 Centenary MiscellanyThe Printer's Art |
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88 Anon (Bar Maid), c.1900. Chromolithograph, 39 x 29.2cm. Provenance: Old stock from a framing business in Newtown. |
$390 |
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89 Complimentary Greetings Folder Quinton F. Davis. "The Observatory", Sydney, c.1935. Etching, titled, numbered 37/60 and signed, tipped-in to printed greetings folder, with text printed below, 37.7 x 28cm (the etching 20.7 x 15.1cm). The folder cover is printed "Greetings 1935 - 1936" from W.T. Baker & Co. Ltd. |
$390 |
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90 Fashion Brochures 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923. Six brochures, colour process engravings, folded, various sizes. Mounted together. All six brochures are in excellent condition and complete. The decorative covers of each item show the latest fashions. The fashion houses are Beath, Schiess & Felstead, Robert Reid and Sargood Bros in Melbourne. |
The Six $890 |
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91 S.T. Leigh Friendship, 1935. Promotional poster, colour process engraving, embossed, 36.5 x 27.5cm. Designed by S.T. Leigh, plates engraved by Hartland & Hyde. The border of Australian native flowers embossed beautifully to promote the skills of Aus-tralian craftsman printers. Desktop publishing can never achieve these results. |
$490 |
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92 S.T. Leigh 1788-1938, 1938. Poster, colour process engraving, embossed, 49 x 36.5cm. Original envelope. Designed by S.T. Leigh, plates engraved by Hartland & Hyde. This poster shows 10 vignette views of early Sydney, as well as a portrait of Arthur Phillip. The 11th view of Sydney's Circular Quay is contemporary. The vignettes are placed on a splendid background of gumtrees. The poster is presented in its original envelope. |
$390 |
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93 Barbara MacDonald A New Book of Old Rhymes, 1920. Set of 14 colour process engravings, paper size 29 x 29cm. Published by Art & Australia. Blocks made by Hartland & Hyde. Rare set of Australian children's illustrations, unbound as issued. Barbara McDonald, an English artist, came to Australia after World War I with her Australian husband. |
$1,200 |
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94 After Rossi (Pumping up the Tyre), c.1910. Colour lithograph, 38 x 29.5cm. Rare early automobile image. |
$950 |
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