The Spirit of the Child
Melbourne, Lothian, May 1914 (first edition).
Octavo, 228, [12] (publisher's catalogue) pages plus 12 pages of plates (including 7 pages of colour plates with tissue-guards).
Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, and decorated in blind; top edge gilt, others lightly foxed; cloth slightly marked and flecked, and lightly sunned on the spine; tiny bump to the leading edge of both boards; endpapers unevenly tanned; first and last leaves a little foxed; minimal signs of age and handling; contemporary gift inscription in ink (with a later one in pencil from George Holman, an Adelaide antique dealer of note); overall, an excellent copy.
Not least, 'The Black Opal' (11 pages plus 3 colour plates on two pages). Muir 8125 (not recording the second edition of November 1914. 'Comprises travel letters written to children, & natural history studies; includes some verse. Although addressed to children, the letters are philosophical & reminiscent & the result is not a children's book').
Item #147808
Price (AUD):
$200.00