Nellie Melba Singer Opera (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Book, "Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature" [1915]. Green hard cover with title & Melba's initials in gold on front. Title printed in gold on spine. In VG+ condition with slight foxing due to age. 176 p., Number of colour bookplates and b/w illustrations [34] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), port. ; 26 cm. Nellie Melba's bookplate design on front flyleaf. Book contains illustrations of art, short stories & poems by Australian artists & writers, including: Ethel Turner, Henry Lawson, C.J. Dennis, Dorothea Mackellar, Norman Lindsay, George Lambert, Hans Heysen, Bertram Mackennal, Arthur Streeton, E. Phillips Fox, Sydney Ure Smith, Ellis Rowan, Lionel Lindsay, Frederick McCubbin, Julian Ashton & Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Published by George Robertson and Co., Pty Ltd. Edited by Franklin Peterson, c. 1915. 257 x 190 x 35 mm. Book published to raise funds for the Belgian Relief Fund. Melba's support of the Belgian people stemmed from the fact that she made professional debut in opera in Brussels.…