The Ern Malley Affair Tapa dura - 1993

St Lucia (Brisbane): University of Queensland Press, 1993. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The literary hoax of the 20th century. xx.284pp, index, ills. Poor Max Harris! Size: 8vo

University of Queensland Press. Very Good. 23 x cm. Hardcover. 1993. 338 pages. <br>xx, 284 p., [24] p. of plates : 23 cm Includes bi bliographical references (p. 263-278) and index .

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 284 pages. Introduction by Robert Hughes. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

St Lucia (Brisbane): University of Queensland Press, 1993. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The literary hoax of the 20th century. xx.284pp, index, ills. Poor Max Harris! Size: 8vo

University of Queensland Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0702225622 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press (UQP), 1993. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear. 284 pp. First edition. Michael Heyward reports on the 'Ern Malley Affair', Australia's most famous literary hoax (1943 - 1944), involving publication of bogus poems in the bohemian 'Angry Penguin' magazine of Max Harris. The sting was perpetrated by poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart, as a statement of the perceived shallowness of the modernist poems in 'Angry Penguins'.

St Lucia, Qld., Australia University of Queensland Press 1993. 1993. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 284pp index, b/w illus. very good, small pen mark on fep. / very good d/w. In October 1943, the young and successful Australian literary editor, Max Harris, received a package of poems by a recently deceased poet, Ern Malley, forwarded to him by his sister Ethel. Convinced he had stumbled on the work of a young genius, Harris published Malley's manuscript in his own magazine, 'Angry Penguins'. But the consequences were to haunt the Australian literary world for generations to come. .

St Lucia, Qld., Australia University of Queensland Press 1993. 1993. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 284pp index, b/w illus. Fine copy with po inscription on fep. In October 1943, the young and successful Australian literary editor, Max Harris, received a package of poems by a recently deceased poet, Ern Malley, forwarded to him by his sister Ethel. Convinced he had stumbled on the work of a young genius, Harris published Malley's manuscript in his own magazine, 'Angry Penguins'. But the consequences were to haunt the Australian literary world for generations to come. .

University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 284 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1993. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In October 1943, the young Australian literary editor, Max Harris, received a package of poems by a recently deceased Australian poet, Ern Malley, forwarded by Ern's sister Ethel. Harris was convinced that he had stumbled on a work of genius. He published the poems in his own magazine "Angry Penguins". But it was all a hoax, the Ern Malley poems were the work of two young Australian poets, James McAuley and Harold Stewart, who had composed the poems in the course of a single afternoon while on duty at their barracks in Melbourne. The… Leer más

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original white cloth, green title to spine, 284 pages, notes, index, black & white photographic plates. Heywood recounts the fascinating story of hoax behind the strange and brilliant poems of 'Ern Malley'. Includes Malley's opus 'The Darkening Ecliptic'. A tight, bright and clean copy.