Morris, Ethel Jackson

All Among the Fairies

Melbourne: John Wyatt, 1909.

First Edition.

The author's first book, published at age seventeen, contains four stories, one poem and her illustrations in the manner of her contemporary Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Ethel Jackson Morris contributed to Dame Neilie Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature in 1915, published one other book in 1921, exhibited her work in Melbourne in the early 1920s, travelled overseas, and returned to married life in Sydney where she lived until her death in 1985 without appearing to write or exhibit again.

Item #1717

Pictorial wrappers, ribbon tied. Extremities darkened and a little wear at edges, otherwise fine. Muir 5152.

Price (AUD): $1,000.00  other currencies