10.5 Miscellaneous (including Australiana, Engineering & Technical books)
Scope and contents
202. * Amdur, Mark. It really is a big country. Sydney: A&R, 1981.
- inscribed on flyleaf: “H.Arkley 85. Return to the above” ; reverse of flyleaf: “Howard Arkley.85”; big pineapples etc.
203. Breen, Margaret, & Donald Sinclair, The Business of Living, Melbourne: Cheshire, 1972
- [ex Moorabbin High School lib.]; secondary school book on economics
204. * Colmar, Michael. Pinball: an illustrated history. London: Pierrot, 1976
- numerous pages clipped, marked (details following)
- pp.57/58 and 87/88 missing
- pp.61/62, 69/70, 71/72, 77/78, 79/80, 85/86 and 91/92 all clipped
205. Dearden, James, John Ruskin: an illustrated life. Aylesbury (U.K.); Shire Publications, 1973
206. & 206A. English Mechanic & World of Science (Vols.xxiii and xxvii, 1876/1878)
207. Figure Photography, Los Angeles: Petersen’s How-To Photographic Library, 1974.
208. * Flower, Gary, & Kurtz, Bill. Pinball: the lure of the silver ball. Leichhardt, NSW: Sandstone Books, 1997 [1st publ.1988]
- marker at pp.108-9 (old pinball machines)
209. Garner, Philip. Philip Garner’s Better Living Catalog. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983.
210. * Gerster, Georg, Flights of Discovery: the earth from above, Sydney; Angus & Robertson, 1978.
- [ex CAE lib.copy (withdrawn)]; insc.on flyleaf: “H.Arkley 85”; some photos tagged for reference:
- 1.11 (city buildings from above)
- 2.10 (brick paving), tagged “Must ph(o)tocopy”
211. * Hinwood, Tony. Industrial Graphics Ad Lib. London: Business Books, 1972.
- [ex Clayton Tech.library (withdrawn)]; NB e.g. graphics of freeways pp.61, 69-70, and factories passim (pp.105 etc.)
212. * The Image Bank: visual ideas for the creative color photographer, ed. Michael O’Connor, Amphoto, 1983.
Several pages clipped/removed as listed:
- p.25/26 clipped (nudes)
- pp.33-46, 49-50 and 63-66 all removed
- p.67/68 clipped
- pp.74-75
- p.77:
- pp.94/95 bookmarked (patterns)
- p.97/98 clipped
- p.131/32 clipped
- pp.133/134 clipped/marked
- p.136 unmarked but NB text re the symbolism of white
- pp.137/8 removed
- pp.149/50 removed
- pp.153-60 removed/clipped
213. * Jackson, Paul. The Pop-Up Book. London: Reed Editions, 1994.
- “Step-by-step instructions for creating over 100 original paper projects”; HA marker at p.41, but nothing else marked.
214. * Jankel, Annabel, & Morton, Rocky. Creative Computer Graphics. Cambridge UP, 1984.
- [ex Brunswick Public lib.(withdrawn)]; large format: fractals, skulls etc.etc.; some pages marked:
- p.23: black and white image annotated in pencil by Arkley: “ink or black texta”
- p.33: colour image annotated in pencil: “pastel or paint”
- p.33/34: image clipped
- p.87/88: part of image clipped
- p.89: drawing annotated in pencil: “derwent”
- p.90: drawing annotated in pencil: “derwent”
- pp.91-94 removed
- p.113/114: part of image clipped
215. * Jensen, C. (ed.). Engineering Drawing and Design. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Canada, 1968
- [ex Moorabbin Tech.lib.]; notes as follows:
- p. 47 (orthographic projection), tagged: “Orthographic multi view” and “Isometric oblique perspective”
- p.181 (types of projection), tagged: “Axonometric”
- p.187 (isometric drawings), tagged: “Isometric drawing paper”
- p.195 (perspective drawings), tagged: “Ref. Suburban Interior Parallel Perspective graph paper”
- p.197 (perspective drawings), tagged: “Ref angular perspective graph paper”
- p.199 (sketching problems), tagged: “Photocopy Heads to be unsembeld” (sic)
- p.433 (machinery diagrams), tagged: “Must photocopy”
- p.587 (house images), tagged: “Houses B/W Neg-Pos”
- pp.592-3 (house framing [p.592]), tagged: “Suburban house under construction”
- p.603 (house framing), tagged: “House under construction”
216. * Judge, Arthur. Engineering Workshop Practice, vol.1. rev. edn. London: Caxton, n,d, c.1920?
