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Collecting Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay was Norman Lindsay's son. Born 1900, died 1990. He started Fanfrolico Press in London, translated many works, and wrote a large number of books. I collect his books, especially the Fanfrolico Press books, although they can be very hard to find and very expensive to acquire. As with Norman Lindsay, I have found it hard to find good lists of the books that Jack Lindsay wrote. So I am going to attempt to compile my own lists for my own purposes. If they help anyone else, that will be a bonus. This is the first rough cut. Much of the material comes from the little booklet on Jack Lindsay printed by the Chiron Press, 1982. Lists Fanfrolico Press Bibliography Fanfrolico Press These notes and the list taken from the small booklet "Jack Lindsay", published by Chiron Press, 1982. Fanfrolico Press was a small publishing company set up in London by Jack Lindsay. It got its name from a book by Norman Lindsay. The press used special papers and exceptional bindings. It printed: translations of the classics which rediscover vividly those ancient storehouses of vitality that academicism has drained dry (Petronius, Aristophanes, Sappho, Theocritus, Catullus, Homer, mostly translated by Jack Lindsay) reprints of works which need and deserve revitalisation by unusual presentation or good editing (Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Cyril Tourneur, John Eliot's Parlement of Prattlers, Sir John Harington's Metamorphosis of Ajax) critical works that seek to define Nietzsche's Transvaluation of all existing values (William Blake and Dionysos by Jack Lindsay, Antichrist by Nietzsche) original poetry of a vital nature (works by Jack Lindsay, Philip Owens, Hugh McCrae, Kenneth Slessor) Year Title Author Notes Copies Mine 1925 Lysistrata Aristophanes Translated by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Norman Lindsay, Sydney edition 136 numbered and signed copies 1926 The Passionate Neatherd Jack Lindsay Verse 75 numbered copies 1926 Lysistrata Aristophanes Translated by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Norman Lindsay, London edition 425 copies for England, 300 overseas copies 1927 Earth Visitors Kenneth Slessor Modified reprint of an earlier Australian edition 425 numbered copies 1927 Marino Faliero Jack Lindsay Drama, a verse-play. 450 copies 1927 Robert Eyres Landor, Selections Robert Eyres Landor Edited by Eric H. Partridge. Later issued in two volumes. 155 copies 1927 The Complete Works Gaius Petronius Translated by Jack Lindsay 650 numbered and signed copies 1927 William Blake: Creative Will and the Poetic Image Jack Lindsay Decorated by Norman Lindsay 500 copies 1927 Propertius In Love Translated by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Norman Lindsay 60 signed copies 1927 Metamorphosis of Ajax John Harrington Edited by Jack Lindsay with Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) 25 signed copies in vellum, 425 other copies 1927 Delighted Earth Robin (Robert) Herrick Foreword by Peter Meadows (Jack Lindsay) 25 signed copies on Japan vellum, 550 other copies 1927 Loving Mad Tom: Bedlamite Verse of the XVI and XVII Centuries Various Edited by Jack Lindsay, foreword by Robert Graves, musical transcriptions by Peter Warlock, illustrations by Norman Lindsay 375 copies 1928 Helen Comes Of Age: Three Original Plays In Verse Jack Lindsay Dustjacket with a vignette by Norman Lindsay 500 signed copies 344 1928 Parlement of Prattlers John Eliot Edited by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Hal Collins 75 artist-signed copies on hand-made paper, 625 other copies 1928 Homage To Sappho Sappho Translated by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Norman Lindsay 70 signed copies 1928 Satyrs and Sunlight: The Collected Poetry of Hugh McCrae Hugh McCrae Edited by Jack Lindsay, illustrated by Norman Lindsay 550 copies 1928 Inspiration