Fanfrolico press (24 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fanfrolico Press 1929. Good plus/VG minus. Spine tips frayed, corners bumped, rubbing to joints; spine gilt a little dulled, cover gilt bright. Pages yellowed with foxing to edges, endpapers and occasionally to pages. Binding firm. Owner bookplate.

First edition. Quarto. pp [viii], 221. Buckram covers. Verse plays: ''Helen Comes of Age''; ''Ragnhild''; Bussy d'Amboise''.One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author.Some light spotting to endpapers. Spine very slightly faded. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.

Linen-backed boards. Tall 8vo, c.pp176, light spotting of prelims, spine faintly dulled, very good. Attractive book printed by the Curwen Press. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good condition. The prospectus for the book published in 1929, edited by Allardyce Nicoll & decorated by Frederick Carter. 4 pp prospectus, sml. 8vo, with 1 pp loosely inserted order form. Trove 45021693.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good overall. First UK edition. The first UK editions of this trio comprising the history of the Fanfrolico Press. "Life Rarely Tells." 8vo, 224pp, b&w photo plates in text. Orig. green boards, dj sltly chipped & darkened, very good- copy overall. "The Roaring Twenties." 8vo, 240pp, b&w photo plates in text. Orig. green boards, very good in like dj. "Fanfrolico and After." 8vo, 287pp, b&w photos in text. Orig. gray-green boards, slt. red spots on lower front board. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 243 of 400 copies handset in Bodoni and printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. Line-drawn decorated title and 10 illustrations. Peacock blue buckram with patchwork design stamped in blind on the boards, gilt spine titling, gilt top, edges uncut. Slight fading to spine. A very good copy indeed. 'It is not known who first produced a wine of the claret type, but Ausonius, a fourth-century teacher of grammar, sang of its charms and virtues during the Roman occupation of Gaul. The famous Chateau Ausone comes from what was believed to have been his vineyard.' (Chaplin p.68). …

: being a statement of the aims of the Fanfrolico Press both typographical and aesthetic with a complete bibliography and specimen passages and illustrations from the books. London : The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Octavo, original wrappers, with illustration by Norman Lindsay (faint crease to fore edge), the standard edition, 36 pp, illustrated, including title page drawing, three plates and tailpiece by Norman Lindsay. Arnold C6. A catalogue of publications of the Fanfrolico Press, which also contains a short publisher's manifesto. In mid-1928 the Press, the result of a creative partnership forged between Sydney publishers John Kirtley and Jack Lindsay (son of Norman Lindsay), was based in London with Jack Lindsay as proprietor working alongside P.R. Stephensen. By the time the Press closed in 1930, it had published forty-six books with a distinctive design aesthetic, including numerous titles illustrated by Norman Lindsay. An important catalogue relating to arguably the most significant of Australian fine publishing houses.…

No. 421 of 500 copies. Ellis, Lionel. No. 421 of 500 copies. Translated by Jack Lindsay with Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Introduction by Edward Hutton. 1 vols. 4to. Ridler 4. Ridler 4 Full green parchment with device of goatherd & goat gilt on upper cover. Spine and edges of covers faded Translated by Jack Lindsay with Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Introduction by Edward Hutton. 1 vols. 4to.…

Foreword by Brian Penton. Translated by Jack Lindsay. One of 375 copies. Large title page vignette, 6 full-page and 12 half-page illustrations & decorations by Alan Odle. Printed in Cloister type on Van Gelder Antique handmade paper. Pp. 72. 4to., original cloth backed decorated Japanese paper covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. Corners with a little wear, a little darkening to page edges, otherwise well preserved. The first book hand-printed by Jack Lindsay after he moved to Hampstead: "the splendid Miniambs of Herondas, with powerful surreal designs by Alan Odle [was] in marked contrast to the predominant Norman Lindsay style of the Press's earlier work" (Cave p.294).…

