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The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke [The Sentimental Bloke] - First Edition

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The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke [The Sentimental Bloke] - First Edition

by Dennis, C.J

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Sydney: A & R. 1915. 1st edition, first issue, 8vo., pp.(xii), (13)-126, b/w text illus., cover design and decorations by Hal Gye, orig. pictorial cl. bds., some flecking, cnrs bumped, rubbed, backstrip sl. browned with dark spotting, crease to upper p.81 and lower p.125, otherwise a very good copy of this rare first printing The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, more commonly known as The Sentimental Bloke, a comic verse novel, sold more than sixty thousand copies in nine editions within a year. By the 1970s around three hundred thousand copies had been sold internationally. One of the most famous works of Australian literature, it tells the story of Bill, a larrikin, who meets a young woman named Doreen. 1st edition, first issue. Boards.

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The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year, and is probably one of the highest selling verse novels ever published in Australia.

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Bookseller
Muir Books AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
93692
Title
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke [The Sentimental Bloke] - First Edition
Author
Dennis, C.J
Illustrator
Hal Gye
Format/Binding
Boards
Book Condition
Used
Edition
1st edition, first issue
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
A & R
Place of Publication
Sydney
Date Published
1915
Keywords
Australia, Literature

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About Muir Books

MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.

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