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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1938. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition collection of poems by T. Inglis Moore; half cloth with blue papered sides, blue titling to spine; former owner's name to front endpaper, tanning to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; foxing to cloth and edges of boards; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, tanned to spine and folds of flaps.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1916. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. fair-poor/no dustwrapper. 8vo. colour plates Unique copy of Will Ogilvie's book of poems on Australian themes and also referencing the first World War - Signed by Ogilvie to title page, and including two hand-written postcards from Mrs. W.H. Ogilvie to a Mr. F.C. Fuller; at the top of both is printed 'Kirklea, Ashkirk, Selkirk', being the name of the Presbyterian Church manse in Selkirk where the Ogilvie's lived for many decades. The message from Mrs. Ogilvie covers one side of the first postcard complete and continues to verso; F.C. Fuller, the book's owner, had previously enquired as to whether he could post the book to be autographed by the poet, after which it would be sent back to Mr Fuller c/o the Bank of N.S.W. London, such that he might retrieve it before his return to Australia (or 'sunny land' as Mrs. Ogilvie describes it in the message). On a second postcard is stated (again in Mrs. Ogilvie's hand) '22 June 1955 duly… Read More

Berrima: South Head Press, 1984. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st hardbound edition of this collection of poems by Grace Perry, being a special edition of Poetry Australia (no. 93); blue boards with gilt titling to front and spine, dustwrapper shows a picture of the poet backgrounded by cows.

Melbourne: Black Inc., 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. G-VG. 8vo. Dorothy Porter collection, bringing together poems; from the last five years of her life; text block tanned and foxed, edges of pages toned, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Very Good.

Adelaide: Filef Italo-Australian Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collection of poems by Italian-Australian poet Sergio Ubaldi, being a bi-lingual edition (mostly Italian and English), the poet providing both versions; stated First Edition June 1992; Very Good clean copy.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1952. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in rubbed/foxed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Norman Lindsay frontispiece illustration 1st Edition of RD Fitzgerald's long narrative poem, most of which is set in Tonga; b&w frontispiece illustration by Norman Lindsay; foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, toning to edges of pages throughout, o.w. G-VG; dustwrapper heavily foxed, heavy tanning to spine, closed tear along spine (with acid-free tape repair to reverse side).

Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1969. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Bruce Dawe's fourth book of poems; former owner's name to prelims, scattered foxing, o.w. Very Good; mild creases to dustwrapper, o.w. Very Good.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1970. Signed 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 12mo. David J. Sandison cover art Signed 1st Edition of David Malouf's first collection of poems, being also the First volume of the Paperback Poets series published by the University of Queensland Press; this is the first issue with $1 price to front cover, and no text on spine; signed with gift-inscription by Malouf to title page; this copy Very Good throughout; wraps a little rubbed and foxed, and with some foxing to reverse sides of covers front and rear.

paperback. Very Good. large 8vo. b&w illustrations Poetry and prose by bushman and bush poet Ray Rose; foreword by Slim Dusty (who recorded some of Ray's songs); no publisher or publishing date given (Trove states 1995/1996 Central Queensland University Press); Very Good in very lightly rubbed wraps.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1964. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of McAuley's narrative poem, telling the story of the navigator Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, whose dream of discovering the South Land is imbedded in modern Australia's origins; blue cloth boards with nautical illustration to front board (same illustration to front panel of dustwrapper); light foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, small blue ink stain to front panel, o.w. Very Good.

Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1995. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collected poems of Dorothy Hewett, covering over five decades of output; poems from Early Poems, Another Beginning, Rapunzel in Suburbia, Greenhouse, Alice in Wormland, Peninsula, and Recent Poems; edited with an introduction by William Grono.

Perth: UWA Publishing, 2011. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Definitive collected poems of Francis Webb, edited and introduced by Toby Davidson; Early Poems, A Drum for Ben Boyd, Leichhardt in Theatre, Poems 1950-52, Birthday, Socrates and other Poems, The Ghost of the Cock, Late Poems, Unfinished Works; some foxing to endpapers and prelims, some foxing along top edges of some pages, text block a little toned, o.w. Very Good.

Melbourne: Hyland House, 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. G-VG in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Mid-career collection by Dorothy Porter; printed wraps with illustrated dustwrapper (both showing an octopus); former owner's name to prelims, heavy tanning to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

Ha Noi (Hanoi): The Gioi Publishers, 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 12mo. Collection of poems inspired by the cities and countryside of northern Vietnam, composed whilst Kelen was writer-in-residence in Hanoi.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1989. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good in sunned wraps. Sm 8vo. Dorothy Porter's fourth collection; occasional mild foxing, o.w. Very Good; wraps a little sunned, resulting in faded patches.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1943. 1st Edition. stiff card. Good in rubbed wraps/self-wraps. sm 8vo. Collection of 61 poems by Norma L Davis, collected and published shortly before her death in 1945; small bookshop label to prelims, former owner's name to front endpaper, foxing throughout (from medium-heavy), o.w. Good; self-wraps rubbed and tanned, heavy wear to spine with loss to head and tail.

Adelaide: Mary Martin, 1974. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. Large 8vo. Sidney Nolan cover illustration An edition of Ern Malley's poems, celebrating Ern's participation in the 1974 Adelaide Festival of Arts; the text used is a reprint of the Lansdowne Edition of 1960, and includes a lengthy introduction by Harris and with contributions by protagonists such as McAuley, Stewart, J.I.M. Stewart, Barrie Reid, Sidney Nolan, Brian Elliott, Herbert Read, John Reed, all followed by Malley's poem sequence 'The Darkening Ecliptic'; Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed, and with some spotting, and stain to rear.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1977. 1st Paperback. paperback. Very Good in lightly rubbed wraps. 8vo. First Paperback edition of this collection of Les Murray; Celtic designs to covers, prelims and title page, illustrated endpapers; mild tanning to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed, with some reading creases to spine.

Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1962. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Geoffrey Dutton's third book of poetry; former owner's name and very minor toning to endpapers, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

Melbourne: The Standard Publishing Company , 1913. 1st Edition. paperback. Good. 12mo. 1st Edition Henry Lawson collection, including (amongst others) the famous Freedom on the Wallaby; scattered foxing - heavy to prelims and last few pages, tape stains to front endpaper; heavy tanning to text block, stain to fore-edge; wraps rubbed and foxed, wear to spine (with loss to foot).