Around the Boree Log And Other Verses by John O’Brien

Around the Boree Log

And Other Verses

by John O’Brien

Angus & Robertson, 1975
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, previous owners gift inscription on front endpaper. Dustjacket in good condition with some chipping, and small tears, tear to top spine (see photographs)

“This is the book of the Irish Settlers in Australia.  In its verses are enshrined the best and most characteristic of their ideals and their surroundings – the home life, full of intimate affection and instinct with true piety; the intercourse, gay or humorous or comradery, with neighbour and friends; the ties of religion and family unity that bind to the home hearth even those who wander farthest from it, and the  “Church upon the Hill” that is the centre of all.”