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McCarthy Frederick D Introduction
Aboriginal Australian Art: Bark Paintings Carved Figures Sacred and Secular Objects. An Exhibition. 1960-1961
Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales No date 1960. Foreword by Hal Missingham. Introduction by Frederick D McCarthy pp7-17 incl. 36pp coloured frontispiece 10pp b/w plates catalogue. There is a stain by the upper corner of the inside front cover and on half-title page and another by the lower edge of the first b/w plate illustration not affected. Illustrated stapled light card cover rubbed and worn soiled on the plain rear cover. The catalogue for an exhibition arranged by the State Art Galleries of Australia 1960-1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Art Gallery of New South Wales Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016839
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Evans Raymond; Moore Clive; Saundeers Kay; and Jamison Bryan
Nineteen Hundred and One 1901: Our Future's Past. Documenting Australia's Federation
Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia 1997. 295pp b/w ills appendix: Australia and Federation: some key events 1829-1996 index. Chip and small stain on the front flyleaf. Paperback with two small marks on the inside front cover. The book presents a record of the political social and cultural inheritance of Federation. The book was commissioned by the National Australia Day Council. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Pan Macmillan Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016952 ISBN : 0732908914 9780732908911
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Ayres Philip
Malcolm Fraser: a Biography
Richmond Vic: William Heinemann 1987. Foreword by Valery Giscard d'Estaing.ix 519pp 16pp b/w plates index. Cloth boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. The book 'traces the influences that shaped Fraser's political intentions and aims throughout his career revealing the unwavering intensity of his ideals and values'. Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister of Australia from 1975-1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016936 ISBN : 0855610603 9780855610609
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Hayden Bill
Hayden: An Autobiography
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1996. xiv 610pp 32pp b/w plates index. Cloth boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. This is an 'insightful and revealing chronicle of Bill Hayden's life and career: from Queensland copper to Labor politican from Leader of the Opposition to Governor-General of Australia'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016935 ISBN : 020718769X 9780207187698
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Noud Keith
Keith Noud Recalls
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications 1986. ix 205pp b/w ills. White paper covers a small section by the lower corner of the half title page. Prev owner's stamp by the lower corner of the final page no text affected. Illustrated light card cover lightly edge worn. The Queensland racing journalist recounts many of his memories and introduces readers to some of the characters who have added so much colour to the racing game. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Boolarong Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017005 ISBN : 0864390149 9780864390141
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Spotlight on Australia
Melbourne: Australian Publicity Council No date c1962. Foreword by Robert Menzies. Unpaginated full-page map of Australia and New Guinea illustrated throughout with photos in colour and b/w brief facts about Australia endpaper maps. The first few pages are lightly tanned at the lower edge. Illustrated cloth boards. The book covers Australia's opportunites for trade . capital investment . tourism. WITH presentation certificate from the town of Kalgoorlie WA to the Mayor of San Diego California. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Australian Publicity Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016987
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Stackhouse John
From the Dawn of Aviation: The Qantas Story 1920-1995
Sydney: Focus Publishing 1995. HEAVY. Foreword by James Strong. 224pp profusely illustrated in colour and b/w illustrated end-papers. Cloth boards gilt titles in matching cloth slipcase. The book was published as part of the 75th Anniversary of Qantas. De Luxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to. Focus Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016997 ISBN : 1875359230 9781875359233
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Hayes Mike
The Track: The Story of Good Breeding and Bad Behaviour
Sydney: ABC Books 2000. 217pp illustrated with b/w photos index. paperback. The book produced to accompany the ABC TV series 'The Track' looks as the Australian passion for gambling and the extent to which the national character has been moulded by betting and racing. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. ABC Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017037 ISBN : 0733308910 9780733308918
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Moore Major J H editor
The Western Desert Campaign 1940-43
No date 1974. Printed on page rectos only. Errata vi Contents page 71pp maps. Stapled book with green paper covers. An account based on the books contained in the bibliography and additional notes prepared by Major H J Moore ed 1974. Soft Cover. Good. Folio. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017084
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Silverster John and Rule Andrew
A Tale of Two Cities
Floradale Productions and Sly Ink 2009. xii 324pp 32pp b/w plates biographies. Paperbacjk. The stories that inspired the screentime series for the Nine television network. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Floradale Productions and Sly Ink Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017105 ISBN : 0977544095 9780977544097
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Throssell Harry
Where the Beech Tree Grows: The Story of Binna Burra
Brisbane: Binna Burra Lodge 1984. vi 151pp 8pp of colour plates b/w photos maps four appendices. Illustrated light card cover. The book explains why Binna Burra Lodge came to be and how it came to survive. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Binna Burra Lodge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017093 ISBN : 0958929505 9780958929509
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Jacobs J W
Let Them be Admitted: Being a History of the Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria
Melbourne: The Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria 1967. 232pp illustrated with b/w plates 14 appendices index. Red cloth boards in dust-jacket which is heavily faded at the spine part of title no longer legible. The history of the Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria from the birth of an idea in 1858 and a record of events from the laying of the foundation stone of the first cottages in June 1867 until the completion of one hundred years of service to the aged in June 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. The Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017102
