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The Kangaroo Heads South: Midshipman Cruise Alfa – USS Canberra – June 8 to August 6, 1957
Canberra (Guided missile heavy cruiser : CAG-2)
Norfolk: Tidewater Offset Printing Service, [1957].Being a Pictorial Voyage of the Kan-Do Kangaroo, on a Midshipman Training Cruise from the US east coast to South America and back. A cruiser of the United States Navy named to honour the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. The first USN warship named after a foreign capital city. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the crew and illustrations of kangaroos. A ship tune, ‘sail on, Canberra’, sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda. Inscribed by a US Navy Captain to the front cover. 1 copy in OCLC at the United States Naval Academy.
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Wonderland
Annie Leibovitz
London: Phaidon, 2021.“Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz’s surprising – and surprised – account of her encounters with fashion. Looking back at my work, I see that fashion has always been there, Annie Leibovitz observes in the preface to her new book, Wonderland. Fashion plays a part in the scheme of everything, but photography always comes first for me. The photograph is the most important part. And photography is so big that it can encompass journalism, portraiture, reportage, family photographs, fashion… My work for Vogue fueled the fire for a kind of photography that I might not otherwise have explored.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Personal Projects: Australiana / A Picture Book of Down Under
Simon Eeles
[Bologna]: Damiani Editore, 2016.Now out of print. “The first book by up-and-coming photographer Simon Eeles (born 1983), named Harper Bazaar’s Young Photographer of the Year in 2009, Australiana is the result of a cross-continental road trip Eeles undertook in his homeland after years of working in the US and abroad. Featuring beachside portraits, images of his nieces and nephews playing in his mother’s backyard on a small dairy farm in Tasmania, as well as landscape images of the country’s vegetation, the volume aims to paint a portrait of a place and a culture geographically separated. Having worked under renowned British fashion photographer Craig McDean, Eeles creates images with sharp, fashion-world glamour, even as he captures a relaxing day on an Australian beach. It is this rich and unusual combination of sensibilities–the outback hardness with New York glitz–that informs this first monograph, an homage to the diverse landscapes and hard light of the faraway continent.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Where do Daddies Come From? A Pregnancy Guide for Men
Steve Cummins
Dublin: Glasnevin Publishing, 2011. -
Early Sketches and Charts of Banks Peninsula, 1770-1850
Peter Bromley Maling
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1981.Pre-1850, though mostly 1838-50 sketches and maps of Banks Peninsula, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, by French and British visitors to the region. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 388.
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Brainchild
Eve Croft
London: Onlywoman Press, No date. -
Club Twelve
Amanda Kyle Williams
Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1990. -
A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora; Containing both the Phaenogamous and Cryptogamous Plants
Fredk. Manson Bailey
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1883.A thorough catalogue of short descriptions for the identification of plants found in the colony of Queensland. FERGUSON 6498a.
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Poison Pen Letters: Using the Mails for Revenge
Keith Wade
Port Townsend: Loompanics Unlimited, 1984.A collection of sample letters for enacting revenge.
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Hana nareba: Razo / [If It Becomes a Flower: Naked Statue]
Shoji Otake
Tokyo: Nihon Geijutsu Shuppansha, 1985.Portfolio of eight nude photographs by Japanese photographer Shoji Otake (1920-2015).
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Tokyo Innocence
Mika Ninagawa
Kyoto: Mitsumura Suiko Shoin, 2013.Photographic portraiture of colourful Tokyo subcultures.
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WOW
Mario Testino
Tokyo: Super Labo, 2020.A selection of photographs from across the globe and Testino’s career. Some are organised portraits, others spontaneous street shots, all “people IÂ’ve encountered that have forced me to stop and look.” (the artist). An exploration of identity, costume, gender, sexuality, and more. Artist statement bilingual, in English and Japanese, primarily pictorial.
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1888 Report on the Oyster Fisheries of Moreton Bay
Cecil S. Fison
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1888.The most detailed of the reports to the Queensland Parliament on the oyster fisheries of Moreton Bay, stretching from Caloundra in the north to Point Danger in the south. The 1888 report came 2 years after The Oyster Act of 1886 which outlined transferrable leases for the bank and dredge collection and cultivation of oysters in Moreton Bay and attempted to make the industry more sustainable by introducing measures to stop the naked exploitation and then abandonment which earlier leases suffered from by less forward thinking license holders. The bay was divided into numerous dredge sections and portions of bank, and now having been in place since the Oyster Act of 1874 and with Fison settled into his role he largely reports on various developments related to the leases. The report is further extended with detailed reports on Queensland fisheries and oysters more broadly throughout the state including a more detailed report on oysters and fisheries in Maryborough, as well as with lengthy tables detailing leases and returns of oysters and fish. Includes 3 plates with 6 figures illustrating the development of oyster cultivation in Moreton Bay, a dugong, a Moreton Bay crustacea, and a clam from Barron River Cairns, as well as a map of the fishing area around Stradbroke, and 3 large fold out maps illustrating allotments in the central, northern and southern parts of the bay, and of the Maryborough region.
