The Moonlit Doorway. Poems
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. More
London, PL Nicholson and Watson, 1944. More
London, Faber and Faber, 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
Melbourne, The Anvil Press, 1944. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author to composer Rolf Atkinson. One of 150 privately circulated copies (Trove). More
London, Macmillan & Co, 1945 (second impression)/ 1945. With the ownership signature of Professor Charles Jury on the front free endpaper. More
Adelaide, Jindyworobak, 1945 (first edition). 'The story of an Aboriginal girl during the Victorian Gold Rushes. The scene moves through shepherds' huts, blacks' camps, mining camps, and early Melbourne' (dustwrapper). More
London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1945 (second impression)/ 1944. One of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. 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
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
Christchurch, Caxton Press, 1946. Inscribed and signed by the author. Lino-cuts by Robert Brett. More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 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
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, Chatto & Windus, 1949. The author's scarce first book. 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, 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
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1951. Limited to 1000 copies. More
London, Methuen, 1952. With the ownership signature of South Australian poet Robert Clark. More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1952. Number 137 of only 200 signed copies. This copy has three unpublished poems by the author written in ink in his hand on three of the blank pages at the rear. The poems are 'Inscription in the Grainger Museum', 'The DBC Poems - Inscription for..... More
London, Faber, 1952 (first edition). More
Gordon, Australian Amateur Press Association, 1952. One of only 200 copies of this issue, 'Set up and printed by Hal E. Stone at "Pallamana," Elgin Street, Gordon'. It was the magazine's third and final issue; the first one was published in July 1948. Bookselling was never easy: a lengthy note..... More
Caambridge, National Book League, 1953. The Eleventh Annual Lecture of the National Book League. More
Caambridge, National Book League, 1953. The Eleventh Annual Lecture of the National Book League. More
Sydney, Designed and printed by Edwards and Shaw for the Lyre-Bird Writers.. 1954. With the ownership signature of SA poet Robert Clark. More
Sydney, Designed and printed by Edwards & Shaw ... for the Lyre-Bird Writers and the Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1954. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1955. The title-page illustration (repeated on the dustwrapper) is by Norman Lindsay. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1955 (first edition). With the ownership signature of Colin Thiele. Loosely inserted is The Bulletin's review (by Douglas Stewart), a little sunned and chipped at the edges. More
Adelaide, Mary Martin Bookshop, 1955. More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. More
Adelaide, Mary Martin Bookshop, 1955. More
Sydney, Edwards & Shaw, 1955. More
Sydney, Angas and Robertson, 1955. More
Auckland, The Pilgrim Press, 1956. More
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. More
Sydney, Lyre-Bird Writers and the Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1956. With the pencilled ownership signature of fellow poet Robert Clark, and an annotated typescript of a speech by him on Smith. More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. More
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. William Collins (1721-1759), 'pre-Romantic English poet whose lyrical odes adhered to Neoclassical forms but were Romantic in theme and feeling' ('Encyclopaedia Britannica'). More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. More
London, Faber, 1957. With a contemporary review (from the New Statesman) loosely inserted. More
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1957. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1958. The title page is signed by the author. The title-piece is a revised edition of the work first published in 1929. The ninth publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press; not stated, but limited to 500 copies. Provenance: Jean Whyte (1923-2003), a dominant figure in Australian..... More