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Elioth Gruner. Twenty-four reproductions in colour
from original oil paintings (deluxe edition)
GRUNER, Elioth
# 2494
Foreword by Norman Lindsay. Sydney : The Shepherd Press, n.d. [ ].
Quarto, full crushed morocco with gilt design, gilt dentelles, original
glassine wrapper, original black slipcase (edges rubbed), slight foxing to
endpapers and edges, twenty-four fine colour reproductions with titled
tissue guards, 13 page essay by Norman Lindsay. The deluxe edition
of 200 copies, printed on high quality rag paper, in a leather binding,
with an additional suite of eight reproductions of drypoints from the
John Young collection not present in the standard edition. A standard
edition on plain paper of 2000 copies was also published.
$ 800
The recent work
of Elioth Gruner.
Gruner, Elioth
# 173
Art in Australia De Luxe Edition March 1929. Quarto, half-cloth
decorated boards with title label, 38 plates, many in colour tipped-in.
Limited to 40 copies, of which 30 are offered for sale, containing a
special colour reproduction which is an engraver’s proof tipped in,
titled ‘Man and Mountain’, which is signed by the artist. The plates were
engraved for this edition only and have been destroyed. A rare deluxe
edition produced in small numbers.
$ 550