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The Romance Of The Swag
by Lawson, Henry (text) & Lionel Lindsay (intro & woodcuts)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Australian Limited Editions Society, Melbourne 1939 - 1940. 25.0 x 17.0cms, 62pp, b/w illusts, very good handback with green boards and gil;t decorations. The publishers have printed second copies of Lindsay's 4 full-page woodcuts on Japanese vellum (and these could be detached and framed). The stories are: The Romance Of The Swag; Two Sundowners: Enter Mitchell & 'Rats'. Lindsay has designed a full page illustration for each story and a small woodcut to head each story and illustrate Lawson's definition of the Swaggie. No 25 of an edition of 350 copies with Lionel Lindsay's ink signature and Maie Casey's pencil signature .
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169726
- Title
- The Romance Of The Swag
- Author
- Lawson, Henry (text) & Lionel Lindsay (intro & woodcuts)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Australian Limited Editions Society, Melbourne 1939 - 1940
- Keywords
- myth bush swagmen sundowners legendry illustration
Terms of Sale
THE CROSS Art + Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
THE CROSS Art + Books
Biblio member since 2023
Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
About THE CROSS Art + Books
THE CROSS ART + BOOKS
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...