FANFROLICO PRESS. LINDSAY, Jack. HERONDAS. ~ The Mimiambs of Herondas.
London
for subscribers to The Fanfrolico Press
1929
Foreword by Brian Penton. Translated by Jack Lindsay. One of 375 copies. Large title page vignette, 6 full-page and 12 half-page illustrations & decorations by Alan Odle. Printed in Cloister type on Van Gelder Antique handmade paper. Pp. 72. 4to., original cloth backed decorated Japanese paper covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. Corners with a little wear, a little darkening to page edges, otherwise well preserved.
The first book hand-printed by Jack Lindsay after he moved to Hampstead: “the splendid Miniambs of Herondas, with powerful surreal designs by Alan Odle [was] in marked contrast to the predominant Norman Lindsay style of the Press’s earlier work” (Cave p.294)
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