8. BOOKS etc. – Miscellaneous (inc.biography etc.)



(photo: factory image from Arkley’s copy of Hinwood 1972 [693])

 

[672]      #  Amdur, Mark. It really is a big country. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1981 [HAA 10.5.202]: inscribed: “H.Arkley 85. Return to the above”; big pineapples etc.

[673]      #  Australian Birds & Blossoms. A Sun Book, n.d. (c.1940?) [HAA 10.2.i.24]

[674]      Ballard, J.G. The Drowned World [1963]. Phoenix 1993 pbk.

[675]      #   Bedwell, Steve. Suburban Icons: a Celebration of the Everyday. Sydney: ABC, 1992 [HAA 10.3 iii.4]: Vulcan heaters, Jason reclinas etc.

[676]      Bell magazine #2 (Aug.1988): Bell Shakespeare booklet re Barrie Kosky’s King Lear

[677]      Berk, Leon. Destined to Live: Memoirs of a Doctor with the Russian Partisans. Melbourne: Paragon Press, 1992 (writer moved to Australia in 1956)

[678]      #  Breen, Margaret, & Donald Sinclair, The Business of Living, Melbourne: Cheshire, 1972 [HAA 10.5.203]: 2ndary school book on economics (ex Moorabbin HS lib.)

[679]      #  Charters, Ann. Kerouac: a biography [1974]. London: Picador, 1978 [HAA 10.3 (iii).9]: ex VCA lib; insc: “Please return to Howard”; well-thumbed, in fact falling apart!

[680]      Cocteau, Jean. Les enfants terribles [1929]. Penguin 1961/1981: inscribed ”H.Arkley”

[681]      #  Colmar, Michael. Pinball: an illustrated history. London: Pierrot, 1976 [HAA 10.5.204] – numerous pp.clipped, marked {see also [686]}

[682]      Cozzolino, Mimmo (ed.). Symbols of Australia. 3rd ed., Carlton: CIS Educational, 1990 [AB]: first publ.1980

[683]      Dearden, James, John Ruskin: an illustrated life. Aylesbury (U.K.); Shire Publications, 1973: ex Oakleigh Lib.copy [cancelled]

[684]      Donleavy, J.P. The History of the Ginger Man: an autobiography. Penguin, 1994.

[685]      Judge, Arthur. Engineering Workshop Practice, vol.1. rev.edn. London: Caxton, n,d, {c.1920?} – inscribed inside: “Ron Austin”; no apparent clippings etc.

[685]      #  Figure Photography, Los Angeles: Petersen’s How-To Photographic Library, 1974 [HAA 10.5.207]: nudes (nothing marked); see also [690]

[686]      Flower, Gary, & Kurtz, Bill. Pinball: the lure of the silver ball. Leichhardt NSW: Sandstone Books, 1997: 1stpubl.1988]: tagged at pp.108-9 (old pinball machines) {see also [681]}

[687]      #  Garner, Philip. Philip Garner’s Better Living Catalog. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983 [HAA 10.5.209]: “impossible objects”: designs for clothing, household objects etc.

[688]      Gerster, Georg, Flights of Discovery: the earth from above, Sydney; Angus & Robertson, 1978: ex CAE lib.copy; insc. “H.Arkley 85”

[689]      Gill, Hermon. Suburban Souvenir. Melbourne: Cheshire, 1962: humorous stories by writer described as a more “genial” version of Barry Humphries

[690]      Glamour Photography. Los Angeles: Petersen’s How-to Photographic Library, 1974: mostly nudes; see also [685]

[691]      * Haeckel, Ernst. Art Forms in Nature. New York: Dover, 1974 [AB]: large format book, first publ.1904; inscribed by Alison Burton but of interest to Arkley too; tagged at pp.60-61: protozoa etc.

[692]      Heyward, Michael. The Ern Malley Affair, Brisbane: UQP, 1993

[693]      Hinwood, Tony. Industrial Graphics Ad Lib. London: Business Books, 1972 [HAA 10.5.211]: ex Clayton Tech library; nothing marked; NB graphics of freeways p.70, factories pp.105ff & passim, etc.

[694]      Hough, Richard. Captain James Cook: a biography. London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.

[695]      Humphries, Barry. More Please: an Autobiography. London: Viking, 1992.

[696]      The Illustrated Family Doctor…(… by a General Practitioner), London: Home Entertainment Library, 1935.

[697]      # *  The Image Bank: visual ideas for the creative color photographer, ed.Michael O’Connor, Amphoto, 1983 [HAA 10.5.212] : a few pages cut or removed

[698]      *  “Into the Future” [UK Metal company brochure dated 1962]: apparent source for Arkley’s factory images – e.g. p.13 (tagged), page torn near end

[699]      # *  Jackson, Paul. The Pop-Up Book. London: Reed Editions, 1994 [HAA 10.5.213]: “Step-by-step instructions for creating over 100 original paper projects”; tagged at p.41 (head)

[700]      # *  Jankel, Annabel, & Morton, Rocky. Creative Computer Graphics. Cambridge UP, 1984 [HAA 10.5.214]: ex Brunswick lib.copy; large format: fractals etc.etc.; clipped at p.113/114 etc.                                                           

[701]      # *  Jensen, C. (ed.). Engineering Drawing and Design. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Canada, 1968 [HAA 10.5.215]: ex Moorabbin Tech.lib; various pp.tagged here, e.g. 47 (orthographic projection), 181 (axonometric), 187 (isometric), 195 (parallel perspective; marked by HA: “ref. Suburban Interior”), 433 (machinery diagrams marked by HA: “Must photocopy”), 586-7 (house images), 592 (HA note: “Suburban house under construction”) & 603 (HA: “House under construction”)

