Adelaide, F.W. Preece, 1940. More

Adelaide, Sands & McDougall, 1886. The list of 60 "Subscribers to this Volume for Five Copies and Upwards" on page 64 includes many of the leading lights of Adelaide. More

London, The Aquila Press Limited, 1930. Number 83 of only 150 copies signed by the author. The two poems are 'Simultaneous' (1924) and 'In Provins' (1925). The cover design is by the painter Elliott Seabrooke, the book's dedicatee. Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) was a poet, activist, heiress, and founder of the..... 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

Wellington, Oxford University Press, 1981 (reprinted with corretions)/ 1980. Edited by J.E. Weir, a close friend of the poet. More

Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press, 1971. 'This collection has been printed by several hands at the Wai-te-ata Press. The cover was designed by John Drawbridge' (dustwrapper blurb). More

London, The Folio Society, 2004 (first thus). Edited by Alan Powers. More

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1966 [first edition]. Loosely inserted is a typed lettercard (dated 22 September 1968) warmly inscribed and signed by the author (twice); the note thanks John Colmer (sometime Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Adelaide) and his wife (Dorothy) for their hospitality during his recent..... More

[Sydney, Leslie Board, circa 1910s]. A Christmas souvenir featuring 12 colour plates from paintings by Leslie Board, each a illustrating a couplet or quatrain from an Australian poet. Banjo Paterson, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Lawson are all represented. This is likely a variant of 'Gems from Australian Poets', published..... More

Clifton Hill, Rigmarole Books, [1983]. More

North Adelaide, Experimental Art Foundation, 1990. 'Ken Bolton's tortuous publication history has become something of a cause celebre ...'. More

Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire, 1962. Loosely inserted is the publisher's bookmark. More

Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. Warmly inscribed ('To Maurice, my fellow luncher on Saturdays, my fellow explorer in linguistics') signed and dated (23 April 1988) by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Maurice O'Brien was a minor literary editor. More