10.1 Kids’ books, colouring books etc.

1. ABC of Space. London: Independent Television Publications, 1969. Hardcover, unpaginated. Cover coated with grey-blue paint. Page torn out towards the end, but otherwise apparently intact.

2. Adam Adamant Annual 1968. Hardcover, 93pp. Title on spine. Second-hand copy, apparently intact.

3. *The Adventure Annual. London: The Popular Press, [n.d.] (1950s; 1953? – see comment below) Bound volume, 189 pp. NB story on pp.57ff. mentions the conquest of Mount Everest in May 1953 (noted on cover as “Latest Mt.Everest story”): suggests likely date of publication. -flyleaf missing (possibly same as inside back cover?) -images clipped from pp.75/76 & 77/78 (comic strip about robots) -images clipped from pp.107/8, 109/10 & 113/114 (comic strip about cops and robbers) -images clipped from pp.181/182 & 183/184 (“Doll Man” comic strip). NB this originally included the source image used for Arkley’s painting Ever Feel Like Drowning 1987 (for image and details, see http://arkleyworks.com/?p=1240), and related working drawings reproduced in Crawford & Edgar’s Spray (1997), p.68.

4. *The Ancient Near East: A Bellerophon Coloring Book. Santa Barbara, Ca.: Bellerophon Books, 1981. Paperback, unpaginated. -Some pages removed, many pages (and back cover) partially clipped. -NB nose in black fibre-tipped pen added by Arkley on page about half-way through, apparently based on one of the figures shown opposite

5. *The Avengers (comic), Feb.1986 - p.8/9 & p.17 clipped - p.120, Fig.4.15]; images also clipped from a couple of other pages. - p.21/22 clipped

6. *Chatterbox 1928. Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Ltd. [England]. Hardcover, c.316 pp. Title page missing. Signed inside front cover: “Jack Arkley” (Howard Arkley’s father, d.1976). Stories and informative articles, illustrated throughout with black-and-white line-drawings (and a few colour plates). Many pages altered, clipped or removed (details below; major examples marked § below). -NB several cut-out and altered drawings from this book loose at the front -p.1/2 torn out -p.7: poem altered in pencil, apparently in Arkley’s hand-writing -p.9: most of page cut out (drawing of train) -p.29/30: image cut out (mechanical drawing?) -p.31: doodle over text -p.33/34 torn out -p.39/40 torn out -p.41/42 mostly cut out -p.47/48: part of page removed -pp.55-58 removed -p.65/66 torn out -marker at p.73 -p.77: grey wash added around drawing -p.79: pressed fern and grey paint marking -pp.87-90 removed -p.97: part of image removed -p.112: part of image removed -p.113: most of page removed; remaining image altered -p.116: illustration extensively altered with black spray paint -p.129/30 torn out -p.137/8 removed -colour plate facing p.144: image altered (paper torn, ink additions) -pp.145-48 removed -p.152: parts of image removed -p.153: most of image removed -parts of a torn page inserted between pp.158 and 159 -p.160: image altered with the addition of white paint -p.161/2 partly torn -p.163/4 removed -p.169: drawing altered with ink additions (and part of image removed) -p.173/4 removed -p.175/6: part of page torn out -p.181: part of image cut out -p.184: part of image cut out -p.185/6 removed -p.191/2: part of page removed -p.193/4 removed -p.195/6: part of page cut out -pp.201-4 removed -p.217/8 removed -pp.221-226 completely or partly removed -marker at p.227/8 (page partly cut out) -p.233/4 removed -p.237/8 removed -p.241: part of image removed -p.253: image cut out (nautical detail?) -colour image facing p.236 partly cut out -p.257/8 torn out -p.261/2 removed -p.263/4 partly torn out -p.265/6 torn out -p.267/8 partly cut out -colour image facing p.272: part of image cut out -p.277/8: part of page cut out -p.285/6 torn out -p.289/90 torn out -p.191: image altered with the addition of grey wash paint -p.297/8: part of page cut out -p.305/6 torn out -p.311/12 torn out -p.313: grey wash added to sky in illustration -p.315/6: corner of page torn out

7. Encyclopedia of the Animal World. vol.1: Aardvark – Aquarium. Sydney: Bay Books, 1977. Bound volume, 96 pp. - p.59/60 removed - p.61/62 partly clipped - p.67/68 removed - p.81/82 clipped - p.87/88 removed - p.91/92 clipped

8. *The Flying Trunk (by Hans Christian Anderson). Manchester: World International Publishing, 1981. Paperback, unpaginated. -Cover annotated by Arkley in black fibre-tipped pen: “See Ref marked pp // organic edge white border // soft pastel colours // Strong contrasts” -Post-it tag marked “Ref” on page including two typical illustrations.

