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Penguin AU26.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"809\"\u003eISBN: 0140570233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"1073\"\u003eCondition: Second-hand copy with visible age toning, foxing, staining, rubbing, creasing, spine and edge wear, and general handling marks. There is a stamp and handwritten ownership inscription on the opening page. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1483\"\u003eThe Letters of Rachel Henning collects vivid nineteenth-century letters written between 1853 and 1882, offering a personal account of colonial life in Australia through the eyes of an Englishwoman adjusting to bush life, travel, hardship, domestic routines, and the social world of early settler Australia. Edited by David Adams, this edition is also notable for its Norman Lindsay foreword and pen drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49502530797791,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_6986.jpg?v=1779700688"},{"product_id":"beardsley-a-biography-stanley-weintraub","title":"Beardsley: A Biography - Stanley Weintraub","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"871\"\u003eAuthor: Stanley Weintraub\u003cbr data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"389\"\u003ePublisher: W. H. Allen\u003cbr data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eEdition: First edition, 1967\u003cbr data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"482\"\u003eISBN: No ISBN stated\u003cbr data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"505\"\u003eCondition: Second-hand hardcover with dust jacket. Noticeable shelf wear, rubbing, marks and edge wear to the dust jacket, with some creasing and handling wear. The book has a handwritten gift inscription on the front endpaper dated Adelaide 1970. Internally, pages show age-toning and light marks consistent with age. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"1275\"\u003eBeardsley: A Biography is Stanley Weintraub’s study of the short, brilliant and controversial life of Aubrey Beardsley, one of the defining artists of the fin de siècle and the English Decadent movement. The book traces Beardsley’s rise as an illustrator, his association with Oscar Wilde and The Yellow Book, and the distinctive black-and-white style that made his work both celebrated and scandalous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1530\"\u003eIllustrated with examples of Beardsley’s art, this 1967 hardcover will appeal to readers interested in art history, decadent literature, Victorian and Edwardian culture, symbolism, book illustration and the darker edges of nineteenth-century aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1837\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003cbr data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1552\"\u003eStanley Weintraub was an American historian, biographer and scholar whose work often focused on literary, artistic and cultural figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His biographies are known for placing creative lives within their broader historical and cultural setting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49633205682399,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_2343.jpg?v=1779875804"},{"product_id":"pan-s-daughter-the-magical-world-of-rosaleen-norton-nevill-drury-first-paperback-edition","title":"Pan’s Daughter: The Magical World of Rosaleen Norton - Nevill Drury - First paperback edition","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1210\"\u003eAuthor: Nevill Drury\u003cbr data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"903\"\u003ePublisher: Mandrake of Oxford\u003cbr data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"935\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"955\"\u003eEdition: First paperback edition, 1993\u003cbr data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"996\"\u003eISBN: 9781869928315\u003cbr data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003eCondition: Second-hand paperback. Light shelf wear to cover, corners and edges, with minor handling marks. Overall a clean and presentable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1556\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1228\"\u003ePan’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is Nevill Drury’s study of Rosaleen Norton, the Australian artist, occultist and magical practitioner often remembered as the “Witch of Kings Cross”. 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