Language: English
Published by Sunday Times Publishing Company / R.S. Sampson, Perth, 1908
Seller: Yarra Cottage Books, Warrandyte, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Volume of Westralian Verse by "Dryblower" [Edwin Greenslade Murphy]. With a preface by C.W. Andree Hayward. Also with author's preface. Includes index. Very Good hardcover bound in publisher's original hessian cloth boards with illustration & lettering to front board, edges frayed as issued. Slight handling wear, front hinge tender, former owner's ink name to ffep, otherwise a nice clean tight copy. 191pp. Scarce volume.
Published by "Sunday Times" Publishing Company, Perth, 1908., 1908
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
Association Member: ILAB
191 pp, fine copy in original illustrated, hessian boards.
Published by Sunday Times, Perth, 1908
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Boards. 1st edition. 8vo., pp.191, incl. Index, prev. owner's inscr to p.169, scattered spotting, new e.p.s., recased in cloth with orig. hessian front cover laid down, very good condn Edwin Greenslade Murphy (also known as Dryblower or Dryblower Murphy) was an Australian journalist and poet, born in Victoria in 1866. Following the gold rush of 1892 Murphy travelled to Western Australia, arriving in Coolgardie in 1894. The Coolgardie Miner was launched by Billy Clare with help from Murphy, who contributed a weekly column using the pen-name "Dryblower".