A. B. PATERSON Collected Verse 1937 8th Edition SIGNED & DEDICATED by BANJO 1938

Description: Bookrespect We classify our books...FINE/VERY GOOD/GOOD/FAIR/READING COPY ONLY (+ or -) RARE The Collected Verse of A.B.Paterson containing "The Man From Snowy River", "Rio Grande", "Saltbrush Bill" and others. by A. B."BANJO" Paterson, SIGNED & DEDICATED by the author on the front endpaper (please see scans) Publisher: Angus & Robertson Limited, Sydney, Australia 1937, Eighth Collected Edition Dustjacket: yes, tattered but intact Illustrated: with a frontispiece portrait Condition: Faded red cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine and "four block" logo stamped to front cover, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD MINUS CONDITION, internally ROBUST. With inscription: a signature of the author, dedicated to Gwen Missing and date (see scans), in an unclipped FAIR DUSTJACKET, intact with wear to all edges and spine as can be seen in the accompanying scans. Includes ephemera, news cuttings etc as detailed below. POSTAGE: Postage is free within Australia and includes Australia Post tracking.Orders are posted within 1 business day. Andrew Barton Paterson CBE, (b.17 Feb 1864 d. 5 Feb 1941), was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.SIGNED "A.B.Paterson" to the front endpaper with above it inscribed "Gwen Missing 29 July 1938" in the same hand and ink.A search of "Trove" suggests that Miss Gwen Missing is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Missing of Ayr in North Queensland. She went to St Gabriel's School in Charters Towers, Queensland. In 1937 Miss Gwen Missing was living at "Kelvin", Cremorne Rd., Cremorne, Sydney NSW and was regularly mentioned in the society columns in both Sydney and Queensland newspapers during the era in question.Ephemera:A facsimile of A.B. Paterson's signature from the National Library of Australia file on Banjo Paterson which is nearly identical.A facsimile of the Australian $10 note featuring A.B. Paterson and his signature, again very similar. 1995, Richard Glover article from the Sydney Morning Herald entitled "Poetic Justice"11 July 1981, news cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald entitled "Banjo didn't like the Breaker"31 March 1984, front 2 pages of the North Coast Magazine "Unpublished Works found by Banjo's Family"July 17, 1982, news cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald "Banjo wrote Matilda, No buts about it granddaughters say".A postcard portrait of Geoffrey Graham playing Paterson in "The Man from Ironbark.Lawsons Auctions, Sydney extract from catalogue dated 25 Feb 2016 detailing a sold copy of a "Collected Works of A.B.Paterson" signed by A.B.'Banjo' Paterson.Index card showing searches for Miss Gwen Missing.THIS SIGNED COPY WILL BE SENT REGISTERED, INSURED AND CAREFULLY PADDED and PACKED WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL

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