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Bushwalking Around Sydney
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaddy Pallin
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959.Guidebook by the famed Australian bushwalker and camping equipment retailer Frank Austin “Paddy” Pallin. Pallin was a founding member of the Search and Rescue arm of the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW in 1936 and his chain of stores are still operating today.
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Series of Five Colour Woodblock Prints on the 1998 Australian Waterfront Dispute
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaula Bloch (1937-2010)
Sydney: Paula Bloch, 2001-2003.A complete set of Australian printmaker and activist Paula Bloch’s woodblock series inspired by her participatoin on the picket line at Port Botany during the 1998 Maritime Union of Australia dispute with Patrick Corporation and the Howard Government. The series documents the artist’s direct experience of one of the most significant industrial confrontations in modern Australian history, in which Patrick sought to sack its unionised workforce in an attempt to break the M.U.A. The complete series is here offered together with 2 variants and 2 original sketch concept drawings. Full list of items: 1. M.U.A. Here To Stay: Port Botany at the Picket Line. Signed and numbered colour woodblock. 2/5 dated 2001; 1b. Colour variant, unsigned; 1c. Original sketch concept drawing; 2. M.U.A. Supporters Stay: Jennie George Reports at Port Botany. Signed and dated 2003.; 2.b Original sketch concept drawing.; 3. Sydney Town Hall Square: Rally of Unionists and Supporters. Unsigned.; 4. Maritime Union of Australia: Protest Meeting at Darling Harbour.; 4b. Black and white variant.; 5. [MUA Here To Stay]. Smaller format: 31cm x 30cm, unsigned. Bloch, who fled Nazi Germany with her parents as a child, wrote of the dispute: “I escaped Hitlers Germany with my parents just before the war, and grew up with a strong commitment to peoples rights. The waterfront lock-out was such a shock – fascist tactics in Australia.” Her prints combine a personal political conviction with a formal language drawn from European protest graphics and the screenprint traditions of the 1970s Tin Sheds poster workshops. Four of the five prints are held in the National Library of Australia (the present third print, Sydney Town Hall Square, apparently unrecorded.)
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Erotica Varia: A Collection of Drawings by Xaqis
Read MoreCharis Schwarz
Sydney: Herd Publishing Company, No date.The erotic drawings of Charis Schwarz issued in the early 1970s by Australian pornography publisher, Herd Publishing, at the same time as Charis together with husband George were producing a series of ground-breaking pornographic films, including the first explicit Australian sex film to be cleared by the censors for distribution in cinemas. Rare, a single institutional holding, at the State Library of New South Wales, as part of the George and Charis Schwarz collection presented to the State Library by the artists in 2019.
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Expressions of Lovemaking
Read MoreWesley Stacey; Rennie Ellis
Sydney: Pontiac, 1972.Rare early erotic photo book by Australian photographer Wesley Stacey (1941-2023), issued the year before he co-founded the Australian Centre for Photography. A period document of liberated sexuality and countercultural aesthetics, the work pairs Stacey’s intimate colour photographs of a young couple (shot in settings including a cave, penthouse, pool, bedroom, and beach), with the sensual poetry of fellow photographer Rennie Ellis (1940-2003). Stylistically rooted in the late-1960s and early-1970s Australian bohemian milieu. Exceptionally scarce: a single holding recorded in Trove and OCLC (Curtin University). The work is otherwise unrecorded in writings on either Stacey or Ellis. The only public reference to its existence appears in a 1976 ruling of the New Zealand Indecent Publications Tribunal, which described it as “another publication consisting of photographs of sexual intercourse with a small amount of text. It is serious in intention, though not didactic, natural and restrained in presentation with a straightforward text. The photographs depict basic variations of normal intercourse without any of the tasteless or debasing acrobatics which have marred other similar publications… Having regard to the changing times and standards and the dominant effect of this publication the tribunal considers that a restricted classification in this case is not necessary. The tribunal classifies this publication as not indecent.” (The New Zealand Gazette No. 117, 18 November 1976)
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Winfield and Australia: Together Since 1972 / Brand Manual …anyhow*
Read MoreJackie Blackledge
[Sydney]: British American Tobacco Australia, 2011.Privately produced brand manual chronicling the marketing of Winfield cigarettes in Australia, featuring Paul Hogan’s iconic advertising campaigns. Created by the Sydney office of global marketing agency G2 and issued privately for BATA employees in a very limited run. Unrecorded in Trove or OCLC. “Winfield was the first brand to say to Australians that it was okay to be Australian, that , in fact, it was preferable. As a result, Aussies loved it, they quickly drove Winfield to an 8.4% share in the first year; a never-before-seen result in an industry where getting a 0.5% share was an excellent achievement for a new brand.” (from page 24) The same page also featuring a 1983 photograph by Rennie Ellis, Two Couples.
