SCENES & PORTRAITS by Manning, Frederic - 1909

London: John Murray, 1909. Pp. xvi+284(last colophon); cr. 8vo; prize binding in full calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, boards with decorative gilt borders and edges, gilt crest & motto of Sydney Church of England Grammar School at centre of upper board, the lower board faintly scuffed, spine slightly rubbed; marbled edges and endpapers; outer leaves and edges foxed (heaviest on first couple of leaves); John Murray, London, 1909. Second edition. *Manning's first prose work. 'The book won him considerable attention from such writers as Max Beerbohm, E. M. Forster, T. E. Lawrence and Pound' [Australian Dictionary of Biography]. The binding of this copy is by Riviere & Son 'for Angus & Robertson, Sydney'. Frederic Manning (1882-1935) was a pupil at Sydney Grammar School for six months.