Tout les Motocyclettes Gnome & Rhone 1937 ... [a sales brochure]
Paris, Gnome & Rhone (printed by Draeger), 1937. More
Paris, Gnome & Rhone (printed by Draeger), 1937. More
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus). Number 552 of 1000 copies printed at the Curwen Press. '[Robert] Thornton had published his school edition of Virgil in 1812, with a second edition printed in 1819. This included not only Virgil's Latin verses but also "imitations" of Virgilian poetry by other..... More
London, British Museum, 1938 [second edition]. With a Christmas gift inscription and small illustration (dated London, 1950) to the sculptor John Dowie. More
London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1938/ 1914. 8 Arthur Rackham illustrations coloured by W. Cubitt Cooke. In the Tales for Children from Many Lands series. More
London, Royal Thames Yacht Club Committee, 1938 (first edition). With 25 plates. More
Sydney, Publicity Press, 1938. More
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1938. Number 40 of 850 sets, designed by Francis Meynell. Loosely inserted are two contemporary newspaper reviews. [2 items]. More
Paris, E. TĂ©riade, 1938. Published in Paris in both French and English editions (with the texts translated by Robert Sage) under the directorship of E. TĂ©riade (an ex-patriate Greek, Efstatios Eleftheriades), 'Verve' was 'devoted to artistic creation in all fields and in all forms'. 'That the illustrations may retain the..... More
London, Dent, 1938. More
Sydney, The Author, 1938. Number 101 of only 200 copies signed and sealed by the author (and hand-set and printed by Harrie Mortlock at the Beacon Press). Loosely inserted is a four-page pictorial prospectus headed 'Japanese Colour-Prints', advertising the author's other books on the subject. Percy Neville Barnett (1881-1953), author..... 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, E. Tériade, 1939. The artistic component of this number includes three original lithographs by Henri Matisse (a double-page work, 'The Dance', with two individual 'figures of skaters' on the verso), as well as three drawings by him; seven small lithographs (on four pages) by André Derain; six full-page colour..... More
London, Hogarth Press, August 1940 (second impression)/ July 1940. See Kirkpatrick ('A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf') A25a. The first impression was 'Published 25 July 1940; 2530 copies printed. 12s. 6d.. There was a second impression of 1130 copies in August 1940 and a third of 1010 in November 1940'. More
Melbourne, Printed by J. Roy Stevens, [early 1940s]. We have previously handled a copy inscribed by the author: 'in | Art of the Aust. Aboriginal | Barrett & Croll 1943'. That book was published in quarto format; this is a reset version. More
London, Faber, 1941. More
London, Phaidon/ George Allen and Unwin, 1941. More
Sydney, John Fairfax and Sons, 1941. More
Adelaide, Society of Arts Gallery, [1941]. More
Adelaide, Society of Arts Gallery, [1941]. More
Sydney, 'Sydney Morning Herald', 1941 and 1942. The fourth and final series of 'Art in Australia' comprised only six quarterly numbers between March 1941 and August 1942. They were a marked departure in all respects from the previous 94 numbers of the journal, which commenced publication in 1916: new editor..... More
New York, The Museum of Modern Art for the Carnegie Corporation, 1941. 'This is the first comprehensive exhibition of Australian art to be sent to the United States and Canada. It represents at least one hundred and fifty years of creative effort, from painting done before the coming of the..... More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 42 of 275 copies. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author 'To Harry Taylor, with every good wish from H.B. Muir, 7.1.43'. The second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent..... More
New York, [The Dutch Treat Club], 1943. The loosely inserted Dutch Treat Club contact card states, 'This Dutch Treat Club Year-Book is larger in size and contains double the number of pages in our past Annuals'. Only 1,000 copies numbered copies were issued, this copy is out of series. The..... More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). More
Leigh-on-Sea, F. Lewis, 1944 (first edition). Number 363 of a numbered limited edition of 500. More
New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. An extraordinary reference. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1944. Number 107 of only 375 copies of the fourth publication of the Harry Muir's original Wakefield Press - oversubscribed at the time and scarce to this day. More
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1944. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the half-title. More
London, Faber, 1945. Includes a full catalogue of paintings and list of watercolours in public collections by Alfred Yockney. More
Sydney, Ure Smith Pty. Limited, 1945. More
London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1945 (second impression)/ 1944. One of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. 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
Melbourne, Reed and Harris, 1945. 'In this book the author has reversed the general procedure and presents a sophisticated book for adults written by a child. The fact that the child, Julian Prang, had to be invented in no way detracts from the reader's enjoyment. Rather, characters such as Julian..... More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, [1945]. Number 937 of 1000 copies. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1946 [first edition]. With the ownership signature (dated 25 October 1946) of [Sir] Herbert Mayo (sometime judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia). Laid down on the flyleaf is a handwritten letter signed by Herbert Mayo's son, George. The book's description, neatly clipped from the..... More
Melbourne, [Reed & Harris] (and printed by The National Press Pty. Ltd.), January to September, and December 1946. Nine issues of this supplement to 'Angry Penguins' appeared monthly between January and September 1946, with the bumper final issue in December 1946. The editors for the first number were Max Harris..... More
London, Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1946. Photographic studies of the dancer Robert Helpmann by Anthony Gordon; introduction by Ninette de Valois. More
[London], Golden Cockerel Press, [1947]. Number 506 of 750 copies (of which numbers 1-100 were specially bound); With the pencilled ownership signature of [Professor] Heinz Kent. A colour postcard depicting a painting of 'La Belle O'Morphi' (Marie-Louise O'Murphy, 1737-1814) by Boucher is loosely inserted. More
Loughborough, Wills and Hepworth, 1947. School prize inscription from Brighton High School, 1950. A Ladybird Book, series 478. More
London, Paul Elek, [1947]. 'This book is based on the world-famous collection in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris'. More
Sydney, Ure Smith Pty. Limited, [1947]. Contents include a six-page essay by Margaret Preston on silk screen methods. The cover design is by Adrian Feint. More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. Number 245 of 2000 copies (200 copies of a deluxe edition were also published). Provenance: George D. Cowan (an Adelaide solicitor and art collector), with his pencilled ownership signature on the front flyleaf. More
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 Legend Press, [1948]. Number 967 of 1100 copies signed in ink by the artist. More
Shepparton, Shepparton City Council, 1949. More
Oslo, Johan Grundt Tanum, 1949. The Vigeland Museum Series Number 1. More
Adelaide, The Company, 1949. More
Adelaide, [The Artist], 1950. Number 123 of a 'Private Edition' (total number not stated), initialled and dated (15 December 1950) by the artist. More