Songs of a campaign [manuscript]. 1917.

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Songs of a campaign [manuscript]. 1917.

"Songs of a campaign", a collection of poems by Leon Gellert, Adelaide, G. Hassell & Son, 1917 with a photograph on the title page of Norman Lindsay and Leon Gellert at Springwood. It is a first edition and contains handwritten poems, "The night attack", "Girls, wives, mother" and "The soul forsaken" which appear in the third edition, also published in 1917.

2 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7076666

Libraries Australia

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Gellert, Leon, 1892-1977

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Leon Maxwell Gellert, 1892-1977, served with the 10th Battalion A.I.F. which participated at the landing of Gallipoli during World War I. His collection of poems, Songs of a Campaign, 1917, was based on his experiences there. His other publications include The Isle of San, 1919, These Beastly Australians, 1929, Week after Week, 1953 and Year after Year, 1956. He was co-editor of The Home and joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1942 as literary editor and feature writer. From 1961 un...

Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969

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Australian author and artist. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225766992 William Elliot Johnson was speaker of the House of Representatives, 1913-1914 and 1917-1923 and a member of Parliament from 1903-1928. From the description of Letter to Sir Elliot Johnson [manuscript]. 1920. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223048329 Artist, author, born Victoria. Worked for some time with Bulletin and...