A Shropshire Lad
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). More
Adelaide, Preece, 1937. Hudson's first collection of poetry. More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1984/ 1950. Volume 65 in the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
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
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1951. Limited to 1000 copies. More
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
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944. More
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
New York, The Viking Press, 1941 (ninth printing)/ 1927. 'The inspirational sermons of the old-time Negro preachers are here set down as poetry. Mr Johnson tells in his preface of hearing these same themes treated by famous preachers in his youth; some of the sermons are still current, and like..... More
London, Batsford, 1933. More
London, Agenda Editions, 1975. More
Melbourne, Byrne and McCubbin, 1919 [first edition]. The frontispiece is a tipped-in plate of the triptych 'The Pioneers', by F. McCubbin. More
Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927. This short collection of poems was sold for 12 pennies (1 shilling) or 12 francs and contains 13 poems, hence 'Pomes Penyeach' (the thirteenth poem being the 'tilly', the Irish term for the thirteenth item in a 'baker's dozen' and also the title of the..... More
Paris, Faber & Faber, 1933 (first UK edition)/ 1927. This short collection of 13 poems was sold for 1/- (12 pennies) or 12 francs, hence 'Pomes Penyeach' (the thirteenth poem being the 'tilly', the Irish term for the thirteenth item in a 'baker's dozen', and also the title of the..... More
Adelaide, The Friends of Charles Rischbieth Jury, 1993. Number 145 of only 250 numbered copies, published to mark the centenary of Charles Jury's birth. With the contemporary pencilled ownership signature of poet, author and critic Alan Brissenden. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1958. The title page is signed by the author. The title-piece is a revised edition of the work first published in 1929. The ninth publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press; not stated, but limited to 500 copies. Provenance: Jean Whyte (1923-2003), a dominant figure in Australian..... More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons (for the Adelaide Branch of the English Association), 1932. English Association, Adelaide Branch. Pamphlet Number 1. More
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus). Translated with Notes by Peter Green; Introduction by Simon Callow. 'The text of this edition follows the revised 1998 edition, with minor emendations'. More
Sydney, Angas and Robertson, 1955. More
London, George Harrap, 1930. With the amorial bookplate and signature of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More
[No Place, The Author], 1933 (first duplicated edition). 'Duplicated typescript; leaves printed on the versos only. A useful reference to literature in the first quarter of the twentieth century. More
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. More
London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). 'The "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám" was first published by Bernard Quaritch in 1859. The text of this edition follows that of the first edition, with minor emendations' (verso of the title page). This sesquicentennial 'edition is limited to one thousand copies, signed and..... More
London, George G. Harrap & Co., [circa 1914/ 1912 (colour edition)/ 1905]. 'Adelaide Hanscom undertook the project of illustrating Omar Khayyám's popular "Rubáiyát" around 1903, using many notable Bay Area literary figures and artists as her models. The sittings with Hanscom became highly sought-after, and the project was a major..... More