The Life and Times of Captain John Piper by Eldershaw, M Barnard [Majorie Barnard & Flora S Eldershaw] - 1939

Australian Limited Editions Society, Sydney, 1939-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. pages and binding is very good no marks or loose pages - the cover is poor has lots of wear on spine looks like the paint has flaked off the leather - light wear on corners - Australian Limited Edition 350 printed this copy is 248 signed by the authors. M. Barnard Eldershaw was a pseudonym used by Marjorie Barnard & Flora Eldershaw - my shelf location 31-f

Sydney: Australian Limited Editions Society, 1939. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. Number 291 out of limitation of 350. Signatures of both Marjorie Barnard & Flora S. Eldershaw, who wrote together under the pseudonym M. Barnard Eldershaw. The two Australian literary collaborators Marjorie Barnard (1897-1987) and Flora Eldershaw (1897-1956) worked together from the 1920s through the 1940s, publishing histories, novels, plays, essays, lectures and short stories. John Piper (1773 - 1851) was a military officer and public servant in New South Wales. He sailed on the convict ship 'Pitt', arriving in Sydney in 1792; the following year he requested to serve at the convict settlement of Norfolk Island, where he later became acting commandant. Large 4to, xv, 201pp, [3]pp. Original full maroon gilt calf. Spine and front cover gilt. With a color title page vignette, and color plate, illustrated maps at end papers, all by Adrian Feint. In the publisher's slipcase, which is missing the rear and top panel,… Read More

Sydney; The Australian Limited Editions Society; 1939. . Limited Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xv, 201; map endpapers, bibliography, illustrations within text, bottom and fore edges of pages uncut, bound in full maroon calf, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt emblem on front board, decoration blind-stamped on spine, in original slip case, slipcase chipped and bumped, minor foxing to first couple of pages otherwise a very good copy in good slip case. Limited to 350 signed and numbered copies. Signed by both the authors. (M. Barnard Eldershaw was a pseudonym used by Marjorie Barnard & Flora Eldershaw).

Sydney: Australian Limited Editions Society, 1939. Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Pp. xvi+202(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured title page vignette, and 3 full page illustrations, plus several black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; full maroon calf over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; uncut; patterned dust wrapper, with small publisher's device in maroon near bottom fore-corner of front panel, edges lightly chipped and split; within maroon card slipcase with printed paper title label on spine, edges lightly worn; a couple of the coloured illustrations faintly offset; Australian Limited Editions Society, Sydney, 1939. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the authors. Farmer page 30. *M. Barnard Eldershaw was a pseudonym used by Marjorie Barnard & Flora Eldershaw. The third book written and produced for the Australian Limited Editions Society. Set in Baskerville type by Edward Rogan and Ronald Harris, with presswork… Read More