Idyllia, Signed (3 results)

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards with the spine strip now detached. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Decorative boards with black titles to the upper board; Measures 8½" x 5½" (0.5 kg); pp 63; An uncommon book, with a signed dedication from the author with a further loose leaf bearing a signed ms verse, entitled The Way to Peace which may be unique. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #178135 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gross, Anthony (illustrator). 2 Volumes, quarter brown leather and cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, in clean, bright condition, slightly sunned on the spines, housed in the matching slipcase, number III from an edition of 135 complete with an additional set of the 8 etchings, all signed by Gross, in a custom built folder, matching leather spine and marbled boards. Bearing the library bookplate of Sebastian and Penelope Carter Size: Small Folio. Signed By The Artist.

[Sydney] : N.L. Press, [1922]. Large quarto (418 x 355 mm), bound in white calf over white papered boards with Norman Lindsay decoration in gold and red (edges, boards and spine marked and scuffed), 35 pp, with Lindsay decorations in black highlighted with gilt, further illustrated with five large original Norman Lindsay etchings with titled tissue guards tipped-in, some creases and spots of foxing to the guards, each etching signed and numbered by the artist; the original etchings are 'What the Deer Said', 'Robin Hood', 'Pantera', 'The Yellow Lady' and 'The Talking Breasts'. Limited to 133 copies of which 100 were for sale to the public, signed by Hugh McCrae (this copy is number 62);a magnificent publication. Containing five original etchings by Norman Lindsay, and the book designed by Norman Lindsay himself, Idyllia is a particularly fine example of small press publishing. 'One of the most dignified editions de luxe ever published in Australia.' (Bloomfield, p. 59).