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Brisbane, 2016. Signed Unique Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. Scott Redford artists book, consisting of (mostly) vertical strips of masking tape applied to the pages of a spiral-bound A4 notebook of heavy black paper, the artist then applying paint to the tape and surface of the pages (spray-paint in the main, but occasionally oil or glitter), often in black, but also varieties of colour - the overall work being an homage to Barnett Newman; Signed and titled to reverse side of front cover, and further signed with gift-inscription to this bookseller to rear cover; Redford also supplied the following note ""My artist's book is based on the fact that in the work Onement 1 Barnett Newman DID NOT remove the strip of masking tape but instead chose to keep it and paint orange over it but parts of it still show in the finished work now in the collection of MoMA.....Over the years people have said they were 'amazed' that Newman didn't remove the masking tape.""; throughout the book the… Read More

London: Oxford at the Clarendon, 1926. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 8vo. S.P.E. (Society of Pure English) Tract No. 25 with an article on aspects of English Grammar by Jespersen; wraps with yapp edges, untrimmed pages; very occasional mild foxing, o.w. VG; wraps lightly creased and rubbed.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon, 1924. 1st Edition. paperback. Good-Very Good. 8vo. S.P.E. (Society of Pure English) Tract No. 18 with an article on Subjunctives by Fowler, Poetry in Schools by Bridges, and a discussion as to whether 'Alright' ought to accepted as a legitimate word; wraps with yapp edges, untrimmed pages; mild central crease throughout, occasional mild foxing, o.w. G-VG; wraps lightly edgeworn and rubbed.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon, 1920. 1st Edition. paperback. Good. 8vo. S.P.E. (Society of Pure English) Tract No. 4 with essay The Pronunciation of English Words derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt, and also including Correspondence and Miscellaneous Notes by H.B., W.H.F., medium foxing to title page and rear endpaper, o.w. Good; wraps rubbed and foxed, and with minor loss to head of spine

Sacramento: E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1972. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of work by Sacramento artists, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery April 1 - May 7 1972 and The Oakland Museum May 23 - July 2 1972; introduction by curator Roger D. Clisby; artists include Robert Arneson, Darrell Forney, Joan Moment, Gladys Nilsson, Joseph Raffael, Carlos Villa, Maija Woof Zack; illustrated throughout, mostly in b&w but also including some colour plates; Very Good throughout, wraps a little rubbed.

Adelaide: R.M. Williams, 1982. revised edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Revised edition of this collection of poems by Will Ogilvie, published by RM Williams who met Ogilvie in the late 1940's; poems compiled by Thelma E. Williams, and with a foreword by Vance Palmer, and biographical note by Williams; poems grouped thus: Book I The Men Who Blazed the Track, II The Bushmen, III Songs of the Little People, IV Forty Miles for a Kiss, V Personalities, VI Nature, VII Good-Bye, VIII Philosophy, and IX The Huntsman; includes poem in facsimile, and facsimile letter by Katherine M Ogilivie; dustwrapper shows illustration of saddle and stockman on horseback and with stock-whip motif as border and spine, stock-whip motif in gilt to spine of boards; former owner's name-label to front pastedown, o.w. Very Good; dustwrapper very lightly rubbed, sunned to spine and around edges (as common with this dustwrapper), o.w. G-VG

New York: Cornell University Press, 1975. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good /no dustwrapper. large 8vo. b&w facsimile plates The first volume in the Cornell Wordsworth series, edited by Stephen Gill; Salisbury Plain, or A Night on Salisbury Plain, Adventures on Salisbury Plain (including The Female Vagrant), Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain; the aim of the series is to present Wordsworth's poems from first manuscript through all variant readings, to the final printing in the poet's lifetime, or the first posthumous printing; poems are shown page by page in facsimile photographs of original manuscripts, with printed text on facing page; Very Good and clean throughout in lightly rubbed boards

Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1995. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Published to accompany the exhibition 'Sam Francis - The Shadow of Colors', with focus on Francis' works on paper; 44 full-page plates, including inks, watercolours, and gouaches; texts by Peter Iden, Nancy Mozur, Nico Delaive, and others; edited by Ingrid Mossinger; Very Good throughout; dustwrapper with some very minor spotting, o.w. Very Good.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2014. 1st Edition. stiff card. Very Good . sm 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Sam Fullbrook exhibition, 5 April - 10 August 2014 Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art; text by Angela Goddard; numerous text and colour plate illustrations; includes an interview with Fullbrook by John Cruthers; stiff-card wraps with french flaps; Very Good clean copy.

Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. square 8vo. colour plates Catalogue for the exhibiton of paintings by Samantha Hobson, Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane 2008; 11 full-page colour plates, plus one each to front and rear cover; limited to 500 copies.

Varanasi: Mahesh Research Institute, no date. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. Text in Sanskrit, introduction in English; volume 2 only of a 3 volume set; Very Good throughout; boards rubbed, sunned to spine; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES.

Lakewood: Chevra Shmiras Haloshon, 1986. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Reference guide and study text to the laws of Loshon Hora, as selected from the Chofetz Chaim's writings on the subject; compiled by Rabbi Yisroel Kolman Krohn and Rabbi Yisroel Meir Shain in the Hebrew original Sefer Hilchos Loshon Hora Urechilus adapted into English by Rabbi Hillel Danzinger; mild toning to endpapers, occasional light foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwapper rubbed and scuffed, edgewear and minor loss along top edge.

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. reprint. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Study of the Sanskrit and Prakrit drama, referencing origins, development, dramatic theory, and dramatic practice; foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed and lightly edgeworn, price clipped, o.w. G-VG

New York: M.L. D'Arc Gallery, 1976. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . 4to. b&w illustrations Scarce; Allan Kaprow artists' book/performance art piece, being for four actors - two male two female - who must seek, give and/or deny attention to each other; b&w photo illustrations; Very Good clean tight copy, lightly rubbed to rear cover.

Sydney: The Saturday Centre , 1975. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Issue 12 (vol 3 no 4 Winter 1975) of The Satruday Book of Poetry, with concrete/sound poems by ? 0 (who also provides cover illustration), and poems by Debra Kaye, Mal Morgan, Philip Neilsen, Philip Hammial, and many more; bookshop stamp to title page, first page clipped top corner, o.w. Very Good throughout

Sydney: The Saturday Centre , 1974. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. b&w illustrations Issue 9 (vol 3 no 1 Spring September 1974) of The Satruday Book of Poetry, with poems by ?.0., Stephanie Bennett, Ken Bolton, Joanne Burns, Arthur Jawodimbari, Louis Johnson, Rae Desmond Jones, Mal Morgan, Peter Murphy, and many more; bookshop stamp to page 19, first page clipped top corner, o.w. Very Good throughout

Sydney: The Saturday Centre , 1975. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Issue 10 (vol 3 no ii Summer January 1975) of The Satruday Book of Poetry, with poems by ? 0, Ross Fitzgerald, Eric Beach, Philip Hammial, Louis Johnson, Rae Desmond Jones, Stephen Kelen, and many more; bookshop stamp to page 1, first page clipped top corner, o.w. Very Good throughout

Sydney: The Saturday Centre , 1975. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Special All-Women issue of The Satruday Book of Poetry (Issue 14 vol 4 no 2 Summer Dec '75-Jan '76) to mark International Women's Year; with poems by Colleen Burke, Mary Macdonald, Peggy Clarke, and many more; bookshop stamp to page 19, first page clipped top corner, o.w. Very Good throughout

London: Collins, 1973. 1st Uk Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Donald Friend dustwrapper 1st UK Edition of this series of comic tales by Donald Friend; light-medium foxing to endpapers, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper clipped, o.w. Very Good.

Brisbane: W.R. Smith & Paterson, 1967. 13th Impression. hardbound. Good (some pages with dampstain)/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 13th impression of Amy Schauer's classic Australian cook book; Schauer was teacher of cookery at the Central Technical college in Brisbane for over forty years and was examiner of cookery for the Qld Department of Education; colour illustrations to boards showing various dishes, illustrated endpapers; bacon and ham, biscuits, bread, fish, game, icings, jellies, poultry, meats, etc, and including a first-aid section; prominent damp-stain to title page and top edges and sides of first 100 odd pages (lessening as it goes), text block stained, boards a little bowed, o.w. Good