One of Norah's Early Days
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Number 177 of only 285 copies of the first edition, of which 250 are numbered and signed in ink by the author. More
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Number 177 of only 285 copies of the first edition, of which 250 are numbered and signed in ink by the author. More
London, William Heinemann, 1936. Inscribed and signed by the author on an early blank to Ethelwynne Giles. Shirley Cameron Wilson, the author's niece, has written her name at the head of the half-title. Loosely inserted is a flyleaf detached from another (smaller) book; it is signed 'Nell. G. Strawbridge' (Allan's..... More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, [1936]. More
Newtown, The Gregynog Press, 1936 (first thus)/ 1633. Number 109 of 225 copies, printed 'under the direction of James Wardrop, at the Gregynog Press, Newtown, Montgomeryshire; finished the twenty-second day of October, 1936' (colophon). '[Greville's] "Caelica" (published 1633) begins as a conventional sonnet sequence but gradually abandons Neoplatonism for pessimistic..... More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1936. Joan Lindsay's first book, published thirty-odd years before her hugely successful but somewhat less hilarious 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. 'This work alone establishes Miss Serena Livingstone-Stanley as one of that gallant little band of intrepid women who through the ages have sailed uncharted seas, blazed..... More
London, The Hogarth Press, 1936 (first edition). More
Adelaide, Preece, 1937. Hudson's first collection of poetry. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937 (fifth impression)/ 1937. 'In this man of the Merchant Service you will find the true successors to the Cabots and the Frobishers, the Grenvilles and the Drakes'. Frontispiece by Stanley Rogers. More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus)/ [1634]. Number 256 of 950 copies on Pannekoek mould-made paper. This edition contains Milton's text and the music composed by Lawes for the original performance of the masque in 1634. More
Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1937 (first thus). Number 941 of a total edition of 3200 copies, this being one of 2870 copies on 'beau vélin' paper (numbered 330-3200). More
London, The Hogarth Press, 1937 (new edition, third reprint)/ 1935. Loosely inserted is a poem by Lewis clipped from the 'New Statesman' (in 1938). More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1937. Seventeen essays, including 'James Joyce et PĂ©cuchet' (in French) and 'Mr. Eliot's Solid Merit'. Gallup A42a: 'Published 11 February 1937 at 7s. 6d.; 2000 copies printed ... 700 sets of sheets with reprinted title-leaf and conjugate were imported by New Directions and specially bound..... More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece, 1938. Signed and dated (14 September 1987) by the author on the title page. More
Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938 (first thus). The author's first book to be published in the USA; 'A different version of this novel has been published in England under the title "Camera Obscura" (verso of the title page). The story behind this turn of events is intriguing. 'At the age..... More
London, Jarrolds Publishers London Limited, [Circa 1938]. The 'portraits' include those of George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, George Moore, Oscar Wilde, Lord Kitchener, Roger Casement and William Butler Yeats. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938 [first English edition]. More
Paris, E. TĂ©riade, 1938. Published in Paris in both French and English editions (with the texts translated by Robert Sage) under the directorship of E. TĂ©riade (an ex-patriate Greek, Efstatios Eleftheriades), 'Verve' was 'devoted to artistic creation in all fields and in all forms'. 'That the illustrations may retain the..... More
Melbourne, The Windsor Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1938. Dated (22 July 1943), signed and warmly inscribed in ink by the author ('Mr & Mrs J. McD. Kellie/ With Every Good Wish/ From the Author/ on the occasion of their/ marriage'). More
Norfolk, New Directions, 1939 (first edition). One of only 800 copies. More
London, Dent, 1939/ 1935. More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1939. More
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, August 1939 (first UK edition, preceded by the US edition by only one week: they were published on 25 August and 18 August respectively). 'Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library' is printed in white on the lime-green oval-shaped panel near the foot of the spine, in place of..... More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, January 1939 (fourth impression)/ March 1937 (second edition)/ 1936. Loosely inserted is a review of the book clipped from 'The New Statesman'. More
