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Catalogue of Australian poetical works

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56334 Adamson, Robert Swamp Riddles Island Press, Sydney NSW, 1974. Octavo; paperback; unpaginated. Minor wear; a little foxing to the preliminaries; spotted text block edges. Near fine. Click here to order $30

200327 Banning, Lex Every Man His Own Hamlet - signed Futurian Press, Coogee NSW, 1951. Octavo; stapled pamphlet; 32pp. Minor wear; wrappers rubbed and sunned; some light spotting to the text block edges; previous owner's name in ink to the first page; signed and numbered by the author on the limitations page. Very good. Limited edition run of only 200 copies, this is No. 104. Click here to order $100

200326 Banning, Lex The Instant's Clarity - signed Futurian Press, Coogee NSW, 1952. Octavo; stapled pamphlet in yapp covers; 30pp., with a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Moderate wear; wrappers rubbed and spotted; foxing to the preliminaries; light scattered foxing throughout; previous owner's name in ink to the first page; signed and numbered by the author on the limitations page. Very good. Limited edition run of only 200 copies, this is No. 108. Click here to order $100

47127 Brennan, Christopher Musicopoematographoscope Hale & Iremonger Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW 1981. Elephant folio; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with gilt spine titles and upper board decoration; 34pp., with a colour frontispiece. Minor wear; boards spotted; text block edges lightly toned; offset to the endpapers; light spotting to the preliminaries. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn with small segment missing from tail of spine; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

73291 Brennan, Christopher (Sir Lionel Lindsay, illus.) The Burden of Tyre Fifteen Poems by C.J. Brennan; Portraits by Sir Lionel Lindsay Harry F. Chaplin, Sydney NSW, 1953. Small quarto; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling and an upper board decoration; 56pp., untrimmed with wide margins, with a monochrome engraved tipped-in frontispiece and another engraving likewise. Mild wear; scattered foxing throughout; some offset to the endpapers; board edges rubbed mildly. The plain card dustwrapper (which is keyhole cut to reveal the board decoration beneath) is well sunned and shows mild insect damage; there is a small chip at the top of the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. This is Number 89 of a limited print run of 300 copies (of which only 250 were offered for sale) and signed by the publisher. Click here to order $220

95644 Buckley, Vincent The Pattern - signed Oxford University Press/The Dolmen Press, Dublin Eire, 1979. Octavo; gatefold paperback; 64pp. Mild wear; some sunning to the wrappers; author's ink inscription to the title page. Very good. Click here to order $20

49529 Campbell, David Deaths and Pretty Cousins - signed Australian National University Press, Canberra ACT, 1975. Octavo; paperback; 68pp. Moderate wear; covers rubbed and sunned; spine sunned; signed in ink to the half-title page; text block edges lightly toned. Very good. Click here to order $30

71557 Dennis, C.J. (Hal Gye, illus.; Foreword by Henry Lawson) The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1915. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with decorated upper board; 126pp. [i-x; 11-126; 2 blank], with 14 full-page line illustrations. Moderate wear; shaken; mild offsetting to the endpapers; mild shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine; light sunning of the spine and board edges; elaborate inked dedication on front free endpaper; triangular pink stain on pages 50 and 51 from a piece of ribbon used as a bookmark (retained). Lacks dustwrapper. Very good. "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", a comic verse novel, sold more than sixty thousand copies in nine editions within a year. By the mid -1970s nearly three hundred thousand copies had been sold internationally. One of the most famous works of Australian literature, it tells the story of Bill, a larrikin, who meets a young woman named Doreen. The book chronicles their courtship and marriage, and Bill's transformation from a thuggish gang member to a contented husband and father. Click here to order $650

60738 Dobson, Rosemary Child with a Cockatoo Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1956. Reprint: octavo; hardcover; 50pp. Mild wear; endpapers offset and text block edges toned. Dustwrapper faded along spine. Very good. Click here to order $17

74033 Forbes, John Damaged Glamour Brandl & Schlesinger, Rose Bay NSW, 1998. Octavo; paperback; 60pp. Remainder. New. Click here to order $15

66038 Forbes, John The Stunned Mullet And Other Poems Hale & Iremonger, Sydney NSW, 1988. First edition: octavo; paperback; 52pp., with monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; toned text block edges with a few marks; slightly scuffed cover with minor edge and corner wear. Very good. Click here to order $40

204633 Gordon, Adam Lindsay (Frank Maldon Robb, ed.) The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon Edited with Introduction, Notes and Appendixes Humphrey Milford at the Oxford University Press, London, 1920. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and blind rules; 390pp., with an engraved portrait frontispiece. Minor wear; mild toning to the text block edges; faint offset to the endpapers; retailer's embossed stamp and previous owner's ink inscription to the flyleaf. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn; some slight chipping to the spine panel extremities; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $50

