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Top left no. 1. Woodcuts by A. G. Stephens (signed) with an original woodcut by Lionel Lindsay, (The first woodcut he ever made) Sydney 1923. One hundred and twenty-five copies have been printed. Copy no. 20. Top right no. 2. Twenty-one woodcuts by Lionel Lindsay. THIS BOOK, THE FIRST OF THE " MERYON PRESS", WAS PRINTED BY LIONEL LINDSAY ON THE HAND PRESS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS FRIEND THE HONOURABLE JOHN. LANE MULLINS M. L. C. IT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY 1924. OF THIS EDITION 30 COPIES ARE ON FULL VELLUM OF NIKKO & 95 ON JAPANESE VELLUM TIPPED ON WHITE WHATMAN. This copy is number 106, signed by Lionel Lindsay. Magnolias No. 5, is signed by Lionel Lindsay. |
| Top left no. 1. Studies & Sketches of a Bird Painter, paintings, drawings and text by Raymond Ching. First edition 1981 by Lansdowne Editions, 120 color plates, slipcase, folio. Top right: No. 2. Parrots of the World by Joseph M. Forshaw, illustrated by William T. Cooper. First edition 1973 by Lansdowne. Bottom left no. 3. Cockatoos & Nestors by Gracius J. Broinowski 1888, facsimile limited edition, folio. Bottom right no. 4. Finches of Australia by Frank T. Morris. First edition 1976 by Lansdowne Editions, folio, 18 color plates. |
A fine collection of Norman & Lionel Lindsay books
| Top left no. 1. Letters of Norman Lindsay, edited by R.G. Horwarth & A. W. Barker, 1979, three hundred copies printed. This book is no. 106. Signed, leather bound, slipcase. 2. Rebecca Wiley's Visit to Norman Lindsay at Springwood May 1918, first edition, 1986. 3.The World of Norman Lindsay, edited by Lin Bloomfield, first edition 1979. 4. Lionel Lindsay - An Artist and his Family, by Joanna Mendelssohn, first edition 1988. 5. Norman Lindsay Pen Drawings, first edition, 1974. 6. Norman Lindsay's Bears, selected by Keith Wingrove, first edition 1978. 7. Norman Lindsay - The Embattled Olympian, by John Hetherington, first edition 1973. Top right no. 8: Paintings in Oel by Norman Lindsay, limited editon of 1000 copies, 1945, signed by Norman Lindsay. 9. Watercolours by N. Lindsay, first edition 1969. 10. Water Colour Book by N. Lindsay, limited edition of 1850 copies, 1939. 11. Favourite Etchings by Norman Lindsay, first edition 1970. |
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Original Norman Lindsay, framed. Top right: Norman Lindsay's Cats, first edition, 1975. |