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McRobbie Alexander
A Place for All People: The Story of Surfers Paradise RSL Memorial Club and the RSL Sub-Brance
Surfers Paradise: The Surfers Paradise RSL Memorial Club 1995. 80pp illustrated with b/w photos. Illustrated laminated boards. The Surfers Paradise RSL from 1960 to the mid 1990s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Surfers Paradise RSL Memorial Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017116 ISBN : 0909645175 9780909645175
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Barnes John editor
The Writer in Australia: a Collection of Literary Documents 1856-1964
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1969. xvi 336pp. Eps and upper page edges lightly tanned. Cloth boards lightly silverfished by the upper edges in dust-jacket. 'In this collection of literary documents -- essays reviews memoirs and letters -- the editor has set out to illusrate the changing situation of the creative writer in Australia over 100 years beginning with Frederick Sinnett's The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017160 ISBN : 0195500369 9780195500363
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Hadgraft Cecil
Australian Literature: A Critical Account to 1955
London: William Heinemann 1962. vii 302pp index. The first third or so of the book contains a considerable amount of pencil underlining; pencil notes cover the blank sections of pages 54 and 55; there are some marginal notes in ink and occasional ticks. No text is made illegible by any of these marks. Three words in blue biro on the front flyleaf have been crossed. The free end-papers are tape-stained. Green cloth boards in edge-worn dust-jacket which has tears from the spine head and from the upper corner of the front flap. The book deals with poetry fiction literary essays and criticism from the early colonial days to 1955. Reprint with Corrections. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017171
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Cilauro Santo; Gleisner Tom; and Kennedy Jane
The Funky Squad Annual
Ringwood Vic: Viking Penguin 1995. 170pp colour and b/w ills throughout. Birthday greeting by the upper corner nine lines of the inside front cover. Barcode and sticker attached to the inside rear cover. Paperback with some wear at the corners. From the ABC television series. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Kristin Headlam. 4to. Viking Penguin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017185 ISBN : 0670865958 9780670865956
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O'Harris Pixie
Was it Yesterday An Autobiography
Adelaide: Rigby 1983. Foreword by Walter McVitty. 119pp illustrated throughout in colour and b/w appendix: books written and illustrated by Pixie O'Harris; books illustrated by Pixie O'Harris anthologies incluing poems by Pixie O'Harris theatre community artwork tinted end-papers. Prelims and end-pages lightly foxed. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. The autobiography of Australia's well-known and well-loved children's book illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017216 ISBN : 0727018140 9780727018144
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Davis Eric Drayton
The Life and Times of Steele Rudd Creator of On Our Selection; Dad and Dave. Written by His Son
Melbourne: Lansdown Press 1976. 223pp portrait frontis b/w photos illustrations of the 'Selection' characters bibliography tinted end-papers with prev owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in sunned dust-jacket. The book traces Steele Rudd's career from 'The Shingle Hut' to the Law Courts of Brisbane; from his development of 'Dad and Dave' through the years of Steel Rudd's magazine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Lansdown Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016404 ISBN : 0701803290 9780701803292
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Williams W J
Centenary Sketches of New Zealand Methodism
Christchurch NZ: Lyttleton Times Co No date c 1922. 327pp frontis and b/w plates appendix: presidents and secretaries of New Zealand Conferences. Green cloth boards gilt spine titles. From 1822 to 1922 by decade. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Lyttleton Times Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016466
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Whitmont Debbie
An Extreme Event: The Compelling True Story of the Tragic 1998 Sydney- Hobert Race
Sydney: Random House 1999. 238pp 8pp colour photos sources. Paperback. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Random House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016449 ISBN : 0091840570 9780091840570
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Henderson Kent
The Masonic Grand Masters of Australia
Melbourne: Ian Drakeford Publishing 1988. xix 418pp illustrated with b/w photos appendices. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book is in sections: Australian Freemasonry and its leadership; the Grand Masters of Australia The Grand Masters of the United Lodge of Victoria the Grand Lodge of Tasmania the Grand Lodge of Western Australia the United Grand Lodge of Queensland The Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand as an appendix. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Ian Drakeford Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016447 ISBN : 1862800049 9781862800045
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Frame Tom
Where Fate Calls
Coronet Books 1993. Foreword by Admiral Michael W Hudson. xxxi 537pp 16pp of b/w plates 5 appendices bibliography index. Paperback. The controversial story of Australia's worst peacetime disaster the collision between HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne off the south coast of NSW on 10 February 1964 and its aftermath. First Coronet Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Coronet Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016433 ISBN : 0340578467 9780340578469
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McLintock A H
The History of Otago: The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement
Otago NZ: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949. HEAVY. xxiii 829pp frontispiece: folding map of the region in 1948 b/w plates maps bibliography index. Quarter bound decorative cloth. Leather at spine head and foot and by rear board rubbed heavily in places with insect damage to a 40mm section by the front board. From the Preface the work is in four phases: 'the pre-1848 era which goes back to the Maori occupation of the land of Murihiku sealing and whaling; the Scottish background wherein is found the genesis of the Otago scheme; the provincial era deals with the efforts of afew hundred Scottish settlers to conquer their environment and to give practical effect to those ideals which had been incorporated in the Articles of Settlement; and the beginning of the modern era with Otago bestowing upon New Zealand as a whole those ideas of land settlement education and the like which were a part of the provincial heritage of the south'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Otago Centennial Historical Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016482
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Buckley Martin J.
