In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1896. 8vo. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettered title to spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. (234 viiipp.). With title-vignette of the author as swagman with Bluey the dog (by F.P. Mahony). Original spine strip inserted in book. A fine and complete copy in later binding. First Edition: First Issue with the adverts at end dated January 1896. (Mackaness 2A). Henry Lawson's first book of Poems: thus extremely rare and desirable. A Second Printing of the 1st edition appeared the following month with the adverts dated February 1896.