Skipping Rhymes: A Collection of Australian Skipping Rhymes Collected and Illustrated by Robert Rooney
by Rooney, Robert
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Melbourne, Moonflower Press, 1956, hardcover, unpaginated, 18 pp, Limited Edition of 24 copies, of which this is number 11, Signed twice by the Author, once on the limitation page and again on the front endpaper with his own gift inscription " A happy Christmas to John Friend from Robert Rooney. 1959.", Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Paper over boards, sewn binding. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps, tiny split to top rear corner. A collection of eleven Australian skipping rhymes collected and illustrated with five linocuts, relief printed in color each from two blocks, publishers device on last page, letterpress text, on thin off-white wove paper. An early work by the Australian Art Critic, Conceptual Artist, Painter, Musician, Photographer, and Printmaker while he was a student at Swinburne Technical College, Hawthorn, Vic., Aust.. Other Collections: National Gallery of Australia, IRN: 171840, Accession number: 2008.64.1-18, Provenance: Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Melbourne, 2008.
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- Skipping Rhymes: A Collection of Australian Skipping Rhymes Collected and Illustrated by Robert Rooney
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- Rooney, Robert
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- Hardcover
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