Search Results: ART / Australian & Oceanian from Lawrence Jones

London: The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1983. 64pp, 139 bw & col ills, catalogue. Or cloth, titled in gilt with laid on illustration. Minor foxing to title page. Retrospective exhibition of over 300 items designed by Australian silversmith Stuart Devlin, possibly best known for his designs for Australia's decimal coins.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Mount Lawley, WA: Wildrocks Publications, 2012. VERY HEAVY-will require additional postage to most destinations. Destinations outside Australia will involve significant additional postage costs. 3 volume set. Volume One: 528pp, bibliography, map, appendix, approx 600 col ills. Volume Two: 396pp, bibliography, approx 400 col ills. Volume Three: 527pp, bibliography, approx 500 col ills. All volumes in maroon cloth with impressed image, in jackets. All volumes as new. A spectacular and monumental work involving many years of work which is certainly destined to become a standard work in the field, if it has not already achieved that status.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1982. 74pp, further reading, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Very light edge war to covers. Based on the gallery of the same name at The Australian Museum, Sydney.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Square 8vo.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1994. xiv, 162pp, index, list of works cited, bibliography, notes, num bw & some col ills, map. Cloth boards in jacket. Ex-library with expected stamps, bar codes, labels etc (inc Cancelled stamp).Boards edges rubbed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to. Ex-Library.

Sydney: Collins Publishers, 1989. 22 col postcards. Or pictorial card. A little toning to egdes. Complete and intact series of 22 postcards featuring Australian Aboriginal art, published in association with the Australian National Gallery.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. Oblong 12mo.

London: Phaidon Press, 2007. 447pp, index, further reading,map, chronology, glossary, num col ills. Or card covers with integral (French) flaps. Near new. Surveys the great variety of Aboriginal art, discussing paintings (on bark, rock, human bodies and canvas), sculptures, weapons and utensils, from across Australia, bringing out common themes but also highlighting regional diversity., . Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Council Of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2008. 168pp, chronology, biographies and checklist, num col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Reading crease to spine, light mark on top edge of pages, else near new. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition held in 2008-2009.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1948. 78pp, 28 plates (most col), list of artist's works. Or cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minor edge wear and a couple of small chips. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, slight foxing to endpapers. Edition limited to 1500 copies, SIGNED by the artist on limitation page.. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by Feint, Adrian.. 4to.

Sydney: The Legend Press, 1948. 21pp text, 17 tipped in col ills. Jade morocco leather. Boards rubbed at edges, rear cover scuffed and small chip at head of spine, LACKS the signed collector print (thus priced as the 1100 copy edition). Edition of 145 copies SIGNED in full by the artist on limitation page. PLEASE NOTE AGAIN THAT THIS COPY LACKS THE SIGNED/NUMBERED COLLECTOR PRINT, however all other illustrations are present.. Signed by Artist. Limited Signed Edition. Hard Cover. Good/None, as Issued.. Illus. by MacQueen, Kenneth.. 4to.

Bathurst: The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea in association with Robert Brown and Associates., 1981. HEAVY. 408pp, index, bibliography, glossary, hundreds of bw & col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Light foxing to prelims otherwise near new. Full photographic account of a single cultural group in PNG- the Gogodala. They number about 10000 and live as lagoon dwellers along the floodplain of the aramia River north of the Fly River Delta. The first part of the book is a richly illustrated account of Life and ceremony. Part 2 is a catalogue of objects covering over 700 items incorporating a list of all Gogodala artifacts known to exist. A magnificent volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Sydney: Mini-Publishing, 2005. iv, 178pp, index, bibliography, num col plates. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Well illustrated biography of Cornish Australian artist Albert Sherman. Best known for his exquisite flower paintings , he also painted landscapes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Macmillan Australia, 1990. ix, 102pp, index, bibliography, chronology, bw ills, colour plates. Blue cloth in jacket. Some quite heavy foxing on first/last few pages, gift note on front free endpaper. The first major collection of Namatjira's paintings to be published.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press ( Australian Art Library.), 1969. 114pp, bibliography, catalogue of works, col & bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket spine faded, price clipped, minor edge wear. 32 tipped in full page color plates (featuring 64 works) + numerous bw ills. Albert Tucker has been acknowledged as one of the major figures of Australian art. The text along with the illustrated catalogue of works and list of exhibitions in the appendices make this the major reference source on Tucker's work.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Martin Browne Contemporary, 2015. 36pp, col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Catalogue of an exhibition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by McKenzie, Alexander.. Square 8vo.

Alice Springs: Nganampa Health Council, 1993. In the past we were happy and free from sickness; and in the future we will become strong and healthy again. viii, 88pp, catalogue, col ills, map. Black cloth in jacket. Text in both English and Pitjantjatjara. An Anangu concept of health. The paintings reflect the desert landscape, and define the complexities of modern health issues within the context of tjukurpa: the artists' religious interpretations of the profound bonding of people to one another, to their country and to the plants and animals inhabiting it.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1971. 52pp, 7 tipped in col plates. Full brown leather, titled in gilt and with gilt-blocked Blackman design to front. Presented in yellow & black slipcase. Minor foxing to top edge. Deluxe edition limited to 100 copies of which this #11. SIGNED by both Alvarez and Blackman on the limitation page.. Signed by Author & Artist.. Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Illus. by Blackman, Charles.. Folio.

Sydney: Fine Art Publishing, 2001. HEAVY. 204pp, index, 235 col ills. Or silver boards in jacket. As new. The first comprehensive guide to the Art Deco movement in Australia encompassing architecture, art, scupture, interior design, furniture, ceramics, jewellery and fashion as well as lesser known fields of book plate and book design. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1999. viii, 318pp, references, num bw ills, maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Approx 1cm tear at top of front flap fold-generally excellent. Papers from the 5th Internation Symposium of the Pacific Arts. Presented in 4 parts: Part 1 Art as Performance in Micronesia and Polynesia (includes Yap, Tahiti, New Zealand, Samoa); Part 2 Bringing people back into the collections-Indigenous Australians and the presentation of culture; Part 3 From performance to Museum in Melanesia (mostly PNG) and Part 4 Pan-Pacific Developments.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1930. 84pp, bw & col ills. Or wraps with integral flaps. Minor edgewear to yapped covers, spine chipped at top and bottom, first/last pages and edges heavily foxed, margins of some text pages foxed. This issue includes The Lambert Exhibition; Shaw Nielson (by Blamire Young); Woodblocking as a Craft (by Margaret preston); L. Bernard Hall (by JS MacDonald. Margaret Preston woodblock to front cover. Nicer than average copy.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1932. 74pp, bw & col ills. Or cream wraps with integral flaps. Light edgewear to yapped covers, occasional light foxing. This issuefeatures Thea Proctor with articles by Ethel Anderson and Basil Burdett. Much nicer than average copy.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to.