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128. Verse. Melbourne : Frank Wilmot [ie: Furnley Maurice],1929 – 1933. 24 issues. Vol. 1, No. 1 – Vol. 4, No. 24(complete). Small folio, decorated wrappers, old verticalfolds. An ephemeral literary periodical, contributorsinclude Mary Gilmore, Robert Croll, Frederick Macartney,Dora Wilcox as well as other little-known local writers.$660125. Propertius in Love. Done into English from the Latin byJack Lindsay with XVIII illustrations by Norman Lindsay.For subscribers only. London : The Fanfrolico Press, 1927.Quarto, gilt-lettered quarter morocco with illustratedvellum boards (slight warping, as in all cases), printedon hand-made paper, with eighteen Norman Lindsayillustrations, light scattered foxing, etched bookplate fornotable Lindsay collector Kaz Posney on front pastedown.Limited to 60 copies signed by Jack Lindsay. One of therarest titles from the Fanfrolico Press, sold out beforepublication at the original price of £15.15s, and a rarecommercial success for the press. An additional 15 copieswere printed for the overseas market. Arnold 13. $2750126. NEILSON, Shaw. New Poems. Sydney: The Bookfellow,1927. Quarto, printed wrappers, portrait frontispiece,35pp. Printed in an edition of 350 copies. $200127. A homage to Sappho. Made by Norman and Jack Lindsay.London : The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Quarto, vellum overbevelled boards with title and Lindsay decoration ingold, 64pp., all edges gilt, illustrated with fifteen originaletchings by Norman Lindsay. Limited to 70 signed copies.Slight warping to the boards (as frequent), tiny nick to thefoot of the spine, else fine. One of the finest Australianprivate press books, a beautiful production. $16,500129. BISSELL, Harvey S. Cruising with the Wanderlusters :wherein the real South Seas is disclosed. Los Angeles :Saturday Night Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, boundin tapa cloth covered boards, embossed title & illustration,230pp, maps on endpapers, photographic plates. $25032