The 'Man-Stories' of a Black Snake. By W.A.B. With an introduction by Captain Maurice D. Bell.

(BOORD, William Arthur)

Edité par Whittaker & Co. 1898, 1898

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FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. & folding map. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, dec. in gilt with an image of a snake emerging from the eye of a scull; very sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas William Boord. v.g. Wolff 7614; five copies only on Copac; OCLC locates five copies in North America. A fine association copy of a scarce volume of supernatural stories set in Tasmania. The book bears the bookplate of the author's father, the Conservative politician Sir Thomas William Boord, 1st Baronet. William Arthur Boord, 1862-1928, was a photographer who lived for some time in Victoria and Tasmania. Conceived in 1893 and assuming 'concrete form in the winter of 1895-96', these stories 'were written while the influence of the Bush still powerfully moved him, indeed with a view to describing that wonderful Wild West of Tasmania so little known even to the inhabitants of Tasmania itself'.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The 'Man-Stories' of a Black Snake. By W.A.B. With an introduction by Captain Maurice D. Bell.
• Éditeur: Whittaker & Co. 1898
• Date de parution: 1898
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale