Doreen and the sentimental bloke (Toronto: S.B. Gundy; New York: John Lane Company; London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; MCMXVI)

Component identifier:

Item 25

Content Summary:

Light red cloth. Title on cover in white. With similar design to preceding copies, but with the name Gundy at bottom of spine. Contains the Montenaeken poem, and the Gundy announcement. Together with attractive dust-jacket, designed in lilac and black. In decorative panel, 'Doreen' and 'Bill' are depicted arm in arm but dressed like costers. The contents of this book conform to the preceding copies in respect to the text. Tipped into this copy are autograph notes (4pp) by Hal Gye. He comments on the dust-jacket: '...I can remember seeing Bill looking like a coster in this Canadian issue, and if I shed any tears at the time - well, they've dried up by this time. I have no doubt that he will live down the false pictures of him that were published abroad...'

The prefaces by C.J. Dennis and Henry Lawson were omitted from these editions, together with the omission of the Hal Gye illustrations. All the copies have the Glossary, with the reading 'Top, off the'.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased from Harry Chaplin in 1981.

Names:

Chaplin, Harry F.

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