Search Results: Titles starting with U from Douglas Stewart Fine Books

THE FIRST WORK OF FICTION WRITTEN IN SWEDISH TO HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING. Stockholm : Gadelius, 1817. First edition. Duodecimo, modern half green morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (sunned), modern marbled endpapers, original printed upper wrapper bound in (but lacking the lower wrapper), 98 pp; a crisp, clean copy in handsome modern binding. Ferguson, 691a. The ideas and social attitudes expressed in the works of Swedish romantic poet and novelist C.J.L. Almqvist were highly unconventional for their period, being considered tantamount to revolutionary in many quarters of Swedish society - this, in spite of the fact that Almqvist was ordained as a Lutheran pastor at quite a young age. Parjumouf is one of his first published works, written at a time in his life when his main influence was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In this novella, a story within a story, Almqvist relates the strange, romantic tale of Parjumouf, a woman who lives in the earthly… Read More

Oslo : La Coquille qui Chante, 1939. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. (This copy is no. 29). Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page by the work's translator for London bookseller Francis Edwards: 'Francis Edwards, with the compliments of Bjarne Kroepelien'. Octavo (225 x 150 mm), white pigskin over papered boards, spine with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt; pp. 91, [2 plates] + colophon; front pastedown with later ex libris of the Säbylund Fideikommissbibliotek; title-page with minor spotting, last leaf starting to loosen, else a very fine presentation copy with a nice association, since Kroepelien acquired many of his important travel books from Francis Edwards. French translation, by Bjarne Kroepelien, of Sparrman's Resa till Goda Hoppsudden. Beddie, 1283. Trove locates three copies (NLA; SLNSW; SLV)

Ballarat, Vc. : The author (Baxter & Stubbs, printers), [1944]. Octavo (187 x 126 mm), printed wrappers with vignette illustration to front (slightly sunned and with a few light marks), stapled; a presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the inside front wrapper: 'With compliments from the author, Lionel Welsh, Ballarat, 28/4/44'; internally clean and sound. Scarce self-published volume of verse by Ballarat poet Lionel Welsh, once described by critic Martin Haley as the ""Australian Herrick"" because of the lyrical qualities in his writing. (A 1944 newspaper cutting with Haley's review of Under the trees is loosely enclosed in the present copy). 'Lionel Welsh was educated at Stawell school. He had been disabled since his youth. His writings, especially his poetry, reflected a keen interest in the study of nature.' (AustLit) Trove locates only four copies in Australian libraries (NLA; SLV; SLNSW; Central Highlands Libraries. Ballarat Library).

Hong Kong : privately printed, 1925. Octavo, lettered flushcut cloth wrappers (lightly stained and edge worn), presentation inscription to the front free endpaper 'With love and best wishes, Gladys Jackson. Hong Kong, Feb. 1929'. pp. [iv]; iv; [ii]; 114, light foxing to preliminaries else very good. Includes a number of poems relating to the Great War. Born in Gatton, Queensland, in 1881, 'Gladys Smith married William Jackson and lived with him in Hong Kong for nineteen years. While living there, she contributed verse and articles to Eastern journals. When she and her husband returned to Queensland in 1932, she started writing for the Aubigny Argus, Oakey, where her husband was editor. In 1940 she moved to Brisbane. Gladys Jackson was the sister of Constance Gittins' - AustLit website https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A-rO&idtype=oldid

Hong Kong : privately printed, 1925. Octavo, lettered flushcut cloth wrappers (lightly stained and edge worn), presentation inscription to the front free endpaper 'To Blanch and George, with best Xmas wishes from Gladys. 166, The Peak, Hong Kong. Dec. 1926.' pp. [iv]; iv; [ii]; 114, light foxing to preliminaries else very good. Includes a number of poems relating to the Great War. Born in Gatton, Queensland, in 1881, 'Gladys Smith married William Jackson and lived with him in Hong Kong for nineteen years. While living there, she contributed verse and articles to Eastern journals. When she and her husband returned to Queensland in 1932, she started writing for the Aubigny Argus, Oakey, where her husband was editor. In 1940 she moved to Brisbane. Gladys Jackson was the sister of Constance Gittins' - AustLit website https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A-rO&idtype=oldid

London : V & A Publishing, 2010. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 224, illustrated. From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have taken influence from underwear for their own outerwear creations.

