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Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. Issued withour dustjacket. Limited edition copy no. 672. 131 pages. A facsimile edition of the original to which a biographical index and ships' names has been added. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. pp.112pp. 21.5cm. Printed wrappers lightly soiled. Archive tape added to protect the spine. Original staples rusted and replaced. Slight vertical crease. Signature of 'G. Hendy Pooley 1917' (the artist) on title page. Good copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham Limited, Printers [for the Author], 1917. Octavo, 112 pages. Original wrappers (with the title page details repeated within a border on the front cover) slightly rubbed, creased and marked, with minimal wear to the head of the spine; very light cockling to the front bottom corner throughout; overall, an excellent copy. 'For private circulation'. Provenance: Frederick (Fred) Johns (1868-1932), journalist and biographer, with his signature in pencil at the head of the front cover. In '1906 Johns compiled and published a biographical dictionary that was to become a national institution, "Johns's Notable Australians". Three features characterized this and later editions: painstaking accuracy, information obtained directly from the individuals concerned, and apolitical, factual entries with no comment or eulogy. It was republished in 1908 and in 1912-14 appeared as "Fred Johns's Annual". The series revived in 1922 as 'Who's Who in the Commonwealth of Australia' and in 1927 as "Who's Who in Australia"' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').