Close, Robert

OF SALT AND EARTH: An autobiography.

Pp. [vi]+250(last blank); boards a trifle soiled and slightly canted, the spine faintly faded; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, short split to bottom edge of back panel near backstrip; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Autobiography. In 1945 the author's debut novel, Love Me Sailor, was banned and in 1946 he and the publishers, Georgian House, were prosecuted in the Supreme Court of Victoria for 'obscene libel', for which Close was fined and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Item #156043

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