{"product_id":"1924-me-an-th-son-by-steele-rudd-antique-australian-literature-book-1st-pub","title":"1924 \"Me an' th' Son\" by Steele Rudd Antique Australian Literature Book 1st Pub.","description":"\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1924 \"Me an' th' Son\" by Steele Rudd Antique Australian Literature Book 1st Pub.\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \"Me an' th' Son\"\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    By Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis)\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    Illustrated\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    Published by N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd: Sydney 1924 1st Book Published Edition\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\n     Illustrated Edition In Original Cloth Bindings\n    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \"Me an' th' Son follows the comic adventures of an ageing bushman and his returned-soldier son as they leave the farm and encounter the unfamiliar pleasures and absurdities of city life. Told in Steele Rudd's characteristic Australian vernacular, the episodes range across art exhibitions, shop windows, university life, horse racing, literature and industrial affairs, viewing metropolitan society through the shrewd and frequently bewildered eyes of rural visitors.\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n     Steele Rudd was the pen name of Australian author Arthur Hoey Davis, best remembered for On Our Selection and his humorous depictions of bush families and rural life. The sketches collected here first appeared in the Brisbane Courier before their publication in book form; this volume also includes the separately titled sequence The Book of Dan. The text is accompanied by seven full-page illustrations by noted Australian artist Percy Lindsay.\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    Published in Sydney by the N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd in 1924, this is the first book-published edition. It was wholly typeset and printed in Australia by John Sands Ltd and remains in its original red cloth binding, lettered in black to the front board and spine. An appealing association of Australian humour, illustration and popular publishing from the interwar period.\"\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    Light wear and fading to covers and spine. Pages clean and well presented. No inscriptions. A nice original copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n   \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n     \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n      \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003c\/font\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n     Size 19cm x 13cm x 3cm - 266 Pages\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50571391107211,"sku":null,"price":64.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/e960b764-54c7-4ccf-a9ba-8bd54d0382a0.jpg?v=1790722095","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/1924-me-an-th-son-by-steele-rudd-antique-australian-literature-book-1st-pub","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}