First edition. Translated with commentary and notes by Jack Lindsay, together with an essay on Clodia and a translation of Cicero's funeral oration for Caelius. Royal octavo. pp [252]. Decorated with 28 wood engravings by Lionel Ellis. Full brown morocco, top edge gilt. Number 256 [of 325 copies]. Some copies were signed by Jack Lindsay; this is one of the many that weren't.A bit of faint mottling to spine. Endpapers very slightly spotted. Near fine. …

First edition in book form, i.e. the six issues of the periodical in the publishers' binding, top edge gilt, and with new index, title-page and colophon. Royal octavo. pp [iv], 496, [vi] Index. Contributions by Jack Lindsay, Norman Douglas, Aldous Huxley, Sacheverell Sitwell, Karel Capek, Liam O'Flaherty, Edgell Rickword, T.F. Powys etc; illustrations by Norman Lindsay, Lionel Ellis, etc. Jack Lindsay writes a diatribe, "Waste of Time, or, T.S. Eliot of Boston, A Yawn". It was this venture into the little magazine market which hastened the demise of the press.A little spotting to endpapers and prelims. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine.…

Introduction by Edward Hutton. No. 451 of 500 copies. 20 woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. 4to., original full green vellum, gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped image after one of Ellis's cuts on the upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut. Some fading to the spine and marking to the edges of the vellum, otherwise very good. The wood engravings in the book are remarkably good and rich. Lionel Ellis (1903-1988) was a noted painter, wood engraver and teacher. He also illustrated the Fanfrolico Herrick and Catullus.…

First U.K. edition, preceded by the Sydney edition of the previous year. Folio. pp xiv, 51. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Top edge gilt. Half blue morocco with gilt decorated boards.Out of a total edition of 725 copies signed by Jack Lindsay and printed on handmade paper this is number 84 of 300 for sale overseas.Small ownership signature on front free endpaper. Endpapers spotted. Covers partially faded and slightly marked. Very good.…

First edition. Large quarto. pp viii, 151. 100 full-page black-and-white drawings by Norman Lindsay. Half red vellum, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt.One of 650 numbered copies signed by the translator. There were a further 100 copies for sale in Australia with a variant colophon.Front endpapers slightly spotted. Some fading and a bit of surface scratching to spine. Small bump to tail of spine. Signs of damp to rear cover. Very good.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copies; covers slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 6 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; No. 1 (August 1928)-no. 6 (July 1929). Editors: Jack Lindsay and P.R. Stephensen. Subjects; Little magazines. English literature ; Periodicals. English literature. English literature 20th century Periodicals. English literature 20th century. English literature History and criticism. London (England) ; Periodicals. England London. 1 Kg. …

Foreword by Edgell Rickword. No. 77 of 500 copies signed by the translator. 4 full page plates and 12 headpieces and a title page vignette by Norman Lindsay. Folio, original half blue morocco, blue paper covered boards with a gilt stamped design after Norman Linsday on the upper cover with a gilt border, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine slightly faded, a little fading to edges of paper boards, corners bumped, slight tear to the lower corner of the morocco, slightly shaken. Lindsay's gently erotic and witty illustrations compliment this finely printed edition of Ecclesiazusae.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Quarto, xx (last blank), 176, [1] (colophon) pages, printed on Barcham Green's handmade paper (watermarked Charles I), with vignette illustrations plus 35 full-page plates (collotypes and gravures from drawings and etchings), all by Norman Lindsay. Green leather (embossed with a shagreen pattern) lettered in gilt on the spine; gilt-blocked design of a satyr on the front cover; top edge gilt, others uncut; covers unevenly sunned (as usual) and a little stained; extremities bumped and rubbed; mild signs of age and handling; a good copy (internally excellent). Number 461 of only 550 copies. '"Satyrs and Sunlight" was [originally] privately printed in an edition of a hundred copies in 1909, and published in 1911 by Lothian in cheap format, without illustrations and with some additional poems. "Columbine" was issued in an edition of twenty-five copies by Art In Australia in 1920; and in cheap format, without the frontispiece etching, by Angus and Robertson. "Idyllia" was privately printed in an edition of a hundred copies in 1923. Other poems have appeared in various Australian periodicals. Under the title "Satyrs and Sunlight", the present volume may be regarded as the first collected edition - as it is the first English edition - of McCrae's work' (from the lengthy introduction).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1927. Quarto, [iv] (first blank), 110, [1] (colophon) pages with 4 full-page illustrations and a colophon vignette (all by Norman Lindsay) and 4 pages of musical notation. Quarter vellum and papered boards stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut; covers lightly soiled and slightly worn at the extremities; uncut edges a little tanned; light offsetting and marks to a few leaves; small burst to the final leaf of text (a paper flaw); a very good copy, internally excellent. Number 208 of only 375 copies; this copy is inscribed and signed by the author 'To Leslie Meller, from Norman Lindsay'. The papers of the South Australian author Leslie Kirkman Meller, held by the State Library of South Australia (PRG 152), contain important Lindsay material including a 310-page typescript, letters and sketches. Foreword by Robert Graves; edited by Jack Lindsay; musical transcriptions by Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine). Signed. …

