POSTERS from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 367pp, light green cloth boards with green stripes, art deco on front, gilt title on spine, many b&w illustrations. Covers slt. dusty, some bubbling on cloth, internally clean and bright.

Paris: Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard, 1893. Poster. Very good overall. One of Grasset's iconic images, a poster for the Grafton Galleries first exhibition of French decorative art in late1893, the year the Grafton Gallery opened at 8 Grafton St., London. The lithographic poster depicts a woman in a field picking flowers. Grasset worked as a book illustrator and… Read more about this item

New York: H. Phelps, 1846. First printing. poster map. Very good condition. Large, original hand-colored engraved broadside with a double-hemispheric world map, panoramic vistas, statistical charts and historical anecdotes all surrounded by an elaborate architectural border. Notable points: Population of Sidney (sic) 20,000; population of Hobart 15,000. There is a route charted from New York to… Read more about this item

New York: Strobridge Lith. Co., 1918. Good + condition. A striking large color lithographed WWI poster promoting the wartime work carried out by French women, the United War Work Campaign and the YMCA-YWCA, the graphics by Lucien Jonas. Jonas (1880 - 1947) is noted as one of the great French WWI artists. He worked for the… Read more about this item

Paris, 1899. First edition. Print. Fine. Color lithographic cover art with block color for the Parisian journal 'Le Mirliton', by the noted Paris Art Nouveau printmaker. Depicting a gendarme at the left looking on as a poor man accosts a hansom cab driver in a Parisian street. With the price of the journal Le Mirliton incorporated… Read more about this item

Paris, 1919. Print. Very good condition. Signed (printed) original lithograph illustration possibly used for a cabaret such as 'Le Chat Noir', depicting a well dressed Parisian gentleman pursued by a topless cabaret dancer who has speared his hat on her umbrella. Signed in the print at the lower right. Willette (1857-1926) was a French caricaturist, painter, lithographer… Read more about this item

Paris, 1899. First edition. Fine. Printed color lithographic cover art with block color for the Parisian journal 'Le Mirliton', by the noted Paris Art Nouveau printmaker. Dramatic poster depicting a Parisian dancer armed with bottle of wine accosting a group of upper class men in top hats, as they recoil in shock. With the price of… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Imprimerie Lemercier, 1898. First edition. Print. Fine. By the master of poster art in this period of France, Jules Cheret. It advertises a famous Parisian toy store, showing a woman and children pushing a wagon with another child holding a doll and others with toys all around. the children on the lower right are playing a trumpet… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Imprimerie Lemercier, 1898. First edition. Print. Fine. Lithograph showing rows of men in long overcoats and top hats with canes held behind them, presumably encouraging you to by their brand of chicory. Image size varies on paper 11 1/4 x 15 1/2" with the blind stamp in the lower right corner.

Sydney: F. Cunninghame & Co., No Date. Very good. The poster advertises "About 1 1/2 Miles from both Cabramatta & Canley Vale Rly. Stns." & "Cabramatta is on the Southern Line 19 miles from Sydney". The estate is bordered by St. John's Rd, Humphries Rd, Harrington Rd., Cabramatta Rd, Park Rd, Rose Avenue and Humphries Rd. 25 x… Read more about this item

Sydney: F. Cunninghame & Co., No Date. Very good. The poster advertises "About 1 1/2 Miles from both Cabramatta & Canley Vale Rly. Stns." & "Cabramatta is on the Southern Line 19 miles from Sydney". The estate is bordered by St. John's Rd, Humphries Rd, Harrington Rd., Cabramatta Rd, Park Rd, Rose Avenue and Humphries Rd. 29.2 x48.2… Read more about this item

Battle Creek, MI: Kellogg's, 1927. Very good condition. A scarce Kellogg's linen poster mounted on rollers, intended as educational material for children. The left side has 4 scenes of Native American's planting and reaping corn and making bread. The first vignette is captioned by a ridiculous phrase "Squaw Planting Corn- Indian squaws planted the corn which the first… Read more about this item

1925. How the Story Grew" was a play by Orissa W. Gleason, published in 1909. Billed as "A novelty entertainment in one act for women only", it sets nine characters, sitting in a kitchen, washing dishes and talking. It was released in 1911 as a split reel along with the comedy "The Sleepy Tramps." This poster art is presumably… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Imprimerie Chaix, 1885. First edition. Print. Very good condition. A poster design for a Paris department store, for which Cheret made a variety of designs. This image with a fashionable woman at the top, a harlequin in red riding a goat, a girl in yellow dress grasping a trumpet, and a girl in red and white polka… Read more about this item

Paris: Kleinmann. Print. Very good condition. Adolphe Willette original lithograph illustrated advertisement, showing a topless young cabaret performer carrying a round gift box marked "Bonne Annee" stepping through a large oval frame as a young girl assists. Signed in the plate at lower left. Willette (1857-1926) was a French caricaturist, painter, lithographer and architect of the Moulin… Read more about this item

Paris: Kleinmann. Print. Very good condition. Adolphe Willette original lithograph illustration possibly used for a cabaret such as Le Chat Noir, showing a fleeing couple, a young woman in cabaret costume and a man with knife, with allegorical figure holding harp and a stem of lilies (Music?), sketched behind them. An individual printed piece, with the Willette signature… Read more about this item

Sydney: T. F. Brown, 1921. Otherwise very good condition. The poster advertises farmlets bounded by Great Northern Highway to the east and Wallarah Road to the south, bisected diagonally by Arizona Road. "Convenient, self supporting Farmlets suitable for poultry, citrus, tomato, tobacco, vegetables, passion, strawberries, olives. flowers. Average rainfall 46.18 inches." with a locality sketch at the right… Read more about this item

Sydney: Cunninghame & Co., 1927. Maps. Good +. The poster advertises the sale of an estate "occupying an elevated position with magnificent views of Sydney Harbour" located directly off Elizabeth Bay Road. Includes an inset map that shows the area where the lots are being sold in the context of local landmarks. 50.5 x 77 cm. Blue printed… Read more about this item

Sydney, 1925. Very good. Handsome full b&w featuring a map of the lots for sale. The subdivision includes Ryde Rd, Abigail St., Boronia Ave., Martin St. bordering Lane Cove River, and is adjacent to Boronia Park. 38.7 x 28.6 cm. Auction date 7th Nov 1925, Auctioneer R.T. Forsyth.

Sydney: Cunninghame & Co., 1929. Otherwise very good condition. The poster advertises 8 building lots bounded by Pennant Hills Rd and Boundary Rd. Sale by The Union Trustee Company of Australia Ltd, trustees in the Estate of the late Mrs. Jean Hnderson. For auction on 9th March 1929 by Gray & Co and John L. Yeo & Co.… Read more about this item