The N.S.W. Northern Rivers Lancers: Light Horse and Motor Regiments 1903-1944
Lismore N.S.W.: The Author 1991. xv 288pp map colour plate: Guidon and Colour Patches illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography list of subscribers index. SIGNED by the author and inscribed 'with good wishes dated June 2000 on page ix Author's Preface. The story of the Northern Rivers men who were members of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment the 4th and 15th Light Horse Regiments; and the 15th Australian Motor Regiment AIF with emphasis on the 'part-time soldiers and their training camps and social activities as part of their local community'. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016486 ISBN : 095912912X 9780959129120
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Fletcher Andy
Diary of NX 20365
Walcha NSW: A C Fletcher 143pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos end-paper maps: North Africa. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. A war diary or summary of events from June 5 1940 when the author enlisted for the A.I.F. to his discharge in Sydney on 15 November 1945. The author was present at Lae Red Beach Finchafen Scarlet Beach Brunei Bay and Miri. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A C Fletcher Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016498 ISBN : 0731655958 9780731655953
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Bennett Richard
Richard Bennett's Huon Valley: a Photograhic Essay
Geeveston Tasmania: The Author 1988. 96pp illustrated throughout will colour photogaphs 4pp essay Days in the Huon . through one man's eyes by Steve Hay edited by Bruce Montgomery full page map of the region. Blue cloth boards gilt titles in dust-jacket with wrap-around illustration. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016542 ISBN : 0731633067 9780731633067
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Stewart Douglas
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1941. 29pp with Norman Lindsay frontispiece. Pages unevenly toned with heavily toned edges. Prelims and end-pages but not frontispiece foxed with occasional light foxing throughout. Prev owner's lightly-written signature on the front flyleaf. Cloth-backed papered boards with gilt titles on the front board. The book includes: Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier; Men who know the Mountains; The Presences; The Dreaming World A sonnet sequence; and The New Zealanders. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Square 12mo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016525
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Rann Christopher managing editor
Adelaide South Australia: A State of Achievement
Sydney: Focus Publishing 1996. HEAVY. Introduction by Dean Brown. Forewords by Henry J Ninio and Donald Williams. 219pp illustrated throughout with photographs in full colour illustrated end-papers. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. This is the sixth in a series of books highlighting the commercial professional and cultural lives of Australia's major cities. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Focus Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016532 ISBN : 1875359168 9781875359165
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Roderick Colin Introduction
Henry Lawson: Illustrated Stories
Adelaide: Rigby 1981. 79pp. Introduction to page 13 followed by 20 of Henry Lawson's short stories illustrated with full-page coloured paintings index tinted end-papers. Cloth boards chipped at the lower edge in dust-jacket. Lawson's stories are 'a gallery of verbal representations both grave and gay of the Australian spirit in action'. The stories include The Drover's Wife; The Loaded Dog; Bill the Ventriloquial Rooster; Two Dogs and a Fence; Going Blind; and The Green Lady. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Peter Lawson. Oblong 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016588 ISBN : 0727014382 9780727014382
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Roderick Colin Introduction
Henry Lawson: Illustrated Poems
Adelaide: Rigby 1982. 79pp. Introduction to page 15 followed by 30 Lawson poems on the page versos facing full-page coloured paintings on the page rectos tinted end-papers. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which is faded at and by the spine. The selection of the peoms highlights 'Lawson's constant theme of the instability of life. The impact of Lawson's record of Australian life is deepened by the symbolic intensity of Peter Lawson's paintings'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Peter Lawson. Oblong 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016587 ISBN : 0727011669 9780727011664
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Graves Richard H
Bush Campcraft: 63 Illustrated Bushcraft Ideas. The Bushcraft Handbooks Series
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade No date. 40pp illustrated with diagrams. Illustrated stapled wrapper rubbed at the spine. The book includes many useful hints for bush campcraft without equipment. An invaluable handbook for Scouts Bushwalkers and Servicemen. See also Bush Hutmaking in the same series of books. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Dymock's Book Arcade Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016578
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Cole Keith
The Aborigines of Victoria
Bendigo: Keith Cole Publications 1981. 52pp b/w photos. Illustrated stapled light card cover lightly worn. A concluding section suggests some discussion topics. The book was written to that other white Australians mgiht have a better unerstanding of the black Australians in Victoria. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Oblong 8vo. Keith Cole Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016576 ISBN : 0908447094 9780908447091
