Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney by James R. Tyrrell

Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney

by James R. Tyrrell

Angus and Robertson, 1952 [First Edition], b/w plates, illustrated end-papers,  hardcover, dustjacket, 

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, small tears to top of spine, slight bow to covers, a little foxing to endpapers and introductory pages, dustjacket shows edge and shelf wear with tears, creasing, chipping and rubbing, jacket in two separate pieces (see photographs)

'Mr Tyrrell's reminiscences range back and forth over a period of seventy years.  He recalls many a memorable  event in the book world, and puts down many an anecdote too good to be entrusted for perpetuation only to the spoken word.  Sir Henry Parkes, David Scott Mitchell, R. E. O'Conner, George Robertson, Norman Lindsay, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. F. Archibald, Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart, C. J. Brennan, Phil May, Sarah Bernhardt, Bland Holt, and A. B. Paterson - these are a few of the men and women famous in art, literature, politics, medicine, the theatre, the legal profession, and son, who appear in this book.'