Archbishop Mannix, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Numbered. Padded vinyl covered hardback, number 192 of a special hand-bound edition limited to 250 copies, in cardboard slip case. The outer edge of the jacket is creased and on its verso there's a small damp stain on the spine's tail; there's an ownership signature and gift inscription on front end paper; the back end paper has a minor loss to the lower, outer edge and all the end papers are very lightly damp damaged, but not stained. Signed by Author(s).

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].