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Potts E Daniel and Potts Annette
Young America and Australian Gold: Americans and the Gold Rush of the 1850s
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1974. xi 299pp index. Upper page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. In studying the American exodus from California once gold had been discovered in Australia the authors look at the reaction to the news of the Australian discoveries trying to ascertain how many and who came and with what objectives. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016589 ISBN : 0702208949 9780702208942
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James Ruth Marchant
Heritage of Pines: a History of the Town of Cottesloe Western Australia
The Town of Cottesloe Council 1977. ix 133pp illustrated with b/w drawings appendix: street and road titles bibliography index end-paper maps. Cloth boards in rubbed edge-worn dust-jacket with some loss at extremities. The book covers the town its history and the pioneers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Stewart Cownie. 4to. The Town of Cottesloe Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016646 ISBN : 0959640401 9780959640403
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Howe E W
Travel Letters from New Zealand Australia and Africa
Topeka: Crane & Company 1913. 476pp b/w plates. Front hinge slackening by the title page. Decorative cloth boards with some wear at the corners. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Crane & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016711
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Clark Manning selected and Edited by
Select Documents in Australian History 1851-1900. Vol II only
London: Angus & Robertson 1977. xviii 866pp index. Paperback. The book is in four sections: Gold; Economic History; Political History; and Social History. NOTE. Volume II only. Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Trade Paperback. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016726 ISBN : 020713426X 9780207134265
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Firkins Peter
Of Nautilus and Eagles: History of the Royal Australian Navy
Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia 1983. viii 279pp illustrated with b/w plates maps six appendices bibliography index illustrated end-papers. Blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. This book was 'the first history of the Australian Navy published describing the growth of Australian sea power from the time of the Royal Naval squadrons baed on Sydney the development of the colonial navies and finally the establishment of the RAN in 1911'. The book covers all the major actions in which units of the RAN have been involved including the coast-watchers in the south-west Pacific campaign of WWII. New Updated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hutchinson of Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016734 ISBN : 0091482909 9780091482909
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Department of Defence Navy
An Outline of Australian Naval History
Canberra: AGPS Press 1976. 90pp b/w illsfour appendices: Fighting ships of the RAN 1911-75; Commissioned Naval Establishments of the RAN1975; Chronology World War I; and Chronology World War II bibliography. The book includes coverage of the discovery and exploration of Australia the State Navies the foundation of the RAN the RAN to the Vietnam War naval aviation in the RAN the Women's services and the Naval Reserves. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. AGPS Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016732 ISBN : 0642018669 9780642018663
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Amos Keith
The Fenians in Australia 1865-1880
Sydney: New South Wales University Press 1988. xi 330pp b/w ills appendix bibliography index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book provides new insights into the Fenians and an international dimension into this chapter of Australian history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. New South Wales University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016769 ISBN : 0868401706 9780868401706
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Lewis Glen
A History of the Ports of Queensland:a Study in Economic Nationalism
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1973. xviii 341pp 4pp b/w plates notes bibliographical essay index. Prev owner's name stamp on the tinted front paste-down and on the title page no text affected. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. This 'is the first major study of Queensland's economic history combining a history of port development shipping services and economic growth since 1859. It is also the story of the emergence of a sense of Australian economic nationalism'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016735 ISBN : 0702208124 9780702208126
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Ell David editor
Australian Antiques: First Fleet to Federation
Sydney: The Golden Press in Association with The National Trust of Australia NSW Women's Committee 1977. 144pp illustrated throughout in full colour bibliography index illustrated end-papers. Cloth boards in protected dust-jacket. Prev owner's stamp with ref no on the otherwise blank recto of the reaf flyleaf. This volume 'is the first comprehensive picture of Australian antiques to be published and includes objects of the useful and decorative arts made in this country from the time of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the beginnings of European settlement until the federation of the Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs by John Delacour. 4to. The Golden Press in Association with The National Trust of Australia (NSW) Women's Committee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016805
