New books

New eBooks in Arts: Veracity and responsibility in popular culture

New eBooks in Arts: Veracity and responsibility in popular culture

April 19, 2014

Comic books, Film, New books, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

Some of you may have noticed that there have been a growing number of ebooks appearing in the catalogue. Many of you, however, may not. For all of the amazing… Read More ›

New books: from rocking the nation to charting the world

New books: from rocking the nation to charting the world

April 11, 2014

Music, New books, Photography, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

 Rock country : the sounds, bands, fans, fun & other stuff that happened: edited by Christian Ryan “Sex lessons from Bon Scott. Scary encounter with Chrissy Amphlett. On the trail… Read More ›

New books: flashbacks, familiar faces and a bit of clowning around

New books: flashbacks, familiar faces and a bit of clowning around

February 25, 2014

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Entertainers come in all shapes and sizes…….  All my flashbacks by Lewis Gilbert You may not recognise the name but if you are at any kind of film-buff at all… Read More ›

New books: the Duke, Sydney Moderns, glorious Sargent, and some nude men…..

New books: the Duke, Sydney Moderns, glorious Sargent, and some nude men…..

February 13, 2014

New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

Nude men : from 1800 to the present day: edited by Tobias G. Natter and Elisabeth Leopold This is the catalogue to a groundbreaking exhibition held at the Leopold Museum… Read More ›

New books for a new year

New books for a new year

January 2, 2014

New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

What better way to start the new year…..  Australia: curated by Anne Gray, Ron Radford, Kathleen Soriano et. al. This major show of Australian art at the Royal Academy in… Read More ›

New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!

New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!

December 6, 2013

Comic books, Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:

  Jazz covers: Joaquim Paulo, edited by Julius Wiedemann   Taschen certainly know a thing or two about producing visually exuberant books, and when the subject matter is jazz album-cover… Read More ›

New Books, with a bit of Monkee business…..

New Books, with a bit of Monkee business…..

November 5, 2013

Music, New books, Painting, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Monkee business : the revolutionary made-for-TV band by Eric Lefcowitz   Given that they were throroughly dismissed by just about everybody in the “serious”rock music business of the day, The… Read More ›

New Books: luminous pencils and noisy roosters

New Books: luminous pencils and noisy roosters

September 6, 2013

New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

 Balinese art : paintings and drawings of Bali 1800-2010 by Adrian Vickers Balinese art over the last 200 years draws on a rich tradition of local village-based artistic styles as… Read More ›

New Books: psychedelia, Cecil Beaton, Warhol and dangerous women

New Books: psychedelia, Cecil Beaton, Warhol and dangerous women

July 15, 2013

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

 Electrical banana : masters of psychedelic art: Norman Hathaway & Dan Nadel If a lot of the imagery in this phantasmagoric tome looks familiar then you probably spent a goodly… Read More ›

New Books: in and around Melbourne

New Books: in and around Melbourne

June 29, 2013

New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:

The presses keep rolling….. L. Bernard Hall : the man the art world forgot by Gwen Rankin This marvellous new biography of Bernard Hall, published in association with the State… Read More ›