10. BOOKS etc. – Children’s books (& comics )
(photo: Arkley’s copy of [802], opened up)
NB the titles listed here formed part of what must have been a larger group of such publications, many of them cannibalized for images and no longer extant. For discussion of Arkley’s use of this material, see e.g. Carnival in Suburbia, pp.121-26. See also note below on his comics.
[745] # * ABC of Space, Thames TV, 1969 [HAA 10.1.1]: grey painted cover; some pages torn out towards the end
[746] # Adam Adamant Annual 1968 [HAA 10.1.2]: 2nd-hand copy
[747] # Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Book: The Crown of Rulership. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1983 [HAA 4.2.4 & 5: two copies)]
[748] # Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Book: The Lost Wand. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1985 [HAA 4.2.6]
[749] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Book: The Rescue of Ringlerun. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1985.
[750] # * Adventure Annual. London: The Popular Press, n.d. [1950s] [HAA 10.1.3]: various pp.clipped (for details, see HAA entry); also inc.”Doll Man” comic strip, pp.181ff. (including source image, p.183, used for Arkley’s Ever Feel Like Drowning 1987: see https://arkleyworks.com/?p=1240)
[751] # Amazing 3D Colouring Book – Spaced Out. Sydney: Pancake Press, 1997 [HAA 4.2.8 & 9: two copies, each with 3D glasses)
[752] America’s Cup Activity Book. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986
[753] # * The Ancient Near East: a Bellerophon Coloring Book. Santa Barbara: Bellerophon Books, 1981 [HAA 10.1.4]: several pages clipped or removed
[754] Ballet Colouring Book. Reed International (Australia), 1996. [HAA 4.2.15]
[755] Bananas in Pyjamas 3D Colouring Book. Sydney: Pancake Press/ABC, 1999.
[756] Bible Stories Coloring Book, New York: Dover, 1973: images based on early woodcuts
[757] The Bouquet of Girls Stories, London: Beaver Books, n.d.: 2nd-hand copy
[758] # Centurions: the Missing Scientists. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1986 [HAA 4.2.3]
[759] Colour & keep fun book: Hot Tracks, 1997
[760] # * Chatterbox 1928. Wells Gardner Darton & Co.Ltd., England [HAA 10.1.6]: inscribed inside front cover: “Jack Arkley” (Howard’s father, d.1976); extensively altered, various pp.clipped or removed, some with traces of paint, e.g.pp.160-1: for full details, see HAA entry
[761] A Coloring Book of the New Testament, Santa Barbara, Ca: Bellerophon Books, 1982: based on medieval art; a couple of pages clipped, e.g. a 12th-century head of St John; HA also sketched a copy of a 12C lion’s head on the inside front cover (copy mislaid?)
[762] Cross Stitch Kittens. San Marcos, Cal., 1990: produced by the American School of Needlework; text by Kathleen Hurley
[763] # Defenders of the Earth: a Big colouring Book. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1986 [HAA 4.2.2]
[764] # Defenders of the Earth – the Deep Freeze. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, n.d. (c.1980) [HAA 4.2.1]: colouring book
[765] Dick Tracy. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1990: “magic” water colouring book
[766] # * Encyclopedia of the Animal World, vol.1: Aardvark – Aquarium. Sydney: Bay Books, 1977 [HAA 10.1.7]: some pp.clipped or removed (for details, see HAA entry)
[767] # * The Flying Trunk – A Story by Hans Christian Anderson. Manchester: World International Publishing, 1981 [HAA 10.1.8]: cover marked by HA: “See Ref marked pp….”, with comments & tag on an illustration inside
[768] The Farm: Colouring & Cut Own Fun Book. London: Grandreams Ltd., 1989
[769] # Fun with Celtic Stencils. Dover, 1995 [HAA 10.2.i.32]: small format book with 6 stencils; purchased in Dublin, June 1999
[770] Gemini Man: Sticker Fun Book, n.d.: used (by someone else?)
