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Pp. 82+[4](adverts.); blue/grey ribbed cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in gilt, with publisher's initials in blind at centre of upper board, the cloth slightly flecked, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Lothian, Melbourne, 1912. First edition. Serle, p. 104. *From the library of Australian historian and author Hugh Anderson. Previously Percival Serle's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription (dated 19/9/21) on the half-title page. Tipped-in at the front of this copy is a typescript poem, Cutting the Leaves of Shaw Neilsons' Poems - apparently by Jephcott. Beneath the poem is an inked inscription, presumably in Serle's hand: 'Sydney Jephcott/ March 1945/Given me by J. K. Moir'. Both Percival Serle and J. K. Moir were friends and admirers of Neilson. Item #129158
Price: $95.00