Night flight and sunrise

Melbourne and Adelaide : Reed and Harris, 1944. Octavo, original pink papered boards with printed title to spine, in Sidney Nolan illustrated dust jacket (lightly rubbed, slightly chipped at corners and along spine), pink endpapers, frontispiece portrait of the author, pp 40; a few toning spots, a fine, crisp copy.

The first published volume of poetry by this important Australian writer, based largely on Dutton’s wartime experiences. Printed in an edition of only 300 copies, the book features a very early Nolan illustrated dust jacket. (COWLEY, Des, A checklist of Reed & Harris Publications, in The La Trobe Journal No 64, Spring 1999, p. 47).