Later issue. Original green cloth, 1919

Component identifier:

Item 69(d)

Content Summary:

This copy has the corrected frontispiece, and the extra title-page in colour.

Together with autograph notes by Hal Gye about 'The Gnad'. 'Early in the War 'Den' who fancied himself with his hands and liked making bits of things, bought some Plasticine and, lo, he was sitting up with all the assurance of a great sculptor modelling - a nude..It was rather amusing to watch him...I didn't think much of it and my silence told him so...What became of her I don't know. Just at this time he wrote some verses for The weekly times annual ('Grimbles and the Gnad'). Illustrate it said 'Den'. I said 'Right', model me a Gnad. His eyes lit up and from then he worked like a happy boy modelling his Gnad. I encouraged him and it made my job easier. I drew his Gnad for the top of the full page drawing and verse. The Gnad was brought out to eat up a farmer's pest and eventually became a pest itself. Its advent was preceded by other pests, particularly the Worty Swunk'.

The copies, 'a', 'b' and 'c' have the end-papers designed by Hal Gye, but with copy 'd' the publishers reverted to the A design.

This book contains only 21 of the poems from the 1913 edition, the remainder are new verses. In this edition 'The Australaise' follows the test of the E.W. Cole printing.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased from Harry Chaplin in 1981.

Names:

Chaplin, Harry F.

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