Ern Malley and the “Angry Penguins”

A$175 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Being a review of the greatest hoax in Australia’s literary history, and the subsequent Indecency Trial . Lismore: W. Hornadge, [1945]. Octavo, wrappers illustrated with a sour-faced penguin (light marks), 20pp. A scarce contemporary pamphlet reviewing the literary hoax. A fine copy, with ownership inscription of author and academic John Tregenza to first leaf.

• Binding: Hardcover

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