Australian Poetry from Gotcha By The Books

Brisbane: Post Pressed, 1997. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. b&w illustrations Collection of poems by Ross Clark, with illustrations by Jaye Brett; mild stain to front cover, same to text block, foxed spots to fore-edge, o.w. Very Good

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1952. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in rubbed/foxed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Norman Lindsay frontispiece illustration 1st Edition of RD Fitzgerald's long narrative poem, most of which is set in Tonga; b&w frontispiece illustration by Norman Lindsay; foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, toning to edges of pages throughout, o.w. G-VG; dustwrapper heavily foxed, heavy tanning to spine,… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1976. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Collection of poems James McAuley, a volume in the A&R Poets of the Month series; printed green wraps in (original?) fitted Capel Cover pvc dustwrapper; mild foxing, mild toning to edges of pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed, mild crease to rear cover.

Melbourne: The Standard Publishing Company , 1913. 1st Edition. paperback. Good. 12mo. 1st Edition Henry Lawson collection, including (amongst others) the famous Freedom on the Wallaby; scattered foxing - heavy to prelims and last few pages, tape stains to front endpaper; heavy tanning to text block, stain to fore-edge; wraps rubbed and foxed, wear to spine (with loss to foot).

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1948. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. sm 8vo. Selected poems of Mary Gilmore, with foreword by Robert D Fitzgerald; poems from The Passionate Heart, The Wild Swan, Under The Wilgas, Battlefields, The Rue Tree, The Disinherited, Marri'd and other Verses, The Tilted Cart; bookshop label to front pastedown, gift-inscription to half-title page, foxing to endpapers/prelims/text block,… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1943. 1st Edition. stiff card. Good in rubbed wraps/self-wraps. sm 8vo. Collection of 61 poems by Norma L Davis, collected and published shortly before her death in 1945; small bookshop label to prelims, former owner's name to front endpaper, foxing throughout (from medium-heavy), o.w. Good; self-wraps rubbed and tanned, heavy wear to spine with loss to… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1953. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. RD Fitzgerald's fourth collection, limited to 230 copies; cloth boards with black title label and gilt titling to spine; bookshop label to front pastedown, former owner's name to front endpaper; medium tanning/foxing to endpapers and prelims, mild occasional foxing to gutters of some pages, o.w. Very… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1960. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Comprehensive collection of Christopher Brennan's poetry, edited by AR Chisholm and JJ Quinn, with a biographical introduction by AR Chisholm; contains the full text of Poems 1913, The Burden of Tyre, A Chant of Doom, plus previously uncollected poems; also includes 4 appendices; small bookshop stamp… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1938. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition collection of poems by T. Inglis Moore; half cloth with blue papered sides, blue titling to spine; former owner's name to front endpaper, tanning to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; foxing to cloth and edges of boards; dustwrapper edgeworn… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1964. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of McAuley's narrative poem, telling the story of the navigator Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, whose dream of discovering the South Land is imbedded in modern Australia's origins; blue cloth boards with nautical illustration to front board (same illustration to front panel of dustwrapper); light… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson , 1965. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of this collection of Shaw Neilson's poems, at the time the first complete edition; edited with an introduction by A.R. Chisholm; includes notes and an alphabetical index of poems; mild foxing to endpapers, mild knock lower corner of front board, o.w. Very… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1969. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st edition of McAuley's sixth collection; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper foxed and rubbed, o.w. G-VG.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2002. 1st Edition. paperback. G-VG . 8vo. Collection of poems by Samuel Wagan Watson; pages tanned around edges throughout, o.w. Very Good.

Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1961. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Peter Porters first collection of poems; purple cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; text block tanned, mild scattered foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper heavily foxed, tanned to spine.

Sydney: South Head Press, 1970. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. John Tranter's first collection of poems; mild foxing to text block and edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed.

Melbourne: Hyland House, 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. G-VG in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Mid-career collection by Dorothy Porter; printed wraps with illustrated dustwrapper (both showing an octopus); former owner's name to prelims, heavy tanning to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1989. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good in sunned wraps. Sm 8vo. Dorothy Porter's fourth collection; occasional mild foxing, o.w. Very Good; wraps a little sunned, resulting in faded patches.

Melbourne: Black Inc., 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. G-VG. 8vo. Dorothy Porter collection, bringing together poems; from the last five years of her life; text block tanned and foxed, edges of pages toned, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Very Good.

Melbourne: Hyland House, 1994. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Dorothy Porter's classic crime thriller in verse; light toning to edges of pages, text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2011. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Jaya Savige's second collection, a volume in the UQP Poetry Series; mild toning to edges of pages throughout, o.w. Very Good.