The South Wind
London, John G. Wilson, 1914. More
London, John G. Wilson, 1914. More
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1920. Frederick William Harvey (1888-1957), English poet and officer in the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment; 'he was captured on 17 August 1916 and spent the remainder of the war in prisoner-of-war camps. His first volume of poems, "A Gloucestershire Lad", was published shortly after..... More
Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. With the contemporary ownership details of 'Revd Henry Pollitt, Woodville, 4th Decr 1865' on the flyleaf. One of the earliest Australian imprints illustrated with original photographs (see Holden: 'Photography in Colonial Australia' [Sydney, 1988]), where the author is incorrectly referred to in the text..... More
Adelaide, Jindyworobak Publication, 1943. Signed by author on the title page. More
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874. The only published book of poetry by this important South Australian novelist; the title work, of 130 pages, is subtitled 'A Chronicle of the Burke and Wills Expedition'. More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1916. Inscribed on the front flyleaf; 'For Review, The Editor, The Chronicle'. Presumably this refers to 'The Cobargo Chronicle' (1898 - 1944). More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). More
Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. Inscribed on an early blank, in what we know to be the hand of Charles Todd, to 'Mr Edwd Stirling Junr / Xmas 1865'; with the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling. Ferguson 16245; Holden 103. We have previously sold a copy..... More
Tharwa, Cultural Facilities Corporation (The Nolan Gallery), May 1999. The three-page introduction by Geoffrey Dutton is dated August 1998; he died the following month. This is number 17 of only 50 copies signed by Haynes and McMaster. The book was produced by the Edition and Artist Book Studio, Canberra School..... More
Goodwood, The Author, [1920s]. The author's address, printed on the title page, is crossed out; the new address is written (in his hand) on the blank verso of the front cover. 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
Melbourne, Edward A. Vidler, 1924. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC (1912-1995), was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker (1902-2002) was a career..... 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
London, Faber, 1952 (first edition). 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
North Adelaide, Experimental Art Foundation, 1990. 'Ken Bolton's tortuous publication history has become something of a cause celebre ...'. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2014. 'The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator deserves to be better known. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a street thug into a respectable image of Australian identity, and helped shape the Anzac legend. Many people regarded..... More
San Francisco, Paul Elder and Company, 1913 (first edition). 'Oh, not your spangle of Existence spend/ Upon what Secret her Good Looks depend ...' (VI). More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed, 'To Christopher Pearson/ With affection and regards/ and fraternal greetings to a/ fellow-labourer in the vineyard of/ literature', dated (25 January 1980) and signed by the author. More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1946. More
Auckland, The Pilgrim Press, 1956. More
University of Newcastle, Nimrod, 1985. Inscribed, dated (11 November 1985) and signed by the poet. More
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991 [first American edition] (first published in Australia the same year under the title 'Collected Poems'). Inscribed and signed by the poet 'for Christopher [Pearson], upholder of civilisation, no less & seriously, with my best wishes. Les', and dated 17 February 1993. Christopher Pearson..... More
New York, Burt Franklin, 1969/ 1887. Loosely inserted is the original purchase receipt from Megaw and Hogg, Adelaide. Burt Franklin Bibliography and Reference Series 92. More