Summer’s Tales 2

238pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, not price clipped.

An annual anthology of Australian writing. Edited by Kylie Tennant, Summer’s Tales 2 gives a wide sweep of life in all its colour and humour. The stories were specifically written for this collection and are as different from each other as handmade lace from a carved wooden mask.