Monday, December 11, 2023

1878 AUSTRALIAN LADIES ANNUAL

 The only issue of this rare gathering of colonial Australian women writers, with contributions by Jessie Couvreur (Tasma), Ada Cambridge, Louisa Anne Meredith, Hannah Newton Baker and  others.. Reserved in  latest Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne , list.

Contributions by ‘Tasma,’ H.N.B., Mrs. J.A. Bode, Mrs. Dampier, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Meredith, ‘Sylvia,’ Mrs. T. P. Hill, ‘Little Rosebud', Miss Donnelly, Miss Cheeseman, ‘Constance Craig’, Miss Card, and others. Melbourne : M’Carron, Bird & Co., 1878. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth over bevelled boards, corners rubbed, lightly flecked, upper hinge cracked, title page printed in red and black, pp. 148, ruled borders in red, text block cracked, light foxing, a good copy.