46455 Hall, Rodney Black Bagatelles University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld., 1978. First edition. Square octavo; hardcover; 85pp. Minor wear; text block edges toned. Dustwrapper mildly rubbed. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $20

33896 Hooton, Harry (Introduction by Sasha Soldatow, ed.) Harry Hooton: Collected Poems - A&R Modern Poets series Poet of the 21st Century Collins/Angus & Robertson Publishers Aust., North Ryde NSW, 1990. Octavo; paperback; 191pp. Mild wear; covers lightly rubbed; lightly toned text block and page edges. Very good. Click here to order $20

9814 Humphries, Barry The Barry Humphries Book of Innocent Austral Verse Sun Books, Adelaide SA, 1968. First edition: octavo; paperback, with illustrated covers; 141pp. Mild wear; embrowning to the text block edges; spine creased; mild wear to edges and corners. Very good. Click here to order $15

80063 Humphries, Barry Neglected Poems - signed copy and Other Creatures Angus & Robertson/HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble NSW, 1991. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with endpaper maps; 187pp. Mild wear; very slightly rolled; text block and page edges toned; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the flyleaf; signed bookplate tipped-in to the title page. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

213281 James, Clive (Marc, illus.) Charles Charming's Challenges on the Pathway to the Throne - signed A Royal Poem in Rhyming Couplets Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1981. First edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titling; 104pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; boards lightly rubbed; text block top edge lightly dusted; mild offset to the endpapers; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn with sunning to the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $25

85300 Kefala, Antigone (Alexandra Buchlerova, trans.) Nepritomnost / Absence - signed by the author Selected poems from collections "The Alien", "Thirsty Weather", "European Notebook" and "Absence" Vydala Marie Chribkova, Prague Czech Republic/Hale & Iremonger, Sydney NSW, 1998. Octavo; paperback; 108pp., bilingual text (Czech and English). Minor wear; signed in ink to the first page. Very good. Click here to order $15

44315 Kocan, Peter The Other Side of the Fence Paperback Poets, Second Series 11 University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia Qld., 1975. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 65pp. Minor wear; mild scraping to the board edges; mild spotting to the text block top edge; offset to the endpapers; previous owner's ink stamp to the flyleaf and the half-title page. Dustwrapper mildly rubbed and edgeworn; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $40

208950 Morant, Henry H. "Breaker" (Foreword by David McNicoll, ed.) The Poetry of "Breaker" Morant From The Bulletin, 1891-1903 Golden Press Pty. Ltd., Gladesville NSW. 1980. Octavo; hardcover, with illustrated boards; 62pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; boards rubbed and sunned along the spine; text block edges toned and spotted. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good. Click here to order $40

89092 Murray, Les The Biplane Houses - signed copy Black Inc., Melbourne, 2006. Paperback, octavo; 90pp. Toned text block and page edges. Near fine. Inscribed in ink to owner. Click here to order $25

66118 Murray, Les Poems Against Economics Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1972. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 70pp. Minor wear; light spotting to text block edges. Slight edge and corner wear to dustwrapper; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good Click here to order $200

213972 Murray, Les Translations from the Natural World - signed Isabella Press, Paddington NSW, 1992. Octavo; paperback; 67pp. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed; text block edges well toned; inside covers embrowned; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Good to very good. Click here to order $25

66119 Murray, Les The Weatherboard Cathedral Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1969. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 77pp. Minor wear; light spotting to text block edges. Slight edge and corner wear to dustwrapper with minor chipping; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $200

201971 Neilson, John Shaw (Judith Wright, Vall Vallis & Ruth Harrison, eds.) Witnesses of Spring Unpublished poems of Shaw Neilson Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1970. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 146pp. Mild wear; text block edges toned; tape stains to the endpapers and preliminaries. Dustwrapper rubbed and sunned along the spine panel; a sticker ghost to the front flap; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $35

66602 Porter, Dorothy Akhenaten - signed University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Qld., 1992. Octavo; paperback; 172pp., with monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; covers rubbed and scuffed; text block edges spotted; signed by the author in ink on the first page. Very good. Click here to order $25

38458 Porter, Dorothy Driving Too Fast Hyland House, South Melbourne Vic, 1996. First edition. Octavo; paperback; 71pp. Minor wear; text block and page edges lightly toned. Very good. Click here to order $40

207341 Porter, Peter The Cost of Seriousness - signed Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1987. Reprint: octavo; paperback; 56pp. Minor wear; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Near fine. Click here to order $25

207340 Porter, Peter Fast Forward - signed Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1984. First edition. Octavo; paperback; 62pp. Minor wear; covers lightly edgeworn; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Very good. Click here to order $25

