Cakerawala Nusantara. Puisi dan Lukisan. Poetry and Art
Kuala Lumpur, Maybank, 1999. '... the best poetry and art by poets and artists from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei.' Text in Malay and English. More
Literature
Homesickness
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1980. Winner of the 1980 National Book Council Award for Australian Literature (with a label to this effect on the front panel of the dustwrapper). More
Beloved African
Smithfield, Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 2000 (reprint)/ 2000. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the title-page. 'A story of a great and enduring love - in the early days of Rhodesia - of the builders, the educators, the history, the triumphs and the troubles of that beautiful..... More
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The Senior Tabloid [later 'Barjai'] [a xerographic facsimile of the complete run of 23 numbers]
[Brisbane, 1978/ 1943 to 1946]. A unique xerographic facsimile of this scarce journal, in a handsome binding apparently commissioned for presentation to Barrett (Barrie) Reid, editor of the journal for much of its short run. Reid's copies of 'Barjai' had been lost when his house was destroyed by a bushfire..... More
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Barjai. A Meeting Place for Youth [Number 10 to Number 23]
Brisbane, Barjai Publishing Service, 1943 to 1946. Single copies of this short-lived literary journal are scarce; lengthy runs such as this (which includes two of the early mimeographed issues) are decidedly rare. The subtitle changed over time, from 'A Meeting Place for Youth' (Numbers 10-13), to 'The Youth Literary Magazine'..... More
Collected Poems, 1930-1955
London, Faber, 1957. With a contemporary review (from the New Statesman) loosely inserted. More
George Meredith, 1909
London, Constable & Co., 1909. More
Peter Pan, or the Boy who Would Not Grow Up
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). Introduction by Andrew Birkin. More
The Transit of Nan
Melbourne, The Lothian Book Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1923. Front cover illustration by Victorian artist Eileen Pearcey. Muir 540: 'Although classified by the publishers as a children's book, this story of the activities of an imaginary adopted child does not appear to have been intended for children.'. More
Old Days and Old Ways. [Descriptive Verse, Prose and Photographs. (cover sub-title)]
Robe, The Author, 1971. Chiefly the south-eastern part of SA. More
Alice in Wunderground and Other Blits and Pieces
London, John Murray, 1940. 'A book for the bombed - and for their unbombed relations!'. More
Fred Bason has a Picnic. An amusing memory recalled by the best known of all cockney authors [cover title]
North Shields, 'Published in a limited edition and presented with the compliments of Tyne Brand Products Limited', 1961. Inscribed and signed 'My friend A.G. Miller gives you this. We hope you enjoy it. Fred Bason'. More
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus). Translated by Jamie McKendrick, with an introduction by Simon Mawer. More
The Darling Buds of May
London, The Folio Society, 2011 (first thus). Introduction by Ian Jack. More
The Iron Breadboard. Studies in New Zealand Writing
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More
A Trap for the Burglar. Specially Illustrated with fifteen original drawings by Arthur Boyd
Sydney, Ure Smith, 1965. More
Adventure Stories from the 'Strand'
London, The Folio Society, 1995 (first thus). Introduction by Tim Heald. Contributors include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, W. Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, Graham Greene and others. More
To Nature. New Poems
Westminster, Beaumont Press, 1923. Number 177 of 310 copies on hand-made paper (a further 80 copies were printed on Japanese vellum). This copy is inscribed and signed by the printer in the year of publication: 'To W.H. de Coverly Esq. With every best wish for Christmas and the New Year..... More
Crossings. A Fairy Play by Walter de la Mare, with music by C. Armstrong Gibbs
Westminster, Beaumont Press, 1920. Number 198 of 264 copies on hand-made paper (a further 66 copies were printed on vellum or Japanese vellum paper). This is the thirteenth book issued by the Beaumont Press. 'The cover and decorations designed by Randolph Schwabe; the typography and binding arranged by Cyril William..... More
Open at Random. Poems by ...
Sydney, South Head Press, 1968. Presentation copy signed, dated (July 1968) and warmly inscribed to the South Australian poet Robert Clark and his wife Dorothy. More
Edward Barry (South Sea Pearler)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1924 (second impression, reset)/ 1900. More
Rodman the Boat-Steerer and Other Stories
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1924 (second impression)/ 1898. More
Waiting for Godot
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (first thus). Preface by Edward Beckett, Samuel Beckett's nephew; and with a note from the illustrator. More
History of the English Church and People
London, The Folio Society, 2010 (first thus). Translated by Leo Sherley-Price and revised by R.E. Latham; the introduction by Melvyn Bragg is unique to this edition. More