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Public Fitting
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Johnson
Sydney: Tim Johnson, 1972.A 1972 artist’s book by Sydney conceptual artist (now painter) Tim Johnson (1947-), containing 40 full page black and white street photographs which show the wind lifting the skirts of women on the streets of Sydney. Produced during his time as co-founder of one of Sydney’s first artist-run spaces, Inhibodress, alongside Mike Parr and Peter Kennedy, the work forms a key part of Johnson’s early-1970s investigations into public space, social conditioning, and eroticism. While the images might initially appear voyeuristic (see upskirt), they are best understood through the lens of his contemporaneous performances, Disclosure and Fittings. Those live works staged situations to expose and analyze unconscious “sexual mores” and “sex-role conditioning”, manipulating participants’ clothing in a gallery, provoking direct responses. Public Fitting explores similar themes through the “found performance” of the street, framing the wind as an unwitting collaborator and the women’s reactions as unscripted data on social behaviour. Published alongside a Super 8 film of the same name (featuring different images as compared with the film in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane), the film’s duration underscores the work’s non-erotic, analytical dimension. In contrast, the book’s static images are more readily misread as purely voyeuristic. This copy bears a later manuscript title on the spine, “Public Fitting – XXX”, a direct annotation of the work’s perceived erotic content, demonstrating the very social-sexual condition the artist sought to examine. Beyond this conceptual framework, the work also serves a vidid record of women’s fashion in early-1970s Sydney, an era dominated by the miniskirt. The edition size is unstated, though several sources, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, state that 200 copies were produced. This copy with an additional folded sheet containing 5 further small images of a woman’s underwear (perhaps from a different source), the artist’s stamp with his 54 Albermarle St address, and the contemporary signature Micheal [Mansell?] dated 17th/4/72.
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Dancing Up Country: The Art of Dorothy Napangardi
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDorothy Napangardi
Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2002. -
Emily Kngwarreye Paintings
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEmily Kngwarreye
Sydney: Craftsman House, 1998.Scarce monograph of Anmatyerre painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c. 1910-1996). With contributions by Jennifer Isaacs, Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald Holt, and Janet Holt.
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Aboriginal Man in Australia: Essays in Honour of Emeritus Professor A. P. Elkin
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. M. Berndt; C. H. Berndt
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965. -
Contemporary Art in Papua New Guinea
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSusan Cochrane
Sydney: Craftsman House, 1997. -
The Illegal Relatives
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrank Moorhouse
[Sydney]: [Tomato Press for The Author], No date.Circa 1973. Pirated edition of illustrated erotic stories planned as an illegal publication in protest of censorship of the printed word, stemming from a case brought against underground newspaper Thor. The Whitlam government passed legislation that brought an end to the censorship yet the printer of this booklet went ahead with privately selling the publication against Moorehouse’s wishes, though also purported that it was delayed because Moorhouse wanted to edit the stories. A competing story has it that Moorhouse commissioned the printing but could not pay for it, so Tomato Press sold the entire inventory to a Sydney secondhand bookdealer to recoup the loss, but this all be hearsay. Illustrated throughout, some Robert Crumb pirates, but largely original unattributed erotic illustrations by Jenny Coopes and others. CAINS 118.
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Not Only Sport (Complete Set, 6 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 1997-2000.A spin-off of the successful photography magazine, Black+White. Not Only Sport was a coffee table magazine light on the articles and heavy on the quality photography, including sports photography and nude and semi nude portraits of athletes by some of the world’s best photographers. Athletes include Karla Gilbert, Shane Crawford, Michael Slater, Muhammad Ali, Juanita Little, Miles Stewart, Vici Andronicus, Adrian Lam, Victoria Roberts, Cathy Freeman, Bruce Lee, Pat Rafter, Sarah Straton, the Danish National Gymnastics Team, Guy Andrews, Adidas Vs Nike, Shane Kelly, Stuart MacGill, Anna Kournikova, Matthew Nicks, Jackie Allen, Zali Steggall, Jacqques Cousteau, Nicole Sanderson, Shannon Taylor, Michael Klim, Linford Christie, Anthony Mundine, Rex Dupain, and many others.
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Manatomy: The Desirable Male Body in Close Up
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Blue Books / Studio Magazines, 2004.A special issue of Blue focussing on focussing in on the male body. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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2Blue: A Special Issue of Blue
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2004.2Blue explores the many facets of male coupling, from sex and friendship to romance and play. Be they partners, lovers or friends, the pairs in 2Blue reflect the breadth of relationships between men around the world. In this volume, 58 photographers interpret the bonding theme with artistic rigour and sensitivity. A lingering kiss, a rough embrace, a moment of anticipation – all are captured with an eye for passion and emotional honesty. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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The Album: A Visual Celebration of Australian Music (A Special Issue of not only Black+White Magazine
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [1997].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring photography, some nude, of Australian musicians. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Sydney Dream: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2000.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude photography of Australian Olympic Athletes for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, this being the scarce hardcover edition. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 3: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2003].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of Nobuyoshi Araki, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bob Carlos Clarke, Anton Corbijn, Dominique Issermann, Richard Kern, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Mary Ellen Mark, Lewis Morley, Jan Saudek, Francesco Scavullo, and Jock Sturges. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 2: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2001].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of William Klein, Ralph Gibson, Sheila Metzner, Rankin, Pierre et Gilles, Ed Freeman, Markus Klinko & Indrani, Isabel Snyder, James Houston, John Rawlings, Joyce Tenneson, Dominique Derisbourg, Erwin Olaf, and Howard Schatz. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 1: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 1997.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of Walter Chin, Bettina Rheims, Greg Gorman, Nick Knight, Albert Watson, David Lachapelle, Paulo Roversi, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Ellen Von Unwerth, David Bailey, Mario Sorrenti, Max Dupain, and Jeanloup Sieff. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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Intimate Portraits: Australian Nudes by the Photographers of Black+White Magazine
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2005.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude portraiture of Australians with everyday careers. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.