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The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) A b Paterson
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Series | Pocket Editions for the Trenches |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:188 | Dimensions(mm): Height 149,Width 128 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781460756065
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Classifications | Dewey:821 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Imprint |
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Publication Date |
29 March 2018 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
The perfect collector's item - a beautiful facsimile edition of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson's classic ballads, published by Angus & Robertson during World War One as a gift from home to the soldier in the trenches. The Man From Snowy River, published in 1917 while Banjo Paterson was on active duty in the Middle East, includes his arguably most famous ballad. Some of the verses, as a note from Paterson points out, had never been published prior to the Pocket Edition edition, which made it an especially exciting publishing event for a war-shocked public. 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 int he trenches. It features original layout, illustrations by Norman Lindsay, advertising and blurbs, as well as a dust jacket, which is missing from nearly all of the extremely rare extant original editions.
Author Biography
A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941) was born near Orange in New South Wales. He worked as a lawyer's clerk before becoming a solicitor. After the publication of The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses in 1895, he became something of a celebrity, travelling widely throughout Australia. He was a war correspondent in the Boer War in South Africa, and the Boxer Rebellion in China.He later became editor of the Sydney Evening News. He is perhaps most famous for having composed the words to 'Waltzing Matilda'.
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