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The Hexagon
by Porter, Hal
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Demy octavo, original oatmeal cloth with crisp colour silk-screen printed dustwrapper, John Gawsworth's copy with his 'Realm of Redonda' bookplate.
First edition. An excellent association copy of Porter's first volume of poetry, inscribed by Porter in the Surrey Hotel (London) for the poet John Gawsworth. Porter writes about drinking at the Surrey and Gawsworth in his third volume of autobiography The Extra (1975). For 'a fiver' Gawsworth 'honoured' Porter as the 'Duke of Gippslandia'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228
- Title
- The Hexagon
- Author
- Porter, Hal
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Literature; Signed & Inscribed; Hal Porter;
Terms of Sale
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Biblio member since 2023
ARMADALE, Victoria
About Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Specialising in Australian Literature, especially pre-war, including out-of-print and forgotten novels &c., and scarce period dustwrappers.
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