London, R. Alistair McAlpine Publishing Ltd, 1971. Number 24 of only 85 copies of this deluxe edition, numbered and signed by Sidney Nolan. The limitation page indicates that there were 2890 copies of the standard edition, and 110 copies 'bound as de luxe edition | 20 copies with original drawings..... More
London, R. Alistair McAlpine, 1974 (first thus). Number 3 of only 50 copies with an original crayon drawing signed by Sidney Nolan (showing an upside-down Ern Malley) on the front flyleaf. The title page is signed by Robert Melville (who contributed the preface), Elwyn Lynn (responsible for the introduction) and..... More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1979. Warmly inscribed, dated (August 2007) and signed by the author (1920-2011), the influential contemporary Australian art dealer (and much else besides). More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More
Sydney, 'Composed, Bound and Printed by the Artist at the Studio 38A Pitt St', 1936. Number 20 of only 25 signed copies, with the bookplates signed as well. This very rare item is not to be confused with another work with the same title, produced in the same year by..... More
London, Zwemmer Gallery, 1967. Number 176 of 300 copies numbered, dated (London, 1967) and signed by the artist. The technique of sfumato ('the use of carbon from a naked candle flame or from an oil lamp as an aid to painting') is discussed in the book in an article by..... More
Adelaide, Lidums Art Gallery, 1973. The edition comprised 1250 numbered copies with the artist's signature on an adhesive label (also stamped with the same number). This is copy number 1252, thus out-of-series, but loosely inserted in the book is one of the adhesive labels signed boldly in blue ink by..... More
Adelaide, Lidums Art Gallery, 1973. Number 592 of 1250 copies, with a numbered adhesive label signed by the artist mounted on the verso of the title page (as issued). This copy also has the signature of the author on the same page, along with the name of the original owner..... More
Bondi Junction, ETT Imprint, 1998. Number 78 of only 100 copies signed by both the author and the artist, with an original signed etching (187 × 190 mm). Hand-bound by Robyn Tait, who has signed and inscribed the verso of the title in pencil 'For Alec'. This book of verse..... More
[Adelaide], Brolga Books, 1970. This copy is signed and dated (10 April 1970) by the artist under his frontispiece portrait; the handwriting clearly shows the effects of advanced multiple sclerosis, the disease that had confined Cant to a wheelchair from the mid-1960s. He died in 1983 at the age of..... More
[Adelaide], Brolga Books, 1970. This copy is signed on the title page by the author, and signed and dated (1970) by James Cant, under his frontispiece photographic portrait. (The handwriting clearly shows the effects of advanced multiple sclerosis, the disease that had confined Cant to a wheelchair from the mid-1960s.)..... More
Adelaide, The Artist, 1936. Number 21 of only 120 copies, numbered and initialled by the artist. More
Adelaide, The Artist, 1936. Number 73 of 120 copies numbered and initialled by the artist. More
Adelaide, [The Artist], 1950. Number 84 of a 'Private Edition' (total number not stated), initialled and dated (20 November 1950) by the artist. More
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980. 'Rochester's Lyrical, lewd & licentious poems were circulated only in manuscript during his lifetime. The earliest printed Editions appeared a year after his Death. But "The Farce of Sodom" was never printed in England. For centuries its fame (or notoriety) depended on crude Continental imprints. Consequently..... More
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1990. Inscribed 'to Robert & Fay Gerrard [sic] with warmest regards. March 1994. Louis Kahan'. The recipients were Robert and Fay Gerard, of Gerard Industries fame. More
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1990. With the inscription to art historian and wife of Robert Campbell (AGSA director 1951-1967) Jean Campbell ('with warmest wishes'), signed by the artist. More
Seaforth, The Craftsman's Press, 1987. Number 34 of 100 copies signed by the artist (on a small plate mounted on the half-title); a large colour lithograph, 'The Fall of Icarus' (paper size 505 × 660 mm), numbered and signed by the artist, accompanies the book. More
Sydney, Print Room Press, 1989. Number 41 of only 55 signed copies; possibly the artist's copy, with his signature, address and telephone number in pencil on the flyleaf. A series of portraits of the elderly. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2006/ 2001. Signed on the half-title by Kathleen Petyarrre (born circa 1940), 'Recognised as one of Australia's greatest living artists' (preamble reprinted from the first edition of 2001). More
[Sydney], Beagle Press, [1993]. The title page is warmly inscribed and signed by the artist to Kym Bonython (20 February 1994). More
St Leonards, Craftsman House, 2000. Number 14 of 100 copies signed by the artist, with a loosely-inserted signed and numbered (14/100) colour lithograph, 'Sunset Run' (paper size 240 × 270 mm). More
Sydney, Harper & Row, 1979. Number 116 of 500 copies signed by the artist and both authors. The work is based on the text of a film which won the Golden Reel award from the AFI for the best Australian documentary of 1969. More
