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The Glugs of Gosh

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Glugs of Gosh
Authors and Contributors      By (author) C. j. Dennis
SeriesPocket Editions for the Trenches
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:148
Dimensions(mm): Height 147,Width 128
Category/GenreLiterary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9781460756003
ClassificationsDewey:A821.2
Audience
General
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Publication Date 5 April 2018
Publication Country Australia

Description

The perfect collector's item - a beautiful facsimile edition of C. J. Dennis's satire, published by Angus & Robertson during World War One as a gift from home to the soldier in the trenches. This book of satirical verse about the inhabitants of 'Gosh' was the work C. J. Dennis considered his best. It is a sly take-down of the kings, politicians, judges and the elite of Gosh, who demonstrate all too well the frailties and petty preoccupations of humanity as Dennis saw it. Like Dennis's other books, 1917 Pocket Edition was illustrated by Hal Gye. This historically important facsimile edition, published to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One, has been minted from one of eight extremely rare books of poetry originally published by Angus & Robertson as Pocket Editions for the Trenches -- designed as little reminders of home for soldiers to slip into a pocket and carry through the fighting. It features original layout, illustrations, advertising and blurbs, as well as the special 'Trench' dust jacket that wraps around the regular jacket, missing on nearly all of the rare extant original editions.

Author Biography

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (C. J. Dennis) was born in Auburn, South Australia, on 7 September 1876. He worked as a solicitor's clerk, journalist and bartender, before becoming one of Australia's most treasured poets with his publications of, among others, The Sentimental Bloke, The Moods of Ginger Mick, Digger Smith and The Glugs of Gosh.