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There are 362 books in this catalogue.
Etching and Other Intaglio Techniques
Banister, Manly
Book Number: 67114
ISBN: 0822602865
Publisher: Littlefield, Adams, 1974.
4to. softcover. 128pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine.

Price: $18.00


The Art of Neil Gaiman
Campbell, Hayley
Book Number: 67041
ISBN: 9781781571392
Publisher: Ilex, United Kingdom, 2014
4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 320pp. index, colour illus. Very good.

Price: $25.00


Auguste Rodin.
Descharnes, Robert; Chabrun, Jean-Francois.
Book Number: 66989
ISBN: 
Publisher: Park Lane, New York. 1967.
Folio. hardcover. 277pp. colour & b/w illus. Good, a few scuffs from sticky pages. / Very good d/w./

Price: $25.00


The Earthly Paradise: Arts & Crafts By William Morris & His Circle From Canadian Collections
Lochnan, Katharine; Douglas Schoenherr & Carole Silver (eds). [William Morris]
Book Number: 66990
ISBN: 1550134507
Publisher: Key Porter for Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario 1993.
4to. softcover. 293pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good.

Price: $40.00


A Bigger Message: Conversations With David Hockney
Gayford, Martin
Book Number: 66961
ISBN: 9780500238875
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London 2011.
8vo. hardcover. 248pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Rembrandt's Eyes
Schama, Simon
Book Number: 66916
ISBN: 0713993847
Publisher: Allen Lane 1999
4to hardcover 768pp index, b&w and colour illus. very good / very good d/w. More than three centuries after his death, Rembrandt remains the most deeply loved of the great masters of painting, his face so familiar to us from the self-portraits painted at every stage in his life, yet still so mysterious. Heavy book extra post may apply.

Price: $35.00


501 Great Artists
Farthing, Stephed. (editor)
Book Number: 66801
ISBN: 9780733323096
Publisher: ABC Books, Sydney, 2008.
8vo. hardcover. 640pp. colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Ceramics Artists/Galleries
Mansfield, Janet (editor)
Book Number: 66665
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Potters' Society of Australia, Sydney 1990.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 120pp. index, colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $55.00


Tell Me, Pretty Maiden. The Victorian and Edwardian Nude.
Pearsall, Ronald.
Book Number: 66597
ISBN: 1856272354
Publisher: Grange Books, London, 1992
Small 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 176pp. index. Colour & b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w with creased front flap.

Price: $20.00


Art Deco
Weber, Eva
Book Number: 66496
ISBN: 0861245172
Publisher: Bison London 1989.
Folio. hardcover. 192pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good, top page edges wavy. / Very good d/w.

Price: $20.00


THE WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS OF THOMAS ROWLANDSON: FROM THE ALBERT H. WIGGIN COLLECTION IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Heintzelman, Arthur
Book Number: 66491
ISBN: 0823046028
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, New York 1971
Watson-Guptill, New York, 1971 second printing, 128 pp, 20 four-colour and 32 two-colour reproductions, 327 x 257, Very good / Very good d/w.

Price: $30.00


Art Nouveau Drawings: The Works Of Mucha, Beardsley, Redon, Rodin, Klimt & Other Important Art Nouveau Artists.
Wittlich, Petr
Book Number: 66464
ISBN: 0861781252
Publisher: Cathay Books, London, 1982.
4to. hardcover. colour & b/w illus. Good, top cover edge faded, light toning to page edges. / Fair d/w with tear on front panel(repaired).

Price: $25.00


Starting With Watercolour
Hilder, Rowland
Book Number: 66388
ISBN: 
Publisher: Book Club 1988
4to.hardcover. 128pp. index. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good d/w with creased top edge and some tiny tears.

Price: $25.00


Guy Boyd
von Bertouch, Patrick Hutchings, Anne
Book Number: 66283
ISBN: 0701800798
Publisher: Lansdowne, Australia, 1976.
Folio. hardcover. Full page illus. Very good+, very light wave to front page edges. Very good original clear wrapper with a small chip on bottom corner. In very good slipcase. In original, titled, packing box Limited edition of 1,000 copies, signed by Guy Boyd, this copy #812.

Price: $300.00


Watercolours.
Lindsay, Norman
Book Number: 66282
ISBN: 
Publisher: Ure Smith Sydney, 1969.
4to. hardcover. 35pp. + 19 tipped-in colour plates. very good, minor foxing to endpapers, some foxing to edges, small tape marks on endpapers. / Near Fine d/w.

