The Life and Work of Sydney Long (First Deluxe Edition)

Features the life's work of one of Australia's most treasured landscape and impressionist artists. Sydney Long is famous for developing his own brand of Symbolism and applying it to works focusing on Australian landscapes. Limited deluxe edition, signed and numbered to title page 184 of 275.

First Edition. Sydney: Copperfield Publishing, 1979. Tall, thick 4to. Original full red-brown publisher's morocco. 284, [ii]pp. Numerous plates throughout.

Limited deluxe edition, signed and numbered to title page 184 of 275. Bound in publisher's full red-brown crushed morocco. Titling to cover and spine in gilt. Spine has four raised bands, margined in gilt. Publisher's stamp in gilt to bottom compartment. Blue endpapers. Features many tipped-in plates of Long's work, with some folding, including a large, full double page plate to the rear. Near fine. Bindings in near-perfect condition, with a couple of very minor markings to the spine and some rubbing at the corners. Contents like, a few small spots to foredge. Otherwise, near mint. Plates remain glossy, colourful, and stunning.

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