Conrad Martens: The Man & His Art
by Lindsay, Lionel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1920. 26.0 x 22.0cms, 40pp + 32 tipped in colour plates, 12 sepia drawings & 16 pencil drawings; very good hardback some stains on board covers and two small nips from buckram spine Martens sailed on the Beagle in 1834 and lived in St Leonards until 1878. Lindsay writes that 'it was his destiny to be the first artist to make here a tradition in landscape, and Sydney must ever esteem his memory, for he was her first painter-lover. Never did lover to the beauty of his mistress a moreuntiring homage'.
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120362
- Title
- Conrad Martens: The Man & His Art
- Author
- Lindsay, Lionel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1920
- Keywords
- colonial explorers
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About the Seller
THE CROSS Art + Books
Biblio member since 2023
Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
About THE CROSS Art + Books
THE CROSS ART + BOOKS
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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