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John Olsen: Drawing – The Human Touch
AU$75.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Olsen; Ken McGregor
Melbourne: Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014.“This richly illustrated publication represents the author’s attempt to locate as many of John Olsen’s drawings as possible and Macmillan’s determination to reproduce them in a book which will serve as a companion to our previous monographs on the artist’s prints and paintings. Olsen is an artist who believes drawing to be the fundamental skill of artistic production and whose artworks, whether paintings, prints or drawings, indicate a keen sense of observation of human and animal behaviour translated into lively and sometimes humorous compositions dependent on the drawn line. He is a living legend on the Australian art scene, who claims: “Drawing is important in every stage of an artist’s career. Drawing is the plank on which you build the architecture of your work. Drawing is a transferable energy, a life-force, and it entails many ways of observing…” This book will inform and amuse as it reiterates the importance of drawing.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Test Cricket in Australia, 1877-2002
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Davis
Melbourne: Charles Davis, 2002.One of 344 signed and numbered copies.
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Luminous Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Ballet
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Australian Ballet
Melbourne: The Australian Ballet, 2011. -
Paradeisos
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristopher Koller
Melbourne: M.33, 2011.“Produced over a period of 12 years, Christopher Koller’s plastic camera photographs of gardens and otherwise mediated greenery forge a very different atmosphere to what one would expect from such subject matter. Warped, stretched and almost affronting in their blurred optical qualities, the images that fill Paradeisos are vivid and almost visceral in their odd beauty.” (publisher’s blurb)
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A Field Guide to Fungi of South-Eastern Australia
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoss McDonald; John Westerman
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1979. -
Why Isn’t She Dead!
Read MorePeggy Berman; Kevin Childs
Melbourne: Gold Star Publications, 1972.The story of Peggy Berman, who worked as receptionist at an illegal abortion clinic, and was chief witness into an inquiry of police corruption.
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Australian Graffiti Revisited
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRennie Ellis; Ian Turner
Melbourne: Sun Books, 1980.Australian street and toilet wall graffiti. Second printing of the expanded second edition.
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A Book About Australian Women
Read MoreCarol Jerrems; Virginia Fraser
Melbourne: Outback Press, 1974.Classic Australian photobook. “A book about Australian women was published on the eve of International Women’s Year and following the establishment of the Office for Women’s Affairs by the Whitlam government in 1973. The book, described as a ‘collective portrait’, featured interviews by writer and artist Virginia Fraser, along with 131 photographs by Carol Jerrems of women from various walks of life. Some, such as Wendy Saddington, were already well known; others, such as Anne Summers, subsequently became prominent in their fields.” (National Portrait Gallery website)
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Reasons of the Heart
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBron Nicholls
Melbourne: Penguin, 1993.Australian pederasty novel by Bron Nicholls, her first published novel for an adult audience.
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The Story of an Athlete (A Picture of the Past)
AU$650.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. C. A. Harrison
Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, No date.Autobiography of one of the pioneers of Australian rules football, AFL.
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Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the End of the World
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartColin Johnson
Melbourne: Hyland House, 1983.Tasmania Aboriginal fiction.
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Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection
Read MoreTed Gott; Angela Hesson; Myles Russell-Cook; Pip Wallis; Meg Slater
Melbourne: Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2022.“Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on the themes explored in the NGV’s Queer exhibition to document the queer past, present and future of the NGV collection. More than 60 essays from authors with comprehensive knowledge of the historical and contemporary subjects encompassed by the NGV’s Queer project are presented alongside stunning reproductions of more than 200 works from the NGV collection, either by queer artists or engaging with queer issues. The essays in Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection explore the history of LGBTQ+ activism; the creation of queer spaces and communities; queerness as an artistic strategy; the expression of love, desire and sensuality; queer aesthetics; and the concepts of camp and the fantastic.” (publisher’s blurb) This extensive monograph catalogue sold out in the year of publication and has not been reprinted.
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A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGraham Willett; Angela Bailey; Timothy W. Jones; Sarah Rood
Melbourne: Australian Queer Archives and Heritage Victoria, 2021.“A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects was commissioned by Heritage Victoria to highlight the rich, diverse and unique history of queer communities in Victoria and to demonstrate how these communities are reflected in the places, objects and landscapes that surround us. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, sistergirl and brotherboy (LGBTIQ+) people are, and always have been, an integral part of Victorian social, political and cultural life. However, the experiences and voices of queer communities have not commonly been included in the historical record and, consequently, queer heritage has remained largely invisible. This report identifies 100 places, objects and collections that have specific and unique meaning to Victorias contemporary queer communities. Identifying and exploring the meaning of these places, objects and collections to members of the LGBTIQ+ communities who have suggested them adds depth and richness to Victorias history and heritage. It also makes visible the stories and experiences of communities that have, until recently, been ignored and at times actively persecuted.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter Sutton
Melbourne: Viking, 1989. -
Modern Houses Melbourne
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNorman Day
Melbourne: Brian Zouch Publications, 1976.Catalogue of the best built houses in Melbourne in the first half of the 1970s.
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If The Walls Could Speak: A Social History of the Mechanics Institutes of Victoria
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPam Baragwanath
Melbourne: Mechanics Institute Inc., 2000. -
The Aboriginal Photographs of Baldwin Spencer
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBaldwin Spencer; John Mulvaney
Melbourne: Viking O’Neil, 1987. -
John Shirlow: Ten Etchings
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Shirlow
Melbourne: The Lytlewode Press, 2005.Portfolio of ten etchings printed directly form Shirlow’s plates accompanied by an essay in letterpress by the publisher, Robert C. Littlewood, and a photographic frontispiece. The portfolio created by master Brisbane binder Fred Pohlmann in the style of Shirlow’s 1904 folio Five Etchings. Each etching titled in pencil and stamped with a facsimile signature. The etchings are of eight views of Melbourne, one of Sydney Harbour, and one of Hobart. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the publisher. This copy with the letterpress prospectus.
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New York Nowhere: Meditations and Celebrations, Neurology Ward, The New York Hospital
AU$6,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoffrey Dutton; John Olsen
Melbourne: The Lytlewode Press, 1998.One of 30 deluxe copies from the total edition of 175 numbered copies signed by John Olsen and Robert Littlewood containing ten original signed etchings by John Olsen. The deluxe issue bound in brown kangaroo leather by Friedhelm Pohlmann also contains a tipped in sheet of original manuscript by the poet, ten original photographs of the artist and the poet signed by the publisher, five pieces of typescript correspondence hand signed by the publisher, 2 additional unsigned Olsen etchings, and an envelope containing a CD of Dutton reciting his poem. The recording of the CD made only weeks before Dutton’s death. New York Nowhere was Dutton’s last literary work, reflecting on the poet’s stroke and recovery in a New York hospital. Also included is the original prospectus and The Australian Magazine Dec 12-13, 1998 with the cover story on this work.
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Russell Drysdale, 1912-81
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoffrey Smith
Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1997.