Morna Lee and Other Poems
London: Gordon & Gotch, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [8] [1] 72 : preface : bright blue cloth boards : lettering in gilt with red floral motif : head and tail double borders in red to upper and blind to lower : gilt to spine : rich brown endpapers : bevelled boards : red border to pages. Spine flecked very lightly. Near Fine. Item #4802
The publication states second edition, but as the author's preface written in Brisbane in 1889 indicates, the work is an expansion of Where the Pelican Builds and Other Poems published in 1885. The work is greatly enlarged with poems relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition and other new compositions. Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918) was born in Glasgow and migrated to Australia in 1853. She eventually settled in Queensland and became Literary Editor of The Queenslander. Miller/Macartney, p180.
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