Sydney: Reed, 1980. Folio, original cloth boards stamped in gilt, dustjacket, many colour plates, opus index, pp 144. Foxing to the first few pages (becoming progressively lighter) and the last page. Very good condition in near-fine dustjacket. A major retrospective of the whole oeuvre of an important Australian painter. The.....
New York: Artisan, 1999. Introd. Michael Pollan. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp 307. Dustjacket scuffed and marked along edges mainly to front, contents clean. Near-fine condition in good d.j. Hundreds of detailed colour photographs of tulips, with identifying text and accompnaying essays.
Ertug and Kocabiyik, 1998. Folio, original cloth boards with colour photo plate and gilt lettering, 102 colour plates, marbled endpapers, pp 188. In original illustrated slipcase. Near fine condition. (Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) 'Using advanced photographic techniques, Ahmet Ertug has, for the first time, captured the vibrant colors.....
Perth: The Authors, 1948. Octavo, pp. (viii) 16 colour plates, wraps. Small mark to bottom corner of cover, otherwise clean. Near-fine condition.
Richmond: Greenhouse, 1987. 1st ed. thus, sm. 4to, pp. 192, Index, col. & b/w plates, map, or. bds, nr fine in d.j.
Richmond: Greenhouse, 1987. Quarto cloth boards, dustjacket, , pp. 192, Index, col. & b/w plates, map. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Beautifully illustrated study of the wildflowers of south-eastern Australia. 384 colour illustrations on 80 plates, with detailed accompanying text.
Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2008. Illus by Rica Erickson, Pat Dundas, Ellen Hickman, Penny Leech, Philippa Nikulinsky, Margaret Pieroni, Katrina Syme. 1st ed., pp.143, quarto, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, colour illustrations throughout. Signed by Katrina Syme (one of the artists). Near-fine in like dustjacket. Seven leading botanical artists are brought together.....
London: Frederick Warne, ( 1914). Tall octavo, cloth-backed pictorial boards, colour illus, pp 64. N.d., c. 1890s. Pencilled gift inscription halftitle page, dated 1914, giftee's name pencilled front endpaper. Edges rubbed, some foxing, generally very good. Early printing of charming Kate Greenaway book, copiously illustrated with the beautifully-dressed small children.....
Annandale Galleries. Sm. quarto, wraps, colour illus, pp 40. crease to rear corner, very good condn. The art of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, including many colour photographs of large sculptures and rare 'spirit figures'.
Bombay: Bazm-i-Isha'at, (1761) 1961. 1st ed thus., pp.xx, 39, (ii, errata), (xlii, Persian text), text in English and Persian, pages curled upper right, original cloth backed, damaged paper bds, stitching weak, poor condition, contents very good condition Third Battle of Panipat took place January 1761 at Panipat, north of Delhi.....
Melbourne: Nelson, 1969-1980. Two volumes, royal 8vo, Vol. I: (1st ed.), pp. xiv, 82, Index, 250 colour plates; Volume II: (2nd ed.), pp.76, Index, 258 colour plates; map, orig boards, extremities slightly rubbed both vols., d.j.s. Very good condn. Kelly's stunning botanical water-colours with text describing habitat and major species.....
Melbourne: Nelson, 1983. Royal 8vo, pp.68, Index, 255 colour plates; map, original cloth boards, dustjacket. Kelly's stunning botanical water-colours with text describing habitat and major species characteristics.
Canberra: Flower Press, 1983. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth boards with pictorial onlay, colour plates, pp 56, boards lightly faded, no slip-case. Contents clean. Very good condition. Full-page colour botanical illustrations, with identification and description of each flower on facing page.
Bob Litchfield, 2000. Oblong, colour illus throughout, pp 148. Light crease to front wrap, clean, very good condn. Colour photographs of the South-West: profusely illustrated.
Secaucus (N.J.): Wellfleet Press, 1986. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards with gilt, colour plates, pp 228. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. This edition reproduces the entire 468 watercolours known to survive from "Les Liliacees", this conveting to.....
n.p. Somogy Editions d'Art, 2014. Lesueur and Petit (artists). 1st ed., square quarto, text in French and English, pp.192, profusely illus with colour and b&w plates, maps, photographs, original boards in dust-jacket. Near fine condition. Explorations to the Australian coast of French explorers during the 18th and 19th centuries, documented.....
Mt Lawley: Pen and Paint Pty Ltd, 1990. 1st ed., oblong, papered pictorial boards, colour plates, illus endpapers, pp 116. Near-fine condition. Copious illustrations (paintings, etchings, silkscreens, collographs, collages, objects) of the fictitious Widjimorphup Shire. Includes a description of the Royal East Widjimorphup Art Society and the Royal Lake Widji.....
Brighton: Litor Publishers. Illustrated by Elisabeth Halfdaner. Quarto, original pictorial boards, colour plates, illus endpapers, pp 24. N.d., published circa 1960s? Torn to top edge of spine, good condition. Children's picture book with full-page colour illustrations of adventures in a flying car. Printed in Sweden, published in Brighton, England. Uncommon.....
Fremantle: Nomad Books, 2003. Photography by Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood. 12mo, (14cm x 14cm), map, b&w photographs, pp 71. Slightly marked to rear wrap, o/w very good condn, Photographs of the Margaret River area, with accompanying text.
Adelaide: The Author, 1993. Folio, cloth boards, dustjacket, black and white facsimile reproductions of newspaper clippings throughout, illus endpapers, pp. 401. Small area of damage to edge of rear free endpaper, near-fine condition in near-fine d.j. (Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) Lavishly illustrated history of Western Australia through its.....
Kununurra: Kimberley Specialists in Publishing, 2017. Dean Goodgame (photographs). Oblong, pictorial wraps, colour plates, unpag. (48 pp.) Near fine condition. Uncommon. Close-up colour photographs of the Kimberley rock art, with explanatory text. A photographic examination of the many and varied stylistic variations apparent in the Bradshaw Rock Art. It provides.....
Sydney: Legend Press, 1956. 1st ed., original decorated cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w portrait plate, pp 48. Several small silverfish marks around the edges of the dustjacket, creasing and chippingto head and foot of spine d.j. Offsetting to endpapers. Near-fine condition in very good d.j. Signed by T.G.H. Strehlow.....
Hanoi: Youth Publishing House, 2003. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, b&w illus, maps, dec endpapers, pp 140. One of 2000 copies. Presentation copy, signed and dated by C. David Thomas. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Copiously ilustrated biography of Ho Chi Minh, including examples of his writing.....
East Perth: The Nine Club, 1978. Octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 63. Previous owner's signature. Near-fine condition. 'An illustrated instruction manual for use by hobby potters and teachers.' Published for 'Artlook'.