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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Emporium Auction | February 2017
• Sale Date:
  26 Feb 2017 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  621
• Lot Description:
  An Inscribed First Edition Volume: Lawson, Henry 'Selected Poems of Henry Lawson' [1918]
  pub. Angus and Robertson, inscribed by Henry Lawson 'To Father Troy with best wishes from Henry Lawson, Sydney November 24th 1919,' illustrated with black & white plates throughout by Percy Leason & Preface by David McKee Wright.
• Provenance:
  The book came to be in the possession of the Gammell/Davis family, descendants of William Davis (1765 - 1843), an Irish convict sent to Australia without trial. An active member of the early Roman Catholic movement in Sydney, Davis purchased & gifted land that enabled the establishment of St Patrick's Church Hill at the Rocks in Sydney. <R>It is thought that the Gammell/Davis family were acquaintances of the Father Troy mentioned in the inscription.
• Notes:
  Condition: dust jacket yellowed & stained, tearing to spine, a small amount of foxing, some colour pencil marks, but very readable and otherwise good
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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