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Richardson, Henry Handel.
Ultima Thule.
Publisher: William Heinemann, London;
Date of Publication: 1929
Stock Code: 6528
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [10], 345. Publishers’ black cloth with titles and ruling in gilt to spine, and titles and foliate decoration inside ruled compartments, all in blind, to upper board. Original cream dust-jacket with green titles and triple border. Corners lightly bruised and spine tips a little creased; cover cloth bright. Very light foxing, mainly to prelims, otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket toned & stained to spine and lightly surface soiled, with a few small nicks & creases, and very minor loss head of spine. A Near Fine copy in Good jacket. Concluding volume in the trilogy of Australian life with colonial development, tragedy and adventure by Ethel Florence Lindesay under her nom-de-plume if Henry Handel Richardson. Winner of the 1929 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Scarce. £250.00