Search Results: Authors starting with A from Rare Illustrated Books

Melbourne and Sydney: WHITCOMBE & TOMBES, 1938. First Edition. Near fine. Author's presentation copy: 'To Mr. and Mrs H. Pearce with compliments from J.A Fletcher. 21/6/39'. With the book plate of Harold Pearce. Whitcombe's Story Books No. 448. Includes an index to the vocabulary of Aboriginal words in the story. Oblong octavo, coloured pictorial staple-bound paper boards, 7 black & white line drawings in text, 70pp. + 3pp. advertisements, a near fine copy.

Paris: Office Technique Pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier, 1935. First Edition. This impressive publication is a record of a competition for a grand large-scale exhibition building at La Defense on the outskirts of Paris. The competition was organised by O.T.U.A., publishers of the magazine l'Acier [steel], to exemplify the spectacular possibilities of steel in modern building. Thirteen invited entrants accepted the challenge with varying success. Results range through art deco monumental, severe modernist, and near-visionary. Detailed information is given for each entry: area plans, perspective views, plans, elevations, engineering details and calculations, materials and services. Folio, numerous photogravure plates, plans, elevations and details, black leather spine, coloured decorative boards edged with white leather (scuffed). Binding signed 'Barast', apparently one of a number of special copies for presentation, this copy numbered '8' and inscribed to M. Bruneton.

Paris: Andre Delpeuch, 1927. AGHION, Janine. Deluxe Pochoir Edition. The deluxe pochoir edition of Toussaint's erotic Middle Eastern Tales superbly illustrated in Art Deco style by Janine Aghion. Bound in original printed wrappers, 185mm x 260mm, 160 pages, handmade Marais vellum paper, uncut, 8 pochoir illustrations by Janine Aghion and line drawings throughout; edition limited to 450 copies; a very good copy.

168, Boulevard Saint-Germaine, Paris: Louis-Michaud, 1910. Limited edition. Erotic French love story set in Laos, telling the tale of Kao Som Sène and the songs he sings for the beautiful Sao Van Di. Limited first edition. (Number 230/870) Rare. One of 870 copies on alfa paper, bound in pictorial wrappers, 170mm x 255mm, 100 (4) pages, photographic frontispiece, 12 full-page coloured plates, 20 drawings throughout text; a very good copy.

Paris: Louis-Michaud, n.d.. Limited edition. Erotic French love story set in Laos, telling the tale of Kao Som Sène and the songs he sings for the beautiful Sao Van Di. Limited first edition. (Number 602/870) Rare. One of 870 copies on alfa paper, bound in pictorial wrappers, 170 mm x 255 mm, 100 (4) pages, photographic frontispiece, 12 full-page coloured plates, 20 drawings throughout text; light foxing to endpapers otherwise a vey good copy.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. First Edition. First edition work on the art and myths of the Aborigines of Arnhem Land. This copy has been inscribed to esteemed anthropologist Dr Fred McCarthy and signed by the author. Small quarto, plates in colour and black & white; original brown cloth, near fine copy in a clean dust-jacket.

Houndsditch: Bishop & Co, 1830. First Edition. A delightful woodcut alphabet. Here are many favourites - the Fox, the Goose, and the Lamb - but where necessary, the publisher's evidently felt capable of stretching their young audience. Significantly, it includes a 'K' for Kangaroo, revealing how wide-spread and how quickly the appetite for exotic natural history from Australia and the South Pacific had grown. There are also more unusual inclusions such as 'I' for Ibex, and even 'M' for Mermaid. Sadly, inspiration only went so far; here, X is for the Letter X. The work also includes a child's ditty: "When school is done, g[o] home loiter not on the wa[y] / Come to school clean and play not by the way.". Duodecimo, 12 pp. in total, woodcut illustrations throughout; original green printed wrappers, folded (not sewn) as issued, just lightly chipped at head of front.

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, 1923. Mabel Lucie Attwell. Collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen with delightful illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Includes "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Flying Trunk", "Little Tuk" and "The Little Shepherdess" Octavo, 64 pages, colour frontispiece + one full page colour plate, black & white illustrations throughout, original owner's gift inscription dated 23.12.23, a very good copy.

Melbourne: Victorian Artists Society, 1947. Dynamic publication of the Victorian Artists Society featuring a wide range of reviews and editorials which provide an excellent insight into the Australian art scene of the 1940s. Four volumes, small staple-bound quartos in illustrated wrappers, black & white plates and line drawings throughout; covers are thumbed with occasional stains; a good set nonetheless.

