NEWLAND, Simpson

Blood Tracks of the Bush

London, Gay and Hancock, 1919/ 1900.

Small octavo, [ii], 286 pages.

Red cloth (lettered and ruled in black) slightly marked and sunned; acidic paper uniformly discoloured (as ever); front flyleaf slightly creased, with a contemporary gift inscription on the verso; an excellent copy of this cheap production.

'Anglo-Australian romance set mainly in the Darling district and in the Australian interior ... it highlights some of the viler aspects of pioneering life' (Depasquale: 'A Critical History of South Australian Literature, 1836-1930').

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