From Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
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Publishers full vellum,gilt-stamped phrase in Greek "Anathema te Saphoi" with a gilt-stamped pictorial medallion (reproducing the frontispiece), bevelled boards, all edges gilt. 4to (11 x 7 7/8 in.; 280 x 200 mm). Half-title, limitation page on verso, 64 pages; 15 engraved plates including the engraved frontispiece, all by Norman Lindsay, signed by the author, Jack Lindsay, on the colophon. . Number 32 of 70 SIGNED copies printed on Japanese vellum. "One of the finest Australian private press books, a beautiful production." Arnold, 19. Regarded to be the best, most expensive and most desirable of the publications issued by the Fanfrolico Press; arguably the scarcest of all Lindsay's printed artist's books. With slight expected bowing of vellum boards, else an exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy in plain paper wrapper. Size: Quarto. Seller Inventory # 004215
Bibliographic Details
Title: Hommage to Sappho (Anathema te Saphoi)
Publisher: Fanfrolico Press, London
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Vellum
Illustrator: Norman Lindsay
Condition: Fine
Edition: Limited.
Book Type: Private Press
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