Hal Gye: The Man and His Work.
by Lane, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0207149003
- ISBN 13
- 9780207149009
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1986. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, colour reproductions, frontispiece, edges foxed, reverse side jacket little foxed (few tiny chips), base spine bumped, edgewear. 353 pp. This is the story of the creator of the naked, winged cupids that adorn C. J. Dennis's poem "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke". The author tells the story related to her over the 20 years they were neighbours and traces his life until his death in 1967. He was a cartoonist, illustrator of books by Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson and Will Ogilvie, and a painter of works held in several state art galleries. He also wrote short stories under the pseudonym of James Hackson. This book is a warm memoir of a multi-talented man, and also has a selection of his full-colour illustrations of works by C. J. Dennis, black & white line drawings, photos, his own account of his early years, and a selection of his short stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28018
- Title
- Hal Gye: The Man and His Work.
- Author
- Lane, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0207149003
- ISBN 13
- 9780207149009
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- australian biography, literature, authors, writers, art, artists, humour
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART & ARTISTS;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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