- inscribed on flyleaf: “Ron Austin”; largely intact, but p.81/82 removed
217. * Kawai, Toyoaki. Origami. Osaka: Hoikusha, 1970 (Color Books series)
- Small-format book; cover and several pages altered by Arkley as follows:
- Cover (plastic): NB eyes added with black fibre-tipped pen; and page nos. noted
- pp.?-4 removed
- p.13/14 removed
- p.15: NB doodle added to image in black fibre-tipped pen
- p.24 (raven): ticked
- p.30 (sparrow) annotated: “see pp.106-107”
- p.106 (bird): image altered to make human figure (and ticked)
- pp.114-15 (baby): annotated: “ears // main structure full frontal”
- p.118 (fox mask): several drawings altered with the addition of eyes, and comments (“profile” etc.)
- p.120: line-drawing altered to make human figure
218. * Leaving Technical Drawing, Education Department of Victoria, rev.ed., 1973.
- also with Leaving Technical Drawing Assignment Sheets, n.d. (second-hand copy via a student); cover marked by Arkley: “Note source images + titles”; & several pp.clipped (unpaginated)
219. * Letraset Handbook, 1986
- p.1.70 tagged with post-it note, image clipped from page opposite 10.15; also with Letraset brochure re “Letratone”, c.1982? (re shading effects)
220. Lewis, John. Typography: Basic Principles. Rev. edn., London: Studio Books, 1967 (1968).
221. * McPherson’s Industrial Catalogue, n.d. (c.1970?)
- [Aust.tool company manual]
- pp.713/4 clipped (ball joint) [loose bolt image also inserted at p.713]
- pp.749/50 clipped.
222. * Malone, Robert. The Robot Book. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
- front cover missing
- pp.?-12 torn out
- pp.15-20 torn out
- p.39/40: image clipped
- p.71/72: image clipped
- pp.73-78 torn out
- p.83/84: image clipped
- p.89/90 torn out
- pp.99-102 torn out
- p.105/106 torn out
- pp.119-22 torn out
- p.125/26: image clipped
- pp.127-30 torn out
- p.131/32: part of page clipped
- p.141/42: part of image clipped
223. Michaux, Henri. Miserable Miracle (Mescaline). San Francisco: City Lights, 1963 [1956?], 1972 impression.
- 2nd-hand copy
224. * Palin, Michael (intro.). Happy Holidays – the Golden Age of Railway Posters, London: Pavilion, 1987.
- 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
225. * Printed Books: a Short Introduction to Fine Typography. London: V&A.
- inscribed on p.1: “E.Gower 77” (with price of £1); mostly illustrations
226. Project yourself like a professional: using the overhead projector, Kodak (Australasia), 1988.
227. Rundgren, Todd, & Levine, David. Music for the Eye: Digital Apparitions. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1996.
228. Stewart, Kathleen, Louis: a normal novel, Port Melbourne: Minerva, 1993.
Arkley’s Family Home (1988) reproduced on cover; unmarked (apart from some paint stains)
229. Technical Drawing. Technical Schools Division, Education Department of Victoria, rev. edn. 1973 (reprinted from 1972 edn; 1st publ. 1964).
- ex student copy
230. * Visual Elements 1: Pictograms. London: Columbus Books, 1989.
231. BLANK
232. Volborth, Carl-Alexander von. The Art of Heraldry. London: Tiger Books, 1991 [1987]
233. Worcester, Roland. Electronics. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969.
- Box: MS F BOX 4443-4447 (Mixed materials)
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