This is an auction for THE COMPLETE WORKS OF HENRY LAWSON.

In two very large, illustrated volumes:

• A CAMP-FIRE YARN: HENRY LAWSON COMPLETE WORKS 1885-1900

and

• A FANTASY OF MAN: HENRY LAWSON COMPLETE WORKS 1901-1922

From Wikipedia:

"Henry Lawson (1867 – 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". Henry Lawson's first published poem was 'A Song of the Republic' which appeared in The Bulletin, 1 October 1887; his mother's republican friends were an influence... He returned to Sydney and continued to write for the Bulletin which, in 1892, paid for an inland trip where he experienced the harsh realities of drought-affected New South Wales. He also worked as a roustabout in the woolshed at Toorale Station. This resulted in his contributions to the Bulletin Debate and became a source for many of his stories in subsequent years. Lawson's most successful prose collection is While the Billy Boils, published in 1896. In it he "continued his assault on Paterson and the romantics, and in the process, virtually reinvented Australian realism". With sparse adjectives and honed-to-the-bone description, Lawson created a style and defined Australians: dryly laconic, passionately egalitarian and deeply humane.Like the majority of Australians, Lawson lived in a city, but had had plenty of experience in outback life, in fact, many of his stories reflected his experiences in real life..."

Two volumes 1984.

1918 pages in the two volumes.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is:

• North Island - $8.95.
• North Island Rural Delivery - $11.95
• South Island - $13.95
• South Island Rural Delivery - $16.95

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this attractive set from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.