Price: $145.00


The Collected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley with an Appreciation by Arthur Symons.
Harris, Bruce [Edited by]
Book Number: 66266
ISBN: 0517083264
Publisher: Bounty Books, New York, 1967.
4to. hardcover. 212pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w with some small tears on bottom edge.

Price: $25.00


Art Deco The Golden Age of Graphic Art & Illustration
Robinson, Michael & Ormiston, Rosalind
Book Number: 66231
ISBN: 9781847862792
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing, London, 2013.
Square 4to. hardcover. 192pp. Colour illus. Fine. / Near Fine d/w.

Price: $30.00


Life Of Picasso Volume 2: 1907-1917: The Painter Of Modern Life
Richardson, John & Marilyn McCully
Book Number: 57975
ISBN: 0394559185
Publisher: Random House, New York, 1996.
Small 4to. hardcover. 500pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $30.00


Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain
Chaffers, WM.
Book Number: 66025
ISBN: 
Publisher: William Reeves 1954. 14th revised edition
Fat 8vo. Hardcover. 1095pp + 3pp publisher ads. Very Good solid condition with light wear to cover corners & spine ends, front hinge paper is cracked but solid, owner's inscription on fep.

Price: $55.00


Antoni Gaudi Salvador Dali
Kliczkowski, H.
Book Number: 65867
ISBN: 8489439389
Publisher: Loft Publications, Barcelona 2002.
8vo. hardcover. 96pp. colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Treatise on the Air Brush
Frazer, Samuel W.
Book Number: 65772
ISBN: 
Publisher: Samuel W. Frazer, Boston, MA, 1915.
8vo. hardcover. 68pp. + ads. b/w illus. Good, foxing to endpapers, some other light foxing, owner's bookplate on fep. Some wear to cover spine.

Price: $35.00


Seven Years with Banksy
Clarke, Robert
Book Number: 62892
ISBN: 9781843178651
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books, London, 2012.
8vo. softcover. 224pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine. An extraordinary memoir that offers a unique, first-hand account of the world's most celebrated, and elusive, graffiti artist.

Price: $12.00


Watercolour Artist's Handbook
Harper, Sally
Book Number: 63330
ISBN: 1904594166
Publisher: Angus Books, London 2003.
8vo softcover 224pp colour illus. Fine.

Price: $25.00


A Catalogue of Art Nouveau in Australia
Radford, Ron
Book Number: 62330
ISBN: 
Publisher: Australian Gallery Directors 1980?
sm 4to. 87pp. Illustrated. Exhibition held at Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 5 February- 4 March; National Gallery of Victoria, 21 March-20 April; Queensland Art Gallery, 19 May-22 June; S.H. Irvin Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney, 17 July-17 August. Exhibition organised through the Australian Gallery Directors Council and sponsored by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council.

Price: $30.00


Lampoon. An Historical Art Trajectory 1970 2010
Anderson, Jim
Book Number: 65489
ISBN: 9781742102177
Publisher: Dennis Publishing,, Sydney, 2011.
4to. softcover. 62pp. colour illus. Very good. Anderson was a member of Sydney's Baby Push and Oz Magazine, Schools Kids Oz Magazine and the famous London trial. This catalogue surveys his early and recent collages. Inscribed by author.

Price: $75.00


Donald Friend in Bali
Friend, Donald
Book Number: 65434
ISBN: 
Publisher: Collins, Sydney 1972
8vo hardcover 107pp. colour illus. very good. / Good d/w with with a small piece missing on rear bottom corner and some small chips on top edge.

Price: $28.00


Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years, 1893-1930
Skeeters Paul W. [Maxfield Parrish]
Book Number: 65407
ISBN: 0840213298
Publisher: Chartwell Books Inc., Secaucus, 1973.
Folio. hardcover. 350pp. colour illus. Good+, boards slightly bent. / good+ d/w with some small tears & creases on edges.

Price: $35.00


Incredible Optical Illusions
Rodgers, Nigel
Book Number: 65360
ISBN: 1876142529
Publisher: Universal International, Sydney 1998.
4to. hardcover. 128pp. index, colour illus. Very good, foxing to prelims. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $25.00


Dali
Larkin, David
Book Number: 65089
ISBN: 0330239147
Publisher: London Pan Books Ltd 1974
4to softcover 48pp colour illus. Good. cover slightly sunned, some light foxing and some light creasing.

