The Rowan Gibbs Book Collection
Thursday, 16 November - Thursday, 14 December 2023
A Complete Set of the Periodical: The N.Z. Artists' Annual (7)
Current Bid $1,200 (45 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
Covers of issue no.4 are detached, and those of 6 and 7, together with their folder, have been damaged at the spine by rust to the staples. Other copies with fraying edges, stained paper, foxing, and general wear. This was the personal set of Pat Lawlor, editor and creator of the periodic inspired by the special N.Z. section of Aussie. Cartoonist Ken Alexander was the assistant editor, along with Minhinnick, Fred, Alexander and A.S. Paterson; other artwork by David Low, George Finey, Harry Rountree and E.H. Thompson. Literary contributors include Fairburn, Robin Hyde, Jane Mander, Geoffrey de Montalk, Hector Bolitho, James Cowan and Hector Bolitho. Issue no.1 signed by Lawlor and artists Alexander, Minhinnick, Paterson, Fred Alexander and Frank Bush; issue no.2 has the “double page presentation plate” still present; issue no.5 has the “special N.Z. song supplement” (‘A Song of Tongariro’); the last three issues are in a unique folder illustrated by Minhinnick.
