McGlusky's Great Adventure
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1925]. Hardcover. Crown quarto : pp. [6] 11-251 : original red blind-stamped boards with black lettering to the spine : illustrated jacket with minor edgewear. Pages are quite toned and there is a neat gift inscription on a front endpaper. Scarce in such a well-preserved jacket. Very Good / Very Good. Item #8044
Originally published in 1917 this reprint appears to be published in 1925 according to most sources. Adelaide-born Hales (1860-1936) became a journalist working in several outback locations and later became a war correspondent during several overseas conflicts. Miller/Macartney, p213 explains the popularity of his writings developed "out of his humorously tinged Australianism and the vernacular of his characters." McGlusky, an Australian of Scotch descent, is one of his major characters.
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