Norman Lindsay & Family

  • Redheap

    # 47496

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Redheap

    London : Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered red cloth, in the rare illustrated dust jacket by L. Lapthorn (not price-clipped, chips with loss to head and foot of spine, tears with old tape repairs verso ); pp. 318; related newspaper clippings loosely enclosed; a good copy of the true first edition (not …

  • Our earth

    # 46466

    MACKENZIE, Kenneth (1913-1955); LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Our earth

    With an original etching and 13 illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1937. Quarto, quarter cloth over gilt-lettered textured boards (a few light marks, foxing to spine), 60 pp, tipped-in illustrations and vignettes by Lindsay, a few occasional spots of foxing, offsetting from newspaper article to one page, a very good copy. …

  • Norman Lindsay war cartoons, 1914-1918

    # 47416

    LINDSAY, Norman; FULLERTON, Peter

    Norman Lindsay war cartoons, 1914-1918

    /​ edited and with a commentary by Peter Fullerton. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1983. Large quarto, brown cloth boards with pictorial dustjacket, 251 pp, illustrated in black and white, 4 colour plates. A fine copy. Lindsay’s World War One cartoons, originally published in the Bulletin.

  • Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    # 46589

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    Sydney : published for the author by Art in Australia, 1920. First edition. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, spine lettered in gilt (a fine example); inscribed by the artist in pen on the front pastedown ‘Yours sincerely, Norman Lindsay’, small tape marks to endpapers, upper hinge slightly split, original signed etching by Norman Lindsay …

  • A curate in Bohemia

    # 36429

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    A curate in Bohemia

    With thirty-seven illustrations by the author. Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co., circa 1913. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (small loss to head of spine and upper panel, edges rubbed), pp. 192, occasional light scattered foxing, illustrated by Lindsay, a very good copy of a fragile and rare work. First edition, second issue, with the breasts covered on …

  • [NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene

    # 18404

    ELKINGTON, J. S. C.

    [NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene

    Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, n.d. [c. 1908]. Octavo, lettered cloth (a little marked), 139 pp. with numerous illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Very scarce and early Lindsayana. ‘The pictures (surely Norman set out to enjoy himself!) are comical beyond belief. …I think this must be one of the really rare Australiana …

  • Norman Lindsay water colour book

    # 46588

    LINDSAY, Norman

    Norman Lindsay water colour book

    Eighteen reproductions in colour from original watercolours with an appreciation of the medium by Norman Lindsay and a biographical survey of the artist’s life and work by Godfrey Blunden. Sydney : The Springwood Press, 1939. Quarto, embossed green cloth in dustjacket (small chip to head of spine, scattered foxing), warm gift inscription (in both pen …

  • [NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene (the author's copy)

    # 18980

    ELKINGTON, J. S. C.

    [NORMAN LINDSAY]. Health Reader with chapters on elementary school hygiene (the author’s copy)

    Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, n.d. [c. 1908]. Octavo, lettered cloth (a little marked), 139 pp. with numerous illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Very scarce and early Lindsayana. The author’s copy, with his Norman Lindsay designed bookplate to front pastedown.

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty. Arthur Streeton Number.

    # 47067

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty. Arthur Streeton Number.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1928. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a fine copy (some loss/splitting on spine and rust stains from staples). Highlighting the Streeton’s iconic Australian works, this edition includes essays by Lionel Lindsay and J.S. McDonald. …

  • The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay

    # 46660

    [LINDSAY]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin.

    The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay

    Sydney: Odana Editions,1998.  Large quarto, gilt lettered boards with pictorial inlay in colour illustrated wrappers, 480pp, signed by Lin Bloomfield on the title page (lightly foxed) and a large pen inscription on the front free endpaper from Merlin & Chris Costello and family, who were involved in the publication of the book. Light handling marks, …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    # 46711

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 92pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, edges rubbed and a crack to upper hinge, else good. Features essay by Gavin Long on the Heysen loan exhibition; essay on S. Woodward Smith and Kenneth MacQueen …

  • J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    # 46615

    HILDER, J. J. et al.

    J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    Watercolours from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. [20, illustrated. Works by J. J. Hilder, Sydney Long, Hans Heysen, Blamire Young and Norman Lindsay.

  • [MILITARY] We were the rats

    # 45883

    GLASSOP, Lawson (1913-1966)

    [MILITARY] We were the rats

    Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1944. First edition. Octavo, brown cloth over boards (canted), in the rare illustrated dust jacket by Frank Hodgkinson (defective, splits and tears repaired with old brown paper), 275 pp; foreword by Norman Lindsay; contents clean and sound. Author and journalist Lawson Glassop served in the Middle East between 1940-1943, during …

  • Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (deluxe edition)

    # 45826

    [LINDSAY]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin (ed.).

    Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (deluxe edition)

    Bungendore: Odana Editions, 2006. Quarto, full leather in leather slipcase, 308pp., Limited to 550 copies which only 500 are for sale. Signed by the author and curator Lin Bloomfield. Contains an original photograph of the Norman Lindsay painting ‘The Vanities’. As new, mint copy. The most substantial book produced on Lindsay’s oil paintings.

  • Norman Lindsay’s Ship Models (deluxe edition)

    # 45164

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Norman Lindsay’s Ship Models (deluxe edition)

    Preface and commentary by Norman Lindsay, foreword by Douglas Stewart, photographed by Quinton F. Davis. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. Quarto, gilt-decorated canvas and green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (spine slightly sunned, in matching slipcase (a little marked), 98pp illustrated with numerous photographs, a couple of spots to preliminaries, a very good copy. The …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    # 45062

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1923. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (minor loss and splitting on spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Includes Norman Lindsay’s reply to Orpen; ‘The Virgin Queen’ by C Maclaurin; and Fables by Clive Turnbull and …