The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Quarto, original decorated cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w text illus, pp 80 plus 39 colour plates. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condn in like d.j.
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Quarto, original decorated cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w text illus, pp 80 plus 39 colour plates. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condn in like d.j.
Perth: Western Australian Art Gallery, 1977. Square 8vo, pp. (22) unpaginated, colour and b/w ills., loosely inserted clippings, wraps, minor mark front, good. Exhibition catalogue, 3-30 June 1977.
New York: Asia Society, 1968. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 183. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condn in like d.j.
London: Jupiter Books, 1981. Reprint, quarto, pp.vi, (7)-31, 130 full page colour and b&w plates, original gilt titled leatherette boards, closed tear, creasing and chipping to d.j. now in protected mylar. Very good condition. English artist who depicted people and urban landscapes of Greater Manchester mainly around Pendlebury, Lancashire and.....
New York & London: Paddington Press, 1975. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 256. Small trace of water damage to upper edge (not affecting photos), good condition in like d.j. 156 early photographs, with introductory essay on early photography.
London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1902. 1st ed., sml 8vo, xvi, 219 p., index, ill with 21 plates, and photogravure frontis, decorated board bumped and marked, foxing throughout, pages yellow due to age esp on raw cut edges, no d.j.
Singapore: Soobin Art Int'l, 2006. Quarto, text in Chinese and English, wraps, colour plates, pp 72. Near fine condition "Icons & Symbols sketches a highly symbolic portrait of China today characterized by politics, popular culture and commerce." Catalgoue of solo exhibition by Mao Tongqiang, featuring paintings from his Logo series.....
Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1995. 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, pp 134. Previous owner's anme ffep, o/w good.
Hobart: Museum of Old and New Art, 2012. Preface by David Walsh. Quarto, pictorial boards, colour plates, unpag. Near-fine condition in like original slipcase. (Very heavy book, please inquire regarding postage). Lavishly illustrated catalogue of exhibition organised by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in conjunction with Tasmanian.....
New York: Dover, 1973. Oversize paperback, col illus wraps, b&w line drawings, pp. (xiii) 62. Minor wear to covers, text clean, good condn. Republication of the work of the early prioneering American graphic artist Winsor McCay.
Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co, 1960. Quarto, pictorial cloth boards, colour frontis and 3 other colour plates, b&w plates, pp xiii, 157. Over 150 plates, slight damage to several. Previous owner's bookplate, good condition.
Berlin: Schuster and Loeffler, 1899. Small quarto, illustrated boards, b&w illus, pp 132, vi. Very good condition Life of the German artist.
Cremorne (NSW): Copperfield Publishing, 1979. Folio, full leatherette boards with gilt titles, tipped-in colour plates, large colour folding plate, b&w plates, b&w text illus, pp 284. Deluxe limited edition: number 52 of 275, signed by the author. Near fine condition. (Very heavy: please inquire regarding postage.) Finely bound Deluxe Edition.....
Koln: Konemann, 1995. Two volumes (complete), quarto, pp.1-320, 321-640, cloth boards with gilt lettering, dustjackets, colour plates, endpaper maps. Near fine condition in like illustrated slipcase. (Very heavy books, please inquire regarding postage.) Lavishly illustrated, comphensive survey of the art of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. Much of the art here.....
London: B.T. Batsford, 1896. 3rd English ed., original green gilt decorated cloth boards, b&w illus, pp xvi, 548, viii. Some rubbing to edges, small professional repair to upper corner title-page, previous owner's inscription halftitle page. Contents clean. Very good condition. Profusely illustrated with decorative motifs and ornaments relating to art.....
Perth: Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1997. 4to, pp. 16, colour ills., map, wraps, stapled spine, good. Catalogue of an art exhibition of the Western Australian Art Gallery, 18 January - 16 March 1997, local works emphasising cultural exchange and diversity. Aboriginal artists including Susie Booja Bootja, Tjemma Napanangka, Dora.....
Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press, 1999. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, colour and b&w text illus, pp 273. Signed by the author. Near-fine in very good, slightly eddgeworn d.j. The life and work of a WA artist. Profusely illustrated,
Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press, 1999. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, colour and b&w text illus, pp 273. Signed by the author, with additional presentation inscription by the author. Near-fine in very good, slightly edgeworn d.j. The life and work of a WA artist. Profusely.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. 8vo, pp. xii, 126, Index, (vi adverts), b/w frontis portrait, b/w plates, decorative endpapers, occasional foxing scattered throughout, endpapers tanned, front endpaper waterstained at edges, rear adverts tanned, front free endpaper detached and top cnr chipped, original decorated cloth boards, spine rubbed.....
Melbourne: Penguin/Viking, 2000. Quarto, decorated cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w plates, pp 331. Near-fine condition in lightly scuffed d.j. Lavishly illustrated autobiography of Mirka Mora, the French-Australian artist and bohemian cultural figure.
NSW: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Oblong, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, pp 176. Near-fine in good d.j. An illustrated guide to calligraphy techniques with eleven calligraphic alphabets.
Tokyo: Sekai Bunka Publishing, 2005. 1st ed., quarto, unpag., profusely illustrated by Toshitaka Morita, orig bds., decorated eps. Near fine in d.j. An illustrated book of Japanese cherry trees by the freelance photographer Toshitaka Morita.
Düsseldorf: The Manipulator, 1987. Folio (70 cm x 50 cm). Stunning large-format photography, including full-page poster-sized plates. Fashion, design, architecture, history. Cover image photograph Brad Branson, model and collage Fritz Kok. Subscription card loosely inserted. Worn to edges, including several small closed tears carefully repaired. Good condition. "The Manipulator" was.....
Melbourne: State Library of New South Wales, 1979. Quarto, wraps, colour and b&w illus, pp 80. Light scratch to cover, clean, good condn.
London: Elliot Stock, 1898. 8vo, pp. x, 179, b/w frontis port., library stamp verso of t.p. and last text page, eps tanned, front hinge broken and rear started, stitching weak, edges uncut, orig cl bds., rubbed and cnrs worn. Biography of the artist.