Preliminary design for the dustjacket of Xavier Herbert's Poor fellow my country [manuscript]. [197-]?

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Preliminary design for the dustjacket of Xavier Herbert's Poor fellow my country [manuscript]. [197-]?

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Preliminary design for the dustjacket of the Miles Franklin Award winning novel, first published in Sydney by Collins in 1975. Oil painting on stiff card, the size of the book, 29 x 51 cm folded as a dustjacket. The rough sketch by Crooke shows his initial thoughts regarding the design of the wrapper. The bleak landscape insert would be reworked and developed to encompass the whole jacket. Accompanied by finished cover with annotations.

1 folder of two items ; 30 cm.

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Herbert, Xavier, 1901-

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Emeritus Professor Laurie Hergenhan, Founding Editor, of the journal "Australian Literary Studies", worked extensively with Xavier Herbert. Xavier Herbert's best known novels are "Capricornia" (1938) and "Poor Fellow My Country" (1975). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1976-1977. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223020754 From the description of Papers, 1976-1977. 1976-1977. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 44896497 X...

Crooke, Ray, 1922-

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Ray Crooke was born in 1922, at Auburn Victoria. His family is of Anglo-Irish decent. Crooke's father studied painting and drawing at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. In 1937 he left school and took a job with an advertising agency where he was encouraged to go to art school at the Swinburne Technical School as part of his training. In 1940 he enlisted in the Militia, where he was transferred to North Queensland and Borneo. While in the army Crooke completed a correspondenc...