[702]      Jones, Graham. Ned Kelly: the Larrikin Years. Wangaratta: Charquin Hill, 1990

[703]      Jones, Ian. Ned Kelly: a short life. Port Melbourne: Lothian Books, 1995

[704]      #  Judge, Arthur. Engineering Workshop Practice, vol.1, rev.edn, London: Caxton, n.d. (c.1920?) [HAA 10.5.216]

[705]      Martin, George. Summer of Love: the Making of Sgt Pepper. Pan 1995

[706]      Miles, Barry. Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now. London: Secker & Warburg, 1997 (well-thumbed copy)

[707]      # *  Kawai, Toyoaki. Origami. Osaka, 1970 [HAA 10.5.217]: NB marked/altered by HA, inc.added doodle p.13; also marked: cover & pp.30 (birds), 106 (bird/man), 118 (eyes), 120 (critter)

[708]      Kerouac, Jack. Selected Letters 1940-1956. Ed.Ann Charters. Penguin, 1995 (well-thumbed)

[709]      # *  Kondeatis, Christos. Idols: Celebrity Masks to Assemble and Wear. London, Sydney & Auckland: Pan Books, 1988 [HAA 4.6.1]: considerably used/mutilated copy, in black folder: “Make your own amazing, lifelike masks of eight legendary superstars” (Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor (the last is the only direct source, for Arkley’s Plastic Portrait (1990)

[710]      Lazell, Barry. Punk – an A-Z. London: Hamlyn, 1995

[711]      #   Lewis, John. Typography: Basic Principles. London: Studio, 1968 [HAA 10.5.220]

[712]      #   Letraset Handbook, 1986 [HAA 10.5.219]: some pages marked; also w. Letraset brochure re “Letratone”, c.1982? – re shading effects

[713]      #   McPherson’s Industrial Catalogue, n.d. (c.1970?) [HAA 10.5.221]: Aust.tool company manual: pp.713/4 clipped (ball joint) [loose bolt image also inserted at p.713], pp.749/50 clipped

[714]      #   Malone, Robert. The Robot Book. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978 [HAA 10.5.222]: front cover missing, various pp.clipped, ripped out; see also [802]

[715]      #   Michaux, Henri. Miserable Miracle (Mescaline). San Francisco: City Lights, 1972 impression [HAA 10.5.223]: 1st publ.in French 1956, English ed.1963; 2nd-hand copy

[716]      Miles, Barry. William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible, London: Virgin, 1992

[717]      Miles, Barry. Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats – a Portrait. London: Viking, 1998

[718]      Neville, Richard. Hippie Hippie Shake. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1995

[719]      #  Palin, Michael (intro.). Happy Holidays – the Golden Age of Railway Posters, London: Pavilion, 1987 [HAA 10.5.224]: cover marked by Arkley (ballpoint pen on masking tape): “Ref.Clouds, trees etc.; Faces Modeled”; and several pages altered as follows: – p.5/6: image clipped – pp.14-15: double page tagged and marked with masking tape to emphasise clouds – p.27: black fibre-tipped pen marks emphasising part of landscape – p.29: pencil marks emphasising part of landscape – p.31: pencil marks emphasising part of landscape – p.45: pencil marks emphasising part of landscape – pp.47/48 and 63/64 torn out – p.75: marked with paint and masking tape to emphasize clouds – pp.77/78 & 81/82 torn out

[720]      #   Printed Books: a Short Introduction to Fine Typography. London: V&A [HAA 10.5.225]: inscribed on p.1: “E.Gower 77”; 15th-20th century books

[721]      #   Rowe, William. Exotic Alphabets and Ornament, New York: Dover, 1974 [HAA 10.2.i.50]; some added notes on last page (re “Sampling” 1997?)

[722]      Rudgley, Richard. The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society. London: British Museum Press, 1993 [AB]: re Kava etc.; 1 of the last books Arkley bought, according to Alison Burton

[723]      #   Rundgren, Todd, & Levine, David. Music for the Eye: Digital Apparitions. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1996 [HAA 10.5.227]:“striking images created with psychedelic software by prophetic rocker Todd Rundgren and pioneering tech-yogi David Levine, collectively known to aficionados of cyberdelia as Utopia Grokware, Inc.” (!)

[724]      Slaughter, T.M., Project yourself like a professional: using the overhead projector, Kodak Australasia, 1988. [HAA 10.5.226]

[725]      Stewart, Kathleen, Louis: a normal novel, Port Melbourne: Minerva, 1993: inc.ill.Arkley’s Family Home 1988 on the cover

[726]      #   Technical Drawing. rev.edn. Education Dept.of Victoria, 1973 (also with Leaving Technical Drawing Assignment Sheets, n.d.; [HAA 10.5.218]

[727]      Turner, Steve. Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster. London: Bloomsbury, 1997

[728]      Tytell, John. Naked Angels: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs. NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1976

[729]      #  Visual Elements 1: Pictograms. London: Columbus Books, 1989 [HAA 10.5.230]: B&W line drawings

[730]      #  Volborth, Carl-Alexander von. The Art of Heraldry. London: Tiger Books, 1991 [HAA 10.5.232]: 1st publ.1987

[731]      Walker, Clinton. Stranded – the Secret History of Australian Independent Music, 1977-1991. Sydney: Macmillan, 1996: Nick Cave et al.

[732]      Wallace, Christine. Greer: Untamed Shrew. Sydney: Macmillan, 1997

[733]      Wallenberg, Raoul. Letter and Dispatches, 1924-1944. Trans.Kjersti Board. New York: Arcade, 1995

[734]      #   Worcester, Roland. Electronics. London: Hamlyn, 1969 [HAA 10.5.233]

[735]      Zhang Xianliang. My Bodhi Tree: Prison Diaries from a Chinese Gulag. London: Minerva, 1997