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150 Years of Australian Art
Various,
National Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 1938.
Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. January 27 to April 25, 1938. The 150th anniversary celebrations. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, bar chips to top and/or bottom section of spine. Text heavily foxed, but plates mainly clean.. Edges badly foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Australian Art & Architecture; Inventory No: 18620.
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 18620 Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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1988 Australian Biennale: From the Southern Cross, a View of World Art c. 1940-1988
Heitter, Josephine -- compiler & Cosgrove, Bryony -- Editor
ISBN: 0642530947
ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corp Sydney 1988 First Edition
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Paperback 1.2 kg; 288 pages, includes bibliography, list of works in the exhibition, various essays, and selected bibliographies. In original colour illustrated paperback binding, which shows a band of fading at the right-hand side of the rear panel, and on the back strip. This exhibition includes Australian Aboriginal Art, as well as as European Australian artists, and other artists "the criterion for inclusion was excellence, not geographical location, gender or media." Please note that this book will weigh more than 1 kg packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. catalogue -- art Retrospective Good -- Faded Spine
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0221048 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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200 Years of Australian Painting
Thomas, Laurie
ISBN: 085835005X
Bay Books, 1971.
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. First Edition. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Australian Art & Architecture; ISBN: 085835005X. Inventory No: 5252. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Price: $45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 5252 Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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A Brush with Birds : Australian Bird Art from the National Library of Australia
Penny Olsen (introduction)
ISBN: 9780642276803
National Library of Australia 2008
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Water mark to edges of front endpapers and small mark to bottom of following 18 pages. Remainder of book very good. 120 pages with colour illustrations. Showcases Australian bird art from 1788 to the present. Good+
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 014323 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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A Burble of Birds
Judy Wilford
Pot Still Press Australia 1992
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Cloth 525 gms. Book and dj in fine condition. Very attractive and presentable book. Fine
Price: $24.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 019103 Bookseller: Book Lore
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A Century of Australian Landscape : Mood and Moment
Pearce, Barry
ISBN: 0959420924
Published for the International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited by the Beagle Press Sydney, Australia 1983
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Jacket has fading to spine. 96 pages with colour illustrations. Contains 58 landscape paintings by some of Australia's greatest artists. Very Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 014687 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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A Cook’s Tour of the National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association
ISBN: 0908090056
Hyland House South Yarra, Victoria 1978 First Australian Edition
Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall illustrated Boards 750 g.; 120 pages, foreword by Eric Rowlison -- Director, National Gallery of Victoria, acknowledgements, index of illustrations, conversion of quantities and index of recipes. Pale beige coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing a late 17th century English dish with a illustration of Adam and Eve. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photographs of various works of art held by the National Gallery of Victoria. Illustrated boards, showing a man holding a wine skin and glass with pale grey writing on the spine. A little discoloration to the spine of the book and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Some very, very light tanning of the internal pages. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel a reproduction of Arnold Shores' painting " The Chef, 1934 " and on the back panel a porcelain plate from 1780, with white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the book edges and fading to the back panel. This book was published by the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association who gathered recipes from various countries around the world and then illustrated the recipes by appropriate works of art held from within the National Galleries catalogue. Digital image available upon request to help assessed condition. Art -- Australia Reasonable
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0103745 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Cook’s Tour of the National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association
ISBN: 0908090056
Hyland House South Yarra, Victoria 1978 First Australian Edition
Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Illustrated Boards 750 g; 120 pages, foreword by Eric Rowlison -- Director, National Gallery of Victoria, acknowledgements, index of illustrations, conversion of quantities and index of recipes. Pale beige coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing a late 17th century English dish with a illustration of Adam and Eve. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photographs of various works of art held by the National Gallery of Victoria. Illustrated boards, showing a man holding a wine skin and glass with pale grey writing on the spine. Slight loss of colour to the left-hand edge of the front panel. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel a reproduction of Arnold Shores' painting " The Chef, 1934 " and on the back panel a porcelain plate from 1780, with white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the book edges and fading to the front panel edge. This book was published by the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association who gathered recipes from various countries around the world and then illustrated the recipes by appropriate works of art held within the National Galleries catalogue. Art -- Australia Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0222272 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Cook’s Tour of the National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association
ISBN: 0908090056
Hyland House South Yarra, Victoria 1978 First Australian Edition
Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Illustrated Boards 750 g; 120 pages, foreword by Eric Rowlison -- Director, National Gallery of Victoria, acknowledgements, index of illustrations, conversion of quantities and index of recipes. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing a late 17th century English dish with a illustration of Adam and Eve. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photographs of various works of art held by the National Gallery of Victoria. Illustrated boards, showing a man holding a wine skin and glass with pale grey writing on the spine. Slight loss of colour to the left-hand edge of the front panel of the dustjacket. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel a reproduction of Arnold Shores' painting " The Chef, 1934 " and on the back panel a porcelain plate from 1780, with white writing on the front panel and spine. This book was published by the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association who gathered recipes from various countries around the world and then illustrated the recipes by appropriate works of art held within the National Galleries catalogue. Art -- Australia Very Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0232330 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Cook’s Tour of the National Gallery of Victoria
Various,
ISBN: 0908090056
Hyland House , Melbourne, 1978.
