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Long Odds. Long Odds.

CLARKE, Marcus pseud. (Andrew Hislop) Long Odds. A novel. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. Melbourne: Clarson, Massina & Co. 1869
Half title, front. & 7 illus. by Thomas Carrington. Orig. dark blue cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; boards marked, sl. rubbing.

¶Sadleir 561; Wolff 1248; BL only on Copac. Wolff's copy in green morocco cloth with Melbourne binder's ticket; Sadleir's copy in green diagonal fine ribbed cloth. Another copy seen in red cloth with same blocking. Clarke was described by Mark Twain in 1895 as "Australia's only literary genius".
Stock #27464
£250


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