Record of a lyrical experience. Pp. [32]; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream & red floral patterned papered boards, slightly soiled, corners lightly worn, slightly bruised at foot of spine; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, occasional slight soiling; Fanfrolico Press..... More
A series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour, extracted from Ortho-Epia Gallica, a book on the correct Pronunciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593. Edited by Jack Lindsay. Pp. 120(last..... More
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. Pp. 328, frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full page), list of works consulted, notes, index; super roy. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring a device designed for the Press by Norman Lindsay of a faun riding a flying horse; Private..... More
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. Pp. 328, frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full page), list of works consulted, notes, index; super roy. 8vo; full blue morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring a device designed for the Press by Norman Lindsay of a faun riding a flying horse;..... More
A survey. Based upon books in his collection. With Preface by Jack Lindsay. Pp. [ii]+82(processed, last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 2 plates; post 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, edges faded and a trifle rubbed;The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1976. First edition. Studies in Australian Bibliography No. 23. More
June, 1928, being a statement of the aims of the Fanfrolico Press both typographical and aesthetic with a complete bibliography and specimen passages and illustrations from the books. Pp. 36, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page); pictorial mauve paper wrappers, sewn, edges faded and a trifle soiled, the..... More
An essay in interpretation. Pp. [viii]+72; pictorial paper wrappers, a trifle foxed, edges faintly rubbed; outer leaves slightly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1944. *The wrapper illustration (featuring a bulldog inspired by Winston Churchill) is by Norman Lindsay. More
A selection by Peter Meadows from Herrick's "Hesperides". With illustrations by Lionel Ellis. Pp. [x]+174(last blank), 10 collotype drawings, the title page, final illustration, and colophon printed in blue & black; blue cloth, lettered in black, spine slightly faded and rubbed, tiny chip to bottom edge of lower board near..... More
Pp. xviii+272+[2](colophon, blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 1 plate; cr. 8vo; dark green cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, upper board lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the cloth a trifle flecked, edges very lightly rubbed; t.e.g.; bookseller's sticker (Tyrrell's) at foot of..... More
Essays and studies. Pp. xxii+246(including 60 plates at end); impl. 8vo; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1964. First edition. More
Comprising 1. LIFE RARELY TELLS. An autobiographical account ending in the year 1921 and situated mostly in Brisbane, Queensland. Pp. 224, 10 plates; 2. THE ROARING TWENTIES. Literary life in Sydney, New South Wales, in the years 1921-6. Pp. 240, 8 plates, text illustrations; 3. FANFROLICO AND AFTER. Pp. 288(last..... More
Pp. 414+[2](advertisements); dust wrapper, edges split, chipped at head of backstrip, tear in front panel internally tape-repaired; bookseller's label to upper pastedown; Australasian Book Society, Melbourne, 1953. First Australian edition. Arnold Checklist 86i. More
With drawings by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [72], 16 illustrations; qr. brown buckram, printed title label on spine, marbled papered boards, the buckram slightly foxed; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Basilike, Toronto, 1974. Edition limited to 350 copies. Arnold Checklist 141. More
Pp. viii+448; boards lightly soiled; heavily price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, several tape-repairs to edges, small tear at foot of backstrip; some light foxing; Methuen, London, 1948. First edition. Arnold Checklist 71. *Long historical novel dealing with that year of many revolutions, 1848. This a Presentation copy, with..... More
Defoe's London, l688-l730. Pp. viii+220, 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Granada Publishing/Rupert Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, 1978. First edition. Arnold Checklist l48. More
Pp. 446; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, a couple of minor tape repairs; free endpapers very faintly stained;Muller, 1965. First edition. Arnold Checklist 124. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by author on upper free endpaper:To Tony and Angela [Adams, publisher] with love Jack L.(and signed in full in pencil underneath)..... More
A Novel of Dunkirk and the French campaign. Pp. 320; boards faintly foxed, the edges slightly faded and bruised; dust wrapper, worn and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with several small tears; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Andrew Dakers, London, 1942. First edition. Arnold Checklist 60. More
Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries. With five illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Foreword by Robert Graves. The texts edited with notes by Jack Lindsay. Musical transcriptions by Peter Warlock. Pp. [ii]+110+[2](colophon, verso blank), 4 full page illustrations plus colophon illustration, printed music; wide demy 4to; qr. parchment, spine..... More
A literary quarterly. Nos.1-4. Pp. viii+48+[xv]+57+[xv]+57+[xv]+57, 1 hand-tipped plate (in No. 2), and numerous text illustration by Norman Lindsay; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, each issue with a different illustration by Lindsay, a trifle soiled and foxed, the yapped edges slightly creased and split, tiny surface graze to..... More
A catalogue of First Editions extensively annotated by the author, together with letters, manuscripts and association items. Preface by Jack Lindsay. Pp. [ii]+vi+106(last blank), processed, frontispiece portrait; cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, tiny ink mark to top edge of upper wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Wentworth Press..... More
A view of the Rumanian People's Republic. Pp. 152, frontispiece plus 24 plates, endpaper map, appendix, index; dust wrapper, foxed and lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; edges of leaves lightly foxed;Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1953. First edition. Arnold Checklist 87. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by author on upper..... More
Pp. [vi]+192(last blank), pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and a trifle split; small ownership label on upper pastedown, plus signs of removal of bookseller's sticker from foot of same, a little light foxing; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1964. First edition. *The author's impressions..... More
An autobiography, 1874-1961. With a Foreword by Peter Lindsay. Pp. xviii+272, frontispiece plus 24 plates, appendix; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; name in ink on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus..... More
A phantasy. With five original etchings by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [x]+140(last blank), hand-tipped frontispiece portrait and 5 hand-tipped plates within pagination, all with lettered tissue guards, plus numerous small decorative initials printed in red & black; impl. 4to; bound in full black morocco, spine lettered in gilt with four raised..... More
Silvarum Libri. With pictures and decorations by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [xvi]+150(last blank)+[4](blank, list of subscribers, colophon), pictorial half-title page, frontispiece portrait, plus 20 plates within pagination (3 hand-tipped, a few tinted), title page vignette and numerous text illustrations, the title page printed in red & black; demy 4to; qr. parchment..... More