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Hawaii., 1974.. wrapps. pp.68-92pp. + 4pp. of b/w plates. Good copy. Offprint from an unknown publication.

N.Y. Renaissance Editions, Inc., 1967.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 93pp. col & b/w ills. Dj a little torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. In the latter half of the 20th century, American business corporations played an important role in the development of American art, becoming like modern Medicis in their sponsoring of artists.

Rutland. Charles E. Tuttle Company., 1990.. (rep) Col.ill.bds. Qtr.cloth. 133pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. In the Slip-Case. Okakura Kakuzo wrote The Book of Tea in 1906 primarily for western audiences to explain the Japanese art of Chado, or the Tea Ceremony. With the simplicity of Zen & Taoist philosophy, tea becomes art.

Toronto. Stoddart Publishing., 1984.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 128pp. Corners sl.rubbed. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Genesis were a rock band formed by five pupils of Charterhouse School in Godalming. They signed to Charisma Records in the early 70s, & produced several acclaimed progressive rock albums.

Lond. John Murray., 2004.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 310pp. (sl foxing) b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed.

Prinseton Uni Press., 1987.. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 422pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. In the first half of the 19th century Rio de Janeiro had the largest population of urban slaves in the Americas. This is a detailed study of the system, the marketing of slaves, their adaption or resistance to slavery, slave mortality &c.

N.Y. Facts on File., 1997.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 404pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Wrapps sl.rubbed else a Good copy.

Dromana. Loch Haven Books., 1991.. Ill.wrapps. 198pp. b/w ills. Corners a little rubbed & name on half-title as well as a little foxing else a good copy. 1st ed. A fascinating record of colonial social history.

Carlton. Melbourne University Press, 1997.. Or.bds. 304pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The author was commissioned to write a brief historical outline of a site between Cumberland & Gloucester streets in the Rocks for the Department of Public Works, which became the seed for this book.

Granville. Granville Hist Society., 1995.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 54pp. b/w ills. Corners sl.rubbed else a very good copy. This publication presents a range of buildings, places & sites which demonstrate the history of Granville. Granville was a centre of large scale manufacturing during the 1870s & 1880s.

Lond. Pyramid., 1992.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 208pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Fine. 1st ed.

Lond. Heinemann., 2008.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 455pp. Fine. 1st ed.

Lond. Bloomsbury., 1999.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 632pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inserted is a clolour photograph of Havel, signed by him with a gold pen. A probing biography of Havel, revered as on of the 20th century's great playwrights & honest champions of democracy. He served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until its dissolution in 1992 and then the first president of the Czec Republic until 2003.

Broken Hill. Broken Hill Hist Soc., 1972.. (rep) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 40pp. b/w ills & maps. Very good copy. In this second edition on the history of Silverton & its Lion Brewery, some minor amendments have been made to the text. Broken Hill's silver filed town, Silverton, was located 15 miles south-east.

Broken Hill. Broken Hill Hist Soc., 1974.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 72pp. Sunfading to spine. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Broken Hill went through a period of uncertainty from 1894 to 1914, when the Broken Hill Mining Company transitioned to produceing silver & zinc in the years leading up to the First World War.

Canberra. Aboriginal Studies Press., 2003.. Or.Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 387pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by Patrick Dodson, the Aboriginal leader & activist, and also by his brother Mick Dodson. Patrick Dodson was the first Aboriginal to be ordained a Catholic priest in Australia, though he later left the priesthood as it did not align with his Aboriginal spirituality.

Lond. Octopus Books Limited., 1981.. Folio. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white, with some col. ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 1947, at the age of 42, Christian Dior opened his own Couture House in Paris. His first collection was nicknamed the 'New Look' & launched his international career. A look at the evolution of style.

Syd. A & R., 1977.. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 182pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A collection of artistic & literary excerpts that show the portrayal of motherhood in Australian history, from our colonial beginnings to the 1970s.

Lond. The Automobile Association., 1955.. Or.cl. 240pp. Many col & b/w plates. Sl.foxing, & name on ffe else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. England's equivalent of the NRMA.

Lond. Quen Anne Press., 1988.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 144pp. Profusely illustrated with splendid colour photographs. Insc on half-title else a very good copy. 1st ed.