Age Of Consent By Norman Lindsay Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, New York, 1938 The very rare 1938 First Edition First Printing
With the Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1938 First Edition First Printing Dustjacket
The dustjacket is identical to the Farrar & Rhinehart dustjacket bar the name of the Publisher to the spine.
There are 28 drawings by Norman Lindsay - a humorous and frisky autobiographical novel initially banned (for sexual explicitness) in Australia. An excerpt from the Publisher's synopsis - "Bradly Mudgett was a terribly shy painter - a refugee from the world. To him, a rented shanty by a deserted beach on the South Coast of New South Wales was a perfect place to live. But all of a sudden he found himself surrounded by (of all things) people. First there was Cora, brown as bush honey and ripening like a peach in the sun. On the edge of maturity, she seemed as shy as Bradly himself (though - thank the stars - not as modest), and she turned out to be just what he needed - to paint, of course...". From a letter (not part of this item) to Norman Lindsay's sister, Mary, Norman sheds some light on the central character: "Perce [older brother of Norman] had a lot of intimate stuff about people which to me was just vague legend. His memory was at fault once for he insisted...the water colour painter who for a time was guest to Mrs Edmunds of the bank, had a red beard, whereas he had a big black beard. His whole appearance and personality was so stamped on my mental retina that I used him as the central figure in a little novel called Age of Consent, just now being re-printed here...". In hardcover in faun cloth with titles and lines in dark blue to the front cover and to the spine, in 302 pages, with the dustjacket. The Dustjacket: It is enclosed in an easily removable Brodart style protective plastic sleeve, with some reflection. There is no foxing. There is no shelfwear. There are no chips, creases, or tears. There is no sunning. The Book: There is none of the usual light offsetting to the pastedowns and blank endpaper. There is no shelfwear apart from a discoloured bump to the centre of the bottom edge of the rear board. There are no previous owners' names or inscriptions. All pages are bright and fresh. There is no foxing at all. There is no sunning. There are no missing, loose, creased, damaged, or stained pages. The spine and binding are solid. It is complete and original.
Measures 13.5cm x 19.5cm. A great controversial Norman Lindsay illustrated novel in the first edition, with the dustjacket.EXPRESS SHIPPING AND HANDLING is Free Worldwide
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