Life rarely tells: an Australian boyhood (1958) by Jack Lindsay, an grangerized copy presented to Ha...
Life rarely tells: an Australian boyhood (1958) by Jack Lindsay, an grangerized copy presented to Harry Chaplin by the author in 1961, with typescript inserts and a photograph
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Date
1958, 1961
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9728
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Physical Description
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0.05 meters of textual material, 1 bookplate, 1 photograph (1 box) - typescript; printed; black & white ; - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 bound volume with coloured book-jacket. 'Life rarely tells: an autobiographical account ending in the year 1921 and situated mostly in Brisbane, Queensland by Jack Lindsay'. London: Bodley Head, 1958. 224 pages and 10 pages of plates and images.
The book includes a Harry Chaplin bookplate by Lionel Lindsay pasted in on front endpaper and a...
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Full title
Life rarely tells: an Australian boyhood (1958) by Jack Lindsay, an grangerized copy presented to Harry Chaplin by the author in 1961, with typescript inserts and a photograph
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed: 'To Harry Chaplin / this book, which is one of / my favourites among my work, / with all good wishes / Spring '61 London / Jack Lindsay'
Object History
Jack Lindsay to Harry Chaplin, 1961, and inserts typescripts and photograph.
Sold to Pat Corrigan.
Sold at Sotheby's Melbourne auction of Corrigan material, ca 1997.
Purchased by vendor.
Source: Bookfinders, August 2012.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Bookfinders, August 2012.
Administrative / Biographical history
Harry Floyd Chaplin (1895–1988) was the proprietor of the Chaplin-Elliott Dental Company in Sydney. For many years he was well known as a successful businessman and passionate collector of Australian books, printed ephemera, manuscripts and letters.
Norman Lindsay was a celebrated Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, cartoonist and s...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 9728
Record Identifier
nmQdVRxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdVRxn
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Reference code
1369385
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