Port Phillip Bay Sketchbook
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Step back in time to the shimmering shores of one of Australia's most storied waterways — Port Phillip Bay Sketchbook is a captivating visual and literary tribute to the bay that cradled the birth of Melbourne, presenting the region's landscapes, landmarks, and maritime heritage through the eloquent interplay of art and prose. Desmond Norman's accomplished drawings chronicle the sweeping vistas, historic jetties, and weathered fishing villages that define Port Phillip Bay's character, while K. A. Austin's accompanying text grounds each image in a rich historical and cultural narrative, illuminating the bay's significance to European settlement and the growth of Victoria. This volume belongs to Rigby's celebrated Sketchbook series, which argued that Australia's most beloved places deserved to be commemorated in fine illustrated editions that combined artistic sensitivity with documentary rigour. Norman's draughtsmanship is precise yet evocative, capturing the play of light on water and the quiet dignity of coastal life with an authenticity that no photograph can replicate. A treasured record of a landscape both intimately familiar and endlessly fascinating, it leaves the reader wondering what other secrets the bay still holds beneath its tidal rhythms.
Author: Desmond Norman (Drawings) / K. A. Austin (Text)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Step back in time to the shimmering shores of one of Australia's most storied waterways — Port Phillip Bay Sketchbook is a captivating visual and literary tribute to the bay that cradled the birth of Melbourne, presenting the region's landscapes, landmarks, and maritime heritage through the eloquent interplay of art and prose. Desmond Norman's accomplished drawings chronicle the sweeping vistas, historic jetties, and weathered fishing villages that define Port Phillip Bay's character, while K. A. Austin's accompanying text grounds each image in a rich historical and cultural narrative, illuminating the bay's significance to European settlement and the growth of Victoria. This volume belongs to Rigby's celebrated Sketchbook series, which argued that Australia's most beloved places deserved to be commemorated in fine illustrated editions that combined artistic sensitivity with documentary rigour. Norman's draughtsmanship is precise yet evocative, capturing the play of light on water and the quiet dignity of coastal life with an authenticity that no photograph can replicate. A treasured record of a landscape both intimately familiar and endlessly fascinating, it leaves the reader wondering what other secrets the bay still holds beneath its tidal rhythms.