1923. Hardcover quarto in two-colour cloth illustrated boards, 30.3 x 24.5cm. Slight fading to front cover, tears to upper and lower hinges of spine, split gutters. Printed by The Snelling Printing Works, Sydney, vi + 514pp. Contains section markers to signify categories of items, an unused order form, and pages..... More
1933. Hardcover quarto with woodblock print on decorative paper over boards, 61pp, inscribed and autographed by Megargee in ink on pastedown, 33.5 x 25cm. Paper loss to spine, light foxing throughout and minor offset from plates. Inscription reads “To H. Nevill Smith, [no.] 48. Sincerely yours, Lon Megargee, Phoenix, Arizona.”..... More
c1923-1940s. Sizes ranging from 35.5 x 25cm to 31.3 x 41.1cm. 1). The Drawings of Heinrich Kley, Volumes I & II, Borden Publishing, California (text in English). Pair of hardcover folios with cloth binding and title on boards, with illustrated dust jackets, 1941 and 1947 [unpaginated]. Slight tears, creases and..... More
1945. Softcover booklet with illustrated wrappers, 42pp, autographed by Albert Tucker in ink on title page, 24.1 x 18.8cm. Slight stains to front cover and prelim pages, minor chips to spine, rear cover slightly loosening from spine. Cover text includes “By Julian Prang. Presented by Redmond Phillips.” Tucker’s full-page illustrations..... More
1948. Hardcover quarto, half-cloth boards with silver and yellow embossed text, no dust jacket as issued, signed by Max Dupain in ink on verso of half-title, stamped “Frasers, Terrigal Motel” on pastedown, 30.8 x 22.6cm. Foxing, scuffing and bumping to boards and corners, inner pages slightly split from binding, some..... More
1950s. Colour process lithograph, inscribed and signed by Menzies in ink in lower margin, 21.7 x 16.6cm. Slight discolouration to edges of margins, tipped to original backing. Inscription reads “For Charles [Lloyd Jones], with affection.” Provenance: Charles Lloyd Jones estate. More
c1916-1950s. Collection of 23 softcover stapled magazines with colour illustrated wrappers, quarto or oblong octavos, 19 x 13cm to 32 x 25cm. Slight stains, soiling, foxing and minor tears overall, interior pages mostly clean, some wrappers detached from binding. Publishers include Hodder & Stoughton, Dymock’s Book Arcade, Army Education Service..... More
1950. Hardcover folio, paper and cloth boards with “W.R.F.” initials and gilt title to spine, glassine dust jacket, gilt top edge with original cardboard slipcase, 188pp, numbered “55 [of 500]” copies and autographed by Flint in ink on prelim page, 38 x 27.2cm. Foxing to covers, prelim pages, dust jacket..... More
1950. Hardcover folio with blue papered boards, blue illustrated dust jacket protected by mylar, decorative endpapers, deckled edges and original cardboard slipcase, 279pp, numbered “8” [of 85] and signed in ink by Barnett, 31.1 x 24cm. Slight foxing and creases to dust jacket, prelim pages and edges, slight offset or..... More
1955. Soft cover letterpress and colour process screen booklet, 12.6 x 16.8cm. Slight foxing overall, minor soiling to cover. Text includes “School of Graphic Arts, Sydney Technical College. Apprenticeship Week 1955. This project shows how a coloured picture is produced by the letterpress printing process, making use of the primary..... More
1964. Process screen card box housing an exhibition catalogue in the form of a scroll, “Dwan Gallery” label with address to “Sir Robert Adeane, Mayor Gallery, London” attached to base, 7.7 x 18.5 x 11.3cm (box). Creases, wear to box, glue stains to scroll at paper join. The catalogue scroll..... More
c1965. Process lithograph poster and letterpress magazine with process screen and colour lineblock illustrations, some images signed in block, 50.6 x 38.2cm, 24.4 x 18.4cm. Slight discolouration, repaired tears and missing portions to edges of poster, minor crinkles and stains to magazine cover. This is the original promotional poster for..... More
1973. Hardcover quarto with white cloth boards, embossed title and marbled endpapers, housed in a blue vinyl special edition box with Marilyn Monroe photograph pasted on, and marbled interior, 270pp, autographed by Norman Mailer and Lawrence Schiller in ink on prelim page, 29.2 x 26cm. Minor scuffing, bumping to box..... More
1977. Hardcover quarto with red cloth boards and silver lettered title to spine, illustrated dust jacket, 202pp, inscribed and autographed by Karsh in ink on flyleaf, 31.3 x 24.5cm. Minor scuffing to dust jacket, clean throughout. Inscription includes “for Lois and Willis Winn, in happy remembrance of our meeting, and..... More
1980. Hardcover quarto with black cloth boards and dust jacket, 288pp, autographed by Norman Mailer in ink on title page, 28.8 x 22.3cm. Remainder mark to lower edge. Dust jacket protected in plastic. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. First edition. Photographs by Milton H. Greene with text by..... More
1916-1984. The following magazines, collected over 25 years, represent an important cross-section of Australian life from 1916 to 1984. Consisting of 19 titles, the subject material covered is comprehensive and includes the arts, photography, literature, fashion, society and social events, architecture, Australian life in the outback, protests, political events, home..... More
1924-2000s. Collection of 41 items relating to Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay family, consisting of 30 books, two magazines and nine items of ephemera, some books signed in ink by Lin Bloomfield, David Adams, members of the Lindsay family, or Norman Lindsay himself. Slight stains, foxing and soiling overall, discolouration..... More
2001. Hardcover oblong octavo, natural linen binding with embossed white lettering, with matching slipcase, 192pp, 33.6 x 36.5cm. Slight foxing to title page, margins of reproduction print and prospectus, “T.F.M. Naughton” ex libris on pastedown, minor water stains to slipcase. By John Szarkowski. Published by Little, Brown & Company, USA..... More
c1824–1828. Seventy (70) engravings plus title page engraving, bound together in a tooled leather octavo album with gilt text “Souvenir a mes Voyages” on cover, gilt edges and turn-ins, silk-covered endpapers and a metal clasp, each engraving signed and titled in Italian, some dated, 8.4 x 12.6cm (approx. each image);..... More
1975–1977. Pair of unbound folio newsprint magazines, December 1977 issue autographed by Warhol in ink on cover, 38.5 x 29cm (approx. each). Minor discolouration and tears to edges. (1) April 1975 issue, vol. V, no. 4, “April in Paris” special. Cover shows Brigitte Bardot illustrated by Antonio Lopez. Includes a...... More