kangaroo and emu

by [Educational Menagerie]

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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1860. Attractive collection of coloured zoological plates prepared for British schoolchildren during the mid-nineteenth century, including two Australian species (an emu and a kangaroo). The plates were issued by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the publishing arm of the Anglican mission that during the early decades of the nineteenth century diversified its output from religious and theological texts to encompass a broad range of educational material, such as the present example. The plates were originally issued separately, priced at two pennies apiece when coloured, and the present bound volume represents a good portion of the entire series (of the 119 plates here, 53 are numbered). The explanatory text reflects a spirit of benevolent pedagogy. Take the description of the Emu for example: ‘These birds are widely spread over the southern part of New Holland, and the neighbouring islands. They are met with at Port Philip and King… Read More
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Bridget and the Bees
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Bridget and the Bees

by WALL, Dorothy

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London: Methuen, 1934. Wall, Dorothy. First edition of this scarce and finely-produced work. Although published a year after the first Blinky Bill title, the illustrative style of Bridget and the Bees harks back to Wall's delicate drawings for J.J. Hall's The Crystal Bowl, published in 1921, and suggests that it was written and illustrated well before its publication date. This is the rare English edition, which was followed by an American edition in 1935. Large octavo, eight plates in colour (including the frontispiece), rebound in half brown cloth retaining original papered boards, endpapers renewed, a good sound copy.
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Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old
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Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old

by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] Rentoul Annie R.

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Melbourne: George Robertson for Allan & Co, 1910. First Edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. First Edition of the highly successful sequel to the Rentoul sisters' 'Australian Songs for Young and Old', with words by Annie Rentoul, music by Georgette Peterson and illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Imperial edition 336. Muir #6346. Oblong quarto, original red illustrated wrappers, 36 pages, full-page plates in black & white and other vignettes scattered throughout; old ownership details across the top margin of the front cover, wrappers a bit marked, a very good copy.
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David Strachan 1919-1970

David Strachan 1919-1970

by [STRACHAN, David] THOMAS, Daniel

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Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1973. With a catalogue of the etchings by Nicholas Draffin and a detailed five page biography of the artist. Quarto, black and white plates; original illustrated wrappers, a bit rubbed but still a very good copy.
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Early Artists of Australia
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Early Artists of Australia

by RIENITS, Rex and Thea

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1963. Standard art reference for the first thirty years of European settlement: detailed chapters on Thomas Watling, William Westall, John William Lewin, George William Evans and further discussion on other artists 1800-1821. First edition. Quarto, beige cloth, plates in black & white and colour; fine copy in a near-fine dust-jacket.
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Etchings by John Shirlow

Etchings by John Shirlow

by [SHIRLOW, John] URE SMITH, Sydney (introduction)

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1917. First Edition. A finely produced book of etchings, mainly of Melbourne scenes, by Shirlow who, according to Moore, "revived the art of etching in Australia" Octavo, original decorated wrappers with pictorial onlay, 24 plates, list of works; scattered foxing to endpapers, fore edge and title page, a near-fine copy.
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Etchings by John Shirlow
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Etchings by John Shirlow

by [SHIRLOW, John] URE SMITH, Sydney (introduction)

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1917. First Edition. A finely produced book of etchings, mainly of Melbourne scenes, by Shirlow who, according to Moore, "revived the art of etching in Australia". With a presentation inscription from the publisher George Robertson to his daughter. Octavo, original decorated wrappers with pictorial onlay, 24 plates, list of works; a little preliminary foxing, otherwise near-fine.
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The History of the Hoppers
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The History of the Hoppers

by PARKER, B. & N.

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London: W. & R. Chambers, 1912. First Edition. N. Parker. First edition of this justly famous children's book with anthropomorphised kangaroo characters - 'perhaps the best known story entirely devoted to the kangaroo' (Robert Holden 'The Mint Exhibition' 1985). Twelve stories of kangaroos told in verse with many small drawings in sepia and twelve beautifully printed, full-page, partially-coloured plates. Quarto, full colour pictorial boards, edge rubbing, corner wear, chipping of paper at spine ends and along spine edges, two pages with minor nicks at page edge, clean and bright, a very good copy indeed overall.
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Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures in Australia

Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures in Australia

by HEMYNG, Bracebridge

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Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1910. American edition of one of the most notable early Australian books. Includes murderous convict tales, bushrangers and depictions of enslaved Indigenous Australia. [Muir, 3441.]. Octavo, bound in original pictorial wrappers, 323 pages + 15 pages advertisements, uniformly embrowned, a very good copy.
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The Journey. A Series Based on a Tour of the United States of America in 1965-66. Paintings...
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The Journey. A Series Based on a Tour of the United States of America in 1965-66. Paintings completed in 1970

by FRENCH, Leonard

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Melbourne: Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney in association with Gallery A, Melbourne. By courtesy Rudy Komon Gallery, 1970. First Edition. This scarce catalogue features a striking portrait of the artist over two pages and a full list of the works featured in the exhibition. Design and photography by Mark Strizic. Staple bound oblong quarto booklet, plates in colour and black & white, a very good copy.
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Kangaroo Twins

Kangaroo Twins

by HOGAN, Inez

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New York: E.P. Dutton an Co., Inc, 1938. First Edition. The adventures of a young kangaroo who ventures too far away from his mother. Octavo, illustrated paper boards, 46 pages, sepia-toned illustrations throughout, a very good copy of the first edition.
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Kankie Kangaroo...Who Couldn't Hop
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Kankie Kangaroo...Who Couldn't Hop

by ROSS, Roselle

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New York: Maxton Inc, 1945. First Edition. Charles F. Bracker. Wonderful kangaroo-shaped book about a young kangaroo learning to hop, complete with an extra stand-up joey which fits into the mother kangaroo's pouch on the front card. This remarkable children's book, published as part of a series of "Mother and Baby Animal Books", is not recorded by Muir. Kangaroo-shape colour pictorial stiff boards, with original printed wrapper, and cut-out joey that slides into the pouch at front, 230mm x 300mm, 16 pages, illustrations on each page by Charles E. Bracker; a near fine copy.
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Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant. Voyage autour du monde
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Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant. Voyage autour du monde

by VERNE, Jules

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Paris: J. Hetzel, 1868. A large-format edition with dramatic illustrations by Edward Riou who collaborated with Jules Verne for six of his novels. This racing tale of adventure is set against the backdrop of Pacific exploration and discovery. Much of the action takes place in Australia, especially Victoria. There are adventures with the locals, bushrangers, and explorers (including a version of the death of Burke). A continent where the animals are strange: "...où les quadrupeds ont des becs, comme l'échidne et l'ornithrhynque, et ont oblige les naturalistes a créer specialement pour eux la genre monothrèmes; ou le kangouroo bondit sur ses pattes inégales; ou les moutons ont des têtes de porc; où les renards voltigent d'arbre en arbre; où les cygnes sont noirs...oh contrée bizarre, illogique, s'il en fut jamais, terre paradoxale et formée contre nature...Australie, sorte de parodie des lois universelles, où de défi plutôt, jeté à la face du reste du monde" [p.300] ["...where the… Read More
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The Macquarie Book
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The Macquarie Book

by URE SMITH, Sydney & STEVENS, Bertram

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Sydney: Art in Australia, 1921. The life and times of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Tenth number of Art in Australia. Deluxe limited edition of 25 copies with tipped plates in duplicate. Quarto, generously illustrated with tipped colour plates; original blue papered boards, dust-jacket with printed onlay; fine copy in a mildly worn dust-jacket.
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