Men of South Australia : representatives of the public, professional, ecclesiatical and business life of South Australia as existant in the year 1933. Private edition

A$550 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Adelaide : Men of South Australia, 1933. Octavo (225 x 150 mm), original red diced morocco lettered and ruled in gilt (light edge wear); name stamped on upper board V. M. Newland, patterned gilded endpapers, , [106] leaves of plates, being photographs of the subjects with satirical drawings and biographical captions; a very good example of this scarce private printing, which provides a snapshot of South Australia s rich and powerful in the 1930s. The personal copy of Major Victor Marra Newland, O.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., M.P., featured on plate 97 of the book. Rare. Three copies recorded on Trove.

• Binding: Hardcover

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