Various "An anthology of utterances by Creative Minds defining the creative act and its lyrical basis in life". Edited by Jack Lindsay, illustrated, and with a few decorations, by Norman Lindsay 725 copies 29 1928 Hyperborea, Two Fantastic Time Travel Essays Written and Decorated by Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay Decorated by Norman Lindsay 725 numbered copies 1928 The London Aphrodite, A Miscellany of Poems, Stories and Essays, by Various Hands, Eminent and Rebellious Various Illustrated by Norman Lindsay and others. Issued in wrappers as 6 parts, the six numbers bound in blue buckram as one volume. 3,500 of the parts printed, 1,500 bound copies Y 1928 Fanfrolicana Various Edited by Jack Lindsay. A bibliography with specimen pages and illustrations from Fanfrolico Books. 500 numbered copies 1928 The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes Introductory memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse. 75 copies on hand-made paper, one volume in full goatskin, 725 copies on Dutch mould-made paper 1928 Dionysos; or Nietzsche Contra Nietzsche: An Essay in Lyrical Philosophy by Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay Sundry illustrations, including some by Norman Lindsay. 500 signed copies 1928 The Antichrist of Nietzsche Nietzsche Translated with an introduction by P.R. Stephenson. Illustrations by Norman Lindsay, including The Crucified Venus. 25 copies on Japanese vellum, signed by artist, 550 numbered copies on Arnold's hand-made paper 98 1928 The Tunning of Eleanor Rumming John Skelton Illustrated by Pearl Binder. Bound in burlap. 550 copies 1929 Homer's Hymns To Aphrodite Homer Translated by Jack Lindsay. Illustrated. 500 numbered copies 326 1929 Manfred: A Tragedy by Lord Byron Lord Byron Illustrated by Frederick Carter, A.R.E. 30 copies on Japanese vellum, bound in vellum, artist-signed, and 550 numbered copies 1929 The Passionate Neatherd: A Lyrical Sequence by Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay Re-issue of the earlier Fanfrolico Press book. Two decorations by Norman Lindsay. 50 numbered signed copies on Japanese vellum, 2000 trade copies 1929 Madam Life's Lovers, A Human narrative Embodying a Philosophy of the Artist in Dialogue Form Norman Lindsay Re-issue of the earlier Fanfrolico Press book. Two decorations by Norman Lindsay. not known Y 1929 William Blake: Creative Will and the Poetic Image Jack Lindsay Re-issue of the earlier Fanfrolico Press book without the Norman Lindsay decoration. Revised with an extra chapter and notes. Taller than the original. not known 1929 Hereward, a Verse play by Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay Music by John Gough. not known Y 1929 Women in Parliament Aristophanes Translated by Jack Lindsay. Foreword by Edgell Rickword. Illustrations by Norman Lindsay. American pirate editions abound. 500 copies 1929 The Complete Poems of Theocritus Theocritus Illustrated by Lionel Ellis. American pirate editions abound. 30 artist and translator signed copies, 500 numbered copies 20 1929 The Complete Works of Cyril Tourneur Cyril Tourneur Decorated by Frederick Carter, A.R.E. 750 numbered copies 1930 Mimiambs of Herondas Herondas Translated by Jack Lindsay. Foreword by Brian Penton. Illustrated by Alan Odle. First book actually printed by the Fanfrolico Press. 375 copies 188 1930 The Complete Poetry of Gaius Catullus Gaius Catullus Translated by Jack Lindsay. With a 60,000 word essay by Jack Lindsay. 325 JL-signed copies 1930 Festival Preludes, A Book of Poems by Gordon Bottomley Gordon Bottomley 110 copies 1930 Morgan in Jamaica Philip Lindsay Two drawings by Jack Lindsay. 450 author-signed copies 1930 Fleas in Amber, a Miscellany Various Jack Lindsay was contributor and editor. 250 copies 1930 A Defense of Women for Their Inconstancy and Their Painting Jack Donne Illustrated by Norman Lindsay. 