New Guinea Poems
Port Moresby, Printed by Papua and New Guinea Printing [for the Author], 1968. Inscribed, dated (28 September 1972) and signed by the author. More
Port Moresby, Printed by Papua and New Guinea Printing [for the Author], 1968. Inscribed, dated (28 September 1972) and signed by the author. More
Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1971. More
Paris, Calman-Lévy, Editeurs, 1908 [first edition]. One of 100 copies on 'vélin d'Arches' paper (from a total edition of 161 copies) of this collection of short stories. The illustrations and ornaments, printed in gold and coloured inks, mimic mediaeval illuminations. More
Paris, F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909 [first thus]. Number 816 of a total edition of 1200 copies, this being one of 1050 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper, intialled 'F.F.' by the publisher François Ferroud, who had succeeded his better-known uncle André Ferroud as head of the firm..... More
London, PL Nicholson and Watson, 1944. More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1984. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879 (new edition). the front cover of each volume is stamped 'Merchant Taylors' School. Pigeon and Pugh Mercantile Prize 1881', surmounted by the school's crest. The school celebrated its 450th anniversary in 2011. [3 items]. More
London, Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld. [circa 1903]. Provenance: A. Henry Fullwood, with his signature ('London, 1903') in ink on the front pastedown. Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) was born in England, and emigrated to Australia in 1883. He 'worked as a black and white artist for the "Picturesque..... More
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 (first US edition). Incribed and initialled by the author to producer and playwright Harley Granville-Barker ('June 26 1915. H.G.B. from J.G.'), and with the ownership details of Lillah McCarthy, Lady Keeble, actress, theatre manager and Granville-Barker's first wife. Granville-Barker produced a number of Galsworthy's..... More
London, William Heinemann, 1925. Number 50 of 265 copies signed in ink by the author (and only 250 being for sale). More
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1932. Number 13 of 400 copies signed by the author. The second book of the 'End of the Chapter' trilogy, a sequel to the Forsyte Saga. More
London, Duckworth and Co., 1910. Incribed by John Galsworthy 'To my dear cousin, from the Author'. More
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. Number 214 of 525 copies signed by the author. The first book of the 'End of the Chapter' trilogy, a sequel to the Forsyte Saga. More
London, Duckworth, 1929. Number 476 of 1275 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author. More
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. Number 863 of 1025 copies signed by the author. This short story, a sequel to the Forsyte Saga, was published the same year as part of 'On Forsyte 'Change'. More
London, Asia Publishing House, 1962. Number 1 of the Literary Perspective series. More
Adelaide, Sud-Australische Zeitung, 1870, 1871 and 1873. Bound volumes of weekly issues of the literary supplement to the long-running Adelaide German-language newspaper 'Sud-Australische Zeitung'. Offered here are the complete run of the 52 weekly issues of the twelfth year (1870), issues 27-52 of the thirteenth year (4 July to 26..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1952. One of 1,000 copies. James Tucker (1808-1888?) ''a convict, an architect by profession … who had been transported for forgery' ... However, it had also been claimed that Tucker was merely a copyist of works originally composed by another and that the level of education..... More
Paddington, Spaniel Books, 1996 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed 'For Christopher Pearson, with best wishes', dated (March 1996) and signed by the author. Loosely inserted is an ALS from the author to Pearson, also noting that 'only 400 hardcopies have been bound', and the publisher's 4-page prospectus. More
[Sydney, The Author, 1935, eleventh edition]. More
London, John Murray, 1929. 'Rodney Gilbert (1889-1968) was an American conservative editorial writer, newspaper columnist.... In 1912 Gilbert went to China to travel the country; he began as a salesman for Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People but ended up spending 17 years there, becoming fluent in Chinese and..... More
Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1916 (third edition, revised)/ 1908 (second edition, revised)/ 1880. More
Melbourne, Charlwood and Son, Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers, [July 1867]. Trove has enabled us to established beyond doubt the date of publication - Saturday 20 July 1867 - according to the advertisements in the 'Argus' on that and the previous day. Ferguson 9927 (noting a curious variant, with the four..... More
Melbourne, Sun Books, 1972 (first edition). Both authors have signed their respective title pages (Ginsberg's signature doubles as the beard of his small self-portrait). Both authors were participants in Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Adelaide in March 1972. More
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More