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A sample of our books on art and artists

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Author Catalogue:

- Art and artists -

The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont
by Martin Edmond
Bk No. 008125
$35.00

The Kelliher
by Richard King
Bk No. 009234
$30.00

Fabrications
by Anne Nicholas
Bk No. 005689
$40.00

With Spirit. Don Driver. A retrospective
ed. Priscilla Pitts
Bk No. 004269
$25.00

Stained Glass Windows of Canterbury, New Zealand
by Fiona Ciaran
Bk No. 004833
$45.00

A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North
Bk No. 005258
$15.00

Visions of New Zealand
by Gordon H. Brown
Bk No. 005361
$40.00

Norman Lindsay Watercolours
Bk No. 005174
$50.00

Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists by Una Platts
Bk No. 009031
$160.00

Robin White. New Zealand Painter
Bk No. 011092
$85.00

Alan Pearson. His life and art
by Denys Trussell
Bk No. 004526
$35.00
The Painted Years
by Peter McIntyre
Bk No. 005052
$20.00
100 New Zealand Craft Artists
by Helen Schamroth
Bk No. 003139
$25.00
Christchurch. A sketch book
by C. Spenser Penlington
Bk No. 006482
$20.00

An Artist's Daughter by Jane Garrett
Christopher Perkins in New Zealand.
Bk No. 006742
$20.00

Charles Blomfield. His life and times
by Muriel Williams
Bk No. 007239
$55.00
The Art of Raymond Ching
by Peter Hansard
(Image cropped)
Bk No. 008949
$250.00
By The Waters of Babylon. The Art of A. Lois White
by Nicola Green
Bk No. 007341
$55.00
Studies and Sketches of a Bird Painter
by Raymond Ching
Bk No. 008924
$250.00
Portrait of a Century
by
Robin Kay & Tony Eden
Bk No. 008243

$75.00
Some Recollections of a Happy Life
ed. Helen Vellacott
Marianne North in Australia and NZ.
Bk No. 001317
$
15.00
Fanny Osborne's Flower Paintings
by Jeanne H. Goulding
Bk No. 007923

$55.00
Etchings
by John Shirlow
Melbourne & Sydney scenes.
Bk No. 004310
$40.00
Nicholas Chevalier. Artist
by Melvin N. Day

Bk No. 007318
$70.00
Apple for the Teacher
by Jan Nigro
Bk No. 010171
$85.00
Gretchen Albrecht
by Linda Gill
Bk No. 008239

$45.00
Colin McCahon: Artist
by
Gordon H. Brown.
Ex lib.
Bk No. 009069

$180.00
Philip Trusttum
- Sarjeant Gallery
Bk No. 008336

$55.00
Gretchen Albrecht. Crossing the Divide
ed. James Ross
Bk No. 008281

$55.00
Edith Collier in Retrospect
- Sarjeant Gallery
Bk No. 008337

$45.00
Don Peebles
by
Justin Paton
Bk No. 008236

$45.00
Contemporary New Zealand Prints
ed. Jill McIntosh
Bk No. 008365

$40.00
Kiwis
by Ray Harris Ching & Errol Fuller.
Bk No. 011222
$65.00
New Zealand Birds. An artist's field studies
by Raymond Ching
Bk No. 009524
$220.00
George Edward Lodge
by G.E. Lodge & C.A. Fleming
The unpublished New Zealand Bird Paintings
Bk No. 010098
$150.00
Rei Hamon, Artist of the New Zealand Bush. His life and his drawings.
Bk No. 010106

$65.00
Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting
by Gil Docking
Bk No. 010105
$65.00
New Zealand Botanical Paintings by Norman B. Harvey
Bk No. 010101
$60.00

Early Paintings of the Maori
by G.F. Angas
Bk No. 010103
$75.00

Augustus Earle in New Zealand
by Anthony Murray-Oliver.
Bk No. 010100
$75.00

Introduction to New Zealand Painting
by Gordon H. Brown and Hamish Keith.
Bk No. 011172

$20.00

Nancy Tichborne's Flowers
by Nancy Tichborne.
Bk No. 009551
$95.00

Venus on a Beach Towel
by Lindsay Crooks & David Eggleton
Paintings of Lindsay Crooks
Bk No. 010019
$65.00
Taina
by G.M. Henderson. Illustrated by E. Mervyn Taylor.
Bk No. 007824
$125.00
Stories we tell ourselves
by Francis Pound
Paintings of Richard Killeen
Bk No. 011312

$65.00
The Art of Alfred Sharpe
by Roger Blackley
Bk No. 009236
$25.00

       
 
Send for the Artist
by Paul Harrison and Maurice Conly
Bk No. 010862
$25.00
Auckland.City and Sea
by Robin Morrison
Bk No. 007154
$65.00
W.A. Sutton, painter
by Pat Unger
Bk No. 003685
$30.00
A Painter in Fiji
by Douglas Badcock
Bk No. 005020
$15.00
Peter McIntyre War Artist
by Peter McIntyre
Bk No. 008238
$125.00
W.W. Stewart
by Euan McQueen
New Zealand railway painter
Bk No. 003891
$
25.00
Headlands
ed. Mary Barr
Bk No. 008245
$70.00
Jonathan White's New Zealand
by John Hall-Jones
Bk No. 008248
$50.00
Views/Exposures
-
curator Peter Ireland
Photographs
Bk No. 007335
$55.00
Shona McFarlane. A Memoir
by
Shona McFarlane
Bk No. 008000
$25.00
Two Centuries of New Zealand Landscape Art
by Roger Blackley
Bk No. 008247
$30.00
Lady Painters
by Bee Dawson
Flower painters of early New Zealand
Bk No. 008621
$75.00
Cross Currents
- Waikato Museum of Art & History
Bk No. 008240
$55.00
Van der Velden
by T.L. Rodney Wilson
Bk No. 008369
$55.00
The Drawings of Russell Clark
by
Michael Dunn
Bk No. 008159