370 copies 1930 Guenevere, Two Poems by William Morris from the Defence of Guenevere 1858 William Morris Illustrated with drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Foreword by Gordon Bottomley. 450 copies 1930 Patchwork Quilt: Poems by Decimus Ausonius Decimus Ausonius Translated by Jack Lindsay. 400 copies 1930 Letters of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield Philip Stanhope Preface entitled "A Defense of Barbara Villiers" by Elza de Locra. Decorations by Jeanne Bellon. 480 copies 1930 Older Than Earth, Record of a Lyrical Experience, by Elza de Locre (Craig) Elza de Locre Jack Lindsay edited the book, and was inspiration for it. 175 copies 1930 A Retrospect of the Fanfrolico Press Jack Lindsay "With a List of Fanfrolico Press Books of which the Limited Editions are offered at substantial reductions." Printed by the Remainder Department, Simpkin Marshall Limited. 1930 Sulpicia's Garland: Roman Poems Various Translated by Jack Lindsay. Lindsay sold some of his translations to Eric H. Partridge who evidently sold them to the United States; there is no English publication of this very scarce edition. 1930 Poetical Sketches of William Blake William Blake Introduction by Jack Lindsay. Edited by Eric H. Partridge. Book might be apocryphal. Bibliography This is a start. I'll keep adding till I get to about 1980, and then there's another 10 years worth of books that I know nothing about. More research to come. I never knew he was so prolific until I start listing the books out. It's going to take forever to get just the interesting books. Year Title Author Notes 1928 Helen Comes Of Age Jack Lindsay Three plays by Jack Lindsay. Fanfrolico Press. Y 1929 Homer's Hymns to Aphrodite Homer Translated by Jack Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press. Y 1931 The Golden Ass Apuleius Translated by Jack Lindsay. 1931 Cressida's First Lover: A Tale of Ancient Greece Jack Lindsay 1934 Rome For Sale Jack Lindsay 1934 Caesar Is Dead Jack Lindsay 1934 I Am A Roman Jack Lindsay 1934 Medieval Latin Poets Various Translated by Jack Lindsay 1935 Last Days With Cleopatra Jack Lindsay 1935 Despoiling Venus Jack Lindsay 1935 The Romans Jack Lindsay 1935 Runaway Jack Lindsay Book for young people 1935 Storm At Sea Jack Lindsay 1936 Come Home At Last, and other stories Jack Lindsay 1936 Adam Of A New World Jack Lindsay 1936 Who Are The English? Jack Lindsay Verse declamation 1936 Mark Antony: His World and His Contemporaries Jack Lindsay 1936 Rebels of the Gold Fields Jack Lindsay Book for young people 1937 Shadow And Flame Jack Lindsay Writing as Richard Preston 1937 The Wanderings of Wenamen: 1115-1114 BC Jack Lindsay 1937 Anatomy of Spirit: An Enquiry into the Origins of Religious Emotions Jack Lindsay 1937 End of Cornwall Jack Lindsay Writing as Richard Preston 1937 Sue Verney Jack Lindsay 1937 John Bunyan: Maker of Myths Jack Lindsay Y 1938 1649: A Novel of a Year Jack Lindsay 1938 To Arms: A Story of Ancient Gaul Jack Lindsay Novel for young people 1938 The Oxford Book of Greek Verse In Translation Various JL contributed translations 1939 Brief Light: A Novel of Catulus Jack Lindsay 1939 England My England Jack Lindsay 1939 Lost Birthright Jack Lindsay 1939 A Short History of Culture Jack Lindsay 1939 Handbook of Freedom: A Record of English Democracy Through Twelve Centuries Various Editor with Edgell Rickword 1940 Guiliano The Magnificent Various Editor, adapted from a work by D. Johnson 1940 Hannibal Takes A Hand Jack Lindsay 1941 Light In Italy Jack Lindsay 1941 The Stormy Violence Jack Lindsay 1942 The Dons Sight Devon: A Story of the Defeat of the Invincible Armada Jack Lindsay Novel for young people 1942 Into Action: The Battle of Dieppe Jack Lindsay 1942 We Shall Return: A Novel of Dunkirk and the French Campaign Jack Lindsay 1943 Beyond Terror: A Novel of the Battle of Crete Jack Lindsay 1944 Perspective For Poetry Jack Lindsay 1944 Second Front: Poems Jack Lindsay 1944 The Whole Armour of God Jack Lindsay A drama 1944 Robin of England Jack Lindsay A drama 1945 The Barriers Are Down: A Tale of the Collapse of a Civilisation Jack Lindsay 1945 British Achievement in Art and Music Jack Lindsay 1945 Hullo Stranger Jack Lindsay 1945 New Lyrical Ballads Various Editor, with others 1946 Time To Live Jack Lindsay 1946 Face of Coal Jack Lindsay and B. Coombes 1947 The Subtle Knot Jack Lindsay 1947 Anvil: Life and the Arts: A Miscellany Various Editor 1947-1948 New Development Series Various Editor 1948 Herrick: A Selection Various Editor 1948 William Morris: A Selection Various Editor 1948 Men of Forty-Eight Jack Lindsay 1948 Mulk Raj Anand: A Critical Essay Jack Lindsay 1948 Daphnis and Chloe Longus Translator 1948 Song of a Falling World: Culture During the Break-up of the Roman Empire (AD 350-600) Various Translator and editor 1948 Catullus Catullus Translator. New translation and essay. 1949-1951 Arena Various Editor with J. Davenport and Randall Swingler. Magazine of 8 issues. 1949 Clue of Darkness Jack Lindsay Verse 1949 Marxism and Contemporary Science; or, The Fulness of Life Jack Lindsay 1950 Charles Dickens: A Biographical and Critical Study Jack Lindsay 1950 Fires in Smithfield: A Novel of Mary Tudor's Days Jack Lindsay 1950 Key Poets Various Editor with Randall Swingler 1950 Barefoot Z. Stancu Translator 1950 Peace is Our Answer Various Editor and contributor. Illustrated with linocuts by Noel Counihan = Jack Lindsay. 1951 Three Letters to Nikolai Tikhonov Jack Lindsay Verse 1950 A World Ahead: Journal of a Soviet Journey Jack Lindsay 1951 The Passionate Pastoral Jack Lindsay Dust jacket art by Jack Lindsay 1951 Song of Peace V. Nezval translator, with S. Jolly 1952 Byzantium Into Europe: The Story of Byzantium as the First Europe Jack Lindsay Y 1952 Paintings and Drawings of Leslie Hurry Various Introduction and poem 1953 Betrayed Spring: A Novel of the British Way Jack Lindsay 1953 Rising Tide Jack Lindsay 1953 Rumanian Summer Jack Lindsay and M. Cornforth 1954 The Lotus and the Elephant Jack Lindsay and M. Cornforth Reissue of Men of Forty-Eight 1954 Nothing Is Lost - Ann Lindsay 1914 - 1954 Various Contributor 1954 Civil War in England: The Cromwellian Revolution Jack Lindsay Y 1955 The Moment of Choice: A Novel of the British Way Jack Lindsay 1956 After the Thirties: The Novel in Britain and Its Future Jack Lindsay 1956 George Meredith: His Life and Work Jack Lindsay Y 1956 The Romans Were Here: The Roman Period in Britain and Its Place in Our History Jack Lindsay A history of Britain's development from Caesar's invasion in 55 BC to the fall of Roman Britain by 450 AD. Y 1956 Three Elegies Jack Lindsay 1957 Russian Poetry 1917-1955 Various Translated by Jack Lindsay 1957 The Great Oak: A Story of 1549 Jack Lindsay 1957 A Local Habitation: A Novel of the British Way Jack Lindsay 1957 Poems of Adam Miekiewicz Adam Miekiewicz Translated by Jack Lindsay. 1958 Life Rarely Tells: An Australian Boyhood Jack Lindsay Book one of Jack Lindsay's autobiography. Y 1958 Arthur and His Times: Britain in the Dark Ages Jack Lindsay Y 1958 The Discovery of Britain: A Guide to Archaelogy Jack Lindsay 1959 1764: The Hurly-Burly of Daily Life Exemplified in One Year of the 18th Century Jack Lindsay 1960 The Revolt of the Sons Jack Lindsay 1960 The Roaring Twenties: Literary Life in Sydney Jack Lindsay Book two of Jack Lindsay's autobiography. N 1960 Petronius, new translation with essay Petronius Translated by Jack Lindsay 1960 The Writing on the Wall: An Account of the Last Days of Pompeii Jack Lindsay Y 1960 The Loves of Asklepiades Asklepiades Translated by Jack Lindsay Y 1960 Modern Russian Poetry Various Translated by Jack Lindsay 1961 All On The Never Never: A Novel of the British Way of Life Jack Lindsay 1961 William Morris: Writer Jack Lindsay 1961 The Death of the Hero: French Painting from David to Delacroix Jack Lindsay 1961 Ribaldry of Ancient Rome Various Translated by Jack Lindsay 1961 Ribaldry of Ancient Greece Various Translated by Jack Lindsay 1962 Fanfrolico And After Jack Lindsay Book