78986 Porter, Peter Peter Porter Reads from His Own Work Poets on Record 12 University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia Qld., 1974. Square octavo; hardcover, with a 45rpm record in a cardboard sleeve tipped-in to the front pastedown; 20p. Mild wear; a little foxing; some light scuffing to the boards. Near fine; record quality - fine. Click here to order $20

48234 Riddell, Elizabeth From the Midnight Courtyard - signed Angus & Robertson Publishers Pty. Ltd., North Ryde NSW, 1989. Octavo; paperback; 58pp. Minor wear; inscribed in ink by the author to the title page. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $25

47471 Robinson, Roland The Hooded Lamp Edwards & Shaw Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1976. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 56pp. Minor wear; signed in ink by the publisher on the verso of the flyleaf. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and edgeworn with some small tears along the edges with associated creasing; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $18

93592 Ryan, Gig Manners of an Astronaut Hale & Iremonger Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1984. Octavo; paperback; 80pp. Moderate wear; covers rubbed, toned and edgeworn; spine sunned; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the half-title page; scattered foxing throughout. Good. Author's second book. Click here to order $30

94221 Sladen, Douglas B.W. (ed.) Australian Poets 1788-1888 Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, Sydney NSW, 1888. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles; 612pp. Mild wear; shaken; boards rubbed and corners bumped; lower board scraped and upper board stained; spine sunned and extremities softened and pulled; text block edges toned and spotted; mild scattered foxing to the preliminaries; previous owner's ink stamp and retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown. No dustwrapper. Very good. Click here to order $60

200345 Stewart, Harold Phoenix Wings Poems 1940-6 Angus and Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1948. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles; 50pp. Mild wear; slightly rolled; light softening to the spine extremities; offset to the endpapers; pages lightly embrowned; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaf. Dustwrapper well rubbed and edgeworn; chipping to the spine panel extremities, flap-turns and the upper and lower panel bottom edges, with associated creasing, but no loss of text or images; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $85

85562 Strauss, Jennifer (ed.) The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1993. Octavo; hardcover; 294pp. Mild wear; light spotting to the text block top edge; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the half-title page. Mildly rubbed and sunned dustwrapper. Very good. Click here to order $18

209565 Sykes, Bobbi Eclipse University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1996. First edition. Octavo paperback; 38pp. Minor wear only; near fine. Click here to order $20

209564 Sykes, Bobbi Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Actions University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1989. Reprint: octavo paperback; 57pp. Minor wear only; near fine. Click here to order $20

206731 Taylor, Andrew Sandstone - signed copy University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Qld, 1995. Octavo; paperback; 85pp. Mild wear; lightly toned text block edges; lightly rubbed covers with mild edgewear; inked inscription by the author. Very good. Click here to order $17

74268 Tranter, John Gloria - signed limited edition Privately printed for Nicholas Pounder, Sydney NSW, 1986. Quarto; stapled paperback with illustrated wrappers; 11pp. Mild wear; spotting, sunning and some moderate wear to the covers; foxing to pages; some creasing to the corners. Good to very good. Privately printed by the xerographic process in a limited edition of 250 copies numbered in sequence and twenty-six author's copies numbered A to Z all in hand-coloured wrappers, of which this is number 2. Signed in ink by Tranter and additionally inscribed to person on first page of text. The poem earlier appeared in a slightly different version in The Age Monthly Review, December 1986. Click here to order $30

92903 Wright, Judith The Other Half Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1966. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 51pp., with a decorated title page. Minor wear; text block edges mildly spotted. Dustwrapper with some chipping along fore-edges and sunning to the spine panel; mild edgewear; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $25

58790 Wright, Judith Preoccupations in Australian Poetry Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1965. First edition. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth with metallic-green spine titles; 217pp. Moderate wear; boards rubbed and edgeworn; spine extremities softened; corners lightly bumped; text block edges toned; offset to the endpapers and preliminaries; a small surface tear to the front pastedown where a retailer's bookplate has been removed. Dustwrapper is well rubbed and edgeworn; scraping along the hinges; sunning and some spots to the spine panel (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive archival film and white paper backing). Very good. Click here to order $40

201736 Wright, Judith Woman to Man Angus & Robertson Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1967. Reprint: octavo; hardcover, with gilt upper board titling; 57pp. Mild wear; text block top edge dusted. Dustwrapper mildly edgeworn; sunned along the spine panel; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

204634 Wright, Judith (ed.) A Book of Australian Verse Selected with an Introduction Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1956. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 266pp. Moderate wear; cocked; spine extremities softened; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; mild offset to the endpapers; retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn; chipped at the flap-turns and spine panel extremities; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $35