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Lionel Lindsay (Aust., 1874–1961).

Discobolus And Other Verse [Book]

1959. Hardcover quarto, olive cloth boards with matching slipcase, gilt title to spine, annotated, signed (twice) and numbered “323” [of 350 copies] by Lindsay in ink on endpaper and prelim page, “Berkelouw Bookdealers Sydney” sticker on pastedown, 24.8 x 18.6cm. Slight marks to cloth boards and bowing to corners; scuffing, damaged head and tail of spine and bumping to slipcase.

Published by F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, printed by The Hawthorn Press, 68pp. Annotation reads “As many of the prints in this edition were too heavily inked I have printed and laid down ten on Japanese paper like those in the limited edition. They are the frontispiece and the woodcuts on pages 3, 9, 11, 16, 31, 37, 51, 61, 63. [signed] Lionel Lindsay.” Contains 10 hand-printed woodcuts, amounting to 21 prints in total alongside Lionel Lindsay’s poems, as well as an errata slip.

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Item #CL199-126

Price (AUD): $2,950.00  other currencies