Archbishop Mannix, First Edition (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. original cloth .First edition. 19th Century Irish History. . . . .

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo 258pp., colour frontis., b/w plates, index, Signs of use & light tape-marks to end papers o/w a very good copy in slightly chipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A firm straight book, 511 pages plus Index. Neat owner's name on front blank endpaper, otherwise internally spotless. Dust jacket bright, complete, with very slight edge wear.

Magazine Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing of 1st Edition. A firm clean book. 12 pages plus cover.

Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, pp.(viii), 320, light foxing and browning mainly to eps, orig gilt titled faux leather bds., marbled eps. Presentation inscr to Arthur Harry Stubbs ". so much of my faith in his honesty, fidelity and friendship that I have carried on with his transactions. on nothing more than a verbal agreement", signed 'E.J. Brady'. Very good condn. Mannix was the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. E. J. (Edwin James) Brady was an Australian poet and author of Australia Unlimited. This work on Dr Mannix was the first in an intended series of biographies of eminent people in Australia. The idea was originally devised by Arthur Harry Stubbs (to whom this book is inscribed by E.J. Brady), and was to be titled 'Libary of National Biography'. Mannix was the only biography published. Brady also collaborated with Stubbs on a planned motion picture series, which led to the establishment of the Australian Film Publicity Proprietary [nla archives].