Price: $12.00


Grandma Moses.
Kallir, Otto
Book Number: 27129
ISBN: 0810901668
Publisher: New York New York 1973
Oblong Folio hardcover 357pp colour illus. Good, outer edge of text block toned. / Poor d/w.

Price: $25.00


Luginbuhls in Australia. Switzerland's contribution to the Olympic and Paralympic events
Luginbuhl
Book Number: 28654
ISBN: 
Publisher: Swiss Cultural Association 2000
4to. softcover. 159pp. b/w illus. fine. / near fine d/w. The vigorous art of the Luginbuhl family embodies spirit of collaboration while supporting individuality. It is uniquely Swiss, but it speaks to the whole world, transforming recognizable industrial objects into popular art. Scarce.

Price: $10.00


Japanese Masters of The Colour Print: A Great Heritage of Oriental Art
Hillier, J.
Book Number: 64768
ISBN: 
Publisher: Phaidon, 1954.
4to. hardcover. 158pp. b/w illus., tipped-in colour plates. Good, wear to cover edges, top & bottom page edges wavy, owner's name on fep. / Good, chipped d/w.

Price: $25.00


The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Definitive Edition in One Volume
Vinci, Leonardo Da
Book Number: 64725
ISBN: 156852448x
Publisher: Konecky & Konecky, USA.
8vo hardcover 1180pp index, b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $25.00


Acrylics Tips and Tricks
Cuthbert, David
Book Number: 63370
ISBN: 9781845662622
Publisher: New Burlington Books 2009
8vo. spiral bound laminated boards, hardcover. 224pp. index, colour illus. Fine.

Price: $15.00


Disegni di Aroldo Bonzagni.
Argan, Giulio Carlo.
Book Number: 20079
ISBN: 
Publisher: Venezia. Casa Edritrice Armena. 1980.
Large 4to. 100 b/w plates. near fine. / very good d/w.

Price: $20.00


Primitives & Folk Art. Our Handmade Heritage.
Thuro, Catherine
Book Number: 20094
ISBN: 
Publisher: Paducah, KY:Collector Books. 1979. 1st Edition.
4to. hardcover. 135pp. index. colour illus. very good, owner's name on title page.

Price: $10.00


Eye Tricks. More than 150 deceptive images, visual tricks and optical puzzlers
Sarcone, Gianni A. & Waeber, Marie-Jo
Book Number: 64538
ISBN: 9781741817379
Publisher: Hinkler Books, Heatherton, Victoria, 2007.
4to. softcover. 160pp. colour illus. Very good.

Price: $12.00


American Poster Renaissance.
Margolin, Victor
Book Number: 64458
ISBN: 0823002144
Publisher: Watson-Guptill, New York 1975.
4to. hardcover. 224pp. index, full page colour & b/w illus. Very good=. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $15.00


THE ILLUMINATED BOOK OF DAYS.
Lee, Kay and Marshall. (Editors). Illustrated by Kate Greenaway and Eugene Grasset
Book Number: 44678
ISBN: 0354044311
Publisher: Macdonald and Janes 1979
8vo hardcover 216pp Very good. / Very good d/w. PO inscription on ffl. A day-by-day tour of the year is highlighted with verses and traditional sayings, recipes and esoteric and exotic facts. With over 600 drawings, 350 in Full colour.

Price: $8.00


Ernest Griset. Fantasies Of A Victorian Illustrator
Lambourne, Lionel. [Ernest Griset]
Book Number: 64394
ISBN: 0500271607
Publisher: Thames & Hudson London 1979.
Small 4to. softcover. 88pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good, cover sunned.

Price: $18.00


Charles Ricketts Subtle and Fantastic Decorator
Calloway, Stephen
Book Number: 64393
ISBN: 0500271534
Publisher: Thames & Hudson. London 1979.
Small 4to. softcover. 100pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Near Fine.

Price: $12.00


The Drawings of Frantisek Tichy
Volavka, Vojtech
Book Number: 64339
ISBN: 
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967.
4to. hardcover. 64pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good. / fair d/w with repaired spine.

Price: $18.00


Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1978-79
Sotheby
Book Number: 36007
ISBN: 0856670634
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers 1979
4to hardcover 496pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $20.00


The book of art for young people
Conway, Agnes Ethel, B. ,Conway, William Martin, Sir,
Book Number: 64051
ISBN: 
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black, London 1935.
8vo. leather bound hardcover, marbled endpapers and edges. 202pp. index, colour plates. Very good, foxing to prelims, bookplate on front pastedown, 2 spots rubbed on fep. Rebound in leather by Scots College.