9. Geometrical Design Coloring Book: 46 Original Designs by Spyros Horemis. New York: Dover, 1973. Paperback, 46pp. Apparently intact.

10. The Girl’s Own Annual vol.XIX (1897-1898). Bound volume, c.830 pp. (last few pages of index missing). Wrapped in plastic. No apparent markings or clippings, but there’s a marker (a piece of paper dated 1985) between pp.608 and 609.

11. Girls’ World Annual 1971. London: Odhams Books, 1970. Hardcover, unpaginated. Apparently intact (but back cover has come away).

12. The Golden Book of Crafts and Hobbies. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. Hardcover c.112 pp. Ex-library copy. -Title page torn -p.5/6 torn out -pp.107/8 and 109/10 torn -back flyleaf torn out

13. The Golden Book of Nature Crafts. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Bound volume, c.68 pp. - p. 29/30 clipped (images of sprayed leaves?)

14. How Detectives Solve Crime (written by Tony Dunne). Sydney: Paul Hamlyn, 1974. Hardcover, 74pp. - p.17/18 torn out

15. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australia: Vol.1: A-Fav. Darlington, NSW: Southern Cross International, 1964. Bound volume, c.170 pp. Apparently intact.

16. *June Book 1963. [England]: Fleetway Publications, 1962. Bound volume, 126 pp. -pp.11-16 missing -p.81 tagged (illustration with heavy black shadow) -p.115/116 missing (from story “Dixie of Dockland”, by J.W.Tennison): NB this included the source image used for Arkley’s composition Felony (versions on paper from 1982 and 1983, and canvases from 1983 and 1987): see now Gregory, Carnival in Suburbia (2006), p.122, fig.4.19 (reproducing the source image) and fig.4.20 (Arkley’s 1983 work on paper [Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney]).

17. *Long Live the Queen! The Coronation book with realistic pop-up pictures. London: Juvenile Productions, [n.d.] (c.1953?). Apparently intact. (NB Arkley’s library also included Paul Jackson, The Pop-Up Book, London: Reed Editions, 1994: see Item 213)

18. The Middle Ages (R.J.Unstead: Looking at History, 2). London: A.& C.Black, 1966. Hardcover, 80 pp. Apparently intact.

19. Penny Annual 1982. London: IPC Magazines, 1981. Hardcover, c.94 pp. Opening pages missing (to p.15), but otherwise intact, apart from some paint marks on cover.

20. Puzzle World: Book 3. London: Grandreams, 1996. Paperback, 64 pp. Intact.

21. The Super Book of Horses. London: Macdonald, 1977. Paperback, 32pp. Apparently intact.

22. *Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Colouring Book. Melbourne: Budget Books, 1988. Paperback, unpaginated. -Cover annotated by Arkley in black fibre-tipped pen: “Idea for cut up book”, with additional detailed notes on taped-on sheet, re two separate ideas – 1. a combination of two books in one, and 2. The addition of celluloid pages with photocopied imagery. -Inside, several pages clipped and cut, and a celluloid sheet with a lathe image is inserted approximately half-way through the book. -Back cover clipped

23. Visual Illusions Coloring Book: 31 Original Designs by Spyros Horemis. New York: Dover, 1973. Paperback, 30 pp. Several pages ticked, some slightly altered, some inserted clipped images: -title page (loose) slightly modified with black ink and white-out -p.1 ticked, and black dot added to image -p.3 ticked, and several clipped images inserted (two photos of spiders, and an oriental statue) -pp.6/7: clipped photo of candlestick inserted -pp.9, 13-17, 19, 21-24 and 27 all ticked -p.31 removed? -Inside back cover (colour image) ticked