Literature
The Judge's Verdict. [A 10 short stories and 16 free verse pieces photocopied from original typescripts and manuscripts, selected and bound for presentation by the author; 'For Pat / 2-7-93' appears in gilt on the flyleaf]
[1993?]. 'The stories which are contained in the first section of this cover all received awards in various contests ... The stories are not arranged in any particular sequence, so any reader could provide their own "Judge's Verdict" More
Stories from 'The Sun's Babies'
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, [1920s, abridged]/ [1910]. Happy Hour Stories series. More
Chaucer's Gardens and the Language of Convention
Gainesville, University of Florida, 1997. More
Ossian's Ride
London, Heinemann, 1959 (first edition). Offered with three other first editions of novels written or co-authored by Fred Hoyle; each one is a hardback in excellent condition, with the same ownership signature on the front flyleaf, in a fine price-clipped dustwrapper, unless otherwise stated. All titles were written with his..... More
Ashes and Sparks. 43 poems
Adelaide, Preece, 1937. Hudson's first collection of poetry. More
Anne Hughes: Her Boke
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). Introduction by Michael Croucher; edited by Mollie Preston. More
C.J. Brennan. An Essay in Values
Sydney, P.R. Stephensen, 1934. Inscribed on the flyleaf 'To Jack / from Randolph / in friendship / a book of which he will not / approve'. Priced accordingly. More
La Légende des Siècles. La Fin de Satan. Dieu
[Paris], Gallimard, 1984/ 1950. Volume 65 in the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
The Toilers of the Sea
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus)/ 1866 (in the original French). Number 513 of 1250 copies. This is the first edition of this work to contain Victor Hugo's original illustrations. The translation and notes are by James Hogarth; the introduction is by Graham Robb, the author of 'Victor Hugo..... More
The Toilers of the Sea
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus)/ 1866 (in the original French). Number 976 of 1250 copies. This is the first edition of this work to contain Victor Hugo's original illustrations. The translation and notes are by James Hogarth; the introduction is by Graham Robb, the author of 'Victor Hugo..... More
The Story of the Circle of Chalk. A Drama from the Old Chinese
London, The Rodale Press, [1953]. With numerous full-page colour illustrations by John Buckland-Wright. Number 782 of 1000 copies. More
Curong. A Romance of the Man on the Land. Written specially for the Films
Sydney, Printed by William Brooks & Co., Limited, [1930]. More
The English Spenserians. The Poetry of Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Michael Drayton, Phineas Fletcher and Henry More
Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 1977. 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
Bibliographies of the First Editions of Books by A.L. Huxley and T.F. Powys
London, Dulau, 1927. Edition limited to 550 copies. More
Four Plays
Franklin Center, The Franklin Library, 1979 (first thus). The plays are: 'A Doll's House', 'Ghosts', 'The Wild Duck', and 'Hedda Gabbler'. Translated by Eva Le Gallienne. More
Men of the Jungle
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, November 1933 (fifth edition)/ September 1932. With 9 pages of plates from photographs and an endpaper map. More
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Auckland, Secker and Warburg, 1995. More
The Great South Land. An Epic Poem
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1951. Provenance: Colin Thiele (1920-2006), poet, author and educator, with his signature in ink on the half-title, and in pencil on the title page, and with his occasional pencilled emphases. Loosely inserted are a few pencilled manuscript notes, the prospectus, and some related ephemera. More
The Great South Land. An Epic Poem
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1951. Limited to 1000 copies. More
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
Goodbye to Berlin
London, The Folio Society, 1975 (first thus). Comprises six short stories: 'A Berlin Diary (Autumn 1930)', 'Sally Bowles', 'On Ruegen Island (Summer 1931)', 'The Nowaks', 'The Landauers', and 'A Berlin Diary (Winter 1932-3)'. More
Mr Norris Changes Trains
London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1935 (first edition). More