The People's Man: Charles Jardine Don - Australian Labour's First Parliamentarian [Signed]
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SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. Signed in full by author Des Shiel in black ink on limitation page, as called for. Number 50 of 525 copies of the Standard Edition. Illustrated in b&w (18 half-tone plates). With portrait frontispiece. Includes appendices, chapter notes, select bibliography, list of illustrations, plus index. From laid-in information sheet (in part): "Today, Charles Jardine Don lies in a neglected, crumbling grave in the Melbourne General Cemetary. Yet when he died prematurely in 1866, thousands lined Melbourne's streets in tribute. For this Scottish stonemason was the pioneer labour figure of Australian parliaments. The People's Man is an important contribution to Australian political and social history. The broad issues of early Victoria are skillfully delineated. But above all, it is the contentious issue of class, and its tragic effect on Charles Don, that underlies this absorbing and colourful book. The People's Man has detailed annotation and is richly illustrated from contemporary sources". From rear colophon page: "The People's Man has been printed letterpress on a 19th century Chandler & Price treadle platen at the Garravembi Press. It has been typeset by Nick Bichler at E. & S. Linotypers in 8, 10 & 12 pt. Times Light. Line blocks were engraved by Modern Reproductions. The half-tone plates were printed offset by The Craftsman Press. The edition has been hand bound by Peter Marsh". This book was the final publication of Garravembi Press. Large format. Heavy volume. Text printed in black, blue & orange. Printed in Australia. Bound in original half vellum & brick-red cloth, black lettering to spine, in publisher's clear acetate dustjacket. Offsetting to front of clear acetate dustjacket (from laid-in information page), otherwise a FINE very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 247pp. Scarce signed limited edition. RARE. SB-61. Size: 30.5 x 20cm.

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247 p. Hard cover.