Collected Verse
Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1969. Presentation copy dated (March 1970) and intimately inscribed, and signed by the author. More
Poetry
Sabon Gari
London, London Magazine Editions, 1974. London Magazine Editions Number 29. More
The Halting Place
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1961. More
What about the People!
[Sydney], National Council of the Realist Writers Groups, [circa 1962]. 'Dorothy Hewett and Merv Lilley stand as living proof that Communism and creative writing go hand in hand, that poetry with a purpose can be artistic' (from the introduction by Frank Hardy). More
Owen the Poet
London, Macmillan, 1986. More
Pocahontas, or the Founding of Virginia. A Poem in Three Cantos. [Bound together with] The Pleasures of Religion. A Poem in Two Parts, with Other Poems [and] American National Lyrics, and Sonnets
London, Hatchard and Co., 1865 (the first title); London, William White, 1856 (the second title); and Boston, Otis Clapp, 1860 (the third title). The contemporary blindstamp of the Adelaide bookseller W.C. Rigby is on the front flyleaf. More
Dreams of Outback
London, Warne, 1922. More
Station Hunting on the Warrego; Australia; At the Valley of the Popran, and other Poems
Sydney, William Maddock, 1885. This copy is inscribed in ink on the verso of the title page 'To / George Augustus Sala / From the author. / With sincere regards. / P.J.H. / 2.5.'85'. George Augustus Sala (1828-1895), the 'Prince of Journalists', spent nine months in Australia in 1885; his..... More
The One-Hoss Shay. With its Companion Poems
Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905/ 1891. More
The Wandering Islands
Sydney, Edwards & Shaw, 1955. More
Ballades, Rondeaus and Occasional Verse
[Adelaide], 'Printed and Published by the Author', 1931. Inscribed by the author, who later released his hand-set and -printed items under the imprint of The Horace Walpole Press. Offered together with four other titles from the Press: 'Occasional Verse' (by Rogers, 1933); 'More Occasional Verse' (by Rogers, 1935) and 'Selections..... More
The Odes of Horace
London, The Folio Society, 1987 (first thus). With a preface and biographical note by the translator, who 'has made some revisions for this edition'. More
Bush Echoes
London, Printed by Waterlow & Sons, London [for the Author], [1915] (date at the foot of the introduction). The author has signed the foot of the introduction (on page 2). 'Proceeds for Benefit of Wounded Australians' is printed at the head of the title page. Not to be confused with..... More
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Bush Echoes [and Ballads on a Warrigal Pegasus (half-title subtitle)]
London, Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1901. Inscribed by the author to 'E.C. Stirling | ex dono Warrigalis | May 1901' - from one significant South Australian identity to another. William Austin Horn (1841-1922) was a mining magnate, pastoralist, politician - and occasional poet. 'In 1894 he organized and equipped the Horn..... More
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Bush Echoes [cover title]
[London, Printed by Waterlow & Sons (for the Author), 1915] (date at the foot of the introduction). Not to be confused with the author's 1901 prose publication of the same title, this is a collection of verse of the stockwhip-and-saddle-school by William Austin Horn (1841-1922), mining magnate, pastoralist and politician..... More
A Shropshire Lad
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). More
Ashes and Sparks. 43 poems
Adelaide, Preece, 1937. Hudson's first collection of poetry. More
Pools of the Cinnabar Range
Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens, 1959. Warmly inscribed, dated (Adelaide Festival, 1966) and signed by the poet. More
Moon-Bells and Other Poems. Illustrated by Felicity Roma Bowers
London, The Bodley Head, 1986 (new edition, with three additional poems)/ 1978. More
Season Songs
London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1976. More
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1918. Huxley's third published work, and the third title in the 'Initiates Series of Poetry by Proved Hands'. Bromer A3 (750 copies). More
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Gumtops [Poems]
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons, 1935. The author's first book; this copy is signed on the title page. Rex Ingamells co-founded the 'Jindyworobak' movement in 1937. Provenance: Colin Thiele, with his contemporary signature on the front free endpaper ('Colin M. Thiele | Adelaide University | 1939'). More
Selected Poems
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944. More
Yera. A Verse Narrative
Adelaide, Jindyworobak, 1945 (first edition). 'The story of an Aboriginal girl during the Victorian Gold Rushes. The scene moves through shepherds' huts, blacks' camps, mining camps, and early Melbourne' (dustwrapper). More
Patterns of Transience
Adelaide, Image Imprint, 1978 (first edition). One of only 100 copies handset and printed by R. and W. Iwanicki. A collection of poems. More