Day 2 at the @ngvmelbourne art book fair starts today at 10!
Replenishing the stall with more stock today! Come say hello and treat your self to a special book.
Next to our the best neighbours @btwn.lns@bacteria.books@tomorrow_publications
Are your eyes hungry for knowledge? Our new ‘eye food’ tshirts design by @theheavymental are launching tomorrow at the @ngvmelbourne art book fair.
Only 30 made. some Brown, some white, a very small amount of black ones.
$70 aud , Dm to purchase !!
Come see me at the fair this Friday , Saturday, Sunday 10am - 5pm
@hot.cottage
#ngvartbookfair2026 #melbourneartbookfair #eddavis #rarebooks #knowledge
In the lead up to the @ngvmelbourne design week 2026
We have this rare 100 modern chairs catalog from the ngv in 1974!
Over 50 years later @friends.associates will be presenting their 100 chairs exhibition for design week.
This catalog features 100 of the most iconic pieces of seating predating 74. Castiglioni, Pesce, Breuer, mies van der rohe, morgue , Panton alongside some of the great Australian chairs by the likes of the featherstons, Fred ward, clement meadmore , Walter burley Griffin and more.
-$100 aud (SOLD)
Rei Kawakubo and comme des garçons, Deyan Sudjic - $350 aud
First Japanese edition 1991
Japanese hardcover
Written by legendary art critic Deyan sudjic
This books is one of the best books to cover the mastermind behind comme des garçons Rei Kawakubo. From of course her clothing to her incredible ventures into furniture design and interiors for the comme stores.Truly a special book on one of the most prolific female designers of the modern day.
includes Obi and is in great condition. Just a minor scuff to the hard cover under the slip cover.
#reikawakubo #deyansudjic #commedesgarcons #commedesgarçonsfurniture
Houses Maisons Häuser , Alejandro Bahamon - $50 aud (SOLD)
An interesting and very ‘early 2000’s’ book featuring over 400 pages filled with interiors and exteriors of lofts, penthouses , apartments and houses from around the world. Even including a project by Melbournes own #johnwardle.
Very good condition some minors creases to the front and back cover.
Introducing some new books from @areadingroom backroom.
Last year their space changed and they were sitting on some great unsold stock that I thought you guys might appreciate. So I’ve teamed up with them to sell them instore.
These will be added to the slowly growing ‘new books’ shelf next the stock from @fountttain
The Wedding , Nick Waplington - $160 aud (SOLD)
First edition published by aperture in 1996
Continuing the work he began in his 1991 book Living Room, Nick Waplington gives us the next installment of life for the working-class Nottingham family whose lives he documented in that book. Times have changed—the kids are older, Dad is long gone, and Mum is on the verge of an interracial marriage. This wedding is the centerpiece for Waplington’s new work—pulling us into the same visceral energy of domestic drama as his previous work, revealing with a keen wit the truths and fictions we all live with.
Nick Waplington published his first collection of photos, Living Room, documenting life in a housing project in Nottingham, England, in 1991. The Wedding a second collection of photos from Nottingham, takes the marriage of Janet and Clive as a loose organizing principle. In months of work, Waplington captured the sometimes disheveled existence of working men and women who revel in the difficult lives they lead. Whether they capture children scrambling over furniture or neighbors enjoying a beer and a smoke together, these photographs convey with great intimacy the telling details of lives that are rich with tumultuous emotions and deep friendships.
#nickwaplington @nickwaplington
OMA/Rem Koolhas: Generic city , tn probe Vol 2 (1995) - $300 aud
This super rare catalogue was produced to coincide with OMA’s Tokyo exhibition ‘ Rem Koolhaas and the place of public architecture’ at Tn probe. This excellent book features a photographic story by legendary Japanese photographer #nobuyoshiaraki aswell as texts and interviews with rem koolhaas.
This pieces was recently reissued by @capsule.global however this an original copy.
Great condition some minor wear and scuffs
#oma #remkoolhaas #tnprobe #tokyoarchitecture
New York Times Arata Isozaki cover - $100 aud
Section 6 of the August 17 , 1986 New York Times
An excellent feature on Arata Isozaki and the new wave of Japanese architects. The magazine also features some incredible adverts and obscure articles.
Can’t find a photo of this online anywhere!
#arataisozaki
Kimie Hata’s Annual visual collection zines no.1 (SOLD) in 1994 the Japanese stylist behind Taiji hirokawa’s sonomama sonomana Kimie hata created the annual visual collection zine. A DIY style zine compiling an incredible lineup artists such as #masahisafukase #takashihomma #shojiueda #karenkilimnik #christianboltanski, Yayoi Kusama and many more all into one large format zine. This is issue 1 of only 3 issues.
A truly special piece that was snapped up before I even got a chance to post.
Façade magazine issue 6 , (SOLD)
Sixth issue of the emblematic Parisian magazine of the second half of the 1970s. Founded by Alain Benoist and Hervé Pinard, Façade was intended to be the French equivalent of the Interview with Andy Warhol. The magazine will see 13 publications between 1976 and 1983. Contents: Salvador Dali, Amanda Lear, Yves Adrien, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Giorgio Moroder, Le Palace, Christo… with collaborations from Pierre Commoy, Jean-Baptiste Mondino , Thierry Ardisson, Alain Pacadis, Maud Molyneux…
#salvadordali #evaionesco
