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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1925. 32nd impression ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket, black cloth cover (spine label incomplete), good condition, black & white frontispiece portrait (with tissue guard), front free flyleaf removed, spine ends frayed, corners bumped, rough-cut page edges, lightly foxed. 63 pp. Originally published, 1915 (this is a reprint).

Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press, 1980. 1st this ed.. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 12 pp. The poem (named as an address) is supposed to be spoken by a young Australian at the 50th anniversary of the colonization of New South Wales. Victor Crittenden states that he could not find out any biographical details about the poet. (No 4 in this series.).

Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1970. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear, owner's written name. 80 pp. Roland Robinson records the songs, chants and narrative poems of his Aboriginal friends and has translated them from Aranda (a Central Australian tongue, meaning 'creation time') into English verse. The second part of the book is devoted to Roland Robinson's own poems.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1981. Paperback trade, very good condition, covers faintly faded, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear. 72 pp. Astral Sea, by Alan Gould. Presents the poems of Alan Gould, the Australian novelist, poet and essayist. Mostly previously published in Quadrant magazine and various literary magazines. His second poetry collection and winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award. .

Melbourne: Black Inc., 2014. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 146 pp. This book brings together the poems Dorothy Porter wrote in the last five years of her life. These poems go into history, and to sacred places both mythic and personal. This is Dorothy Porter’s seventh collection of poetry, completed just before her death in December 2008. She was known for her passionate, sensual and edgy poetry, and was one of Australia's truly original writers. She was twice short-listed for Australia's premier literary award, the Miles Franklin, and her verse novel 'The Monkey's Mask' is a modern Australian classic. .

Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc., 2013. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), grey boards cover, minor edgewear jacket, bottom corners covers bumped. 130 pp. This collection, the best of her life's work as selected by her partner Andrea Goldsmith, presents the many facets of Dorothy Porter, including from her verse novel "The Monkey's Mask" to her posthumous collection "The Bee Hut". Longtime admirers and newcomers alike will be interested in this book.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1997. Paperback trade, very good plus condition. 88 pp. Poems by Australian who provides housing for the under-privileged. The poems cover a range of topics from satires and parodies to garden poems, and even poems about poems. Demonstrates skilful use of simile and metaphor to describe the beautiful and the absurd.

Winton, QLD: Winton Tourist Promotion Association, 1990. 19th ed.. Paperback trade, card covers, very good condition, figures, minor edgewear, spine little faded, covers scratched. 120 pp. These wonderful poems cover almost every facet of country life. They are humorous, beautiful, and sometimes tragic in describing the many incidents that occur in country living. Apparently one of a series of booklets containing different poems.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1967. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), jacket spine little faded (little chipped, little rubbed, top spine little worn, reverse side lightly toned), top edge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned. 59 pp. This is the author's fifth book of verse which shows his talent to the full. The poems are full of deep meaning for men and women in their long pilgrimage from the past to the present and the future. His father became a shoemaker in Toowoomba, Queensland.

Sydney, Darlinghurst: S. Gardiner, 1975. Paperback trade, card covers, stapled, very good condition, black & white drawings, staples rusted, minor edgewear. Unnum 20 pp. This small book of bush ballads reflects the varied nature of life in our outback areas - both past and present.

Sydney: New Century Press (Printer), 1940. 1st ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, illustrated card covers, staples rusted, edges foxed, covers little faded, pages lightly toned, spine faded, top spine toned (affects first few pages), corners front cover creased, some edgewear, non-author written dedication front flyleaf. 30 pp. These humorous poems feature our koala as the soldiers. At the end there is a poem about the meaning of 'cobber', and a glossary explaining the words in the poems. A very funny little book about a time, middle of World War 2, when every Australian needed a little light humour.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, corners front cover slightly bumped, some edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly toned, top corners scuffed, tiny tear top corner, white background rear cover & spine lightly foxed & toned, flap price-clipped), light foxing endpapers & title page, some spotty toning some pages. 40 pp. This collection of poems by Australian novelist Nancy Cato has a focus on the landscape, particularly of the river and vineyard country which the author in her writing has made her own. The poems also show a landscape of the spirit, glimpsed even in those poems that appear to be simple.

Sydney: Lyre Bird Writers / Designed & Printed by Edwards & Shaw, 1950. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, drawing on front cover, edges lightly foxed, spine edges rubbed (ends chipped, some loss at base), cover corners little worn, small white mark rear cover, few tiny faded ink lines front cover, cover edges little rubbed, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. 24 pp. This is Nancy Cato's scarce first work: a poetry book. Most of the poems were previously published in 'The Bulletin' and 'Poetry'. The Australian novelist was a founding member of Lyre Bird (Lyrebird) Writers, Sydney, and of the Jindyworobak Movement. This book has some very intense poems that look at society, the environment and nature. (Aboriginal design on front cover.).

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1981. Paperback small, very good condition, minor edgewear. 119 pp. (This copy: Paperback. From the A&R Poets series.) A selection of the best poems by Australian novelist David Malouf, taken from his previous books, plus several poems not previously published in collections.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1982. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour frontispiece & title page vignette, minimal foxing top edge reverse side jacket, minimal foxing top edge, minor edgewear, small owner's written name. 32 pp. (Digger Smith, by C. J. Dennis, 1982.) Facsimile edition in 1982 of a book of the short humorous verses of C. J. Dennis, originally published in 1918, and one of two sequels to 'Ginger Mick'. Written as World War 1 (WW1) was ending, and deals with the effects of war on the men who served 'with Anzac eyes'. Illustrated by Hal Gye.

Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press, 1997. New ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, frontispiece, staples little rusted, minor edgewear. 12 pp. The first published book of poetry by Robert Bruce appeared in 1875, published by the Adelaide Advertiser. His tales are in verse form and his work precedes Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. (No 13 in the Mulini Colonial Poets series.).

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1994. Paperback trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. 109 pp. This novella is about a farming family being evicted from their land. This book is written in blank verse, and the author finds powerful metaphors for Australia's recent past.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1981. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, full-page colour drawing (and colour frontispiece), small black & white vignettes, top edge reverse side jacket little toned, minimal edgewear. 32 pp. (This copy: Doreen, by C. J. Dennis, 1981.) Facsimile edition of a humorous Christmas story in verse, originally published in 1917. The second sequel to 'The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'. The story of Bill, a larrikin gang member who marries a young woman named Doreen, and becomes a contented husband and father. This book celebrates six years of marriage.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corner creased rear cover, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, few scattered rubber stamps (no text obscured). 246 pp. Selected Poems, by Douglas Stewart (Angus & Robertson, 1992). A selection of Douglas Stewart's best poems, dating from 1936 when his first book of verse was published. Extracts from his five published verse plays, and a concluding section entitled 'Later Poems', containing poems which have not been published in any other of his volumes. Selection by Douglas Stewart, with his foreword.

Sydney: Woodbine Press, 1985. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket (few tiny edge tears, edges little rubbed). 100 pp. This book is the second book of poetry by Edwin Wilson, a poet and botanist with an interest in history. The title is named for the 'Dragon Tree' (Dracaena draco) in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The poems are about time, destiny, memory and death. (Limited edition of 1000 copies printed in the book, but modified by written text: no. 98 of a limited edition of 250 copies.).