BARDS IN THE WILDERNESS.
Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920. Pp. xxx+280, notes on the poems, biographical notes, indices; dust wrapper; Nelson, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. More
Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920. Pp. xxx+280, notes on the poems, biographical notes, indices; dust wrapper; Nelson, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. More
Verses. Pp. [44]+16(publisher's catalogue, dated November 1910); cloth backed grey papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board lettered & decorated in blue, a trifle soiled, top edge of lower d slightly faded; t.e.g.; free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Lothian, Melbourne, 1910. First edition. Serle p...... More
Pp. [38](last blank), frontispiece portrait of the author by Meredith Peach, plus 4 pictorial headpieces wood engraved by the author, the title page and colophon ornaments printed in maroon; maroon stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, printed paper title label on upper wrapper; Croft Press, Cobargo, 1991. Edition limited to..... More
Pp. 64(last colophon, verso blank); f'cap. 8vo; purple paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; uncut and partly unopened; a little light foxing; Elkin Matthews, London, 1906. First edition. The Vigo Cabinet series, No. 38. *Author's first book. James Griffyth Fairfax (1886-1976)..... More
Being verse translations from the French, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Latin, with a few Arabic, Japanese and Armenian renderings from French prose versions. Pp. 72; cloth backed printed brown papered boards, a trifle rubbed; uncut, partly unopened; plain brown paper dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges chipped; free endpapers faintly offset..... More
Being verse translations from the French, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Latin, with a few Arabic, Japanese and Armenian renderings from French prose versions. Pp. 72; printed brown paper wrappers with flap folds, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; uncut; inked inscription (dated November 1919) at head..... More
Pp. x+236, frontispiece with tissue guard, the title page printed in red & black, erratum slip tipped-in at p. 21; gilt lettered green cloth, the lower board faintly scuffed; with the original plain tissue dust wrapper, edges and back panel quite torn; fore and bottom edges uncut; a little light..... More
A Sonnet-Sequence. With a cover-design and frontispiece in photogravure by F. M. McArthur. Pp. [104](printed in blue & black on rectos only, except for the title and colophon pages, and numbered to 52)+[8](advertisements, last blank), frontispiece with lettered tissue guard; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the top fore-corners..... More
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer, illustrated by Helena Lovell. Pp. [16], stiff textured light brown paper, text and decorations printed in brown; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1979. *Includes poetry by Bernard O'Dowd, Judith Wright, Henry Kendall, David Campbell and James McAuley. More
Pp. [4]; printed paper wrappers, stapled; J. F. Bracken, Williamstown, Vic., n.d.[194-]. First edition. *Published to aid Patriotic Funds, with the Red Cross benefiting from sale of the poem. More
A collection of poetry. Pp. [50](last blank), full page illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle marked, bottom fore-corners faintly creased; [the author?], Euroa, Victoria, 1992. *From the collection of Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, with her signature at head of title page, and author's inscription to her beneath title. More
Pp. viii+56; dust wrapper, tiny split to top fore-edge corner; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957. First edition. More
Pp. vi+30, text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled;the author, Sydney, 1985. *With review slip loosely inserted. More
Pp. [viii]+16, notes, selected bibliography; f'cap. 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly rubbed; 45 r.p.m. record in sleeve on upper pastedown; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1971. Poets On Record 4. More
Pp. [viii]+272(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus text illustrations (12 full page); edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1976. First edition. *The author's memoirs, plus his impressions of literary and artistic figures encountered during his life: Norman Lindsay, Kenneth..... More
With an Introductory essay on poetry in Australia. Pp. [vi]+36+[2], 2 full page illustrations; red cloth over card, lettered and decorated in black; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with tiny snag at head of backstrip; Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1931. First edition, limited to 400 numbered..... More
With poems/prose/pieces by people from 7 to 19. Pp. 44, processed; pictorial paper wrappers; edges a trifle worn; a couple of spots of foxing; The Saturday Centre, Sydney, 1976. More
Pp. [vi]+42; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, signature & date on upper free endpaper, a little faint foxing; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1968. *The author was born in Warsaw, in 1936, and arrived in Melbourne as a refugee..... More
Pp. x+154(processed, last blank), index; narrow demy 4to; printed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip faded;Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Sydney, 1989. First edition. Studies in Australian Bibliography Number 29. More
A personal miscellany, 1975-1990. Pp. 44, 2 full page illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, bottom corners a trifle rubbed; Black Wattle Press, Sydney, 1990. More
Pp. [x]+100+[2](blank, colophon); bottom fore-corner of boards bruised; dust wrapper; Paper Bark Press, Sydney, 1990. First edition, limited to 100 copies; this out-of-series. *Author's second collection of poems. More
Pp. 64; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Black Lightning Press, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, 1986. More
The story of a shipwreck. Pp. 20, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; a little faint creasing and soiling; [Terang Express Print, Terang, Victoria], n.d. *Poem about the famous Victorian shipwreck; first published in 1948. More
Foreword by J. Roy Stevens. Pp. 72(last colophon), title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page), one decorative initial, small tailpiece decorations; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly creased and lightly browned; a couple of spots of foxing; [The Gordon Memorial Committee, Melbourne, 1937?]. *'The entire proceeds derived from..... More
With notes by Hugh Anderson, and the traditional ballad "The Dowie Dens O'Yarrow". Six illustrations by Noel Paton. Pp. 36, 7 hand-tipped tinted plates (including frontispiece portrait), the title page printed in brown & black; tall demy 8vo; half dark brown morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, brown cloth boards..... More