Jabberwock, July 1915 [cover title]
by [PARSONS, Alice Mary and others]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Strathfield: A.M. Parsons, 1915. First Edition. Paperback. Strathfield, A.M. Parsons, 1915. Quarto, [26] mimeographed pages printed on card, with numerous illustrations (including 2 full-page hand-coloured illustrations, and a hand-coloured pictorial title to one poem). Overlapping pictorial wrappers. 'This little paper is, with kind assistance, the loving effort of the "Old Girls" of a small school. May it do its part on Australia Day. A.M. Parsons, Wooroonook, Strathfield' (at the foot of the second-last page). Alice Mary Parsons was the wife of Frederick William Parsons (1852-1933), an Alderman on Strathfield Council from 1890 to 1914, and Mayor in 1895-97. 'Parsons lived at "Wooroonook" in Elwin St, Strathfield, where his wife ... operated a girls day school also called "Wooroonook"' (Strathfield Heritage website). Alice Parsons, nee Fuller, was a sister of the artist Florence Ada Fuller (1867-1946).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107846
- Title
- Jabberwock, July 1915 [cover title]
- Author
- [PARSONS, Alice Mary and others]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A.M. Parsons
- Place of Publication
- Strathfield
- Date Published
- 1915
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- Quarto
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