Norman Lindsay
1924-2000s. Collection of 41 items relating to Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay family, consisting of 30 books, two magazines and nine items of ephemera, some books signed in ink by Lin Bloomfield, David Adams, members of the Lindsay family, or Norman Lindsay himself. Slight stains, foxing and soiling overall, discolouration to edges of some interior pages. This collection was assembled by Australian illustrator, cartoonist and puppeteer Norman Hetherington (1921-2010), who is best remembered as the creator of Mr Squiggle, one of Australia’s longest-running children’s shows. The collection includes the following titles: The World of Norman Lindsay (1979/1995); Norman Lindsay’s Book, No. 1 and No. 2 (1912-1915); Norman Lindsay: Eighteen important watercolour paintings reproduced in their original colours (1939); Norman Lindsay’s Pen Drawings (1924 & 1931); Paintings in Oil (1945); War Cartoons (1983); Artful Cats (2001); Micomicana (1979); Tales from the Heptameron of Marguerite of Navarre: Twenty-eight pen drawings (1976); Lysistrata by Aristophanes (1925); and Norman Lindsay’s Watercolours (1969); Cats (1975); Bears (1978). Nine of the books are Odana Editions publications (deluxe and standard). Also in the collection are several exhibition catalogues; two hand-written letters, one from The Bulletin editor, David Adams; and a photostat pamphlet entitled Norman Lindsay Does Not Care (1928/later printing). A detailed list is available on request.
Item #CL194-166
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