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Retrac Series Postcard 33: Memorial Hall and School of Arts, Woody Point. Q.
Retrac
Germany: Retrac, No date.One of the early 20th century Retrac series of postcards depicting scenes around Brisbane, Queensland. Printed in Germany.
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Inspirationist Mysticism and the Amana Community
Wallace C. Christen
Lockport: The Ogren Press, 1975.Study of the communal religious mysticism of the Amana Community in Iowa by Wallace C. Christen (1935-2013), at the time Assistant Professor at the Social Justice Institute, Lewis University, and himself an Inspirationist and Amana native.
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Wollun One: The Story of the Blanch Family
Berice Blanch; Arthur Blanch
Gold Coast: Tamworth Music, 2004.“This is a book of many firsts which will keep you interested from beginning to end. This is a riveting story about the first Australian Country Music Family Arthur, Berice and Jewel Blanch. This book will strike a chord with music lovers of all ages, it features over 900 photos of artists like Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Slim Dusty, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray and Johnny Cash.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals
Linda Bank Downs; Diego Rivera
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.“Early in the Depression, Diego Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a series of murals in the gallery of the Detroit Institute of Arts, giant frescos whose theme would be America’s industrial might. This volume studies the astonishing results and gives us a remarkably close look at Diego and his wife, Frida Kahlo. Rivera’s Detroit Industry murals are one of this country’s greatest treasures. In addition to providing full coverage and analysis of the murals, this volume includes chapters on the murals’ planning and antecedents, Rivera’s working methods (which can be read as a primer on frescos), Diego and Frida’s lives for their nine months in Detroit, and the public’s dramatic response to the strong socialist/communist themes in the works.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Gilas Bilong Lukim Papa Graun (Mirror to the World)
Simon Gende
Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2018. -
Siamani Samoa
Michel Tuffery
Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2012.Exhibition catalogue.
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Awis Artis Blong Vanuatu
Awis Artis
Vanuatu: Awis Artis, 2015.Catalogue for an exhibition held at Andrew Baker of an artist group from Vanuatu.
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Nomen / Noh Masks
Yasuo Nakamura; Naomi Maki
Kyoto: Shinshindo, 1979.A beautifully presented collection of masks used in the classical Japanese dance-drama Noh. Each plate, photographed by Naomi Maki, is mounted in an individual folder with tissue guard, housed in a portfolio case, and includes an index sheet. An accompanying explanatory volume written by Yasuo Nakamura goes into detail on the subject, as well as containing black and white photographs of the reverse sides of the masks. The portfolio and accompanying volume are housed inside of another cloth clamshell with two bone clasps, which in turn is housed in another box. Yasuo Nakamura (1919-1996) was a Japanese high school teacher, junior college professor, and Noh scholar, producing numerous works on the subject from the 1960s until his death. His scholarship on this collection of masks earned him the Geijutsu Sensho Prize from The Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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The Waysides of Cannes
Olive Underhill
Cannes: The Lounge Library, No date.Early 20th century travel guide to Cannes on the French Riviera. Provides short historical overview of Rivierian and Cannes history, the villas of Cannes, modern Cannes: its entertainment’s, sights, sports, and various excursions: Mont-Chevalier, Saint-Cassian, La Corniche d’Or, The Esterels, La Napoule, Theoule, La Croix-des-Gardes, Auribeau, The Tanneron, Notre-Dame de Peygros, Saint-Cassien-du_bois, Saint-Barthelemy, Ranguin, La Roquette, Le Cannet, Mougin, Notre-Dam-de-Vie, Castelaras, Grasse, Valley of the Loup, Gourdon, Super-Cannes, Vallauris, Biot, Villeneuve-Loubet, Saint-Paul-du-Var, CAgnes, Antibes, Les Iles de Lerins, and more. 3 double page maps. Scarce, one copy recorded in OCLC, at Cornell.
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Estonian Home
Henri van Noordenburg; Lauri Vahtre
[Tallinn]: Estonian Institute, 2008.Photographic study of modern Estonian homelife by Brisbane photographer Henri van Noordenburg with text by Estonian politician and writer Lauri Vahtre.
