103644
McLEOD , Alan and Richard Preston

THE LINCOLN ANTHOLOGY 1951:
Sydney , Futurian Press , 1951 First Edition. 24pp. 8vo . Original wrappers . Wrappers are a little foxed, otherwise a very good copy. Limited edition of 150 numbered and signed copies, of which this is Number 107. Collection of poetry by young Sydney poets including Richard Appleton, Reba Ginsberg and Robert CummingClick here to order
$75

109753
KERSHAW, Alister

THE LONELY VERGE: Poems.
Adelaide, The Warlock Press, 1943 1st edition. 26pp. 22 x 14.5 cm. Original papered boards in dustwrapper. The wrapper is chipped and torn and the boards are unevenly faded but still a very good copy. Number 5 in an edition of 150 copies and signed by the authorClick here to order
$200

101643
HICKS , Allen

EVER FLOWING :
Surrey Hills, Victoria , Casuarina Press , 1979. 86pp. 4to . Original cloth with dustwrapper . Some marks to endpages, otherwise excellent . Edition limited to 350 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 158Click here to order
$50

39819
ADAMSON, Bartlett

THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN:
Sydney, Sydneysider Company, N.D.. 51pp. 8vo. Or. wrappers. A little foxing to wrappers otherwise a very good copy . Decorations by Roy Hodgkinson. Erotic poetry with illustrations to matchClick here to order
$100

47328
BIRTLES, Bert

BLACK POPPIES:
Sydney, The Author, 1924. 64pp. 4to. 1/4 leather & cloth. Frontspiece a pencil portrait of the author by B E Minns. Printed in two colours on Whatman's hand-made paper. Edition limited to 150 copies signed and numbered by the author. Contains the poem for which the author was expelled from Sydney University on a charge of 'Committing misconduct in writing a poem'Click here to order
$350

102212
BROOKS, David

FIVE POEMS 1973-76:
Canberr , Flying Fox Edition, 1981. 8vo. Paperback. Good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Limited to 200 copies.Click here to order
$45

102223
TZOUMACAS, Dimitris

CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN POETRY: In Greek and English.
St Lucia, Universitty of Queensland Press, 1985. 265pp. 8vo. Original hardback in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Poetry translated in English and GreekClick here to order
$50

63203
AUCHTERLONIE, Dorothy

SOMETHING TO SOMEONE: Poems.
Canberra, The Brindabella Press, 1983. 35pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Frontispiece by Michael McCurdy. Edition limited to 250 copiesClick here to order
$100

96288
STEWART, Douglas

THE WHITE CRY: Poems.
London, J M Dent, 1939. 64pp. 8vo. Original cloth . An inscription by a previous owner on the free front endpage.Click here to order
$60

51974
STEWART, Douglas & Keesing N(eds)

OLD BUSH SONGS: And Rhymes of Colonial Times. Enlarged and Revised from the collection of A B Paterson.
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1957. 289pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy.Click here to order
$30

89933
RIDDELL, Elizabeth

OCCASIONS OF BIRDS: And other poems.
Canberra, Officina Brindabella, 1987. 45pp. 17 x 26 cms. Original cloth backed boards. Limited to 275 copies. Signed by the authorClick here to order
$100

96943
RUSDEN, G. W

MOYARRA AN AUSTRALIAN LEGEND IN TWO CANTOS: By Yittadairn.
London, E A Petherick & Co, 1891. 96pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a very good copy. Poetry based on an Aboriginal legendClick here to order
$300

42437
KANARAKIS, George

GREEK VOICES IN AUSTRALIA: A Tradition of Prose, Poetry and Drama.
Australian National University Press, 1987. 512pp. 8vo. Hardcover in cloth. A very good copy. Illus. An anthology of Greek literature in Australia from 1900 to the present. A signed and inscribed by the author copyClick here to order
$50

72952
EVANS, George Essex

COLLECTED VERSE OF G.ESSEX EVANS:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1928. 328pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Dustwrapper torn on spinesome foxing; a good copy. Verse of Queensland patriotic poetClick here to order
$50

43514
McCRAE, George Gordon

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK: A Poetical Romance in Four Books.
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1873. 168pp. 8vo. Original cloth.Click here to order
$160

73924
HIRST, Gordon

SO THEY PLAYED TOGETHER:
Goulburn, Johnstone and Davie, ND. 40pp. large 8vo. wrappers. Illustrated by the author. Poems and songs for childrenClick here to order
$50

106328
LAWSON, Henry

HENRY LAWSON COMPLETE WORKS : A CAMP-FIRE YARN & A FANTASY OF MAN: Complete Works 1885-1900. 1901-1922.
Sydney, Lansdowne, 1984. 906 & 1012pp. 4to. Deluxe edition bound in full tanned leather with green leather title plate; gilt and green details and decorations; in green cloth box with felt interior. Mint. Illustrated. Includeds illustrations by Norman Lindsay reproduced in full colour. Limited edition 450/600 copies signed by Peter LawsonClick here to order
$700