Paris: Armand Guerinet. First Edition. Bound in original cloth boards, 320 mm x 400 mm, 65 (5) pages, 10 hand-coloured and 22 black & white full-page plates; marginal tear to front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.

Ninetenth century scrapbook. Victorian. Christmas greeting cards and scraps arranged on each page with an outsider art feel. Some of the scraps have been arranged into different letters of the alphabet. Bound in hand-coloured illustrated leather boards, a border made from peacock feathers, title embossed on the front cover, a near fine copy.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1921. ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie. Beautiful edition of this eternal tale, paired back for the youngest of readers and illustrated by the British artist, Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 -1964). Bound in attractive illustrated boards, 24 pages, colour frontispiece + 1 full-page colour plate, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, prize label to front free endpaper, a fine copy.

New Haven: S. Babcock, 1839. A rare and early whaling chapbook describing the techniques and tools of the hunt. Concludes with tales of shipwreck amid fields and mountains of ice. Duodecimo, original printed wrappers, frontispiece and illustrated title-page, vignettes throughout, 24 pages; rudimentary colouring of title vignette and frontispiece, a fair copy.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1935. Of interest: 'Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art' by Ursula H. McConnel, detailed eight page article with four plates in colour of shield patterns and eight plates of Aboriginal subjects in black & white: the Chinese porcelain collection of Dr. R.S. Godsall, illustrated; tipped frontispiece plate of a watercolour by Kenneth Macqueen; some recent paintings by Margaret Preston by Gavin Long (one colour and four black & white plates); obituary of Bernard Hall by Lionel Lindsay; Kenneth Wilkinson on Thea Proctor (one colour and three black & white plates); obituary of Blamire Young by Lionel Lindsay; seven portraits from the Archibald Prize. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a little external wear, near-fine copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1931. Hugh McRae Number: a collection of short literary pieces, illustrated by Adrian Feint. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, colour designs by Feint throughout; lower spine end is chipped, otherwise a very good copy.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1934. Of interest: J.R. MacGregor collection of Australian art, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by Arnesby Brown, Matthew Smith, Arthur Streeton, Hans Heysen, George Lambert and others; obituary of Sir John Sulman; report on the Imperial Russian Ballet tour of Australia; Sydney Art School exhibition; special architecture section illustrating commercial interiors of bars and restaurants; Australian theatrical poster designs by Albert Collins; Rembrant etchings in the Melbourne Art Gallery, 8 page article with 4 plates; shorter entry on Meryon etchings in the Melbourne Art Gallery; illustrated article on the architecture of Emil Sodersteen. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates with a cobweb embossed tissue guard, full-page black & white images; some foxing otherwise a very nice clean copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1926. Of interest: tipped colour plate 'Derelict' by Norman Lindsay and three black & white drypoint plates: 'Phyllida', 'The Eighties' and 'Panama', also includes a black & white plate of an aquatint titled 'Moonlight Piper'; celebration of Australian printmaking with plates by Sydney Long, Ure Smith, H. van Raalte, T. Friedensen, Eric Scott, Bruce Robertson, E. Warner, John Goodchild, Adrian Feint; two magnificent pencil portraits by Thea Proctor; J.S. Macdonald on Victorian landscape painters. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; wrappers a little browned, some gentle foxing throughout, an excellent copy nonetheless.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1933. Of interest: James E. Flett by Blamire Young; Louis McCubbin by Harold Herbert; William Rowell by A. Colquhoun; Napier Waller by J.S. MacDonald (two colour plates). Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; spine is chipped, otherwise in very good condition.

Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1936. Of interest: Long article by Adrian Lawlor on the dynamics of modern art. Illustrated article on Lionel Lindsay's watercolours. Detailed plates of Australian applied arts and crafts including fabric patterns, a wrought iron fire screen and lamp and ceramics. Tipped colour plate of wrought iron head of Mary Gilmore by Rayner Hoff. Maurice Lambert's relief panels for the Cunard line Queen Mary, illustrated. Lionel Lindsay on the Archibald Prize selections. Russian born Sydney artist Daniel Vassilief (3 plates). Photographically illustrated architectural section featuring a range of minimalist modern interiors. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; 1 cm circular stain on front cover, spine split, a very good copy.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1934. Of interest: long article illustrated with colour plates by B.J. Waterhouse on the painting of Robert Johnson and an additional appreciation by Walter Taylor. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, colour plates, full-page black & white images; a near fine copy.