Francis Adams - annotated copy of 'Australian Life', 1892-1893
Francis Adams - annotated copy of 'Australian Life', 1892-1893
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Date
1892-1893
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MLMSS 7308
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Contents
1 vol.
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Textual Records - (printed)
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Fonds
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First edition of 'Australian Life' by Francis Adams (London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1892). It is inscribed on the title page with the author's name and address and contains numerous annotations and corrections by him. On the inside front cover is a pencil note: 'Some final corrections Egypt 1893'.
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Francis Adams - annotated copy of 'Australian Life', 1892-1893
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Administrative / Biographical history
Francis Adams (1862-1893) came to Australia from England in 1884 suffering from tuberculosis. During the 1880s he contributed poems, short stories and critical articles to the Bulletin. He returned to England in 1890 where he committed suicide. His published fiction includes John Webb's End (1891), Australian Life (1892) and The Melbournians (1892...
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MLMSS 7308
Record Identifier
nQR2VJA1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2VJA1
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Reference code
431722
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