The Legend of the Coming of the First Kangaroo. Dedicated to the Patriotic Efforts of the Australia Day Council to fittingly celebrate Australia's National Day, January Twenty-six

Published by Les Fryer and Phillip Chaffey at the Truesdell Press, Caulfield, 1948

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Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

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Caulfield, Les Fryer and Phillip Chaffey at the Truesdell Press, 1948. Octavo, [19] pages with 2 full-page linocut illustrations (one printed in three colours, the other in monochrome). Overlapping wrappers (comprising a large sheet of textured paper folded in two along the top edge, which remains uncut, effectively creating a pair of wrappers), saddle-sewn though the inner wrapper, with the front panel of the outer wrapper lettered in black and blindstamped with a small illustration of a kangaroo; all edges uncut; covers slightly tanned about the edges; a near-fine copy. Number 52 of only 100 copies 'printed by Les Fryer and Phillip Chaffey at the Truesdell Press Caulfield from hand-set type with colour block cut in linoleum by Lindsay A. Dane'. The text comprises the purported Aboriginal legend itself (6 pages, anonymous), and Barron Field's poem 'The Kangaroo'. Muir 4169 ('Book printed for fine-book collectors; not for children').

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Legend of the Coming of the First Kangaroo. Dedicated to the Patriotic Efforts of the Australia Day Council to fittingly celebrate Australia's National Day, January Twenty-six
Author
[FIELD, Barron]
Publisher
Les Fryer and Phillip Chaffey at the Truesdell Press, Caulfield
Publication year
1948
Condition
Near fine
Binding
Paperback
Edition
First Edition.
Dimensions
8vo
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Art, Australia, Australian Aborigines

Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in March 1976, deal in fine and rare books, photographs and manuscripts. Treloars conduct regular specialist book auctions, maintain a retail outlet in the heart of the city of Adelaide and are longstanding members of Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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