Graphic Arts from Rare Illustrated Books

Berlin: Monatsschrift zur Förderung künstlerischer Reklame, 1931. Photographs by Charles Ogle of New York City, and fashion designs by Lisl Jokl. Also includes a feature on advertising artists from Czecho Slovakia, and 'The Camera as an Instrument of the Artist' by Charles Ogle. Quarto, bound in illustrated wrappers, brilliantly illustrated throughout, wrappers chipped.

Paris, 1910. An elegant Edwardian catalogue of hand-printed silk shirts, of oriental and Persian design, organic and of the most beautiful quality. "No more corsets, bustles and shoulder pads; they will wear soft, supple, fluid draperies, in soft and melted colours. Finally, the garment adapts to the body... shaped according to the silhouette." -Arthur Liberty … Read more about this item

Berlin and Frankfurt, 1930. Only individual sections of this item in the German National Library in Leipzig can be traced by us (dated there "1938?"). It is a quite superb catalogue from the company founded in Bockenheim near Frankfurt in 1878. The headquarters were relocated to Berlin in 1928. The fact that Berlin is placed in front on the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Outdoor Advertising Association of America, 1928. First Edition. Nature is necessary to the designer, but not to the design." - Best-Maugard Publication on the art of the poster and its successful employment in advertising with writings by acclaimed artists and leading advertising executives. Includes articles on pictures and designs by Evelyn Spencer, Robert Kearfoot, the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Poster Advertising Association, 1924. First Edition. Rare publication on the art of the poster. Includes articles on fashioning taste and opinion, character and legibility in Amerian poster lettering by Matlack Price, striking Canadian railways posters, 'Bovril - and Some Thoughts on English Poster Advertising', among others. Quarto, bound in illustrated paper wrappers, 32 pages, loss to… Read more about this item

Chicago: Poster Advertising Association, 1923. First Edition. Rare publication on the art and the power of the poster. Published in Chicago, this is the 'Mad Men' of advertising in the 1920s. Includes articles on art directors, the poster in France, Carl Krafft on poster advertising,'The Advertising and Marketing of Tomorrow' by Leonard Dreyfuss, and 'Posters and the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Poster Advertising Association, 1923. First Edition. Rare publication on the art of the poster. Includes articles on the poster art of Japan and Japanese prints, protecting the public from bad advertising, theatrical posters, the Hohlwein Poster Exhibit in New York, and the English Poster Exhibit. Quarto, bound in illustrated paper wrappers, 32 pages, a very good copy,… Read more about this item

Canada, no date. Dynamic and engaging advertisment for soap detergent, pre-dating the advent of washing machines. One sheet, doubled-sided colour printing, 280 mm x 215 mm, faint fold lines, crisp corners, in very good overall condition.

Sydney: Jons Productions, 1945. First Edition. Jacqueline Reading. Scarce and charming Australian children's story about Peter the Penguin who protects the ice-floe. [Muir, 6254]. Oblong octavo, 28pp., 12 full-page colour plates and other black & white drawings; early gift inscription on inside cover, else a very good copy in cloth-backed pictorial boards.

Tokyo: Sanseido and Company, 1936. Carefully planned study of Japanese art demonstrating the stylistic changes through time of painting, bronze and wood sculpture, metalwork, textiles, ceramics, lacquer, architecture etcetera. The book is divided into two parts; the first providing a detailed overview of the history of Japanese art practices, the second acting as a guide to specific works and… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Sunday News, 1926. Rare children's section featuring Gumnut babies 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half-page), Fatty Fin by Syd Nicholls (full-page) and other cartoons. Significant for the final sequence of the Marmaduke comic strip which appears in this issue. Broadsheet newspaper segment of four pages measuring 480 x610 mm printed in colour; the margins are heavily… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Sunday News, 1927. Rare children's section featuring Gumnut babies 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs, 'Fatty Fin' by Syd Nicholls (both full-page) and other cartoons. Includes a written piece by Gibbs titled 'Gumnut Gossip, Extract from the Daily Bark'. Broadsheet newspaper segment of four pages measuring 480x610mm printed in colour; the margins have chipped and the Fatty… Read more about this item

Budapest: PICTURA, 1930. First Edition. Hand-printed pattern book published by Pictura, Sebestyén László's award-winning Hungarian design studio in Budapest. Oblong quarto, 30 leaves, staple-bound paper wrappers decorated with 10 embossed golden medals, a very good copy.

U.S.A.: ITC, 1975. First Edition. Published to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the American typewriter, with designers Joel Kaden and Tony Stan reinvigorating the font by dispensing with its rigid spacing. "On every standard typewriter, there's a metal bar with a row of teeth spaced exactly one-tenth of an inch apart. In 1874 this famous bar lifted… Read more about this item

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1936. Of interest: Drawings of Grecian and Chinese Architecture by Hardy Wilson, nine full-page sepia plates; Professor Leslie Wilkinson on the functions of architecture; paintings executed abroad by Will Ashton; notes on Australian typography by Benjamin Fryer six page report with seven full-page plates of samples printed in black and red. An excellent source… Read more about this item

Sydney: Published by Art in Australia, 1929. This important annual showcases local talent in fine, applied and graphic arts, interiors, architecture and photography. Features the work of Harold Cazneaux, Elioth Gruner, J.J. Hilder, Hans Heysen, Hardy Wilson, George Lambert, Penleigh Boyd, Jack Cato and Lionel Lindsay. Quarto, plates in colour and black & white; original colour illustrated wrappers, spine… Read more about this item

Sydney, 1915. [Scarce study of the waratah in decorative arts. This beautiful work contains illustrated examples of the use of the waratah in many fields of the applied arts, such as architecture (brackets, capitals, columns, ceilings, etc.), bookbinding, ceramics, electric fittings, glassware, ironwork, lace, wallpaper, dado, frieze, windows and woodcarving. Covers the history of the use of the waratah… Read more about this item

London: H. Hacker Limited, 1962. First Edition. This is literally our list of typefaces, and we make no apology for not showing complete alphabets from 6 to 72 point. However for those who might say, 'what is Flash?', a sample setting is included in the form of useful advice, rather than in 'the quick brown fox' tradition of setting...… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Sunday Sun, 1946. Contains a variety of cartoons, including 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half page) and Bancks timeless Ginger Meggs (whole page). Eight page tabloid newspaper insert (305x380mm) printed in colour, the fore-edge has torn with no loss, otherwise in very good condition.

Sydney: RICHARD McKINNEY STUDIO, no date. Black & white photographic portrait by J.R.T. Richardson of Percy Neville Barnett at work in his studio tipping in book-plates. Black & white silver gelatine print, 162 mm x 210 mm, officially stamped by artist and sitter, in near fine condition.