LEG-IRONS ON WINGS ... With a Foreword by Sir Frank Fox. Melbourne: Georgian House, [1949]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-284 [285: black] [286: publisher's device], inserted frontispiece, publisher's blue cloth stamped in black. First edition. The autobiography of James Francis Dwyer (1874-1952), an Australian writer of popular fiction who published novels and more than 1000 short stories during his career and was perhaps Australia's "most prolific short story writer" (Miller). Owner's name on front free endpaper inked out. A very good copy in very good dust jacket priced 15/- on the front flap with some wear along the top and bottom edges. (#174003).
Price: $50.00
"First published 1949" on copyright page.