Select Poems Divine and Humane
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Number 152 of 1250 copies. More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Number 152 of 1250 copies. More
London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. Number 499 of 580 copies; one of the Haslewood Books series. Eliot's contribution is quite short (one and a half pages). More
London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, [1928]. Number 9 in the Ariel Poems series. The poem illustration and cover design are by the author. More
London, Faber, 1929. Number 20 in the Ariel Poems series; this is number 254 of 500 large-paper copies signed by the author and printed on hand-made paper. More
London, George Harrap, 1930. With the amorial bookplate and signature of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More
London, Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr., 1931. English hunting literature; 'a penetrating criticism of the poetry and prose of the late war - and a contrast of it with previous English war literature'. More
[Adelaide], 'Printed and Published by the Author', 1931. Inscribed by the author, who later released his hand-set and hand-printed items under the imprint of The Horace Walpole Press. Offered together with four other titles from the Press: 'Occasional Verse' (by Rogers, 1933); 'More Occasional Verse' (by Rogers, 1935), and 'Selections..... More
London, William Edwin Rudge for the Author, 1931. '...this Souvenir...' of the Poet Laureat, Robert Bridges, was presumably issued as a Christmas present to Jones' 'many friends'...250 copies were printed, this copy is un-numbered. More
London, Faber & Faber Limited, [1931]. Number 35 of The Ariel Poems series. More
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931 [first thus]. 'The Iliad' is number 860 of 1450 copies for sale; 'Odyssey' is inscribed 'out of series', of a total edition of 1300 copies for sale. Loosely inserted in 'The Iliad') is the single-sided information sheet by Francis Meynell on how to properly open..... More
London, Boriswood Limited, 1932. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons, 1932. With the ownership signature of T.G.[H.] Strehlow and inscribed 'Alice Springs, March 3 1933'. Number 78 of only 300 numbered copies (and of which 270 were for sale). More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons (for the Adelaide Branch of the English Association), 1932. English Association, Adelaide Branch. Pamphlet Number 1. More
London, Methuen, 1932. More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1932 (first edition thus). 'These fragments, originally published as "Fragment of a Prologue" and "Fragment of an Agon" in "The Criterion" are here for the first time reprinted in book form'. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons, 1932. Number 28 of only 300 numbered copies (and of which 270 were for sale). More
London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. More
London, Batsford, 1933. 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, 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
Paris, Faber & Faber, 1933 (first UK edition)/ 1927. This short collection of 13 poems was sold for 1/- (12 pennies) or 12 francs, hence 'Pomes Penyeach' (the thirteenth poem being the 'tilly', the Irish term for the thirteenth item in a 'baker's dozen', and also the title of the..... More
Adelaide, Preece (for The Association), 1934. Pamphlet Number 2. More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1934. Number 319 of 700 copies on Van Gelder paper. The work comprises a lengthy essay on George Chapman by Havelock Ellis, and 26 excerpts from Chapman's works. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1935. With the bookplate and pencilled ownership signature of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, and his occasional annotations apropos McCrae's comments concerning Henry Kendall (with his pencilled list on the rear pastedown). Number 148 of a limited edition of 500 copies. More
Adelaide, The Advertiser, 1935. Inscribed, signed and dated (1935) by the author. More
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
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, The Hogarth Press, 1936 (first edition). More
Adelaide, Preece, 1937. Hudson's first collection of poetry. More
[Auckland, The Authors, 1937]. Number 11 of only 150 copies of this illustrated book of verse, signed at the foot of the last page by both poet and artist. 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
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus). Number 552 of 1000 copies printed at the Curwen Press. '[Robert] Thornton had published his school edition of Virgil in 1812, with a second edition printed in 1819. This included not only Virgil's Latin verses but also "imitations" of Virgilian poetry by other..... 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
Adelaide, F.W. Preece, 1938. Signed and dated (14 September 1987) by the author on the title page. More
Norfolk, New Directions, 1939 (first edition). One of only 800 copies. More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1939. More
Adelaide, Thornquest Press, 1940. Foreword by local radio personality Tommy Hudson. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece, 1940. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1940. More
London, Faber, 1941. 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, 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
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
Adelaide, Jindyworobak Publication, 1943. Signed by author on the title page. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1943. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). 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