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Lond. Longmans, Green and Co., 1894.. A two volume set in Or.dec.cl. Vol 1. 439pp. Vol 2. 456pp. Both volumes with col & b/w plates. Cloth sl.worn at edges & spine of both volumes. Volume 2 with a slight indentation on edge of front cover. Previous owner's stamp on inside cover of both volumes. Both vols 1st ed. A two volume set containing many essays on the art and craft of sailing from 1894.

Darwin. NT Museum & Art Gallery., 2008.. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 206pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in colour. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. A major survey of works by the Marika family.

Syd. Fourth Estate., 2019.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 305pp. Fine. 1st ed. The Great War is raging in Europe in 1917, & Maryanne wonders the streets of suburban Melbourne unmarried & seven months pregnant. She has to decide if she should give her child up for adoption or not.

Melb. Oxford University Press., 1981.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 215pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. Light tanning to page edges. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Art critic Gary Catalano, examines the ways in which various art ciritics perceived & responeded to the the great & important changes that occured in Australian art between 1959 & 1968.

Adelaide. Jindyworobak., 1945.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 63pp. (sl foxing) to top, foredge & first few pages. Light wear to corners & spine ends. Good copy. 1st ed. Rex Ingamells captures the rough & tumble atmosphere of the Victorian Gold Rushes in a verse narrative through the story of an Aboriginal woman who views the whirling of the times.

Lond. Lund Humphries., Sm.4to. Col.. Ill.wrapps. 99pp. Many col & b/w plates. Wrapps sl.rubbed else a very good copy. 1st ed.

Syd. Allen & Unwin., 2020.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 426pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. From a decorated soldier in the Vietnam war to his role as Chief of the Defence Force, & appointment as Governor-General in 2014, Peter Cosgrove remains a beloved & respected Australian.

2008.. Or.Col.ill.bds. 384pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Lond. 57 & 59 Ludgate Hill., n.d.. (c.1902) 4to. Or.pictorial cl. 492pp. Folding colour chromolithographic frontispiece plate and another folding colour chromo plate of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Numerous b/w ills. torn on the edge, the volume rebacked, and the corners worn else a fair copy. Scarce. Some story content set in Australia.

Lond. Thames and Hudson., 1977.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 199pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st UK ed. Cardinal Jules Mazarin was an Italina cardinal, diplomat & politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France, Louix XIII & Louis XIV from 1642 until 1661.

Melb. The Miegunyah Press & SLVIC., 2007.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 575pp. Fine. 1st ed. Loosely inserted is a title page taken from another volume with the signature of Santamaria on a sticker. Santamaria was one of the most controversial Australians of our time. An ardent anti-Communist and devout catholic, he polarised the community into loyal followers or committed oponents.

Lond. Ian Allan., 1971.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. The music hall was the first true theatrical entertainment to cater expressley for ordinary people. Its boisterous gaiety & broad humour was popular with a hard working Victorian audiences.

Lond. Volo Edition Limited., 1990.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Light wear to dj at top & bottom edges. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Ysart family came to Scotland from Barcelona via France in 1915 & became the most significant glassmaking family of the 20th century. Renowned for its hand-blown & highly individual glass pieces.