UNDERSTANDINGS.
Poems. Pp. x+70; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
Poems. Pp. x+70; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
Pp. [iv]+68(last blank); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle rubbed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1973. Paperback Poets 17. *The author was born in Germany, but has lived in Australia since 1961. More
Selected Poems and Prose. [Edited by Douglas Muecke and Barbara Wall]. Pp. viii+40; dust wrapper; published by the Friends of Charles Rischbieth Jury (1893-1958) to mark The Centenary of his Birth, Adelaide, 1993. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. More
Pp. [xii]+120(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. cloth; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges lightly split; bookseller's label at foot of upper pastedown, blind embossed ownership stamp on upper free endpaper; The Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1958. First edition thus. [Farmer p. 56 lists the title Love among the virgins. A play, but..... More
. Pictures by Suzy Soboslay. Cover by Margo Lanagan. Pp. viii+82, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled; small rust mark near top edge of first two leaves; Token Press, Sydney, 1984. More
Pp. 88(last blank); demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, with bottom fore-corner of upper board and top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, with a couple of tiny chips to top edges of flaps; Chatto & Windus..... More
Selected and introduced by Tom Stack. Pp. 240(last blank), notes, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Columba Press, Blackrock, Co Dublin, 2002. First edition. *'In Patrick Kavanagh's extant work of published poems, which number 253, no few than 138 of these include explicitly religious..... More
Pp. 88(last blank); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, corners a trifle creased; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Coach House Press, Ontario, 1978. *From the collection of Australian writer Judith Rodriguez, with her ownership inscription on upper free endpaper (and a few inked annotations to text in her hand), plus..... More
Pp. [56](last blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled; Queensland Community Press, Brisbane, 1983. More
Pp. [viii]+254; two-tone cloth; top edges grey, others uncut; dust wrapper, a trifle damp stained, edges slightly split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; George Braziller, New York, 1972. More
Pp. [ii]+40+[2], processed, full page illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; small closed tear to fore-edge pp. 27/28, several corners creased; Art Naf, 1993. *From the collection of Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, with her (damp marked) ownership inscription on title page, and author's inscription (also slightly damp stained) to..... More
Pp. [x]+84, pictorial double title page, full page illustrations; post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper slightly creased; Scribe, Melbourne, 2011. First edition. *Winner of the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, in 2011. More
Pp. 16; textured cream paper wrappers, printed in red and black with design by Rex Ingamells, edges lightly browned; Jindyworobak Publication, Adelaide, 1941. First edition. *An essay on the Jindyworobak movement. More
Foreword by James Devaney. Pp. [viii]+28, frontispiece portrait; black cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, the cloth slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; outer leaves offset, edges a trifle foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1938. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies, hand set and hand printed by John Gartner. *Signed..... More
Pp. [20], full page illustration; f'cap. 4to; plain card wrappers, stapled, backstrip slightly damp stained; pictorial dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly damp stained; a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Ragman Productions, Clifton Hill, 1975. One of 250 numbered but not signed..... More
Pp. viii+32; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and split; inked annotation (possibly by the author?) to one line p. 14, a little light foxing; Georgian House, Melbourne, 1968. More
By Edward Fitzgerald. Pp. [112], french-folded, the title and text within different decorative borders by Louis B. Coley, decorative initials; roy. 4to; qr. white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine slightly soiled and with tiny indent near foot; uncut;..... More
Essays and lectures on the study of literature. Edited by Francis King. Pp. xvi+224(last blank), frontispiece portrait sketch plus 6 coloured plates, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of boards slightly bumped; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges split; Universityof Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1975. First edition. *Published posthumously, as a...... More
Illustration by Mary Norman. Pp. [20], frontispiece printed in green; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1981. One of 200 copies. More
Pp. 68; printed wrappers, slightly soiled, the edges a trifle rubbed; several leaves a trifle creased; Oldham, Beddome & Meredith, Hobart, 1945. First edition. More
Pp. [8+[4](blank, colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait medallion; tall cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, a trifle soiled, the edges and backstrip slightly faded and rubbed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; printed at the Dolmen Press for Peppercanister, Dublin, 1972. Regular edition, limited to 1,000 copies thus. Peppercanister..... More
Pp. [viii]+56, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Sandalwood Press, Adelaide, 1983. *Signed by the author on title page. More
Pp. 28; printed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly foxed; dust wrapper, a trifle marked, top edge and backstrip faded, edges slightly rubbed and split; small inked annotation p. 23; Makar Press, Brisbane, 1978. Gargoyle Poets 28. *With Review Slip loosely inserted. From the collection of Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, with brief..... More
Pp. [vi]+40; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Tasmanian Fellowship of Australian Writers, Hobart, 1985. *Inscribed on title page to Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, from Terri Moore. More
and other poems. Pp. [xii]+56, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, small scar to bottom edge of lower wrapper;Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1983. Second printing. *Signed by the author on half-title page. From the collection of Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, with her ownership inscription on blank preliminary leaf. More