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Travers Robert
The Phantom Fenians of New South Wales
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1986. 176pp b/w ills bibliography index. One-page personal greeting in biro covers the front flyleaf otherwise the book is in Very Good and clean condition. Papered boards in edge-worn dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016797 ISBN : 0864160610 9780864160614
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Degeus Marijke
Weeds Don't Die: An Autobiography
Nerang Qld: The Author 1993. 159pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w plates exhibitions collections bibliography. Illustrated light card cover. 'The author of this autobiographical novel is a distinguished award-winning painter and potter. Her story is about one woman's determination to make the best of life's bad as well as good times.'. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015992 ISBN : 0646147390 9780646147390
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McKay Judith Exhibition organier
Lambert War Sketches: a Loan Exhibition from the Australian War Memorial Canberra March 1978-December 1979
Canberra: Australian War Memorial Foreword by Noel J Flanagan. 24pp exhibition itinerary illustrated throughout in b/w Exhibition catalogue. Some minor page wrinkling at the lower edge. Illustrated light card cover with a photograph of George Lambert in Palestine at the ifc and a selected bibliography at the irc. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Australian War Memorial Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016002
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Hutchinson Garr text
Wiregrass: A Mythical Australian Town: The Drawings of Percy Leason
Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Company 1986. 80pp Introduction 8pp b/w ills throughout. Prev owner's signature by the upper corner of the inside front cover. Illustrated light card cover. The book covers the artist's creation of a mythical town and his endowment of it with a host of characters and comic situations. 'Wiregrass' flourished in Table Talk magazine from 1926 to 1937 when Leason moved to America. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Lothian Publishing Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015997 ISBN : 0850912490 9780850912494
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Gleeson James
Selected Poems
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1993. 75pp b/w ills. Page edges lightly foxed. Paperback with wear at the lower front corner. This volume is selected from James Gleeson's poem-drawings from the period 1938-1942 and was published to coincide with the Surrealism in Australia Exhibiton curated by the National Gallery of Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016011 ISBN : 0207179751 9780207179754
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Lehmann Geoffrey
Australian Primitive Painters
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1977. 99pp28 col plates 7bw ills. Or red faux-leather boards lacking dust jacket. Very light foxing to preliminaries. Looks at primitive painters of Australia and includes Irvine Homer; Charles Callins; James Fardoulys; Sam Byrne and Henri Baston. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015984 ISBN : 0702210390 9780702210396
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McIntyre Arthur
Australian Comtemporary Drawing. Resurgence and Redefinition
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications 1988. vi 162pp chronology num bw & col ills. Or black cloth boards in dust jacket. Jacket faded at spine. Examines the resurgence of drawing in Australia especially large drawings and their return to prominence. Covers 60 artists including James Gleeson Alun Leach-Jones Margaret Morgan Andrew Sibley Fred Cress and may more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015985 ISBN : 0864390378 9780864390370
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Campbell David G Songs and Poems
The History of Australia
The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney 1976. Number 107 of 125 numbered and SIGNED copies by the Curator of The Macleay Museum Peter Stanbury; poet David Campbell; and artist Keith Looby of a limited edition of 1000. Unpaginated c114pp with full-page drawings on page rectos key to the drawings. Illustrated light card cover rubbed. The 51 drawings were intended as part of Looby's history a project entitled A Fairytale History of Australia. There are no formal explanations of the drawings but a key at the end of the book covers the five sections: Sun and Moon; Coming of Man; Aboriginal People; Thunder and Lightning; and Abuse of Privilege. David Campell's six 'Looby Songs' which were inspired by some of the earlier drawings are included as are some poems from Campbell's rock carving series. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Drawings By Keith Looby. Oblong 4to. The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015993 ISBN : 0909635064 9780909635060
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McCullough Bianca. editor
Each Man's Wilderness. Reflections By Australian Artists
Adelaide: Rigby 1980. 120pp biographies num colour plates. Or cloth boards in jacket. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers. Very light edge wear to jacket. Written impressions and painting by 22 Australian artists give their unique responses to the Australian wilderness. Included are Lloyd Rees Tim Storrier Charles McCubbin Kenneth Jack Clifton Pugh Percy Trezise among others. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015986 ISBN : 0727012045 9780727012043
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