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Edition. 115pp. Recipes from around the world stimulated by a variety of artworks. Dust jacket is protected in archival (acid-free) plastic wrapper. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Food & Drink; Australian Art & Architecture; ISBN: 0908090056. Inventory No: 667819.
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 667819 Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia
Germaine, Max
ISBN: 9768097132
Craftsman House Sydney, Australia 1991
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks and wear. 486 pages with colour illustrations. Profiles around 2200 Australian women painters, printmakers, sculptors, ceramists and craftworkers. Ex-Library Good
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013904 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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A Fine Line
Geoffrey Caban
Hale & Iremonger Aust 1983
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Cloth 935 gms. Fine
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 021100 Bookseller: Book Lore
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A Gallery of Australian Art
Badham, Herbert
Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd Sydney 1954 Limited-edition
Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Tan Cloth Green Cloth 750 g; XV, 110 pages, (110 black-and-white plates) +10 colour plates tipped in on grey stock. Minor rubbing and bumping of the edges of the boards. Otherwise a good clean copy of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Art Good
Price: $60.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0212841 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Guide to Modern Australian Painting
Luck, R. K.
Sun Books Melbourne 1969 First Australian Edition
Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall illustrated Card 120 pages, last blank, acknowledgements, foreword by author, details of plates, biographical notes, list of main galleries and bibliography. The text is illustrated with 72 plates of which 40 are coloured. Illustrated front cover, being a reproduction of Leonard Frenchs' " Ancient Sun ", with white background and pink writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Scuffing and very minor rubbing to the edges and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Fading to the white the background. A little browning the internal pages of the book. A small book put out in the late 1960s as a guide for the connoisseur and for the student in regards to modern Australian art and artists. Art -- Australia Reasonable for Age
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0103769 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Guide to the Study of Australian Butterflies
Rainbow, W. J.
T. C. Lothian Melbourne 1907 First Australian Edition
12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo Green Cloth 272 pp., eight pages of advertisements, preface by author, three appendices, index. Text is illustrated with 6 pages of black and white plates and numerous text illustrations in black and white. Green boards with ? gilt writing on spine. The book is in awful condition. The corners are very rubbed and very bent and shelf wear is very prominent on the bottom edge of the book. The cloth of the boards is faded and heavily rubbed, and on the back panel there is a tear in the cloth, so as to show the underlying board, measuring 4" x 4". The cloth has also lifted from the back panel. The head and the heel of the spine ourselves and bumped and there has been a complete fading of the ?gilt writing the top paper is heavily dust marked. The front panel is bent and buckled and the endpapers are stained and the internal pages are brown. The front hinge is slack with a few tears along the hinge, with webbing visible at these tears. The back hinge has also cracked, in between the last two pages of advertisements, again webbing can be seen and the hinge is loose. On the ffep., and the following 3 pages a number B112 has been written in the upper right-hand corner in ink. This book was produced as a guide to beginner entomologist in the first decade of the 20th century. Natural History Very Poor
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0100689 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Kingdom Lost -- A story of the devastation of our Wilderness
Pugh, Clifton & Blashki, Pam
ISBN: 085561272x
William Heinemann Australia Port Melbourne 1989 1st Edition
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hardcover 600 g; XII, 52 pages, illustrated with reproductions of artworks related to the rainforests, and the poem. There is also an extensive introduction by Bill Hare, deputy director of the Estren conservation foundation. Slight rubbing of the top edge of the dustjacket with short splits at the top of the spine section, and fading of the dustjacket on the spine and just on either side. art -- Environment Very Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0233516 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Line Around a Dream : Charles Blackman
Granek, Walter
ISBN: 0646179462
Malakoff Fine Art Press North Caulfield, VIC, Australia 1994
