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21565.: ADRIAN FEINT FLOWER PAINTINGS. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Introduction by Tatlock Miller. Folio 326 x 245, Limited Ed.1500, signed by Artist 1948; pp.77. 28 plts., most col., many superb text ills., most col.; pub.cl., gilt title & device, good , Ure Smith Pty.Ltd., Sydney, n.d. (1948).
Author's presentation copy, signed dedication..
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$175

22515. Anderson, Donald M.,: ELEMENTS OF DESIGN. oblong 4to., pp.218. 212 figures illustrate the text throughout; soft card covers, spine faded and worn, else a fair copy, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, United States, 1961.
A discussion of two-dimensional graphic representation..
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$20

21918. (art catalogue),: JUBILEE EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALIAN ART. Aboriginal Art, Early Colonial Art, The Art of the Middle Period, Contemporary Art. 4to., pp.64. colour ills.; stapled wraps., good, Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations 1951,
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$40

15954. (Avant-Garde), Milner, John: VLADMIR TATLIN. and the Russian Avant-Garde. 4to., 2nd.prtg.; pp.252. frontis. & 269 ills.; fine in d/w, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1984 (1983).
Tatlin was the foremost Russian constructivist, the dominant artistic innovator of the Russian Revolution, and probably the best known Soviet artist. .
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$150

22225. Badham, Herbert E.: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN ART. xv,pp.248. With 144 plates, incl.8 col.; good, lacking d/w, Currawong, Sydney, 1949.
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$100

21693. Boyd, Emma Minnie: SKETCHBOOK. Oblong 8vo., 1st Ed.; Unpaginated (abt.pp.110). Mainly pencil drgs., blank versos; fine in dec.slip case, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1980.
Facsimile of one of the many artists ' sketchbooks in the national collection. Emma Minnie Boyd, nee a Beckett, was born in Melbourne in 1858 and on her marriage to Arthur Merric Boyd founded the famous artistic dynasty. She died in 1936. The sketchbook contains many delicate pencil drawings of people and places. Very attractively presented book, with its flowery endpapers and slip-case..
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$50

15938.: CANALETTO. Paintings, Drawings and Etchings selected and introduced by Gregory Martin. oblong 210 x 290, frontis. portrait, 32 col.plates, 30 b/w plates; papered boards, cloth spine, good, Folio Society, London, 1967.
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$30

15589.: CLAES OLDENBURG. Drawings and Prints. Introduction and Commentary by Gene Baro. 4to., pp.274. Frontis.portrait & over 100 drgs. & prints, incl.20 col.; good in sl.soiled d/w, Chelsea House, London, 1969.
This catalogues Oldenburg's major drawings from 1958 to 1968, a selection made by the artist himself in collaboration with the critic, Gene Baro, who provides individual notes to each one. A fascinating insight into the work of one of the most interesting sculptors of our time..
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$200

22484. Duchess of Devonshire: TREASURES OF CHATSWORTH. A Private View. sq.4to., pp.240. Each artefact is illustrated with a full-page colour photograph; hardcover, v.good in d/w, Constable, London, 1991.
This book contains one hundred rare and beautiful artefacts from both the public and private rooms of Chatsworth. The Duchess's personal selection ranges in date, style, shape, materials and country of origin, from paintings by Rembrandt and Lucien Freud to Henry VIII's rosary, the coronation throne of George III and illuminated manuscripts. .
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$60

20062.: FRED WILLIAMS 1927-1982. by Patrick McCaughey. folio , Revised edition; pp.373. 221 ills, most colour, many full-page; v.good in d/w, ink inscr ffep., Bay Books, Sydney, 1987 (1980).
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$150

15549.: FRED WILLIAMS ETCHINGS. Introduction by John Brack, catalogue by James Mollison. 4to., pp.132. Fine in sl.rubbed d/w. Bookplate Lorna Nimmo, Rudy Komon Gallery, Australia, 1968.
Scarce..
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$250

15932. Freeman, Virginia: DOBELL ON DOBELL. Sm.4to., 1st Ed.; pp.127. Pict.eps. & many drgs. with 34 col.plates; v.good in pict.d/w. Bookplate Lorna Nimmo, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1970.
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$65

10251.: GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE. The New Century Handbook of..., edited by Catherine Avery. pp.213. 32 plates, text ills.; v.good in d/w, Meredith Corp., New York, 1972.
An alphabetical listing of information on Greek sculpture and architects, painters and potters, temples and shrines..
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$20

15942.: A HISTORY OF WESTERN ART. by John James Sewall. large thick 8vo., pp.997. many ills.; hardcover, Bookplate Lorna Nimmo, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1962.
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$25

15948. Mucha, Henderson, & Scharf Jiri, Marina & Aaron: ALPHONSE MUCHA. 4to., Rev.Enlgd.Ed.; pp.144. 163 ills. incl.40 col.; v.good, Academy, London, 1974.
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22517. Murch, Ria: ARTHUR MURCH. An Artist's Life 1902-1989. sq. 4to., First edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 979.; pp.158. richly illustrated with photos and artwork; softcover, new, Ruskin Rowe Press, Sydney, 1997.
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$35

16229. (Photography) Lucie-Smith, Edward: THE INVENTED EYE. Masterpieces of Photography, 1839-1914. 4to., pp.256. 156 reproductions of early photos; fine in d/w, Paddington Press, USA, n.d. c.1976.
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$40

15571.: PRESENT DAY ART IN AUSTRALIA. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith. 2 vols., pp.112 & 112. copiously ill.; both good in protected d/w. Bookplate Lorna Nimmo, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1943 & 1945.
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$120

17183. Rothenstein, John: THE TATE GALLERY. 8vo., 1st. paperback Ed.; pp.288. 344 plates, 65 in col.; paperback, Thames & Hudson (World of Art Library), London, 1963.
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$15

15935. Rothenstein & Butlin, John & Martin: TURNER. Folio 310 x 230, ix, pp.94. 24 tipped-in col.plates, 128 monochrome plates; Good in sl.torn, prot. d/w , Heinemann, London, 1964.
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$50

15563. Thomas, Daniel: OUTLINES OF AUSTRALIAN ART. The Joseph Brown Collection. sq. 4to., iv, pp.74 text. 111 col. 46 b/w illust.; hardcover, slight blemish to ffep, o/w v. good in d/w, Macmillan, Melbourne, n.d. (1973).
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$65

22535. Victoria & Albert Museum: FROM MANET TO HOCKNEY. Modern Artists' Illustrated Books. sq 4to., pp. 380. b/w, some colour plates; stiff card covers, good, V & A Museum, Great Britain, 1985.
A beautifully illustrated book about illustrated books revealing the graphic genius of artists of the past one hundred years. Of considerable reference value..
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$85

22514. Von Holst, Niels,: CREATORS COLLECTORS AND CONNOISSEURS. The Anatomy of Artistic Taste from Antiquity to the Present Day. folio, pp.400. over 400 mostly b&w plates; hardcover, v.good in d/w. Bookplate Lorna Nimmo, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967.
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$50