signed first edition Hardcover
1896 · London / Melbourne
by PARKER, Mrs. K. Langloh, collector
London / Melbourne: David Nutt / Melville, Mullen and Slade, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorated green cloth. Octavo. A modest portion of the rear fly torn away, a very faint dampstain to the edge of a few pages, and modest edgewear, a very good or a little better copy of this uncommon first edition. This volume bears a very warm gift Inscription presumably from the author to her sister, dated in the year of publication: "To Dear Eileen (last name indiscernible), best love from her sister, Kathleen. August 18th 1898. Saturday." An important volume of native legends and tales, uncommon in the first edition and very scarce signed. (Inventory #: 78889)