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Clear contact over covers. Usual library marks. 36 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. An exhibition of drawings. Ex-Library Good
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 009034 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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A Living Voice of the Living Bush
Strehlow T. G. H. (main Contributor]
The Forests Commission of Victoria Melbourne 1965 First Edition
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Card non pagenated. Full colour reproductions on every second page,of William Ricketts sculptures. Front cover has a photographic illustration and brown writing. Tan covers are slightly buckled and the corners are rubbed and bumped. There are some stain marks and dust marks on front and back cover. The internal pages are slightly browned. This booklet was produced by the Victorian forest commission as an explanation for the William Ricketts Sanctuary. It also goes into some of the philosophy behind the sculptures produced by William Ricketts. Art/Australiana Average
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 100011 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Matter of Taste -- Investing in Australian Art
Ingram, Terence
ISBN: 0002114445
William Collins & Sons Sydney 1976 First Australian Edition
quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Brown Cloth 152 pages., illustrated dustwrapper. Slight bruising of the top edge of the dustwrapper. Top corner of front board is bumped. Slight Shelfwear to base of boards. Tape residue mark on cataloguing information page and page 13. 23 colour plates, 21 black and white plates. This is a book about the Australian art market not a book about Australian art. This book is an attempt to pinpoint some of the factors which make collectors pay what they do for what they buy, and exposes some of the weaknesses and opportunities in the Australian art market. Art -- Australia Good
Price: $24.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0201978 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Matter of Taste; Investing in Australian Art
Ingram, Terry
ISBN: 0-00-211444-5
Collins Sydney 1976 First Edition
Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Hardcover 750 g; 152 pages, includes notes, index. Illustrated with 23 colour plates, and 21 black-and-white plates. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the base edge of the boards, otherwise no fault is worth detailing. Written 30 years ago, this book is still a valid reference of the artists of Australia up until 1960. There is no mention of aboriginal painting, per se, and indeed the only mention of Albert Namatjira is a reference to another artist's painting having "a bit of Namatjira (the pinks)." digital image available upon request. Art -- Australia Very Good
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0220967 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Memorial Volume to Howard Hinton, Patron of Art
Lindsay et al., Norman
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1951.
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. First Edition. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket intact with flaps, but has chunk missing from spine, and other signs of wear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Australian Art & Architecture; Inventory No: 5253. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Price: $65.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 5253 Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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A Palette of Artists; a History of the Three Bezalel Fellowship of Arts in Melbourne
Bandman, Ken
ISBN: 0-7316-8031-6
Bezalel Fellowship of Arts, Melbourne Melbourne 1989 First Edition
quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Brown Cloth 800 g; VIII, 128 Pp., Indexed. Inscribed By Author To Previous Owner On Front End Page, and Dated December 1989. Illustrated with many Art reproductions in colour, and also black-and-white. Contains 35 biographies of Australian Jewish artists. Arts -- Australia Very Good
Price: $45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0210650 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Pictorial History of Australian Painting
Peter Quartermaine and Jonathan Watkin
ISBN: 0861245199
Bison Books London, Great Britain 1989 First Edition
Dust jacket protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 192 pages. Fully illustrated in colour throughout. Minor scuffing and discolouration to dust jacket edges. Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 048316 Bookseller: Leura Books
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A Sliver of Time
Ivan Smith
Harper & Row Australia 1981
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover weight 715g Very Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 034115 Bookseller: Book Lore
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A Small Unsigned Painting
Stephen Scheding
Vintage Australia 1998
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback weight 250g Fine
Price: $12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 029500 Bookseller: Book Lore
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