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Armadale: Scott Livesey Galleries, 2007. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. large 8vo. colour illustrations Catalogue for the exhibition of Aboriginal art, Scott Livesey Galleries 2007; 30 full-page colour plates with notes (including provenance) to facing page; works by Ningie Nangala, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Pauline Sunfly Nangala, Kathleen Petyarre, Josephine Napurrula, Yinarupa Nangala, Rosella Namok, and others; includes original price list

Brisbane: Boolarong, 2015. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. colour and b&w illustrations History of Aboriginal campsites, with focus on the location and features of the camps that flourished in and around Brisbane from convict times to as late as the 1950's; colour and b&w photo illustrations throughout, and including maps of the campsites and their locations.

Brisbane: Boolarong, 1988. limited edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 12mo. b&w frontispiece Facsimile edition of R.J. Flanagan's The Aborigines of Australia (first published in 1888); here published in an edition of 1500 copies to mark Australia's Bicentenary in 1988; blue vinyl boards with gilt titling to spine and illustration to front board; bookshop label to front endpaper, tiny stain to fore-edge, small worn spot to underside of rear board, o.w. Very Good.

Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2004. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. square 8vo. colour plates Catalogue for the exhibiton of paintings by Adrian King, Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane 2004; 5 full-page colour plates, plus one each to front and rear cover; limited to 1000 copies.

Cairns: KickArts, 2007. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of contemporary printmaking from the Torres Strait and far North Queensland, and also commemorating the establishment of the KickArts printmaking studio; b&w and some colour illustrations, many gate-fold, accompanied by descriptive text; works by Joey Laifoo, Billy Missi, Dennis Nona, Brian Robinson, Joel Sam, Leroy Alua Savage, Alick Tipoti; includes artists' Curricula Vitae.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1986. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. b&w illustrations Study of the music of the Alyawarra people (north-east of Alice Springs), referencing social structure and ceremonial ownership, the extent of Agharringa Country, categories of songs, musical instruments, composition, song performance, children's music, musical notations, and more; b&w photo illustrations and numerous musical examples throughout; includes a 45rpm vinyl record to front pastedown (record in perfect condition); tape stains to endpapers front and rear, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, toned to flaps, o.w. Very Good; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR INCREASE IN SHIPPING CHARGE DEPENDING ON DESTINATION.

Sydney: Sam Ure Smith at the Fine Arts Press , 1976. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 23 x 24cm. profusely illustrated Special issue of Art and Australia, with focus on Aboriginal Art, including essays by Dick Roughsey 'The Aboriginal Arts Board', Wandjuk Marika 'Aboriginal Copyright', DJ Mulvaney 'Creativity in the Aboriginal Past', FD McCarthy 'Australian Aboriginal Material Culture', Robert Edwards 'Art of Arnhem Land' and 'Deterioration and Preservation of Rock Art', Billy Stockman 'Art of the Western Desert', Diana Conroy 'Tiwi Designs: an Aboriginal silk-screen printing workshop'; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; scarce; former owner's name-stamp to reverse side of front cover, wraps lightly tanned to spine, o.w. Very Good

Southport: Keeaira Press, 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . large 8vo. colour and b&w illustrations Illustrated study of aspects of contemporary Indigenous art in Australia, being the book to accompany the two-day conference The Art of Politics/The Politics of Art, held at the Qld Museum in October 2005.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2010. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated study of Aurukun Aboriginal Art, published on the occasion of the exhibition Before Time Today Reinventing Tradition in Aurukun Aboriginal Art, University of Queensland Art Museum 11 September - 28 November 2010; texts by Sally Butler, Peter Sutton, David F Martin, Georges Petitjean; colour illustrations throughout.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2010. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Published to accompany the exhibition of Aurukun Aboriginal Art, University of Queensland Art Museum 11 September-28 November 2010; edited by Sally Butler; colour photo illustrations throughout; illustrated stiff card wraps with French flaps; VG clean copy.

Cairns: KickArts Contemporary Arts, 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the group exhibition held at KickArts Cairns 2008, marking the 20th anniversary of the listing of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area - the works show the ways in which Indigenous artists relate to the Wet Tropics as a living cultural landscape; painting, weaving, artifacts, works on paper; foreword by John Grey, introduction Rae O'Connell, essay (and curator and editor) by Russell Milledge; VG and clean throughout.

Sydney: S.H. Ervin Gallery, 1988. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of Australian Indigenous art, and work by non-Indigenous Australian artists addressing Indigenous themes, covering a period of roughly 50 years from 1938 to 1988 - S.H. Ervin Gallery 8 June - 31 July 1988; exhibition curated by Catherine De Lorenzo and Dinah Dysart, with essay by De Lorenzo; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; wraps very lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy.

Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2009. Revised Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy/French flaps. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Australian Indigenous Art Triennial 2007, National Gallery of Australia (and touring Australian venues); this is the 2009 reprint/revised edition; works by Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee, Christine Christopherson Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser, Gordon Hookey, Dennis Nona, Judy Watson, Gulumbu Yunupingu, and others; various authors; colour illustrations throughout; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING IF DESTINATION IS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA - NO INCREASE FOR AUSTRALIAN ORDERS.

Sydney: The Australian Print Network/Robert Steele Gallery, 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti, Robert Steele Gallery New York, Jan - Feb 2009; colour and b&w illustrations throughout, including some gatefold; essay by Simon Wright; a volume in the Torres Strait Islander Artists Limited Edition Linocuts Etchings and Sculptures; Very Good throughout; wraps very lightly rubbed, very lightly curled at edges

Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of etchings (and three sculptures) by Dennis Nona, Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane, 2009 - catalogue limited to 1500 copies; numerous full-page colour illustrations, including one gate-fold to rear; tiny knock top text block, o.w. Very Good.

Sydney: The Australian Print Network/Robert Steele Gallery, 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti, Robert Steele Gallery New York, Jan - Feb 2009; colour and b&w illustrations throughout, including some gatefold; essay by Simon Wright; a volume in the Torres Strait Islander Artists Limited Edition Linocuts Etchings and Sculptures; Very Good throughout; wraps very lightly rubbed, very lightly curled at edges

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2010. reprint. paperback. Very Good . 8vo. b&w illustrations Donald Thomson's record, in words and pictures, of the time he spent in Arnhem Land in the 1930's, compiled from the collection of papers, articles, etc which Thomson left behind after his death in 1970; the b&w images are reproductions of Thomson's own photographs; includes a biographical sketch of Donald Thomson by Nicolas Peterson, notes, sources.

Melbourne: Niagara Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. large 8vo. colour plates Catalogue for the Fiona Omeenyo exhibition, Niagara Galleries Melbourne 6 February - 3 March 2007; essay by Ashley Crawford, 21 colour plates, and including list of exhibitions.

Brisbane: Queensland Government, 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the first Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award (2008), overall winner Alick Tipoti for the lino print Zugubal; 53 pages colour plates showing all the works entered in the show.

Alice Springs: Irrunytju Arts, 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue of the work of 25 artists in the Irrunytju Arts group; essay by Mary Knights; work by Alkawari Dawson, Ivy Laidlaw, Noeli Roberts, Evonne Stacia Lewis, and many more; colour illustrations throughout; mild foxing to prelims, o.w. Very Good.