SKU: B-000638

DEUS EX MACHINA

Author: Peter Tapp

Special Features: Illustrated

Condition: The cover is worn/scuffed/creased. The pages are clean and tidy. No writing. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Art, Design & Photography Australiana Antiquarian & Collectable

Artists Art Australia Australian History Exhibitions

Deus ex Machina by Peter Tapp is a scarce 1989 Australian picture book that blends art, culture and history into one strikingly illustrated package. Its pages showcase exhibitions and artists who shaped the nation’s creative scene, making it a pocket-sized gallery for fans of Australiana and vintage visual culture.

The paperback remains clean and unmarked inside; pages are tight and free of notes, while the illustrated plates stay vivid. Outside, the cover carries the gentle scuffs and creases you’d expect from three decades of careful reading, giving it an honest, collectible patina that modern reprints can’t fake.

Collectors of antiquarian Australiana, art students and exhibition buffs all snap up this title when it surfaces, so a readable vintage copy in tidy internal condition is always welcome. Slip it into a Young Adult or adult reader’s library and watch Australia’s 1980s art story come alive.

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