Slessor, Kenneth

In Tyrrell's Bookshop

Sydney: Sunnybrook Press, no date.

First Edition.

Poem published by Australian poet and journalist, Kenneth Slessor (1901 -1971) in veneration of James Tyrell's wonderful old bookshop.

"Broadsheets there are, of horrid hangman's tales;
Yellow-stained maps from some forgotten book;
Journals of convict years in New South Wales,
And Captain Cook." [K.S.].

Item #1695

Single folded sheet, 250 mm x 153 mm, containing one printed poem, with an illustration of a seated monk reading, a very good example.

Price (AUD): $150.00  other currencies