Sonnet in remembrance

A$450 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic. : John T. Kirtley, 1949 . Folio, unbound sheets as issued, pp. [4] plus four blanks, printed letterpress, two illustrations signed Charles Crampton. One of only eighty hand-printed copies, numbered and signed by the author (this copy is numbered but not signed). John Kirtley (1897-1967) is an important figure in Australian printing having produced the first Australian hand-printed books. Introduced by Philip Lindsay to his brother Jack, Kirtley was a pivotal figure in the establishment of the Fanfrolico Press in England. After he returned to Australia he produced Heemskerck Shoals, then the finest work of hand-printing undertaken in Australia. Rare, with no copies traced at auction or within the trade. Six copies recorded in Australian collections. References: not in Arnold Hay, Bibliography of Australian Literature . not in Farmer, Private Presses in Australia Unrecorded by Miller/Macartney. Provenance : John Kirtley gifted to Keith Wingrove private collection, Melbourne

• Binding: Hardcover

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