: traduction de Mme. E. B.. Paris : Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1882. Bibliothèque des Mères de famille. First edition. Octavo, brown cloth gilt (rubbed, lightly marked, head and tail of spine softened), edges stained red, endpapers with twentieth century French bookseller's stamps, 292 pp (contents clean and sound). French translation of Station Life in New Zealand, Lady Barker's South Island memoir. A single copy of this edition recorded in Australian collections (State Library of New South Wales).

New York : New Directions, 1963. Sixth printing. Trade paperback, octavo, pictorial stiff wrappers, inscribed on the half-title in pen 'For [Toronto book collector] Arthur Winter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti'; 85 pp; with an illustrated double title page, and 1 photographic illustration; a fine inscribed copy. Born March 24 1919, Ferlinghetti was one of the most significant figures of the Beat generation of writers. A poet, painter, and socialist activist, he was also co-founder of the legendary City Lights Bookstore and publishing house. Unfair arguments with existence was his first published foray into the world of theatre, and it contains seven plays embodying his vision for ""A New Theatre"".

Dunedin, NZ : Fergusson & Mitchell (printers), 1877. Duodecimo card (112 x 225 mm), folding to form [6] panels (each 112 x 75 mm), with a map of New Zealand indicating ports of call, a list of all agencies in New Zealand, Australia and the Western Pacific (including Sydney, Newcastle and Noumea), a guide to trains to and from ports at which U.S.S. Co.'s steamers call, and timetables for the various intra-New Zealand services, the New Zealand-Sydney service, the Sydney-Noumea service, and the ""Christmas Excursion"" to West Coast Sounds; a fine example.

Fitchburg, Massachusetts : Universal Grinding Machine Company, 1919. Quarto, pictorial card covers (front detached), front with printed label 'H.P. Gregory & Co., Ltd., 74 Clarence St., Sydney, N.S.W.' and ownership inscription of H.W. Hollus, Instructor in Charge, Technical College, Hobart, Tasmania, 20 pp, illustrated. 

Illustrated by 343 engravings on wood and four coloured plates. From drawings by A. Faguet, Mesnel, Emile Bayard, and J. Stewart. London : Blackie & Son, 1875. New edition, embodying the author's latest improvements. Thick octavo, presentation binding from Auckland College & Grammar School, New Zealand, gilt stamp on upper board, full polished calf, ruled in blind and gilt (a few old water stains), spine in compartments with gilt ornamentation and contrasting red morocco title label, lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, fine presentation inscription on preliminary blank in the year of publication from the Headmaster of Auckland College & Grammar School to J. A. Pennalligen for First Prize in French, pp. xx; 818, four chromolithographs and 343 wood engravings, scattered foxing and a few pale waterstains to the edges, a very good copy. A handsome volume of Félix-Archimède Pouchet's history of the natural world, first published in 1870 and printed in various editions throughout the late… Read More

Four university assignments completed by Laura Miller at Bowling Green College of Commerce, Kentucky, circa 1933, as part of a degree in commercial education.

Watercolour on paper, 240 x 345 mm (image), signed and dated in image l.l. 'E. Parsons 1885'; small vertical section of discolouration along right section of the image, otherwise very good condition; housed in a hand gilded period style frame by Jarman's Framing after a design by recognised colonial framer Isaac Whitehead. Elizabeth Parsons (1831-1897) - also known as Mrs. George Parsons - was a significant but under-recognised female colonial artist working in Melbourne and Victoria in the 1870s and 1880s. She was a founding member of the Australian Artists’ Association. Examples of Parsons' work are held in the NGA, NGV and SLV. This attractive plein air watercolour shows a group of girls in a pastoral setting in St Kilda or Prahran, where Parsons resided at the time. To the left is the distinctive silhouette of the Wesleyan Church on Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda (opened in 1858, the four pinnacles visible were removed in the 1960s), to the right are some small sail boats on Albert Park Lake, with… Read More

