Gordon, Adam Lindsay

The Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Godon [with loosely inserted ink sketch "The Australian Bush"]

London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Foreword by Marcus Clarke. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt to spine and gilt stamped school crest to upper board, small blindstamped decorations to corners, b&w frontis plate, pp xxiv, 320. N.d., c. 1920s? Gilt stamped crest of the Church of England Girls' School, Katanning, upper board. School presentation prize plate of the same school, "Kobeelya", dated 1933, front endpaper. Loosely inserted is an original ink sketch titled "The Australian Bush", probably contemporary with the book, now protected. Very good condition.

The poems of the British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician Adam Lindsay Gordon. In his foreword, Marcus Clarke calls Gordon's work "something very like "the beginnings of a national school of Australian poetry". This particular copy was awarded at the Church of England Girls' School, Katanning, known as "Kobeelya" (a Nyungar word meaning "place of sleep and rest"). This copy has further interest in the addition of an original ink drawing entitled "The Australian Bush", possibly inspired by Gordon's poerty. Item #106906

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