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Photograph of Society of Artists, Selection Committee
by KING, Henry
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- Sydney
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1907, Sydney. Beautiful photograph of the Society of Artists selection committee having a picnic on the floor of the art gallery in 1907 picturing (from left to right) Julian Ashton, Mrs Norman Lindsay, Harry Weston, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, Young Souter, Sydney Long, and D.H. Souter.
The panel of watercolours on the wall was the first ever… Read more about this item Item Price
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Edward Weston Photographer
by WESTON, Edward
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- 1965
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CA$68.57
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New York: Aperture Inc, 1965. The Flame of Recognition. His Photographs accompanied by excerpts from Daybooks & Letters. Edited by Nancy Newhall. Quarto, original red cloth, black & white plates throughout, dustjacket worn but otherwise a very good, fresh copy. Item Price
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Russell Drysdale. A retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960 with an introduction by Paul Haefliger
by [DRYSDALE, Russell] HAEFLIGER, Paul
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- 1960
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$41.14
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Sydney: Ure Smith for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1960. First Edition. Max Dupain. Significant exhibition catalogue of Drysdale's work with photographic portrait plate and endpapers by Max Dupain. Small square quarto, twelve plates in colour and twenty-four in black & white; interview, descriptive text and chronology, endpaper photo-sequence by Dupain; original black cloth, very good copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Contemporary Art Appreciation 101 - How to Understand What's Contemporary Art and What's Snot
by Bronsteen, Earl
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- 2006
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$548.58
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Boca Raton, FL: The artist, 2006. First Edition. From the outer reaches of artists' books: the late photographer and conceptual artist's magnum opus and sequel to his earlier How to Become a Famous Contemporary Artist. The textbook for the author's Online School of Fine Arts containing course outline, fee schedule, FAQs, student orientation lesson, course requirements, details of graduate… Read more about this item Item Price
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Australia Beautiful; "The Home " Pictorial Annual 1929
by [No Editor Stated]
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- 1929
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Sydney: Art in Australia, 1929. Features the creative work of Elioth Gruner, Harold Herbert, Arthur Streeton, Sir John Longstaff, Blamire Young, Frederick McCubbin and numerous striking black & white photo-plates by Harold Cazneaux. Staple bound quarto in original colour illustrated wrappers, plates in colour and black & white throughout; some chipping of the spine, a few scattered stains affect… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lilliput; Vol.16 No. 3 Issue No. 93
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- 1945
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$45.72
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London: Pocket Publications, 1945. First Edition. Walter Trier. Of interest: black & white photograph titled 'Studio' by Bill Brandt, and George Bernard Shaw's thoughts on writing in the British Library in "Bernard Shaw Advises a Young Writer". (Lovely advertisement for Guiness featuring a kangaroo and its joey too.). Octavo, bound in illustrated paper wrappers, 252 pages + advertisements, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Electric Servants
by [State Electricity Commission of Victoria] Electricity Supply Department
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- 1940
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$1,142.88
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Melbourne: Electrical Development Divison, 1940. First Edition. Alfred Hitchcock meets Australian modernism in this compelling trade catalogue of domestic appliances. The images bear a remarkable resemblance to the commercial work of Max Dupain, and may indeed be his. The artistic quality of images is undeniable. An exceptionally rare and rather astonishing publication. Small quarto, bound in illustrated wrappers, 34… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three iconic Biba fashion catalogues with the Biba Newspaper
by [Biba] Hulanicki, Barbara
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- 8211
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$777.16
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London: Biba, 8211. First Edition. Barbara Hulanicki, founder of the Biba fashion house, was the woman who popularised the miniskirt, brought celebrity fashion to the high street, and rewarded working women by selling gorgeously decadent clothes and accessories at prices they could afford. Her gorgeous mail-order catalogues feature an extremely early shoot by the young Helmut Newton, classically atmospheric… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bill Brandt
by BRANDT, Bill
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- 1972
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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1972. First Edition. 'The closing of the shutter is a death sentence, a guillotining of the moment. It is best left in the hands of a man at peace with himself.' -Cyril Conolly, in Bill Brandt's "Shadow of Light" Slim quarto booklet, staple bound in original illustrated wrappers, a very good copy of this Australian touring exhibition catalogue with… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Land of Romance. The Border, Its History and Legend
by LANG, Jean
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- 1920
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$91.43
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London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1920. First Edition. SCOTT, Tom.. This history of the Scottish border from Roman to recent times. A lovely example of the skilful printing and generous book design that characterise the works of the publishers T.C. & E.C. Jack. With six illustration plates in photogravure from paintings by Tom Scott, RSA. Small quarto, six photogravure… Read more about this item Item Price
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Notes on the Materials of Motor-Car Construction
by BERRIMAN, Algernon E.
