Views on Verse
[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
[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
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [circa 1903]/ 1903 (first thus). One of 'The Broadway Booklets' series; the first edition of this work in this series, in flush-cut red card covers, has the date '1903' printed at the foot of the title page. More
London, The Folio Press, 1991 (first thus). With an introduction by Sue Bradbury and illustrations by Ian Ribbons. One of a small series of letterpress editions produced by The Folio Society under the Folio Press imprint. More
London, The Folio Society, 2004 (first thus). Edited, and with an introduction by, Andrew Lycett. In 'The Folio Poets' series. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2016. Inscribed and signed by the author to Alan Brissenden, 'For Alan, with warmest regards, Mike Ladd'. More
[Paris], Georges Sauvaget for Les Amis des Travailleurs Intellectuels, 1927. Number 302 of 400 copies (of which 50 were not for sale), numbered and initialled by the publisher, with nine original etchings by Luc Lafnet. The 'Dîner du Quatrain' was a dining club whose members were required to contribute at..... More
London, The Mallinson Publishing Company, Ltd., 1933. A collection of eighteen short stories dedicated to bookseller and anarchist Charles Lahr. This is number 56 of 95 copies signed by all 18 contributors, of which only 85 copies were for sale. The contributors are: John Arrow, H.E. Bates, Oswell Blakeston, Alec..... 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
London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2003. Warmly inscribed, dated (18 November 2003) and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, Scrymgour and Sons, Printers [for the Author], 1884. With a contemporary inscription by, and signature of, a family member. More
Hawthorn, Hudson, 1992. Signed and warmly inscribed in ink by the author on the title-page. 'Joan Kirkby writes: "Imagine Emily Dickinson's Vesuvius poems, Mary Sarton's 'Journal of a Solitude' and Cixous and Clément's 'newly born woman' and you have some idea of the energy, jouissance and strength - and significance..... More
Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press, 1970 (second edition)/ 1967. 'This booklet was printed by several hands at the Wai-te-ata Press, English Department, Victoria University ... The collection was first published in a very limited edition on hand-made paper in 1967. Don Peebles designed the cover' (dustwrapper blurb). More
London, The Folio Press, 1988 (first thus). One of a small series of letterpress editions produced by The Folio Society under the Folio Press imprint. With the author's preface. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. More
London, Faber, 1952 (first edition). More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1957. More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1984/ 1945. Volume 65 in the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1970 [first edition, first impression (with the $1 price printed on the front cover)]. Malouf's scarce first book, signed by him on the title page. Paperback Poets 1. More
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1980. A paperback edition of this title was published simultaneously with the much scarcer hardback; this copy is signed by the author on the title page. More
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1927. With the ownership signatures of (Professor) Brian Medlin, dated 1951. Edited by H.M. Margoliouth. More