Price: $20.00


Cigarette Pack Art
Mullen, Chris
Book Number: 64027
ISBN: 0600304590
Publisher: Hamlyn, London, 1979.
4to. hardcover. 128pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w

Price: $30.00


Randolph Caldecott, A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career
Blackburn, Henry
Book Number: 64007
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington London 1886
8vo. hardcover. 216pp. b/w illus. Front edge gilt. Good, rubbing to cover corners, paper cracked on front hinge, cloth wrinkled on spine, foxing to endpapers

Price: $75.00


Travel Posters
Hillier, Bevis
Book Number: 63932
ISBN: 071481623X
Publisher: Phaidon, United Kingdom, 1976.
Folio. softcover. 96 full page posters. + 14pp text. Very good, tiny crease to tip of top corner.

Price: $75.00


Willem de Kooning 1904-1997. Content as a Glimpse
Hess, Barbara
Book Number: 63689
ISBN: 9783822821350
Publisher: Taschen 2007.
8vo. softcover. 96pp. colour illus. Fine.

Price: $15.00


LI DAI MING JIA CE YE BIAN WEI HUI
The ancient masters album: Hongin. Kum residual
Book Number: 63666
ISBN: 9787534033377
Publisher:
Square 4to. softcover. 40pp. Full page plates. Text in Chinese. Very good+.

Price: $35.00


Inunnit - the Art of the Canadian Eskimo
Larmour, W. T
Book Number: 39183
ISBN: 
Publisher: Ministry of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Toronto, 1970
4to. softcover 104pp. b/w illus. very good.

Price: $15.00


Nothing If Not Critical. Selected Essays on Art and Artists
Hughes Robert
Book Number: 58726
ISBN: 0002721627
Publisher: The Harvill Press, 1990
8vo softcover 429pp index, b/w illus. very good.

Price: $12.00


Rayner Hoff: The Life of a Sculptor
Beck, Deborah [Hoff, Rayner]
Book Number: 63376
ISBN: 9781742235325
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, Australia, 2017.
Large 8vo. softcover. 270pp. colour illus. Near Fine.

Price: $35.00


Movements in Art Since 1945.
Lucie-Smith, Edward
Book Number: 63393
ISBN: 050020344x
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London 2001. New Edition.
8vo. softcover. 304pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Near Fine.

Price: $12.00


Art and Craft. A handbook for students and teachers
Van Homrigh, C. M. B.
Book Number: 63363
ISBN: 
Publisher: Department of Public Instruction, Queensland 1947.
4to. hardcover. stiff paper covered boards with cloth spine. 210pp. index, b/w illus. Good ex-lib.

Price: $45.00


Hogarth
Rosenthal, Michael
Book Number: 63364
ISBN: 1904449301
Publisher: Chaucer Press, London 2005.
4to. hardcover. 128pp. colour & b/w ilus. Fine. / Very good d/w creased on front edge.

Price: $22.00


Crescent Moon - Islamic Art and Civilization in Southeast Asia
Sabit, Bulan
Book Number: 63362
ISBN: 0730830306
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia 2006
4to. Laminated boards, hardcover. 304pp. Colour illus. Fine in Fine clear d/w. Heavy book extra post may apply.

Price: $125.00


Nude Sculpture: 5,000 Years
Goldberg, Vicki
Book Number: 63361
ISBN: 0810933462
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000.
4to. hardcover. 208pp. index, b/w illus. Fine. / Fine d/w.

Price: $65.00


French Paintings from the Musee Fabre, Montpellier.
Hilaire, Michel; Zutter, Jorg; Zeder, Olivier (editors)
Book Number: 63365
ISBN: 0642541310
Publisher: National Gallery of Australia., Canberra, 2003.
4to. softcover. 230pp. index, colour illus. Fine.

Price: $22.00


Collection Highlights: National Gallery Of Australia
Radford, Ron. (editor)
Book Number: 63366
ISBN: 9780642541697
Publisher: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2008.
Large 8vo. softcover. 266pp. colour illus. Fine.

Price: $15.00


Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Masters of French Art)
Fleckner, Uwe
Book Number: 63358
ISBN: 9783833137327
Publisher: H. F. Ullmann 2007.
4to. softcover. 140pp. colour illus. Near Fine.

Price: $12.00



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