61574
LAWSON, Henry

MY ARMY, O, MY ARMY!: and Other Songs.
Sydney, Tyrrell's, 1915. 127pp. 8vo. Paperback. A very good copy, minor foxing to edges, else clean. The front cover illustration is by Norman Lindsay & the frontispiece is a portrait of the author. 1st editionClick here to order
$150

98294
KELLOW, Henry Arthur

QUEENSLAND POETS:
London, George G. Harrap, 1930 1st Ed. 269pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. A study of Queensland's major poetsClick here to order
$250

39862
SYMON, Hon. Sir Josiah , K.C.M.G, K.C

POETRY AND ITS CLAIMS: An Address by ...at The Inaugural Meeting of the Poetry Recital Society, Adelaide Branch, on May 4th, 1910.
London, Privately Printed by John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1911. 56pp. 8vo. Or. cl. Signed by the authorClick here to order
$100

42626
McCRAE, Hugh

FORESTS OF PAN: A selection of poems not hitherto reprinted from Hugh McCrae's Satyrs and Sunlight.
Brisbane, The Meanjin Press, 1944. 40pp. 8vo. Or. wrappers. Very good condiiton.Click here to order
$40

39764
DAVIS, Jack

THE FIRST-BORN AND OTHER POEMS:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1970 1st edition. 51pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Poetry written by an AboriginalClick here to order
$60

103261
BAXTER, James K

COLLECTED POEMS: Edited by J E Weir.
Wellington, Oxford University Press, 1981 reprint . 656pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper . A very good copy .Click here to order
$100

108524
RANKIN, Jennifer J

EARTH HOLD:
London, Secker & Warburg, 1978. 56pp. 22 x 29 cms. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Very good copy. Dustwrapper with minor chips and tears to edges. Lacks front end-paper. Illustrated by John Olsen.Click here to order
$95

57165
HORNIBROOK, J.H

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF QUEENSLAND VERSE:
Brisbane, A.H. Tucker, Government Printer, 1953. 82pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Edition limited to 450 copiesClick here to order
$75

104560
NEILSON, John Shaw

SOME POEMS OF SHAW NEILSON: Selected and with Wood-Engravings by Barbara Hanrahan.
Canberra, The Brindabella Press, 1984. 8vo. Beautifully bound in quarter tan leather and blue cloth. Exterior clean, foxing to the endpapers, other pages clean and flat. Some black and white wood cuts. This publication is limited to 230 copies of which this is 185 Click here to order
$250

103641
FERGUSON-DUELL, Julie

BUSH SPIRITS OF AUSTRALIA : Volume 1: "Regie and the Ridgetop Sprites".
Kincumber , The Author , 1986. 42pp. Folio . Original cloth backed pictorial boards . A lovely copy . Colour illustratrations throughout. Limited signed first edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 16. Additional inscription by the author on the free front end pageClick here to order
$80

99315
WALKER, Kath

THE DAWN IS AT HAND: Poems.
Brisbane, Jacaranda Press, 1966. 49pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Aboriginal poet now known as Oodgeroo. Signed by the author and dated October 1966. One of the first Aboriginal people to be publishedClick here to order
$100

32425
MACKENZIE, Kenneth

THE MOONLIT DOORWAY:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1944. 89pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy; dustwrapper worn and there is a piece missing from the front cover.. PoetryClick here to order
$50

58561
MURRAY, Les A.

THE VERNACULAR REPUBLIC: Poems 1961-81.
Edinburgh, Canongate, 1982 1st Scottish Edition. 219pp. 8vo. Paperback.Click here to order
$50

53642
MURRAY, Les A

THE DAYLIGHT MOON: Poems.
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1987 1st edition. 86pp. 8vo. Paperback. Very good copy. Signed by the authorClick here to order
$100

107020
JURGENSEN, Manfred

SHADOWS OF UTOPIA:
Rockhampton, University of Central Queensland Press, 1994. 140pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Illustrated by Cynthia Breusch. "An exhaustive survey in narrative verse of Australia's past, its Aboriginal beginnings and its colonising depradations, limitations and successes as well as its inevitable growing pains and present racial reconciliation". Signed by the author of the title page. Includes a letter to the author and one from the author.Click here to order
$75

66468
MUIR, Marcie, Ed

UNDER THE PEPPER TREES: A South Australian Anthology of Children's Poetry and Prose.
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1987. 158pp. 8vo. Paperback. Illus. Children's literature by South Australian writersClick here to order
$35

46550
GILMORE, Mary

BATTLEFIELDS:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1939. 181pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper.. Aside from a little darkening to the spine of the wrapper, this is a very good copy. PoetryClick here to order
$125

62380
GILMORE, Mary

THE TILTED CART:
Sydney, The Worker Trade Union Print, 1925 1st edition. 115pp. 8vo. Original pictorial boards. A very good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author and dated 8.4.26Click here to order
$150

