Order Nr. 26162 PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA, WITH A CHECK-LIST. With A FIRST SUPPLEMENT. Geoffrey Farmer.

PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA, WITH A CHECK-LIST. With A FIRST SUPPLEMENT.

2 volumes.

  • Melbourne and Hobart: The Hawthorne Press and n.p., (1972) and 1976.
  • small 8vo.
  • boards, dust jacket and stiff paper wrappers.
  • (x),68; 16 pages.

Price: $40.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 26162

First editions, limited to 450 and 350 copies respectively. A fine set. John Kirtley's first private press was the beginning, followed by Perce Green's "Green Press," then George Hassell of Adelaide. Farmer attempts to identify the presses and types used by each private press and gives a bibliography of each press.