Search Results: Arts from Sad Paradise Books

London: Academy Editions Ltd, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original blue boards, gilt title to spine, 234 page including numerous and superb colour photographic plates. A fascinating account of the strategies and activities of the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments. A clean, bright and tight copy. Lovely book, perfect gift. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: The Harvill Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good +. A neat, very sound first impression, bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine and front panel, 635 pages including 363 photographic plates, 323 in full colour. A couple of tiny marks to edges. After years as distinguished art critic of 'Time' magazine, Hughes delivers an entertaining and insightful overview of the history of art in America. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Sydney: Ure Smith Pty. Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good +. A complete set of sixteen bound yearly volumes containing all quarterly issues from 1963 to 1979, together with a matching index volume embracing 40 issues from May 1963 to April 1973. Square quarto size bound in red faux leather with gilt lettering to spine and front panel. Light to medium foxing to the endpapers, light bumps to a few spine tops and top corners, but all else in very good condition. A very desirable hard-to-find set. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Cammeray NSW: Richard Griffin, 1985. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. A very sound, neat copy. Quarto in stiff illustrated wrapper, unpaginated with numerous colour and Black & white plates, many fulll-page. *Very* slight foxing to front of wrapper and a mild crease to rear. An entertaining and withering satire on the 'arts mafia' of Australia. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Sydney: Richard Griffin, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine,/Near Fine,. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Original red cloth, gilt title and credit to spine and front panel, black endpapers, copious and beautiful illustrations by Friend. Slight creasing to top dustjacket edge and a couple of spots on rear panel. *Very slight* creasing to half-title page, paper stock just starting to yellow very slightly at edges. His last book - a withering satire on the 'arts mafia' of Australia. A very sound copy, signed by Friend on the flyleaf.

Cammeray NSW: Richard Griffin, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. A sound, neat copy. Octavo in stiff illustrated wrapper, numerous and lavish colour plates. Friend exercises his savage wit on the Australian art scene. Wrapper slightly soiled, small ding to rear panel extends into last four pages. Donald Friend's last book - a withering satire on the 'arts mafia' of Australia.

New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy in all respects. First impression. Folio in publisher's original grey cloth with title and credits in gilt to spine, also embossed on front panel. 194 pages including introduction, 99 plates, 48 in full colour. Ching's work is notable for its use of white space rendering the pencil or paint work almost non-existent, yet suggesting something quite complex - 'little pieces of time caught, held and thoroughly pared down to a kind of perfected simplicity'. Outstandingly superlative production values in this scarce and sought-after work. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Stiff illustrated wrappers, 160 pages including chart, glossary, bibliography, index. Over 150 color photos by John Storey. An authoritative text based on extensive research of Indonesian decorative arts. Inscribed and signed by the author 'To my favourite collector - warm regards, Anne Richter.' A clean, tight copy. Superbly illustrated - perfect gift.

Scoresby, VIC, Australia: Random House Australia, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original black boards with gilt title and credit to spine, 310 pages including bibliography, colour photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Bevan draws together the experiences of Australian war artists Rick Amor, Sir William Dargie, Nora Heysen, Ray Parkin, Bruce Fletcher, Ray Beattie, Wendy Sharpe & Peter Churcher. A bright, tight copy.

Sanur, Bali: P.T. Bap Bali, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine,. A most attractive production featuring screen-printed text and illustrations inspired by both everyday and mythical birds from Bali. Slim folio, 48 pages. Screen printed cloth binding, line drawings throughout, some polychrome. Original prospectus / order form for the book loosely inserted.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A collection of loose elephant folio proof sheets from 'Donald Friend's erotic masterpiece 'Bumbooziana' wrapped in a green card portfolio within a captioned cloth slipcase. This out-of-series copy contains six single page proof sheets and two double page sheets all initialled & hand numbered 1/100 by Donald Friend. In addition, 14 proof pages, mostly double-sided and a half-page photo-lithographic proof. All in fine, unmarked condition.

Adelaide: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A flawless copy from a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by Donald Friend and the publisher Richard Griffin. Elephant folio bound in quarter green leather and orange cloth, gilt embossed decorations housed in matching slipcase 'This most infamously wicked work is an erotic (even by Donald Friend's uninhibited standards) dreamlike odyssey of lust and bestiality.' A remarkable tour de force in art publishing in Australia.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. 82 pages including 24 colour plates plus black & white illustrations, decorated endpapers. Witty, playful children's book, text and illustrations by Australian artist Donald Friend. Signed by Friend on subtitle page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Perth: Carrolls, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. A bright, crisp copy. Square quarto in illustrated wrappers. 110 pages including numerous colour plates, line illustrations & photographs and illustrated endpapers. A marvellous collection of tales, Balinese legends, and everyday life within the seaside retreat of noted Australian artist Donald Friend. Ravishing illustrations and line drawings accompany perhaps his best descriptive writing. Spine faded (as usual). Signed and dated by Friend on title page.

London: Bloomsbury, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Original black boards with gilt title and credit to spine, 439 pages, black and white plates, index. A stain to rear panel of dustjacket. These legendary diaries recount Tynan's place at the epicentre of the English theatre and film worlds. A bright, tight copy.

Melbourne: Currey O'Neil, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good,. A very neat, bright copy. From an edition of 1997 copies. Quarto in publisher's faux linen boards with credits in brown lettering spine. Spine lightly sunned (as usual). 80 pages with 190 illustrations of Friend's work (many full page colour) as official war artist with the Australian forces on the islands of New Guinea and Borneo, contemporary photographs. Also contains an illustrated catalogue of all works produced by Friend as an official war artist and bibliography. A lovely copy. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original green boards, gilt title and credit to spine, 360 pages including bibliography, index. 23 colour plates, 126 monochrome, 22 line drawings. Top edge a litle spotty, a one inch closed tear to back panel of dustjacket. A fascinating analysis of the phenomenon of creative versatility - the urge of painters to write, artists to write, etc. Looks at Wagner, Stravinsky, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Kafka, Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence. A very sound copy. Fascinating.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1965. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. Slim quarto in publisher's original illustrated stiff wrapper, Black & white photographic illustrations to endpapers, 22 pages including chronology, selected references, 3 colour plates and 5 black & white plates ( all full-page) and catalogue listing of the 88 paintings in the exhibition. A valuable resource on Fairweather's work. Scarce. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Sydney: Bay Books, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Good +. JOHN PERCIVAL. A clean bright copy. Folio sized in publisher's white boards with black lettering to spine and front panel, 256 pages including introduction by Andrew Sayers and 240 colour and black & white plates. Slight creasing and scuffs to dustjacket. Exuberantly signed by Percival with felt tip pen to the title page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

New York: Orion, 1970. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original black cloth, silver and blue title to spine, first English edition translated by Pierguiseppe Bozzetti. 439 pages, numerous black & white stills from the films. Previous owner's initials and date on flyleaf. Contains screenplays of four of Clair's postwar films with commentaries on each film by the auteur. Near fine - a tight, clean copy.