102443
WEST, Morris

THE HERETIC: A Play in Three Acts.
Adelaide, Isotome Press, 1969. 140, 5, 6pp. 46 x 34cm. In a beautiful blue cloth and velvet box set contains: A folio size 25 x 36cm vellum binding with gilt lettering on spine which is profusley illustrated by Murphy in colour prints. Signature of West and Murphy on back page. 24x32cm prospectus with prints. Six mounted prints 46x34cm.. Wonderful condition. With original lithographs and reliefs prints by Idris Murphy. Edition limited to 26 copies bound in vellum. This copy is the printer's copy and is out of series but still signed by both West and MurphyClick here to order
$3500

39848
PALMER, Nettie

THE SOUTH WIND:
London, John G Wilson, 1914. 58pp. 8vo. 1/4 leather & boards. Poetry. Author's 1st bookClick here to order
$150

39847
BRUCE, R

RE-ECHOES FROM COONDAMBO:
London, John Long, 1903. 437pp. 8vo. Or. cl. Poetry by South AustralianClick here to order
$150

95676
BRISSENDEN, R. F

ELEGIES : Nine Poems by R.F. Brissenden with drawings by Robin Wallace-Crabbe.
Canberra , Brindabella Press, 1974. 20 pp. 8vo . Original wrappers . Fine . Drawings by Robin Wallace-Crabbe. This is number 196 of 310 copies published and is the second book by Brindabella Press. Features poems that originally appeared in The Australia, Poetry Australia, Quadrant, Southerly and Westerly. Click here to order
$200

60195
PERRY, Richard

CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN AMATEUR MAGAZINE IN PROSE AND VERSE:
London, L Booth, 1857. 305pp. 8vo. Original cloth.Click here to order
$200

31788
McCUAIG, Ronald

THE BALLAD OF BLOODTHIRSTY BESSIE: And Other Poems.
Sydney, 1961. 165pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustwrapper . A very good copy.Click here to order
$30

102215
BUCKLEY, Vincent

THE WORLD'S FLESH: Poems.
Melbourne, Cheshire, 1954. 54pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustwrapper. Dustwrapper slightly worn otherwise a fine copy. Signed and inscripted by the Author on the front end paper.Click here to order
$150

109759
BUCKLEY, Vincent

SELECTED POEMS:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1981. 136pp. 8vo. Paperback. A very good copy.Click here to order
$30

42636
HART-SMITH, W

JINDYWOROBAK ANTHOLOGY, 1944:
Melbourne, Jindyworobak Publications, 1944. 70pp. 8vo. Or. wrappers. A very good copy. Poetry annual of the Jindyworobak Club, founded in 1938Click here to order
$50

39950
CAWTHORNE, William Alexander

WHO KILLED COCKATOO?:
Melbourne, Casuarina Press, 1978. 19pp. 8vo. Or. boards. Published in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Illus. Facsimile of one of the earliest children's books published in AustraliaClick here to order
$50

67283

THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY ANNUAL:
Melbourne Literary Club, 1920 & 1921. per issue 38pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Two issues of an annual publication comprising a selection from the Club's monthly magazine, "Birth". Includes poetry by Mary Gilmore, Louis Lavater, Furnley Maurice, Hugh McRae, Bernard O'Dowd, Vance & Nettie Palmer & others. These are the only two issuesClick here to order
$120

102863
Editors including: Doglass Stewart, Robert Fitzgerald, H.M. Green, R.G. Howarth, Kenneth Slessor, T. Inglis Moore, Fredrick Macartney, Judith Wright, Rosemary Dobson +++

AUSTRALIAN POETRY: Complete run from 1941 - 1973.
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1941-73. per issue approximately 75pp. Octavo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. In very good condition; 1949-50, 1946, 1942 wrappers are worn 1945 lacks dustwrapper. 31 volumes of important Australian poetry. An invaluable reference. 1972 &1973 signed by the editor BrissendenClick here to order
$1000

44604

MELBA'S GIFT BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN ART AND LITERATURE:
Melbourne, George Robertson, ND 1916. 176pp. 8vo. Original linen binding. The spine is slightly faded otherwise this is a very good copy. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Will Dyson, Alfred Coffey, Ellis Rowan, Lionel Lindsay, David Low, Harry Weston, Percy Lindsay, etc. Signed by Nellie Melba. Selection made by Dame Nellie Melba, the profits of which were donated to the Belgian Relief Fund during World War I. Contributors include Ethel Turner, Nina Murdoch, C J Dennis, Roderic Quinn, Dorothea Mackellar, Aeneas Gunn, Annie Rentoul and Louis EssonClick here to order
$500

102272
David Campbell, Phillip Martin, Rosmary Dobson, Evan Jones, R.F. Brissenden, Judith Wright, Satendra Nandan

FOR A. D. HOPE: POEMS AND A BUILDING:
Canberra, Out Door Press, 1977. 12pp. Folio size. Paperback. Excellent condition. Each of the writers David Campbell, Phillip Martin, Rosmary Dobson, Evan Jones, R.F. Brissenden, Judith Wright, Satendra NandanClick here to order
$120

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