A Book of South Australia. Women in the First Hundred Years. Collected and edited by Louise Brown, Beatrix Ch: de Crespigny, Mary P. Harris, Kathleen Kyffin Thomas [and] Phebe N. Watson. Published for the Women's Centenary Council of SA
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1936.
Quarto, 257 pages with numerous illustrations and 6 tipped-in plates (5 in colour) plus 12 pages of plates and endpaper maps.
Publisher's plain quarter suede and gilt-lettered papered boards; covers slightly marked and unevenly discoloured; boards slightly bumped, with minimal light wear; top edge a little foxed; overall, an excellent copy (internally fine).
Number 64 of a limited edition of only 100 copies in this deluxe binding. A veritable who's who of the female artists and writers of the day: Mary Harris, Rosa Fiveash, Nora Heysen, Dorrit Black, Marie Tuck, Gwen Barringer, Pixie Harris, Daisy Bates, Margaret McGuire, Tarella Quin Daskein ... and Lady Mawson (from whose collection this copy comes, although not identified as such).
Item #148030
Price (AUD):
$400.00
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