The Rowan Gibbs Book Collection
Thursday, 16 November - Thursday, 14 December 2023
Three Inscribed Novels by Baume Eric
Estimate $60 - $90
Realised: $30 plus premium
Lot Details
Half-caste. Macquarie Head Press, Sydney, 1933, 251pp 8vo cloth, foxing, covers flecked, inscribed to Keast Burke with note “written to fight against discrimination” Ponty Geller. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1947, 251pp 8vo cloth, mild foxing, defective d/w, inscribed. Sydney Duck. Bouverie House, London [1944], inscribed to Keast Burke: “This book in various cheap editions sold 880,000 copies in 12 years”.
