Garden Island People

Sydney: Wentworth Books, 1975. 72 pp, flatsigned by both the author and the illustrator on half-title page, previous owner name on verso of free endpaper, slight foxing on edges and preliminaries. Here the author tells of a part of her city which few of its citizens have ever seen. Garden Island itself changes little and Cedric Emanuel's sensitive drawings… Read more about this item

Illustrated by Cedric Emanuel. Wentworth Books. Sydney. 1975.. 8vo, 72 pp. Hardcover in protected d/w, exc. cond. Stories of the personalities who worked in the Garden Island naval base during the Second World War. The stories range from hillarious to tragic with illustrations that show the mellow Victorian buildings and maritime relics that formed the background to this author's… Read more about this item

Wentworth Books Sydney 1975 . 25.0 x 19.0cms, 72pp, b/w Drawings; very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Keesing began working at the Garden Island Naval Accounts Dept in 1942. This book describes her work and friendships during WWII.