Joshua Heller Rare Books

The Auld Shop and the New, from Wayzgoose Press


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() The Auld Shop and the New. Written specially for “The Chief”, George Robertson of Angus & Robertson . … [Poem] By Henry Lawson. Katoomba. 1992. 11” x 7.25”. Two-color linocut illustration. Designed and illustrated by . Handset by in Bembo and Baskerville on Mohawk Superfine Soft White. Hand printed in brown and black. Some pages narrower than others. Bound by Jarvis and Hudson. This copy in cream wrappers; front cover with two-color wood engraving and title. In an edition of 70 numbered copies, signed by and Jadwiga Jarvis, this is No. 51 of Nos. 50-66 bound in stiff printed wrappers.

Wayzgoose Press, The Auld Shop Double Page Spread

Lawson writes in a ‘more-or-less’ Scottish dialect of the original ‘auld’ bookshop of his publisher and of the colorful, boozy life of his era.

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