The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke [The Sentimental Bloke] - First Edition
by Dennis, C.J
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
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.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (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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Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
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.