Book, Annals of New Zealand Literature
Maker
New Zealand Authors' Week Committee
Production date
Apr 1936
Object detail
Brief Description
The book titled: Annals of New Zealand Literature, being a preliminary List of New Zealand Authors and their works with introductory essays and verses, was issued by the New Zealand Authors' Week Committee, April 1936.
The contents contain the following essays:
The New Zealand Novel by Alan Mulgan;
New Zealand by Eileen Duggan;
The Place of Drama in New Zealand Literature by Victor S Lloyd;
The Full Cup by Arnold Wall;
Our Younger Generation of Writers by C A Marris;
Song and the Morning's Daughter by Jessie MacKay;
The New Zealand Book Illustrator by Pat Lawlor;
Ultima Thule by Robin Hyde;
Fiction and History by Johannes C Andersen;
Chinese Plate by J C Beaglehole; and
A Vision of Clouds by Eve Langley.
The following book plates are shown: Lino-cut by Hilda Wiseman for Warwick Lawrence; Wood-cut, by Stephen F Champ for Jane Mander; Pen-drawing by Ian F Calder for Rev David Calder; Pen-drawing by Leslie G McCullough engraved in copper by A P Gillin for Lieut.-Col. E B Millton; Pen-drawing by Llewellyn Williams for A R McElwain; Pen-drawing, by Capt. P Roach Pierson for P Watts-Rule; Pen-drawing by Neil Lonsdale for R G Shepheard; Pen-drawing by Stuart Peterson for Eric Reeves.
The contents contain the following essays:
The New Zealand Novel by Alan Mulgan;
New Zealand by Eileen Duggan;
The Place of Drama in New Zealand Literature by Victor S Lloyd;
The Full Cup by Arnold Wall;
Our Younger Generation of Writers by C A Marris;
Song and the Morning's Daughter by Jessie MacKay;
The New Zealand Book Illustrator by Pat Lawlor;
Ultima Thule by Robin Hyde;
Fiction and History by Johannes C Andersen;
Chinese Plate by J C Beaglehole; and
A Vision of Clouds by Eve Langley.
The following book plates are shown: Lino-cut by Hilda Wiseman for Warwick Lawrence; Wood-cut, by Stephen F Champ for Jane Mander; Pen-drawing by Ian F Calder for Rev David Calder; Pen-drawing by Leslie G McCullough engraved in copper by A P Gillin for Lieut.-Col. E B Millton; Pen-drawing by Llewellyn Williams for A R McElwain; Pen-drawing, by Capt. P Roach Pierson for P Watts-Rule; Pen-drawing by Neil Lonsdale for R G Shepheard; Pen-drawing by Stuart Peterson for Eric Reeves.
Edition/State/Version
First Edition
Collection
Production date
Apr 1936
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Soft cover, printed on paper with black ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 244 x 184mm
Signature/Inscription
Ko te Matauranga Te Kaha Russell Duncan, Bookplate, Printed
Russell Duncan's stamp of two arrows in opposing directions., Stamp, Stamp
Russell Duncan's stamp of two arrows in opposing directions., Stamp, Stamp
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1936
Credit line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
015.931 New, 858, 24118
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