Hardcover. Limited edition. Copy 2 of 725 copies. Signed by Jack Lindsay. Beautiful copy internally, with 3 large mildly erotic illustrations by Norman Lindsay, telling the story of the sexual strike called by the women of Greece, which brought their warring husbands to heel. One of the best of the Norman Lindsay illustrated books. Folio, 51pp, ills. Black & blue cloth covers, gilt illustration by Norman Lindsay on front cover, boards rubbed & scratched, some watermarks on lower boards which do not effect the text block, some bumps. Internally very good, boards marked.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. London, Fanfrolico Press, [1927 (first thus)]. Folio, viii, 151 pages plus 100 full-page plates. Half maroon Japanese vellum and marbled papered boards; vellum a little marked and rubbed, with a few tiny surface chips; spine lightly sunned; papered sides slightly rubbed; top edge gilt, others uncut; overall, an excellent copy (internally fine). Number 43 of the 'Special issue of 100 Copies for sale in Australia only', numbered and signed by Jack Lindsay. The edition also included 650 numbered and signed copies for subscribers. Provenance: Edward Angas Johnson (1873-1951), Adelaide medical practitioner prominent in public health circles, with his signature inkstamp on the front pastedown and title page. His grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas. Signed.…

1 vols. 4to. Zustand: Crimson cloth. Fine. Copy Number 321 of 500 copies, signed by Lindsay. 1 vols. 4to. Copy Number 321 of 500 copies, signed by Lindsay. Signed.

Number 254 of 750 copies. Number 254 of 750 copies. Edited by Allardyce Nicoll with decorations by Frederick Carter. [ix] 344 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt pictorial decoration, uncut. Spine and edges lightly darkened and soiled, else a Fine copy Edited by Allardyce Nicoll with decorations by Frederick Carter. [ix] 344 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…

Unnumberred copy of 500. Ellis, Lionel. Unnumberred copy of 500. Translated by Jack Lindsay with Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Introduction by Edward Hutton. 163. Printed at the Westminster Press. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed on flyleaf from Edward Hutton (who wrote the introduction) to Reggie Turner, "For Reggie/ with love/ from his old friend. E.H/ Nov. 1929." Ridler 4 Full green parchment with device of goatherd & goat gilt on upper cover. Spine and edges of covers faded, as usual, else fine Translated by Jack Lindsay with Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Introduction by Edward Hutton. 163. Printed at the Westminster Press. 1 vols. 4to. Signed.…

No. 29 of 550 copies. No. 29 of 550 copies. Decorated in colour by M. Leone. [161] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Pale green flexible boards, gilt design on upper board, a.e.g. Spine and edges faded, else Fine Decorated in colour by M. Leone. [161] pp. 1 vols. 4to.