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The Awful Australian

VALERIE DESMOND

Commonwealth of Australia: E.W. COLE. Book Arcade, Melbourne 46 George Street, Sydney 67 Rundle Street, Adelaide

The Only Edition Printed in Australia

E.W. COLE has been appointed Sole Distributor of A.H. Massina & Co.'s

Complete Copyright Edition of Gordon's Poems

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CLOTH Binding, 3/6; also extra gilt cover, gilt edges, 5/-

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