Art from Rare Illustrated Books

Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Company, 1916. With an essay by James MacDonald and some remarks on Australian art by the artist. Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917) was an Australian artist and an outstanding member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionism. A student of Eugen von Guerard, McCubbin's paintings remain iconic images of pioneer life in the wilderness. They were keystones… Read more about this item

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

1982. Charming engraving by Pixie O'Harris depicting a young girl engaging with an elf sprite and a koala in a tree. Numbered 71/75. Pixie O'Harris, whose real name was Rhona Olive Pratt, was an Australian artist and children's book illustrator. She was born on July 22, 1903, in Cardiff, Wales, and later immigrated to Australia. O'Harris… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1925. First Edition. The Merry Piper is an exuburant and rambling adventure by Harold Gaze (1885-1962). Born in New Zealand, Gaze came to Melbourne in 1918 and stayed until 1921, producing a vast quantity of high quality work during a short space of time. He published four books in 1919 alone. Many of the… Read more about this item

London: James Carpenter, 1843. Fifth edition of this beautifully produced but practical guide to colour in painting, which uses works by old masters such as Titian, Van Dyck and Rubens as a guide. The author, John Burnet (1784 - 1868) was a Scottish engraver and painter who exhibited with the Royal Academy and was awarded a fellowship with the… Read more about this item

London: William Clowes & Sons, 1886. First Edition. Thomas Riley. With sections on the individual states of Australia, promoting Victorian gold and wine, the minerals of Queensland and New South Wales, pearls from Western Australia, and the goats and merino sheep of South Australia. Also includes a study of the architecture of India, and with mentions of 16th century… Read more about this item

Lilydale, Victoria: Mannagum Press, 1987. Signed Limited Edition. Collector's issue of the first edition from the Australian Art Manuscript Series. Compiled and introduced by Andrew Mackenzie, foreword by Kathleen Mangan. This scholarly work includes an essay on the artists work, short biography, all Manifold Estate mural panels reproduced in full colour, newspaper notices of Wither's work, index to paintings… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1962. Limited edition of 600 copies, of which this is No. 535. Signed by the author, with introduction and commentaries by Robert Campbell. Edition of 600 copies signed by Campbell. Quarto, bound in original cloth with gilt square leather onlay, in the publisher's slipcase, 35pp, 12 tipped colour plates; slipcase shows wear, a fine copy.

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.

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

Christie's, 1970. Being sale number four, Sept. 16-17 1970. Small quarto, black & white and colour plates, original wrappers, very good copy.

Canberra: Published and edited by the Australian War Memorial, 1944. First Edition. Featuring combat images and portraiture by a range of Australian War Artists including William Dobell and Ivor Hele. Staple bound small quarto, black and white plates; original printed wrappers, a very good copy.

Sydney: Darlinghurst Galleries, 1965. First Edition. Monograph tracing the development of an enigmatic Australian artist whose abstracted forms are infused with a strong spiritualism. Foreword by Peter Bellew, an abridged chronology, and an article and writings by the artist. Quarto, bound in original black cloth, 16 colour plates and 110 illustrations in monochrome; a fine copy in a near… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Macmillan, 1981. First Edition. Amply illustrated survey of Gills work showing a wide variety of themes and subjects. Quarto, plates in colour and black & white, illustrated endpapers; original decorated yellow papered boards, near fine copy with dust-jacket.

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

London: Lund Humphries, 2002. First Edition. The first monograph on the artist, chronology of his life by Diana Rowntree; signed by the author, and inscribed by the Rowntree's to Betty and Roy Churcher. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Diana Rowntree to Betty Churcher, sending the book, commenting on the colour of the reproductions and noting, 'A… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1965. From "The Arts in Australia" series. Succinct description of Aboriginal art in all mediums, from body painting to sand drawings, bark paintings, painted wooden shields, engraved stones and dendroglyphs. Mountford was an esteemed anthropologist and scholar of Aboriginal religion. Staple bound octavo booklet, illustrated in black & white and colour; original illustrated wrappers, a near fine… Read more about this item

Sydney: The artist, 2021. Signed Limited Edition. After a visit to the J.D.Salinger centenary exhibition at the New York Public Library in 2019. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Letter to son Matt Salinger in 1974: "I like, love Emerson, more than any other American writer." Bound in pictorial wrappers, stapled. 15 cm… Read more about this item

Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1973. With a catalogue of the etchings by Nicholas Draffin and a detailed five page biography of the artist. Quarto, black and white plates; original illustrated wrappers, a bit rubbed but still a very good copy.

London: Bodley Head, 1971. Limited Edition. Fine. Maurice Sendak. Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies of which this is no. 559. Nineteen beautifully-executed prints suitable for framing personally selected by Maurice Sendak for this collection of his all-time favourite artworks. All prints are housed in a large portfolio box with 4 pages of explanatory text… Read more about this item