Orpheus : the song of forever (deluxe edition with original signed lithograph)

Sydney: The Craftsman’s Press, 1983. Quarto, decorated cloth in slipcase, 128pp., illustrated with numerous tipped-in plates by Charles Blackman, fine. Limited to 250 copies signed by author and artist with an original signed lithograph loosely inserted. One of the finest Blackman illustrated publications, a loosely enclosed review by Barrett Reid reads: ‘It is the “Orpheus” which has attracted my particular admiration. It is a stunning book in all ways: Blackman’s art, Amadio’s beautiful adult fairy tales, the design, binding and printing’.