Search Results: Authors starting with M from Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Linocut, 130 x 105 mm (image), 146 x 113 mm (sheet), captioned and initialled in pencil by the artist at lower margin 'St. John's Canberra / J M'; in very good condition, archivally matted; with a loosely preserved fully contemporary typed note, 150 x 120 mm, containing what is clearly an eyewitness account of a visit to St. John's, and brief historical details about this extremely significant building, headed 'The Church of Saint John the Baptist at Canberra, 1929', and initialled at the foot in ink 'C. W.'. A charming linocut by a competent printmaker, whom we have unfortunately not been able to identify beyond their initials, 'J M'. The full text of the accompanying note reads: 'It was a lonely spire, miles from the nearest village, and even now, the next houses are far away. A grove of pines in the centre of the valley surrounded the church, which rose from the piety (and/or pride) of the Duntroon Campbells, former lords of the territory. Robert Campbell paid half the cost of the nave, built… Read More

London : Merrell Holberton and Natural History Museum, 1999. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 128, illustrated. A beautiful publication. Stunning works by 'the greatest of all botanical painters'.

Surrey Hills, Vic. : The Galleon Press, 1934. Square octavo, green cloth boards with pictorial paper onlay to front featuring a linocut by the poet; 43 pp, illustrated with a further 6 tipped-in linocuts by Macartney; lightly marked, a very good copy. Presentation inscription to a previous owner pasted on a small card on the endpaper. 'These verses about the North [of Australia] were written while the author lived there from the beginning of 1921 till the end of 1932. Most of them appeared originally in the Sydney ""Bulletin"" and are here published by permission of the proprietors of that journal."" (t.p. verso)

Surrey Hills, Vic. : The Galleon Press, 1934. Square octavo, green cloth boards with pictorial paper onlay to front featuring a linocut by the poet; 43 pp, illustrated with a further 6 tipped-in linocuts by Macartney; lightly marked, a very good copy. Presentation inscription to a previous owner pasted on a small card on the endpaper. 'These verses about the North [of Australia] were written while the author lived there from the beginning of 1921 till the end of 1932. Most of them appeared originally in the Sydney ""Bulletin"" and are here published by permission of the proprietors of that journal."" (t.p. verso)

Satires in the fixed forms of verse. Melbourne : The Anvil Press, 1946. Octavo, quarter-cloth over papered boards with original linocut design by the author, pp. 30. Signed presentation copy from the author to Kenneth Gifford.

Rockhampton : Rockhampton Art Gallery, 2007. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers (rubbed), pp. 118, illustrated, light handling wear, a very good copy. Published for the exhibition Singing in the Heart: Music and the Art of Rupert Bunny held at the Rockhampton Art Gallery, 8 June-29 July 2007.

Melbourne : Alexander McCubbin publisher, [1920].  Plain card imprinted wrappers with yapp edges, pp. 30, illustrated with tipped-in monochrome plates. Brief biography of the artist George W. Lambert.

Melbourne : Alexander McCubbin publisher, [1920].  Printed wrapper with yapp edges, small edge tears, pp. 30, illustrated with tipped-in monochrome plates, Brief biography of the artist George W. Lambert. Wrappers detached, sold as a reference copy only. From the library of art curator and author David Thomas, former Keeper of Pictorial Collections, National Library of Australia, and Director of the Newcastle City Art Gallery, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Art Gallery of South Australia, Carrick Hill, Adelaide, and Bendigo Art Gallery, signed by him on the endpaper.  

Sydney : The Bulletin, 1904. Octavo, green cloth, printed title label to spine (stained - a fine replacement title label tipped-in by the publisher at rear), previous owner's name to endpaper, pagination various, a very good copy. Collected edition of the Bulletin booklets issued between 1899 - 1903, written by Roderick Quinn, James Hebblethwaite, Louise Mack, Hubert Church and Bernard O'Dowd.

Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1965. Octavo, cloth ( a little flecked) in dustjacket (slightly sunned and marked), pp. 199, illustrated. Includes chapters on collecting Norman Lindsay and other subjects.

London : Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 216, maps, a very good copy. From the collection of noted art academic Leigh Astbury, signed by him on the endpaper.

Sydney : Kevin Weldon, 1985. Folio, illustrated wrappers (edges rubbed, spine a little darkened), pp. 288, extensively illustrated with fashion photographs, bookplate inside upper wrapper, else a fine copy. A glamorous look at contemporary designers creating garments for a modern, stylish Australia. Trent Nathan, Jenny Kee, Perri Cutten, Vivian Chan Shaw, Michele Hyland and others feature in this glorious celebration of Australian fashion in the eighties. 'We demand colour. Australian designers in textile, clothing, accessories, hair and jewellery have given us the colourful, confident, humorous and vibrant guise that is distinctly Australian.' - The foreword

Sydney : Kevin Weldon, 1984. Folio, illustrated wrappers (light edge wear, upper wrapper creased), pp. 288, some fold-out illustrations, extensively illustrated with fashion photographs, else a very good copy. A super hot look at contemporary designers creating garments for a modern, stylish Australia still riding the wave of our American Cup win. Jenny Lee, Prue Acton, Carla Zampatti, Anthea Crawford, Jenny Bannister, Linda Jackson, David McDiarmid, Najee Imam and even R. M. Williams feature in this glorious celebration of Australian fashion in the eighties. 'Fashion in Australia has no boundaries. The designers' individual and adventurous approach to design ia a direction in art that adds meaning and value to our lives. The fashion image projected is unparalleled in any other country.' - The foreword

Port Moresby : [Malcolm Mackellar], 1972. Quarto (300 mm), author's cloth-backed illustrated wrappers with clear plastic cover; 38, [2], 3, [11] leaves, with b/w photographic illustrations, tables, maps; a fine copy; from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the dedication leaf. Self-published - no doubt in very small numbers - this essay was originally produced as part requirement for a Masters Degree Qualifier, with the University of Papua New Guinea. The research was undertaken while Mackellar was Assistant District Commissioner, stationed at Menyamya. NLA holds the only copy in Australian libraries.

Melbourne : Mannagum Press, 1987. Quarto, quarter-leather over gilt-titled cloth, pp. 144, illustrated in black and white. Limited edition Collector's Issue of 750 copies signed by the authors, specially bound.

With an original etching and 13 illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1937. Quarto, quarter cloth over gilt-lettered textured boards (a few light marks, foxing to spine), 60 pp, tipped-in illustrations and vignettes by Lindsay, a few occasional spots of foxing, offsetting from newspaper article to one page, a very good copy. The frontispiece is an original etching by Norman Lindsay, signed. Limited to 225 copies signed and numbered by Mackenzie.

Melbourne : F. W. Cheshire [printed at The Hawthorn Press], 1951. 'Published under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Australia'. Oblong octavo, illustrated buff-coloured wrappers, staple bound, 38 pp, illustrated, a fine copy. One of a series of six reading primers for Indigenous children written by MacKenzie, who had been a missionary at Aurukun, Far North Queensland, since 1925. Copies are recorded in nine Australian collections (AIATSIS Library; State Library of Queensland; State Library of New South Wales; Deakin University Library; Monash University Library; National Library of Australia; National Museum of Australia Library; Northern Territory Library; Museum Victoria Library).

Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2013. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated.

Newcastle : The University Gallery, 2009. Octavo, single card, folded, pp. [6], illustrated. Text by Leo Robba.

Murwillumbah : Tweed River Regional Gallery, 2016. Octavo, single card, folded, pp. [6], illustrated. Promotional flyer for the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio. Signed by Euan Macleod.