{"product_id":"2026200012643-secondhand-dear-robertson-letters-to-an-australian-publisher","title":"Dear Robertson: Letters To An Australian Publisher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Robertson: Letters to an Australian Publisher opens a remarkable window into the literary and cultural heart of early twentieth-century Australia, presenting an intimate collection of correspondence addressed to George Robertson, the formidable co-founder of Angus \u0026amp; Robertson — the publishing house that shaped Australian literature for generations. A.W. Barker curates these letters with scholarly precision, illuminating the relationships, negotiations, and creative tensions between Robertson and the authors, poets, and intellectuals who sought his patronage, including the likes of Norman Lindsay and other luminaries of the Australian literary scene.\n\nThe collection stands as a vivid social document, chronicling the struggles and aspirations of a nascent national literature finding its own voice in a colonial and post-Federation world. Barker's editorial hand is deft and unobtrusive, allowing the voices of the correspondents to speak with undiminished urgency and wit across the decades. For anyone captivated by the hidden machinery of literary history — the deals struck, the manuscripts rejected, the friendships forged in ink — this volume promises revelations that resonate far beyond the Australian continent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130813948123,"sku":"2026200012643-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3c57bd4f-ce78-4f57-b83d-2cca8c737ca0.png?v=1786590591","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012643-secondhand-dear-robertson-letters-to-an-australian-publisher","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}