Item #131276 The Kiss. John OLSEN.
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Kiss

The Kiss

Townsville, Lyre Bird Press and Melbourne, Zimmer Editions, 2009.

Large quarto, [40] pages (one being the title poem by Olsen) with 17 colour plates (one double page) plus an original etching.

Quarter morocco and linen by Paul Schubert; spine lettered in gilt; front cover lettered in brown in facsimile manuscript; faint offsetting of the manuscript title on the double-page plate; faint odour of camphor; a fine copy.

Number 21 of 30 copies editioned (twice) and signed by John Olsen, with an original ink drawing of a lyre bird facing the title page, an original etching bound in ('The Kiss', number 21 of 30 copies, signed and dated), and manuscript titles to the 17 colour plates. The book reproduces the manuscript of the poem 'The Kiss' and 17 erotic drawings from Olsen's sketchbooks.

Item #131276

Price (AUD): $2,500.00

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