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Illustrations of the Japanese Species of Bamboo
Isuke Tsuboi
Gifu and Tokyo: Kawada Teijiro and Hatsubaijo Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1916.The Tsuboi Bamboo Atlas comprises 109 loose colour lithographs of Japanese bamboo varieties with an English title page and index together with an 80 page book in Japanese. Presents examples of root systems, stems, with and without flowers and leaves, cross-sections, abnormalities, and fungus, at various scales, with Japanese and Latin titles, and English captions.
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Ko-Kutani
Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 2004.A detailed catalogue of Ko-Kutani Japanese porcelain from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts collection. Primarily photographs, most of the text is in Japanese with some captions bearing English translation and an essay in English at the rear.
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Booze Built Australia
Wayne Kelly
Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Company, 2017.This is the fascinating account of how AustraliaÂ’s development was fuelled by alcohol.
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The Lajjagauri and Anandanayaki: A New Light on the Nature and Worship of the Adi-Mata, the Primordial Mother
Ramacandra Cintaman Dhere
Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2020.Translated from Marathi and with an introductory chapter and annotation by Jayan Bhalcandra Bapat. “Lajjagauri is perhaps one of India’s oldest goddesses with images of her in South Asia dating back to the Indus Civilisation c. 3,000 to 1,500 BC. Her devotees can be traced back even earlier to the Ukraine c. 10,000 BCE. In India, new finds continue to expand the geographical spread of Lajjagauri’s devotees, most recently to Odisa. Dhere’s work on Lajjagauri is based on tireless pursuits of her image throughout western India. In contrast to the other thousands of Indian goddesses whose images are super abundant, Lajjagauri has become more reclusive as other deities have risen.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Baptised Among Crocodiles: A History of the Daintree Aboriginal Mission, 1940-1962
Russell Guy
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.“Sometime around 1930, an Irish pentecostal missionary, Isobella Hetherington arrived at Mossman in Far North Queensland. She was accompanied by an Aboriginal woman named Nellie who was a talented vocalist. Together they began ministering to the Kuku Yulanji Aboriginal people who had been forced to gather in small groups throughout the Daintree Rainforest. Ten years later, a Mission was built on land purchased by the Assembly of God (Qld) beside the Daintree River and 50 to 70 people moved there. For the next 20 years, they grew bananas and pineapples, built homes and struggled with a government policy that controlled most aspects of their lives. This is the story of how, in a rapidly changing world, the Kuku Yulanji and the Missionaries sought to understand each other at a time before Reconciliation became a national objective.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Architecture in Brisbane (Volume 1)
Graham de Gruchy
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 2012. -
Heilpflanzen der Seychellen: Ein Beitrag zur kreolischen Volksheilkunde
Claudia Muller-Ebeling; Christian Ratsch
Berlin: Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1989.Medicinal plants of the Seychelles: A contribution to Creole folk medicine.
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Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
Kevin Evans; Carrie Galbraith; John Law
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2019.“The history of the most influential underground cabal that you have never heard of. A template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come. Rising from the ashes of the mysterious and legendary Suicide Club, The Cacophony Society, at its zenith, hosted chapters in over a dozen major cities, and influenced much of what was once called the underground. Flash Mobs, Urban Exploration, and Culture Jamming are a few of the pop culture trends that Cacophony helped kick off. Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, Burning Man and Internet social networking powerhouse Laughing Squid were informed and inspired by Cacophony. The Burning Man Festival actually began as a Cacophony event as did the annual, and now world-wide SantaCon.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Hamamas Wantaim Bilas: Textile Artforms of Niugini
Ross Searle; Peter Denham
Cairns: Cairns Regional Gallery, 1996.Exhibition catalogue. List of works laid in.
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The Art of Yoco: For Eternity and a Second
Yoco
Tokyo: Pie Books, 2019.“The Art of Yoco presents the works of Japanese illustrator Yoco. Yoco is an illustrator working in the Boys’ Love (BL) genre, a Japanese form of novel that focuses on homoerotic romantic or sexual relationships between male characters. This is the first book to collect his illustrations, and includes some original works. Yoco is one of the up-and-coming illustrators who is gaining popularity on Social Media and is highly praised among the BL community.”