Oil on canvas, 420 x 310 mm, signed by the artist 'D. Meeson' lower left; in fine condition, in the original gilt frame, 650 x 540 mm. The protagonists in this undated genre scene by Australian expatriate artist and suffragist Dora Meeson (1869-1955) are both dressed in the traditional costume of Brittany: the woman wears a plain style of Breton coif, and the man a Breton cap and clogs. Behind them is pictured the facade of a typical Brittany-style thatched-roof cottage. Although it is possible the work was completed during her time in France in 1898-99, it is more likely to have been painted by Meeson to appeal to a French market in the period after World War One, when, as 'an ardent feminist who sought financial independence, Meeson became the principal breadwinner [in her marriage to George Coates] by painting a broad range of popular subjects for the market, including sentimental topics, studies of children, tourist souvenirs and rural scenes' (DAAO).  Melbourne-born Meeson received her early… Read More

Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007 . Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 394, illustrated. Fine copy of an out of print title. Signed by Sonia Payes and dated 2007. This richly illustrated publication provides sensitive, rare and enticing insights into the lives, works and unique studio environments of 60 significant artists. As artist Sonia Payes' latest publication, it was timed to coincide with the 2007 Venice Biennale in which several of the book's artists have represented Australia. It was received with enthusiasm in Venice and in London. Two years in their compilation, and requiring travel across Australia and overseas, around 700 images offer outstanding visual descriptions of how and where individual Australian artists live and what fires their imagination. The 400 spectacular pages are introduced by art critic and academic, Professor Ted Snell, and expertly designed by Simon Strong. Commentary on each artist is provided by a prominent author, of whom more than fifty have… Read More

Baltimore, Maryland : Flag Studios, [between 1970 and 1975]. Oblong octavo, suede covered boards bound with metal studs, the upper covers opening at the centre, containing four ""flip book"" series of 12 photographic prints (48 in total), each 55 x 75 mm, being the upper or lower parts of male heads which can be matched in various permutations to make composite portraits; on two further ""pages"" are the publisher's undated imprint and the names of the creators with their printed signatures: ""Karl Aido (?) in collaboration with David S. Simpson""; in good condition. An obscure, whimsical artists' book.

Watercolour with gold highlights on card, 334 x 254 mm, signed and dated 'Phil McLachlan 23' lower right; in very good condition. Housed in a custom timber frame in period style by Philip Tregear, Melbourne. A stunning original watercolour from the artist's estate. Painted when McLachlan was just 18, it exemplifies her innate sense of style and design. Phyllis (Phil) McLachlan was a talented artist of the 1920s and 30s best known for her cover designs for The Home and Triad magazines. She left school at the age of sixteen, and studied painting with Thea Proctor and at the Julian Ashton Art School. She exhibited at the Society of Women Painters in 1924 and married noted naval officer and diplomat John Collins in 1930. McLachlan's work is rare in the market or in public collections, however notably an archive of naval costume drawings is held by the Mitchell Library, who also acquired a fine watercolour of a ballet scene from us in 2011. A detailed work by this relatively unrecognised artist.… Read More

[Melbourne, circa 1935]. Chloro-bromide print on heavy stock, 380 x 305 mm. No label or inscription to verso. Condition: mild corner wear (top left corner with tiny tear), else fine. Note: Athol Shmith was himself an accomplished vibraphonist, and if not for his early success as a photographer would have pursued a career as a musician. Private collection, Melbourne. Provenance: Athol Shmith (1914-1990); gift of the artist to the present owner.

With special reference to the Corryong District. Melbourne : Spectator Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1934. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (slightly sun faded to spine), presentation inscription to endpaper 'The Centenary Committee - with the compliments of the author', pp. 124, photographic plates, a very good copy. Scarce.

Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, numerous illustrations, light handling wear. A very good copy of a scarce title.