Item #106913 Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose. John BRAY.

Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose

Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988.

Quarto, [xii], 179 pages.

Papered boards; small ink mark on the front flyleaf; one leaf at the rear a little tanned by a newspaper review cutting (now in Mylar); bottom corner creases to two leaves; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper.

The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC (1912-1995), was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker (1902-2002) was a career diplomat: 'His first posting was as High Commissioner to India. Later he served as Ambassador to Indonesia (1955-56), High Commissioner to Canada (1956-58) and another stint as High Commissioner to India (1958-62). He retired in 1970 as Australian Ambassador to Italy, having, in the intervening years, also served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Belgium (1962-65) and Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya (1965-67)' (Obituaries Australia). Loosely inserted are rough drafts (three pages quarto) of a personal letter-cum-review of the book from Crocker to Bray.

Item #106913

Price (AUD): $165.00

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