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Australian Poetry Books & Ephemera
Tales of Skin and Division
by Eather, Michael
Brisbane: Published by the author, 1997. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . tall 12mo (24 x 11cm). Collection of poems by Michael Eather, who has also pursued a career as a painter, and director of Brisbane's Fire-Works Gallery; VG tight and clean throughout, wraps very lightly rubbed.
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A$38.00
Wilderness
by Slade, Leon
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ lightly rubbed at edges. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 57 pages. The poet's first collection represents a search for style, form and theme. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$15.00
Beyond Poetry.
by Adamson, Cheryl and Chris Edwards
Brooklyn & Caringbah, NSW: Beyond Poetry, [1974].. Single large sheet folded twice to make a booklet of six panels. 10 x 5-3/8 inches (folded dimensions). The first in a series of free publications. Poems by John Millett, Mark McGuire, Max Williams, Cheryl Adamson. Slight soiling to top edge of front panel, otherwise Near Fine.
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A$54.27
Collected Poems 1940-1995
by Hewett, Dorothy; Grono, William (ed)
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.
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A$33.00
Harvest The Love Poems
by Arthur, John
Adelaide: Leanne Press Books. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. With an Introduction by Margaret Muller, Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 181 pages. Prize-winning South Australian poet's third collection of poetry. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$15.00
Friendly Street NEW POETS 18 : BUttons on my Dress; Writing Love Songs to the Moon; Shedding the Lanugo
by Dinic, Jelena; Eli, Indigo; & Alder Kate
Norwood, SA: Friendly Street Poets. 2013. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 89 pages. An anthology of the works of three South Australian poets. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$18.00
The Draftsman's Dream
by Talen, Frank
Northbridge, Western Australia: Access Press. 1997. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy. No dustjacket as issued. Colour & Black & White illustrations by 'C'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 112 pages. Limited to 500 copies. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes: Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Gordon [Australian Classics
by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Lloyd O'Neil, Australia, 1970. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 390 pages. Light foxing to outer page edges. Dust jacket has light fading to spine edge. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse; Poetry; Inventory No: 265008..
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A$15.00
John Shaw Neilson A Life in Letters
by Hewson, Helen
Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. 2001. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 503 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$22.00
The Last Tourist
by Williams, Jane
Melbourne: Five Islands Press. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 90 pages. Returns soul to the occupants, acts and things of the world often jettisoned by serious poetry. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$12.00
Blur Friendly Street Poets 29
by Walker, Amelia and Shen (Edited by)
Adelaide: Friendly Street Poets in association with Wakefield Press. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 109 pages. An anthology of South Australian poetry of 2004. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$20.00
From Sunset to Dawn
by Ogilvie, Will H
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1946. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in lightly rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. frontispiece photo of Will Ogilvie 1st Edition of this collection of poems by Will H. Ogilvie, author of Fair Girls and Gray Horses; b&w frontispiece photo of the poet; gift-inscription to front pastedown, bookshop stamp to front endpaper, mild stains to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed.
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A$20.00
Poems 1972-2002
by Leunig, Michael
Melbourne: Viking. 2003. Small Octavo Size. Very good condition. Laminated pictorial boards. Illustrations by Leunig. 113 pages. Poems by the notable Australian poet, cartoonist Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.and commentator. Leunig was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust in 1999. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
The Moods of Ginger Mick
by C. J. Dennis
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW, 1916. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Hal Gye. Contains 15 plates by Hal Gye. "Ginger Mick was a likeable rogue who, before he answered the call to arms to defend democracy, sold fresh rabbits in the streets of Melbourne. This book tells of his tender love for Rose and his experiences at war in North Africa. The verse is full of humour and pathos and truly captures the spirit of the era. "The Moods of Ginger Mick was written during the early...
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A$14.00
Iceman: An Expansive Narrative - Poems WWII
by John Millett [Signed]
Five Islands Press, Wollongong , NSW, 1999. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Also inscribed by author to previous owners. 83 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse; Australia; Poetry; Poetry. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0864186088. ISBN/EAN: 9780864186089. Inventory No: 266469.. 9780864186089
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A$15.00
Brother and Brother (Inscribed copy)
by Scott, W. N
Milton, Queensland: The Jacaranda Press. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Just a touch of rubbing to upper edges of DJ. Inscribed by author to South Australian poet, Robert Clarke. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 62 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$30.00
The Last Hours of a Lion Heart: A Threnody
by LINGHAM, Henry Charles J
London and Melbourne: Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover : pp. [12] 13-103 [6] of adverts and list of subscribers : title page printed in red and black : frontispiece portrait with tissue guard : foliate printed e.p.s : original red cloth with gilt lettering : inscribed and initialled by the author on the half-title page. Boards flecked lightly, minor wear to extremities. A very good first printing. Miller/Macartney, p290.
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A$100.00
RIBBONS OF STEEL Poems and Stories
by Morrow, Paula (Editor)
Newcastle, NSW: Hunter Writer's Centre. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Front free endpaper clipped at top corner. Black & white illustrations. 269 pages. An anthology of creative work on the theme of ' industrial development in the Hunter since 1901' with an Introduction by Bruce Dawe. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$20.00
After the Assassination and other poems
by Simpson, R. A
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 49 pages.. Ronald Simpson was an Australian poet and poetry editor, artist and art lecturer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$15.00
The Earthbound and Other Poems (Modern Australian Poets)
by Higham, Charles
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1959. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has an age-toned spine and several marks to rear cover. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 90 pages. Charles Higham, the noted film biographer, lived in Australia for 16 years and was the Literary Editor for the Bulletin. This is one of the three...
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A$24.00
Towards Sunrise Poems 1979-1986
by Dawe, Bruce
Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1986. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collection of Bruce Dawe's poems from between the years 1979-1986; tippex strip along top edge of front endpaper, minor knock top text block, mild toning to edges of some pages, spine sunned, o.w. Very Good.
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A$25.00
"Hello, Soldier!" Khaki Verse
by Dyson, Edward
Melbourne: Alex M'Kinley & Co. 1919. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Front free endpaper missing. Bevelled edge, papered boards (no dustjacket) with light wear and age-toning. Some pages uncut. Printed on "peculiar paper" due to the "paper famine" of wartime. Complete with five (5) tipped in B/W plates. Illustrated by Will Dyson, Ruby Lind & George Dancey. 131 pages. Edward Dyson was the elder brother of Will Dyson (war artist). He was the...
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A$75.00
Beyond The Subdivisions 1st Edition
by Dawe, Bruce
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.
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A$20.00
Noonday Country : Poems 1954-1965
by Higham, Charles
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1966. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine lightly age-toned with small closed teasr to upper rear edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 90 pages. Charles Higham, the noted film biographer, lived in Australia for 16 years and was the Literary Editor for the Bulletin. This is one of the three books of poetry...
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A$25.00
The Barrier Range - A Journey to Broken Hill Burke & Wills
by Liversidge, Ray
Melbourne Melbourne: Flat Chat Poets. 2006. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 204 pages. The Barrier Range is a verse novel which tells the story one man’s journey into the interior of Australia to find his dying uncle in Broken Hill. The book draws on the exploits of 19th century explorers Charles Sturt, who discovered the Barrier Ranges (where Broken Hill is located) on his search for an inland...
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A$18.00