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- 1912
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$182.86
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London: St Martin's Publishing Co, 1912. First Edition. An early book on the engineering and construction of automotive parts, with a special emphasis on metallurgy.
'An account of modern metallurgical science applied to automobile engineering, including detailed descriptions of the principal processes involved in the production and testing of iron and steel, together with a collection of micrographs… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Fan] With Compliments from Burns, Philp (SS) Co., Ltd
by BURNS PHILP LTD
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- 1930
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$160.00
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Suva, Fiji, 1930. Fan with photographic portrait of a Fijian man in traditional attire, holding a large carved wooden comb. Photographically illustrated card, 310 mm x 215 mm, specked with a few age marks, in great condition overall. Item Price
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L'Indochine - Les Colonies Francaises
by CABATON, Antoine
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- 1932
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CA$169.15
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Paris: H. Laurens, 1932. An anthropological study of the French Indochina colonies by professor Antoine Cabaton, including extracts from the writings of Marco Polo, Pavie, Garnier, Monnier, Bonnetain, Pouvourville, Boissière, Lyautey among others. Desirable also for its chic art deco-style binding and bold typography. Bound in original decorated cloth boards, 180mm x 250mm, 256 pages, 148 black and white… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Story of Cigars
by Gregg, Albert H.
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- 1942
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$228.58
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New York: Cigar Institute of America Inc, 1942. Mark von Arenburg. A book on the business of being a good cigar merchant. Provides a detailed history of the cigar industry with chapters on how tobacco is grown in Cuba, Sumatra and the US. There are portfolios of pictures on the making of handmade cigars, smoking portraits of famous musicians,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ce Qu'il Faut Voir. (What One Must See). A L'Exposition Coloniale
by COLOMB, Hélène (préface)
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- 1931
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$224.00
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Paris, 1931. Fine. Highlights from each region's pavilion at the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, 1931. Extremely scarce. Bound in original decorated wrappers, 140mm x 190mm, 125 pages, 20 full-page black & white photographic plates, profusely illustrated throughout; a fine copy. Item Price
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Danses d'Indochine; The Dances of Indo-China
by COGNIAT, Raymond
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- 1932
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CA$434.29
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Paris: Éditions des Chroniques du Jour, 1932. Traditional dance in Indochina: beautiful collection of photographic studies with accompanying notes in French and English. By the reknowned French art critic, Raymond Cogniat. Bound in modern calf, marbled endpapers, original pictorial wrappers retained, 250 mm x 310 mm, 89 pages, 60 full-page black and white photographic plates; a fine copy. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Von China Und Chinesen
by Heinz von Perckhammer
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- 1930
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$114.29
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Zurich and Leipzig: Orell Fussli Verlag, 1930. Sixty three full-page photographs taken in China. A fascinating and enchanting work. Slim octavo, original half cloth pictorial boards, 63 photographic plates in duo tone, 63pp, edges a little rubbed otherwise fine. Item Price
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Christophs Abenteuer in Australien
by HEYD, Kurt
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- 1935
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CA$77.72
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Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1935. A story for children about the Australian gold rush, based on the real-life experiences of the author's grandfather. The book is profusely illustrated with evocative line drawings and photographs of the outback. Small quarto, line drawings and photographic illustrations throughout, fine in original pictorial cloth-backed boards. Item Price
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Art in Australia. A Quarterly Journal. Third Series Number 62
by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney & GELLERT, Leon (editors)
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- 1936
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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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CA$91.43
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Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1936. Of interest: Long article by Adrian Lawlor on the dynamics of modern art. Illustrated article on Lionel Lindsay's watercolours. Detailed plates of Australian applied arts and crafts including fabric patterns, a wrought iron fire screen and lamp and ceramics. Tipped colour plate of wrought iron head of Mary Gilmore by Rayner Hoff. Maurice… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fifty Masterpieces of Photography
by SMITH, Julian
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- 1949
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CA$777.16
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Melbourne: McLaren & Co, 1949. This beautiful facsimile surveys the work of Julian Smith (1873-1947), a respected surgeon and pioneering photographer in Australia. The rich tones of Smith's photographs, predominately character studies and portraits of prominent civil servants and individuals, were attained using a special printing technique developed by the artist. Fifty black & white plates, loosely inserted in… Read more about this item Item Price
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