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Idyllia [verse by Hugh McCrae, illustrated by Norman Lindsay]
by [LINDSAY, Norman] McCRAE, Hugh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
[Sydney: N.L. Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Sydney, N.L. Press, 1922]. Large folio, [36] pages with a pictorial title page lettered (along with the publisher's device) in gilt, 16 illuminated initials (with the letter in gilt), and 5 large tipped-in etchings with captioned tissue-guards. Original quarter cream sheep and parchment-covered bevelled-edge boards printed in red and decorated in gilt, all edges uncut; leather a little discoloured with minor surface loss; parchment a little marked and foxed; endpapers offset; occasional light foxing to the deckle edges of the paper; tissue-guards tanned and a little creased, with trifling loss to silverfish to one of them; a very good copy (the original etchings in fine condition) in a custom-made Solander box (half calf and cloth, now slightly marked). Number 5 of 133 copies (of which only 100 were for sale to the public) signed by Hugh McCrae. The five original etchings, individually numbered and signed in pencil by Norman Lindsay, are 'What the Deer Said'; 'Robin Hood'; 'Pantera'; 'The Yellow Lady'; and 'The Talking Breasts'.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127072
- Title
- Idyllia [verse by Hugh McCrae, illustrated by Norman Lindsay]
- Author
- [LINDSAY, Norman] McCRAE, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- N.L. Press
- Place of Publication
- [Sydney
- Date Published
- 1922
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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