Poetry
CIRCUS AT WORLD'S END.
An Assembly of Verse. Pp. [xii]+152(last blank); qr. grey buckram, cream papered boards, upper board lettered in pink & black, corners bumped; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, lower panel slightly soiled; one gathering loosening, some light soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1947. First edition. *From the library of the poet..... More
GALATEA SECUNDA. An odaic cantata, addressed to H.R.H. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, on his first arrival in the Colony of Victoria. The music composed by J. Summers, Mus. Bac. Oxon. Op. 9.
Single sheet printed on both sides, folded to form four cr. 4to pages; lightly browned, with a few small blemishes to paper, tiny splits at head and foot of the central fold; printed for private circulation, Melbourne, 1867[c.1873-1884]. First edition. *'Although the imprint date states that this piece was printed..... More
WHERE ROADS AND RIVERS LEAD.
Pp. 44; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked and creased; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1979. Edition limited to 500 copies. Fiddlehead Poetry Book No. 278. More
CYNTHIA.
Pp. [vi]+40(last colophon), the title page printed in green & black; cr. 4to; green cloth with printed paper title label (slightly soiled) on spine and spare label tipped-in at end, the cloth slightly foxed and flecked, spine and upper board faded, bottom fore-corners bruised; fore and bottom edges uncut; endpapers..... More
NARDOO AND PITURI.
Versicles Erotic, Idyllic, Elegiac, Tragic, Comic, Ironic, Sardonic, Satiric, Barbaric, Epigrammatic, Moral. By R. G. H. Pp. [iv]+32+[4], corrigenda slip laid on last text page; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges browned, tiny snag to head of backstrip; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Talkara Press, Cremorne, 1959. Edition limited to..... More
ASHES AND SPARKS.
43 poems. Pp. [vi]+46; grey stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, upper wrapper printed in red, edges and backstrip a trifle faded and rubbed; F.W. Preece and Sons, Adelaide, 1937. First edition. Miller & Macartney p. 242. *Hudson's first poetry collection. More
POOLS OF THE CINNABAR RANGE.
Pp. x+38(last blank); gilt lettered green cloth, slightly flecked; endpapers tape-marked; Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1959. First edition. *Poems. More
DEAD MAN'S PLACK, AN OLD THORN & POEMS.
Pp. vi+194+[2](blank)+[8](advertisements), frontispiece, plus 1 plate; blue ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, edges a trifle rubbed, the cloth occasionally slightly bubbled; top edges grey; bookplate of the leading Hudson authority Dennis Shrubsall on upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly offset, lower pastedown slightly grazed..... More
NOTION COUNTER.
A book of poems. Pp. 112, title page illustration printed in pink, patterned endpapers; printed paper wrappers; uncut; printed by Frank McCaffrey at The Dogwood Press, Seattle, 1953. *Signed by author on blank preliminary leaf. More
CONFESSIO JUVENIS.
Collected poems. Pp. 96(last colophon), title page vignette; grey/green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards faintly foxed, fore-corners a trifle bruised, spine slightly faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper with rectangular coloured pictorial onlay by Pamela Bianco at centre of front panel, the backstrip faded and..... More
SLAVES OF THE SAMURAI.
An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the Life and Thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese. Pp. xx+296, frontispiece portrait, 29 plates, text plus coloured endpaper maps; fore-edges of boards..... More
THE ACTOR IS HAPPY.
Pp. 74; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, faintly soiled, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, ACT, 2000. First edition. *The author's second collection of poems, inscribed by him on the title page: 'Dear Peter and Christina [Gebhardt], Hope there is something in here to keep you "happy"! warm..... More
THE 20th CENTURY IN POETRY.
Edited by Michael Hulse and Simon Rae in association with Felix Dennis. Pp. xx+860, indices; thick med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in white; dust wrapper; Ebury Press, London, 2011. First edition. *'Presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the 20th century. From war to peace..... More
THE LIBERAL. Verse and prose from the south.
[Two volumes in one, in four parts]. Pp. xii+[3]-400+[2](Contents, errata)+viii+378(last blank +[2](Contents, colophon); demy 8vo; nineteenth century half black calf, decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine, brown textured cloth, lightly faded and soiled, edges worn, spine slightly rubbed and label chipped; all edges sprinkled..... More
MINOR PAGEANT.
Pp. [vi]+40+[6](colophon & adverts.); printed stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; The Island Press, Bundeena, New South Wales, 1977. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. *The author was born in Suva, Fiji, in 1940, and moved to Australia in 1952. More
TWENTY-FOUR SONNETS.
Pp. [32](including a blank), title page decorated in grey; small f'cap. 8vo; beige textured paper wrappers with flap folds and printed paper title label, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; free endpapers faintly offset; High House Press, Shaftesbury, Dorset 1925. First edition, limited to 165 numbered copies. Tomkinson 1. *William Joseph..... More
YANG YANG, THAT'S THAT.
[Dual text (Malay and English), the English translation by Harry Aveling]. Pp. xx+124(last blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, edges lightly rubbed; outer leaves and edges faintly soiled; Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1990. *Inscribed (to Australian poet Judith Rodriguez) and signed by the author on blank preliminary leaf, and..... More
NEWS OF THE SUN.
[Pp. 16]; demy 8vo; grey paper wrappers, printed in red and black; Jindyworobak Publication, Adelaide, 1942. First edition. [1000 copies]. More
FIRST ILLNESS.
Illustration by Peter Enticknap. Pp. [8], printed on one side only, title page vignette plus full page illustration and tailpiece; printed paper wrappers; Cellar Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. One of 200 copies. Cellar Press Poems Thirteen. More
THIEVES OF MERCY.
Pp. x+26(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), title page vignette printed in red & gilt; cloth backed patterned papered boards, corners a trifle worn, upper board lettered in black; uncut, partly unopened; small stain on upper free endpaper; The Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, [Oakland], California, 1934. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by..... More
SYDNEY LULLABY.
Poems [cover title]. Pp. [52]; pictorial paper wrappers, spiral bound, with clear plastic overlay; Tango Press, Sydney, 1987. More
PENETRALIA.
Pp. 82+[4](adverts.); blue/grey ribbed cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in gilt, with publisher's initials in blind at centre of upper board, the cloth slightly flecked, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Lothian, Melbourne, 1912. First edition. Serle, p. 104..... More
OLIO.
Pp. [xiv]+236(last blank), text illustrations (several full page), 4 folding leaves, appendix, timeline, bibliography; post 4to; printed stiff white paper wrappers, lettered in black, faintly soiled, the upper wrapper a trifle sprung, with Pulitzer Prize winner sticker on upper wrapper; Wave Books, Seattle, 2016. Paperback edition, second printing. *The poet's..... More
WATERLOO EXPRESS.
Pp. [viii]+86(last blank); f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Anasi, Toronto, 1973. More