London, Max Parrish & Co. Limited, in association with Chanticleer Press Incorporated, New York, 1948. The book was issued in conjunction with Kokoschka's first American exhibition, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The colophon states that 'Of this edition of 2,000 copies, 200 numbered copies have been specially..... More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, [1945]. Number 376 of 1000 copies with the artist's signature in facsimile. This copy is inscribed 'Because Lois is beautiful this is her book, from Bill Rodie, 4-iii-49'. Bill Rodie wrote a gossip and scandal column ('Bill Rodie Presents Real Life') in the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph'..... More
Gill's titles are 'Cradling, Forest Creek 1852', 'The Claim Disputed', 'Mustering Cattle', 'Native Sneaking Emus', and 'The Bushranger Pursued'. Hamilton's titles, in which the horse naturally enough features prominently, are 'The Lost Bushman', 'The Found Bushman', 'Bushmen in Danger', 'Australian Bushmen', and 'The Bushman'. Unpublished, but circa 1890, and based..... More
Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1907. A catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon, including his iconic images of Paris. The original etching, bound in as issued, is 'Bain-froid Chevier, dit de l'école' (1864, Delteil 44). It was printed for this edition from the original copper plate (in the possession of..... More
The archive comprises nearly 440 pieces (each approximately 320 × 510 mm or larger), many from the later 1970s when Mitchell was at the height of his powers. A unique commentary on the personalities and events of the times: when Hawke, Fraser and Dunstan were in power, Nixon went to..... More
Melbourne, M.L. Hutchinson, [1906]. Twelve verses by Annie Isobel Rentoul, with illustrations by her daughter Ida Sherbourne Rentoul (later Outhwaite). Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's second book (after 'Mollie's Bunyip', 1904). Muir 6333. More
New York, Hyperion, 1995 (first edition thus)/ 1981. 'Three thousand five hundred copies of the first Hyperion edition of "The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" have been specially bound with sixteen [reproduced] drawings by the authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.... In addition, each copy has been numbered and individually..... More
Paris, E. Tériade, 1939. The artistic component of this number includes 16 colour lithographs by or after Constantin Guys (4), Georges Braque, Georges Roualt, André Derain (2), Fernand Léger, Pierre Bonnard (2), Henri Matisse (2), and Paul Klee, and reproductions of photographs by Brassai and Bill Brandt. Literary contributors include..... More
Paris, printed by Draeger for High-Life Tailor, [1909]. The story is a tale purportedly from the 'Thousand and One Nights' entitled 'Histoire du Tailleur de Bagdad et du Secret Merveilleux'. The preliminary drawings prefigure the published version, but vary in many ways from the final product. A copy of the..... More
Sydney, The Author, 1924. Number 164 of 1000 copies signed by the author. The book, including the fine collotypes, was 'made and printed' in Vienna (the plates by Max Jaffe, the book by A. Holzhausen). More