$30.00
My Kind of Country
by
Douglas Badcock
Bk No. 008158

$35.00
Auckland. City of Sails
by Lance O'Gorman
Bk No. 010974
$70.00
New Zealand's Romantic Landscape. Paintings by John Gully
by John Sidney Gully (grandson of artist)
Bk No. 009878
$75.00
- Potters and sculptors -
No Ordinary Woman. Ria Bancroft - Sculptor by Peb Simmons
Bk No. 001937
$35.00
New Zealand Pottery. Commercial & collectable
by Gail Henry
Bk No. 010306
$175.00
Materials for the New Zealand Potter by J.C. Schofield
Bk No. 006737
$15.00
New Zealand Potters
by Doreen Blumhardt, and Brian Brake
Bk No. 009576.
$55.00
Barry Brickell. A head of steam
by Christine Leov-Lealand
Bk No. 010462
$25.00
- Music and the dance -
Counting the Beat
by Gordon Spittle
A history of New Zealand song.
Bk No. 004560
$25.00
Stranded in Paradise
by John Dix
NZ rock'n'roll 1955-1988
Bk No. 011091
$65.00
Positively George Street
by Matthew Bannister
Rise and fall of Dunedin sound.
Bk No. 004555
$30.00
Kiwi Rock. 1996
ed. Tim Davey and Horst Puschmann
Bk No. 007169
$30.00
Opera's Farthest Frontier
by Adrienne Simpson
Professional opera in NZ
Bk No. 003824
$35.00
Capital Opera
by
Adrienne Simpson
Bk No. 008308

$35.00
Southern Voices
by Adrienne Simpson and Peter Downes
Bk No. 008250
$20.00
Dance New Zealand by Dawn Sanders
Bk No. 005354
$20.00
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
by Joy Tonks
Bk No. 004736
$20.00
NZBC Symphony Orchestra
by Owen Jensen
Bk No. 006520
$
20.00
Opera For Lovers
by Kiri Te Kanawa, with Conrad Wilson
Bk No. 003899
$15.00
Television New Zealand Country Music
by John Berry
Bk No. 006519
$
20.00
A Bibliography of Writings About New Zealand Music
by D.R. Harvey
Bk No. 004295
$30.00
Seven Voices
by Mike Chunn
Bk No. 009983
$35.00
When the Pakeha Sings of Home
by
Mike Harding
Bk No. 007804
$25.00
Shanties By The Way
ed. Rona Bailey and Herbert Roth
Popular songs and ballads

Bk No. 005673
$20.00
The Great New Zealand Song Book by Les Cleveland
Bk No. 007856
$55.00
Crowded House. Something So Strong
by Chris Bourke
Bk No. 007817
$15.00
- Acting and the theatre-
The Little Theatre
by Glyn Strange
Bk No. 008246
$25.00
A Theatre in the House
by Rosalie Carey
Carey's Globe.
Bk No. 004227
$20.00
       
- Architects and architecture -
Looking at the Architecture of New Zealand
by Terence Hodgson
Bk No. 007075
$40.00
Colonial Architecture in New Zealand
by David Stacpoole
Bk No. 007013
$40.00
Old New Zealand Houses 1800-1940
by Jeremy Salmond
Bk No. 006866
$50.00
The Gothic Beauties and History of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings
by C.R.H. Taylor
Bk No. 004990
$30.00
Dunedin Churches
by Charles Croot
Bk No. 010107
$120.00
           
 
Cottages of New Zealand
by Malcolm Somerville

Bk No. 006871
$25.00
Colonial Style
by Charles Fearnley
Bk No. 009960
$35.00
New Zealand House & Cottage
by Don Donovan
Bk No. 003540
$40.00
Art Deco Napier, Styles of the Thirties
by
Peter Shaw and Peter Hallett
Bk No. 007788

$30.00
     
- Crafts -
Mastering the Craft Business
by Ann and Bob Phillips
Bk No. 003704
$20.00
Fleece In Your Hands
by Beverley Horne
How to select, spin & use fleece from 20 sheep breeds.
Bk No. 007032
$20.00
New Zealand Gemstones
by Lyn and Ray Cooper
Bk No. 006830
$25.00
Photography in New Zealand
by Hardwicke Knight
Bk No. 006332
$45.00
Hokianga
by Ross T. Smith
Photographs.
Bk No. 010389
$65.00
The Art of the New Zealand Quilt
by Anne Nicholas
Bk No. 006188
$25.00
Craft New Zealand
by Doreen Blumhardt and Brian Brake
Bk No. 006379
$40.00
Dr A.C. Barker
by C.C. Burdon
Bk No. 008670
$30.00
Jade Country
by
Theo Schoon
Bk No. 008310

$35.00
Wearing Ink
by Dean Johansson
The art of tattoo in New Zealand
Bk No. 009117
$65.00
   
 
William Ferrier Photographer
by John Lester
Bk No. 008249
$45.00
Winkelmann
by Vivien Edwards
Bk No. 007368
$140.00
 
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