Adventure in watercolour (deluxe edition)

A$750 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

An artist s story. With a letter from Professor J. V. Duhig, biographical summary by Vida Lahey also an explanation of technique by the artist himself. Sydney : The Legend Press, n.d. [c. 1947]. Quarto, gilt-illustrated jade morocco (spine lightly sunned), acetate jacket, top edge gilt, tipped-in colour plates, housed in original publisher s slipcase (a couple of small marks). The deluxe edition, limited to 145 copies signed by the artist, with an additional signed colour plate tipped-in. Scarce, especially in such fine condition, with the slipcase.

• Binding: Hardcover

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