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Pp. 3-82; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cochin International, Brisbane, 1976. More
Pp. 3-82; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cochin International, Brisbane, 1976. More
Pp. [iv]+214; dust wrapper; Australasian Book Society, Sydney, 1967. First edition. *Author's first novel, written to highlight some of the problems that contemporary prisons produce in men. More
Pp. 24, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled; top fore-corner pp. 11/12 creased; Sweetwater, Brisbane, 1982. Edition limited to 150 copies. More
Pp. [viii]+82, errata slip loosely inserted; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, upper wrapper slightly marked, the bottom fore-corners faintly creased; Friendly Street Poets, Adelaide, 1982. More
Preface by Ken Horler. Pp. 74+[6](last colophon), 1 full page illustration; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Currency Press, Sydney, 1974. Currency Methuen Play Series III, No. 2. *From the collection of Australian journalist and critic Neil Jillett, with his signature..... More
A collection of poetry & prose. Pp. [v]+35, 2 text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked; a few leaves lightly creased; Tantrum Press, Adelaide, 1987. More
Pp. [vi]+74; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of small edge bruises to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips at head of backstrip; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+68(last colophon), pictorial title page; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle scuffed, with faint signs of sticker removal near bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper; Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1975. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+46(last blank); demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges lightly creased and split, the backstrip slightly faded and with small chip at foot; inked signature & date (1974) at head of upper free endpaper; Angus..... More
Pp. [x]+70(last blank); demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with signs of two earlier tape repairs on reverse, edges and backstrip browned; endpapers lightly offset, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956. First edition. *Inscribed..... More
Pp. 64(last colophon), glossary of Australian terms; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges and spine slightly faded and rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges and backstrip rubbed and browned, with a few short splits; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown opposite another (earlier?) bookseller's..... More
Pp. viii+62, notes; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1978. First edition, paperback. *Signed by the author on the title page and also inscribed by him on the upper free endpaper; 'For Peter [Gebhardt] with thanks & best wishes, David'. The..... More
edited with an introduction by Philip Mead. Pp. 132; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Indigo/Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, ACT, 2006. First edition. *Posthumously published selection, including some of Campbell's translations from Russian poetry. With a signed presentation inscription from the editor to Peter and Christina Gebhardt on the half-title page..... More
An Essay on the Importance of a National Literature. Pp. 30; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and browned, faint fracture to upper board near bottom edge; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset (heavier on lower free..... More
A Collection of Poems. Pp. [iv]+46(last blank), text illustrations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle sprung; Lowden Publishing Co., Melbourne, 2006. First edition. *Many of Cantlon's poems were published in Smith's Weekly and The Bulletin. His poem Verse (or Worse)incorporates the nicknames of over 100 Kilmore and district citizens from..... More
Pp. [viii]+260(last advertisement); cr. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; half-title page faintly creased; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1999. First edition. *Author's second novel, signed by her on the title page. More
Australian Primitive Poet. A selection from her verse and prose. With a Commentary by Nancy Keesing. Pp. 30; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, with a couple of tiny indentations to upper wrapper; pp. 15/16 slightly creased, short closed tear to fore-edge of last page; The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1965. First..... More
Pp. [vi]+270+[4](blank, colophon); med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; clear dust wrapper, printed in red, edges a trifle creased, with tiny split at head of backstrip; Knopf, Sydney, 2008. First Australian edition. More
Pp. 600; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned (as often), fore-edge of a couple of leaves lightly creased; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1985. Second printing. *Winner of The Age Book of the Year for 1985. Signed by the author on the title..... More
Pp. [viii]+392; med. 8vo; boards lightly worn, the spine cloth creased; dust wrapper; text block browned, the endpapers a trifle soiled; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1997. First Australian edition. *Winner of the 1997 The Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize, the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize, and the..... More
Pp. [viii]+280, pictorial pastedowns; med. 8vo; white boards, spine lettered in pink & dark red; fore-edges uncut; ribbon marker; ribbed dust wrapper; text block browned; Knopf/Random House, Sydney, 2003. First Australian edition. *The plot is partly based on the notorious Ern Malley hoax. More
Pp. [viii]+272(last colophon); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, top edge of front panel a trifle creased; Faber & Faber, London, 2003. First U.K. edition. *The plot is partly based on the notorious Ern Malley hoax. More
Pp. [viii]+456(last blank), a few black & white text illustrations, coloured pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2009. First edition. *Shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. More
Pp. [viii]+280(last blank); qr. red cloth over grey papered boards, spine and upper board lettered in silver, edges of boards faintly faded, a couple of tiny indentations near top fore-corner of lower board; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased, the back panel faintly soiled and with a few tiny..... More
Pp. [iv]+272(last blank); cream papered boards, spine and upper board stamped in blind, a trifle bruised at foot of spine; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; ribbon marker; Knopf, Sydney, 2006. First edition, deckle edged issue. *Signed by the author on the title page. The novel was simultaneously published in two issues..... More