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1939 [first thus]. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington, with an Introduction by Paul Morand. More
London, William Heineman, September 1939 (second impression)/ April 1939. Comprises four comedies: 'This Year of Grace', 'Words and Music', 'Operette' and 'Conversation Piece'. More
Adelaide, Thornquest Press, 1940. Foreword by local radio personality Tommy Hudson. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece, 1940. More
London, Hogarth Press, August 1940 (second impression)/ July 1940. See Kirkpatrick ('A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf') A25a. The first impression was 'Published 25 July 1940; 2530 copies printed. 12s. 6d.. There was a second impression of 1130 copies in August 1940 and a third of 1010 in November 1940'. More
London, John Murray, 1940. 'A book for the bombed - and for their unbombed relations!'. More
Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd, [early 1940s]. 'Among the many works of fiction published in the Soviet Union during 1936, one outstanding novel received unanimous endorsement from the critics. It was Peter Pavlenko's "In the East". The theme was a defensive war in the Far East forced upon Russia..... More
Westminster, The Pax House for The Council for the Defence of Church Principles, 1940. The Council for the Defence of Church Principles, Pamphlet 7. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1941. With the bookplate of Richard J. Haynes designed by 'A.G.B.'. More
Adelaide, Economy Press, [1941] to 1947. Number 18 is inscribed and signed by the editor 'For Miles Franklin, with best wishes from Flexmore Hudson'. A 'with compliments' slip inscribed and signed by Hudson, and a subscription form, are loosely inserted. The subtitle later changed to 'The Quarterly of Australasian Verse'..... 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
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1941. The first edition of this classical playlet. Offered together with the 1955 Wakefield Press edition (octavo, x, 41 pages; quarter cloth and papered boards; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper; its foreword is an expanded version of the preface of the first edition). Charles Rischbieth..... More
Adelaide, Adelaide University Arts Association, 1942. The author was also a contributor to 'Phoenix', the precursor to 'Angry Penguins'. Max Harris, the editor of this book of verse, notes that the author is 'at present serving overseas in the Air Force'. Paul Pfeiffer he did not return; he died in..... More
London, Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. The dustwrapper is unclipped but unpriced, indicating it is the Colonial Edition issue; the small ticket on the front pastedown of the contemporary Adelaide booksellers, F.W. Preece Ltd, proves the point. More
Brisbane, Meanjin Press (and Melbourne, Melbourne University Press from 1945), January 1942 to Winter 1952. The first six numbers appeared in 1941; they are ephemeral roneoed publications, exceedingly rare on the open market. Volume 3, Number 4 and Volume 4, Number 4 were never published. This unbroken run of 42..... More
[Sydney], Barn on the Hill, 1942. Number 79 of 140 copies hand-printed by Richard Edwards and Roderick Shaw. This collection of 11 poems by Edwards was the third and final title to be published under the Barn on the Hill imprint. This short-lived foray into private press printing was followed..... More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1942 (first Australian edition)/ 1940. The first Australian edition, 'Printed by Morris & Walker, Melbourne, for George Jaboor ... Australasian Representative of Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London'. The first edition was published by Random House in New York in 1940; the first UK edition was published by Hamish..... More
Adelaide, Adelaide University Arts Association, 1942. With the later ownership stamp of Kevin Magarey (1925-2017) ('Department of English, The University') on the front panel of the dustwrapper, the front free endpaper, and the original contemporary pencilled purchase receipt. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1942. An 'authentic picture ... of the early colonial days in South Australia' (dustwrapper). More
Sydney, Currawong, 1943. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1943. More
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
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1944]. A short story set 'in the jungle of New Guinea with a young soldier during the last hours before his death'. More
London, PL Nicholson and Watson, 1944. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1944. More
Sydney, Currawong, [c.1944]. Dustwrapper design by John Andrews. More