Australian Poetry
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Australian Poetry Books & Ephemera
The Mankind Thing
by Shapcott, Thomas W
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1964. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Some mild age-toning to dustjacket and a couple of tape stains to free endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 49 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.82
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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£7.82
A Sometimes River: The Story of a Kangaroo
by Blashki, Pam (Text) and Pugh, Clifton (Paintings and Drawings)
Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Co. 1986. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. New book. Illustrated with colour paintings and drawings by Clifton Pugh. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. A story of drought and flood, powerfully illustrated by the Pugh. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.30
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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£11.48
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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£7.30
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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£15.65
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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£9.39
A Taste Of Salt Water
by Shapcott, Thomas W
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1967. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. A nice copy. Slight wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 82 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.04
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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£17.21
Banjo Paterson's The Poems of the Bush
by Banjo Paterson
J.M. Dent Pty Ltd, Australia, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The poetry selected for this collection reveals Paterson's love and appreciation for the Australian bush and its people. It contains not only widely published and quoted poems such as 'On Kiley's Run' and 'Clancy of The Overflow', but also lesser known poems such as 'The Uplift' and 'The Wind's Message'. 64 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:...
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£6.52
Bluebells Midst the Bracken: A Book of Poems, Sonnet and Stories in Verse
by Kenneth Oscroft
Kenneth Oscroft, Australia, 2001. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. 316 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse; Poetry; Poetry::Verse. Inventory No: 268029..
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£7.82
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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£9.39
Mortal Instruments Poems 1990-1995
by Dawe, Bruce
Melbourne: Longman, 1995. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Poems by Bruce Dawe between the years 1990-1995; mild knock lower text block, wraps lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
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£10.43
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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£19.82
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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£10.43
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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£52.16
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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£10.43
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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£10.43
John Shaw Neilson
by Anderson, Hugh and Blake, L.J
Adelaide: Rigby. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 216 pages + bibliography and index. John Shaw Neilson was an Australian poet who for most of his life worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working as a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Melbourne. Largely...
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£13.04
Segments of the Bowl
by Robert Clark
F.W. Cheshire, Australia, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 43 pages. A bit worn around the edges with a few bumps collected no doubt over the years from normal use.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse; Poetry; Inventory No: 230281. .
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£7.82
Australian Poetry 1988 - The Finest of Recent Australian Poetry
by Vivian Smith [Editor]
Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1988. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 73 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Australian::Australian Poetry, Prose, Verse; Poetry; Poetry. ISBN: 0207158029. ISBN/EAN: 9780207158025. Inventory No: 226264. . 9780207158025
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£4.17
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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£7.82
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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£7.82
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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£28.49
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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£10.43
