Modern Poetry
POEMS OF SANDOR BERGER 1950-1955.
Pp. 96, processed (produced by Hadleigh Duplicating Service), 2 full page portraits, notes and explanations; demy 8vo; blue tape backed pictorial paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, the text block faintly browned; the author, Sydney, 1956..... More
THE CARRIONFLOWER WRIT.
Numbers 1-10 [all published]. Ten issues, including issues 2a and 9/10; each a large broadsheet folded into eight leaves, black and white illustrations, several on verso of broadsheet, issue 1 with heading and footer printed in brown and issue 2a printed in black and red, on varying shades of paper;..... More
THE WONDER NIGHT.
Drawings by Barnett Freedman. Pp. [4], full page coloured illustration; small cr. 8vo; pictorial mauve paper wrappers with narrow flap folds, stabbed & tied; lightly foxed, edges slightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, a little light foxing; Faber & Gwyer, London, n.d.[1927]. First..... More
THE OLD LADIES AT NEWINGTON.
A poem for several voices. Pp. 80(last colophon, blank); cream papered boards, edges a trifle discoloured; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and browned; free endpapers offset; Meanjin Press, Melbourne, 1953. Edition limited to 500 copies. *Signed by the author on upper pastedown. More
KNOW BECAME TELL.
Pp. 26(last blank), printed in red & black, with 4 hand-tipped coloured plates (including the frontispiece), plus black & white or tinted illustrations; oblong post 4to; qr. black tape, silkscreened plywood boards, with printed number (limitation) sticker on upper board; clear plastic dust wrapper; The Billionth Press, London, 1986. First..... More
WHEN I SEE YOU.
Poems. Pp. 52; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges slightly silverfished, the backstrip faintly discoloured; Cat & Fiddle Press, Hobart, 1978. *Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page to Literary Editor Thomas Shapcott. More
AFTER THE BOMBING and other short poems.
Pp. viii+52(last colophon); demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, backstrip rubbed and browned, edges a trifle creased and split, the front flap stamped Macmillan's Overseas Library; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the lower endpapers..... More
THE WEATHERCOCK - LA GIROUETTE.
Single sheet, folded to form 4 pages, printed in English & French; med. 8vo; within the original printed envelope, which is slightly soiled and silverfished, with the limitation number in ink near the top left corner; tiny indentation near fore-edge of both folds; Ulysses Bookshop, n. p., 1931. Edition limited..... More
TWO BOYS AND A GIRL, PLAYING IN A CHURCHYARD.
Illustration by Margaret Steward. Single leaf, folded, printed on one side only, featuring the text of a poem, plus coloured [linocut?] illustration; within printed paper wrappers, stitched, the title within decorative border; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. More
POEMS & SONGS FROM THE PLAYS.
Edited and mainly translated by John Willett. Pp. xviii+268, chronological list, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in silver, spine blocked in red; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Methuen, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. More
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE.
The title page and portrait cut on the wood by G. Raverat. Pp. x+160(last blank), frontispiece portrait, pictorial title page, publisher's device at end, appendix; full vellum (slightly 'cloudy'), spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; t.e.g., others uncut; ribbon marker; marbled endpapers; faint offsetting..... More
LOVE LIFE AND OTHER STRIFE.
Pp. [viii]+52; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Scrivener Books, O'Connor, A.C.T., 1993. *Australian poetry. More
PLASTIC PARABLES.
Selected poems. Pp. [vii]+49; printed stiff paper wrappers; Metro Community Press, Brisbane, 1991. More
WENSLEYDALE.
Etchings & Verse. Pp. [x]+100, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full and one double page), pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Ashford Buchan & Enright, Leatherhead, Surrey, 1994. First edition. *Signed by the author/artist on the title page. More
DAY AT THE FARM.
Foreword by Sidney M. Ehrman. Pp. [12](last blank), text within decorative tan border; narrow med. 4to; cloth backed tan papered boards, edges lightly worn, 2.5 cm. split along top of lower joint, printed title label on spine a trifle chipped; John Henry Nash, [San Francisco], 1937. More
RADIO CITY 2AM.
Pp. 3-82; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cochin International, Brisbane, 1976. More
S.T.O.P. AT EVERY CORNER.
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
THE LEICHHARDT HEATER JOURNEY.
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
CONVOLUTIONS.
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
THE BRANCH OF DODONA and other poems: 1969-1970.
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
DEATHS AND PRETTY COUSINS.
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
DEVIL'S ROCK and Other Poems 1970-1972.
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
THE MIRACLE OF MULLION HILL: Poems.
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