Tuppenny Coloured
p. 107 · Read in the full issue
Penny Plain And
Sydney, a book of photographs by David Mist with an introduc tion by Sir Robert Helpman, and New South Wales in Colour, photographs by Douglass Baglin and text by Olaf Ruhen, are among the latest coffee-table volumes to eulogise Australia’s premier city and State.
Sydney, selling for $2.95 is typical Paul Hamlyn value, made possible by large printings at Hong Kong prices; and New South Wales, at $4.50, is no less value from A. H. and A. W.
Reed, and for the same reasons.
The Reed book is all colour and the Hamlyn book has none but a preface.
Sydney has picture text in French and German, which makes it better value for gift giving, and covers its subject very well. But what can the critic say intelligently about these sorts of glossy volumes other than they’re penny plain and tuppenny coloured and you must take your pick.