three of Jack Lindsay's autobiography. Y 1962 Our Celtic Heritage Jack Lindsay 1962 A Short History of Culture Jack Lindsay A lively explanation of the development of culture from the Stone Age to the 16th century. Y 1962 The Way The Ball Bounces Jack Lindsay 1962 Cause, Principle, and Unity: 5 Dialogues by Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno Translated by Jack Lindsay 1963 Daily Life in Roman Egypt Jack Lindsay 1963 Masks and Faces Jack Lindsay 1964 Choice of Times Jack Lindsay 1964 Nine Days' Hero: Wat Tyler Jack Lindsay 1965 Leisure and Pleasure in Roman Egypt Jack Lindsay 1965 Our Anglo-Saxon Heritage Jack Lindsay 1965 The Clashing Rocks: A Study of Early Greek Religion and Culture and the Origins of Drama Jack Lindsay Y 1965 Thunder Underground: A Novel of Nero's Rome Jack Lindsay Y 1966 J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work: A Critical Biography Jack Lindsay A biography of Turner, with artistic criticism of his paintings. Y 1966 The Sunset Ship: Poems of J.M.W. Turner Jack Lindsay 1966 The Elegy of Haido Teferos Anthias Translated by Jack Lindsay 1967 Our Roman Heritage Jack Lindsay 1967 Iphigeneia In Aulis Euripides Adapted by Jack Lindsay from the play by Euripides 1967 Hecuba Euripides Adapted by Jack Lindsay from the play by Euripides 1967 Electra Euripides Adapted by Jack Lindsay from the play by Euripides 1967 Orestes Euripides Adapted by Jack Lindsay from the play by Euripides 1967 Nathan The Wise Lessing Adapted by Jack Lindsay from the play by Lessing 1968 The Age of Akhnaten Eleonore Bille-de-Mot Translated by Jack Lindsay 1968 Greece, I Keep My Vigil For You Teferos Anthias Translated by Jack Lindsay 1968 The Ancient World: Manners and Morals Jack Lindsay 1968 Meetings With Poets: Memories of Dylan Thomas, Edith Sitwell, Louis Aragorn, Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara Jack Lindsay 1968 Men And Gods on the Roman Nile Jack Lindsay 1969 Cezanne: His Life and Art Jack Lindsay Y 1970 The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt Jack Lindsay 1970 The Autobiography of Joseph Priestly Joseph Priestly Edited by Jack Lindsay, with a 59 page introduction and notes by Jack Lindsay 1970 Cleopatra: A Biography Jack Lindsay A biography of Cleopatra Y 1971 The Origins of Astrology Jack Lindsay 1972 Courbet: His LIfe and Work Jack Lindsay 1974 The Normans and Their World Jack Lindsay A history of the Normans, the Norman invasion of England, and the origins of Europe. Y 1974 Helen of Troy: Woman and Goddess Jack Lindsay 1974 Blast Power and Ballistics: Concepts of Force and Energy in the Ancient World Jack Lindsay 1974 Death of a Spartan King Jack Lindsay Three stories 1974 Faces And Places Jack Lindsay Poems 1975 William Morris: His Life and Art Jack Lindsay 1976 The Troubadors and Their World Jack Lindsay 1976 Decay and Renewal: Critical Essays on Twentieth Century Writing Jack Lindsay 1977 Hogarth, His Art and His World Jack Lindsay A biography of William Hogarth. Y 1977 People of the Abyss Jack London Introduction by Jack Lindsay, to the Journeyman Press 1977 edition Y 1978 The Monster City: Defoe's London Jack Lindsay 1978 William Blake: His Life and Work Jack Lindsay 1981 The Crisis in Marxism Jack Lindsay 1981 Thomas Gainsborough: His Life and Art Jack Lindsay 1981 Collected Poems Jack Lindsay Chiron Press, illustrated by Helen Lindsay (the author's daughter). Limited to 26 copies lettered and signed by the author and illustrator with a page of manuscript and one original illustration; and 375 copies numbered and signed by author and illustrator;; and 4 copies out of series. 1982 Life Rarely Tells Jack Lindsay Revised reissue of the three autobiographical books Life Rarely Tells, The Roaring Twenties, Fanfrolico And After. 1982 Trinity: Music, Poems and Drawings by Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay 1982 J.M.W. Turner: The Man and His Work Jack Lindsay 1982 Jack Lindsay Chiron Press A handlist of works by Jack Lindsay Y