The Establishment And Development Of Engraving And Lithography In Melbourne To The Time Of The Gold Rush. by Darragh, Thomas

Garravembi; 1990.. Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 64; 25 tipped in b/w plates; bound in original quarter cloth with cream papered boards, title lettered in black on spine, silk page marker, dustjacket, a fine copy. Limited edition of 425 copies. Lovely tipped in frontispiece from Etching c. 1846 of Henry Gilbert Jones at the Wharf Melbourne. Tipped in plates of promissory notes and their vignettes, billheads for Cheapside House, T. B. Darling, Benalla store, Germain Nicholson circular, Alfred Ronald's Trade Card, Alexander Gilbert Telegraphic Station, instruments used by aborigines, The Beach Hobson's Bay and more.

Garravembi Press, 1990.. Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. 64; 25 tipped in b/w plates; dustjacket, place ribbon end frayed, otherwise a fine copy. Limited edition of 425 copies for subscribers. Lovely tipped in frontispiece from Etching c. 1846 of Henry Gilbert Jones at the Wharf Melbourne. Tipped in plates of promissory notes and their vignettes, billheads for Cheapside House, T. B. Darling, Benalla store, Germain Nicholson circular, Alfred Ronald's Trade Card, Alexander Gilbert Telegraphic Station, instruments used by aborigines, The Beach Hobson's Bay and more.

Willow Bend, N.S.W.: Garravembi Press, 1990. Pp. 64, printed in red & black, 25 hand-tipped plates, notes, errata slip tipped-in at end; med. 8vo; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered in black, cream papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; the back panel faintly creased; name in ink on upper free endpaper and small pictorial onlay above neat inked annotation on recto of frontispiece, a couple of faint spots of foxing; Garravembi, Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, NSW, 1990. First trade edition; being one of 425 numbered copies, hand set and printed. *The first published book on this subject. The text is revised from a paper presented to a seminar on printing history organised by the Victorian Printing Historical Society, detailing the introduction of the burin and lithographic stone to Melbourne.

Melbourne: Garravembi, 1990. 1st edition. Fine. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 57pp., tipped-in frontis., tipped-in b/w pls., Neat ownership stamp o/w very fine copy. No. 67 of 425 copies

Thum Creek New South Wales, Garravembi Press, 1990.. First Special Issue; Imp. 8vo; pp. 64; illustrated with 27 tipped in plates, bound in full dark brown leather, double gilt boarders and decoration to both boards, title in gilt on spine, silk page marker, in original illustrated buckram box with drawer, together with copy of prospectus and invitation to the launch, all in fine condition. Limited issue of 25 numbered copies in full leather this copy being number 11. The book details the introduction of the burin and lithographic stone to Melbourne and is the first published book on the subject. A Selection of engravings and lithographs, visually enhancing the well researched text.