Selected Poems
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944. More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1944 [first English edition]/ 1943 (first collected edition). The first English edition of this important collection. The four poems were first published together in the American edition, published in May 1943. 'The four poems which make up this volume have all appeared separately: "Burnt Norton" first..... More
Sydney, Dymock's Book Arcade, 1944. More
Sydney, Dymock's Book Arcade, 1944. Inscribed and signed by the poet 'For Alan Brissenden, Rosemary Dobson'. More
[Rio de Janeiro], Confraria Bibliófila Brasileira 'Cattleya Alba', [1944] (first thus). Number 48 of only 200 copies of this deluxe privately printed edition printed on undyed silk, signed by the illustrator Martha Pawlowna Schidrowitz and the translator Álvaro Moreyra. The 52 hand-coloured illustrations, based on the 52 cards in a...... More
London, Humphrey Milford, 1944. Includes an essay on R.H.Horne, 'His Plays and "Farthing Epic." A Centenary Review.' pages 24-45. More
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Number 338 of 500 copies (the first 50 being a deluxe issue in full morocco). Cockalorum 163. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1944. The third publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. The verso of the title page is signed by the author, and loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed from him to Harry Muir. Elliott writes to him on 19 August 1944 from the Highfield Hotel in..... More
Adelaide, Lothian (for Robert Hale, London), 1945 (first Australian edition)/ 1943. More
Sydney, The Invincible Press, [1945?/ 1944]. 'The Famous Film Actor's First Mystery Novel'. More
Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1945 (first edition thus)/ 1945. More
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (first Australian edition)/ 1944. This copy comes with a second (tanned, chipped and torn) unprice-clipped dustwrapper beneath the first; dustwrapper design by George Mansell. One of the author's Second World War novels: Peter Marshall's crew are one of the top bombing teams on their base..... More
London, Macmillan & Co, 1945 (second impression)/ 1945. With the ownership signature of Professor Charles Jury on the front free endpaper. More
London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1945 (second impression)/ 1944. One of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. More
Sydney, The Invincible Press, [circa 1945] (first Australian edition)/ 1938. 'A story of murder and love, of guilt and faith, of the perpetual conflict between evil and good, "Brighton Rock" is one of the most powerful and exciting novels the publishers have handled' (cover blurb). More
London, The Fortune Press, 1945 (first edition). There are ten poems by Philip Larkin, and ten by John Heath-Stubbs. Other contributors include David Luke, Philip Rawson, and Drummond Allison (killed in action in 1943). Loosely inserted is a typed note from 'Jack': 'Mother thought you might like this, John Neath-Stubbs..... More
Melbourne, Reed and Harris, 1945. 'In this book the author has reversed the general procedure and presents a sophisticated book for adults written by a child. The fact that the child, Julian Prang, had to be invented in no way detracts from the reader's enjoyment. Rather, characters such as Julian..... More
Townsville, T. Willmett & Sons (Pty.) Limited, 1945. More
Melbourne, Hamish Hamilton, 1946 (first Australian edition). More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1946. More
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1946. The author passed away before completing further volumes; only this volume was published. With the ownership signature of Professor David Galliver, and a quotation inscribed by him on the title-page. More
London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1946 (reissue)/ 1929. Number 3 in the publisher's Connoisseur's Library of Strange Fiction. This new edition features a preface by Professor Denis Saurat. More
Christchurch, Caxton Press, 1946. Inscribed and signed by the author. Lino-cuts by Robert Brett. More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1946. More
Melbourne, The National Press [for Reed and Harris, March] 1946. Ten issues of this supplement to 'Angry Penguins' appeared monthly between January and December 1946 (with the exception of October and November); the editors for the first five issues (including this one) were Max Harris, James McGuire and Sidney Nolan..... More
Melbourne, [Reed & Harris] (and printed by The National Press Pty. Ltd.), January to September, and December 1946. Nine issues of this supplement to 'Angry Penguins' appeared monthly between January and September 1946, with the bumper final issue in December 1946. The editors for the first number were Max Harris..... More
Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens, 1946. Alan Brissenden's copy, with his pencilled ownership signature and a loosely inserted 3-page duplicate typescript (a little creased, but with a few pencilled annotations) relating to the production of Esson's 'The Bride of Gospel Place' by the South Australian Theatre Company. More
London, The Thinker's Digest, 1946. Among others, this issue also features "Controlling the Atom" by Professor M.L. Oliphant. More
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1946 (first American edition)/ 1945. More
Townsville, T. Willmett & Sons (Pty.) Limited, [1946]. More
London, Jonathan Cape/ Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd., 1946 (second Australian edition)/ 1944 (first Australian edition)/ 1944. Provenance: the local branch of the Cameron Wilson family, with an ink inscription on the front free endpaper mentioning T.P. Cameron, whose famous poem, Magpies in Picardy, is included in the anthology (see pages..... More
[London], Golden Cockerel Press, [1947]. Number 506 of 750 copies (of which numbers 1-100 were specially bound); With the pencilled ownership signature of [Professor] Heinz Kent. A colour postcard depicting a painting of 'La Belle O'Morphi' (Marie-Louise O'Murphy, 1737-1814) by Boucher is loosely inserted. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, 1947/ 1925. More
Adelaide, Economy Press, 1947. Inscribed, dated (1962) and signed in pencil by the editor on the first page. Preface by William Carlos Williams. More
London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1947/ 1923. 'Rendered into English from the literal and complete French Translation of Dr J.C. Mardrus by Powys Mathers'. [4 items]. More
London, Editions Poetry London, December 1948 (second edition)/ September 1948. Contributors include Clive Bell, King Bolo, Wyndham Lewis, Edith Sitwell, William Empson, James Reeves, W.H. Auden, Lawrence Durrell, John Betrjeman, Stephen Spender, Marianne Moore and Anne Ridler. Loosely inserted are a few relevant newspaper articles. More
Melbourne, Meanjin Press, 1948. Number 220 of only 500 copies signed by the author (possibly the most important literary critic in Australia in her time). More
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1948 (second, revised and enlarged, edition)/ 1924. More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1949. The author's scarce first book. More
Melbourne, Oberon, 1949. Number 286 of only 350 numbered copies printed for private subscribers only; with the author's signature on the front flyleaf. Not all copies were signed, and it is possible that the signatures are to be found in copies put on the market at a somewhat later date..... More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1949 [first British edition]. More
London, The Bodley Head, 1949, 1957 and 1960 (all first editions). As 'much at ease with the elegance and bawdyness of a pre-Christian like Horace as with a writer like Baudelaire, nourished in the Christian European tradition' (dustwrapper blurb on the last volume). [3 items]. More
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1949. Number 283 of 500 copies (with the first 100 'specially bound and contain one extra engraving'). More
Adelaide, United Aborigines Mission, [early 1950s]. The author (Uncle Arthur of 'New Life') was UAM Missionary at Finniss Springs. More
Adelaide, United Aborigines Mission, [early 1950s?]. The author (Uncle Arthur of 'New Life') was UAM Missionary at Finniss Springs. More
London, Hollis and Carter, 1950. The companion to 'Dark Estuary'. More
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. 'Commissioned as a war-artist to record my impressions of work in a glass-blowing factory near Birmingham, I found on entering the huge, ruinous, grimy, wharf-walled buildings a world upon its own, a place of roaring fires and monstrous shadows ... And so what I actually..... More
London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. Gallup A55a. More
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1950. Loosely inserted is a copy of the 4-page prospectus (a little marked and tanned) and an order form (both folded twice). [3 items]. More