Online Catalogue #53

Online Catalogue #53

Our latest catalogue contains some important graphics and illustrated books, including a plate from William Blake’s masterpiece of engraving, Illustrations of the Book of Job (1826, one of only 100 copies after proofs); John Austin’s tinted lithograph, ‘Adelaide ... November 1849’, produced in the fledgling city; Zatta’s star charts of the northern and southern skies (1777); and Donovan’s Insects of India (1842), with 58 hand-coloured engravings.

Autograph material comes from across the board: George Fife Angas, Charles Blackman, Don Bradman, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon … and with accompanying artwork, we have Donald Friend, Pro Hart, John Olsen, and Albert Tucker.

Books of note include one of Winston Churchill’s rarest titles, India (1931); J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy (1911, first edition with the dustwrapper); and Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark (1938, first edition with the dustwrapper).

We’ll leave the rest for you to discover!