The Drover's Cook and other Verses
by Quilty, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney Australia: F H Johnston, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. A genuinely rare 1st edition of Australian poetry with dedication. Dust jacket is in fair condition and is browning to the spine with small losses. The original jacket is a form of tracing paper with a cobweb pattern visible when held to the light. Exceptionally scarce jacket is fragile and has been placed in a loose protective sleeve. The book is well preserved with no major faults. The book is inscribed 'to Noel Miles with my compliments Tom Quilty.' Noel was a geologist for a mining company that worked the Hall's Creek - De Grey area in the 1950's. Thomas John Quilty (1 April 1887 - 1979) was an Australian station owner, pastoralist, philanthropist, and bush poet. To this day he still holds the record for the largest freehold land acreage in Australia's history; over 3 million acres for a single property. In total, he controlled over 4.5 million acres of land. The book also comes with a newspaper clipping (Obituary) from a WA newspaper. "WA Cattleman dies at 93".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caerwen Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022979
- Title
- The Drover's Cook and other Verses
- Author
- Quilty, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- F H Johnston
- Place of Publication
- Sydney Australia
- Date Published
- 1958
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