[771] Girls’ World Annual 1971
[772] Golden Book of Crafts and Hobbies, New York, 1957: ex Moorabbin Tech.School copy; some ills.cut out, e.g.mask from p.47
[773] The Haunted House: 3-D Puzzle Storybook. Redfern [NSW]: Koala Books, 1997
[774] # Hot Tracks: Colour & Keep Fun Book. Reed for Kids, 1997 [HAA 4.2.16] (trucks)
[775] How Detectives Solve Crime, Paul Hamlyn, 1974: pp.47-8 removed (re Graeme Thorne murder 1960)
[776] Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australia (1964?) – vol.1
[777] # James Bond, Jr. London: Dean, 1993 [HAA 4.2.7]: colouring book
[778] Jem Colouring & Activity Book. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986
[779] Jem: Colouring & Activity Book. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986 (different from previous book)
[780] Jem: Sticker Fun. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1986: some pages clipped
[781] Jolly Time Colour & Sketch Book, n.d. (1960s?): small format colouring book: animals etc.
[782] June 1963 (book-format): NB inc.source for HA’s Felony: for discussion and illustration, see Gregory, Carnival (2006), pp.122-23
[783] Knockout Fun Book 1952
[784] Long Live the Queen: the Coronation book with realistic pop-up pictures. London: Juvenile Productions, n.d. [c.1952]
[785] Looking at History, book 2: the Middle Ages, A.& C.Black, 1966
[786] Louise and the Glitter Jacket: Cut Out Doll Dressing Book. Peter Haddock Ltd (England), n.d.
[787] Marvel Super Heroes – Secret Wars (Sticker Adventures). Melbourne: Budget Books, 1984: a few stickers removed
[788] * Marvel Super Heroes – Secret Wars. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986: some pages clipped
[789] * Masters of the Universe – Friends & Foes. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1984: colouring book; front cover clipped, back cover missing
[790] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Colouring & Activity Book. NY: Modern Publishing, 1995: transformers etc.
[791] My Activity Book of Australian Trains, Melbourne: Market Street Press, 1988
[792] Oxford Annual for Boys, 1929 [large vol.; would have been a nice copy, except that a 30 page section has been mutilated by cutting out an oblong-shaped space]
[793] * Pamela’s Pet, London, n.d.: older bound vol.of kids’ stories; one page with HA doodle drawing (copy mislaid?)
[794] * Penny Annual 1982: a few pages cut out
[795] # Play time colour & sketch block, c.1980 [HAA 4.2.11]
[796] # Prehistoric Monsters – Creatures of the Land. Melbourne: Market Street Press, n.d. [HAA 4.2.13]: colouring book
[797] # Prehistoric Monsters – Creatures of the Land and Sea. Melbourne: Market Street Press, n.d. [c.1980] [HAA 4.2.12]: colouring book
[798] The Railway: Colouring & Cut Out Fun Book. London: Grandreams Ltd., 1989
[799] # * Stained Glass Windows Coloring Book. New York: Dover, 1972 [HAA 4.2.14]: translucent pp., several removed/clipped
[800] The Super Book of Horses, Macdonald, 1977
[801] Super Machines – Paint with Water. New York: Playmore, n.d.: trucks, tractors etc.
[802] Surprise Robot. Tokyo: Zokeisha Publications, 1987: “I open up to a robot and a book!” (illustrated by Yasuko Itoh); cover inscribed with Arkley’s name & “Tolarno” (see photo above)
[803] Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986: cover marked by HA: “Idea for cut up book” (with taped on notes outlining 2 different ideas; book extensively clipped)
[804] Tiny City Press-Out Book. Racine, Wisconsin: A Whitman Book, 1980
[805] Tiny Resort Press out. Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, 1981: cover marked: “Idea River Painting”; & a few figures pressed out
[806] The Transformers – Galvation Attacks. Hasbro, Inc., 1986: sticker book
[807] # The Transformers Coloring Book – Search for Treasure Under the Sea. Hasbro Industries, Inc., 1984 [HAA 4.2.10]
[808] Willow: The Story to Colour. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1988: a few pages clipped
A note on Arkley’s collection of comics
Not listed individually here are some 135 extant issues from Arkley’s collection, held in HAA and listed under Series 4: Source material: 4.1 Comic books, held in MS BOX 4273-4275 (noting the artist’s additions etc.); see also The Avengers, Feb.1986 [HAA 10.1.5]: several pages clipped (for details, see HAA entry). However, these are only part of a larger collection, much of it later ransacked by the artist for images (some clippings ended up in in his Visual Diaries).