London, Albion Press, 1804 [first thus]. William Somerville '(1675-1742), poet; of an ancient Gloustershire family; ... his poem of four books in blank verse, "The Chase", published first in 1735; his hawking poem, "Field Sports", a kind of supplement, published, 1742' ('Concise Dictionary of National Biography'). More

London, Printed for Hurst, Chance, and Co.... and Effington Wilson, 1830. Fortunately, the first paragraph of the lengthy preface to this very lengthy poetical work (replete with numerous footnotes) provides the context: 'Intending to compose a few lines to prefix a work* ["Hampden in the Nineteenth Century, or Colloquies on..... More

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1857. 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

Melbourne, Clarson, Massina, 1868. With the bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More

Brisbane, Watson, Ferguson, 1880. With the bookplate and pencilled signature of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Archbishop of Adelaide (and Kendall scholar). More

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., 1883. Not least, 'The Wreck of the "Gothenburg" (happened February 24, 1875, on the Great Barrier Reef, not far from Cape Bowling Green ...)' (6 pages). This copy has the contemporary ownership signature of J.A. Bagshaw (1884) on the title page. Adelaide-born John Augustus Bagshaw..... More

Adelaide, Wigg and Melbourne, Mullen, 1884. With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More

Sydney, William Maddock, 1885. 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

Adelaide, printed by Sands & McDougall [for the Author], 1891. The last page is a list of subscribers 'for five copies and upwards'; there are 24 names. (And another thing: clearly, 'Spicy' is not now what it used to be ...). More

London, George Robertson, 1893 (second edition) and 1894. The title leaves are laid down on fine blank paper to mask advertising on the verso; the contents leaves are numbered xxiii-xxiv and xiii-xiv respectively, with the running title 'The Antipodean Advertisements' at the head of each page. Contributors include Rolf Boldrewood..... More

London, Grant Richards, 1897. The following is printed on the verso of the half-title, facing the title page: 'Of this book there is a very limited edition printed on Japanese vellum numbered and signed by the Author'. This copy is not numbered or signed, nor is it printed on Japanese..... More

London, George Bell & Sons, 1898. Although this is an early work by Alfred Garth Jones (1872-1955), it would appear to be one of his more significant endeavours. More

Sydney, Printed and Published by H.T. Dunn & Co., 1902. Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 1864-1902) was executed by firing squad in Pretoria for murder on 27 February 1902. The first notice we have found relating to this short work appeared less than three months later. A...... More

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1903 (twelfth thousand)/ 1896. The publisher's catalogue at the rear of this copy is dated November 1905, suggesting sheets of the 1903 edition were retained for later binding. More

Melbourne, Thomas C. Lothian, 1907 and 1908. A rare Australian poetry magazine, with each number limited to 500 numbered copies. The first one is out of series; the other three, with individual titles ('The Book of the Opal'; 'The Shadow on the Hill'; and 'Fire o' the Flame') are numbers..... More

London, Oxford University Press, 1909. With the later (1954) ownership signature of (Professor) Brian Medlin. More

London, Constable, 1913 (second impression). With the pencilled ownership signature of Professor Heinz Kent, inscribed 'Cambridge, 1961'. More

London, John G. Wilson, 1914. More

Adelaide, Vardon & Sons, Printers, 1916. On the verso of the front flyleaf is an expansive thank-you note signed by the author (15 August 1916): 'Dear Mr Adey, May I ask you to accept of this little booklet as a memento of the improvement which has already shown itself in..... More

Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1918. The last five sonnets are war poems: August 1914, Anzac, Glory, Peace, and Roses. More

Melbourne, Byrne and McCubbin, 1919 [first edition]. The frontispiece is a tipped-in plate of the triptych 'The Pioneers', by F. McCubbin. 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, George Harrap & Co., [circa 1920]/ 1909 [first thus]. A most attractive edition, with the text printed in an ornate calligraphic font, often set within variant decorative borders. More