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Two Letters of Norman Lindsay – Richard Pennigton Private Press – Signed Number 5 of a Limitation of 75 Copies
Short Description
Extended title … Two Letters from Norman Lindsay to Francis and Betty Crossle here printed for Members of the Christopher Brennan Society.
Privately printed signed and numbered by Richard Pennington, limited to only 75 copies this number 5.
The letters, in the possession of Richard Pennington printed for the first time - he received the permission of Janet Glad, Norman Lindsay's daughter.
Octavo, 24 pages, limitations page, bound in decorative string bound wrappers. Printed in Stephenson Blake’s Perpetua type on Barcham Green hand-made “Tovil’ paper by Richard Pennington at Presse de l’Abricotier Abatuu Blanzac France in September 1980.
Richard Pennington was born at Rugby, England but spent a large part of his adult working life in Australia. He was Librarian at the University of Queensland for eighteen years from 1946. He retired to France where he purchased a hand printing set-up and operated first in Normandy then later in Blanzac. Ten years before this work he was involved in the printing of a special memoir on the Australian poet Christopher Brennan. Lindsay did a portrait sketch of Brennan for the memoir .. so you can begin to understand the connection.
Pennington provides a lovely six page introduction. Pennington knew the recipients, who had introduced him to Brennan's poetry. He describes the recipients interest in the arts and their rather metaphysical view of life and the world ... something they had in common with Lindsay. Good content regarding their conversations about Lindsay and how Pennington came to receive the letters from Betty.
The letters are most interesting a particularly that to Francis which runs to over 1,200 words. Lindsay clearly respects Francis as a Doctor and close friend .. as a consequence the content is extremely personal .. allowing one to understand this genius of man better. Lindsay struggles with over-reaching in his work and finds that whenever he tries to control this "problem" he usually turns to some other form of "work'. In the evenings he listens to classical music but that does not help as it stimulates his mind into thinking of many new elements of work yet to be done. Many rather complex metaphysical views are shared which seem to stem from deeper anxieties. He references Newman's book .. the best revelation of the critical mind that I have come across, but read it with considerable disgust also. Critic Newman's book on criticism was published in 1925 .. so dates the letter better than Pennington's suggestion of the year before [Pennington references the wrong book].
The letter to Betty is less wordy ... just over 500 words ... but perhaps more intimate. Lindsay obviously does not like Rousseau .. one of the most evil minds that ever appeared on earth in the disguise of a Good man. Lindsay adores Beethoven, Turner and Byron. He is close to finishing his novel Madame Life's Lovers ... which he will send shortly.
Special Very Limited Private Press Lindsay Item – with an interesting series of connections