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A Queenly Colony: Pen Sketches and Camera Glimpses
[William Henry Traill]
Brisbane: Edmund Gregory, Government Printer, 1901.Photographs of early Queensland collected from various government departments depicting the state in the late 19th century with accompanying descriptive text by William Henry Traill. Depicts farming, industry, Brisbane, regional townships and farmlands, and notable individuals. An excellent copy in the original cloth.
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Mildura: Scenes from the Land of Winter Sunshine
G. V. & W. R. Hiscock
Melbourne: The Valentine Publishing Co., No date.Circa 1930s souvenir booklet of views of Mildura and surrounds.
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Atlas of Interior Design
Dominic Bradbury
London: Phaidon, 2021.“A unique geographically organized survey of the world’s most desirable and iconic residential interiors from the 1940s to today. The Atlas of Interior Design is an inspiring, unparalleled global tour of more than 400 captivating residential interiors from the past eight decades. From classic to contemporary, minimal to maximal, the homes included illuminate the design tropes unique to their location s context, while others confound preconceived ideas of vernacular design to spectacular effect. Exceptional photography and a descriptive text accompanying each project enrich this thoroughly researched and comprehensive volume a must-have for all design aficionados.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Archer Magazine 16: Disabilities Issue
Amy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2021.A magazine about sex, gender and identity. Disabilities issue: Kink + Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Queer + Disabled, Deafness, Medical Racism, Disorder + Diagnosis, Sex Work, Lockdowns, Parenting + Bipolar, Institutional Abuse, Q&A with Elvin Lam.
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Crimean Campaigning and Russian Imprisonment
One of the Six Hundred; [Robert Stuart Farquharson]
Dundee: W. & D. C. Thomson, 1889.A unique association copy of this rare account of one of the most famous battles in British military history from the point of view of a non commanding officer together with his experiences in Russian captivity and his eventual release. Robert Stuart Farquharson (1832-1892) provides a highly detailed account of his participation in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade, October 25th, 1854, at the Battle of Balaclava, during the Crimean War, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by the Russians. This copy inscribed on the front flyleaf to the author’s sister (Marion Farquharson) together with 3 pieces of ephemera: 1. The author’s ticket to the dinner commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Charge to be held at the Aquarium Westminster on Saturday the 25th October, 1884; 2. A newspaper cutting dated May 18th, 1892, mounted on card bearing the emblem of the East Lothian & Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry and with several date annotations in another hand and also bearing Farquharson’s signature, the clipping giving details of a testimonial dinner for Farquharson at The Royal Hotel upon his retirement from the bandmastership of the Lothians and Berwickshire Cavalry; 3. A flyer with press reviews of the book. An earlier edition was private printed for the author by Thomas Allan in 1883. This is the first trade edition with no other printings to date.
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Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985
Andrew Nette; Iain McIntyre
Oakland: PM Press, 2021.“Much has been written about the “long Sixties,” the era of the late 1950s through the early 1970s. It was a period of major social change, most graphically illustrated by the emergence of liberatory and resistance movements focused on inequalities of class, race, gender, sexuality, and beyond, whose challenge represented a major shock to the political and social status quo. With its focus on speculation, alternate worlds and the future, science fiction became an ideal vessel for this upsurge of radical protest. Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 details, celebrates, and evaluates how science fiction novels and authors depicted, interacted with, and were inspired by these cultural and political movements in America and Great Britain.” (publisher’s blurb) This copy signed by editor, Andrew Nette.
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Australian Retrospect Greeting Card: First Englishman
Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe
North Warrandyte: K. Wallace-Crabbe, No date.One in a series of wood engraved greeting cards produced by Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe at his Melbourne studio in the 1960s/early 1970s under the heading of Australian Retrospect. This card depicts Captain William Dampier cooking over a campfire. The caption reads: “FIRST ENGLISHMAN to land in Australia. Captain William Dampier at Shark’s Bay, on his 1699 second visit.” The interior contains a short printed greeting and his studio details printed on the verso.