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McRAE, Hugh [and Norman LINDSAY], IDYLLIA
Sydney, 1922, signed by the poet and numbered 7 of 133 copies
Hugh McRae, Idyllia (NL Press, Sydney [1922])
Folio, original cream quarter calf paper boards decorated to the front in red and gold, top edge cut, deckle fore and tail edges
Signed by McRae and numbered 7 of 133 copies (of which 100 were for public sale)
Retaining the five tipped-in original etchings by Norman Lindsay ('What the Deer Said', 'Robin Hood', 'Pantera', 'The Yellow Lady', and 'The Talking Breasts'), each numbered and signed by Lindsay in pencil in the lower margin, with titled tissue guards, the pictorial title page and decorated initials to each poem also by Lindsay
Sold for $10,000
Lot 74
Sydney, 1922, signed by the poet and numbered 7 of 133 copies
Hugh McRae, Idyllia (NL Press, Sydney [1922])
Folio, original cream quarter calf paper boards decorated to the front in red and gold, top edge cut, deckle fore and tail edges
Signed by McRae and numbered 7 of 133 copies (of which 100 were for public sale)
Retaining the five tipped-in original etchings by Norman Lindsay ('What the Deer Said', 'Robin Hood', 'Pantera', 'The Yellow Lady', and 'The Talking Breasts'), each numbered and signed by Lindsay in pencil in the lower margin, with titled tissue guards, the pictorial title page and decorated initials to each poem also by Lindsay
Estimate $10,000 - $12,000
Berkelouw Books, from whom purchased by the vendor's father, circa 2000
Decorative Arts
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8785
6:00pm - 7 July 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 4 - Sun 6 July, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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