An epistle from Oberea.

A$450 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

With decorations by Ray Crooke. Ferntree Gully, Vic. : The Rams Skull Press, 1955. Quarto, hessian-bound boards with traditional Polynesian tapa design (olive-coloured variant); pp. 24; illustrated with seven original silk screens by Ray Crooke. Limited to 250 copies signed by the artist; the cover was also silk-screened by Crooke on Thursday Island. A beautiful Australian private press book, locally made by a significant Australian artist. The cover was printed in two variant colours, green and olive.

• Binding: Hardcover

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